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The best superhero movies of the year are cartoons.
Well, it's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse".
This cartoon, produced by Marvel, Sony and Columbia, uses Marvel's "parallel universe" concept to tell a story: the big villain Kim and the "Ultimate Universe" create time and space chaos in the "Ultimate Universe", killing Spider-Man in front of the protagonist Miles Peter Parker, and five other Spider-Man being sucked into this universe from their respective universes at the same time. Miles saves the world with these five Spider-Man and grows into the true Ultimate Spider-Man himself.
The film scored 8.8 on IMDB, beating out "Avengers 3" with 8.5, "Aquaman" with 7.8, and "Black Panther" with 7.4.
Rotten Tomatoes is 97% fresh.
Guillermo del Toro, who won an Oscar for "The Shape of Water," said the film "raises the age of the audience a lot... This year's awards season must consider this amazing work!"
The Business Insider website is more straightforward, calling Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the best animation of the year.
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The result of the flight attendant's appraisal is: the crooked fruit is sincere and not deceived.
There are two strongest feelings: one is that the visual effects of this film give a new meaning to the "comic adaptation"; the other is that it uses the very common template of "heroes form a group to fight against the sky" on the surface, but tells the story of a teenager The story of how to learn to fight alone.
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Get out of the way, this is called "tribute to the original comic book"!
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse provides an explosion of visual information. Quite simply, it does an excellent job in three areas.
One is color matching. In addition to the black and white comic style specially created for "Shadow Spider-Man", the color combination of each shot will not make you feel monotonous, almost all can be cut into wallpaper, and fully serve the plot and atmosphere. for example--
The two extreme warm and cool colors of red and blue are interspersed and matched to express the inner fluctuation of the protagonist Miles (Little Black Spider).
When the little black spider learns to control superpowers, the rhythm is tense and the atmosphere is cheerful, choosing bright and soft colors to shape the surrounding environment——
The second is the mix and match of various visual styles.
There is street graffiti art -
There is a glitch effect that has become popular in recent years——
△ Does it feel like the logo of a popular app?
The third point is one of the most striking features of the film: a high degree of restoration of comics. It does the trick for moviegoers to "walk into a comic book."
In the animated films we saw before, these techniques were rarely seen——
Directly smash the text collision "special effects" of the comics, and project the comic storyboards on the big screen.
And the dialog in the comics-
△ It is reminiscent of Quentin's genius design that directly inserted rectangles in "Pulp Fiction".
There are also "radioactive polylines" to express the specific psychological activities of Spider-Man——
They also made 2D comic textures in 3D animation.
It is also a cartoon adapted from Marvel's works. The protagonist of "Super Marines" looks like this-
This is a more common 3D animation effect, the lines of the characters are round and soft, and try to expand their affinity. On the other hand, Meiman pays more attention to sharp edges and corners, and handles them more rigidly. for example--
△The little black spider Miles in the comics.
Zoom in a bit -
It can be seen that in order to pursue a three-dimensional sense, comics will use shadows, lines and even glare effects on the characters' facial features.
"Spider-Man: Parallel Universe" integrates this feature of Mei Man into 3D animation, showing a wonderful chemical reaction——
Pay attention to the lines in the triangle area of the forehead, this picture is a little more obvious——
Facial contours, chiaroscuro also enhance this effect
It is in this way that "Spider-Man: Parallel Universe" has achieved the ultimate "homage to the original comic book".
02
Five God assists, can not replace my growth
This time, in addition to Peter Parker, who was killed at the beginning, there are six Spider-Man appearances.
Thirty-something decadent uncle Peter Parker—
Kawaii's Penny Parker --
The small and big-tempered spider pig narrow-
Black and white style of Shadow Spider-Man——
The Spider-Woman who is comparable to Pansi Daxian——
The core is the little black spider Miles Morales. Although he has gained five helpers with different abilities, it is almost like having his own Avengers, but the theme of growth around him is about fighting alone.
△Who said that the venom is possessed by me and who is anxious, this is called natural cool black!
The content below contains mild spoilers.
At the beginning of the film, Miles is just an ordinary high school student. He likes graffiti, but was banned by his father. He also wanted to be an ordinary person, but went to an elite school he didn't like because his father wanted him to stand out. Therefore, he is closer to his uncle Alan, who has a free and unrestrained temperament.
Longing for infinite freedom, longing for savage growth, Miles, who sprayed color on the wall, is just like you and me in my boyhood. Who hasn't been young?
It was only when I grew up that I discovered that comics, novels, music... these likes are just like Miles' doodles, often only "likes". Children only care about freedom, adults must take responsibility seriously.
Luckily for Miles, Spider-Man's dying exhortation made him face this proposition early.
"With great power comes great responsibility" is the spirit of every Spider-Man. Because of this quality, Spider-Man was so missed by the media and the public after his death.
Seeing this scene in the film, I remembered the departure of the little spider in "Avengers 3", and I couldn't hold back my tears.
Miles is kind-hearted, unable to refuse Spider-Man's last wish, and is determined to complete his mission. When trying to take the first step, he fell from the roof and gnawed at the mud.
Because he wasn't really ready for it. The first time I tried the jump, the BGM sounded, everyone thought he was about to transform, but he turned around and walked down the stairs - it is estimated that all the theaters would burst into laughter. The second attempt was a trip. But when does one get tripped while running? If it wasn't for carelessness, it was tension and hesitation.
Later, he pestered the uncle's version of Peter Parker to learn skills, but did it really rely on this teacher to learn to fly over the eaves? The only help the uncle really gave was once, and that was to put him in danger.
Miles understands in danger that if he can't fly, he will die. This is the source of the power of flying.
At this time, Miles was still growing passively under pressure, so his unique stealth and discharge abilities were invisible and uncontrollable. The so-called "it is better to think ahead than to stop", Miles can complete the real transformation only if he is transformed into initiative.
After the death of the closest uncle Alan, the other five Spider-Man understood Miles, because they had also experienced similar things, or dad, or uncle, or lover, in short, they all lost important things. people.
But not necessarily feel the same.
You look at my bleeding chest, show your healed scars, and tell me to be strong. I can receive your kindness, but comfort is not what I need most at this moment.
Just like the uncle's version of Peter Parker who met Mary Jane in this world, he immediately ignored Gwen's obstruction and wanted to talk to his sweetheart - when he nervously apologized to the unknowing Mary Jane, the fragile and sensitive Only he knows how he feels.
△ It turns out that losing you will make me look like this.
When returning to Miles, the farewells and spurs from his teammates failed to make him break out. The film also continues to reinforce a philosophy: trust your teammates, but don't expect to be rescued.
What really inspired Miles to take the initiative was a few words from his father outside the door. My father thought that Miles didn't know about his uncle's death, so he couldn't bear to tell him, but he just told him to live his own way in the future. This time, the "I love you" in my father's mouth is far more affectionate than usual. These words touched Miles' heart.
In the film "Scent of a Woman," Al Pacino said: "Now that I'm at a crossroads, I know which way is right, no doubt about it, I know, but I never go, Why? Because it's so fucking hard."
Is the road too hard, or are we not enthusiastic enough?
Miles once asked Uncle Peter Parker, "When will I know I'm ready?" Uncle replied, "You wouldn't know...that's a belief."
If you understand, you will understand, if you don't understand, you will never understand.
If there is no faith, any road is too damn hard.
Later, Miles finally completed the leap of faith, which is the most handsome scene in the whole film, but it is not the most handsome moment of Miles. His most radiant performance was in the face of Jin Bing's final attack, letting his companions go first, and taking on the battle alone.
After that, although the little black spider saved the world, it also separated from his friends. The five Spider-Man have returned to their own world one after another, and they have been in business since then. This magnifies the original normality of life: the concerted efforts and common advancement and retreat of young people will eventually become separate battles and borne alone. After all, your own path is only your own.
This is also what the flight attendants want to say most at the moment: Friendship can be enjoyed under the sun, but it cannot be relied on. More and more independent and strong, that is, ready to say to friends at any time: "You go first, I will break later."
It's clear in the movie that anyone can be Spider-Man, Peter Parker or Miles, and it just happens to have a mask.
Enlightenment yourself, take the lead. If you do these two points, you can put on the battle uniform and complete your leap of faith.
Fear not, because this jersey will fit eventually.
Don't regret it, because once it is sold, it cannot be returned or exchanged.
△ Mr. Stan Lee appeared, another tear gas canister.
Growth is never irreversible. If you run away for half your life and come back as a teenager... that means you have lived in vain.
Waiting for the light smoke of youth to drag the youthful joy away,
After that, we can get everything that is worth learning.
- Pushkin
*Topics / Lin Zhao
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