In "Despicable Me", Gru's Congliang is just one of the film's ending points. What attracts people is his weird inventions and surprises full of bad tastes, which can be said to be warm and funny in a dark coat. In the sequel, Gru is no longer a big man who wanders on the edge of good and evil, but is just a bald single dad who is busy pretending to be a woman and partying to please his children. The underground lab has also become a production line for unpalatable jelly. With the success of Gru, the idea of another major translation of the film "Despicable Me" no longer exists. Following the successful transformation of the villain into a dad in the previous episode, this episode also tries to give the dad the mission of emotional marriage. At the screenwriter's level, I highly suspect that the writer is from China, or that Universal is deliberately catering to the Chinese people's preferences. In my impression, blind date has never been a trouble for Americans, but an important component of Chinese nationality, and it is also a major source of domestic film and television dramas. Unexpectedly, Hollywood cartoons have also become blind date movies. Not only the young third child gives the baby a problem, but even the soy sauce girl has become a Chinese-style matchmaker, wishing to shove all the best women into the baby's arms. In a trance, people saw the afterimages of "Marriage Notice" and "If You Are the One". Out of the first dark idea, "Despicable Me 2" has become a simple and cute family animation. The scenes of the three little girls were severely cut by the newly added Agrace, the eldest's puppy love (I saw the traces of the national drama in this part), and the second child did not leave any memorable pictures, only the third ignorant Perseverance is closely linked to the theme of love with the grandpa. And the new partner and girlfriend of the dad and the nurse at the end of the film are also in vain, and there are no surprises at all. The most abrupt part of the whole article is the professor, who was originally just an old monster who played soy sauce, but became the key to the reversal of the whole film: the front suddenly resigned to join the new villain, which inspired the already mediocre dad to join the anti-evil alliance. After thinking about something, he inexplicably betrayed the new master to inform the hero to save the United States. Just when the father was losing, he suddenly brought the antidote jelly to reverse the overall situation. This kind of screenwriting logic can be said to be a hit on the shooting range. In terms of functional division of labor, Daddy's family of five is the main narrator, and the capsule minions are mainly cute, but compared to the mediocre performance of the characters, the minions have infinite charm. Due to the popularity of the Capsule Man in the previous film, the appearance rate of the Minions in the sequel has increased sharply. Not only are there individuals such as maids who are cute, but there are also multiple episodes of collective crime II. The wedding theme song and the ending subtitles are also reserved. them. These little guys babble and don't know what to say. They do their work rashly. They become nympho when they see beautiful women. He was short-circuited, and at critical moments he acted as a little villain with collective poisoning. It can also be said that the Minions are the only legacy of the previous film apart from the characters and names, which barely proves the blood relationship between the two films. And the success of the Minions also shows that the characters with abnormal logic are the most lovable.
But, to be honest, compared to the first one, the quality of the movie this time has dropped seriously, and the plot has become less good than before. In "Despicable Me 2", the main task of the protagonist Gru of the film is pointed out at the beginning: at the adopted daughter's birthday party, some good people begin to introduce objects to Gru. It also heralded a major shift in the film's style, and we didn't feel anything wrong with Gru being single in the first episode, because he's a—as the title suggests—"despicable" The person is a super villain, and the villain cannot have a family. Only normal people think about family issues, so when someone starts to introduce someone to Gru, we realize that the sleazy Gru we used to be doesn't exist anymore. In this sense, the Chinese translation of "Despicable Me" is more appropriate. The "Daddy" who was no longer "despicable" suddenly lost his charm. His main daily business was to make his three adopted daughters happy. The factory that originally produced various criminal equipment turned to jelly (a complete sissy product). The chief technical expert of the company submitted his resignation and moved to another large company. Not only that, but the "good" bad guy turned to help the officials deal with his former counterparts, much like the domesticated Sun Monkey King, becoming a model citizen. So far, the unconventional setting of the first episode—that is, to have the villain as the protagonist—has been completely overturned and transformed into a well-established mainstream Hollywood work that combines various elements such as espionage, action, comedy, and love (this Not that the first one was anti-mainstream, but it at least dared to make a little break from the mainstream). In this sense, this is a big step backward for the film. The film focuses on the relationship between Gru and the female detective. Like any Hollywood romance, the two protagonists are attracted to each other, overcome a series of "pseudo-obstacles", and finally the lovers get married. This is a family-friendly movie. The creators believe that there is no need to think seriously, and there is no need to reveal even a little bit of truth in life. The tried-and-true "three-axes" such as "love - defeat the bad guy - get married" are sufficient for the entire narrative. The problem is, this fairy-tale ending is so deliberate and lacks the necessary twist that the whole story seems boring, and it has to be made up for by the minions desperately. The additional emotional scene of the eldest daughter is also handled very simply, only as the embellishment of the protagonist's feelings, and does not participate in the main narrative. The whereabouts of her little boyfriend is not even explained at the end of the film, perhaps to pave the way for the sequel? Based on the film's popularity, a sequel is beyond doubt, and we can even imagine the plot: The son of Hercules is determined to make
First of all, the quality of the animation story is seriously degraded compared to the first one, and the original "bad guy" protagonist's creativity has disappeared. The Chinese title of the movie was translated as "Despicable Me", but obviously it's not a story about a baby dad at all, and the baby dad is reduced to a supporting role, and it is not the kind of supporting role Jennifer Lawrence is in "American Hustle", but more like Zhou Xingchi's existence like a dragon without a sense of existence in the 83 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Even according to the English name "Despicable Me", neither Despicable nor Me can be seen. her, especially them. Secondly, the design of the "so-called protagonist" floats on the surface. Not only did Nanny lose the despicableness, but the whole character also tends to be masked and mediocre, not touching, not moving, and not of universal value. Therefore, at the story level alone, the story is not only incomparable with the earlier classic animations, but also extremely mediocre among the many animations in the past year. There is neither the high sublimation of truth, goodness, beauty and love in "Frozen", nor the richness and depth of the theme of "Crazy Primitives". But since it's so bad, why would you want to see it? And how powerful is the attractive one? Yes, the power of the Minions is unbelievably powerful, and the three daughters of the dad have their own characteristics, and the little girl with the braided braids, especially if she doesn't speak, will cry. They constitute the reason why I go to see this film. Why does everyone love Minions? The design of Minions is very cute. A few days ago, some netizens ridiculed that Minions "can wear sheets and pants without shoulders, and can wear glasses without ears". Minions are "extremely in shape". Minions have chests, buttocks, and deep groin. Minions have ever-changing appearances. Many Minions wear different styles of glasses, wear different styles of clothes, and from time to time a maid outfit makes people irresistible. Minions have a sultry personality, full of childlike innocence, like a child, full of childlike interest, and even their voices are very cute. Occasional adult elements will only make you more in love. Minions are very powerful, they can cover everything in daily life, and they can sing, dance, play sports, and are full of life interest. More importantly, the minions are very loyal to their masters, and they are not foolish. If a single Minion is a punch to every audience, then the Minions as a group are the power of an atomic bomb. The power of unity is great. When the Minions lined up to say goodbye to the Doctor, the jokes and humor were also full of ridicule of the politics and military of the Cold War. In the end, the movie is called Rescue the Beautiful Partner, but in essence it seems to be rescuing the Minions, and in the author's mind, the Minions are much more important than others. After talking about Minions, I have to say that the youngest daughter Agnes is the youngest, but she is surprisingly sensible, surprisingly innocent, and has no impurities. As we mature, we become more tactful and reserved, the less we express ourselves, the more we lose our true selves. And Agnes thinks of the self we have and lost, we are full of pity for her, and will turn that regret into a warm guardian of her. I would do anything for her as long as she stared at me and called my name. When she was carrying a speech about her mother, I laughed but couldn't help but feel sad. If there is no little yellow and three cute Baby, what's left of the movie? I can't imagine, I'm just glad they exist and will continue to exist. For the first time, I started to like the term Hollywood "industrial system". I think the Minions are not the result of one person, but the crystallization of the collective. Therefore, although the story is not satisfactory, and the box office of bears is excellent, the gap between domestic animation and Minions is not a gap at the box office at all, nor is it a gap in stories, but a gap in the industrial system. This distance cannot be measured with a ruler, but it really exists. Without the support of Minions, Gru would never have been so popular in the screen world. From the point of view of theatrical function, these yellow friends under Gru mainly play the role of gag. Generally speaking, Hollywood animation blockbusters often arrange such a help for the protagonists: the donkey in "Shrek" , Mushulong in "Mulan" is indispensable to the protagonist. They come and linger when they are funny, sensational, and cute, but "Despicable Me" has done it this time. The ultimate - Gru has hundreds of minions for him to send. From the English point of view, these magical yellow friends are just Gru's "little followers" (and not without meaning), there are many of them, but they are all carved out of the same mold, except for the division of one eye and two eyes, There is almost no difference in appearance, character and gender - so the audience doesn't feel confused, because basically there is only one Minion. Regarding the origin of the Minions, the so-called "official explanation" says that they were created from human genes combined with other items through genetic mutation technology. A feature film featuring Minions as the protagonist is in production, and it is estimated that a complete background introduction. Various hints suggest that Gru and his Doctor Strange may be the creators of the Minions. In front of Gru, the Minions are as submissive as slaves, and the Gru name marks on their chests indicate their personal attachment ( if they have human rights). The intelligence quotient of Xiao Huang people seems to be imperfect. They can take care of themselves in life, but their language development is not as good as that of human beings. human language". Minions dressed as workers all day, produced various products for him in Gru's underground laboratory, and maintained Gru's decent life-Gru thus had the noble temperament of a slave owner. It's not easy being a humble thief. For such a magical character as Minions, it is difficult for us to completely eliminate the urge to over-interpret - we can understand them as the image of an assembly line worker that has been shown since "Modern Times", the one played by Chaplin is at work. posted Don't the crazy workers also have Minions? Of course, "Despicable Me" castrated the three-dimensional human nature of the Minions, so their tragic sense of servitude-like identity immediately disappeared.
The type positioning of mainstream Hollywood animation basically determines the living space of "anti-heroes". Traditional moral values and positive value systems do not allow "bad guys" to exist. Therefore, in the first part, we saw the process of Gru being influenced by three little girls and abandoning evil and turning to good. This change in character is bound to make the character plump and three-dimensional, and can produce a better dramatic effect. However, when Gru officially changed his job to a "professional dad" and talked about love in a cliché, the "despicable" side of his character was completely erased. Although he looked kind and loving, he also became Flat is boring.
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