3D animation Chinese people are not good at doing it, plus the original local animation has a bad reputation, the poster is unbearable. In this way, local animators do not seem to be able to do 3D.
How about 2D? To be precise, to have a complete world view! I can only look forward to Big Fish and Begonia. Other films, if only to make money for young children, that's fine. But the cartoons I want are really movies for adults to watch. Where is the best Hollywood animation: the core of the story makes adults feel happy and moved, and gain strength from it. The shell of the story is cute and young, and children like it. It's simply a take-all.
Back to Monsters University.
The biggest problem with this film is moderation. Its worldview is too simple, an anthropomorphic American university campus. In this way, this film can be made into a monster gym, a monster kitchen, a monster office...and then there are endless scenes and character stories. Don't you think this setting is weak? The reason why cartoons are cartoons is that they can do whatever they want without spending money on special effects. This is the greatest benefit of animation in my opinion. So the more bizarre it is, the more awesome it is to fill the screen with all kinds of strange tools and characters. Monsters University didn't do that.
The great things about the film are of course:
1. The setting of the plot is very real, there are efforts to fight for the dream, and there are setbacks after defeat. The most pleasing thing is that in the story, the principal did not make an exception to take them in for the hairy monster and the big eye, but still chose to let them leave the school. This setting doesn't fall into the clichés, it's more real. This is one of my favorite things about the movie. In such a more realistic story setting, if the way the characters achieve their dreams and achieve success is too casual and relaxed, on the contrary, I will be disappointed twice.
2. The way the monsters survive is by intimidating humans to gather energy, this setting is really ingenious. Maybe it's because of my lack of imagination, I can't think of any other way for monsters to show the highlights: to distinguish the difference from ordinary human universities, and to show the characteristics of the monster's character itself. More importantly, this setting is very attractive to children.
3. The image and behavior of the monster, nothing else, cute. This feature has reached the point where it is suitable for all ages. If it can't be admired and admired like Spirited Away, then it can be approached and embraced like Minions.
I remembered a film review about Despicable Me 2 I read that day, which summed up the themes of the animated film, which are nothing more than positive themes such as dreams, love, family, self-realization, etc., interspersed with jokes and humor, plus A cute character has basically met the initial requirements of Hollywood animation movies.
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