Because I've been looking forward to this film, the trailer with Arcade Fire's Wake Up and the soundtrack made my appetite awkward. And Spike Jonze is of course a name that everyone who is familiar with mv knows. Like Michel Gondry, the transition from short music films to feature films, the unreliable imagination and subversive nature of the cards they bring is often lacking in orthodox directors. It must be said that this kind of advantage is also a fatal disadvantage, and the difference between the feature film and the short mv type, when there is no'work out', the result will be less than ideal. The review of this film is basically a warm review. This truth.
Adapted from the picture book of the same name by Maurice Sendak, the original is a classic that both adults and children should read. The charm of a very thin picture book lies in its white space. This time Spike Jonze and writer Dave Eggers have pulled this (very) simple story into the script of a film of more than 100 minutes, which has made people suspicious. There are indeed many places that have been thin, and I have blurred some of the plots in the film! The kingdom of beasts in the book grew out of Max’s room, and the finishing touch was that the dinner his mother gave him was still cold when Max returned to his room. In the movie, it was changed that he escaped home and then returned home. The mother who was very angry finally let go of her hanging heart. Although this change is reasonable, I think it lacks a little magic. The single mothers described in the first half of the film neglect their children's families because of work and so on. It is also a bit clichéd. I expect more from Spike Jonze.
So despite all the shortcomings, I still recommend this film, because the pictures are very beautiful, and the country of beasts built in the movie is the place I want to go. It expresses the kind of innocence, free and unscrupulous atmosphere, accompanied by Karen O. I was very touched by the original soundtrack that sang with the children's voice, which is a bit similar to the Arcade Fire style.
Spike Jonze's handling of special effects is often more organic, and this film is no exception. The beast is wearing a special costume, only the facial expression is computer-made, so it maintains a natural feeling. At this point, he belongs to the same camp as Michel Gondry and Wes Anderson. In fact, this film has similarities with Daddy Fox. It is about a neglected child who finds himself in another world. This child is naughty and cute. Both directors mentioned that the protagonist of 400 hits was what they wanted. image of. I am not particularly satisfied with Max in the movie. I think it is still a bit'Lao Ga' (little adult), but it is much more pleasing than the private school accent taught by a group of stage schools in the UK.
When I saw Max drifting to the country of beasts in a small boat on the vast sea under the sparkling starry sky, I wanted to be able to participate in the later stage of the film. The processing in the film was more realistic, and I hoped it could be more fairy tale.
In the book, the beasts have no names, and their crazy behavior in the country of beasts is taken by the sentence let the wild rumpus begin. In the movie, these beasts not only have names, but also give them their character. Not only do they have character, they are more realistic. The world’s same personal issues and worries. Some are like bickering old couples and wives, some are grumpy, and some love to dream. This may be to enrich the plot needs, whether they agree or disagree.
In fact, I heard that when this film was about the same as Daddy Fox, my friend would also go to Australia to do post-production. Later, I heard that the test response was not satisfactory. The whole filming stopped and my friend didn’t make it. So The turmoil also indicates that there will be some shortcomings in the plot. After all, it is not easy to correct such a concise story to a feature film.
Although I talk a lot about it, how do children think about this film? There happened to be a child in the movie theater. I found that whenever Max was lawless (standing on the table and saying to his mother,'I'm going to eat you!) or when the beast threw a ball of soil to fight a savage fight, the child would make unscrupulous big shots. Laughter, I was a little worried that this parent might have to deal with wild rumpus later, and I might go to the record store to buy an original soundtrack.
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