At the end of this year, there are so many great movies in the theater that Basai Jun wants to live in the cinema (of course, the boss must agree to it).
In terms of the most popular word-of-mouth, many people will mention Pixar's "Dream Traveling".
But what Bassey wants to say is: "Paddington 2" is not too much!
"Paddington 2" removes sensational elements.
Its purpose is as simple as the theme it wants to express: as long as you show sincerity, kindness and trust from the heart, you will be warm and moved.
Its story is also super simple: After the first Paddington bear settled down in London, he accidentally found a pop-up book from London in an antique shop. He wanted to give the book to Aunt Lucy who had never been to London.
Unexpectedly , he was stolen by Hugh Grant 's outdated actor Buchanan "Cut Hu" and planted it on Paddington, leading him to jail.
In order to wash away his grievances, Paddington escaped with the help of inmates, and with the help of the Browns, he succeeded in getting Buchanan to accept legal sanctions.
This is the plot of "Paddington 2", which can be stated clearly in three sentences.
But what about it, it never wants a complicated plot.
What it wants is to be a family comedy with sincerity, kindness and trust.
To achieve this, the first task of the film is to make the characters look authentic and believable.
Such as the core character Paddington .
The good quality in him is exactly the purpose of the film.
It's like Paddington Bear's sincerity, to the level of a child who doesn't know the world.
The jokes it makes are precisely because of the sincerity of innocence. For example, I was thinking about cleaning the glass to make money, but I didn’t know how to do it. Not only did I get confused about how to transport the bucket to a high place, I even covered the bucket on my head and pretended to wipe it with my body after being hit. grass……
He reminded his Indian neighbors to bring keys to avoid their neighbors being locked out;
He helped the neighbor to clean the windows, which led to a marriage...
With the sincerity and kindness of his innocence, he moved the neighbors in the Windsor community.
But it is also the sincerity of this kind of innocent heart that makes him seem not very understanding of the world. For example, the first time I saw Buchanan, I was not smart enough to expose his old bottom, saying that he is a tragic actor and can only accept dog food ads...
That’s not to say, he answered all questions about Buchanan and told him the whereabouts of the pop-up book, which gave him a chance to be framed and imprisoned by Buchanan: Buchanan stole the pop-up book, took a bite in court, and said Pa Tinton Bear is the culprit!
Even in prison, he was tricked into helping them escape because he absolutely believed in others...
But the movie will never allow Paddington to be wronged because of his kindness and sincerity.
On the contrary, it wants the audience to be touched by the beautiful qualities of the Paddington Bear like the Browns. Not only does it reach out to rescue, but it also reprimands Mr. Curry who is in the way:
"You were prejudiced against Paddington from the beginning, but he tried to find good places in people."
This is where "Paddington 2", outside of comedy, warms and moves the audience.
It is not simply about telling a story of "good for good and evil for evil".
What it cares about is how to convey the beautiful qualities of sincerity and kindness in a more heartwarming and proper way.
The reason why the audience is warmed up is not only the current society is gradually losing this kind of sincerity and kindness of mutual trust, but also our own. Many times we did not play the role of helping the Paddington Bear, but instead became a follower. People like Mr. Li.
We are used to seeing people and things around us with a prejudice.
I am also used to being surrounded by people and things, and look at ourselves with a prejudice.
Just as inmates have always felt that "Mr. Iron Fist" is not close, let alone telling him that his prison food is horrible.
But Paddington Bear not only told Tekken that his prison food was unpalatable, he was even recognized by Tekken as a cooking teacher.
And in this running-in process, by the way, the prison became as happy and peaceful as a kindergarten.
Why don't the audience feel abrupt or absurd here, but are moved and laughed?
It is because "Paddington 2" firmly believes in the power of "sincerity and kindness"!
This is like what Zhang Ziyi said in "The Birth of an Actor":
"In addition to believing yourself, you have to make others believe too!"
If you don't believe that sincerity and kindness can move people, how can movies move people?
It is precisely that "Paddington 2" exudes trust in "sincerity and kindness" from the inside to the outside, which makes its quality more sophisticated than the first. In October this year, the word-of-mouth of "Paddington Bear 2" was lifted and received rave reviews.
The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 100%, and the MTC rating network of professional media reviews gives a high score of 90 - which is 10 points higher than the "Dream of Dreams Tour" that made the audience cry!
It should be said that these praises are well-deserved.
Its attitude and content are sincere, and its processing methods are also extremely entertaining. It not only cleverly integrates various commercial elements, but also carries a beautiful British style, and can be more content in depth. Make a clever sense of hierarchy-such as the various "stalks" lurking in the movie.
Audiences who have watched the movie should remember that in the escape section, there was a shot of Paddington bear caught in a gear and sent out- this stalk is actually a tribute to Chaplin and his "Modern Times ."
In addition to paying tribute to Chaplin, "Paddington 2" also has many shadows of Wes Anderson.
For example, from the design of the Brown family, it has the same tone as Weiss’s "The Genius Family" in the early years. They are all geniuses but are slightly neurotic. They are proficient in all kinds of novel and weird things. The hole is wide open.
Afterwards, Paddington's prison life is even more the essence of "Budapest Hotel", a word "Pink" .
The prison where Bear lives is very similar to the hotel.
Because of Cub's mistake, all prison uniforms became pink.
Because of Cubs' ponzu sauce sandwiches, Jail Yiba bowed his head to his ears and cooked ponzu jam and French desserts obediently.
The composition of the visiting room is similar.
In addition, there are some other classic bridges in film history, and the film is also easy to come by.
A scene where Paddington bears talking with a broom in a barbershop is like a "mop dance" improvised by Gene Kelly in the 1943 musical "Ten Thousand Cheers".
Phoenix continues to call himself the "West End Legend" of London , and most of it has watched the classic Hollywood musical "West End Story" no less than 100 times.
Phoenix's stage play must have been inspired by "West Side Story"
After the Tekken trio escaped from prison, the escape all the way was very much like the Coen brothers' "Three Kings of Prison Escape".
At the end of the movie, the scene of Paddington passing through the tunnel on the top of the train is very similar to the actions of Brother Tom in "Mission: Impossible."
And the idea of Little Bear using a ladder to jump from one train to another must be "stealing" our teacher Depp's "The Lone Ranger" .
In the colored eggs in the subtitles, Phoenix, who was imprisoned, finally fulfilled his dream of being on the stage again, leading all the prisoners to perform a wonderful song and dance. Uncle Hugh's enchanting pace and charming face can definitely conquer all the audience present.
Although I can’t take a screenshot for everyone to appreciate this beautiful dance. But you can present a dance that Uncle Hugh did in "True Love First" that year, to fill up the emptiness that everyone was brainwashed by Uncle Hugh's devil's steps but could not continue to be satisfied.
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