"Funny bad guys, boring good guys." This is a dilemma that almost all sequels will face. After all, the positive characters have been predetermined, the ending cannot be changed, and the style must be in line with the past.
The sequel is not easy, and the sequel to a hugely successful film like "Hotel Spirit" is even more difficult.
On the one hand, the value of its original work stems from subversion. It is precisely because it has subverted people’s cognition of vampires in the past that it has created a different world. The jokes and suspense all come out from then on, but this bizarre and novelty can only be a one-time success. .
On the other hand, growth is a relatively narrow topic and it is extremely difficult to expand, so sequels often give people a sense of preaching. The responsibility of fairy tales is allegorization. As a fable, it is easier to open a new chapter than to continue an old one.
"Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" is a shackled dance, inevitably a bit restrained. From a humorous point of view, it is not as good as the previous two episodes. After all, in the first two episodes, Dracula was brand new, with a smile and a joke, but in the third episode, his up and down jumps and cynicism have become prescribed actions, no longer unexpected-frankly, in the "Elves" In Hostel 3: Crazy Holidays, the villain Van Helsing has become more fun, but Dracula is a bit pretending.
The stories that must be told are the hardest to tell, and they test the level of originality the most. The narrative strategy of "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" is worth pondering:
First of all, "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" opened up a whole new topic: can love have a second time?
In the secular society, love is increasingly being mythological, and it has been elevated from personal experience to a reason for living. The exclusivity and perishability of love have become a problem. Everyone knows the arrival of love, but once it is repeated, is it still love? Just as people who love spicy food eat spicy food every day, will spicy food also become a pain?
Love is fear of division and fear of wear. To be more specific: In the eyes of children, when a single father falls in love with someone else, will he continue to love me as he did in the past? Is this a betrayal of his mother? How to accept a stranger and share privacy and affection with him?
If we continue to inquire in this way, we will find that this is about the gap between "ideal love" and "true love." The so-called growth lies in our understanding and acceptance of this gap. In the process of love, everyone needs Compromise, retreat and forbearance, accept each other's imperfections, the so-called "ideal love" does not exist, but we must preserve the "ideal of love" when we are born as human beings.
In "Hotel Elf 3: Crazy Holidays", Dracula’s hesitation, anxiety, pain and confusion all originate from this-he needs to balance various love relationships, not only to convince his daughter that he still loves her, but also to convince himself , This love is by no means a betrayal of the past. Therefore, he was so confused that he didn't realize that the person he fell in love with was the great-granddaughter of Van Helsing, someone who was always ready to kill him.
Second, use a semi-occluded narrative to create suspense.
In the first two episodes, Dracula’s omnipotents have seen that Van Helsing is no longer enough to challenge him. This brings difficulty to the narrative of "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays"-without suspense, how should the story be told?
The coping strategy of "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" is amazing. It adopts a semi-obstructed structure-the audience can clearly see that the killer is approaching and the obsessive Dracula is stepping towards the trap. However, what will the killer do next? What exactly is Van Helsing's big killer? These were completely obscured again.
The half-covered story is the most suspenseful, because it invites the audience to join in the fabrication of the story and use their imagination to scare themselves.
The prerequisite for this is to allow readers to integrate into the story and remove their vigilance. However, as a cartoon, "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" has natural shortcomings, that is: it has a big gap with reality. .
Therefore, a lot of "narcotic design" must be added to the specific details. For example, Dracula was hypnotized by love and suddenly became naive. His various behaviors actually came from real life. However, at the climax of the plot, "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" will again adopt restrained statements. Dracula and Van Helsing’s great-granddaughters both express their excitement in their own foreign languages, and maintain sensational proportions through defamiliarization. Will not slip to the numbness.
In terms of these skills, "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holiday" is professional and mature.
Third, maintain the main theme of carnivalization.
The great success of the first two episodes of "Hotel Elf" lies in its carnival design-the story is compact, the pros and cons are not diametrically opposed, and a large number of cannon fodder appears (such as slimes, Frankenstein, werewolves, witches, skeletons) , Octopods, Hidden Man Griffin, etc., each of them talks about tuberculosis, but they are not the same about tuberculosis)...
The most outstanding part of "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" is the finale. Van Helsing’s big killer appears, and it is actually a music mania. Under the guidance of bad music, it will become manic. Under the guidance of good music, It becomes kind again. As a result, the struggle between good and evil became a DJ's technical confrontation. In the end, the more magical positive energy music defeated poor Van Helsing...
This carnival design also includes the accumulation of a lot of details: the werewolf couples exhausted by the torture of a large number of children, the completely mechanized Fan Haixin, the big dog who keeps causing trouble...
The story of "Hotel Elf 3: Crazy Holidays" is based on a conspiracy vacation trip, but the wonderful design of the travel program, and even the weirdly shaped cruise ship, all reflect the ingenuity of the producer-once it enters the carnival mode, "Hotel Elf 3" ": Crazy Holidays" immediately found the rhythm, which is precisely what domestic cartoons lack the most. Chinese cartoon makers do not lack wisdom and affection, but they lack a bit of naughty. There are so many things we need to learn to tell the correct story for fun.
There is no denying that "Hotel Wizard 3: Crazy Holidays" is not amazing, but it is a great comfort to the audience who has watched the first two episodes of "Hotel Wizard"-the story continues at a not low level, Germany Gula is still alive.
And this is perfect enough.
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