Film Review of "A Snow Monster Adventure" (Words: 695)
Without the verbose foreshadowing of mystery, the film takes the audience into the fictional world of snow monsters with a one-minute beginning. The snow monsters live on the snow-capped mountains floating in the sea of clouds. Every day the snails who are waiting to be awakened by the sound of gongs are carrying the flames rising like the sun. The old village chief wears hundreds of slates that have been passed down from generations to generations like chain mail. The villagers lived ignorantly and happily...until a young snow monster Miguo saw with his own eyes the human being called the "Little Foot Monster", which caused an uproar among the ethnic group.
This is a story that has been told too many times by ancient and modern Chinese and foreign authors. From Fang Long's "Preface to Tolerance" to Lu Xun's Tiewuzi, it always describes the resistance to "change". The old village chief in "Snow Monster Adventure" is obviously the incarnation of the old-fashioned old man. As a vested interest, he insists that the villagers uphold the stone law (similar to the law of our human beings) without asking questions or exploring the truth. And the rice crackers who insisted that they found the "Little Foot Monster" had to be left behind and were brutally expelled. However, I was wrong. The second half of the film revealed that the old village chief was originally to protect the people who were slaughtered by humans. In his mind, the greatest safety is only when he is no longer in contact with humans. When the old village chief took Miguo to visit the rock paintings, he told the truth in the form of a wonderful RAP, which enhanced the viewability of the film.
The overall tone of the film is joyful and peaceful. Create conflicts, but there is no bloody killing; it is thought-provoking, but there is no heavy burden. Everything flows freely in the crystal clear ice and snow world like a song, and there is no lack of laughter and warmth in it. Although the film seems flat and straightforward, there is no lack of emotional climaxes, allowing the audience to guess how the storyline develops, and smile when they suddenly realize it.
At the end of the story, the creation of the sea of clouds is stopped, the stone law no longer exists, the snow monster walks down the mountain, mankind puts off guard, and the two civilizations achieve the first handshake in history. At this point, I can't help but think of what Mr. Guo Shuxing said: Communication is endless and consensus promotes development. Maybe because the animation is for children, in order to protect their childlike innocence, it is often a happy ending. We should also have expectations for the real world. Regardless of different races or extraterrestrial civilizations, leaving some awe to each other is also leaving room for survival for yourself.
About the author: Hina Hundred Rivers, a curious sleepy god, has rich experience in various shallow literary experiments, such as poetry creation, science fiction, drama scripting, animation production, art design, etc. In June 2015, the public account "Who's Tulip" was created. (Personal WeChat ID: IcyConnieCat315)
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