I didn't plan to go to the theater last weekend, because the previous week, I took Michael to watch the 25th anniversary special screenings of "Interstellar Exploration" and "Shawshank's Redemption". I was a bit tired. Therefore, if it were not for the suggestion of ABC girl Angelia, Mr. Michael had no intention to watch "The Snowman", and we did not do any homework in advance, except for the trailer. In fact, I still have some reservations about this animation that Oriental DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation worked hand-in-hand with China and the United States. However, from the moment I walked into the theater and queued up to buy tickets, I felt a little bit of goodwill in my heart. Stretching a little bit, because it was nearly full, which caused us, one big, three and four people, to be divided into two rows and three places to sit.
After entering the venue, I observed it. It was indeed a family-friendly venue. The chattering dungeons of Western children with popcorn and huge coke occupies the entire theater. This could not help but arouse my curiosity. At the beginning of the film, the passage of the Snowman’s escape is short and uninspiring. When the Snowman jumped to the top floor of an old apartment house in the old city with typical Shanghai characteristics, I straightened a little bit; and Xiaoyi’s grandma’s "wine "Janzi" and the sudden appearance of chanting "Busy, busy, busy......", a little light began to appear in front of my eyes-after the end, it was found that the voice of "Shanghai's daughter" Zhou Caiqin, the master of Peking opera Zhou Xinfang’s daughter, who became popular on the London stage in the 1960s with Suzie Wong’s performance, and then became the first Chinese girl on the screen. It has been featured in "The Joy Luck Club" in the 1990s and in "Now You See Me 2" in recent years. Her punching performance.
Going back to the "Snowman" movie itself, its logical starting point and basic setting, a simple word is "go home", first of all I think this is a very Hollywood-style cliché, and even a bit blunt: Talking about Shanghai girl Xiaoyi Trapped in the emotional depression of her father’s death, she hopes to accumulate travel expenses by busy earning money, and revisit the great rivers and mountains of the motherland that her father visited before her death. When she found the Everest snowman who escaped from the lab of the villain’s big boss on the top floor of her husband’s house. Suddenly, his sympathy was overwhelming, and he decided to help Da Mao return to his hometown and reunite with his parents and relatives. Xiaoyi’s two neighbors and friends, who are also a pair of cousins, Ajun and Pengpeng, followed Xiaoyi and accompany Da Mao. Embarked on the road to return home...This is indeed a cliché, but it is a typical and effective routine that can be applied everywhere. When the light show on the banks of the Huangpu River shined, Xiaoyi and Da Mao jumped on the deck of the freight ship, followed the Yangtze River upstream, and walked along the banks of the green mountains. The magical nature is bursting all the way, and the highlights of this cartoon are gradually being laid out one by one.
Huangshan, Thousand Island Lake, Leshan Giant Buddha, Shangri-La, and of course Mount Everest on the top of the world, these landmark attractions in Chinese geography textbooks and popular travel guides, just like this, they are deliberately implanted in this way. The combination of the trio, and the wayward journey to the west, is embedded in the travel notes, travel notes, or adventures that have many tribute templates. The fascinating creatures are here! When we saw this "Journey to the West" group on the screen ride the "Dandelion Hot Air Balloon" through the high mountains, boating in the sparkling lakes and mountains, the talented and magical "surfing" in the rape field, the koi-shaped land soaring through the sky, The solemn sound of the piano is like a flower blooming in front of the eyes...Of course, there are large blueberries raining from the sky that caused a laugh in the theater, and the boat of the plateau yaks start a runaway mode in groups. At the end of "Snowman", I heard a round of applause in the theater... (I can't help but insert a sentence, technically speaking, "Snowman" and "Nezha: The Devil Boy" It’s not in one dimension.)
Later, it was discovered that Jill Carlton, the director and screenwriter of "Snowman Romance", used to be the screenwriter of "Monsters Electric Company"-there is a monster helping the girl Abu go home, and here is the girl Xiaoyi helping Da Mao go home. In the new bottle of old wine, "Snowman" became the North American box office champion as soon as it debuted on its first weekend, and the Rotten Tomatoes website also maintained an 80% praise rating, which is very rare. I feel that behind the dazzling performance is a seamless connection between mature industrial technology and wonderful natural scenery.
There was applause, win-win cooperation, and a good gift.
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