——And some thoughts on "XX produced, it must be a fine product"
Friends who are familiar with Pixar know that in addition to the brilliant film itself, the production of the ending film is also very careful and very bright. And it seems that starting from "Brave", there will be a dedication after the credits are rolled out at the end of the film, giving the creative motivation of the film, which is often the finishing touch that gives the film more space for aftertaste. In 2012's "Brave", in order to commemorate the old club Steve Jobs, this sentence was typed at the end of the film:
With love and gratitude, dedicated to Steve Jobs, our partner, mentor and friend.
From my personal aesthetic point of view, "Brave" is always a peculiar existence to Pixar. Various painting styles do not match, which makes it the only Pixar work I haven't seen yet ("The Dinosaur" I have The landscape system is knocked out). So I don't want to say much, just use this one to state the facts, the Pixar end-of-title declaration is probably like this.
Inside Out (2015)
Basically, I am a dedicated audience who left the theater after watching the end of the film. The first time I read their endorsement, it was in the 2015 release of "Brain Agents", the end of the film was written like this:
I would like to dedicate this film to our children, please never grow up.
The audience who has watched this film knows that this work disassembles the complex emotions of human beings into a team of five figurative characters such as joy, sadness, tension, disgust, and anger. Through their adventures and gains in the protagonist’s mind, Tell us such a warm and serious truth: growth is not blindly led by joy, but to embrace joy and sorrow in the doomed time. The power of this combination of joy and sorrow is the memory and experience given. The most powerful gift for each of us. In this film, whether it is the creative setting of five emotions, which is concise but quite psychological and even philosophical, or the abstract areas of the brain, the dream factory and other interesting and imagined and restored, or Bingbong singing nursery rhymes and pushing Joy. The tears and farewells when rushing to the sky are all very commendable highlights, and they are all serving to explain the core of the story of "growth = have golden and blue memories".
I remember that when I was watching in the theater, I sometimes screamed, sometimes smiled, sometimes burst into tears, and in the end I was completely persuaded by what they wanted to say. But the sentence dedicated to our kids near the end of the film has changed the topic, I hope you please don't grow up, ever, I seem to suddenly realize: Yes, you will inevitably experience the sadness and difficulties in growing up, I know I can do nothing, only Through the most open-minded encouragement and enlightenment, I hope you can be brave, and I hope you can be calm, but what I hope most is that you don't need to experience these, and you will never be happy and not sad.
Come to think of it, what kind of tenderness and affection is this? It is said that the inspiration for this film was inspired by the director Pete Docter from his daughter’s growing up experience. This sentence "I wish never to grow up" may be what the director wanted to say to his daughter. And behind it, "May never be sad" can convey the common wish of parents all over the world: I still hope that you can be treated kindly by the world and be a little girl/boy who never has to grow up.
Speaking of the director of Pete Docter, I want to call more of the great god of Pixar's levers, because my personal favorite Pixar works are all produced by this director. "(2015) "Flying House Tour" (2009) "Monster Electric Company" (2001), like the always-sounding "Robot Story" (2008) and the pioneering work "Toy Story" (1995) he also participated Story planning. In his resume, I noticed that he had studied philosophy and art before joining Pixar, which may be one of the reasons that make his work special. Judging from the common points of these several films, Pete Docter is good at integrating an inspiring theme core into a wonderful and unique brilliant idea, and tells it in a warm and vivid tone, which will make you feel enjoyable after watching it. , And worthy of aftertaste.
Finding Dory (2016)
The next thing to see is the 2016 "Finding Nemo II", with a line of words in the background of the ocean effect:
I would like to dedicate this film to all our families and relatives, you let us move forward.
May you leave half your life and return as a teenager. This is the quote from the hottest film reviews under this entry.
The domestic release of this film has been criticized by many people for being slightly inferior. Needless to say, compared with Pixar's other classic works, it is also inferior to his predecessor, "Finding Nemo I" (Finding Nemo, 2003), which astounded the world. . To be honest, I agree with this view aesthetically, but from the perspective of project operations, I fully understand and agree with Pixar's approach. The audience can expect "XX production, must be a boutique", but in fact, a company of the size and stage like Pixar must need such a relatively safe project to bless and share risks. What's more, a company like Pixar, which is in the position of industry leader and weather vane, like Blizzard, Google, and Apple, is his unique competitive advantage with the ability to explore and innovate and a sense of responsibility. The strategy is reasonable. So when we see sequels like Finding Nemo II (2016) and Cars III (2017) that are not as good as expected, don’t arbitrarily judge that their creativity has declined. Maybe these are to ensure that they will have classics and surprises again. Necessary conditions.
In fact, this Finding Dory (2017) also brought Pixar another box office peak after "Toy Story III" (2010).
Coco (2017)
Finally, following the two sequels released worldwide, we ushered in the new work "A Dream of Dreams" that meets the expectations of "Pixar" (the translation of this title is speechless and it has nothing to do with the plot). With a unique Mexican cultural background, this fantasy story tells people how to perceive death, how to perceive life, and how to perceive the meaning of the mutual meaning of oneself and the one you love. It also conveys to us warmly, in the memory of love. Before disappearing, please try to remember.
The film is currently in theaters, and the box office in the mainland is also gaining momentum. Everyone has their own opinions on topics such as family and dreams, life and death in the film. I have seen some opinions and discussions, and found that some viewers are entangled in whether the film overly advocates the so-called Mexican-style family view, and whether it emphasizes the importance of family members like "Finding Nemo II". Judging from this Disney-like story line alone, it will create such an impression, but as long as you carefully understand the Pixar gene, you will find that the value of this work is not only that. Like "Brain Agents" and "Finding Nemo II", this "Dream Quest" also has this paragraph at the end of the film:
To the people across time who supported and inspired us.
Thanks to those who have accompanied us and gave us support and encouragement.
In fact, this statement couldn’t be clearer as soon as it came out. In the worldview of this story, the soul that can live forever is either because of something that contributes to others and society, or because of sincere treatment of the real relatives and friends around him. Therefore, whether you are determined to be great or settled in the ordinary, you must earnestly play your role and walk your own path. Either way, you can do inspiring or/and supportive. This, I think, is the style and height of Pixar that has not been swallowed by Disney Capital.
The finishing touch
As mentioned at the beginning, there are always many highlights at the end of Pixar's feature-length animations. Finally, I recommend the ending credits of the two works that Pete Docter has participated in. One is "A Traveling Around the House" (2009) directed by him. This is my personal favorite Pixar work (for me, I like warmth). The ending credit is very cute. It introduces credits in the form of photos of the daily life of a little boy and grandpa, and each post corresponds to the content of the photo:
The story is that the people involved in the story, the proud and informed people watch the play, and the listeners cry and laugh along with nervousness.
Again, the composer Michael Giacchino (Michael Giacchino) for "Flying House" is also a great scorer. This work earned him the Oscar for the best soundtrack. He and Pete Docter also collaborated on "Mind Secret Service. This year's Sony and Marvel post-Marvel "Spider-Man: Homecoming" music was also made by him. In addition, he is also famous for the restarted "Star Trek" series. The theme melody has recently been awkwardly quoted by a domestic commercial drama.
The other one is the end of the well-received "Robot Story". If the ending of "Flying House Around the World" is cute, the ending of "Robot Story" is designed and appreciative. Because it is the concept of the establishment of civilization, the end of the film shows the "labor scene" of people rebuilding civilization after returning to the earth through the key development stages and styles of Western art history:
At the end, I would like to talk about the Pixar label of the "Robot Story" version, which is also very cute:
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