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Jaiden 2022-03-08 08:01:35

The night before yesterday, I finally watched "The Return of the Great Sage" and wanted to share my opinion. First of all, it is indeed an excellent Chinese animation, and it is very gratifying to be able to do this. If it's a masterpiece, I don't think it's a masterpiece, it can only be considered a masterpiece - I think only works like "Havoc in Heaven" by the Three Brothers of Wanshi are masterpieces. After many years, the brilliance has not faded. beyond. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been only a few animated films that can be called masterpieces. It is also said that this film is a milestone in Chinese animation. I think people in the animation industry should judge this.

On the good side, everyone has said a lot, and I think it is mainly on the pictures and scenes. I don't like the character design very much, but the picture is really delicate and beautiful, and the 3D rendering is not bad. The scene surpasses most of the domestic cartoons in recent years. The action scenes are very complicated, and the battle scenes are very large, which gets rid of the "small fight" feeling that domestic cartoons give. In this regard, I think "The Return of the Great Sage" can score 7.5 or even higher. However, the explanation of the action scenes is still a bit confusing, and it is not as good as "Kung Fu Panda". We see that the action scenes of the latter are explained very clearly, and the rhythm of the action scenes is better grasped.

There are still quite a few shortcomings. The biggest problem may be the replacement of narrative by scenes-the whole story is relatively thin, and it relies on a few battles to support the main line. Lack of narrative highs and lows. The opening begins with a freehand style, which is very good, but soon the story begins to slacken: Jiang Liuer's character has not been established, except for being loving and nagging, I don't know what this character wants to do, and there is no development or change at the end. ——In fact, even Sun Wukong did not write the arc of character development, and the characters are relatively flat. Why did Sun Wukong go with Jiang Liuer? Why did Zhu Bajie go with Sun Wukong and Jiang Liuer? The motivation to start this adventure is too weak, it feels like a few people are hard to get together. Then, before the story reaches its climax, the theme song picks up - that part is beautifully shot, but lacks power. If the previous story had a stronger driving force and appeal, even if the protagonist explained a few words (for example, let Sun Dasheng say, I will always protect you), and then start the theme song, it would be more appropriate.

The pros and cons of this film are also a bit strange. I don't understand why the monster (some netizens said it was Chaos?) had to get along with Jiang Liuer and Sun Wukong - did he have to catch that little girl? It's like Dragon Ball develops to the back, and some episodes are all about fights for the sake of fights.

I didn't really understand the theme of the movie. The point of Sun Wukong rediscovering himself and the return of the hero is very good, but as the theme of the film, it has not been explored enough, and it has not been well highlighted. There is still much room for improvement in this regard.

In addition, is the shape of the demon king very Japanese? Reminds me of the faceless man in Spirited Away.

There are a lot of subjects of Sun Wukong, but I always feel that the thinking is too narrow, and they are all concentrated in the part where the havoc in the Heavenly Palace was suppressed, and finally came out again. Is it because the Chinese people are being suppressed too much? In fact, there are many aspects that can be photographed. For example, it can focus on monkeys and bull demon kings who are called brothers and brothers, when they are demon kings; for example, about the years when Sun Wukong studied under Bodhi Patriarch; ...

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