Perhaps everyone has already understood that "Dolit's Fantasy Adventure" (Du Li De), when the film was released, was hit by word of mouth, and it was almost completely disastrous.
So what does this movie look like? Is it really that unbearable? With such low expectations, I went to see this movie, and I said that this movie was made for children and children under 10 years old. Although the story of the movie is complete, it is actually very boring. There is no innovation and no creative special effects. The film is probably intended to create a young fantasy Pirates of the Caribbean, but the motivation and logic of the story are really not at all contemplated. The coherence of the story is very poor, and the characters played by Nini are not so impressive.
However, if you have children at home, you can go and watch it with the family. It only takes 100 minutes to understand why the popcorn index and the tolerance of the public. After all, if you regard this movie as a movie for young children, it is fine and easy to understand. No ambition, if you use the standards of an adult to evaluate a children's work, it is somewhat out of date. In addition, the starring role is Nini, which naturally attracted a lot of fans, and the popularity of the public will also increase. Many people are curious about why Nini participated in a children’s film. According to Nini’s own interview, it is his early I just wanted to shoot a work for children that belonged to them. In fact, when I took the role of Iron Man, it was also for children.
This is his own personal reason, but there is also a very realistic reason that Nini cannot refuse, that is, Universal has given a contract of 25 million US dollars in remuneration + share. Who can resist this sugar-coated cannonball. As for the story itself, it was adapted from the children's literature work of the same name "Doctor Dolittle", which is very popular in children's books. In fact, it is not the first time that it was reproduced into a film and television work. There were also 1967 and 1998 versions before this. It was also made into a series in 1998, starring Eddie Murphy. However, the word-of-mouth response of these two versions is very general, and in the end not many people can remember. Next, we will focus on analyzing the Nini version of "Dolit's Fantasy Adventure", which will involve spoilers, 3, 2, 1.
Du Lide, played by Nini, has the ability to talk to all animals. He forms a very good communication bridge with these animals. Coupled with the skills of a doctor, he has become a special veterinarian who is full-time to rescue animals. However, during a voyage, Dolittle’s wife was unfortunately killed, causing Dolittle to be depressed and closed the hospital manor indefinitely. One day, a little boy accidentally injured a squirrel. Under the guidance of the parrot, the little boy took the squirrel to seek help from Dolittle. At the same time, the Queen of England sent someone to Dolittle and asked Dolittle to save the critically ill Queen of England. Next, Doolittle set out to heal the queen, and to save the queen's strange disease, he needed to find a legendary fruit of Eden. So, under the guidance of the parrot, Dolittle went to sea to find the fruit of Eden. By the way, the parrot also brought the boy who wanted to be Dolittle's apprentice.
In this adventure, Doolittle's words and deeds are all trying to rely on the personality of Captain Jack of the Pirates of the Caribbean, but it is an inferior version. After that, Dolittle and his animal companions came to the father-in-law’s island under the pursuit of British warships, because it contained Dolittle’s deceased wife’s travel diary, which recorded the route to find the Fruit of Eden. Between Nadu Lide and his father-in-law, there was also an emotional entanglement and relief. In the end, Du Lide and his group went to the island with the fruit of Eden, and by the way, they cured the dragon with colitis. They got the fruit and healed the queen. His own animal hospital manor was also reopened.
To sum it up, this is a very simple story, without a little bit of complicated logic, a parrot passes through the whole story, enlightening Dolittle’s heart and life, I want to say, why did you go to the parrot for so many years? . The film’s narrative discontinuity is also very serious. Whatever you say, the running account has a sense of sight, an event that is obviously very urgent, but it is busy with other things in the middle, which makes the main story of the film drift away. For example, saving the queen is always a matter of seconds, but the entire team of Dolittle feels that it has been leisurely and leisurely, and finally gave a dragon to treat colitis. Although this played a role in finding fruit, the two were not necessarily related.
I know that this kind of narrative structure is similar to the gameplay of "Pirates of the Caribbean", but why does Pirates of the Caribbean work while Dolittle is cold? The main core is the lack of personality charm of the character Dolittle. Obviously this will lead to a big boycott of Nini fans. Of course, Nini’s acting skills are remarkable in some works, but in this movie it can be said that people are not impressive. Although Nini has deliberately lowered her voice and put on a very British look, but the characters’ lines and stage performances did not create a special place. In the first third of the film, the film repeatedly mentioned that Dolittle can talk to animals to emphasize beating the audience. Look! Dolittle is really special, he can really talk to animals. I want to say that it's 2020. The audience has never seen any strong visuals and characters. Is there a Dolittle who can talk to animals?
And not only did Dolittle have no attraction, but other characters did not resonate with the audience. The symbolic flat villains and supporting roles could not set off the function of the protagonist, especially the two young actors who chose a man and a woman. Say there is no acting skills at all. This US$175 million "Dolit's Fantasy Adventure" not only has Nini, but also the voice of the Dutch brother of "Spider-Man", Lamy Marek of "Bohemian Rhapsody", and Voldemort, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson, and many other top stars do the voice acting.
I believe that when Universal made this movie, it was with high expectations and confidence, just like when it made "Cat", because "Doolittle" children's literature is a very popular and popular series, and it has also been filmed. After six Dolittle films, I guess this restart, Universal also wants to make a series of its own, so it used such a large-scale production cost. But just like Universal's dark monster universe, it has been cool from the first work of "The Mummy". Of course, this movie still has its only point worthy of recognition, that is, the animal expression capture and performance, which is much better than the real indifferent face of "The Lion King". At least the audience can see the expression management of each animal, but no matter what No matter what, it is impossible to return to the slump of this movie's box office.
Well, "Dorit's Fantasy Adventure" is here today. I also like Nini very much. I hope that after bidding farewell to Iron Man, he can quickly find a character that belongs to his own charm again.
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