As an adult, if I had a daughter, I would definitely take her to watch this movie! Because there are a lot of them that meet the growth expectations of adults for children!
I believe that all parents have a contradiction, that is, they hope that their children will always live in pure and beautiful happiness, but also know that the real world is not like this, so I hope to guide or remind them before the children grow up and get hurt. But how to guide interestingly within the scope of the baby's understanding is not so easy. After all, many children neither understand nor are interested in the "my age" in their parents' mouths.
At this time, it's actually very easy to use movies as "teaching materials". "Legend of Finding the Dragon" is an excellent "textbook" in this category.
First of all, there are a lot of serious spoilers in this one I wrote today! So I warned the previous party: It is better to watch my film review after watching the movie.
Second, I like this movie! I give five stars!
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After watching Disney's new "Legend of the Dragon" I gave five stars.
All aspects are calculated very well. And also continued the "Princess Series." It is very suitable for the whole family with the baby to watch.
First of all, from the perspective of an adult, say Ha:
Have a laugh, fight, fast-paced, and have a super beautiful background! This bunch can also meet the visual needs of adults at the same time. The setting of the tribal scenery, from the Gobi desert to the Southeast Asian style villages, from the Vietnamese Laotian terraces to the Thai-style architecture, although this is a fantasy country story, but the sense of substitution of various scenery is very strong, today can not travel abroad casually , At least a little bit can meet the small needs of the inner desire to see the scenery.
From the perspective of children, especially girls:
There is a princess! There are little animals! All animals are good, cute, and magic!
These points have been able to meet the inner needs of many young girls!
Standing among children and adults who are parents only represents me personally: (I am a girl!)
I have been chasing Disney's various animations, including the princess series, since Girls’ Generation. Now that I am obsessed with princesses, I still think this movie is good. I highly recommend moms with daughters to take their little princess to the cinema!
Disney movies have always been very influential to children! I guess Disney knows this too, so their animated movies are very positive praises of truth, goodness and beauty. It is not just to satisfy the visual sense of adults and neglect to teach children "what is right".
It sounds like I am exaggerating Disney infinitely.
I think Pixar, Warner Bros., Universal, European animation, Japanese animation, and of course the recently emerging domestic animation, all kinds of animation movies have something remarkable. I am an out-and-out cartoon fan! Each family has its own foothold and makes amazing and good things! But not every cartoon is suitable for children!
Yes, don't think that animation is for children!
Many animations are to satisfy adults like me who have watched cartoons since I was a child and are still addicted to watching them when they grow up. Quite a lot of children in cartoons don’t understand. It is not a story for children at all. Animation is just a form of expression.
But when it comes to Disney, many of their animations, such as every animation in the "Princess Series", take the children's ideas into consideration and produce them in a guiding way.
As an adult, I feel that talking about "Disney Princess" with children can actually make the children understand more than talking about the painful experience of growing up. And many Disney movies are "well-designed". Very much in line with the growth expectations of adults for children!
Let's talk about a bunch of "central ideas" in the front, let's talk about the "main content" below!
First of all, there are no gorgeous big skirts! awesome! ! !
In this film, no matter which princess, she has always been in plain fighting attire. And during the meeting between the two little princesses, there was a clear dialogue content of "It is neither comfortable nor convenient if it is not usually worn so gorgeous" in the content of the conversation!
Who said that the princess must wear a big dress! Although big skirts can bring unlimited benefits to various derivatives after the movie is released, I am really fed up with watching all kinds of little girls who are all right and wear colorful air-tight material and sequined princess dresses. Running around in princess shoes with heels. It's not Halloween. Wearing this outfit every day is uncomfortable and hinders sports!
In fact, Disney princesses have been following the "evolution" of the times in recent years, not just in clothing! From the lady-like princess of the crown jewelry in the old fairy tales, slowly evolving to the present independent image of independent control of their own destiny.
Secondly, there is no love, no prince" or "boyfriend" in this story. There is no content that must rely on men for salvation! (It is not to encourage women not to fall in love, but to encourage women to be independent.)
The only dragon involved in magical power is a dragon girl!
This is really an improvement!
I am not a feminist, I think men and women should be equal. The reason why many women stand up and shout for feminist rights is because these people have been exposed to unequal treatment by men's rights or incidents where men's rights are higher than women's in many things, and they broke out. If men and women were originally equal, women would not feel that they were being treated unfairly and would not jump out to call for feminism.
In the animation, the story takes place in the background of complete equality between men and women, and inspires women's independent power!
In the first five tribes, the tribe leaders had males and females. In this small group of people who later saved the world, the supporting roles were also played equally by males, females and even animals. It did not induce to suggest which sex is higher, or which species is more dominant!
Although the whole play is ultimately a contest and peace between female characters, it does not have the image of a "virtuous and elegant" vase that women in a patriarchal society present! Both men and women are in control of their own destiny and strive to save their world. There is no suggestion that "the princess must fall in love", "the princess must look for a prince, a knight" or even "a man for help". All the princess has to do is to find a way to find the dragon independently, and then save her father, and find a companion and a "trust relationship" on this journey.
I really want to stand up and applaud at this point! Right, right, in the story of gender equality, guide the little girls to work hard to be independent!
Speaking of "trust relationship", children are simpler than adults and more likely to trust unfamiliar people!
This film is made by a bunch of adults who have been "growth and tempered" to guide children, or to guide the simple self who was once a child!
Therefore, the several stages of Li Raya's spiritual journey in the film are all the children will encounter in the future.
1. Don't trust strangers casually
2. Try to find people with common interests, and gradually trust each other and entrust life.
Raya went from trusting people at will to being betrayed by others, from trusting no one anymore to giving up her life to trust her companions. During this process, many "you and me" who watched movies grew up like this!
Each of us has grown from a simple-minded little silly child to a careful-minded and exquisite adult.
I don't trust strangers casually, and I don't open my heart to unfamiliar people and trust others. Everyone has friends who can be trusted for many years, so you can spit out loud and speak out your heart.
Every adult has grown up in this way, accompanied by their own sadness.
How to teach such a thing to simple children has always been a problem. I don't want to hurt the innocent child, and worry that the child is too innocent and will be hurt by others! (From this point of view, in fact, a simple child is more like a dragon in an animation! The dragon is simple and cute, and his brain is full of "gifts". Although it is a big girl after transforming into a human form, it is just like a 5-year-old child with a simple heart. . Will be deceived, don't hurt or even be killed...)
I believe that all parents, no one wants their children to be hurt in any way, but at the same time they know that they can't learn from the school motto and grow up without being hurt! So sometimes when you and your child are trying to explain something about growing up, Disney's film is very useful! You can say: "Do you remember the princess Raya when she was a child, she once made a big mistake because she believed in Namali!? You are like the princess Raya now, don't trust people who are not familiar!"
On this level, Raya is a particularly "easy to use" princess. Her experience is how to not trust anyone to how to find a trustworthy friend and finally give the trust that is entrusted to life. This model story is especially suitable for adults to explain the truth to children, and children can easily understand.
The other one grows up by "crossing the river by feeling the stones." This is another reason why I think "Legend of Dragon Hunting" is a good textbook.
Although Raya has a clear goal "find the dragon, piece together the crystals, and save the world"
But in the end how to achieve it, she only has a vague sense of direction. Every time she finds an extra crystal, the dragon has an extra ability. The general direction seems to be correct, but in fact the dragon's super powers are of little use from beginning to end! Right? A little bit of a dragon, even if you have all the crystals together, it is quite possible that you don't know what to do!
This journey of saving the world is similar to the growth of each of us!
In the process of growing up, no one has a clear "instruction" or "road map", we can only have a general direction to move forward.
Although Raya has a clear map, she can only "take a gamble" on how Crystal saves the world in the end.
The moment when everyone in the climax part turned into stone, and the crystal was dimmed, should be the most brilliant part of the whole movie!
(Sitting in the movie theater, I know that the Disney movie will not end tragically, but I still sweated for all the characters after the crystal ball was completely extinguished.)
This is the habitual perception of adults! In other words, adults know what "reality" is.
In addition to various human factors such as hard work, mutual trust, perseverance, etc., we also yearn for a little bit of "luck", that is, the little bit of "magic" that the crystal will light up again in the end!
In many cases, before success really comes, we can only "gamble", hoping that what we believe is right.
The saying "It depends on people to make things, and things happen in heaven", which has been passed on from generation to generation. What adults hope to tell children is actually more positive information, such as "Even if you fail in the end, you still need to work hard. Before the dust settles at the last second, believe and do your best! Be worthy of yourself".
In the movie:
Namali's choice after getting all the crystals is very three-dimensional! In fact, at the last moment, no one knew whether his judgment was correct. It is possible that he is simply "dead in vain"!
Raya believes in the words Long Xisu said, "Brothers and sisters believe that she can accomplish her mission".
The one-eyed uncle, Xiao Nuo, monkeys, and Captain Apo believed in Raya's judgment. (This voter doesn't believe Namali at all. There is no way this can be done.)
In the end, what Namali can believe is to live up to everyone's trust and take a fight here. And before she became a stone, she didn't see the crystal ball turning around. In other words, she didn't know that it wouldn't work! But she can only try her best to do what she can do!
Yes, as adults, many people have experienced "plan failure". Life and reality are like this. We can only move forward in the dark. No matter how good our plan is, we may fail, but before we fail, we will try to believe in our correctness! Even if it is wrong, try it, the so-called "best effort".
And for children living in a better world, it is difficult for us to tell them this truth and make them understand.
So the few seconds when the crystal ball was dimmed and Namali turned to stone, in fact, maybe that was the "terrible reality" that Namali faced, but even so, everyone, including her, was still working hard. , Do the best you can do, just like Long's brother and sister 500 years ago.
One more thing:
Magic is actually not very useful, what is important is people's beliefs and abilities! This is also particularly clear in the movie.
The supernatural powers that the dragon slowly improves, such as: it will shine, it will spray, it will rain! Except spraying at the door of the Tomahawk tribe to scare the enemy, there is no other combat ability!
When the next group of people discussed the battle plan, everyone was the type of fighting. There was no dragon's supernatural power in this battle plan.
The only useful dragon function is "swimming"! This is what Sisu was very proud of from the beginning.
The other is to inspire Raya's kindness and trust ability, if this is super power!
Compared with the previous "Frozen", I prefer the story of princesses without superpowers and dragons that slowly gain superpowers but useless to save the world, which is more in line with the current Disney trend. Ordinary people can save the world, or change the world!
If I have a daughter or something, I would like to show her. After all, there are so many things in the real world, not just a "magic", right? Need to work hard to change. Even the princess is like this, let alone ordinary people!
Regarding the evil black monster, the previous princess series had old fairy tales as the version, so it is impossible to jump out of the evil. They are all witches, wizards, and bad kings. Anyway, all kinds of people!
This time the evil forces "bring out the old and bring forth the new." It's a non-human or even a bit abstract black and purple energy-like thing. Keep breeding, turning humans and dragons (including high-IQ animals such as monkeys? Insects seem ineffective) into stone statues!
Okay, so what, all the ideas of the film recommended to parents, that's it.
Later, I will talk about things that are okay to raise a baby.
First of all, because the story is original and I am not familiar with Southeast Asian culture myself, I just couldn't keep up with it at first!
Yes, just can't keep up!
In the previous Princess Princess series, because many of the characters and backgrounds were familiar from childhood, the brain does not need to spend time sorting out who lives where and which one represents!
Now this completely new story, as soon as it is spread out, and then a dragon-shaped map, I have always had no sense of direction, except that the river in the map looks like a dragon, and I have no understanding of who lives where and what it is!
Yes, this map, I personally feel that it is a bit "too fast" and a little bit unable to keep up.
After watching the movie, I went home and watched the trailer again.
Then I found a "shortcut" to understanding! (Silently praise the careful thoughts of the cartoon makers, in fact, there are a lot of calculated things buried)
Just look at this picture, the 4 tribes can be distinguished immediately.
The route of Raya's future exploration journey is one by one from left to right.
The first is the yellow tribe on the far left.
The disaster happened 6 years ago, I took the crystal shards and went home, but I spent all my financial and material resources on how to prevent others from stealing the crystal!
The ending turned out to be all perished! All that is left are the traps they made, the yellow tree that represents the color of the tribe's clothes, and the skeletons and crystals under the tree. The ending of this tribe is really very sad.
The only survivor should be Apo, the shrimp porridge boy from the lobster boat!
The second visit is the second pink tribe on the left
It is this small village like a floating market in Southeast Asia. Raya is called a tribe full of thieves and crooks.
Xiao Nuo and the three little white monkeys are forced to be professional liars and thieves by life!
Of course, there is also the grandmother who is the leader of the liar, and everyone is more or less pink and purple.
Keep watching, the third tribe, the fighting nation! Turquoise.
All kinds of tomahawks and burly warriors, the Asian version of Viking, are there any?
It's a pity, in fact, the Viking pirates are generally simple-minded, and go directly to fight to the death with the dark demons.
Then there was only the one-eyed uncle left. (Mapping reality, isn't the body good enough not to be infected by the virus, right?)
Finally, this tribe in white clothes riding a big cat
This tribe is the same as that pink and purple liar grandmother tribe.
To survive and continue to develop is really accumulated by IQ plus EQ.
Aside from the topic of educating children, the setting of this tribe is not actually a "wicked person."
Although it seems that the settings of the queen and the princess are opposite to Raya, those who like to watch "Quanyou" probably understand the various unscrupulous means to ensure the smooth survival of their country in the "extraordinary" environment!
Of course, for the teenagers who love Disney, "selfish" and "greedy" are both bad!
So the queen finally turned into a stone in it is actually a punitive punishment for her selfish greed and she doesn't want everyone to be resurrected and blames her daughter, right? !
By the way, the setting of this Vietnamese terrace + Thai Grand Palace is also really amazing!
Boldly mix and cut various Asian elements together, and there is no sense of violation!
Okay, after finishing the geography, talk about my own love!
Supporting animals!
I am a painter myself. I am obsessed with the excellent supporting roles in the movie.
In this movie, the supporting role animal is a ranking list, and the first cute is the tutu worm. (Tuk Tuk)
First of all, the name is estimated to have come from the three-wheeled taxis running around in Thailand.
I give a Baidu Tuha
It is true that Tutu is an important means of transportation for Raya when he grows up!
But this image is too powerful, it feels like a combination of a little hedgehog and a watermelon worm!
Let's not talk about the little hedgehog, everyone knows what it is, talk about the watermelon bug.
A bug that turns into a small ball at the touch of a touch.
Many people think that they are related to woodlouses, and this kind of bugs rarely appear in cartoons.
The only one in my memory where the watermelon bug appeared was in Hayao Miyazaki's "Arrietty the Borrower". Appeared as a watermelon worm, without any deformation. He was held in his arms by the little hostess, turned into a ball, and then placed back on the grass.
So this time I saw this sudden version of the watermelon bug, it was amazing! Bring out my blood! Even when he grows up, he is still so cute! And it won't turn over!
It would be great if you could raise one home as a pet, and you can still ride a bike out when you grow up.
Next time you see watermelon bugs in the grass, you must help those little balls who can't turn over to turn home!
Second, third and fourth are the three little white monkeys brought by Xiao Nuo. But for these three, I don't want to raise them at home, they are too noisy and tear down! Ha ha ha ha!
It is a pity that because the three little monkeys have been exercising at a high frequency, the scenes are not too much. So in the process of watching the movie, didn't you understand that the three of them are brothers? Or a family of three (parents with a child or something?). No matter what you say anyway. Adopting a little waxy baby is really kind monkeys!
In line with my values! The animals are all good!
The sixth place, or the third species, should be the bug that farts into fireworks!
I don't know where this prototype came from. There are knowledgeable classmates. I am waiting to leave a message to add.
The seventh place is the dragon.
Not perfect is cute!
Although Long-Hisushi is an Aisha face!
But becoming a girl is very cute.
That kind of sloppy, untidy teeth, stupid but kind-hearted, a dragon with a brain full of gifts.
People are beautiful because they are cute, not because they are beautiful.
All girls, regardless of age, will know the meaning of this sentence.
However, every time Xisulong's appearance appeared, it immediately brainwashed Aisha's image. Aisha's willow eyebrows are all over his head.
In addition to the face shape, I guess the hair color of Xisulong is also the reason why I think I have a fight with Aisha. Obviously there is no similarity between the version and Aisha! !
I don’t know how many people feel the same way as me! Hahaha!
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