Today, I would like to talk with you about the 3D fantasy blockbuster "The Jungle Book" released by Disney immediately after "Zootopia". The film is based on the 1967 classic "Prince of the Woods". This film is not a cartoon, but a live-action film full of massive special effects and CG. The film's only human character, Mowgli (except for a few human silhouettes in the village scene), is played by Indian-born child star Neel Sethi, and many Hollywood superstars have voiced various animal characters. The movie adheres to Disney's usual wonderful fairy tale style and strong technical force, providing audiences with a magnificent visual enjoyment.
The main plot and character settings of the movie are not very different from the original "Prince of the Forest" (but some of the key settings are very different, such as the setting of "fire", the hatred between the tiger and Mowgli), but it clearly presents the animation. A completely different atmosphere. We can see that the movie is very thoughtful in the setting of the world view, the setting of the characters (including animals, the same below) and the advancement of several clues, which makes the movie a huge amount of information and always reminds the audience: revisit this film now When it is classic, you can feel its extremely profound thoughts and metaphors. We can pick some of them for a little analysis.
About the setting of the world view. We see the world in which the movie story takes place, which is first divided into two parts: the human world and the forest (animal world). When we watched the movie, we had an obvious feeling: the human world did not directly threaten the animal world, except that Mowgli became a wolf child by chance when he was a child, there was no direct conflict (or war) between humans and animals; But animals are obviously afraid and wary of humans: because humans have so-called "red flowers" (fire); animals are unknown to fire, but have intuitive feelings: it can bring light and warmth, but because it is difficult to control , will also bring destruction. As audiences, we also understand that the danger of fire is obviously more likely to be unintentional (like the later episodes in the movie), rather than everyone having the idea of "setting the forest on fire". Therefore, this "fear" of fire in the hearts of animals is a consequence of inadvertent "expansion" and "diffusion". As for who caused this expansion and pervasion, we feel that there should be a profound reason, as well as the existence of a current like a tiger fanning the flames. Second, in the animal world, our findings are far from monolithic. The two most obvious groups are "monkeys" and non-monkeys. How do monkeys make us feel? Language barrier, culture is very different, living in a mysterious area of exotic (Asian) style, there is a big boss like a god who does his part; except for the boss, the monkeys that are like ants are just subordinate to the boss, they can't speak, There is no mind of its own, and the only existence is to take care of the Boss and give everything for the Boss. Um. Once again, in the animal world other than monkeys, there are all kinds of characters with different styles: there are serious, tall and majestic black panthers and wolves, there are strange and evil snakes, and there are ghostly but powerful ones. Tiger, but also the optimist, good-natured but great potential Grizzlies.
We show the world background of this story, do you have any deja vu? It seems to be a projection of our present world. Let's get to the bottom of this: Humans represent a potentially dangerous (not so dangerous) group with a totem (or belief) that only they seem to be able to control, a belief that has the potential to destroy an entire forest. The forest represents another group of people. They had to make peace internally because of the poor economic environment. However, the house leaked during the night rain, and among them was a homeless human child whose father died. Why did the child lose his father (well, a child with an Indian face with a father in Arab attire)? It's because my father once had a fight with the most powerful being in this forest (New World Conservative: Tiger), and then my father was killed by a tiger, and the tiger was also wounded in the face by his father. But the tiger didn't notice that the father had a child. When the tiger discovered this hidden danger, the child was already protected by its kind (wolves, leopards), and it seemed to grow up day by day. This child has an original sin: he will one day be in the forest Set fire in. The tiger spread the news in the forest, hoping to achieve its two goals at the same time: to avenge his wounds and regain control of the entire forest at the same time. An alternative in the animal world, the monkeys also see this: the monkey king robs the child, trying to get the ability to control this belief from the child, so as to control the entire forest in the future. But the wily monkey king didn't expect that there were people behind the child, a representative of the traditional forest (Black Panther) and a representative of the New World Liberal (Bear). These two groups of people helped the child at the same time, causing the mighty Monkey King to capsize in the gutter. Not only did they not get the child, but the palace they lived in collapsed, almost burying themselves alive. Although not dead, it is estimated that it may be more troublesome to obtain the "faith of fire" again. But after all, the monkey is old and hot. Before losing, he released the news of the fight in the forest (the tiger killed the wolf king), which inspired the child to open hidden skills and let the child forget that he was just chasing him and fell into further confusion about his life experience, so that Achieving the effect of bringing disasters to the west, forest civil strife, and being able to watch the fire from the other side: Although I am a bit miserable, I will not make you feel better. Hmm, it's all tricks.
However, it is a fairy tale after all, how can there be a happy ending? The conservative rightist (Tiger) who opposes Disney will definitely set himself on fire, and the new world, which represents freedom and individual heroes, will maintain friendly relations with the serious old forest, and everyone will work together to find a way to deal with the economic crisis. As for that foreign "infidel"? We have tested him. When he sees an elephant, he will bow down and even rescue the baby elephant without fear of danger, and has been accepted and affirmed by the elephant herd: Are we the kind of people with small stomachs? We are a big West with big milk! As long as you convert to our religion and culture! snort! Oh yes, what is an elephant? Don't forget, elephants clearly have the greatest power: "They made this forest" is what the black panther passed down orally to the children. And in the end, it was the elephants that put out the water to put out the forest fire. Elephants do not speak, but they are real: this is the creator and the savior.
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