The word-of-mouth of the series on Douban is on the decline.
Special feature of 1905 film network In the summer, cartoons have been "marching" to the big screen one after another. Since July, 1-2 animated films have been released every week on average. Among these films, two have attracted the attention of fans — — One was released for 11 days and earned 780 million box office, while the other was the first "self-rated" Chinese animation. Now it has been released for nearly a week and the box office is less than 40 million.
However, in terms of word-of-mouth performance, the word-of-mouth of Despicable Me series has been declining continuously. The first douban scored as high as 8.5, and the rotten tomatoes in North America have maintained 81% freshness so far. When it comes to "Daddy Thief 3", the freshness of rotten tomatoes is barely 61%. The author interviewed several audiences at random, and most people only remembered Minions’s stupidity, but they were not impressed by the plot. Many fans commented that "the value of the series has been sucked up" and "it is really unnecessary to continue the series of hard-hitting sequels based on a popular character" … …
Douban netizens’ comments on "Daddy Thief 3"
Despicable Me came out from the first book, and formed its own routine with the type of anti-crime. The hero Gru was originally a thief, but he was always caught in the PK with other thieves. After each PK, he became an assistant to help the police solve the case. Even after the end of the second film, Gru was promoted to be an agent. When I thought that the anti-crime film was completely subverted, the third part added a new role — — Gru’s twin brother — — Drew, who wants to be a big bad guy, the game between the two brothers has become a point of view. However, with the addition of new characters, the whole film is still reduced to the pattern of anti-crime films, which has not been extended in depth.
In the movie, the most eye-catching thing is Gru’s assistant — — Minions. This is a group of yellow capsules that love bananas. They are bent on doing bad things with Gru, but they always make a sharp contrast by screwing things up. In the whole series, Minions’s setting is to pursue the nonsense contrast, and use this as an allegory to continue the unruly rebellious spirit in the first film.
With the overdevelopment of this series, Minions’s supporting roles are becoming more and more out of place, which is more like the existence of selling cute to ease the atmosphere of the film when the rhythm needs to be adjusted. Even the foreign movies are no different from the Despicable Me series except that their origins are explained at the beginning.
Minions’s sprouting became the performance of arresting people in this series of movies, but it gradually separated from the movie plot and became an expression pack instead. Compared with the same period of "The Great Protector", it is completely a film that is out of the routine and has ideas from the beginning.
The Great Protector may not be good enough, but it is an improvement.
We focused our attention on the Great Protector, and its douban score has risen from the initial 7.4 points to 8.2 points, which is the same as the evaluation in 2015. This is a very rare achievement for Chinese animated films. investigateGood lines, excellent painting skills, solidofMetaphorical content makes this animated film one of the high-quality summer movies.
The film takes the great protector’s search for the prince as an opportunity to come to a strange town called "Peanut Town". The whole story takes place in this small town, and the film is a dystopian story. Some people also commented that "this is the most extraordinary thing from 2017 to now, which is neurotic and negative, anti-ideal, anti-society, anti-humanity, anti-value, anti-children and anti-literature" and "even in Hollywood, it is difficult for us to see an animation with such a complex and dark theme. It is a very unique existence. Although it is not perfect, it is such an alternative and unique existence. It is unclear and can only be understood, but cannot be expressed." … …
Douban netizens’ comments on the Great Protector.
The director doesn’t think that from the flash era in 2004, he began to make animated short film series, including representative works "Blackbird" and "Millet Forest". Although a minority, it has long been famous in the animation circle. In the early works, we can already see the unique aesthetic of not thinking about the world. For example, in the role setting, I prefer to take the dark and strange style; In terms of content and line style, it is different from many animations of young teeth. Especially "Millet Forest", although each episode is only a few minutes, the director has constructed a very complete world view. These advantages have been continued in the Great Protector.
The animated series "Millet Forest"
In his early years, the director made his debut as a short drama series, tried a long animated film for the first time, and even invited the best editing of the golden statue — — Lin Aner participated in the production and editing. The director himself does have a lot of demands and things he wants to express. With Lin Aner’s "Golden Scissors", while ensuring the director’s authorship, he has done a strong control in editing and ensured the rhythm of filming.
On the Style of "Prince"
The most interesting, but controversial, part of The Great Protector is the style of lines. The lines in "The Great Protector" almost violate the cognition of many mass audiences on animation, and even feel a little "don’t talk to people". On the contrary, fans think that the lines are all designed and are the director’s own style. From the perspective of unfamiliarity, the balance of these lines is actually that what he wants to do is not a safe film that the public thinks is not a problem, but a fresh work.
In the pursuit of fresh and independent style, the Great Protector succeeded. Although this is an animation with a violent shell, many viewers laughed with the film during the premiere. One second, the film is still orthodox, and the next second may be the sun and the direction, which is described as "collapse" in animated terms.
Violent scenes in the Great Protector
In particular, the role of "Prince" in the film is completely handled according to Japanese and Japanese styles. The identity of the prince sounds like a high-end orthodoxy, but in the movie, it has completely become a joke. Because the director likes Xu Jinjiang’s role as "the leader of Yue Bai" in The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man, the modeling of "Prince" directly refers to Xu Jinjiang himself. The prince is narcissistic and lofty, and shows his indifference to the world. Although his face is full of stubble and looks fierce, he is talkative and sensitive to literature and art.This "sense of collapse" is not a kind of out-of-control meaning, on the contrary, it is a unique style of animation, which brings a refreshing contrast to the audience.
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