On December 8, the movie "Mermaid Sea Prison Monster" was released on the iQiyi Network Movie Channel. The trailer and material content of the film give people a more mediocre feeling. In particular, this kind of fantasy color of the network movies, often mostly bad films. However, after watching this "Mermaid Sea Monster" throughout the film, I think that its quality exceeded my expectations, and this work can be regarded as a high-quality work in online movies.
Mermaid-themed online movies have shown a flood trend. Therefore, the "mermaid" and "fishman" in this movie are not novelties. This is also why the film gives people the feeling of a bad film from the beginning. However, after watching it in depth, you will find that although this movie is about the story of a mermaid, its core emotion is very clear and has the value of modern thinking.
In the film, the first emotional thinking content thrown to the fans is, is the family honor we uphold true family honor? Halfway through the story of Mermaid's Sea Cell Monster, the question was suddenly thrown out. The male protagonist's family has been guarding the sea for a hundred years, but he is suddenly told that what is to protect the peace of the people is to hunt mermaids in this name and deceive the mermaid's tears. These tears will form pearls and send them to the palace to help the emperor's old son live forever.
I think that's the most commendable emotional core in the film. Through a fantasy story, the film leads the audience and fans to re-examine the so-called family honor issue, especially behind the family honor, whether there is an unknown truth, behind our so-called honor, is there a very false thing hidden, how much honor, but in the name of defending the peace of the people, and finally benefiting the emperor Lao'er. From this point of view, the film has a very clear anti-feudal flavor.
In the film, the male protagonist finally abandons this illusory family honor and fights for the truth he seeks. It is precisely because of his sober fighting mode that in the end, he has maintained his family honor and fought the real bad guys to the end. In the film, in addition to the value of the core emotions, it is the beginning and end of the story, and there are many very good turning points. At the end of the film, there is indeed a villain that surprises fans.
Of course, in addition to this core emotion, the film also designs love content that is very familiar to young audiences. Between the male protagonist, the general of Zhenhai, and the mermaid, the heroine, a love spanning life and death has been established. When the heroine sacrifices her life for the resurrection of the male protagonist, this love is sublimated. Of course, such a story is a cliché in online movies. A large number of fantasy films are for love, can live, can die, and even love is beyond life and death. This is of course what teenage movie fans love.
In addition to the emotional effectiveness of the story and the relatively good turn of the story, the special effects visual of this movie is also worthy of praise. The movie "Mermaid Sea Prison Monster" has a large number of more elaborate special effects content. These special effects cannot fool fans. In the industry, it is a penny, a penny of special effects production. The special effects level of the film, put into the same kind of network movies, has been regarded as stand out from the crowd. Putting the film into the cinema film works can already level the domestic special effects film of a few years ago. Put it in the present moment, it is on the upper middle. Obviously, the film's special effects visually cost a lot of money.
In particular, it is worth pointing out that in the visual presentation of special effects in this film, the pursuit of more sense of reason, dare to do fine processing in many details. In the past, special effects screens often used "formulas" or reduced brightness, thereby reducing the production of a large number of details. Such special effects films make fans look very eye-catching. This time, "Mermaid Sea Monster" obviously did not fight with fans, and actually did some bright special effects content. Movie fans are smart, and there is no need to fight with everyone.
Combining all of the above, I think that online movies can do the same as "Mermaid Sea Prison Monster", even if it is good. While taking care of the picture and the point of view, it can not only justify the story, but also allow the film to bring some more effective emotional cores and form effective thinking, which is desirable. The film can exist as a benchmark for fantasy films in online movies. Those who make shoddily online movies should learn about the film. (Text/Ma Qingyun)