In addition to two super blockbusters, this National Day file, in fact, there are some small films are also released.
Among them, what I am more concerned about should be the childhood memory of the post-780s generation, "Pipilu and Rusisi's Canned Villain".
Since its release, Douban has even had a rating of 7.1 points, which is quite surprising.
Deliberately chose to watch this film after the National Day holiday, but also to find childhood memories.
For our generation, Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tale is a very unique existence after all, and the stories of Pipilu and Lusisi, Shuk and Beta have accompanied many people to grow up.
This canned villain is also from the fairy tale of the same name by Teacher Zheng Yuanjie, I believe that many friends will still have relevant memories.
For this film, I also have very complicated feelings, on the one hand, I want to take the opportunity to find childhood memories and relive childhood dreams; on the other hand, I have some doubts about whether the film can work.
It's like the first appearance of the canned villain in the film, which is the following picture, not so much cute as rough with a little horror...
This is probably the state of the whole film visually.
The story of the canned villain is still very interesting, Lusisi opened the can of lunch meat and found that it was not lunch meat, but five canned villains, namely: doctor, diplomat, captain, artist, singer.
From their respective names, you can also see the characteristics of several villains.
Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tales, fortunately, although they are stories for children, they are not completely juvenile, not the kind of fairy tales that completely promote truth, goodness and beauty, but there are many fables and ironies.
He always wants to express something and criticize something in his own story.
Of course, when it comes to this "Canned Villain", the first thing to mention is another short film before, "The Taming of the Rabbit".
"Taming the Rabbit" is also from Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tale, the male protagonist is also Pipilu, that short film was quite popular at the time, and now Douban also has 8.0 points. "The Taming of the Rabbit" is a tame story, in the eyes of the teacher, the obedient child is a good child, and under the obedient education of the teacher, the good children have slowly become rabbits.
Therefore, whether you can become a rabbit as soon as possible has become an important criterion for judging whether you are obedient or not.
Only Pipilu has been disobedient and refuses to be a rabbit, and the class cannot become a full rabbit class, which makes the teacher very angry.
In such a story, what kind of theme the film wants to convey, I think everyone can have their own answers.
And to get reflection on the absurd, to find the truth in criticism, has also become the unique feature of Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tales.
The connection between "The Canned Man" and "The Taming of the Rabbit" is that the writer and producer of "The Taming of the Rabbit", who also happens to be the screenwriter and director of "The Canned Villain", including Pipilu's actor, chooses the same actor in both films.
It is also because the original "Taming of the Rabbit" evaluation is OK, will have more expectations for the "Canned Villain".
The theme of "Canned Villain" is actually a question of traditional education.
In the film, teachers and parents have a very extreme attitude towards education, that is, only academic performance is the most important, and getting 100 points on the test is the only criterion for measuring students.
As long as the grades are good, everything else must stand on the sidelines, including painting, music, sports and other hobbies, all of which give me a little next to me...
And the appearance of the canned villain also touched this group of children, so that they learned that learning is not the only one, hobbies are also very important, you are the best... And so on.
In fact, from such a description, it can be seen that in Zheng Yuanjie's works, there is always his reflection.
So, from the perspective of the text, such a story is still somewhat interesting.
However, after watching the whole process, my perception is still a little different.
I will feel that such a story does have some sense of age, including the era background of the film design, it seems to be around the 90s, not the current story.
And this theme, in the present, may not really have universal significance.
In fact, the dilemma that Pipilu and Rusisi encountered in the film is really the dilemma encountered by my generation in the eighties and nineties, the only theory of grades for teachers and parents, in addition to grades, it is not important, and any hobbies must make way for grades.
At that time, it was true.
But in contemporary times, this is not entirely the case. Yes, even in contemporary times, parents are still in all kinds of chicken babies, in various volumes, but the way of rolling is completely different from that of that year.
In "The Canned Man", Lusisi's classmate is a painting enthusiast, and he is quite talented and does a good job of painting.
However, the teacher confiscated all her painting tools, forcing her to study only, and other hobbies.
But such a topic is actually a different scene at the moment. Today's parents do not reject interest, and even desire interest.
They want their children to develop in an all-round way, with all kinds of interests, such as piano, art, ballet, swimming, singing, and other dances and musical instruments, including various sports, literary and artistic projects, all kinds of things.
Interest and study are no longer contradictory, but symbiotic, both must be able to know, and both must be good.
Children of different generations are stressed, but in very different ways.
Therefore, when "Canned Villain" is talking about respecting interests and not just focusing on topics such as academics, the empathy will still be weaker.
Of course, I am not saying that there is no longer a phenomenon of only paying attention to academics, but I just want to say that in fact, everything is changing.
If you really want to say awkward, it is actually the visual part.
As mentioned above, this story should be set around the 90s, very nostalgic. But in fact, the visual part of the film, in fact, is also very 90s, very old-fashioned.
After all, the current film and television special effects are already very strong, and it is really to the point where it can be chaotic. Therefore, to see such a traditional and old-school special effects use in such a movie is still very old-fashioned.
The characters of the film are divided into two parts, one part is a normal person such as Pippi Luxisi, and the other part is a very small canned villain.
Among them, the part of the canned villain is completely a green screen performance.
It's just that the feeling of this combination is really very rough, and the description of netizens is, as if P went up.
Stills can be felt
In fact, in the film, the rough feeling will be more obvious.
Probably, if we saw this film in the 90s, we would still marvel at the special effects in the film, thinking that it was very realistic, and it was the magic of the film.
But in a new generation of audiences who have experienced the baptism of so many visual blockbusters, and then look at such visual effects, there is really only roughness and awkwardness left, and even, there is a trace of thunder.
This can only be said to be the difference of the times.
In addition, the state of the actor is also a little awkward. It is still too much to act as a children's film, everyone is a bit of a posture, it is a kind of intentional performance, always somewhat affect the texture of the film.
In comparison, I still prefer "The Taming of the Rabbit" as a short film, although that short film also has many problems, but fortunately it is relatively short, you have not had time to get tired of it, and the story is over.
And when the story drags on to about 90 minutes, you look at those rough special effects processing of the canned villains, with exaggerated performances to present an adventure story, all the feelings, only the heart is very tired.
It really lacks basic attraction.
Of course, even if there are all kinds of dissatisfaction with this "Canned Villain", I still hope that I can see more such children's films in the future, at least some interesting and worth pondering films.
However, I hope that by then it can be a little more refined, the special effects will be more realistic, and don't always treat children as children.
Let's all be normal.
That kind of children's film is actually quite good.