Han Han's three-year film masterpiece "Four Seas", "Miracle Stupid Child" directed by 10 billion idol partners and 5 billion directors, "Sniper" created by Guoshi Yimou in the gap between preparations for the Winter Olympics, and "This Killer Is Not Calm" by Happy Twist's snow shame work.
There is also a charge against the Chinese box office champion, trying to surpass his own "Chosin Lake No Pratunam Bridge".
In the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, the average quality of movies has made great progress compared with last year, relying solely on "good crying touching" and "dog tail sable" has been unable to lead the box office list, and even the happy twist that has been playing abnormally for a whole year also pays tribute to the classics and plays in the play.
The fly in the ointment is that the Laughter of the Spring Festival blockbuster is getting less and less, a smile is difficult to find, and the heavy responsibility of family fun finally falls on three animated movies.
Choose one of the three, and I will first recommend "Bear Haunting".
Bear Haunting: Return to Earth
Most of the post-80s and post-90s viewers know about "Bear Haunting" in social news:
The child imitates the plot in "Bear Haunting", the climbing injury, the parents complain that the safety tips of the episode are not obvious; two bears and humans have made friends, violating the laws of nature, the media big V said that it is low and dementia, affecting the growth of teenagers; the bear and humans are fighting in the forest, the plot is too bloody, xx parents complain about the bear haunting.
Whoever wears his crown will bear its weight.
The above news will come out every three to five minutes, innumerable, and some even exude nonsensical humor, and the producers of "Bear Haunting" will accept it all as ordered, integrating all criticisms and corrections into the creation of subsequent works.
In 2013, "The New Year of the Bear Haunting" was launched, the story revolved around the Lunar New Year customs, accurately touching the homesickness of adults; in 2018, the intimate relationship between fathers and children in "Metamorphosis" became a problem, and the total box office of the film successfully exceeded the 600 million mark; in 2021, Xiong Da Xiong II took the audience to gallop in the "Wild Continent", which is a child's fantasy world and an adult's dream.
"Return to Earth" goes a step further, integrating sci-fi elements such as extraterrestrial guests and superheroes into the movie, and the silly and cute bear becomes a mecha superman in two seconds, and the cute cat in the sky is also an enemy and friend, and together defeats the villain's conspiracy to rule the earth.
At the beginning of the film, Xiong Er, dressed in a tight suit, holds a fist in one hand and flies in front of the camera, the word "two" on his chest is bright and dazzling, and there are words in his mouth, saying the heroic combo that is exclusive to him.
Viruses, obesity, garbage, in Bear II's bgm, even if Thanos arrives, he will be punched by him and will never dare to invade the earth again.
But the camera turns, Xiong Er's heroic dream was easily defeated by the "Ice Cream Monster", suddenly turned into nothing, in the real world, Xiong Er is still the bear ER, the theory is full of points, the practice is zero, even if it is a simple cleaning task, it also needs the help of Bald Qiang and Xiong Da.
Until, of course, the alien Abu appeared.
In the classic science fiction film "ET", the alien is cute and kind, and the big eyes of the wandering earth are hissing; in the world of Xingye, it has become a cute-looking and cute seven boys with unlimited divine power; in Ning Hao's shot, it has become a caged monkey, emitting joy from the inside out, catching the stems of Shen Teng and Huang Bo.
In Bear Haunting: Return to Earth, aliens are portrayed as two-faced:
In front of outsiders, it is a soft and cute kitten, the fur is blue and white, the eyes are clear and moving, and a gentle meow captures the heart of the bear and the bald head, and becomes the treasure of the entire Dog Bear Ridge.
In front of Bear Ii, it gave birth to six more ears, and the mech possessed it, becoming a destructive alien invader, and the purpose of coming to Earth was to occupy Bear Er's body and take away the energy pronucleus that merged with Bear Er.
Soft and cute in front of people, dark behind people.
Abu is not only the national pet of Dog Bear Ridge, but also a celestial visitor with a doubtful identity, and the encounter of his ancestors makes him doubt the creatures of the earth and dare not believe in Xiong Er, and his amazing destructive power also makes Xiong Er worry and dare not believe his story.
Whether it is an enemy or a friend, but also an enemy and a friend, how to make friends with the bear and the alien, how to coexist, all need to be trusted as the foundation.
In the movie, not only Xiong Er and Xiao Bu, but also between Xiong Er and Xiong Da, Bald Qiang, and the big villain couple also have a crisis of trust.
Because of Abu's teasing and the manipulation of the villain couple, Xiong Er became the biggest joke of Dog Bear Ridge, and all his friends thought that he had alien fantasy, and regarded the soft and cute Xiaobu as a monster, and the most excessive thing was that he also abused Xiaobu and violated the moral law of animals.
The deeper level is that the silly bear is not willing to continue to be a "well-behaved bear" who is taken care of, and he wants to realize his heroic dream, protect the tranquility of the earth, and become the pride of The Bear Ridge.
When portraying the villains Cow Tycoon and Lady Cow, the director switched the perspective from children to adults.
With advanced technology, Abu's ancestors created a brilliant civilization, but they over-exploited resources and destroyed the ecology of the earth, and they had no choice but to flee the earth.
After the villain couple learns Xiaobu's secret, they draw tigers according to cats, design sci-fi warships, and form mecha squads, with the intention of rebuilding the civilization of Abu's ancestors and then ruling the entire earth.
From the perspective of children, they are utilitarian, cruel, provoking the feelings of the bear ridge animals, coveting other people's technology, and overdrawing the earth's resources, and they are the big villains.
From an adult point of view, their profession is arms dealership, and it is natural to create more machines in exchange for more money, Mrs. Niu is just a little girl who has been hurt by her original family, and the Cow Tycoon just wants to fulfill his wife's wishes and make her happy.
Trust, friendship, heroic dreams, environmental protection, and the issues that Hollywood anime blockbusters care about today have all been moved by the director and cleverly localized.
Xiong Er's heroic dream is not only to prove himself and protect his family, he also has to protect Dog Bear Ridge and protect the safety of human beings on earth, after defeating Lady Niu, Xiong Er also points to the end, encouraging the villain Jin Basin to wash his hands.
Trust is not only between friends, between husband and wife, Xiong Er and XiaoBu cross races, but they have given birth to a comrade-in-arms friendship, which makes people cry.
From the early children's channel dramas to the current Spring Festival blockbusters, "Bear Haunting" is no longer a low-child animation that only serves children, but a standard New Year family celebration.
Children harvest familiar innocence in the movie, feel the friendship between Abu and Xiong Er; adult audiences recall the lost heroic dreams, follow the protagonist to realize the dream, even if they can not be brought in, the special effects scenes of the movie, cute pet animals are enough to return the ticket price; slightly older audiences will be touched by the childhood encounter of Mrs. Niu and the middle-aged life of the cow tycoon, and empathize.
It is true that it is not perfect, the superposition of many issues makes the story lose its focus, and xiong da bald head has also become a supporting role after the increase of xiong's second role, but at present, it can achieve such a degree of Chinese family animation, and it is the only one that can continue to improve.
You can always believe in "bear infestation".
Codeword: Small supporting characters
Edit: Wei Zhentian