The box office predicts 663 million, word of mouth is polarized, and netizens comment: It is better to change the name to "300 Tang Poems"
"Chang'an 30,000 Li" has a good momentum, and the box office is about to break 300 million.
Chasing light animation has been deeply cultivated in the field of mythological themes before, "White Snake: Origin" is a small circle, the "New God List" series is tricky, but lacks a blockbuster work like "Nezha: The Devil Child Descends" in the color stripe house.
"Chang'an 30,000 Li" is highly anticipated, not only a ten-year work of chasing light animation, but also the beginning of the "New Culture" series.
The film predicts that the box office is only 663 million, with "Disappearing Her" and "In the Octagon" two roadblocks, and Tom's "Mission Impossible 7: Fatal Reckoning (Part I)".
In the face of this offensive, there is still polarization in the word-of-mouth of the movie, and the audience who likes it said: satisfies all their fantasies about the "romanticism" of the Sheng Tang Dynasty.
The poem is there, the Yellow Crane Tower is there, Chang'an is there, and the Tang Dynasty is there; As long as Tang poetry is still in our mouths, the Great Tang will always remain in our hearts.
The audience who did not like it said: It is better to change the name to "Three Hundred Tang Poems", the character shaping is extremely unsuccessful, it is simply a poetry reading conference.
Three hours is too tormenting, the beginning is reading poetry, the middle is reading poetry, and the end is also reading poetry, you put it on hold here to hold a Chinese poetry conference.
There is no innovation and design in the plot and picture, just blindly reading poetry and retelling history, which is particularly empty and superficial.
So is "Chang'an 30,000 Li" worth watching, and has it filmed the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty in the minds of the audience?
01. Details are in place
The most important thing in historical films is restoration and detail control, the crew has done a lot of work, read more than 100 history books, visited Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places, and invited experts to sit down.
There are many places in the movie, such as the prosperous grandeur of Chang'an, the beautiful scenery of Yangzhou, the desolate vastness of northern Saibei, as well as the Yellow Crane Tower, Orchid Wine Shop, Qi Wang Mansion, etc., these important scenes are well documented, and the aesthetic design has also maintained a consistently high standard of chasing light, reproducing the glory of the Tang Dynasty.
Not only that, the fonts of some signboards and the etiquette of meeting also have expert guidance to tell how the Tang Dynasty people sat and walked and greeted.
For example, Li Bai's folk customs of worshiping his friend Wu Guide, and Gao Shi's burial of his father, have also been carefully studied.
The war scenes, in addition to being fierce and bloody, also refer to the form that the Tang Dynasty army should have.
More thoughtful is also the character design, and many people complain that the characters are small short legs, and the horse is too fat.
In fact, this is the crew's reference to the shape of the Tang Warriors, according to the proportions, they are indeed long in the upper body and short in the lower body, so as to highlight the majesty of the Tang Dynasty. The horses are fat and healthy, very cute, and more in line with the charm of Sheng Tang.
The selection of poems is also a major focus, the whole movie selected 48 Tang poems, there are two criteria, the first must be familiar, so that when the audience watches the movie, they can remember these poems they have memorized, and they can enter the poet's heart.
The second is in line with the theme of the story, from "looking up to the sky and laughing out the door, my generation is a Penghao person" to feel Li Bai's pride and confidence, from "Mo Chou has no self ahead, no one in the world knows the king".
02, Gao Shi and Li Bai
"Poet Immortal" Li Bai is the top among poets, can be described as a household name, too representative, if you tell his life from his perspective, there is no new meaning.
There is such a sentence in the "Old Book of Tang": "Since the Tang Dynasty, the poet is only suitable."
Gao Shi is one of the most politically accomplished poets of the Tang Dynasty, and telling the story of Li Bai as we know it from his perspective is a very good entry point.
His life opportunities are very story-oriented, the character creation is very full, and he has no ambition in the first half of his life, but he has never given up, and has returned home many times to retreat and cultivate: no longer stuttering, no longer struggling, and can write poetry.
After gaining power, he did not have pride and arrogance, and when dealing with old friends who stood on the wrong team, he maintained both loyalty and righteousness, and in the power struggle, he did not repeat the mistakes of Geshuhan, and had the courage and strategy to retreat.
Gao Shi is a persistent and indomitable person, his life experience is more acceptable to ordinary people, and using him to substitute can be closer to the audience and more empathetic.
Li Bai is an ethereal and free man, he is gifted, and he is an immortal. He can still write many romantic and proud poems when he is frustrated in life, and the fire of his life cannot be extinguished, and this state of mind is unmatched.
He struggled in the red dust, but seemed to rush into the sky to look down on the red dust, living his truest self, he always represents Chinese's yearning for freedom and freedom, so his poetry, through thousands of years, is still so strong and powerful.
Li Bai is the soul of the Great Tang, Gao Shi is the bone of the Great Tang, they are one and two, one is born and the other enters the world; One acts casually, seeks the way to become an immortal, one makes meritorious achievements, and supports the society.
Gao Shi may not like Li Bai's indulgence, and Li Bai may be slightly disdainful of Gao Shi's dullness, but everyone is not perfect, which does not affect their harmonious friendship in the slightest.
Every time they sumo wrestling, their relationship increases by one point, and the shirtless Li Bai and Gao Shi are like David Jiang and Dillon in Zhang Che's movie.
Although Li Bai and Gao Shi took different paths, their hearts were the same, and they wanted to hold Chang'an and Sheng Tang.
03. As long as the poem is there, Chang'an will be there
Everyone in the Great Tang Dynasty can write poetry, and even the remote post station in northern Saibei has a poetry pavilion for people to write poetry, which can be described as extremely elegant.
Poetry is the most important culture of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai and they often meet friends with poetry, so as to bring out the portraits of the Tang poets, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Cui Zongzhi, Wang Changling, Cen Shen, He Zhizhang, etc., as well as the performer Li Guinian, the calligrapher Zhang Xu, the painting saint Wu Daozi and the famous Tang generals Guo Ziyi and Ge Shuhan, it was really an era of stars.
The entire film has 48 poems, most of which are collected at the beginning, and it is not until "Will Enter the Wine" that the mood is maximized and reaches a peak.
"Will Enter Wine" is a masterpiece of Li Bai's middle age, at this time he has heroism and sorrow, as well as dashing and romantic, and if you understand this poem, you can also enter Li Bai's spiritual world.
For this most magnificent and romantic scene, the crew spent a year and a half, modified many times before and after, and used the greatest imagination to shoot romantic poetry.
In fact, this scene is indeed brilliant, it can be called a stroke of God, riding Shixing and fairy cranes to fly together, Yanqiong Lou Yuyu, swimming with giant whales, crossing the magnificent star river, really filming the momentum of "the water of the Yellow River from the sky", which left a deep impression.
No matter how the times change, as long as there is poetry, Chang'an is there. When we encounter difficulties, we can think about how those poets coped, as long as the ideal is not extinguished and the original intention is maintained, it will definitely be another village.
Personally, I think that "Chang'an 30,000 Li" filmed the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, highlighting cultural self-confidence.
The "New Culture" series of chasing light is very meaningful, allowing Chinese people to have a greater interest in traditional culture and further carry forward the treasure of Chinese culture, "poetry".
In today's fast-paced and short video society, you might as well slow down, enjoy this 168-minute animation, and feel the charm of Tang poetry.
If you can plant a small seed of Chinese culture in the child's heart, I believe that his subsequent life will definitely have more romance. (Reported by: XI)