I am not the target audience of this film--- neither a child's home nor a child, so when the children in the same scene are "giggling" and having no fun, I am like a needle felt, trying to find something to smash the screenwriter several times (if this person is in front of me) - as for the actors, because they are basically minors, hitting children is too bad behavior, I put up with it.
Yes, the plot of the film is based on the famous children's book, but the story background of the original novel is not like "The Chronicle of Narnia", which specifies the real historical period plus fantasy overhead, and the time and space background of "The Secret of the Treasure Gourd", which was written half a century ago, is a relative sense of "contemporary", which theoretically gives the photographer convenience, because at least it reduces the pressure on the budget of props and costumes when shooting historical themes, and it is easier to close the distance with the "contemporary" audience in the place at that time, increasing the sense of closeness.
Unfortunately, the opposite happened, the only thing that "keeps pace with the times" in this film is Xiantao's CG technology, in terms of character shaping and the rationality of details and white arrangement, all the paragraphs that appear in the live actors are simply completely destroyed, unbearable to see, contrived and white.
Maybe half a century ago, elementary school students were so simple, and when they saw a talking treasure gourd, they thought of eating and drinking. However, since the protagonist has now arranged a "contemporary" life background, can the screenwriter at least give some professionalism to understand what it is like for primary school students who are now surrounded by various information and have abundant material conditions to meet and greet each other? What's it like to be kidding? What would it be that they can't solve on their own and expect a treasure gourd to help solve the real problem?
If you don't have time, even go to see "Dora A Dream" and see how Fujiko Fujio captures the small and real desires in children's hearts.
A primary school student holding a new PSP in his hand will have a serious discussion with his classmates about whether he can catch goldfish in the river, a feeble-minded question, and the fairy tale is not made up like this! I bet to show this section to any elementary school student in the city who has a normal primary school education, and they will definitely suspect that the male protagonist Wang Bao and his classmates are primitive people.
All the content of children's behavior and language, the lines are formulaic and blunt enough, every expression is trying to tell the audience "I am surprised in the performance" "I am sad in the performance", completely set in the last century of domestic films in the children's performance of the clichés, small actors endorse like the rigid Mandarin outside the line, the words are unfavorable can still expect emotional expression?
The realism of living in the contemporary era is not something that can be achieved by eating a McDonald's and wearing a Japanese sailor uniform. The protagonists in "The Secret of the Treasure Gourd", although they have fresh packaging and decorations provided by sponsors, unfortunately, they raise their hands and throw their hands and feet as soon as they open their mouths, from thoughts to ways of acting, all of them are still stuck in the fifties of the last century.
The advantages of "The Secret of the Treasure Gourd" are also there, that is, Xiantao borrowed this work to show that they have gone to a new level in CG production, from the past cartoon-style scene rendering for Hong Kong-made action movies to actually portraying CG characters with expressions and actions, and the report card handed over this time is surprising.
The action design and expression of the treasure gourd generated by CG are extremely cute, and the CG frog character who is obviously purely added to the active atmosphere is undoubtedly a hundred times more cute than Wang Bao and his classmates, these two characters, including the section where the toy corps enters Wang Bao's home, the scene design and expression are smooth and full of childlike fun, especially the end of the film imitation Pixar style NG scene, and the live-action performance paragraph of the procrastination of the stale contrast, people can't help but sigh, if this movie takes away those live actors who have more than enough to do things, Take the childish heart of making gourds and frogs to re-examine the script, and then directly make a fully CG animated movie, maybe it will not be the awkward situation of wearing new shoes and walking the old road today.