I don't know how many people have lost their socks, at least for Zhan Taifeng, once, a total of seven single socks were turned over, which was also a variety of surprises and regrets. Yes, if the socks are lost in a pair, basically will not remember too much, but each pair of only lost one, you can't help but have a lot of thoughts, wear and difficult to match, throw and reluctant, in case one day, the other suddenly appeared again?
A cartoon from the Czech Republic, "Strange Sock Elf", can be regarded as solving this doubt for Zhan Taifeng. Because, in the world of the film, there is a particularly interesting creature - the sock elf. As the name suggests, it is a small elf who eats socks for a living. What does this elf look like? I don't know if everyone will pay attention to every day, some skillful aunts, a variety of small toys woven with woolen crochet, sock elves are also full of wool dolls, but they are lively and active, and have an irrepressible love for socks. After all, human socks are their meal.
When it comes to Czech animation, we are most familiar with the "Mole Story" that carries the childhood of generations, the cute and clever little mole, with whimsical brain holes, and the diligence and bravery of the body, those stories full of imagination and childishness, not to mention that children like, even adults are happy to brush several times. Although for many years, our imported animation market has been basically monopolized by Hollywood, but fortunately, "Strange Sock Genie" once again let us see the long-lost European animation masterpieces, the technology that will not dominate, the cute and very stylized shape, in the childlike story, deeply contains the irony of the world today, the outlook for the future world, and the audience of every age can be get interesting.
In the film, the sock elves are not single, they have a variety of colors and appearances. They wander in the human world, but we can't see them, so it's reasonable to often encounter their socks missing for no reason. In the setting of the sock elf, there are many wonderful points, such as the sock elf who is a yarn doll, the most afraid of water, will lose mobility when it encounters water, and if it is serious, it can also scream for life, but if it is stained with oil, it will become a waterproof sock elf. At the same time, sock elves also have a lifespan, and they will gradually disappear in old age. Of course, as their food, socks, are also set with various effects, for example, the socks of the little BB are the most nutritious and so on. These details, which make people sometimes waner and sometimes hilarious, make the whole movie viewing process full of various eye-opening surprises.
Strange Sock Elves not only brings us this wonderful little creature, but also tells a story of struggle and adventure in the world of sock elves. It turns out that in the world of sock elves, there are also two completely opposing gangs, one side is only stealing one sock at a time, and the affinity gang that is kind to people, on the other hand, there are evil factions that steal socks in pairs every time. As the saying goes, two "factions" compete, there must be an injury, what is unexpected is that the sock elves who are not much bigger than a sock can also drive a car, drive a ship, swing a sword, the action is hot, wonderful and thrilling scenes, not to lose Hollywood action blockbusters.
Of course, after so much rambling, in fact, you can summarize this work on the sentence that the little protagonist in the film, Xi Ligu, remembered, which is a sentence left by grandpa before his death: "Be close to human beings, and at the same time maintain a certain distance." So, even though we have a lot of sock elves around us, we still can't see them, and only when we find that there is one less sock will we feel that they have come. Don't be upset about the lost socks, after all, life with sock elves is so happy, and the sock elves with human socks are also so happy.