If the release of "Crazy Primitives" in 2013 made me feel amazing, then "Crazy Primitives 2" released today surprised me.
The surprise is that "Crazy Primitive Man 2" is not a dog-tailed sequel like a general sequel movie, but a further sublimation on the basis of maintaining the high standard of the original.
"Crazy Primitive Man 2" continues the characteristics of the first special effects amazing, imaginative, inspiring, dense laughter and love throughout, and is a family movie that is very suitable for the whole family to watch together.
At the same time, this work also puts forward new propositions and thoughts on human civilization.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 new era</h1>
If the first "Mad Primitives" is a story about "the courage to change", then "Crazy Primitives 2" is about "understanding and tolerance among different civilizations".
In the first part, the sudden arrival of a natural disaster is beyond the original survival experience of the Gollum family, which forces them to make changes under Gai's leadership.
In the process, they realized that humans, unlike animals, should not just be satisfied with living, but should have a higher pursuit, to find "tomorrow".
In the second part, the Gollum family, after experiencing a new adventure, finally figured out what they wanted to pursue, and they finally found the "tomorrow" they had been looking for.
They also evolved from a primitive civilization that made a living by hunter-gatherers in the first part to an agrarian civilization and entered a new era.
Of course, like the first one, "Crazy Primitive Man 2" is not a single theme, in addition to the main plot, the film also discusses many other meaningful topics through the contradictory relationship between several main characters, and I will analyze them one by one below.
(There are spoilers below, so read with caution.) ）
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 Guago and Xiaoyi</h1>
The relationship between Gua Ge and Xiao Yi's father and daughter is very deep, and in this movie, the main contradiction between the two is:
At the suggestion of Gai, who longs for privacy, Xiaoyi wants to go to a beautiful place with Gai to form an independent family; and Guago does not want Xiaoyi to leave him.
Therefore, Guago will be fooled by Phil (the father of the civilized man) and have the idea of wanting Gai to stay in the civilized family.
Of course, Gua Ge realized after waking up that he should not break up Xiao Yi and Gai, who was also his own family.
In fact, most fathers under the heavens will not give up when their daughters start a family, and in the prehistoric era where the Gollum family is located, Gai may never see Xiaoyi again in his lifetime, so Gua Ge's behavior is still understandable.
At the end of the film, the Gollum family lives on the tree tower of the civilized people, the family is still together, and Xiaoyi and Gai also have their own independent tree house, and the contradiction between father and daughter is perfectly resolved.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 cover with Xiaoyi</h1>
Guy and Xiaoyi are deeply in love with each other, and they are each other's first love.
Their contradictions are mainly contradictions in the concept of life.
For example, Gai wants privacy, does not want the family to sleep together, he likes to enjoy the comfort and convenience of life brought by modern civilization;
Xiao Yi, on the other hand, was deeply affected by the original living environment and concepts, and when he first came to the civilized family, he could not adapt for a while, nor could he understand what privacy was.
There is no contradiction in principle between the two, but It takes a process for Xiaoyi to change his concept.
In this process, the two people spoke harshly to each other because of some misunderstandings and the interference of other external factors, which led to a period of cold war.
However, the Cold War during this time did not substantially damage the feelings between the two, but made them realize how much they cared about each other.
After watching the fight between Guago and Phil, Guy finally realized that words can hurt people, even more seriously than physical injuries, so he began to reflect on the heavy words he said to Xiao Yi.
In the end, when the two are facing a crisis, they collide with love to spark, ignite the vines, defeat The Hedgehog King Kong, and save their families.
The two people who experienced the crisis together have a deeper relationship and reach an agreement on the concept of life, and finally the two have their own wooden house as they wish, and live a life without shame.
A couple with a completely different growth environment will definitely have a lot of ideological conflicts when they are just married, but this is not a big problem, as long as there is love, as long as they are willing to communicate and communicate, they will be able to be happy.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >04 Xiaoyi and Xiaoxiao</h1>
Fortunately, "Crazy Primitive Man 2" did not add the dog blood of love triangles.
Gai and Xiaoxiao are just simple green plum bamboo horses, they just see each other as friends, not love.
Therefore, XiaoYi and Xiaoxiao are only a simple girlfriend relationship, not a love enemy.
Xiao Yi and Xiao Xiao can become girlfriends, thanks to the fact that both of them are meeting the same sex for the first time, and more importantly, the two are similar in their growth experiences and the same longing and love for life.
In order to protect his family, Gua Ge let the family obey the rules, stay away from new things, and avoid doing anything that may bring danger, which makes the past life of the Gollum family in a cave except foraging.
However, children have a very strong curiosity, And Xiaoyi longs for freedom and eagerness to see the outside world.
Why not be so with a little one in the middle of a high wall?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >05 little and mom and dad</h1>
The situation of Xiao Xiao and his parents is similar to that of Xiao Yi and Gua Ge.
Phil and Hope (mother of civilized people) built the wall to protect the little one.
Inside the walls, it looks like a paradise with no worries, but it is actually just a bigger cave;
Xiao Xiao seems to enjoy a more comfortable, convenient and civilized life, but she is more unfree than Xiao Yi, and she is bound by more rules.
Therefore, at the end of the film, although the civilized people and the Gollum family still live in the same land, the tearing down of the wall makes their living conditions fundamentally different.
Since then, they have had a more open life, although adding some uncertain risks, but also adding more possibilities for their lives.
Children will eventually grow up, so a lot of suffering will eventually have to be eaten by themselves, and many problems need to be solved by themselves, so that they can grow.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >06 Gollum family and civilized people</h1>
The collision between the Gollum family and the civilized people is the main conflict portrayed in this film, and similar conflicts are between humans and the Iron Fist Monkey Group.
The main conflict between the Gollum family and the civilized world is the ownership around the cover.
Phil and Hope wanted Guy to stay as a son-in-law from the start, and the Gollum family couldn't have separated Guy from Xiaoyi (Guago was a little confused at first and then figured it out).
As for Gai, he prefers the civilized way of life, but he is even less likely to leave Xiaoyi.
In addition to the contradiction of robbing the son-in-law, the second contradiction lies in the rejection of the Gollum family by civilized people.
When the Gollum family first came, the civilized people appeared to be very polite, polite, and cultivated, and appeared very civilized.
But in private, judging by their attitude towards the Gollum family and their actual behavior behind them, civilized people who call themselves civilized people are not civilized.
In the beginning, although they are good at deception and disguise, they have discrimination and arrogance against the cavemen in their bones; the disaster of the Iron Fist Monkey Group is also caused by Phil's transformation of the nearby water system by taking care of himself.
After the adventure together, the civilized people gradually learned about the Gollum family, and they gradually understood that the difference between the cavemen and them was caused by the difference in the living environment, such as in the living environment in the wild, the family was warmer to sleep together, which was survival wisdom rather than barbarism.
In the end, the Gollum family and the civilized family became friends and lived together to create a happier and better tomorrow.
Xiao Yi and Gai finally have a lover and finally become a family, understanding that each other is the "tomorrow" they want to find most in this life.
"Crazy Primitive Man 2" tells us that only by holding an open mind, communicating with each other, and then understanding and tolerating each other, and learning and promoting each other, can civilizations of different races move together towards a more prosperous and harmonious tomorrow.
From this point of view, the release of "Crazy Primitive Man 2" in 2020, which is raging with the new crown, has a special significance for the current situation that urgently needs to establish a community of human health and destiny.
And from my personal point of view, the biggest change in my life from "Crazy Primitive Man 2" is that my daughter-in-law has since learned to communicate with me in the iron fist monkey language...
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