Recently there is no new film released, the Spring Festival file is equivalent to the overdraft of the market, the next month can not be slowed down, this week only the live-action version of "Tom and Jerry", for childhood memories, brother got up early to see.
"Cat and Mouse" is a two-dimensional animation plus live-action shooting, this form has been used very little before, the most successful is the 1988 "Who Framed Roger rabbit", by "Forrest Gump" director Zemeckis, and also nominated for an Oscar.
The new version of the live-action "Cat and Mouse" has nothing to say, Warner clearly came to cut the "emotional leeks", the willing to take the bait, I did not expect the story to be written more brilliantly, after all, the animation "Cat and Mouse" is mostly short films, do not rely on the plot to win.
But it is still a bit unexpected, the story is outrageously weak, the plot is sparse, the performance is awkward, and the whole film revolves around a broken wedding.
Part of the taste of the cat and mouse is very right, are old terrier old memories, the end of the car chase scene is wonderful, Hollywood technology is really good, the two-dimensional combination is very perfect, the music changes the original classical to modern, very rhythmic, there are several paragraphs I am closed eyes to listen to the song.
However, Warner is suspected of false propaganda, and most of the trailers are cat and mouse chases, but in fact, they do not have many scenes, and they are outside the narrative, not as they seem, and they can do it.
My advice is "you can see it or not", if you don't have bad money and want to buy a ticket to enter the venue to find memories, you can also do it.
Today mainly talk about the past and present life of the old IP of "Tom and Jerry", always saying that it is a childhood memory, but I guess there are not too many students who understand the story behind it, and write a small article to make you rise up.
In 1940, MGM produced the first episode of the animated mini-series Tom and Jerry (hereinafter referred to as Cat and Mouse), "Sweet Home", and the famous "Home Sweet Home" is also a tribute to the live-action version.
At first, the two protagonists had other names, the cat was called Jasper, and the mouse was called Jinx, but the MGM boss didn't like it, so he recruited among the employees, and finally Tom and Jerry won.
"Tom and Jerry" is a popular 19th-century British slang word meaning "prodigal son who eats, drinks and has fun", which I think can be understood in animation as "losing friends", and falling in love and killing each other in the blink of an eye for more than eighty years.
Behind "Cat and Mouse" are two gods: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who have won seven Oscars and eight Emmys, and their seniority in the Hollywood animation industry is probably second only to Walt Disney.
By 1958, the duo had produced 114 episodes of "Cat and Mouse" short films for MGM, which by strict standards were considered "movies".
"Cat and Mouse" each episode is 6-10 minutes, the plot is very simple, the male cat Tom and the little mouse Jerry chase and fight, most of the time Jerry wins Tom ugly, but there are exceptions, such as Tom is tossed and hung up, Jerry will also leave crocodile tears, occasionally everyone is happy.
The early "Cat and Mouse" was larger in scale, often with violent bridges, such as Tom being split in half, guns, cannons, axes and even poisons when Jerry was caught, and the heavy taste of the batch may be the 40s that were fighting World War II, and people were more tolerant of violence.
The anime is very close to current events, and in a 1943 episode, there are also images that satirize Hitler.
In addition to T and J, some of the supporting characters are also impressive. For example, Spike the bulldog, who is the biggest victim of the cat-and-mouse war, often fell into the pit, and the live-action version repeatedly paid tribute to the bag on its head.
Tom's owner is called "Mrs. Two Shoes", she has only shown her face once, most of them are lower body cameras, often act as the terminator of the cat-and-mouse war, from the characteristics of middle-aged black women, according to the current Hollywood standards, this is racist discrimination (do not let black people show their faces), today will definitely be sprayed to death.
Why does such a simple story last so long?
I guess it may be because it is pure enough, Tom is a bad guy, Jerry is a clever ghost, don't look at the relationship single line, but it is very in line with the world's habit of classifying good and evil, and the bully must be unlucky! (Jerry is not a good stubble), especially friendly to the child group, the child grows up, the descendants continue to watch, and it snowballs into one of the most famous IPs in film history.
Then there is the silent film representation, Where Tom and Jerry spend most of their time not talking, purely physically funny, even the Eskimos can understand it.
In 1958, television hit the film industry, MGM's income plummeted, cartoon studios closed, and cats and mice stopped. A few years later, MGM found that cat and mouse IP could still sell money, so it worked with other production companies, during which it experienced two leaders, one is Genie Detkey and the other is Chuck Jones, and the two produced a total of 47 short films in the 60s.
In April 2020, Genie Deich passed away, and the online commemorative article dominated the screen, so that the four "Cat and Mouse" meritorious artists have all passed away. (However, the budget was too low at the time, and the quality of Deich's "Cat and Mouse" was average)
By 1975, The two founders of "Cat and Mouse", Hanna, and Barbera were reunited, but they were making TV Show, and at the request of the TV station, Tom and Jerry became friends, no longer just hunting down.
A friend asked me a few days ago, saying that "Cat and Mouse" does not belong to MGM, how did it become Warner?
Of course I bought it!
In 1986, MGM was acquired by media ted Turner, and sold the rights to "Cat and Mouse" to Warner 5 years later, which is why Warner would stand up and make a statement when "Cat and Mouse" encountered racist accusations some time ago, meaning that those are the products of the times, and the social atmosphere in the 40s and 50s is like this, which we strongly condemn now, but we will not deliberately avoid history.
Warner later came out with some big movies of "Cat and Mouse", which I have not seen, and the reputation is average.
Speaking of the soundtrack of Tom and Jerry, there is almost no dialogue in the film, except that the characters' actions rely on music to set off the atmosphere, and the music director Scott Bradley is an old EMPLOYEE of MGM who is good at writing song and dance soundtracks.
Hearing the opening melody, there was a picture in my head, and there was a strong sense of song and dance, so Tom and Jerry were actually not chasing, but dancing.
Golden Age Hollywood animation liked to use classical as a soundtrack, and Bradley was very modest, saying that he only wrote funny parts, mainly the credit of the masters.
In "Cat and Mouse", Bradley became a super "stitching monster", selecting a lot of world famous songs, what Strauss, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Chopin all on it, as well as jazz, folk songs and other elements, so many people take the original sound of "Cat and Mouse" as a music audio disc.
Classics are placed there, how to use is a craft, Quentin almost does not invite composers, what emotions want to come from the music shelf, this seems to be lazy, behind it is hard work, how many songs to listen to!
Okay, I know this, although the movie is a bit of a pull, but after writing this article and aroused my desire to consume, just went to order to buy a cat and mouse blind box. [Cover your face]
ay..... No one can escape the fate of being a leek, Warner, you win again.
Finish.