Today is February 10, 2020, and it is also the moment when the final results of the 92nd Academy Awards are announced. Overall, the final shortlist is quite star-studded, and word-of-mouth masterpieces such as The Irishman, Joker, Parasite and so on have been selected to compete for best picture.
But this kind of hilarity only exists in live-action movies, and when we look at animated short films, there seems to be not much to pursue.
I will explain in detail the 5 animated short films that were shortlisted in the following content, so that you can understand my dissatisfaction: Why did the least "optimistic" finally win the Oscar?
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Best Animated Short Film Award: "Love"</h1>
The entire short film is more than 6 minutes long, and the plot is based on the little girl's desired hair in order to make her hair fluffy and curly. So repeatedly tossed, even the big dad also moved, but in vain only laughter, hairstyle is still messy.
Then the two also went to the hospital and took home the newly recovered mother.
You can't say that this short film is not interesting, and the warmth of the family can really reflect one or two. But the bad is that everything is too blunt and lacking in novelty.
For example, if the mother's foreshadowing can really be left until the end of the play to be perceived by the audience, then the evaluation that this short film can get will inevitably rise to a higher level.
But unfortunately, the setting of "the mother is not there, the housework has become busy" is too vulgar, just when the daughter is annoyed by the hair and the father appears, in fact, most fans have guessed the direction of the plot, and the final mother's rehabilitation setting will obviously eliminate the sense of the short film, making the work a bit banal.
I'm not saying that you have to be dead to bring the touch, but the producers can schedule the moment when their mother is admitted to the hospital.
At this moment, she has been diagnosed with a patient, and because of chemotherapy, she needs to completely remove her hair, but she is reluctant and a little sad (because she is originally an Internet celebrity known for her hair), while the father and daughter "choose to strip all their hair" after a toss to accompany their mother through the difficulties.
The ending can also be a reunion, although it is also a little less innovative, but at least the plot will have a little more heart-warming (the care of the father and daughter to the mother), rather than in turn allowing the patient to bring inspiration to the healthy family.
Perhaps there are many netizens who hold the same view as me, so now this Oscar animation can only receive a bad rating of 6.4 on Douban, becoming the worst score among the candidate animations.
Of course, as the saying goes, "there is no harm without contrast", and after watching the interpretation of the other four short films, you will be able to better appreciate the "unworthiness" of "Hair Love" for the Oscars.
Then we see another short film---
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > "Sister"</h1>
It is worth mentioning that this is a short film animation created by Chinese director Song Siqi, and it is also her creation when she graduated from the California Academy of the Arts (it can be said that she is infinitely close to the peak as soon as she graduates).
The plot begins with a young boy's first-person narration, recalling a series of past events with his sister: the two are 4 years apart in age, but the young sister has not caused trouble for her brother in the process of growing up (grabbing toys, competing to watch TV, and making her brother guilty after doing something wrong).
At the same time, the younger sister also gave her brother irreplaceable tenderness (when the brother was upset that his teeth had fallen, he took the initiative to plant the teeth and guarded them day and night).
But at the end of the plot, it turns out that all this is the fantasy of the brother, his sister was not successfully born, and the entire childhood was spent by himself.
This short film can be regarded as a full score at the surprise level, and the emotional impact that the contrast between the atmosphere before and after can bring may also make many viewers cry bitterly.
But unfortunately, it does not stand up to scrutiny, a sister who has never been born, is it really worth expressing the thought of her in such a sad tone?
I watch the little brother family in the film is still quite well-off, and there should be no excessive defects in interpersonal communication. Yes, he may not help but say "If only I had a sister too" when he saw his brothers and sisters in other families having fun.
But in general, the expression is still too strange, and there is a suspicion that it is for the sake of being deep and profound (but the quality of the finished film is much better than that of "Hair Love").
And then we see---
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > "Don't Forget Me</h1>."
This is an animated short film produced by the French, which tells the story of a white-haired artist who gradually forgets the things around him due to the influence of Alzheimer's disease.
From this, we can see the struggle of the old man and even once wanted to commit suicide, but the wife around him has not abandoned, endured all kinds of troubles, and gave the most careful care in the process of the old man gradually fading his memory.
The most touching thing about the whole work is the following dialogue---
Old man: "I'm worried, my wife should come to pick me up, it's dark I'm afraid she'll forget"
Old woman: "She will definitely come"
The old man turned his head to look at his wife and hesitated for a moment before saying, "You are so beautiful, can you be my model?" ”
Even though I forgot everything, I would still fall in love with her again. An understated dialogue, but the most romantic emotions are interpreted, it is no wonder that it can get a high score of 8.3 in Douban.
In fact, in the eyes of many fans, "Don't Forget Me" should also be the work with the most Oscar potential, but it is a pity that it eventually failed, losing to an American-made "Hair Love" with "Black Family" as the protagonist, which is really difficult to escape the so-called political correctness.
Next, we can see ---
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Little Wildcat and Bulldog</h1>
Different from the three short films mentioned earlier, this animation focuses on cats and dogs, and interprets friendship from another perspective.
Originally a stray cat (Xiao Hei) who had been living in a bad place, he went down to the garbage heap next to a house where a human lived, and it was here that he met the bulldog (Xiao Bai) that existed as a human pet.
Although Xiao Bai was quite hospitable from the beginning, Xiao Hei was afraid that he had never been close to Xiao Bai, and at most he played a game of kicking bottle caps across the barbed wire.
However, one day, Xiao Bai was pulled into the house by his master and beat him severely, and at this moment, the sky also began to rain, and Xiao Hei was accidentally trapped in the barbed wire. Xiao Bai saw that he completely ignored the pain on his body and successfully saved Xiao Hei.
In the end, the two of them also managed to escape from their original residence, and after wandering for a while, they met their new owners who truly loved them.
Through "The Little WildCat and the Bulldog", it is not difficult for us to feel the universality of "friendship". Even if it is born among pets, we as human beings can still be deeply touched, and even deeply hated by such a scummy evil person who appears among humans (and also claims to be the primate of all things?). In fact, sometimes we are not even as good as kittens and puppies).
There is no doubt that this is a work of great healing value, and its current 8.3 points in Douban are enough to make "Hair Love" ashamed.
Finally, there is an animation---
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "Daughter"</h1>
This short film is the longest (14 minutes), which also interprets the emotions of the daughter and father, which is much more exciting than "Hair Love", but there are still regrets.
Roughly speaking, "Daughter" depicts a sick father in bed and a daughter with a haggard face, both of whom are silent at first, but it is difficult to hide the sadness of both sides in their hearts.
The plot then breaks in because of a bird's broken window (died on the windowsill), reminding the daughter of a series of events when she was a child.
Her mother was long gone, so she had always longed for her father's love, and when she came home with a bird that had unfortunately died in her hand and wanted his father's comfort, his father ignored her because of the soup that was boiling in the kitchen.
Later, the daughter also used a way that can be called performance art to fight (disguised as a bird and ignored her father), and for a time the relationship between the two was cracked. Although I wanted to talk several times, I stopped.
Until the end of the plot, when the daughter saw the bird mask under her father's pillow, she finally understood her father's love for herself, and immediately rushed to the hospital to tell her father who was critically ill.
After watching the whole work, you will have a super uncomfortable feeling. This is not touching, this is a kind of "doing".
I know that the core purpose of "Daughter" is to awaken the audience's understanding of parents or children, that is to say, this is a negative teaching material, which is used to play a role in admonition (go and confess your intentions to the other party, otherwise you can only wait until the moment of life and death to be able to let go like the protagonist in the film).
But there is no doubt that too strong and too straightforward educational methods will inevitably make the plot go to the hot eye (you don't tell me that after watching my daughter "do" for half a lifetime, I can actually be moved), so it has completely become an "educational film", without much artistic connotation.
Of course, there are no works that have won word-of-mouth with negative textbooks (such as "Dog Thirteen"). But there is no element of "doing" in people, the heroine has been working hard all the way to win her father's love, and in some places where the consensus is appropriate, it is the father's fault to scare her mouth (such as the puppy is lost, but the father actually bought a new one and forced the daughter to recognize the same one) in order to reduce trouble).
The whole work is everywhere is a heart-wrenching plot, and everywhere is not a fierce criticism of the current situation of family education in China, so it is worthy of the high score of Douban 8.2.
The gap between these two works is in the "rationality of behavior", although in the end they both play a vigilant role, but the level of performance can be dwarfed.
Well, that's my interpretation of the 92nd Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and the other 4 works that failed. I believe that you can also understand why "Hair Love" is "unworthy" at this moment.
But like Martin Scorsese, who turned to Netflix to make The Irishman---
Originally a big hit, he did not receive anything at the Golden Globes or the Oscars (regarded by the industry as a defection and defected to the emerging streaming media), and "Hair In Love", which can fit the Americans' demands for political correctness, can always be in a detached position.
It's just that it's really boring.
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