First time watching a Lego movie in a movie theater. I was deeply struck by the scale of this Lego Batman Movie.
This is a cartoon for children, and this is clearly a base film.
The content of this film can be summed up as the Joker attracts Batman's attention again and again, the pretended high Batman chooses to pretend not to see it again and again, and the heartbroken Joker holds his strength and successfully attracts Batman's attention, and finally the two are happily together.
At the end of the film, Batman and the Joker exchange heartfelt words, one saying, I hate you. The other said, I really hate you. One said, I hate you forever. The other said I would hate you for the rest of my life.
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Naturally, I made up for it:
In 2016's "July and Ansheng", it is clear that Lala actually has no passion drama zhou dongyu and Ma Sichun
2015's "Burning Heart in the Sun", Deng Chao and Lu Songxian kissing together;
2011's "Snowflake Secret Fan", it is clear that Lala actually did not have a passion play *2 of Jeon Ji-hyun and Li Bingbing;
……
There are always times when the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, with a detached posture that ordinary people cannot understand, let our audience see some incredible movies.
"Wolverine 3: Deadly War" said that it was bloody violence, had to be deleted, and had to let the theater play a notice saying that this film was not suitable for children. But when it came to the Lego movie, it was silent.
Or, boldly predicting, the review team did not actually watch the entire film. "The Lego Batman Movie" is a fish that slipped through the net.
All right. That's the joke. Serious tone.
As another branch of the Lego movie, this "Lego Batman Movie" is indeed inappropriate for children, not only in the same-sex relationship, it can be said that the entire Lego movie is inappropriate for Chinese child audiences.
The reason is simple, not the yellow explosion that everyone may think of, but:
Lego movies require a certain threshold for watching movies.
The first is the subject matter.
Now the main production direction of Lego movies is divided into two parts, namely Star Wars and DC Super Heroes. Both of these genres are familiar classics in the United States, and basically after the 70s, all American children grew up watching Star Wars and DC (and Marvel) comics, and they knew the characters and stories inside.
Therefore, when Lego recreates these two types of subjects, it is not difficult for American audiences to accept them. In turn, for most Chinese audiences who may not even know exactly what the difference between DC and Marvel is, Lego movies are a completely unfamiliar field.
Second, content.
The popularity of Lego movies began in 2014. That year's "Lego Movie" was Lego Brick's first true feature film. Not only did it gross $250 million commercially, but it was also nominated for an Oscar (Best Original Song), making it the pinnacle of a Lego movie.
From a cinematic point of view, the most interesting thing about this "Lego Movie" is that it successfully injects the cuteness of the LEGO brick characters into the story, while playing dirty tricks, on the other hand, it is constantly self-deprecating and joking about American culture and superheroes.
To be honest, many memes, even those who know something about comics and movies may not be able to get it at once.
To this "Lego Batman Movie", the previous ironic joke routine continues.
For example, Batman's voice code in the Batchief's Cave is "Iron Man sucks". Why complain? Because Batman is a dc character, Iron Man is a Marvel character, but everyone generally believes that in fact, Iron Man is Marvel's Batman (Batman was created earlier than Iron Man), but now the Iron Man movie is majestic, is an important role in the Marvel Universe, but what about the Batman movie? After Nolan, dc and Warner have not yet had a letter of approval.
For example, in movies, there are often characters who ridicule the past history of Batman movies. From the 1966 TV series to the present, almost none of them have fallen. There is a passage where Batman meets Poison Ivy. Every time Poison Ivy woman wants to launch a kissing venom attack on Batman, Batman will take a penguin to block it. This is the "ridicule" of "Batman and Robin", which claims to be the worst Batman movie.
There is also the director's bootleg. Batman's favorite movie is "Mr. Sweetheart" starring Tom Cruise. Every batman will watch the movie in his own private theater, and each time it falls on Tom Cruise's classic line, "You make me whole" you complete me.
(Probably also teasing the relationship between Batman and the Joker)
Sometimes it's also in the form of a movie. What must be a black screen at the beginning, and a cold joke like a white screen at the end.
So, the Lego movie is actually a big collection of American culture, a kind of film with very local and distinctive characteristics. In the current Chinese film environment, from the perspective of business and cultural acceptance, it is "inappropriate" for us, but from the perspective of production, from the perspective of development, we, especially the workers in the animation industry, should realize that animation is not only for children to see, it can have a wider audience, including more interesting and richer content.
This is the inspiration that the Lego movies give us. It could also be a dense winter.