First of all, I am a person who can't drive.
If you look at the three so-called life necessary skills (computer, foreign language, and car driving) of the post-80s generation, I am basically classified as an unqualified social citizen.
The reason for this is that I watched too much news about traffic accidents when I was a child, and all kinds of tragic situations buried me with a long-term dark psychological shadow, so that to this day I am resistant to driving.
Friends say you're having fun watching Fast and Furious? That's different, I went to the action scene, the drag racing in the movie is only part of it, not the whole thing. When people are asking about how a certain car is, I am as indifferent as the walking dead, and I have thought more than once that maybe I am destined to be insulated from the car in my life.
But there are always exceptions.
In 2006, a Pixar-produced animated film "Cars" was released in China. Originally not very interested, in order to avoid the work of distributing leaflets, I consulted with colleagues and hid in the cinema to watch this work.
I thought it would be a childish giggle, but I didn't want to be touched by the residents of the water town hot spring town. The rapid development of the new era has accelerated the pace of our lives, but the richness of fame and material things has also taken away the ease and happiness of the simple kindness of the past.
The film tells the story of the final stage of the Pistons Cup of American racing, when the seeded player Lightning McQueen accidentally hit and was detained on Interstate 66 in the United States. Bored residents, deserted streets, although the scenery is infinite, but little known.
The town judge ordered Lightning McQueen to repair the road he had destroyed, and he always wanted to escape, while making up for his mistakes, he not only met new friends and improved his professional skills, but also realized that the best side of life is not just the name of the champion.
Pixar's anthropomorphic kung fu is done to the extreme in this film.
The racing rookie Lightning McQueen, who is blinded by fame and fortune, Sally, a lawyer who returns to town from the metropolis, Dr. Blue Sky, who has won the Piston Cup several times, the big grinning and enthusiastic trailer board teeth, and so on, the characters have distinct and impressive personalities. The look created by referring to different models is a seamless combination of reality and cartoon styling, which is pleasing to the eye.
Even, the flies in the film are car shapes, and the women's bathroom door is always photographed with long queues and other details...
"Cars" is actually a cartoon version of his personal growth history, telling the whole process of Lightning McQueen, an American youth, from naivety to maturity, from utilitarian excesses to rationality.
The character settings, plot routines, moderate reversals, etc. in the film, like all films of the same type, are methodically advanced under the template of routine. With his skillful narrative skills and humane succession, Pixar elders such as John Lasseter have turned a cartoon into a feature film masterpiece suitable for all ages, young and old.
The passage of Lightning McQueen in the film in the water town of Hot Springs can be described as bright and warm. Whether it's the owner and clerk of the auto parts shop, the old and rusty classic car, or the military jeep that has been retired for many years, all the characters' interaction with Lightning McQueen seems to be relaxed and very restrained.
And Dr. Blue Sky, who represents the wisdom, Sally, who represents the return and love, and the silly but sincere and cute trailer board teeth, are just right to make up for the shortcomings in the protagonist Lightning McQueen's personality.
Borrowing the life experience and perception of others, and integrating with the environment, little by little changed the three views of Lightning McQueen.
Comedic jokes, moderately exaggerated performances, and anthropomorphic situation settings make the whole film present a very advanced entertainment attribute. It is particularly worth mentioning that the addition of Chinese dubbed version of Fan Wei and others has greatly enhanced the comedic effect.
It is in a series of comedic plot promotions that we see Lightning McQueen's abandonment of obsession, his perception of life, his thinking about life, and his increasing appreciation of love and friendship.
A good opponent play can not only stimulate the potential of the character, but also gain the recognition of the audience.
The retirement thinking of dr. Blue Sky, the former victorious general, Sally who returned to her hometown in the big city, the trailer board tooth who has no heart and no lungs but is enthusiastic and righteous, the two auto parts shop masters and apprentices who are eager to be recognized, and the people with distinct personalities give Lightning McQueen unlimited possibilities under the premise of kindness.
The right amount of hand play not only makes the protagonist feel the real social life, but also allows us to see the diversity of life, the richness of choices, the importance of persistence, and the constancy of inner value judgments.
As the most famous Route 66 in American history, it has appeared in too many works. The past and present lives of Route 66 in this film tell more about the change of values under the changes in American society.
Sally and McQueen's conversation in front of the abandoned hotel, accompanied by "Our Town", is like a nostalgic documentary scene rotation, and we suddenly feel that we are walking too fast, and turn our heads to find that the simple and kind soul has already kept up with the radical rhythm.
And the rapid material pursuit makes us lose ourselves and can't see the direction of the future. Whether the Piston Cup can be obtained is very important, and it is more important to find yourself.
The mcQueen, who had no friends, had changed. He began to have his own concerns, his own judgments, his own thinking. Instead of blindly being attracted by the championship title, the busyness does not stop.
Dr. Blue Sky sat in the arena, Italian auto mechanics waited, a successful event, because the infusion of friendship and love became more energetic and motivated.
At the end of the film, McQueen let go of the obsession with winning the championship and exchanged sincere help for the praise of the uncrowned king. Returning to the water town of hot springs, he is no longer blinded by fame and fortune, and his sweethearts look at the waterfall together, drink special drinks (gasoline) with friends in the town, bask in the sun for maintenance, and have a friendly match with Dr. Blue Sky.
Cars is a cartoon masterpiece with realistic significance. The balance between entertainment and humanistic values, through the cartoon characters to convey to the viewers a more comfortable psychological feeling.
It seems to be a bowl of chicken soup for the soul that is universal, but the sweetness of the mouth is repeated, and the correct values are not boring at all, which is really happy to see.
It is said that after the release of the film, many Americans drove back to Route 66 again, and once again felt the happy time of slow and leisurely self-driving and enjoying the beautiful scenery.
As I watched the film, I was also thinking that I would have a chance to take a run on Route 66, even if I wasn't driving.