I have come to a crossroads in my life, and I am destined to be an outlaw, or a hero?
----Puss in Boots
One
"The Three Musketeers of the Cute Cat", as a sequel to "The Cat in Boots", released in 2012 and produced by DreamWorks, is an animated short film directed by Xu Chengyi. Still voiced by Antonio Banderas, The Film continues with Cat in Boots, which tells the funny story of what happened to Puss after the golden goose stealing adventure.
During his adventures, He was hired by the Queen of Italy, hoping that The Boss would retrieve the jewel in his crown that had been stolen by the Whispering Thief of France. But first, three kittens under whispering thieves are needed to take Push to the whispering thief's hiding place.
But how could kittens listen to Puss in the first place! Puss was tricked by kittens as soon as he set out and was buried alive. Of course, The Puss, who has the aura of a dazzling protagonist, will naturally not be hurt, and it is also because the kittens successfully won the cute contest.
After catching the kittens and returning home, Puss used his experience with the dwarf egg to impress them, gave them names, taught them martial arts, and finally the four of them came to the hiding place of the Whispering Thief, successfully defeated the Thief, and retrieved the gem.
Two
The storyline of the short film as a whole is actually not innovative, attractive, and even tired of watching the plot, but why does a short film with only 13 minutes have a rating of 8.1, higher than the original, and the number of comments has reached half of the original?
The biggest attraction of this film is the cute performance of the kittens, the cute and cute image of the three kittens, simply let the audience have no resistance, although the three kittens will not speak, but their cute and dull movements will definitely be able to melt your heart, no matter how much you usually contact the cat, you will fall in love with these cute cats.
I thought Puss would become more mature, but : )
Secondly, the delicate psychology that Puss has rarely shown before is also a major attraction of this film. Here, he is no longer "The furry Lover" of the rushing love scene, but "Uncle Puss", who cares for the three kittens, teaching them and reforming them.
Puss taught them "boot cat swordplay", gave them bedtime stories, told them to run away when dueling with whispering thieves, whispered thieves were particularly anxious when they wanted to attack kittens, and then, because the kittens were orphans, they also specially settled the kittens, making them the queen's personal guard, and finally, the money-loving Puss gave each cat a gold coin, and Puss also rarely left tears.
Three
1. Why is the Queen of Italy?
If you can't see the layout, costumes and accents of the palace, you can start with the name of the queen, the queen's name is "Alessandra Bellagamba", which is Italian, in addition, there are many references to the queen speaking Italian: "Signore Boots", that is, Mr. Boots, signore means "Sir", in Italian is an honorific title for men; "grazie", Italian "thank you"; Arrivederci", Italian "goodbye".
2. The short film begins with Puss saying: "I have come to a crossroads in my life, am I destined to be an outlaw, or a hero?" I don't know. After this experience with the kittens, Puss obviously chose to become a hero, in the process of catching the Whispering Thief, Puss did not do anything illegal, the Whispering Thief's death was also accidental, Puss did not mean to kill him at first.
3. The names of the three kittens. The first yellow cat, called perla, is the Italian "pearl", "one of the kind", indicating that it is the most intelligent and kind kitten; the second flower cat is called gonzalo, Gonzollo, who was once a ruler of the Spanish territory of Naples, and as a Spaniard Puss certainly knows this person, taking this name because the cat is heroic and belligerent; the third gray cat is called "Sir Timoteo Montenegro the Third", The name is estimated to be randomly taken, it may be that the little gray cat looks the weakest, this name sounds noble, so that the little gray cat is not easy to be bullied.
Little yellow cat, smart, kind: spoofing Puss is the first to do it; and when the other two cats beat Puss hard, the yellow cat only knocked the head of Puss with his boots a few times, not too hard; the yellow cat dug a hole alone, and there were many ghost ideas.
Little Flower Cat, heroic and aggressive: the fiercest one in the process of fighting Puss; when it reaches the hiding place of the Whispering Thief, the Flower Cat is the first to jump out from behind the stone; when it catches the Whispering Thief, it also rushes to the front when saving The Whispering Thief.
The little gray cat, the dumbest one, is cute and silly:
4. Puss got up after being buried and found three kittens, starting with a fight, when their movements were like this:
Both Puss and kittens have erect hairs on their heads, a characteristic of the cat's danger.
Here the cat's tail is erect, and the hair on the tail is fluffy and appears larger, which is a sign of the cat's vigilance and threat.
5. The little gray cat is left-handed, and Kitty Softpaws in "The Booted Cat" is also left-handed.
6. When the queen rewards Puss, Puss says that there are too many gold coins, and then says that he has dropped a gold coin, which is humorous and ironic at the same time.
7. During the Italian War, France and Spain went to war because they both wanted to occupy Italy, and most of the wars took place in Italy itself, causing great harm to Italy. Here the Whispering Thief of France refers to France, and the Metaphor of Puss refers to Spain, from the time the soldier first met The Puss to the time he met the Queen, and finally the Soldier closed the door (humorous and ironic) before the Puss had finished speaking, which shows that The Puss was not very well received. The Queen of Italy's attitude towards the two characters is used to satirize France and Spain.
8. The queen and the soldiers were afraid of even three kittens, saying that it was "diablo" (meaning devil) satirized the weakness of Italy at that time. And it is true that after the Italian War, Italy's national strength was weak, internal wars were continuous, and the country's military strength was weak.