When it comes to IP network movies, nine times out of ten are bad movies. "Journey to the West" as a classic IP, over the years has been frequently adapted into network movies to be released in turn, such as "Journey to the West", "Journey to the West Bhikkhu Country", etc., the reputation of these movies is not ideal, and even by netizens unanimously complained. The newly released "Journey to the West Red Child" was broadcast online under such pressure, originally thought it was another strange and terrible film, but this movie just let people fall into a tangled mood, just because its advantages and disadvantages are so obvious, people do not know how to evaluate.
1, people have innovation
The highlight of "Journey to the West Red Child" is that this film has a subversive innovation of the character settings in the original novel. For example, the Iron Fan Princess is no longer a positive figure who is obsessed with tearing up with Xiao San and favoring her son, but a positive character who guards the stability of the people.
The red child is no longer a mischievous child who makes the people suffer and suffer. On the contrary, the Red Child and the Iron Fan Princess were deeply loved by the local people, and the people even worshipped the statue of the Red Child.
The film also reinterprets the red child's ability to possess samadhi true fire. Because Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago, kicking over the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun, causing the heavenly fire to fall into the mortal world, the people were miserable. In order to save Cangsheng, Princess Tiefan stepped forward at a time of crisis, but unfortunately she was injured by the heavenly fire, and the fetus in her abdomen was in danger.
Princess Tiefan asked for a drop of nectar from Guanyin Bodhisattva in exchange for the peace of the red child, but at the cost of her keeping the Gossip Array of the Flame Demon for many years, once the volcano erupted, the red child would also be in danger of life.
Due to the lack of family companionship for many years, the red child has become a lonely and loveless left-behind child. He longed for maternal love, but he did not know how to express it.
Growing up from the snack Hundred Family Meals, he also lacked the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, and was provoked by the wolf monster who was bent on revenge, so he captured Tang Monk and gave it to Princess Tiefan as a birthday gift, which triggered a big war between him and Sun Wukong.
Judging from the entire story setting and character setting, "Journey to the West Red Child" jumped out of the original story setting, adding more warm background color between the red child and the mother, the Iron Fan Princess.
In addition, comedic elements have also been added to the movie, such as the tuberculosis attributes of Tang Monk' words, Sun Wukong's irritability, and the stupidity and lustfulness of the Eight Precepts of pigs, which are well reflected in the movie. In particular, the role of Tang Monk undertakes a lot of comedy tasks in the movie, and the tang monk's long-windedness and fearlessness are very well expressed.
2. Special effects and fighting intentions
One of the biggest drawbacks of online movies is the shoddy plot and post-production. However, the post-special effects of "Journey to the West Red Child" are not bad.
Whether it is the domineering declaration of Sun Wukong kicking over the alchemy furnace in the opening scene, or the many fierce battles between Sun Wukong and the red child, the overall special effects are very careful, and the fights in the movie are not perfunctory to the audience, and the overall look is smooth in rhythm, not dragging mud and water.
3, the actor's image temperament is somewhat dramatic
One of the more failed points of "Journey to the West Red Child" is that the casting does not match. The actor of the red child in the movie looks similar to Nezha, and the picture of him crouching on the ground and playing in the opening scene inexplicably reminds people of the clip in the animated movie "Nezha".
The casting of the master-apprentice quartet is also more spoof, especially the casting of Sun Wukong occupies a lot of scenes in the movie, but the overall image does not have the domineering side leakage of Sun Wukong, nor the astute wisdom of Sun Wukong. On the contrary, he looked petite and petite, not like the Qi Tian Grand Saint Monkey King, but like a small demon.
And the plot also weakens the ability of Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong can not beat the red child, even a small monster can not be killed with a stick, chasing a small monster actually chased a few streets, such a setting wants to come to few viewers can accept.
4, the plot is slightly thin
Although "Journey to the West Red Child" strengthens the family line, it still cannot hide the fact that the follow-up plot is weak and thin. Especially in the emotional sublimation part, the red child was seduced by the wolf monster's three words and two sentences and then blackened, which seemed slightly casual. After all, the early plot did not lay much groundwork for the red child's naughtiness and his childlike temperament.
The red child is eager to get maternal love, but by the end of the story, the iron fan princess has not been able to undertake the tear-jerking plot well. The Red Child and the Flame Demon merged into one, and before the disaster began, Sun Wukong sprinkled the nectar he wanted from the Iron Fan Princess on the Red Child's body, reminding the Red Child of getting along with his mother, and then being inspired to return to the right path.
This scene seems hasty and childlike, after all, as the climax of the movie, the iron fan princess and the red child as an emotional support are the protagonists. If the screenwriter tangled the contradictions of The Iron Fan Princess, her pain in the face of her son's demonization and the deep love of her son, it might be more exciting, but unfortunately, the screenwriter let Sun Wukong steal the role of the Iron Fan Princess.
The reason why this problem occurs may be because the screenwriter wants to create the role of the red child, but also does not want to give up the role of Sun Wukong, but the limited ability can not make a balance from it, so this hasty and thin plot has emerged.
Of course, the movie "Journey to the West Red Child" is not an excellent movie in essence, but in a bunch of bad movies, its production vaguely makes people see some progress, and it is still okay to take a meal to watch and relieve boredom.