The annual summer slot war officially kicks off with the release of "Jurassic Park 2" next week. Although it is only the beginning of June, if you look at the film schedule, you can almost see the tragic fighting scenes!
As always, the summer program is still dominated by various visual effects blockbusters and popcorn movies. Today, we will talk about a very special domestic animation film in this summer program - "Mysterious World Adventure 4", which was officially released on August 3.
Released in 2012, Adventures in a Mysterious World 1 is about a little girl, Wang Hugo, who accidentally encounters a small animal that can speak human language and looks like both a lion and a tiger.
Hugo follows La-La to a mysterious world where there are no humans and animals are in charge. And Lala, it is the patriarch of the mysterious world.
Lala and Hugo experienced a series of thrilling adventures here and built a deep friendship.
Wang Yunfei, the director of the Mysterious World Adventure series, is a highly qualified animation director who has produced the animated short film "Big Talk Olympics" authorized by the Olympic Organizing Committee, and the work "Guibao's Hilarious Universe" is the first Chinese animation film of Hollywood 20th Century Fox.
Since 2012, the Mysterious World Adventure series has been launched 3 times, the first of which has doubled the word-of-mouth box office, not only rushing into the top 8 domestic animation film box office with a dark horse posture, but also rarely receiving 7 points of evaluation on the strict Douban. 2014's "Mysterious World Adventure 2" was affirmed by the Golden Rooster Award.
Launched in 2016, "Adventures in the Mysterious World 3", the cat's eye audience rating ranked 7th among the top ten domestic films of the year.
It can be said that through 6 years of time, the Mysterious World Adventure series has created a very appealing domestic animation IP.
Today, Mysterious World Adventures 4 released its latest plot poster and plot trailer.
Compared with the previous work, the texture of the poster has obviously improved
The poster is informative, and Hugo Wang and Lala seem to be being hunted by a monster with fierce eyes.
If you watch the first three films, you should be able to understand that the mischievous Hugo has returned to the mysterious world this time, and has embarked on an adventure with Lala again.
In addition to the plot poster, the official also released a plot trailer, let's feel the trailer first!
Judging from the information revealed in the trailer, "Mysterious World Adventure 4" is still largely the framework of adventure films, Wang Hugo found the imprint of the mysterious world from the notebook left by his mother, and speculated that his mother who had been missing for many years may be here, so he decided to return to the mysterious world with his father to find his mother.
And Lala also learned under The Ventilation Letter of Mr. Penguin that some humans have broken into the Sacred Realm of the Mysterious World without authorization. The Sacred Realm used to be a place where the gods and immortals lived, and after they left, they left the Divine Power in the Sacred Realm and guarded the mysterious world.
As the patriarch of the mysterious world and a good friend of Hugo, Lala decides to travel with Hugo to the Holy Realm to find the truth.
In this adventure, it can be seen that they have encountered many dangers and challenges, ranging from the difficulty of moving forward in the cold storm and snow, the enthusiastic Uncle Bear falling off the cliff and dying uncertainly, and the contradictions between Lala and Hugo because of their different positions.
The film still uses a two-protagonist narrative, and the friendship between La la and Hugo runs through the main line.
At the beginning, although he was the patriarch, he was extremely unconfident in his heart, he questioned his own ability, and even more doubted whether he could take on the heavy responsibility of the patriarch.
But as Hugo, Wang Dashan, and Uncle Xiong are threatened with their lives one after another, the weak Cheerleaders gradually burst out of difficulties with the courage and strength to fight against evil, which I believe can also make the children watching the movie have a deeper understanding of friendship, kindness and bravery.
On the other hand, Hugo, who came from the human world, is bent on finding his mother, no matter how many unknown dangers lie ahead, she will never give up, which is also a celebration of maternal love and affection.
In addition, in addition to the main line of searching for the Holy Realm, this film also sets up a dark line of the mystery of the disappearance of the mother, which makes it not only a low-child cheerful cartoon, but also makes the plot a little more complicated.
It can be seen that this time", "Mysterious World Adventure 4" continues the previous world view, and at the same time has made significant progress in the plot.
With such a setting, "Mysterious World Adventure 4" is not only an animation suitable for children to watch, but also a family movie for all ages.
In the perspective of children, you can see the precious and courageous power of friendship; from the perspective of adults, you can also enjoy a wonderful and exciting adventure story.
This is the special feature of this film, the Mysterious World Adventure series is a good complement to a genre of domestic animation: family movies for all ages.
In recent years, domestic animation has gradually risen. A "Return of the Great Sage" has created a domestic animation box office record with a score of nearly 1 billion, which also makes everyone see the hope of domestic animation.
In terms of genre, there are adult-oriented animated films such as "The Great Protector" and "Big World", which are obviously not aimed at the children's market.
This kind of film is more complex and obscure, the themes they present, not to mention children, may be adults after watching it, it is inevitable that they will not understand.
There is also an animated movie with a relatively simple and cheerful plot that is intended to make children happy.
Family cartoons for all ages are almost monopolized by Disney or Pixar, which is also the most scarce genre of Chinese animation at present.
How to integrate touching emotions into a light and simple story, and pass it on to the audience without being blunt, this is where Chinese animation urgently needs to learn from Hollywood.
Last year's "Dream Quest" is a good example, its story is actually not complicated, but with the help of the Mexican Day of the Dead, the pursuit of dreams and the forgetting of loved ones are expressed directly.
Like this film, "Crazy Animal City", which created a "utopia" for animals, also used animal anthropomorphism to reflect the racial discrimination and inequality of the current world, which won the resonance of the audience.
Similar routines, in fact, we can see in "Kung Fu Panda" and "Frozen", but they can move us again and again, one of the most important reasons is that these characters are like us, they are ordinary people, they all desire family affection, they all chase their dreams, and they all persevere in failure.
These universal values about life and emotions, whether children or adults, resonate and empathize.
Kindness, persistence, affection, dreams, these eternal themes in Pixar or Disney cartoons, although simple and unpretentious, are common emotions of all mankind and the most universal values.
A really good story can not only move children, but also adults. And "Mysterious World Adventure 4" is working hard and trying to this method.
In addition, in terms of aesthetic style, "Adventures in the Mysterious World 4" tends to learn the Japanese aesthetics represented by Miyazaki Hayao, and integrates the artistic beauty of traditional Chinese landscape painting and ancient texts.
In particular, the passage in the trailer where whales soar in the sea of clouds instantly reminds people of the "Kunpeng" in Zhuangzi's "Getaway".
The complete worldview is the biggest feature of the Mystic World Adventures series. The film fictionalizes a grand fantasy world, this "utopia" created for animals, there are airships traveling on the clouds, there are highly skilled lan sisters, enthusiastic uncle Xiong, and immortals with divine powers, all of which are impressive.
This fantastic worldview is complemented by ubiquitous Elements of Chinese Style, whether it is a stone forest, an antique town house, or a colorful sky city, you can see the elaborate production of the team behind the scenes.
So, if you choose to recommend a movie to children this summer, the first choice must be it.
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