Tomorrowland Chinese ultimate trailer
<b>In addition</b> to the wild sequel, Disney has another blockbuster project in 2015, which is "Tomorrowland". Directed by Brad Bird and starring George Clooney and Brittney Robertson, the film was released in mainland China on May 26. This film has always been the title of "science fiction blockbuster" before, and has elements such as crossing. But after watching the film at the Shanghai premiere, the time network reporter found that it was more like a fairy tale adventure film wrapped in a sci-fi shell.
<b>▌</b> <b>How's the story? </b>
<b>Reminiscent of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."</b>
If you go to "Tomorrowland" with the mentality of "I'm going to see a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster", I am afraid that you will be disappointed. But if your idea is , "I'm going to see a Disney blockbuster," you can have fun. Actor George Clooney told the Time Network reporter on the red carpet of the Shanghai premiere: "This movie is suitable for taking children to see." Believing his words can also make you guess what kind of temperament this movie is - bright, hopeful, childlike, in short, very "Disney".
The story begins with the adventures of a young boy
The little boy grew up to be Frank played by Clooney, and his rivalry with the two female protagonists was very brilliant
"Tomorrowland" is not a hard science fiction movie, the so-called "Tomorrowland" is more like a utopian existence, symbolizing the most harmonious and progressive human living environment. The story begins when Frank (George Clooney) was a young boy, telling how he entered the world and became a good friend of the little girl "Athena". Then the conversation turned to the life of the heroine Casey, when Frank was already an uncle in his 50s, and he had no intersection with the heroine at all. Kathy inadvertently gets a Tomorrowworld brooch, and since then life has entered a rhythm of "doing mission upgrades", and she has to find Frank and return to Tomorrowland with him to save the earth.
Words like "save the planet" sound a bit grandiose, but this line of people does not rely on any equipment technology or monster fighting, but on faith and hope. I believe that science fiction fans will feel that such a setting is very naïve and "metaphysical" when they see the second half. This goes back to the problem we mentioned earlier: it's actually a fairy tale film, a fairy tale film where three cross-age group friends venture together. In many cases, it reminds you of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where the brooch is like a "jackpot" and Casey is like "the one who was chosen.". It's just that in terms of style, it is not so fantastic, it is a warm and humorous painting style, and the same is a magical and wonderful imagination. This is also where brad Bird ("Ratatouille", "The Incredibles"),a cartoon director), is best at it. If Bird also absorbed many of the original characteristics in "Mission Impossible 4" to fit the previous work, then in this original work, he can be said to be full of exertion, applying the theme style of many cartoons.
<b>▌</b><b>How is the performance? </b>
<b>The heroine and Little Lori steal the limelight from Clooney</b>
Brad Bird said in an interview with Time Network: "Behind every successful series there is a courageous pioneer", and in the same way, behind every big star there is also a Bole who dared to use him. Brad Bird is such a risky director. Not only did he sacrifice such an original work, but he also boldly used Brittney Robertson, who was not well known in the film industry. It turned out that he had made the right choice.
Brittney Robertson's performance was widely praised
Little Lori "Athena" can be described as the most surprising character in the film
If you look closely at the information page of "Tomorrowland" on the Time Network, you will find that Brittney's name ranks above Clooney, she is the film's number one star, although Clooney has many scenes, but most of the time is acting as a "guide". Cathy, played by Brittney, is a risky and positive girl, although the poster has a beautiful hair, but the film is completely another style: wearing a baseball cap every day, full of curiosity about everything, rebellious, naughty, and a little bit of a second goods. The overall temperament is like Jennifer Lawrence in private, and in the performance, there are also many media and fans who give her the title of "big cousin second", and her performance is natural and unforgettable.
In addition, another actor who has to be mentioned is Rafi Cassidy, who plays the female number two Athena. Just as the audience asked who the little girl who played Murphy after "Interstellar", I believe that after watching "Tomorrowland", you will also be curious about Rafi Cassidy. She is a key character throughout the film, and the coolest action scenes in the film come from her, and it is definitely a pleasure to watch Little Lolita show off her equipment. In addition, she and Clooney have a lot of opponents, and the chemistry of the two is quite amazing, so that the originally strange picture has no sense of contradiction. Clooney has also praised Rafi Cassidy more than once, saying that she is a sophisticated acting school and has forgotten her age when playing with her. (We won't go into too many details to prevent spoilers)
To some extent, it is the performance of the two female protagonists that revitalizes the whole movie, and also makes george Clooney's grumpy uncle image in the film cute, and the interaction between them is the most brilliant part of the film. If you pay attention to the early film reviews of "Tomorrowland", you will find that the word of mouth is seriously polarized, but almost all film critics have liked the performance.
<b>▌</b><b>How about visual effects? </b>
<b>The visual shock is not as amazing as the imagination</b>
Since the concept of "science fiction film" is no longer the most prominent place in the film, what about visual effects? What is the picture of tomorrow's world? In fact, it is better to discuss the visual effects of "Tomorrowland" than to discuss its imagination. It's not so domineering, but it also makes you feel eye-opening from time to time, relying on brain holes, not technology.
The construction of Tomorrowland contains a lot of wonderful imagination
A concept art for Tomorrowland would have been a good idea if the film had been animated
We can take a specific scene in the film as an example (hint: if you mind spoilers about the scene, please skip this paragraph): there is a scene of the Eiffel Tower on a rocket, and the lights and explosion effects are actually very common, but no one has played the game of splitting the Eiffel Tower in half, and many people see that there are stunned expressions. The construction of "Tomorrowland" is more complicated and delicate than cutting the Eiffel Tower, but because we have seen too many "future cities", those Ferris wheel-like viaducts, and trolleybuses, etc. are a bit aesthetically tiring, but if you look closely at the details, or look at the concept map, you can still find many bright ideas.
In fact, the overall impression after watching the film is that the director did not spend too much ink to depict the "world of tomorrow", but focused on the mental journey of several protagonists, how they grew up, and how they collided with sparks when they joined forces. The advantage is that it finally avoids the problem of overly simple and rough character design in many science fiction films, making every literary scene very moving and making the characters emotionally convincing; the disadvantage is that it makes the main scene "Tomorrowland" a symbolic existence, more often just a background board for the protagonists to chat or fight. As for which aspect you value more, it is a matter of opinion.
Brad Bird seems to adopt a "grab the small amplification" concept in "Tomorrowland", and he designs many props very cleverly, such as the scene where Clooney escapes from the cabin with Casey, which is all over the trap, even reminiscent of "The Little Devil Is Home"; some passages in the character dialogue make you reminisce endlessly; a villain robot with a smiley face throughout is also quite scene-stealing... With these "little clevernesses," the "big theme" of the film seems to be put on the back burner, or that's not the part you'll remember. In fact, even the end of the film is animated, which seems to have fully "exposed" the director's original intention: he did not want to make a science fiction film, but just wanted to bring you a two-hour fantasy adventure, otherwise why would he refuse "Star Wars 7" to make this movie.