film history came out. The Broadway musical version has been premiered for nearly two years, and the London version will soon be released. At the same time, the much-anticipated sequel "Frozen 2" was finally released at the end of November.
As early as two days before the opening of the screenings, there have been whispers in the small circle of film critics and , saying that this film "exploded" in the United States. At the moment, I was shocked when I heard that, why "exploded"? Is it overwhelmingly well received? Or are they referring to the soaring sales of pre-sale tickets? It's easy to wait until the movie is released and take a trip to the theater in person to understand what you mean by "exploded".
It turned out that with such a beautiful movie, the story can be so procrastinated and boring, and the song tastes the same, but the visual management has reached its peak and created a new high standard. Several foreign mainstream media almost gave up comments and turned to reports on this sequel. Discuss its commercial potential, discuss the popular effect of the previous episode, and discuss Disney's production strategy for the rise of female power in recent years.
even, someone around me easily said, "It's okay for a child to watch it happy", trying to dismiss our more serious aesthetic requirements for the sequel to "Frozen". At the same time, we were also distracted, eagerly thinking and observing its top-selling figures. In particular, the momentum of such a sequel must not be too bad at the box office, but does its endurance still have a chance to at least tie the record set in the previous episode?
North Elementary School sister, the colder the more blooming
This sequel, the story still has to start from "the year".
It is said that Aisha and Anna, the sisters, grew up happily under the love of their parents. One night, the king father told a bedside story, telling that he had gone to a foreign country with his father back then. It was originally a celebration. For some reason, the bloody killing broke out on the spot. In the chaos, he was injured and unconscious. He only remembers the song of a soft and clean girl. Rescued himself, after returning to the palace, he ascended the throne, vowing to maintain peace between the kingdom and neighboring areas throughout his life. The story of
is over, but the answer is not solved. Where does the mysterious singing come from? Why is Yubo turned into a fight? In addition, the father said, from then on, thick fog has enveloped the forest all year round in the upper reaches of the fjord and in the depths of the wasteland; what is the forest like now? Is the dam built by Lao Wang still in place? Do the northern tribesmen, who were once allies and know how to use natural magic, still have a hatred for the Chinese people? What's more, the father emphasized: wind, fire, water, earth, four elements, four demons, if they enter the sealed sleep, when will they wake up? After waking up, will it pose a threat to national security and the lives and property of Chinese people?
's kind mother queen quickly put an end to this bedside story with a strong "dried mango" taste. She sang an ancient lullaby, and her singing told the far north, the river of life, and the secrets of the universe.
is a song that spans the years. To this day, the parents have already passed away. Aisha and Anna not only grew up, but after many adventures in the "previous episode", Aisha became king, and Anna also found true love-that love reindeer Better to sell ice silly big guy. By the way, there are also the talkative magical snow treasure and the intelligent reindeer. Their pair of sisters, a man, a snowball and a deer form a team that resembles "Momotaro". They call upon the mysterious singing and the crisis of subjugation. Under pressure, he stepped forward, "into the unknown", bravely rushing into the foggy forest, hoping to unlock the secrets of the four spirits of fire, water, wind and earth, and pursue the source of singing.
Strictly speaking, the plots encountered by the little sisters from the North Country in this sequel will not be more absurd than the Merry Christmas short story two years ago. I still remember watching "Xuebao's Christmas Holiday" in the theater with great interest, but it was like a turkey laying a big egg, it was extremely ugly, and there was a wave of global criticism. This sequel, at best, has a prestige before and a puzzle after it. Although the story development logic cannot withstand scrutiny, at least the dazzling special effects when the four spirits appear, the cute appearance of the fire spirit, and the gorgeous figure of the water spirit are still worthy of applause.
picture management full score
gorgeous, is definitely the key word of this "Frozen" sequel. The focus of the previous episode was the "Let It Go" singing of Queen Elsa's "Let It Go". This episode has more highlights. The country of late autumn (the film is scheduled to premiere on Thanksgiving Day in North America), the festive atmosphere, the autumn colors of the northern wilderness and forests, the last time before winter, the emerald grasses, yellow and red leaves, white and blackTree trunk. The fullness of the harvest season is condensed in the air, and then a thick white fog, and finally the blue sky when the fog is clear, and the blue sky when the sky is clear is so clear that it is really beautiful.
Then there is the passage where Queen Aisha desperately plunged into desperation and bravely rushed to North Sea Iceland. At this moment in the whole film, the real drama is steaming out.
is a good show of Aisha diving into the water and fighting with the water spirit in the sea. We see her indomitable and try again. The water spirit is a steed horse, and Aisha, with her kingly respect, trains the horse personally, and the horse grabs her. He leads and swims deep into the sea until he establishes a trusting relationship with him and becomes a loyal and reliable mount. Going to North Sea Iceland, a huge length of the entire song opens the jewel box of memory for us. Ice crystals refract, layer upon layer, old secrets, ugly reality, one by one revealed. The regrets of the past years still need to be relied on today's kingliness to turn the tide.
Immediately afterwards, rock fragmentation, rushing waves, huge fjord waves, and thrilling last-second rescues, and the bustling business, pushed the last half hour of the film to a climax of full excitement and full screen design.
Water with memory
Water with memory is the key to the most important plot of this "Frozen" sequel. Because of this setting,
has more room to play outside the forest of autumn and the kingdom of winter, and because of this setting, the picture management of the whole film has more room for display, especially because of the need of the plot. It has to present realistic water, ice, fog, and fog on the screen. Dew, frost, and snow, different postures, different appearances, more than just a dazzling array, it is simply brilliant and brilliant.
from the many appearances of the water in this film, can not help but think of the technical experiment conducted by Director Ang Lee in the "Gemini Killer". Suddenly I feel that these basic elements that are the most common in our daily life and are most closely integrated into our life experience may be more suitable as experiments for new technologies, rather than just flying around and killing scenes and blasting special effects. How does
make the most common water come alive? Should I use 2D, 3D, or 10D? Should we use 120 frames, 385 frames, or 18K panoramic immersion effects? New technology, used as a creative tool, how to show water and sunlight, skin and pores, these are the most important elements and indispensable background to promote the narrative?
If the posture of these things can be sincerely reproduced on the big screen, perhaps, such innovative technology will be more needed by this industry, and it can provide all creators with more space and more imagination. .
