, the movie "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", which created the domestic cartoon box office myth, entered the 2020 Oscar Awards "Best Animated Feature Film" primary list, and will compete for the award with 31 other shortlisted works. Whether "Nezha" can win the prize is certainly hard to say now, but there is a greater possibility. The reason I gave is that this Chinese cartoon matches the values of the Western judges. After watching "Nezha", the line that I most impressed me with was "My fate is my fate." The emphasis on "individualism" is exactly the theme and promotion of Western movies.
Many high-grossing American blockbusters are all heroic complexes where justice eventually defeats the villain. In the character design of "Nezha", the protagonist is also designed as a villain. Through the transformation of the villain's cognition to highlight "My life is up to me", it is more novel and creative.
However, "Nezha" is a Chinese movie after all. It would be good to win the Oscar award, but after watching the movie, we can't understand "My life is my responsibility" like Westerners. This is not individualism, but an oriental culture that contains "my life is for my life, my own blessing". In the film, Nezha did a lot of evil at first, and the villagers saw him gritted his teeth. Later, the love of his parents awakened his conscience, and Nezha kept the people of a village safe by his own efforts. Even if the destiny wants him to die, he finally turned the danger into peace by sending a big benevolent thought. Although the film uses "My life is my life, I can't help it" to set off Western values, but we should interpret the unique connotation of Chinese culture, which is simply "good for good."
