In the past few days, there has been a very hot topic on social platforms.
The topic is also very direct, it is called: Are comedy elements just needed during the Spring Festival?
As we all know, Chinese movies have experienced rapid development in the past ten years.
Going to the cinema to watch a movie during the Spring Festival has become a new ritual for the Chinese people.
Then there is a very crucial question. In such a festive atmosphere and the whole family is happy, what kind of movie should we watch?
is undoubtedly a comedy.
Comedy is the best choice for the public to choose movies as entertainment themes, because it targets a wider age group, the threshold for understanding is relatively lower, and the emotions it conveys are simple and direct.
During the Spring Festival in the past few years, comedy movies had a high presence.
During this year’s Spring Festival, all kinds of flowers are blooming, but there are not many that truly bring family fun for all ages.
But don't worry, just recently, another comedy film has been scheduled and officially announced to movie fans that it will be added to the Spring Festival schedule:
" Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat descends from the sky "
As soon as the movie's scheduled trailer is released, you can It was said that it shocked me, and it immediately caught my eye.
Judging from the official information, this time the Spring Festival is ushered in a family movie that truly means all ages, .
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Chinese culture has once again become the protagonist of the movie: the God of Wealth Cat
"Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat" is a new face in this year's Spring Festival, and its protagonist is a cat. As soon as the
trailer came out, many netizens were attracted by the cute cats in the trailer, and it can be said that they fell in love instantly.
What's even more amazing is that this time the cat has more than just "cuteness", because it has a great background.
This is Huang Pi, the magical cat who served as the "pioneer representative of the Havoc in Heaven" during and . In the final poster of
, the golden cat Huang Pi, the God of Wealth, is surrounded by five clones.
wears clothes in five colors: red, yellow, green, black, and white, and holds ingots, Ruyi, gold coins and other magical objects. The five clones of
each have their own meanings.
Each clone corresponds to the southeast, northwest, middle, metal, wood, water, fire and earth, benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, palace, business, angle and levy. Each of them is the god of slash wealth.
It seems that the saying "every cat is a god of wealth waiting to be transformed" does not deceive me!
In recent years, people’s demand for cats has reached another level.
Before, a certain netizen from Guangdong encountered a cat pretending to be the God of Wealth. Later, there were various real cases telling us that "cats heal the world".
In modern society, people's life pace is getting faster and faster, and the pressure is getting higher and higher. We need some relaxed and pleasant things to relieve tension.
The emergence of "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat from Heaven" just meets this demand.
In this era where we need both cats and the God of Wealth, it allows us to temporarily forget our worries and stress during the Spring Festival and enjoy the beautiful moments brought by Huang Pi.
And this time you don’t have to wait until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year to welcome the God of Wealth. You can come to welcome the God of Wealth on the first day of the Lunar New Year this year.
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3 seconds, there is a laugh point, the screwball comedy is heart-stirring
If you look carefully, you will find that in this year’s Spring Festival, comedy elements are widely distributed.
Almost every movie has comedy elements. When every movie uses comedy elements, how can we make the movie more recognizable and visible, and make it different?
Let’s take a look at the movie "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat from Heaven".
This is a screwball comedy.
Psychotic comedy is a specialized comedy category, also known as crazy comedy and perverse comedy.
was born in the silent era of movies and belongs to the comedy genre with a long history.
For example, "Twentieth Century Express" by Hawkes Barrymore Lombard and "It Happened One Night" by Capra Gable Colbert are masterpieces of screwball comedies.
The behavior of the protagonist of this type of comedy is a bit exaggerated, but not immature, and the form of expression is a slapstick style without any threshold.
At the same time, although the form of expression has many similarities and overlaps with farce and humor, it is not the same as farce.
Take "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat from Heaven" as an example. The protagonist of the film is a Huang Pi.
Huang Pi was beaten into a cat shape by the four heavenly kings because of his participation in the Huaguo Mountain uprising.
When his life was at stake, it was the God of Wealth Ancestor who saved him.
In order to repay the kindness of the ancestor of the God of Wealth, Huang Pi led five clones to the mortal world, preparing to find a Feng Shui treasure land in the world and plant a money tree in the Year of the Dragon to surprise the ancestor of the God of Wealth.
But who would have thought that the road to the lower world is not as simple as it seems, and there are many surprises and surprises.
The trailer alone shows a lot of the screwball comedy qualities of this movie.
From Huang Pi, the magical cat who claimed to be the "pioneer representative of the Uprising", to a pet cat who lived in misery after descending to earth.
The contrast between Huang Pi's before and after provides excellent laughter for the film.
After coming to the human world, Huang Pi was jokingly called a "fish" by the zodiac official.
Huang Pi lamented that he was "shameful" because of his shame. He was immediately corrected:
"It's not a shame, it's a shame."
It’s really killing a cat to kill the heart. I’m asking you whether it hurts your heart or not!
and Zi Zi said bluntly, "I am from the God of Wealth", but the next second he was regarded as a "scammer" and received a punch.
was then kicked out of the sky.
These two clones are definitely here to watch the show, no doubt.
At the same time, based on this point, the plot is richer and more interesting, and full of highlights.
Will the yellow cat that accidentally fell into the pet shop be treated as a stray cat and castrated?
Can Huang Pi, who only wants to repay his kindness, be able to grow a money tree?
These questions that cannot be answered from the trailer arouse our curiosity.
It seems that this is not only a comedy with only laughs, but a high-quality Chinese comic with a rich and flesh-and-blood plot.
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technology has come to dominate the scene, and it is undoubtedly a sincere work for the Spring Festival. The reason why Huang Pi in the
trailer is loved by netizens is that he is a "technical" cat.
As a rare special effects blockbuster released during the Spring Festival this year, "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat descends from the sky" truly achieves the quality of a "blockbuster" technically.
The ultra-sophisticated hair rendering technology that can be seen in the trailer makes the two-meter-long God of Wealth cat Huang Pi come to life, and the effect is as detailed as the subtle swings of the cat's hair.
Not to mention being a cat lover, no one would feel warm-hearted after seeing this scene, coupled with the cat crying, he simply surrendered! In addition to the feeling of hair,
also has some subtle movements, such as moving cat ears and wiggling whiskers;
and River God , from the texture of the skin to the swinging of ears and whiskers, are all very realistic.
Even the close-up shot of Sister Hu Ji in the pet shop and the texture of her fingernails are exquisite.
These three cats in the same frame are simply playing me.
Some cats have smiles on their faces and look mean;
Some cats have bright eyes and wisdom written all over their faces;
There are also cats with very vivid expressions on their drooped faces because they were kicked. .
In addition to expressions, actions are also a bonus.
Speaking of this, we have to mention another major contributor to Maomao’s dynamic sense, which is real-person motion capture.
uses real-life motion capture throughout the film, making Huang Pi's movements vivid and real, and the emotional transmission is more in place.
Because it is real-person motion capture, the cat's movements become very smooth, which is really important for a comedy with a little action.
For example, this cat twists its waist and throws coins with everyone. It feels more enchanting than Hu Ji. It is indeed a fluid cat.
It is reported that the motion capture actors in the film include Wang Zi, the "mime prince" who has participated in the "Annual Comedy Competition", Li Meng, a national first-class actor at the China Children's Art Theater, and Yan Nan, who has starred in more than 30 plays, etc. .
They have rich stage experience. With their help, the characters in the movie have souls.
In addition, the movie also spent a lot of effort on art.
Not to mention anything else, just one picture represents the gold content of film art. There is a picture of Huang Pi ascending to immortality in the trailer of
. The creative team drew on the art of Dunhuang murals and integrated green landscapes with digital characters.
The strong colors collide in one picture, and the display of various Dunhuang mural elements is stunning.
In this context, Maomao is in it, and he has a layer of divinity in his body. He is instantly integrated with the theme of the movie, which is so clever.
The visual elements of this picture are derived from the mural "Journey to the West" created by the commissioned artist. After layers of auspicious clouds are removed, there is a multi-dimensional mandala, with flying gods, mythical beasts, mountains, trees, etc., colorful and colorful.
Who would have thought that the color beauty of Chinese style can be vividly displayed through this picture.
also builds a "new" human world, which reveals an unusual atmosphere from the color.
responded to the line "This is neither heaven nor hell. You have been reincarnated and come to the human world." A human world with demons and ghosts wandering around appeared.
It is reported that this is because Huang Pi has inherited the ability of the ancient mythical beasts Teng Huang and Pi Xiu, which can connect the three realms of heaven, earth and man, and can travel between ancient and modern times, thus leading to a multi-dimensional space where time and space are mixed and ever-changing.
Because of such a background setting, the construction of space in the movie also requires imagination. What
now presents to us is whether it is the Immortal Ascension Picture whose aesthetic quality has reached another level, the appearance of a multi-dimensional world created through color, or the cyberpunk style of the Magic Girl.
"Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat Descends from Heaven" truly achieves the art of connecting to the realm of gods and the fireworks of the human world.
In one word, is amazing!
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In addition to the Mandarin and Cantonese bilingual version, "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat descends from the sky" also hides greater ambitions
It is worth mentioning that "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat descends from the sky" has two versions.
One is the Mandarin version, and the other is the Cantonese version with regional characteristics.
As a representative province in the south, Guangdong has many traditional customs during the Spring Festival.
Among them, welcoming the God of Wealth is an extremely important activity, with dancing lions and gongs and drums making it very lively.
At this time, there is such a movie with local characteristics and good meaning. It can spread culture while also being down-to-earth. Why not?
In addition, "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat Descends from Heaven" also allows us to see more possibilities for film and television of Chinese traditional culture.
Prior to this, Chinese comics had not explored deeply enough in the field of traditional Chinese culture.
In addition to the "Fengshen" series we are familiar with, there are actually more elements worth exploring, and Huang Pi is one of them.
The Huangpi God of Wealth Cat is a family member of the mythical beasts Tenghuang and Pixiu. It represents auspiciousness, wealth and blessing. It is the latest representative of China's "God of Wealth Renewal".
Just like the Cantonese song sung by the band composed of God of Fortune Cat clones at the end of the trailer, it is like dreaming back to the moment of Brother Hua's "Good Luck Comes", and the New Year atmosphere is at its peak!
Isn’t a movie like this with Huang Pi as the protagonist the movie we need most during the Spring Festival?
finally wants to say that in 2024, which is already here, with all walks of life gearing up, we need this God of Wealth cat to lead us even more.
Looking at it as a whole, we will find that this Spring Festival finally welcomes a blockbuster Chinese comic again! How can a Chinese comic like
not raise expectations? !
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