Rigid and mediocre stories, pale and plain characters, scattered and unreasonable plots, and childish and sensational dialogues simply can't support grand music and scenes. Just like watching a scene mv, several meaningless shady pauses reveal the director's poor grasp of time-space transformation, and a lot of narration and lyricism make people feel that the main creation can't let the characters express and develop themselves. The emotions and behaviors of the characters roared like that disaster, without any details to take care of. After watching the movie, they didn't understand what the three characters were like. They act completely according to their likes and dislikes and impulses, without considering the consequences or thinking.
We will leave a deep impression on every character in the pen, such as the unrestrained freedom of the red pig, the contradiction and self-loss, Sang, an enemy of mankind ... even Xiaomei in My Totoro was naive and eccentric when she was a child. But these characters are not only obvious in their own personalities, but also inseparable from the background world in the story. However, the three protagonists in The Big Fish are always out of the world they belong to. This "world view" is just an absurd background created for this love triangle, which can be destroyed at will or reborn at will. Story background is an important condition for shaping characters, which interacts with characters and creates each other. But in The Big Fish Begonia, the separation between the characters and the background world can only make the characters pale and the world empty.
More importantly, I can't see its spiritual core in this animation. The application of China elements in movies is simplified as decoration and emotional expression. The immortal in Shan Hai Jing and Kun Peng in Xiaoyao Tour have all become the supporting roles of "I love you and die for you". Just like a gorgeous meal, the main course is a rotten leaf, which is really disappointing. The main creator didn't think about what they wanted to convey, and spent a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to get a movie with a gorgeous appearance and nothing inside.
Personally, I really want to see the progress of domestic animation. I can see that I have made great efforts in the production, art and music of this film, but this is not the reason. Without stories, thoughts and opinions, I'm afraid all these efforts are in vain. I hope that the next work of the main creators will be a really good film, not only in artistic music, but also in expression skills and theme depth.
When I think of Goro Miyazaki's "Earthsea War", I finally understand why the old man Miyazaki Hayao is so critical of his son. The more he loves it, the more he needs to carry his work on his back. After Earthsea, which caused great criticism, Goro Miyazaki successively produced The Little Mermaid's Blooming Hillside and the TV series The Thief's Daughter. Although he can't compare with his father Miyazaki Hayao, he can still see progress.
Blindly black powder is not a good thing for domestic animation. It is really unnecessary to talk about patriotism and feelings. Everything is based on the quality of the work, and a fair evaluation may be the most needed for domestic animation.