The second episode took place one month after the end of the first story. The sequel breaks the warm ending of the fairy tale "The Princess and the Prince live happily ever after", and makes Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona start a new adventure in an ironic way. In this episode, Shrek faces his parents-in-law. However, Princess Fiona's parents are obviously not ready for their new son-in-law, let alone see the change of their daughter. Moreover, Princess Fiona's father has arranged everything for her future, and their combination has ruined everything. So the king turned to the powerful fairy, the handsome Prince Chacha and the green monster killer Cat Man for help.
Because the plot of the first film is too perfect and compact, it is very difficult to make a sequel. In order to prevent the story from falling into the ranks of regular sequels, the producers set up many twists and turns. One of the twists and turns is that Shrek doesn't really understand what true love means to Princess Fiona, but the prince arranged by the king appears ... So in this movie, Shrek will learn how to love and how to love himself at the same time.
Finding Nemo $339 million Disney
Disney and Pixar released the latest 3D computer animation Finding Nemo. This is also Disney's first computer animation blockbuster released in the global summer. This film is a beautifully produced, colorful, grand and touching computer animation blockbuster. The characters and scenery made by computer in the film are extremely realistic. The story of the whole film is full of suspense, adventure, affection, friendship and many other elements, which are very attractive to audiences of all ages. It can be said that it is the most successful computer animated film in the history of Disney and Pixar animation.
The story describes that in the beautiful waters of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Nemo, a lively clown fish, was unfortunately caught by divers who specialize in collecting ornamental fish and sold to a dental clinic in Sydney, becoming one of the many ornamental fish in the aquarium. Nemo began to have to face a group of strange and strange new friends and worried about how to reunite with his father. On the other hand, anxious dad is determined to cross the ocean to find Nemo. On the way, he meets Dolly, an emperor fish who is helpful but has a bad memory. They embarked on a thrilling journey to save Nemo. Finally, Dad successfully rescued Nemo.
The lion king $328 million Disney
When the sun rises from the horizon, night turns into day, Africa wakes up, and all the animals gather to celebrate the birth of Simba the lion cub. Accompanied by many enthusiastic and loyal friends, Simba, the little lion king, not only experienced the most brilliant moment in his life, but also encountered the most difficult challenge. After experiencing various tests of life such as life, death, love and responsibility, he finally ascended the throne of the king of the forest and experienced the true meaning of life in the boundless nature.
This film won the Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Music and Best Movie Song with the score of 1995, and became Disney's most successful animated film in recent years. The title song "Cycle of Life" in the album is based on the magnificent music of Hans Zimmer and the harmony of African dialects, which awakens the vitality of rhythm on the vast land, shows the endless life of nature and animals on the African prairie and symbolizes the vigorous life cycle. From the beginning of the whole song, countless animals galloped on the African grassland, and with the last scene, Simba lifted the newborn lion to everyone. Only in this way can we feel the vitality and vigor contained in the African grassland!
Shrek spent $267 million on DreamWorks.
Technically, this film is a truly amazing animation masterpiece with great breakthrough. This is a computer animation that embodies "realism". Through "PDI" technology, complex facial movements are realized, and the dialogue and emotional changes of characters are more vividly expressed. It uses a special method called "shaper", which enables cartoonists to compile a series of complex facial and body movements perfectly, so that the bones and muscles of the characters, their fat hair and clothes are as realistic as real people. Even in the scene production, it has taken a big step forward, and the swing and fold of clothing also have the feeling of real fabric. There are also fire and some liquid flowing effects with different viscosities, all of which are accomplished by the "flowing animation system" which won the "PDI" DreamWorks Award.
The story happened a long time ago, in a large swamp, a grumpy monster schleich lived here. One day, the arrival of some annoying guys broke his original quiet life. They are blind mice, huge and fierce wolves, three stray pigs and some homeless guys. They all came from the kingdom controlled by the evil Faquaid. Schleich made up his mind to confront Faquaid. He is going to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona, a "bride" who is about to be occupied by Faquaid. Schleich was followed by a witty donkey who would do anything for schleich as long as he didn't shut up. When they learned the princess's hidden secret, they realized that it was not interesting to save her from the care of the fire-breathing dragon.
Monster Company $255 million Disney
This movie is a brand-new computer comedy brought by the producer of the Oscar-winning movie Toy Story, which opens the door to the monster world.
"Monster Company" is the biggest intimidation factory in the monster world. The monster that children fear most is James P Sullivan (voiced by john goodman). This huge monster has blue fur, huge purple spots and tentacles, and his friends call it Suli. Sally's threatening assistant and his best friend and roommate billy crystal (voiced by billy crystal) are a pale green one-eyed monster, competitive and aggressive. Threatening children is not a simple matter. Monsters think that children are poisonous, and direct contact with them will have disastrous consequences.
Toy Story 2 $245 million Disney
Since saving Buzz Lightyear, Woody has been getting along well with other toys until one day he was discovered by a toy collector and thought that he was the most representative toy in modern times. He planned to put Woody in the famous museum of contemporary culture for exhibition. On the other hand, all the toys in the young master's house were worried about Woody's disappearance, so Buzz Lightyear offered to find Woody back, but when they found Woody in the exhibition hall, Woody began to hesitate whether to really go back and make an ordinary toy. ...
With the strong box office of the first episode of Toy Story, the second episode claimed to deal with all kinds of movements and expressions of animated stars with more detailed and fluent technology, and Disney's powerful propaganda skills, Toy Story 2 reached its peak, which was the best in the animation film industry that year.
Aladdin $2,654,387,000 Disney
Aladdin, released in 1992, is the third classic animation of Disney and the first classic animation with a sequel video.
The story of this film is adapted from Arabian Nights, which tells the adventure story of young Aladdin. With the help of the pet monkey Abu and the psychic magic carpet, Aladdin fought against the evil wizard Fang Jia. Aladdin's third wish is faced with a choice, whether to continue pretending to be a prince to pursue jasmine or to keep his promise to release the elves. This film uses computer technology to create a magical cave scene, which gives people a visual shock. This is another masterpiece of Disney computer animation after Beauty and the Beast.
Toy story 1.9 1 billion dollars Disney
Woody is the favorite traditional cowboy doll of the young master's brother Gong 'an. When the owner is away, he and other toys will be very active and play together. But it didn't last long. Buzz Lightyear, the latest popular toy, has arrived and left Woody. In order to consolidate his position, Woody, who fell out of favor, tried to drive Buzz Lightyear away. In an accident, Woody and Buzz accidentally fell into a toy sadist's neighbor's house and were in danger. Can two adversaries, who are incompatible with each other, turn their enemies into friends, give full play to their intelligence, successfully complete the adventure and return to the young master? The wonderful story content will definitely make you amazed and hooked!
65438+76 million foxes in the Ice Age
The story of Ice Age revolves around three prehistoric animals in the Ice Age and a human abandoned baby. The ice age allowed animals to migrate in search of food. Manfred, the kind mammoth, Sid, the greedy sloth, and Diego, the cunning saber-toothed tiger, three animals with different personalities actually got together to form a temporary escort, and embarked on a long road to find relatives, just to let a human child go home. Along the way, these three animals were born again. Diego was born with a deadly trap, trying to lure the team into a deadly ambush set by his own race. But after they experienced countless dangers such as avalanches and famines together, these experiences of fighting against the harsh environment made Diego begin to waver in his plans. ...
In July 2000, the main animation of Ice Age was produced in new york's studio. The trailer of Ice Age was released in July, 2006, which made the film become the focus of Hollywood film critics. In this short notice of a few seconds, a strange squirrel, whose appearance is so cheap that it can't even hide the pine cones on the ice sheet, actually triggered a tragedy of a big avalanche. In the face of thrilling scenes such as icicle shelling and ice array strangulation, this strange squirrel did not forget to escape with its pine cone and finally landed safely, but suddenly it was overwhelmed by the huge feet of a mammoth! Although this trailer has nothing to do with the main plot in the movie, the cartoon image in it is exaggerated and vivid, which has received great praise. The success of the trailer proves the successful combination of director Chris Wei Zhi and the blue sky production team, which also makes Fox become the focus of observers again and strengthens their confidence in returning to the cartoon market. The strength of this comprehensive production team should not be underestimated.
Tarzan 1.7 1 $100 million Disney
Walter Disney Film Company's animated film Mount Tai is another innovation of this famous work, which brings people new feelings. The film was composed by Grammy-winning singer and composer phill colins and created by edgar rice burroughs. The directors are kevin lima and chris buck.
The baby orphaned in Africa's virgin forests grew up under the care of apes. The exploration and appearance of human beings broke his tranquility, peace and the world, and made him realize that he was a member of human beings. Because of his affection for the beautiful Jenny girl, his thinking on deciding which family he belongs to becomes more complicated, and the harm that human beings will do to the apes puts him in a dilemma.
The genius of filmmakers and the application of new technologies have given this well-known old theme a new life.
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Top Ten Hollywood Classic Animated Films
fantasy
Year of production: 1940
Classic reason: Disney's first three-dimensional music animated film
Fantasia produced and distributed by Disney Company is a milestone in the history of big screen animation. In this gorgeous film, Disney Company focused on music instead of story content for the first time, and showed seven music clips with different styles but mixed with different forms of animation content, making it an audio-visual concert. The first release of Fantasia was not successful at the box office, but now, this animation work has been considered as a "treasure that will never disappear with time" in the history of animation.
Bambi
Year of production: 1942
Classic reason: animated feature films that have influenced a generation.
This is a film that has influenced many animators. It is great not only because such a work with warm content and exquisite pictures came from the most glorious period of the Disney Dynasty, but also because until today, when we re-examine this work in the 1960s, we will still be attracted and moved by the excellent painting level and smooth storyline of this film.
This cartoon is made entirely for children, and it perfectly integrates the difficulties people will face in reality into a children's film. This film deeply describes the harmonious atmosphere of the forest and the kind nature of animals. Through warm support and getting along with lovely animals, the story shows the meaning of innocence and love everywhere.
Frightened Christmas Eve
Year of production: 1993
Classic reason: whimsical "absurd drama"
Fear of Silent Night is a wise satire on a traditional holiday like Christmas. In the story, Jack, the leader of Halloween city, took over Christmas, and his kindness made people happy. He distributed gifts according to the tradition of Christmas-all kinds of strange and terrible toys, but this caused great panic ... Although the film did not have the snow and wishing socks in the traditional Christmas theme, Fear of Silent Night was unique and was hailed as the carnival of human fantasy.
Beauty and the Beast
Production year: 199 1 year.
Classic reason: a milestone in the history of Hollywood animation
Beauty and the Beast is the only animated film nominated for the best picture Oscar. Why is this movie so popular? The answer is difficult to sum up in a few simple sentences. It is appropriate to describe this film as "irresistible", because the screen tension brought by the structural framework and animation of the film even exceeds that of most non-animated drama films. This film represents a high level of creative art and film soundtrack, and sets a standard for later animated films.
The Iron Giant
Year of production: 1999
Classic reason: the concept of perceptual animation
The Iron Giant vividly describes a simple and touching story. This film has no magical animation effect, but it deserves to occupy a very important position in the history of Hollywood animation. The reason is difficult to describe in simple language, so we can only describe the impression in the following words: this is a film that keeps grasping our innermost feelings to explore our purest side.
There is no singing in the film, and there is no magical character who knows everything. The Iron Giant is a comforting adventure story, which makes people re-examine this animated film and generate new expectations.
Shrek (cartoon name)
Year of production: 200 1
Classic reason: the box office myth of animated films
Shrek, which subverts the fairy tale tradition, attracts the audience with humorous language and exaggerated humor. Of course, we can't ignore the excellent animation production-the details of the whole movie are handled, and the image is full of color, which leaves a deep impression on people.
It is worth mentioning that Shrek 2, the sequel this summer, has a fierce performance. Less than a month after its release, it has broken Disney's North American box office record of $340 million held by Finding Nemo, and now ranks sixth in the history of movies. It is estimated that the final total box office of this film will reach 430 million dollars. As an adult's favorite cartoon, Shrek series is creating a new box office myth.
South Park Movie Edition
Year of production: 1999
Classic reason: controversial animated feature film
If an animated film can carry profound social significance, doesn't it sound a little divorced from reality? South Park is such an animated film full of black humor, which is very funny from beginning to end.
South Park revolves around the village of South Park, and the plot contains keywords such as restricted movies, the conflict between the United States and Canada and Saddam Hussein. Of course, everything is shown in a very "nonsense" plot. In addition to making people laugh, some people will think that this film is rude and unreasonable, but others will see sharp and interesting social satire behind these blasphemous jokes.
This is still a controversial work, but both the Film Critics Association and the audience put this film in the forefront of animated films in film history. As long as you don't take it too seriously, this film can't be missed.
The Lion King
Year of production: 1994
Classic reason: the pinnacle of hand-drawn animation
Whether it is the magnificent African scene, realistic characterization or moving background music, the production level of The Lion King is a well-deserved representative of the peak of hand-drawn animated films.
The Lion King is fresh in people's memory because it is not based on beautiful fairy tales or simple children's movies. The film doesn't talk about "love is everything" or teach children how to make things better. In fact, this movie just gives the audience an opposite argument: "Hackna Matata"-friends who are familiar with this movie must remember this famous saying, which means to forget your troubles and let bygones be bygones.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Year of production: 1988
Classic reason: the pioneer of live-action animated films
Who framed Roger Rabbit is a movie that combines real people and animation. There are many classic cartoon characters in this film. Combining with real people, the outstanding animators behind the scenes have derived new animation technology through Who Framed Roger Rabbit: using new light and shadow technology to create more realistic animation and three-dimensional effects; Move the lens a lot to reduce boring static environment images; Strive to make comics and real people combine perfectly in the real world. Since then, more live-action cartoon films have come out one after another, including Garfield, which was just released.
Toy story
Year of production: 1995
Classic reason: computer has replaced the epoch-making work of manual animation.
You may not be interested in animation, but you must know that Toy Story is the first full-length 3D animated feature film made by computer technology in history. In 2003, the film was rated as the first best cartoon in the history of 100 films by the Network Film Critics Association. We can still imagine that when the complete three-dimensional realistic image of Toy Story appeared on the big screen, the audience's surprised expression indicated that Toy Story initiated a computer animation era.
Aside from the stunning animation effect, the whole film is full of the wise inspiration of the producer. The whole story is humorous, warm and enlightening to life, which has won the hearts and cognition of every audience, and Toy Story has therefore become a classic in the history of movies.