The Journey to the West's position in Four Great Classical Novels has always been ambiguous. Apart from Li Zhi's comments and the doctrine of collecting Taoist scriptures, it is far less noisy than the other three books. However, this 12-minute film "accidentally" brought out some small places of this masterpiece under the cover of fairy tales.
According to the old saying, this is a film full of revolutionary romanticism, so let's wander around and see the "romance" of the East.
The waterfall slowly opened, and our Monkey King came back from overseas to practice his children. Since he didn't have a weapon, he went to the East Sea Dragon King, an old neighbor, to propose a conventional weapon. (Because this film is misleading, I have long wondered how Liushahe and Tongtianhe could have stumped my Great Sage, but they have been suppressed for 5 years, hehe)
Here, the Dragon King made a mistake that Sun Da Sage will continue to make in the future: if the Great Immortal can hold it, he will give it to the Great Immortal.
as a result, there is no money and no face, so one of the lessons is: don't be afraid of people saying that you are poor, and it is true that you have treasure at home!
Let's talk about our Great Sage. When you get your weapon, you should naturally live a happy life on the mountain from now on. Oh, it should be a happy day. But is it happy to stay in the mountains all the time? I remember someone said that it was not the snake that lured Eve in the Garden of Eden, but Eve that lured the snake.
happiness is the most boring thing. It is not so much that Taibai Venus has embraced the Great Sage as that the Great Sage has long wanted to see the sky.
what's wrong with going to heaven? Idle is idle. There is a saying in Buddhism: one person's thoughts are full of troubles.
is there such a moment of arousal in our life? After all, not everyone has a chance to look back.
I remember that on the way to fetch Buddhist scriptures later, goblins of all sizes could not help but drag on a sentence when making fun of Monkey: "So it was the old Bi Mawen!" As soon as this word came out, it was like a person on the bus asking, "Why don't you call a taxi?" There was bound to be a disturbance. The reason is that it is more or less really good to hit the other side's pain.
We really know what Bi Mawen is from the winks of Wu Quxing (I thought it was a big cow for a long time) and Venus, but how can a novice sage know what this Bi Mawen is for? Is the phrase "You are the biggest there" scary enough? As for the "Ma Tianjun" who finally ran out, is it more ridiculous with a little "the most familiar stranger"? So the first intimate contact broke up in discord. "I injured Ma Tianjun, destroyed the Imperial Horse Warden, turned out of the worse gate and fled back to Huaguoshan."
a person's pain often lies not in losing anything, but in not knowing what he has?
There is a rather petty bourgeoisie saying: It is often when a person loses something that he knows how to cherish it.
I always think maliciously that what is more frustrating than this is to find that such things are worthless at all.
wait a minute. When I got back to the mountain, I went back, but I didn't even have time to be happy, so I hastily raised a banner: "Monkey King".
Like the little Frenchman in Jane Eyre: "There is something ridiculous and something painful."
Although Li Tianwang's pustule pioneer and son of a straw bag failed to return, the Great Sage got the title of "Monkey King" as he wished (even if it was only on Huaguoshan. ), but our Great Sage has made another mistake of the original sin level-curiosity: he always thinks that there may be a better place in this sky than Huaguo Mountain.
According to the Shanghainese saying, it's terrible for a pony to take a walk outside. So under the temptation of the "sparkling red glow", the old man Venus added fuel to the fire a little bit, focusing on Feng Fu. "The Jade Emperor now orders Qi Tian Da Sheng to take care of Taoyuan."
If the last time our Great Sage made a horse-watching official as a humble Bai Ding, it was considered that he was promoted from a civilian to a grass-roots cadre, but this time he made one as a "Monkey King", so don't mention it.
What is intriguing is that there is always a honeymoon period in such a small world, although it is always short. When our Great Sage was in full swing with the dream of "a flower in 9 years, a fruit in 9 years", a group of beautiful girls mercilessly peeled the veil in front of the Great Sage.
At this time, the Great Sage completely exposed the sorrow of an ordinary person. To put it directly, it's just greed for food, and to go forward is vanity for a place. But when all this slowly returns to its original state, we are so familiar with it. At this moment, there are some desolate words: justice.
The so-called justice actually consists of two levels. On the one hand, what should not be obtained is obtained; On the one hand, what should be obtained is not obtained.
As the Monkey King of the Imperial Seal, even if our monkey head is unfamiliar with the official rank, he will become a guest when he hears that the East China Sea Dragon King, a clown who once lost his head in front of him, still says, "What Monkey King? I have never heard of it. A monkey head in charge of Taoyuan wants to go to Yaochi for a meeting. It's a dream! "
When we think we can have a place in society, we often meet such fairies.
If a person tries to change the world, he will have to be changed by the world unless he steals Xiantao Fairy Wine and fills up the "Jade Emperor's Imperial Elixir", because the end will not be a fairy tale forever, and most of the time it is not.
Harry. Potter's Chamber of Secrets will judge whether a person is strong or not by his choice rather than his ability, but I think, in this ancient East, can you choose?
Looking at the final subtitles, I suddenly realized that the sadness is not how we choose, but that we simply don't know (not forgetting) that we can choose.
as time goes by, we are finally glad that we will get used to it and become numb.
So, after some madness of drinking and drinking, I said, "You wait for an ambush in front of the mountain, and you wait for an ambush behind the mountain."
Fortunately, it was the fiery sixties, and what had just happened and was happening in the vast land of China.
There is no doubt about what will happen, so the result can only be "the golden monkey rises with a thousand strokes, and Yuyu clarifies Wan Li."
back to the beginning, I suddenly realized that this is probably the most romantic place.
Sometimes I think that everyone is as skillful as Sun Dasheng and thinks what life should be like, but time flies, and we finally become Wukong like Dasheng. After that, it will be another movie.
—— This article was written in 26 for the 8th anniversary of China's animated film, and was originally published on Sohu blog. At that time, films such as "Tang Fengyun" and "Warrior" had not yet been released.
I love China animation. The first cartoon I watched when I was a child was "The Story of Avanti". The artists of Shanghai Meiying seemed to know what children needed best. The cleverness, cuteness and innocence shown in those cartoons were not found in other countries. They have mastered and developed many types, such as paper-cutting, origami, shadow play, clay, puppets, ink and wash … which are not found in other countries. Due to the shortage of funds, Shanghai Meiying, as an animation base in China, seldom shoots animated feature films, and always focuses on short films or series of short films. I still remember them now, including feature films such as Making a scene in the Heavenly Palace, The Golden Monkey Demons, What makes a scene in the sea, The Wonder of Heaven, Princess Peacock, etc., short films such as Cao Chong as an Elephant, Taoist of Laoshan Mountain, Proud General, etc., and series or continuous short films such as Sheriff Black Cat and Thief. These films, especially animated feature films, have repeatedly won awards at international film festivals, and even beat all live-action feature films to win the best film. Make a scene in Heaven once won the best film at the London International Film Festival. China's films have won many awards in the world, but if you ask which film won the most awards, I'll tell you, it's cartoons. At that time, as long as it was on TV, I was extremely happy. In the evening, I went to the cinema with my parents, just watching the cartoons added in front, and then I fell asleep.
By the end of 198s and the beginning of 199s, the rapid development of TV industry made the demand for cartoons bigger. However, China animation, which was short of funds and mainly made short films, seemed unable to meet the huge market, and the children's world was filled with cartoons from the United States and Japan. Of course, they have their advantages and characteristics, not only Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, which make us laugh, but also a large number of animations depicting love, adventure, war, legend and sports. The variety of themes meets the eager needs of children who are eager to grow up. They are between the ages of nine and fifteen, and they don't want others to treat him as a baby. Compared with the low age of China animation in subject matter, children no longer like to watch Shanghai Meiying. Of course, when they really grow up, they will often think of the "Black Cat Sheriff" who once liked it so much and was once forgotten. They must feel very warm in their hearts, so now so many people will come back to miss the old film of Shanghai Meiying, and there will be a box office miracle when the full version of "Xiyue Wonder Boy" is released. All this is another story. Anyway, China animation at that time fell into a trough.
Despite the lack of funds, China animators are still trying to survive in the cracks. Up to now, domestic animation has made great progress. Besides Shanghai Meiying and CCTV, there are many private animation companies in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Hunan, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. When the second international animation festival was held in Hangzhou, no one cared about the international booth, and the quantity and quality of domestic animation were greatly improved. Even the total output last year was more than the sum of the past ten years. In the past, cartoons were imported from TV, but now domestic animation dominates children's happy time. I've seen a lot of them, and they all feel wonderful.
There are traditional themes, such as Pig Eight Rings Falling from the Sky, Three Treasures of Kanto, Adventures of Little Carp and Malanhua; With heroic themes, Go Boy, Di Qing the Great Hero, Wandering Ranger and Biography of Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties; Tu Tu with Big Ears and Coco Kexin Family with family themes; There are environmental protection themes, such as "Tiger Returning Home" and "Little Guardian of Environmental Protection"; "San Mao Wandering" and "Dream Man" with comic themes; "Eye of the Sky" and "Dove Island" with sci-fi themes; There are educational themes such as "Three Thousand Questions of Blue Cat Naughty" and "Detective Qiqi". The most sought-after is "Elf Century", which is well-made, with twists and turns of plot and beautiful music.
Many companies cooperate with overseas companies, such as Adventures of the Magic Flute, Morning of Martin and Space Cowboy, Yo Rang Yo Rang and Hip-hop Space Family.
Different from the success of TV animation, there are still many places to be strengthened in film, which is of course related to the domestic film market. It is a high-risk investment to arrange domestic cartoons to be uploaded. This year marks the 8th anniversary of the birth of China animated films. Many domestic animated films are scheduled to be released. Xiyue Wonder Boy won the box office, but lost its reputation. Many friends who miss their childhood can't find their original feelings. "Brave the World" won the word of mouth, but lost the box office; However, the box office and word-of-mouth of Mobius Ring are not very good; Private Zhang Ga, which was filmed last year, was originally released this summer, but it can only find another way out. Next year, there will be films such as "Datang Fengyun", so I look forward to it.
Looking back at the domestic animations released in recent years, the box office of Lotus Lantern, Marco Polo's Return to Xiang Du, butterfly lovers, and Red Boy's Big Talk Flame Mountain are all good, but they are not perfect. In recent years, Shanghai Meiying has filmed five works by jules verne, including puppet animated films-Captain Grant's Children, Around the World for 8 Days, Five Weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Moon and Stubborn Kailaban, which can only be played on the movie channel.
The return of China animation to cinema began with Lotus Lantern. In order to take care of the teenagers who have accepted the aesthetic interest of American and Japanese animation, Shanghai Meiying had to compromise with the market and give up many traditional elements of China. For example, instead of using traditional background music in China, pop songs are used instead. In fact, in the performance of traditional stories in China, folk music can play the role of painting a dragon to make a point, such as what we saw in "Making a scene in Heaven" and "What a scene in the sea".
Anyway, we wish China animation better and better. Finally, pay attention to it. Shanghai Meiying is making an animated film about Mongolian heroes and teenagers, Warriors, and an environmentally friendly film, Jade Phoenix.
When "Make a scene in Heaven" was born, I had to wait for more than ten years before I came to this world, but this animation still intersected with me. In my childhood, I often saw this animation, sometimes I would put a few paragraphs in front of the feature film in the cinema, and sometimes on TV, I saw how the Monkey King died with a bunch of heavenly bastards.
Make a scene in Heaven is the pinnacle of China's animation. It is full of stories and well-made. More importantly, it is rich in China characteristics, vividly describing the history of a monkey's struggle and struggle. Make a scene in Heaven was born in an era when China's class struggle was the key link, so it is understandable why The Journey to the West was chosen to shoot such a passage. After all, it would be too revolutionary to shoot the Great Sage following the Tang Priest's gigolo.
The figure shaping is very distinct. In fact, for me personally, the image of the Monkey King has been fixed by this animation and the later TV version of the Monkey King for six-year-old children. Since then, any the Monkey King's shape seems awkward to me. On the side of the Heavenly Palace, several figures, such as the fat jade emperor in vain, all look rather cold, and the old bastard who wants to take the Great Sage's alchemy behind him is even more shrill and arrogant. Distinctive characterization, combined with a strong position, makes the story very antagonistic, especially the character of Qitian Dasheng, which is bold and upright, so it is very powerful. In the film, the Jade Emperors basically condensed all the characteristics of the reactionary forces. They are high above the world and can't tolerate the happy life of the people below, but they often engage in corrupt activities of flat peach festivals. At the same time, there are only a few tricks to deal with revolutionaries, such as wooing them, bribing them, or suppressing them by force. At the same time, they are not monolithic. For example, the dove Taibai Venus and the hawk Tota Li Tianwang have different views. The history of Monkey King's struggle is also the history of revolutionaries' growth. At first, his consciousness was very low, and the monkey was very simple, and he was easily fooled by the sugar-coated shells of the reactionary forces. However, after witnessing the decadent life of the reactionary forces, he woke up, and he realized and led the monkey people to confront the enemy. However, there are always setbacks in the revolution. After the resistance was frustrated, facing the cruelty of the reactionaries, he finally broke out with strong revolutionary strength and passion, which turned the reactionaries' lair upside down and finally took root happily with the monkey people in Huaguoshan, a revolutionary base.
Although this animation has laid some brand marks of the times, it has stood the test of time and is still regarded as a masterpiece by many people later. Why? In my opinion, one reason is that although this film is branded with class struggle, it is not so naked and dazzling, but more shows a kind of resistance and rebellion, a kind of passion and romance, and this spirit is very appealing in any ideological society or social stage. Looking at Monkey King, self-publicity