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Chapter 367: Body like black iron, blazing eyes!

"The Monkey King, Sun Wukong!"

"The body is like black iron, the eyes are blazing! He is immortal and has seventy-two transformations."

"A somersault cloud is thousands of miles away!"

"Pull out a hair..."

Jiang Yong watched the cute Jiang Liu'er punching and kicking on the big screen, and suddenly felt a little moved in his heart, which came from that distant childlike time.

It has been washed away by time, but it still remains fresh.

"interesting……"

It stands to reason that as a senior film critic, Jiang Yong has watched tens of thousands of movies, among which there are quite a lot of Journey to the West IP movies.

As the most popular and emotional hero in China, Journey to the West IP is definitely the darling of capital.

Not to mention the Spring Festival period in the past few years, the Westward Journey IP has a strong presence, and its box office results are also very impressive. Even a bad movie can make a lot of money.

Because "Tang Detective II" is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival, but there is no news about the sci-fi blockbuster "Edge of Tomorrow" directed by Guo Fan who became famous for "Mekong". Instead, an animated film will be squeezed into the Spring Festival schedule. This

It makes people think that DreamWorks wants to do its best to protect "Tang Detective II" and does not want to kill each other.

It is difficult for people to be technically amazed by 2D animation itself. It is nothing more than the accumulation of the animator's own level and labor intensity.

Now it seems that even if he is just starting out, Mo's technical level has reached a level that astonishes Jiang Yong.

Borrowing this well-known IP seems to him to be a trick.

After a series of horrific and strange events, the pig demon still had magical powers despite being devoured by the demon king. He noticed the strangeness of this place, but several people were unable to leave, just like a ghost breaking a wall.

As a Chinese film critic, Jiang Yong rarely watches animation works, especially domestic animations.

From that time on, he became interested in animated films, specifically DreamWorks animated films. DreamWorks was a pioneer in his eyes, whether in the field of science fiction or animation.

The exclamations from other movie fans and critics in the theater during the screening were enough to confirm his point of view.

The more informed people are and the more people read films, the more they know how difficult it is to do this.

After all, everyone knows that DreamWorks is also the main producer of "Tang Detective II".

This demon king's name is Chaos. He often appears as a scholar and a Taoist, and captures boys and girls to make elixirs. He is cunning and vicious.

In this way, capital will naturally not let it go, and I am afraid it will not let it go easily unless the IP is completely squeezed out.

The angle chosen for this animation is so wonderful and appropriate. With this, this movie can resonate and develop the feelings of the Westward Journey IP to the extreme, far better than "The Monkey King" and the like.

Live action movie.

"The Return of the Great Sage" is the greatest charm of this animated film. The heroes of the past were sealed away, and the tiger fell to the ground and was bullied by dogs. When the Great Sage falls to the mortal world, it is the time that can arouse the emotions of the audience the most.

As a film critic, Jiang Yong's views are relatively harsh.

Jiang Yong couldn't help but applaud Chen Jingxing's courage. He was really astonishing as Dugu Nine Swords.

Just when Jiang Yong was estimating the box office potential of this movie, the tone of the movie once again changed from the light-hearted atmosphere of the three-person team formed by the Monkey King, Jiang Liuer, and the Pig Demon to dark.

Later, when the Great Sage escorted Jiang Liu'er back to Chang'an to look for his grandfather, he encountered a mountain demon chasing him. The leader of the hunt turned out to be Marshal Tianpeng whom the Great Sage once knocked down when he was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace - now he has

Turned into a pig demon.

But last year's "Your Name" changed his view.

Jiang Yong nodded slightly, and now the big boss of the movie has appeared.

After going to see it, he had to admit that, as many viewers and colleagues said, this is an animation as a carrier, but the actual core is completely a live-action film.

In "Your Name", DreamWorks proved that it has the ability to integrate interesting and complex stories into animation works, and in "The Return of the Monkey King", it at least shows that DreamWorks has sufficient reserves of three-dimensional animation technology.

It reminded him directly of the classic animation "Havoc in Heaven" from decades ago.

The opening scene of the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the confrontation with the heavenly soldiers and generals, and the fights with the Giant Spirit God, Nezha, Erlang God and King Tota are all eye-catching.

Heroes are the most able to attract audiences. In this regard, the great sages of China and American superheroes are actually quite similar. But when they are not so shining, they are sometimes troubled and sometimes lonely. This is the charm of heroes - dreams.

It rises from dust and returns to fireworks.

The three of them encountered a lively town on their way to Chang'an.

It's not that he has any particular preference for animated movies.

There are still many film critics and film and television bloggers in the screenings. When the technical level of a Hollywood animated film is presented in a domestic animated film, they will inevitably be amazed. This kind of surprise is definitely much stronger than that of ordinary audiences.

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But now it seems that most people in the outside world have underestimated DreamWorks' positioning of "The Return of the Monkey King".

If there is no original book, using traditional stories and romances will always only hatch the eggs, not lay them.

The audience of "Your Name" is not children or animation fans, but ordinary viewers of romance movies and science fiction movies. Otherwise, it would not have achieved a box office of 700 million, which far exceeded the ceiling of animated movies in people's minds in the past.

Due to the fight between the two sides and the great sage's words, the pig demon awakened its memory and broke free from the restriction of the Five Elements Mountain Demon King.

If the cost and time allow, it is not impossible to draw a picture for each of the 24 frames per second. This can be accumulated by the animator's own genius and hard work.

Since there is a ceiling for animated films, I jumped out of the traditional audience for animated films and really succeeded.

The screening of "The Return of the Monkey King" has raised his expectations even more. DreamWorks has not held a screening for a long time. Screenings are usually for pre-screening word-of-mouth marketing.

We are great because we have too much spiritual heritage, and we are ruined because we cannot escape from these spiritual heritages.

Although when he saw this, the general plot was not too unexpected for Jiang Yong, and it was considered a relatively classic hero routine, but he suddenly realized what the emotion in his heart came from.

In his impression, the pinnacle of Hollywood 3D animation was last year's "The Jungle Book", but the head-turning opening of "The Return of the Monkey King" allowed him to make a basic judgment - "The Return of the Monkey King" is definitely a domestic 3D animation technology

The peak of "The Jungle Book" may still be far behind "The Jungle Book", but it seems to be no different from other Hollywood animated movies he has watched?

Even though there have been so many films and TV series based on Journey to the West IP in recent years, "The Return of the Great Sage" can still arouse the emotion in his heart, and that's all down to this.

In Jiang Yong's wandering thoughts, on the big screen, Jiang Liu'er and the Great Sage met the mountain god made of huge rocks who guarded Sun Wukong in the name of Tathagata Buddha.

And this movie really surprised him at the beginning.

It turns out that Marshal Tianpeng had his memory blocked by the mysterious Five Elements Mountain Demon King and was enslaved.

It is quite appropriate to regard it as a youth love movie in the science fiction genre.

And having "The Return of the Great Sage" screened at this time shows that DreamWorks obviously has great expectations for the upcoming Spring Festival.

The movements are extremely smooth and the camera switching is extremely sharp. Even if Jiang Yong does not have a deep understanding of 3D animation technology, he can still feel the feeling of burning money.

It's lively during the day, like a market town in Dacheng, but at night it's rainy, and although the lights are brightly lit, it's like a ghost land.

Under the narration of Marshal Tianpeng, who was still a pig demon, the scene recalled the plot of when he met the Demon King of Five Elements Mountain and fought with him, but his mana was devoured and his memory was blocked.

He had not watched animated works such as "Star God" and "Space Battleship" that were overly hyped the year before last. Of course, this was because these works were not animated movies.

The technology of three-dimensional animation is not driven by the genius of the animator himself. It even involves the standard of measuring the level of the film industry.

After a fast-paced fight with strong visual impact, Jiang Liu'er took off the yellow talisman behind the mountain god. The mountain god disintegrated. While Jiang Liu'er fell off the cliff, the Great Sage rushed down the cliff and killed him in mid-air.

He grabbed hold of it and climbed onto a protruding rock on the cliff.

In fact, if "The Return of the Monkey King" hadn't been an animated film and a DreamWorks production, he would have had no interest in the screening invitation.

Due to an oversight, the little girl Jiang Liuer was carrying in a basket disappeared. It turned out that this town was a trap set by the demon king of Five Elements Mountain, the ancient alien species Chaos.

Technical reserves capable of reaching Hollywood standards.

A two-dimensional animated film defeated all live-action films in the fiercely competitive summer season and won the daily box office champion and the weekly box office champion. This of course aroused his curiosity.

Jiang Yong had long heard about DreamWorks' investment in the animation industry, but it was during "Your Name" that he suddenly became aware of the ambitions of DreamWorks, or Chen Jingxing, a talented filmmaker.

The colors are strong and the painting style is beautiful. It has the aesthetic style of traditional painting and the artistic conception and charm of the East, but it is combined with the richness and richness of Western oil painting.

The shock that "The Return of the Great Sage" brought to him was different from last year's "Your Name". "Your Name" is a two-dimensional hand-drawn animation. The beautiful and fresh style impressed him, but the technology did not wow him.

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DreamWorks' brand reputation itself has a certain appeal, coupled with its ever-changing and difficult-to-prevent publicity methods, it seems that it has become useless for it.

The special effects level of "Gravity" is definitely world-class, and Jiang Yong also knows that the main special effects work for this movie, which has received nine Oscar nominations, is still handled by Hollywood special effects companies. It is said that DreamWorks' special effects studio is only responsible for the special effects work.

Get started.

Although the town is bustling with people, it is also extremely eerie.

And the most important thing is that it is perfectly integrated with 3D animation. It has the shape of 3D animation and the feeling of bones of 2D animation, but it is completely different from the two-render-three or three-render-two.

The town is real, but everyone is dead, and all the humans in the town have been transformed by the mountain monster.

This trap was not only to capture the little girl who was rescued by Jiang Liu'er in Five Elements Mountain, but also to capture the great sage.

This demon wants to devour the magic power of the Great Sage, and like the previous pig demon, seal its memory, enslave its soul, and make it his minions to show its power.

Chaos wants to subdue Sun Wukong, become the new great sage among the demon clan, and establish the demon kingdom in Dongsheng Shenzhou!

(End of chapter)