has continuously won the single-day box office championship, and the platform has also successively increased its final box office predictions. The animated film "New God List: Yang Jian" showed the same sincerity as the audience expected of it, and also received corresponding feedback.
The Douban score rose from the initial 7 points to 7.1 points, which is a lot of improvement compared to the previous work in the series, "New God List: Nezha Rebirth".
It cannot be ignored that in the face of this achievement, there are also some disputes: plot setting, character setting, drama style... Faced with this series of issues,
Who is Yang Jian?
In the animated movie " Lotus Lantern ", he is the sinister uncle, a proper villain; in the novel "Journey to the West", he is handsome and handsome, and is an absolutely positive image; in the TVB version In " Fengshenbang ", he is the honest and honest person again.
In short, in the minds of most viewers, the generally recognized image of Yang Jian is Erlang Shen, who was born with three eyes and wears a roaring dog . There are no more pictures. Unlike Sun Wukong or Nezha, he has a consistent personality, which also brings various creative opportunities to Zhao Ji and his team.
"Yang Jian (image) will be relatively vague. Can we sort out a new image for everyone through a film?" This became one of the key purposes and reasons for everyone to choose Yang Jian after deciding on Nezha.
How should we solve the problem?
In the novel "Journey to the West", the history mentioned by Yang Jian is, "The ax cut the peach mountain to save his mother, and the ball hit the palm and the two phoenixes"; and in the well-known "Lotus Lantern", agarwood is also He once split a mountain to save his mother, and even at the beginning of Shanghai Meiying Studio's animation "Lotus Lantern", when Erlang Shen was dealing with and San Sheng Sheng , San Sheng Shen once asked, obviously he was born from a mother and a mortal, why is he still like this?
" I think there is a problem (relationship) here, and there are stories to explore. "
Based on this setting, the team started the creation of "New God List: Yang Jian". At that time, it was almost mid-2019, and the team was working hard on the production of "New God List: Nezha Rebirth", and was also exploring the possibility of follow-up to the "New God List" series.
As reported by all viewers, Yang Jian in "New God List: Yang Jian" is very handsome.
"Compared with Nezha, I think Yang Jian is very handsome, and he is a noble and has great fighting power. In addition, he always has a sense of distance and mystery from the audience. But when we are creating, hopes to be closer The distance between this character and the audience is ", so from the early stages of creation, Zhao Ji decided to highlight his human side.
In order to make this Yang Jian escape from the past Erlang Zhenjun, the team made him even more depressed. "He is blind and wears a turban on his head. How will he feel when he loses his former aura?"
In the first scene of the movie, Yang Jian always maintained a state of indifference to the comments from the outside world. But in his heart, everything is for the sake of righteousness.
"The eye of the sky is actually the eye of the mind", Zhao Ji here even set the stage for the reopening of the eye of the sky later.
When the story advanced to the end, Yang Jian truly understood that what he was protecting was just a scam.At this time, his heavenly eye was reopened, no longer "feeling blocked" as he said before.
"From the beginning when his eyes were covered, to the end when he opened them and saw the truth", this is the change in the mind, and it is also what Zhao Ji wants to use to show Yang Jian's growth.
In this growth process, Chenxiang's Aunt Bishan is not the main plot, but an important branch line that assists Yang Jian in opening his eyes. "He is helping the newcomer (Agarwood) and his new self to complete this matter from the perspective of an experienced person."
In Zhao Ji's creation, when Wan Luo told him the truth of the story, Yang Jian began to understand, and the whole story entered the third act, " was on the beacon tower , and when he was playing the harmonica , He was thinking about what all this was for, what was true justice, what was It's a so-called scam. "
"At this time, he has to make a choice. After all, he has always believed that Master's words were correct for a long time, but now they are like a joke." And Chen Xiang beside him, He is his nephew and his most real blood relative. What he wants to do is not to unconditionally believe in one party, but to find the truth together.
On the one hand, Zhao Ji hopes that Yang Jian can achieve self-growth in the process. At the same time, he also hopes that the audience "can feel their understanding of family affection, this kind of love, and their selfless understanding" in the film.
After all, this love is more than just family affection. Back in the ending, the sacrifice of the Three Holy Mothers can be passed on to protect the world.
In the "New God List" series, Yuan Shen is the key to the show, proving the growth of the characters.
But unlike Li Yunxiang in the previous film "New God List: Nezha Rebirth", Chen Xiang has three different forms of soul in this film.
In fact, this change is a reflection of the team’s growth in the role of Chen Xiang.
"There is a line in the movie, 'You became a Yuan Shen through cultivation at a young age', but Agarwood actually became a Yuan Shen quickly with the help of Shen Gongbao." In addition, due to the influence of Shen Gongbao, the entire Yuan Shen is green. Rather than the orthodox golden color, "because he was eager to save his mother and hoped to gain energy, that The Yuan Shen is the same as Li Yunxiang's early one, a half-body Yuan Shen "
" The second time, although he could not control the lotus lamp, with the help of its power, the Yuan Shen became more complete and turned into gold. . "'s power is still limited, resulting in the emergence of many weapons that do not belong to him.
It was not until the end that he truly grew into a young man who guarded the world's righteousness, and then merged with the lotus lantern to form its final form.
In addition to his uncle Yang Jian, Shen Gongbao is another key figure.
In many past film and television works, Shen Gongbao either had a leopard mount, or the leopard became a spirit. But in the original work, he is actually a Taoist image, and his mount is a white-fronted tiger, which has nothing to do with a leopard.
In "New God List: Yang Jian", the team tried their best to restore this image.
In Zhao Ji’s view, Shen Gongbao is a character who is both good and evil. “ He is a very sincere person with his own ideas, demands and ambitions, but at the same time he is also a kind person and takes good care of his younger generations. . "
During the creation process, the team referred to the "Jiu Xian" Liu Ling among the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. "His values are just like the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and the celebrities of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Because they were frustrated in troubled times, So I found a more chic lifestyle."
His ambition and pursuit actually saw hope in Chen Xiang. In the movie, he had a line, I think this child looks like me.
"On the one hand, he regards Chen Xiang as his apprentice, on the other hand, he is lonely and alone. , and Chenxiang is also an orphan. The two of them are companions. Although they each have their own purposes, their feelings are real. "
With the push of emotion, Shen Gongbao's ending has become inevitable. As a villain, he has a more tragic side. But in Zhao Ji's view, this does not necessarily mean that he is dead, "I think this is interesting for the gods. places where they have their own possibilities. In mythological novels, many characters became gods after sacrifice. So we thought that we might let him come out in other forms in the future. "
As for what the future will be like, Zhao Ji has temporarily kept it mysterious.
Just for the entire "New God List" series, there are many The audience expected there to be a link between "New God List: Nezha Rebirth" and this work, but as everyone knows, this linkage only appeared in the easter eggs.
" I still hope in my heart that if I have the opportunity in the future, I can do it." Let these characters really collide. ”
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