The year before last, "Span1span Nezha: The Devil Boy" opened the era of Chinese animation. Douban scored 8.4 points and ranked second in the box office of domestic movies with a box office of 5 billion. It also opened up domestic animation. The prologue of the rise of.
China's total box office ranking (cat's eye screenshot)
For a time, domestic animations have sprung up: "Jiang Ziya", "The Origin of the White Snake", "Assassin's Sixty Seven", "Span1span Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji", etc. A number of excellent animation movies have emerged one after another. "Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji" and even Dongdu, set a box office miracle in Japan, the kingdom of animation, with a box office of 580 million yen in Japan, setting a box office record for overseas distribution of Chinese animation films. In addition, the film also ranked 9th in the box office of Japan's 2020 animated movies.
"Luo Xiaohei" Japanese poster
The rise of domestic animation has made countless people excited and proud. Due to the epidemic, theaters have to be closed in 2020, so the Spring Festival in 2021 File, " Chinatown Detective 3 ", "Hello Li Huanying" and many other heavyweight films have come back. Among them, "New God List: Nezha Rebirth" is on the list.
"Nezha Rebirth" poster
Listening to the name, I originally thought it was a sequel to "Magic Boy", but it seems to be introduced and found that "Nezha Reborn" and "Magic Boy" have nothing The relationship, the producer, and the director are not a set of people.
The director of "Nezha Rebirth" and the producer of "The Origin of the White Snake" are the same, chasing light animation.
At the strong request of his son, Lao Lin took him to watch "Nezha Rebirth". After watching it, he was deeply impressed.
Introduction to the plot of the film
"Nezha Rebirth" is about the future human world 3000 years after the Conferred God War. In order to win the new Conferred God War,Raise the ranking of the Conferred God Ranking, East China Sea Dragon King Ao Guang locks the Four Seas Dragons and gathers the fresh water on the land in East China Sea to refine Dragon Balls and improve cultivation.
As a result, there is no water in the world, drought and little rain, and the people have no livelihood. The story of Nezha’s reincarnated person Li Yunxiang, with the help of Monkey King, defeated Ao Guang and saved the common people.
The story is monotonous, but very fresh, and my son read it with gusto. Lao Lin feels that there is still a gap compared to "The Devil Child Comes into the World", but it is generally good and worth watching.
But when Lao Lin saw the three easter eggs at the end of the film, combined with the content of the film, Lao Lin discovered a lot of new things.
Mythical Universe
I saw the ambition of the director of light-following animation-he wants to be his own conferred universe.
Since the movie "Avengers" became popular, the Marvel universe has taken shape. There has also been a sound of making China's own movie universe in China, such as Chen Sicheng's "Tang Tan Universe" and dumpling "Feng Shen Universe".
"Tang Detective" has been shot for 3, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 8 billion. The box office of the two Dumpling films "Nezha" and "Jiang Ziya" has also exceeded 6.6 billion, and the third "Yang Jian" has also been released. In preparation for production. The two can say that they have initially created their own movie universe.
The superheroes of the reunion
A "Nezha Rebirth", let me see that the light-following animation is also creating its own movie universe, although it is similar to the dumpling theme, but it is created by the light-following animation The universe is bigger than the universe of the gods of dumplings, and what it wants to create is a universe of Chinese mythology.
From the appearance of Monkey King who is not part of the Conferred God List in the movie, to the white snake and green snake appearing in the egg, Lao Lin boldly guessed. The light-following animation is to connect Chinese myths together to create a complete Chinese mythical universe.
And the setting of the light chasing animation is also perfect: 3000 years ago, there were only the gods of the Fengshen Bang in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, but after 3000 years, the new Feng Shen Bang was born, the mythical characters that happened between the two lists, Journey to the West, and the white snake Green snake,Even the immortals and monsters that did not exist in other conferred gods list can appear justifiably.
Those new gods that we are familiar with, such as the gods of Journey to the West, the white snake and the green snake, and even the Eight Immortals, may appear in the mythical universe of the light-following animation.
It is exciting to think about it. This is a kind of cultural output that can let more people understand the charm of Eastern mythology. From this point of view, Lao Lin is very supportive of light-following animation.
bold prediction
Let’s go back to the movie, whether it’s from the easter egg or in the movie "Nezha Rebirth", it can reflect the determination of the light-following animation to create a series of movies. The whereabouts of Nezha’s other weapons, Yang Jian The appearance of the propaganda animations that Green Snake robbed, all showed this point.
"The Green Snake Tribulation" poster
The theme of the entire mythical universe is the New Conferred God War, the ranking of the Conferred God List, which is why the movie is called "New God List".
East China Sea Dragon King Ao Guang was the villain for this battle of the gods. The battle of the gods 3000 years ago was a war between elucidating religion and sectarianism. The battle between the new gods might not be a battle between two religions. , Is more likely to be a duel between the two forces.
One side must be the winner of the last Conferred God battle, the other side is not easy to say, it is not clear at present, but we can guess.
First of all, it is a member of the old Fengshen list headed by Ao Guang who is dissatisfied with the ranking.
Then, they are the newly promoted gods, such as Monkey King, who didn't make the list last time or didn't keep up with the last time.
"Nezha Rebirth" Monkey King poster
The moment when Monkey King reveals his identity, it is really burning. If the background music is replaced with the music played by Monkey King in "Western Journey", the effect will be better. (It may be a copyright issue)
The Monkey King
In this movie, the setting of Monkey King is too weird: a fake six-eared macaque, hidden in the small town of Donghai City,With a cynical look, he also helped Ao Guang do a lot of bad things. He also antagonized Ao Guang to save Nezha. He also trained Nezha to defeat Ao Guang. It was a combination of good and bad guys, making it impossible to see what he really wanted. What to do.
At that time Nezha asked Monkey King, why did you help me. Sun Wukong confessed his identity and said: "Because you and I were both Nu Wa and I left a stubborn stone when I repaired the sky."
Is this really just the case? Lao Lin thinks it's not that simple, and Monkey King probably has a deeper purpose.
It can be seen from the movie that this version of Monkey King is different from the 86 version of Monkey King. He is more frivolous, arrogant, and both righteous and evil. He has done a lot of bad things for the old dragon king and helped Nezha save Donghai. People. This is more in line with the Monkey King in the original "Journey to the West".
With Monkey King's ability, Ao Guang can be killed directly, so why bother to cultivate Nezha?
He has successfully learned from his experience, and he has been named a fighting and defeating Buddha. Why is he hidden in Donghai City? Do you help Ao Guang do bad things?
Nezha's other weapons, why doesn't Sun Wukong miss it?
Lao Lin noticed that after Nezha returned from the East China Sea Dragon Palace again, Monkey King threw the tickling golden cudgel into the East China Sea. Was this to reset the sea? What is he hiding?
According to Lao Lin’s analysis, Monkey King is likely to be a boss in the Mythic Universe. He is arranging a big chess game. Nezha is a very important chess piece. Nezha’s weapons are likely to open something. Key.
What exactly does Monkey King want to do?
Sun Wukong once said: "The troubles in this world cannot be solved by the truth!" He also said, "A list of broken gods, chaotic and chaotic, and chaotic and chaotic!"
What does this mean? Sun Wukong is dissatisfied with the Conferred God List, dissatisfied with the Scriptures, and even dissatisfied with the current heavenly court. He wants to overthrow the heavenly court and establish a new order !
But thousands of years have passed, and Monkey King is no longer a hairy monkey who has just made his way out of the world. He will not make a fuss about the Heavenly Palace as he did before. Instead, he will accumulate his strength and win his comrades in arms. Pull the flag,Recruit people and jointly overthrow the rule of heaven.
Nezha is the first ally. Sun Wukong hides the Donghai City and is waiting for Nezha's awakening. He said that he has seen Nezha's countless reincarnations, which shows that he has been observing Nezha in secret until he satisfies his requirements. appear.
The next one is Yang Jian, and there may be green snakes later, etc.
The re-arrangement of the Conferred God List is just a fuse. Sun Wukong and he may want to take advantage of the opportunity of this Conferred God War to swear by the chaos, rise up and attack the heavenly court.
Lao Lin is looking forward to it!
Follow the light and come on! Zhao Ji, come on! Go Chinese animation!
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