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"Wall-E": There is a home in the universe and boundless romance

"WALL.E" (WALL.E) is a romantic film. It's so romantic that anyone with a beating heart in their chest will get a strong scream. On another level, this film is another great science fiction film, giving people a kind of shock from the future, both in terms of images and thoughts.

A post-apocalyptic space romance

Can robots fall in love? Yes, "Wall-E" not only makes this "impossible" "possible", but also interprets the feelings between the cold machines in an extremely gentle and touching way.

Although they are both robots, the romance between "WALL.E" and "EVE" looks like an electronic version of "a wage earner meets a pretty princess" ". The contrast in appearance between the two little guys is too obvious: one is a sanitation worker who stayed on earth to clean up garbage, and has been forgotten by humans as "bosses". He is equivalent to a migrant worker who has terminated his contract and is waiting to cash in his "IOU"; She is the latest plant detection expert sent back to earth from space, a beautiful doctor among robots, or a thorny rose who can turn into a "savage girlfriend" inadvertently.

Such a design, if placed in a live-action movie, would basically be very cliché. But putting it on the shell of a robot makes it look particularly fresh and interesting. First of all, the huge differences in appearance, movement, and function between Woy and Eve increase the difficulty of "something happening" between them. However, from the process of Woy overcoming this "class difference", the audience Have more fun. The first quarter of the film shows this process of comparison and communication in great detail: Woy's surprise when he first saw the "beauty", his trembling when he first saw Eve's "fierce" side, "Love is hard to say in my heart" The shyness and embarrassment when "chasing", the hard work and persistence when taking care of his girlfriend... are all vividly depicted, making every male compatriot who has had the experience of chasing girls feel "feeling sad".

From the perspective of romantic content, "Wall-E" captures the simplest and most touching moments; at the same time, because the main subject is a robot, in addition to the normal delicacy and tenderness, it also Adds a different kind of fun. The audience can not only find the purest shadow of themselves in the two robot protagonists, and be excited by it, but also see the greatness of robot love from their purity and persistence that transcends human emotions, and be moved by it. Describing such a "machine love" is no longer as simple as "giving machines human emotions", but also eliminating differences from the most extreme differences, so that the most fundamental emotion becomes more prominent than the subject. Come out, the film's interpretation of this robotic version of romance is enough to make people forget all the differences between Woy and Eve, the differences between them and humans, and even the differences between the screen and the screen. The feeling in your heart is that The deepest and most mellow feelings. The animation masters of Pixar have once again proved their god-like ability to "turn stone into gold". In their hands, the most popular subject matter can be turned into a supreme enjoyment that breaks the boundaries between elegance and vulgarity, an indescribable Cuteness that I don’t really like.

Compared with Pixar's previous works, "Wall-E" appears to be more adult-oriented. Rather than being a work that brings joy to children, it is better to say that it is viewed from the most innocent and sincere perspective of a child. to look at real-world problems. This kind of vision transcends the trivial world of individual life. This vision constitutes another layer of the story of "Wall-E". To put it simply, the science fiction background of this film is not just a stage for the romance between Woy and Eve, but this setting itself is one of the themes that the film wants to express. At this point, "Wall-E" is equivalent to stepping out of the traditional areas of Pixar and Disney and opening up a new territory.

Before watching the movie, I never thought that the film would be so serious about "science fiction". In this sense, "Wall-E" is far more than an entertaining romance, but a movie that really has "ideas" about the future; this idea and the message it wants to convey are so strong and obvious , so much so that the nature of the movie changes in some scenes, making people question whether this is a Pixar work. Moreover, if we want to be more serious, the film's performance of science fiction consciousness and so-called deep thinking is not so smooth, especially the final transformation of "human beings" and the crudeness of the machine's "unskilled" are a little hasty.

However, overall, the film's depiction and criticism of this "future of mankind" is still full of humor and goodwill, and it can be seen that it has tried its best to cooperate with Woy and Eve. The combination of space adventure and space adventure did not overwhelm the focus.

The detailed scenes are amazing

Besides the story, what really makes Pixar’s works unique in the martial arts world is its ultra-detailed scenes and action scheduling, making every detail so addictive that people can’t put it down.

In order to enhance the majestic and atmospheric feeling of the future, the film specially invited Roger Deakins, the director of photography of "No Country for Old Men" and "Snatchers", to serve as a special picture producer so that he can create a beautiful scene in the animation. There is a different feeling in the film.

Sure enough, the shots of "Wall-E" feel more "cinematic", no longer as random as ordinary cartoons, but the shots themselves have an inherent rhythm and rhythm.

Those panoramic shots that show the desolation of the earth and the vastness of space, regardless of the content of the picture, their artistic conception and pattern are "beautiful". What's even more rare is that the movement of the camera is very artistic. It does not make people feel abrupt, nor is it deliberately expressed to highlight a certain atmosphere, but "flows" quietly, seemingly ordinary, but actually contains a mystery, as if a top master who can "control a sword with Qi" Generally, people cannot see obvious signs of control, but they can feel the extraordinary skill behind all scenes. In particular, Woy and Eve's "Space Dance" - to express it in teacher Yu Qiuyu's words - has a "great harmony between life and the universe, a great magnificence, a soul-cleansing feeling of great freedom and great joy." . The panoramic shots are charming, and many of the close-ups are also thoughtful, showing that the creators are not eager to talk or make people laugh, but are carefully thinking about how to create an inherently attractive atmosphere. Not much else to say, just those scenes in the film that use "lighter", which use the camera position, perspective, light and shadow to highlight the relationship between the characters and the atmosphere of the scene, are the scenes that only the director with the best grasp of the scene can conceive. .

Corresponding to "grand" is "delicacy"; they seem to be opposites, but in fact they complement each other better, and it is precisely because of the seemingly disharmonious combination that the wonder of this effort is revealed. . As a science fiction work that describes the future, the film's detailed presentation of the world that humans will live in in the future can be said to be dazzling. Whether it is the layout of the space city, the settings of robots with different functions, or even the design of cabin door valves and operating buttons, there are amazing details, showing the professionalism of the production team in pursuit of perfection. The novel imagination shown in this is one of the most attractive magic weapons of Pixar works, and it can give the audience the most realistic sense of integration every time.

Personally, I prefer the scenes on earth, especially the scenes about Woy’s daily work and life in the first fifteen minutes of the film, which truly embodies the concept of "embodiing the trivial" The essence of "clever". The collection in Woy's "living room" alone is enough to make people fall in admiration. The level of care of the designers behind the scenes puts designers of other cartoons to shame and sighs. This kind of carefulness does not require something weird and out of the ordinary; on the contrary, the more common things appear in unexpected ways, the more ingenious the creators are. Shots such as bras and fire extinguishers have all been seen in the trailer. They are all typical examples of extracting extraordinary interest from the ordinary. There is nothing more common in daily life than plastic knives and forks, but the film uses a The plastic fork made the theater burst into the neatest laughter: at that moment, the director fully demonstrated Woy's personality with "robot" characteristics; what's even more rare is that such a shot clearly reflects It reveals the logic and intelligence that "Woy" develops beyond the machine language of 0s and 1s. Such a lens makes any language seem pale.

Perhaps because there are so many creative actions that exude a very relevant and real meaning, the film does not need to rely heavily on lines at all. For cartoons, this is undoubtedly a very risky attempt; but viewers who have watched the film will agree that the most impressive scenes are precisely the silent ones; on the contrary, the scenes with human dialogue later are interesting. The degree has also been reduced a bit. What resonates with the audience the most is undoubtedly the obsession and love that Woy has for Eve in the first half, which makes him look like a simple and embarrassed boy in love for the first time. At that time, Eve was also the most typical person who took the initiative and took the initiative. The "fierce and domineering" appearance of girls with a more mature mentality always deliberately scares the boys into making them more embarrassed and cute. At the same time, the gentleness that occasionally blooms makes people feel happy as strong as an electric current. This scene of silent or monosyllabic communication between them embodies to the greatest extent the essence of the performance mode of the silent film era, the long-lost feeling of "silence is better than sound". Seeing the scene of Woy silently shielding Eve from the wind and rain, not to mention that Eve would be moved when she saw that scene later, the sensitive hearts of the audience under the screen would also tremble. "Twilight, tell me I'm worried" will break out in an instant, and the impact of that powerful love will make you feel extremely vulnerable and powerful at the same time.

Special effects design step by step

Conception is very important for such touching details, and the final effect is still inseparable from technical contributions. If a scene is designed with great originality, but the final picture appears to be "fake" that is inconsistent with the overall environment, then it will not be realized no matter how good the idea is - the audience's attention has been disturbed.

This kind of situation will not happen in Pixar animation works. In recent years, in order to save costs, newcomers who are determined to challenge Pixar's status as the leader in the animation industry have spent their time on the fun of the story and the comedy of the characters, and there has been no significant progress in animation technology. Only Pixar's works strive to surpass themselves in each one in order to be more perfect. "Wall-E" once again advances the integration of "art" and "technology" to an unbelievable level, which can only be admired.

Even though Eve’s iMac-like oval figure has a simple outline, the rendering of the material must show high-tech texture and unique light and shadow effects, and it will never be as smooth as it looks. The slightly translucent reflective effect is several levels more difficult than the completely reflective glossy effect in "Cars". The most important thing is that if the processing is not detailed enough, Eve will look like a whole glowing light bulb, and the specific parts cannot be distinguished.

What is more difficult than creating Eve and the entire high-tech human space fortress is creating the relatively "low-tech" Voy and the decaying Earth where he lives. Anyone familiar with special effects production knows that a future world that adheres to the beauty of simplicity and harmony is always easier to depict than those chaotic and disorderly apocalypse. Because in the former, most of the changes in materials, light and shadow are linear, and the process of progression or decrease is smooth; while in the latter, everything is messy and abrupt, and they have to show the same A realistic feeling requires several times the effort in drawing and rendering. Taking the image of Woy as an example, not to mention the different textures of the materials in different parts of its body, just take the different rust spots and dust on various parts of its outer body as an example. How to make them look more naturally distributed and appear to be older? It's enough to crash the average animation studio. Just the rags collected in Voy's "home" would probably take about as long to render as all the robot models in Humanity's Battlestar. The final result is that the audience cannot help but be impressed by the lifelike pictures before them. Whether it is the shabby and down-trodden Woy or the elegant and charming Eve, they are all so cute that people can't help but want to reach out and touch them on the screen.

As its first foray into the science fiction genre, Pixar once again proved that it is worthy of its status as the leader of American animation. Whether it’s the span of the story, the ingenuity of the structure, the moving plot, or the artistic feel of the lens and the powerful technology embodied in the picture, Pixar has once again broken through itself. If "Kung Fu Panda" makes people feel happy, then "Wall-E" makes them forget the word "happiness" and even themselves; in that hour and a half, Voy and Eve will suck you in their world. This feeling is so wonderful, I don't believe anyone in the world can resist this temptation.