The box office of“Nezha 2” has soared since its release on the first day of the Lunar New Year, taking in more than 7.5 billion yuan as of 12:00 pm on February 9, it became the first film in a single market to earn more than $1bn at the box office. This happened at the time of the 120 th anniversary of the birth of Chinese film and the 130 th anniversary of the birth of world film, which greatly boosted the confidence of the industry, highlighted the vitality of film art iteration, and enhanced the cultural self-confidence of Chinese people. The controversy over Nezha 2 during the spring festival holiday not only indicates that it has become a cultural phenomenon, but also means that it should be brought into the research field of vision to analyze the reasons for its success, bring more inspiration for Chinese film creation and the development of new public literature and art.
Nezha 2 marks the arrival of a new stage of Chinese animation school. In the last century, represented by a series of classic works of Shanghai Animation Film Studio, the Chinese animation school was loved by the Chinese people and also attracted the attention of the world. However, the mode of creation and production at that time could not adapt to the speed of the development of contemporary film industry and could not meet the needs of contemporary film audiences. In the new era, with the deepening of the reform of China’s film industry, it has also benefited from China’s economic and social development, scientific and technological progress, the prosperity of the cultural market, and the accumulation of film talents, china’s animation industry has gained new resources and strength, ushering in new opportunities for development. A group of young filmmakers who love animation and new film companies have emerged, and a large number of Chinese animation viewers have responded warmly.
Ne Zha 2 reminds us that Chinese culture has a rich intellectual resource with a long history. The enchanting beast inspired by the Sanxingdui civilization, the immense Tianyuan tripod and the bronze mirror decoration on the table of the Empress Ishisaku take the audience back to the Bronze Age in Chinese history, it is such as fiery, gluttonous ferocious and at the same time primitive, naive, simple human childhood. In the story, the bead splits into two parts, and the magic pill and the bead grow independently, leading to a series of stories. This basic premise is in line with the fable in Zhuangzi, in which chaos is cut to death. The battle scenes between Immortals and demons in the film continue the theme of awakening in the 1979 animation classic“Nezha”.
As for the multiple clues of the plot, the beauty and ugliness of the design, and the solemnity and humor of the character creation, it seems to be too much and too messy, but if you look back at the Yuan operas and the popular novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, you will realize that, the romance and power of the secular flood is enough to push the narrative surging forward. The film continues this popular secular aesthetic, and its integration of innovation, tempering and re-creation. In fact, we can also from the“Nezha 2” in the discovery of western animation, Japanese animation a little influence. The western culture introduced into China since modern times has been used in the construction of Chinese contemporary culture, which is one of the cultural stories in the process of Chinese modernization.
“Nezha 2” reminds us that the growth of China’s new force filmmakers has entered a new stage of cultural and ecological development. The strength of the new generation of writers and artists lies in their profound experience and understanding of Chinese reality, society and life, which is eventually transformed into a new artistic language. In“Ne Zha 2”, many young audiences find themselves in the role of a desperate programmer and the pain of Ne Zha. Regard Lady Yin’s embrace as the redemption brought by great love, and the struggle of all beings to break through the huge cauldron as the struggle to create the future. … and there was a deep sense of empathy and empathy. The Down to Earth spirit of realism and empathy are essential if the audience is to be convinced and enjoy the seemingly freewheeling myths and fantasies.
On the other hand, the new force filmmakers consciously carry out the practice of artistic crossover, media integration, technological upgrading and civilization mutual learning, and show a systematic trend. In“Ne Zha 2”, the battle between tufeipo and Marmot, and the color spectacle rendered by ink particle technology, all received support from colleagues. The well-known company in the field, force digital technology, has even stopped its own project to ensure that it completes part of its work on Nezha 2. The belief that“Unity is strength” has increasingly become a consensus in the Chinese film industry. No matter the creator, the studio or the enterprise, they have gone through the stage of single combat and independent operation, and consciously moved towards a benign ecology of cooperation, resource sharing, industry expansion and overall win-win.
“Ne Zha 2” tells a good story. The birth and popularity of“Ne Zha 2” is also a good story. The former belongs to the creators, who are zero creative individuals, while the latter belongs to Chinese animation, film, science and technology, which constitute a larger subject, that is, the new mass literature and art, the new cultural atmosphere. “Royal six debate”, the small is not small; “By Heaven and Earth is”, the big will be bigger. The distance of Chinese culture, the future of Chinese film, to ten thousand miles for.