Will it be far before Disney’s ＂invasion＂ of aliens comes？

1905 movie network exclusive On November 25th, Disney’s film will be released in the Mainland. This film is Disney’s annual finale, produced by the team of.

　　

Today (November 23), the film was released in the United States for the first day. At present, the freshness of rotten tomato website is 99%, and 82 reviews are only 1 rotten. The score of this film on MTC website is 80, and the result is quite impressive.

　

The story of this film takes place on an island in the South Pacific. The protagonist Moana is a princess in the South Pacific island. Encouraged by her grandmother, she is bent on exploring the nearby islands, but her father forbids her. So Moana sneaked out of the island after her grandmother died to find the legendary island. Along the way, she met another main character in the film, Maui, and they overcame the danger and embarked on an adventure together.

The story of the customs of the Central and South Pacific Ocean and the maritime culture deep in people’s bones are all incorporated into this Disney film.

In order to restore this style, the whole crew traveled halfway around the world and visited the South Pacific. They have traveled all over Peiji Island, Tahiti, Soana and Moria Island.

　

They also specially planned to visit the islands with few tourists, so as to find the original landform closest to the film setting two thousand years ago.

Everything from character setting to boat rope modeling in the film must be affirmed by experts to ensure the accuracy reaches the standard. Even music is inspired by local music.

However, this precise restoration still carries a "white" story. The myth of Maui has been circulated in the small island of the South Pacific for thousands of years, and it is a household name.

　

However, each island has different versions of his story. In order to extract his personality axis, the team of Ocean Romance read a lot of versions of Maui’s story, reconstructed his personality state and behavior characteristics, and finally shaped him into a muscular, cool and cute figure with a strong sense of joy among American street blacks.

What the film "Ocean Romance" provides is a yearning for the ocean, adapted songs and countless tattoos on Maui, a demigod.

　

It is not the first time that Disney has mainly set up non-American cultural characteristics in "Ocean Romance". Since the 1990s, they have been looking for various elements from cultures all over the world and putting them in their own animations, making them a background element.

　

In this way, although the core of the story is still inseparable from Disney’s old story of "discovering oneself" and "surpassing oneself" and finally turning waste wood into talents and realizing dreams, the narrative means carrying the story is surprising because it is contaminated with "fresh culture".

　

Let’s take a look at how Disney embarked on this road of "invading" other countries’ cultures.

　

1992 — — Arab culture

In Aladdin, the story based on Arabian Nights has been adapted into a sense of sight of Hollywood blockbusters. This story is related to political strategists, innocent young people and the future of the country.

　

The bloodiness and brutality in the original story became a dilemma between young people’s pursuit of love and keeping their promises to release Aladdin.

　

The buildings and costumes with rich Arab customs have also become the focus of the film’s vision and senses.

　

1998 — — Chinese culture

　

In the Mulan, Disney wrote this ancient story of Mulan’s "joining the army for her father" into an epic in which women seek themselves and realize their self-worth with the help of family and elves.

　

Mulan, in particular, is a woman in ancient China. Her remarkable achievements and unexpected love are of extraordinary significance to both women in China and women in the West.

　

Although the animated version of Mulan’s sequel has been rumored, Disney has been on hold, which may confirm the rumor that "the sequel is more difficult than the original" from another side. After all, if we want to continue to write the story of Mulan, we have already broken away from the setting of "Mulan joined the army for her father".

　

2000 — — Maya culture in South America

　

In "Becoming a King", King Kuzke experienced ups and downs in his life, and finally he bought a bill for his growth and finally regained the throne.

　

The focus of the film is not on foreign cultures, but on Disney-style jokes.

　

Although the whole film is based on South American customs, these customs have not played a key role, and the narrative focus of the film is still the joke of Hollywood screenwriters.

　

2014 — — Japanese culture

　

In big hero 6, a city combining Tokyo and San Francisco was created. Japanese culture, American rock and roll, traditional family and trendy street brothers are intertwined in the film, which is difficult to separate from each other.

　

There are many Japanese elements in the film. Apart from the city of San Fransokyo where San Francisco and Tokyo are integrated, Japanese characters on the streets, karate signs appearing in rooms from time to time, carp flags floating over the city and cherry blossoms planted on the city streets are all transplanted into big hero 6.

The cartoon of "big hero 6" was born in 1998. At the beginning, this cartoon had already built this city where the East and the West merged. The rise of Japanese style also made this film a successful example of that year.

　

2017 — — Latin American culture

　

The film "Mexico Day of the Dead" is expected to be released in 2017, but it is also Disney who puts other cultures into its own animation. This film "COCO" with the theme of "Ghost Festival" in Mexico to pay homage to the dead relatives will be full of Latin American flavor. The protagonist of this film is a 12-year-old boy Miguel, who will experience a story of reunion between the living and the dead. The director of this film is Lee Anchorage.

【 Conclusion 】

In the process of global cultural integration, Disney has shown us different cultural backgrounds, and there are many dazzling cultures, costumes, scenery, food and lifestyle in the film. Although we don’t shy away from the fact that these cultures still bear the core of mainstream American stories, Disney’s oversized chess game has gone so steadily.

Disney’s animation shows two laws more and more. On the one hand, exotic customs and elaborate details make the film a visual feast; On the other hand, the effective narrative mode of characters and stories has made the film enjoyable and easy to understand.

　

This way of creation has brought us costumes and food with local customs, full of local cultural songs and words. Although these things have become a routine in Disney films, they are still providing fresh perspectives.

　

On the other hand, Disney’s occupation of the world depends on more than just these films showing local culture. Disney’s globalization strategy is a great fusion of cultures and a pleasant utopian imagination. In Disneyland, Mulan and Dabai, Aladdin and Kuzke, and there will be Maui and Moana in the future — — They can stand together without disobedience and wave to the audience in the float parade — — This is the ultimate performance of Mickey Mouse’s occupation of the world.

　

Imagine that the continental culture on the earth has been used by Disney almost. Then, will aliens be far from Disney?