In the grand gift of Disney's 100th anniversary, "Star Wish" was released on November 24, becoming the latest addition to this fantasy kingdom.
However, the film does not shine as brightly as one would expect, and the pale characters are as pale as paper, lacking depth and imagination, making the film fail to jump out of the framework of a young fairy tale, and the depiction of dreams seems sloppy and flippant.
In this huge 100-year history, "Star Wish" seems to make the core of Disney's dream seem superficial.
The storyline is confusing
As much as there is anticipation for Disney's 100th anniversary, so much disappointment is there for "Star Wish", and the whole story is conceived as a dystopian template, which is not new, but not old-fashioned in today's movie environment.
However, "Star Wish" is more like a project to catch ducks on the shelves, and the whole movie lacks witty whims, but only perfunctory creation.
The most obvious problem in the story is the ambiguity of the worldview background. Compared to Disney's other masterpieces, such as "Mind Team" or "Zootopia", "Star Wish" fails to show a magical world of imagination.
Even the setting of the "wishing star", which is the core of the movie, is not clearly explained, resulting in the audience not being able to truly integrate into this magical world, but just treating it as an ordinary fairy tale.
The characterization is lackluster
Chris Buck, the director who became famous with "Frozen", failed to create a three-dimensional and vivid female character like Anna in "Star Wish".
On the contrary, the film relies too much on the cuteness and ingenuity of the little goat and the wishing star, while the protagonist Yasha seems to be a patchwork of princesses of the past generations, lacking her own traits and personalities, which makes it difficult for the audience to resonate and emotionally connect.
The plot of the movie failed to give Yasha enough room to play, and she never managed to impress.
On the whole, although "Star Wish" has the same performance as "Frozen" in terms of **, it is lackluster in terms of character creation and plot, which is also the core problem that the movie cannot be compared with Disney classics.
Tribute and disappointment are intertwined
Although some of Disney's homages to the past can be found in the film, this is not enough to cover up the failure of the film, and the work that returns to the original intention should be full of dreams and innovations, however, "Star Wish" makes the originally happy song and dance become a mechanized process, and the dream becomes a boring report.
Such a gift work only makes people feel a disappointment of low and mediocre in the end.
On the occasion of Disney's centennial celebrations, "Star Wish" may be a tribute, but it is also a superficial expression of the core of Disney's dream, with a film that fails to break through traditional frameworks, lacks depth in characters, and lacks a lackluster storyline.
In its quest for tribute, the film ignores the power of innovation and dreams, making it difficult for this centennial tribute to become a new Disney classic.
Perhaps, "Star Wish" is more suitable for those old fans who are full of emotion about Disney's history, and for the new generation of audiences, more innovation and surprises may be needed.
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