講好中國故事，“哪吒”引國內外影迷贊嘆

《哪吒·魔童降世》海報

自1941年中國第一部動畫片《鐵扇公主》問世后，中國的動畫家們一直從中國的神話故事中汲取靈感。近年來，中國的動畫電影產業推出了幾部根據中國經典故事改編的熱門電影，如2015年的《西游記之大圣歸來》、2016年的《大魚海棠》和2019年的《白蛇：緣起》。

哪吒是最新一部動畫電影的主角，這部電影已于7月26日在中國影院正式上映。影片《哪吒·魔童降世》好評如潮，評分比《西游記之大圣歸來》還要高。這也是中國首部IMAX格式的3D動畫電影。自7月13日以來，這部電影的提前點映票房已超過1.4億元人民幣，該片在中國最大的電影評分網站豆瓣上的得分為8.8分（滿分10分）。

影片的導演兼編劇餃子（原名楊宇）花了兩年時間來打磨劇本，花了三年的時間來完成動畫制作。這部電影是中國目前最復雜的動畫制作。據悉，《哪吒·魔童降世》有超過1300個特效鏡頭，來自20多個特效工作室的超過1600人參與制作，以實現電影中的神話故事場景、神秘的龍王宮殿以及仙人們操控水與火進行打斗的戲份。僅一個壯觀的場景就需要兩個月才能制作完成。

這不是第一部以哪吒為主角的電影。今年是中國首部寬屏彩色動畫、1979年的《哪吒鬧?！飞嫌?0周年。作為上海動畫電影制片廠出品的最佳影片之一，它是第一部在戛納電影節上映的中國動畫電影。 2003年，中央電視臺播出了動畫片《哪吒傳奇》，活潑開朗正直的少年英雄人物哪吒在中國的千禧一代中引起了強烈的共鳴。（孫曄供稿）

Chinese animators have been drawing inspiration from Chinese mythology ever since the country’s first animated film,Princess Iron Fanin 1941, and in recent years its animated- film industry has released several hit films based on classic Chinese tales,such asMonkey King: Hero is Backin 2015,Big Fish &Begoniain 2016, andWhite Snakein 2019.

Nezha is the subject of the latest feature, which officially opens in cinemas in China on Friday.Nezhahas earned rave reviews and is rated higher thanMonkey King: Hero is Back. It is also China’s first 3D animated feature film released in IMAX format.Since July 13, previews of the film have taken more than 140 million yuan at the box office and the film has a score of 8.8 points (out of 10) on China’s largest filming rating site, Douban.

It took Jokalate Yang Yu, the film’s director and screenwriter, two years to refine the script of Nezha,and the film was in production for three years. It is the most complex animated production ever made in China.Nezhahas more than 1,300 special effects shots, and it took over 20 Chinese special-effects studios, employing more than 1,600 people, to realize the film’s fairy tale setting, the mysterious Dragon King’s palace, and a stunning fight between fire and water. One spectacular scene alone took two months to complete.

This is not the first film to make Nezha its protagonist. This year is the 40th anniversary of the release of China’s first widescreen color animation,Prince Nezha’s Triumph Against Dragon Kingin 1979. One of the best films produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio, it was the first Chinese animated film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2003, Chinese Central Television broadcast an animated series,The Legend of Nezha,and the lively, cheerful and righteous teen hero character of Nezha resonates strongly with China’s Generation Z.