CCS：Film Review:Zootopia
Chenwei Liao
Level 3 course in Group1
Zootopia is an animated film directed by Byron Howard, and Zootopia is also an independent film by Disney Animation Studios. From 2016 to 2017, Zootopia has won many animation best film awards. At the beginning of the film, the young Judy performed at the school’s opera meeting and expressed his ideals, that is, to become a police officer punishing criminals, but his relatives and family members did not appreciate her ideals. I think a rabbit cannot be a policeman. But in this movie everyone has their own ideals. All the characters in this movie are different animals from nature. Judy failed in training at the beginning and improved step by step. Finally, he graduated from the police academy and entered the police station. The protagonists Judy and Nick began investigating the disappearance of an otter. In the first ridicule, the two people cooperated step by step to investigate the case. After many failures, dangers and horror experiences, the relationship between the two has become closer than the relationship between friends. However, because of Judy’s little prejudice against another kind of animal, she expressed some bad opinions about another kind of animal during the press conference. This is the point I want to express in this review. This article will analyze the plot, character views and animation style of this animation and so on. I will give my opinions and suggestions.
In this animated film, the biggest highlight is undoubtedly its unique Disney animation style. The exaggerated expressions and demeanor make Zootopia fascinating. In this movie, both the character design and the scene design of the two protagonists are innocent and interesting, but this does not mean that this animation is only suitable for children and teenagers. , To be precise, this movie is suitable for all people. I always recommend my friends to watch this movie. To be honest, this movie has a very high rating in China. Every shot and detail of the movie is done perfectly, and people can’t help but sigh that this is an animated movie directed by Disney Animation Studios. The famous Youtube blogger Chirs Stuckmann praised this animated film and recommended it to everyone, which is why this film has such a high reputation all over the world.
In this movie, Judy appeared in front of everyone as a small and weak rabbit. At first, everyone thought that how could a rabbit be a policeman so weak? But the ingenuity of this animated film lies in this, making the impossible possible. There are herbivores and carnivores in the city of Zootopia. In the real world, they are of course the relationship between prey and predator, but in this beautiful animation world, they live in harmony. Everyone is fair. Rabbits can also be police officers. Judy showed her strength to everyone and dispelled everyone’s suspicion about her. This article expresses one of the points that everyone can work hard for their dreams, which is also a good point for children’s education. It is not necessary to care about the opinions of others and stick to your own dreams, as long as you work hard, you will always gain. At the end of the movie, Judy made some comments that were not good for carnivores because of his little prejudice against carnivores, and carnivores were rejected by everyone. In this wonderful world of movie animation, everyone should get along peacefully, but in the end it fell to such a point that everyone didn’t want it. On the other hand, in the real human world, many people have prejudice and discrimination against other types of people. At the end of the film, Judy invites Nick to explore the truth of this prejudice. In the end, the prejudice was eliminated, and everyone still lived together happily as before. This is also the point that this review wants to express. Don’t let others be prejudiced. It’s right to look at the truth through the essence.
In conclusion, the two points of view that this movie wants to express are to try hard to realize your dreams, and don’t have inexplicable prejudices about unfamiliar things. I highly recommend you to watch this animated movie, it is a perfect animated movie or even an animated masterpiece.
Bibliography:
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Zootopia. (2016). [online]. Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore [Viewd 9 March 2021] Available from iQIYI
Chris,S. (2016). ‘Youtube’,Zootopia – Movie Review. Available at :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7wcFPBfIE [Accessed 2 March 2021]