Film Review on the Traditional Culture of Lions and Teenagers

In recent years, the rise of domestic animation, whether it is Return of the Great Sage, Nezha or Legend of Deification, has made great progress and development by relying on traditional myths and legends and elaborate pictures. The recently released Lion Boy scored 8.3 on Douban, so what's so good about this animated film with the theme of "realism", "left-behind children" and "lion dancing folklore"?

First, jump out of the limitations of previous themes and no longer rely on traditional fairy tales. For the domestic animation that is currently out of the circle, this film mainly tells the inspirational story that A Juan, a left-behind teenager, joined the lion dance team through unremitting efforts and eventually became a lion. "Lion Boy" won unanimous praise after its release, which is also a new breakthrough in domestic animation. It does not rely on traditional fairy tales and mythical characters, but brings a brand-new viewing experience to the audience with wonderful plots, compact rhythm and unique aesthetics.

Second, the film's fineness, realism and unique aesthetics are commendable. The hero of the story is ordinary left-behind children in rural areas, who have been tempered in the process of learning art. The director used many detailed presentation forms to show us the most grounded side of left-behind children in poor soil, the distance between parents' affection, reality and dreams, and the gag between peers, which made us see that these teenagers were still unwilling to give up their ambitions after suffering and eventually became eye-catching lions.

Third, convey the idea that you will succeed if you don't give up through humorous plots. No matter whether the three children traveled across mountains and rivers to find a lion dance master to learn, the master was forced to join the salted fish lion dance team and offer a killer weapon near home. The paragraphs in the film naturally leave no trace, making people see the indomitable spirit of teenagers in laughter.

To sum up, as long as there is a drum in our hearts, we are lions. Maybe we just want to win once, so we can win once. This is what lion boy wants to tell you most about my faith.