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Zack Snyder, who hasn’t seen an on-screen bone he didn’t want to crack, takes a break from the
brutality[野蛮的行为] to direct his first animated feature,
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.
The film is based on the 15-book series Guardians
of Ga’Hoole注1 written by American author Kathryn Lasky. Warner Bros. changed the name, fearing that people would be confused by “Ga’Hoole”, which means “Great Spirit of Hoole” in the fictional owl language.
Legend of the Guardians, based on the first three books, follows Soren, a young barn owl[仓鸮] who is kidnapped by the owls of the St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls. The academy is supposed to be an orphanage, but instead it brainwashes its pupils into
becoming soldiers who will ultimately clash with the peaceful owls of Ga’Hoole.
Though the series was aimed at young adults,
historical themes run throughout the books. In one book, a speech is based on a World War II speech by Winston Churchill. In the two others, battles are based on the Normandy Invasion and the ancient Battle of Thermopylae注2 (which happens to be the subject of Snyder’s 2006 film, 300).
“There are a lot of intense themes in the books,” Snyder says. “Scenes that might not seem so intense on the written page, but would be too much on screen. We wanted to pull back a little.”
That hasn’t typically been Snyder’s style. In films like Dawn of the Dead, 300 and Watchmen, Snyder used hyper-[超级]stylized violence to push the boundaries[边界] of the rating system.
For Legend of the Guardians, Snyder wanted something “not as hardcore[露骨的]. We wanted a
beautiful, computer-generated, 3D-world the kids have never seen before.”
Sound familiar? Snyder acknowledges[承认] that Legend of the Guardians could draw comparisons to another 3D film, Avatar. But he also knows that James Cameron’s film “has raised the profile[外形,轮廓] of our kind of movies, which is great. He’s just raised the bar very high.”
Snyder, however, has an ace in the hole[备而未用的王牌]: five children. “If I want to run a scene by a focus group注3, we show it in the living room.”
Snyder says his kids, ages 9 to 16, were the inspiration to go from swords and bullets to barn owls.
“At some point, I figured, I had to do something my kids could watch,” says Snyder. “Now I’m the one into the stories and mythology.”
扎克·施奈德恨不得将屏幕上所有的骨头都折断,但这次他暂时收起了蛮劲,执导了自己的第一部动画长片——《守卫者传奇》。
电影改编自美国作家凯瑟琳·拉丝基的作品——由15本书组成的系列小说《猫头鹰王国》。华纳兄弟公司怕观众不知道“珈瑚”的意思(在虚构的猫头鹰语中,意为“伟大的瑚尔灵魂”),于是更改了片名。
《守卫者传奇》根据前三本小说改编,讲述了小仓鸮赛林被圣灵枭猫头鹰孤儿院的猫头鹰绑架的经历。这个学院本来是一个孤儿院,但它给里面的学生洗脑,把它们变成战士,让它们与热爱和平的珈瑚王国猫头鹰对决。
虽然这套书是写给年轻人看的,但历史题材随处可见。其中一本书里的一段演讲是根据温斯顿·丘吉尔在二战中的演讲写成的。另外两本书的战役则是以诺曼底登陆和温泉关战役(施奈德2006年的电影《斯巴达300勇士》碰巧也是以它为题)为基础创作的。
“书中有大量激烈的主题,”施奈德说。“一些场景在纸上看起来或许不太激烈,但表现在屏幕上就会太过火。我们希望有所保留。”
那可不是施奈德的一贯风格。在诸如《活死人黎明》、《斯巴达300勇士》和《守望者》等电影中,施奈德用其超级风格化的暴力美学不断冲击电影审查制度。
在《守卫者传奇》中,施奈德想要一些“没那么露骨的东西。我们想创造一个孩子们从未见过的、美丽的电脑3D世界。”
听起来很熟悉吧?施奈德承认《守卫者传奇》可能会被拿来和另一部3D电影《阿凡达》作比较。但他也知道詹姆斯·卡梅隆的电影“提升了我们这类电影的面貌。这当然是好事,只是他把标准提得很高。”
然而,施奈德有自己的制胜法宝——五个孩子。“如果我想给中心小组放一段片子,我们在起居室放映就行了。”
施奈德说他的孩子(年龄从9岁到16岁不等)是让他从舞刀弄剑转为拍摄仓鸮的动力。
“有一次,我突然意识到自己应该拍一些我的孩子可以看的片子,”施奈德说。“现在,我倒喜欢上故事和神话了。”
注1:这套书共有15本,于2007年由我国湖北少儿出版社引进版权,2009年9月印刷发行。湖北少儿出版社将把15本书分为每三本一季,分季发行。前两季已出版发行,依次是《暗算》(The Capture)、《险途》(The Journey)、《营救》(The Rescue)、《围攻》(The Siege)、《扰乱》(The Shattering)和《燃烧》(The Burning)。
注2:温泉关战役是第二次波希战争中的一次著名战役。希腊军队在狭小的关隘抵抗了整整三天,阻挡了在数量上几十倍于自己的波斯军队。虽然波斯军队最后仍成功占领温泉关,但为此付出了沉重的代价。有关电影《斯巴达300勇士》的详细介绍请查阅CE:Teens 2007年3月号“强档电影”。
注3:中心小组是指为了听取对某一问题、产品或政策的意见而召集到一起的一群人,多用在市场调研或政治分析中。
brutality[野蛮的行为] to direct his first animated feature,
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.
The film is based on the 15-book series Guardians
of Ga’Hoole注1 written by American author Kathryn Lasky. Warner Bros. changed the name, fearing that people would be confused by “Ga’Hoole”, which means “Great Spirit of Hoole” in the fictional owl language.
Legend of the Guardians, based on the first three books, follows Soren, a young barn owl[仓鸮] who is kidnapped by the owls of the St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls. The academy is supposed to be an orphanage, but instead it brainwashes its pupils into
becoming soldiers who will ultimately clash with the peaceful owls of Ga’Hoole.
Though the series was aimed at young adults,
historical themes run throughout the books. In one book, a speech is based on a World War II speech by Winston Churchill. In the two others, battles are based on the Normandy Invasion and the ancient Battle of Thermopylae注2 (which happens to be the subject of Snyder’s 2006 film, 300).
“There are a lot of intense themes in the books,” Snyder says. “Scenes that might not seem so intense on the written page, but would be too much on screen. We wanted to pull back a little.”
That hasn’t typically been Snyder’s style. In films like Dawn of the Dead, 300 and Watchmen, Snyder used hyper-[超级]stylized violence to push the boundaries[边界] of the rating system.
For Legend of the Guardians, Snyder wanted something “not as hardcore[露骨的]. We wanted a
beautiful, computer-generated, 3D-world the kids have never seen before.”
Sound familiar? Snyder acknowledges[承认] that Legend of the Guardians could draw comparisons to another 3D film, Avatar. But he also knows that James Cameron’s film “has raised the profile[外形,轮廓] of our kind of movies, which is great. He’s just raised the bar very high.”
Snyder, however, has an ace in the hole[备而未用的王牌]: five children. “If I want to run a scene by a focus group注3, we show it in the living room.”
Snyder says his kids, ages 9 to 16, were the inspiration to go from swords and bullets to barn owls.
“At some point, I figured, I had to do something my kids could watch,” says Snyder. “Now I’m the one into the stories and mythology.”
扎克·施奈德恨不得将屏幕上所有的骨头都折断,但这次他暂时收起了蛮劲,执导了自己的第一部动画长片——《守卫者传奇》。
电影改编自美国作家凯瑟琳·拉丝基的作品——由15本书组成的系列小说《猫头鹰王国》。华纳兄弟公司怕观众不知道“珈瑚”的意思(在虚构的猫头鹰语中,意为“伟大的瑚尔灵魂”),于是更改了片名。
《守卫者传奇》根据前三本小说改编,讲述了小仓鸮赛林被圣灵枭猫头鹰孤儿院的猫头鹰绑架的经历。这个学院本来是一个孤儿院,但它给里面的学生洗脑,把它们变成战士,让它们与热爱和平的珈瑚王国猫头鹰对决。
虽然这套书是写给年轻人看的,但历史题材随处可见。其中一本书里的一段演讲是根据温斯顿·丘吉尔在二战中的演讲写成的。另外两本书的战役则是以诺曼底登陆和温泉关战役(施奈德2006年的电影《斯巴达300勇士》碰巧也是以它为题)为基础创作的。
“书中有大量激烈的主题,”施奈德说。“一些场景在纸上看起来或许不太激烈,但表现在屏幕上就会太过火。我们希望有所保留。”
那可不是施奈德的一贯风格。在诸如《活死人黎明》、《斯巴达300勇士》和《守望者》等电影中,施奈德用其超级风格化的暴力美学不断冲击电影审查制度。
在《守卫者传奇》中,施奈德想要一些“没那么露骨的东西。我们想创造一个孩子们从未见过的、美丽的电脑3D世界。”
听起来很熟悉吧?施奈德承认《守卫者传奇》可能会被拿来和另一部3D电影《阿凡达》作比较。但他也知道詹姆斯·卡梅隆的电影“提升了我们这类电影的面貌。这当然是好事,只是他把标准提得很高。”
然而,施奈德有自己的制胜法宝——五个孩子。“如果我想给中心小组放一段片子,我们在起居室放映就行了。”
施奈德说他的孩子(年龄从9岁到16岁不等)是让他从舞刀弄剑转为拍摄仓鸮的动力。
“有一次,我突然意识到自己应该拍一些我的孩子可以看的片子,”施奈德说。“现在,我倒喜欢上故事和神话了。”
注1:这套书共有15本,于2007年由我国湖北少儿出版社引进版权,2009年9月印刷发行。湖北少儿出版社将把15本书分为每三本一季,分季发行。前两季已出版发行,依次是《暗算》(The Capture)、《险途》(The Journey)、《营救》(The Rescue)、《围攻》(The Siege)、《扰乱》(The Shattering)和《燃烧》(The Burning)。
注2:温泉关战役是第二次波希战争中的一次著名战役。希腊军队在狭小的关隘抵抗了整整三天,阻挡了在数量上几十倍于自己的波斯军队。虽然波斯军队最后仍成功占领温泉关,但为此付出了沉重的代价。有关电影《斯巴达300勇士》的详细介绍请查阅CE:Teens 2007年3月号“强档电影”。
注3:中心小组是指为了听取对某一问题、产品或政策的意见而召集到一起的一群人,多用在市场调研或政治分析中。