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Coco Is Among Pixar's Best Movies in Years
Well, that’s more like it. As someone who has writtenat some lengthabout the decline of Pixar Studios since its acquisition by Disney, I am especially pleased to be proven wrong, even if only intermittently. The studio’s latest release,Coco, is one such occasion.
好吧，给人感觉是这样的。作为一个写了点东西，说皮克斯工厂被迪士尼兼并后走了下坡路的人，我特别乐意证明自己说错了，就算偶尔才能如此。皮克斯最新制作《寻梦环游记》就是一个机会。
Though Pixar has never acknowledged as much publicly, its cinematic philosophy (and business model) has shifted notably: Where the studio once aspired to excellence with every single picture—Pixar President Ed Catmull wrote an entire book expressing this ideal,Creativity Inc.—it now seems content to roll out a few profitable,hyper-merchandise-friendlysequels for every genuinely original feature it unveils. (To put it another way, the studio has shifted away from “creativity” and toward “inc.”)
尽管皮克斯从未公开承认公佑 ，其电影哲学（和商业模式）发生了显著变化：工厂曾渴望其每一部电影都实现卓越，皮克斯总裁艾德·卡特玛尔还写了一部书《创新公司》表达这种理念，可如今公司看起来满足于给真正具有原创性的故事续上几部赚钱、商业化气息浓重的续集。（换言之，工厂不“创新”了，更加像“公司”。）
But ifFinding DoryandCars 3are the price we must pay for a film such asCoco尘劫录 , then so be it. Pixar’s latest is up there withInside Outamong the studio’s best features in years—less complex than Pete Docter’s 2015 film, but perhaps a tad more emotionally resonant.
如果说《海底总动员2》和《汽车总动员3》是我们为了看《寻梦环游记》必须付出的代价互教通 ，那就付吧。皮克斯这部最新作品堪比公司近年来最好的作品《头脑特工队》，虽说没有彼特·道格特2015年那部作品那么复杂，但可能更能激发情感共鸣。
Miguel Rivera (Anthony Gonzalez) is a 12-year-old boy in Mexico whose greatest desire in life is to be a musician like his idol, the mid-century legend Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Alas, Miguel’s great-great-grandmother was abandoned by her musician husband, and the Rivera family has enforced an iron-clad policy against music ever since. Instead, each subsequent generation has gone into the family business of making shoes.
米格尔·里维拉（安东尼冈·萨雷斯饰）是墨西哥一名12岁的男孩，他生命中最大的渴望是成为一名音乐家，成为传奇音乐家埃内斯托·科鲁兹那样的歌手。不巧的是，米格尔祖母的祖母曾被音乐家丈夫抛弃，里维拉家族自此以后对音乐严加禁绝。每一代人都继承了制鞋的家族生意。
But could it be that de la Cruz was in fact Miguel’s long since written-off great-great-grandfather? That certainly appears to be the case. So in order to participate in a music competition onDía de Muertos, Miguel “borrows” de la Cruz’s famous guitar, his own having been smashed earlier in the day by his grandmother. But with the very first strum, Miguel is transported to the Land of the Dead. There华夏天空 , he meets departed members of his own family and ultimately, with the help of a trickster named Héctor (Gael García Bernal), de la Cruz himself.
难道米格尔早被除名的祖父的祖父恰好就是埃内斯托·科鲁兹吗？看起来就是这么回事倪珈 。为了参加亡灵节音乐比赛临沣寨 ，宣纸的种类 米格尔“借”了科鲁兹大名鼎鼎的吉他，他自己的吉他早先一天被祖母砸烂了。可伴着头一轮扫弦，他被送去了冥界，在那里遇到离世的家人，最终得到骗子海克托（盖尔·贾西亚·贝纳饰）的帮助派派后花园，见到了科鲁兹本人。
Directed by longtime Pixarian Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3), the tale that unfolds from these beginnings is not terribly innovative (less so, for instance, than 2014’s similarly themed though less well-realizedThe Book of Life). But it is a tale told with considerable wit—this is one of Pixar’s funniest films—and genuine tenderness.
皮克斯老将李·恩克里奇（《玩具总动员3》）执导，故事一开始并非脑洞大开（比方说，比2014年类似主题的电影《生命之书》差一些，尽管后者并未完美实现。）但故事特别逗，这是皮克斯最有趣的电影之一公输班 ，还触及了灵魂的柔软之处。
There are a few nice twists and reversals along the way. And while the movie’s conclusion is not difficult to see coming, anyone whose heart is not warmed by it may wish to consult with an cardio-therapist.
影片一路看下来有几次漂亮的情节反转。尽管影片的结局不难猜到武宣天气预报 ，可心里没被感动的观众还是该去看看心理医生。
Befitting its subject位面军火大亨 , this is the most musical feature yet produced by Pixar, with songs co-written by Robert Lopez, ofThe Book of Mormon,Avenue Q, andFrozenfame. There are clever pop-cultural nuggets scattered throughout: a Mac Plus that is condemned as a “devil box” and smashed with a shoe; a gatehouse between the lands of the living and the dead that bears a distinct resemblance to the entrance to Disneyland; a hilariously avant-garde stage show put on by a deceased Frida Kahlo.
很切合主题，这是皮克斯公司最有音乐剧特色的影片，歌曲是公司同《摩门之歌》、《Q大道》和《Frozenfame》的罗伯特·洛佩兹共同谱写的。李允熹 全篇巧妙植入了流行文化梗：苹果+电脑被谴责为“恶魔盒子”，并被一只鞋砸烂；阴阳两界的门房有点像迪士尼入口；死者弗里达·卡洛夸张的先锋表演。
But whereCocoshines most brightly—literally—is in its vibrant visuals, which rely on a palette of fluorescent greens, blues, yellows, and oranges. In this telling, the Land of the Dead is not a fearsome place, but rather a never-ending skeleton party conducted in a glorious multi-tiered city that rises from sea-level houseboats to vast专技天下网 , imperious towers inhabited by celebrities such as de la Cruz—all of them connected by arched bridges and aerial trams.
但说实话超合金曲 ，《寻梦环游记》最出彩的还是华丽的视觉效果，鲜亮的绿色、蓝色、黄色和橙色组成的调色板。这种效果让冥界不那么可怖，倒成了永不落幕的骷髅趴，主人公在光彩夺目的多层城市中上演陈亮生 ，从海平面的房船，到科鲁兹等明星居住的居高临下的高塔，所有都由拱桥和空中铁路相连。
DoesCocorise to the heights of Pixar’s very best work? No. But it is a generous, heartfelt film, full of color and music, one that offers a timely Thanksgiving tribute to the intergenerational importance of family. Its very title lovingly derives from the name of Miguel’s oldest living relative, great-grandmother Mamá Coco, whose importance to the story only becomes clear late in the film.
《寻梦环游记》达到皮克斯的最高水准了吗？并没有。但却是一部暖心的电影，色彩丰富，音乐优美，在感恩节及时地奉上，强调了家庭代际交流的重要性。影片名字（注：英文名“Coco”）源自米格尔祖奶奶的名字玛玛·珂珂，到影片后面k1264 ，她的重要性才表现出来。
I wish the movie suggested that all was now well with Pixar, but warning signs are, if anything, multiplying. The studio’s next two films will be sequels,The Incredibles 2 and an utterly heretical “franchise reboot,”Toy Story 4. WithCoco, even the customary delight of a Pixar short before the movie is missing: In its place is “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure,” which whatever its quality suggests that the studio is being ever-more subsumed into its Disney parent. And theinterlocking news storiesthat Pixar guru John Lasseter is going on leave due to alleged inappropriate behavior and that Rashida Jones leftToy Story 4over issues of diversity are depressing on almost every level imaginable.
我希望影片表明，现在皮克斯还不错，可至少敲响了警钟。工厂的下两部电影都是续集，《超人总动员2》和彻底反动的“老梗”《玩具总动员4》。至于《寻梦环游记》，连影片前的皮克斯短片都无法让人一如既往的开心了：《奥拉夫的冰冻冒险》，不论质量如何，都表明工厂正日益被迪士尼母公司吞噬。皮克斯大佬约翰·拉塞特因为行为不当准备休假，拉什达·琼斯因种族多样性问题离开《玩具总动员4》，这些连环新闻让几乎所有可以想象的层面都令人沮丧。
But those are issues to be addressed in the days to come. In the meantime, my advice is to round up the family, take them toCoco齐一心, and together give thanks.
但这些问题都将在未来几天解决。同时，我的建议是，带上全家人去看看《寻梦环游记》，共同感恩越古遗情。
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