The animated film "Little Monsters of Langlang Mountain", which will be released nationwide on August 2, has recently started screening and attracted attention. "Black Myth: Wukong" director Yang Qi's review of the film has soared expectations for the film. He bluntly said on social platforms, "People were talking and laughing when they entered, people were crying and laughing when they were there, and they were still talking and laughing when they left.” accurately summarizes the emotional appeal of the film.
Yang Qi particularly praised the film's innovative adaptation of the classic: "A protagonist group with misplaced identities reinterprets a story of learning from scriptures and responds to the classics with ease and ease. It is indeed ingenious."
As a two-dimensional animation work, the creative process of "Little Monsters of Langlang Mountain" coincides with the spirit of perseverance conveyed by the film.
When Yang Qi mentioned the current situation in the animation industry, he lamented that many 2D teams "sold their houses to pay wages, and just made TV series if they couldn't afford theaters." Even if some people switched to selling vacuum cleaners, they still returned to creation. This kind of persistence of "not taking it seriously" is exactly the spiritual portrayal of the film's "just do it, don't think too much".
"Little Monsters of Langlang Mountain" is the first animated film of "Chinese Tales". It has an original Chinese animation aesthetic style and currently has a score of 9.7 points on the Maoyan platform.
In this film, a westbound team composed of a pig demon, a toad spirit, a weasel spirit and an orangutan monster subverts the traditional story of seeking scriptures and brings a joyful adventure.
