【電影簡介】

電影《瘋狂原始人》是講述一個原始人家庭冒險旅行的3D喜劇動畫片。原始人咕嚕一家六口在老爸瓜哥的庇護下生活。每天搶奪鴕鳥蛋為食，躲避野獸的追擊，每晚聽老爸敘述同一個故事，在山洞里過著一成不變的生活。大女兒小伊是一個和老爸性格截然相反的充滿好奇心的女孩，她不滿足一輩子留在這個小山洞里，一心想要追逐山洞外面的新奇世界。

沒想到世界末日突然降臨，山洞被毀，一家人被迫離開家園，展開一場全新的旅程。離開了居住了“一輩子”的山洞，展現在他們眼前的是一個嶄新絢麗卻又充滿危險的新世界，到處都是食人的花草和叫不出名字的奇異鳥獸，一家人遇到了前所未有的危機。在旅途中，他們還遇到了游牧部落族人“蓋”，他有著超凡的創造力和革新思想，幫助咕嚕一家躲過了重重困難，途中他還發明了很多“高科技”產品，并讓他們知道了原來生活需要“用腦子”，走路需要“鞋子”等等。一行人在影片中展開了一場鬧騰而又驚險的旅程。

【音頻文本】

My immediate impression after laughing my head off with "The Croods" was, how could the team be so creative and the movie so hilarious? Then I broke it down and found some of their gimmicks. But even after uncovering the secrets, the movie still strikes me as a very attractive piece of cartoon animation.

A caveman family struggle to survive on a hostile prehistoric planet. The key to survival is to coop up ina cave and stay away from anything new. But a young female member of the family was born with a rather dangerous virtue, curiosity. As she explores the neighborhood, she meets an innovative young lad and is informed that the world is coming to an end very soon. So no more cooping up for the Croods- they are either todie, or to adapt.

The prehistoric setting reminds one of "Ice Age". Quite a large proportion of the rib-tickling taps into acombination of that particular setting and modern ideas. For instance, one of the characters is given shoes made from starfish-like creatures. Every now and then funny sparkles also bounce out of the screen and keep the audience entertained.

But the most important aspect of the movie is the pacing. In fact, it could serve as a textbook for young film-making students. After a brief self-introduction of our female lead character, the story quickly unfolds into an intense action scene, all the while poking fun at the audience and explaining the background of the story. This grabs the audience's attention almost immediately. After that it slows down to allow an emotional side-story: a father-daughter confrontation that couldn't be more stereotypical, but satisfies those with a soft spot in their hearts. Then, there are more shifts between action, funny and tear-jerking scenes, and the cycle is repeated until… well, until they live happily ever after.

The story is so well-paced that it seems to have absolute control over audience emotions, and that's why the audience get the impression that they've laughed all the way through the 90 minute movie. Compared to other recent movies, "The Croods" also features the most authentic 3D effects. Before this piece, I never really felt the urge to stretch my hand to reach anything while watching a 3D movie, but the drifting dandelions in this movie look almost real, so I copied my fellow moviegoers, raised my hand and tried to sweep them away.

"The Croods" can be a very good way to relax one's nerves and is suitable for viewers of all ages. On my scale from one to ten, it gets a seven.

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