While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
除了画风还可以 故事情节以及想象力最多给两分 政治正确和影射美国的太明显了,看得犯困
《海兽猎人》作为网飞在好莱坞动画版图的重要作品，事实证明跟顶级厂牌比还是有很大差距。网络数据的那套制作模式，照搬到动画电影的创作上，显然是不合适的，也存在严重问题的。即便请来成熟制作团队，在剧本架构上第三幕的草草收尾，前段的许多伏笔也没有呼应，这都是最最低级的失误。影片想构建海兽世界，又为观感只去讲人兽交战。文戏部分能省就省，数据算法导致失败的结果是必然的。没有构建清晰的世界观，一切都是空谈。再多奇观，毕竟是动画电影，它不存在同维度空间的代入感，童话动人之处永远还是故事居首位。
3.5星，虽然结局太幼稚潦草了但是还是抵不住海兽们的可爱啊！请单独给小红小蓝还有那群小小黄出一个海岛生活的专场，删掉愚蠢的人类的戏份。前半段有几处画面有点吓人，触发深海恐惧。
虽然我一直都蛮爱森山的但他装年轻和伊藤以及浅野叔女儿谈恋爱真的受不了，男演员也有中年危机吗。而且都网飞了为啥还如此依赖明星（他算吗）让真正的年轻人比如说可以演森山儿子的清水寻也大帅哥来演不行吗……
一开始让我想到了泰山，大海，浮木
美术设计满分 还圆润适配了异形梗 内核是驯龙高手的翻版 故事还没人家讲得好 驯龙高手画了两条漂亮的角色弧光 是没牙仔和小嗝嗝的双向奔赴 这一部海兽没成长 双主角都是工具人 一路狂奔着往世界和平政治正确的满分答案走 逻辑没捋顺到最后只能靠童话故事般的集体顿悟收尾 强行团圆 最遗憾的是海兽竟然只有五种
简简单单，适合和家人一起看的温馨治愈动画。
这部电影简直就是巨物恐惧症+深海恐惧症的双倍福利！虽然中心主题是与自然和谐相处及反专制皇权，但种族平等、性别平等的元素还是清晰可见的，像女猎人、女将军，甚至是雌海兽都是很有魅力的角色，影片整体偏套路化，但是海兽都还挺可爱的，尤其是小蓝[我也想要一个.jpg]！
童话，在任何时候都可以给真实生活一剂强心针
总感觉这部动画尽管披着政治正确的外衣，内核却有暗讽西方政治阴谋的意思，首先人类一直围追堵截的海怪是“赤红”的外表，后半部分小女孩和男主在与海怪亲密接触后发现事实和一直被传颂的书本上的内容全都不同，人类与海怪的战争是如何发起的？书本上的内容是否真是王室为了自己的利益而杜撰出来的？结尾统统没有给出明确的答案，但已经昭然若揭。个人觉得电影很多细节不够丰满，比如片尾小女孩给民众说了几句话后民众就相信了，而将军也临时决定相信女孩查出真相，船长的执念放下的太过容易，女巫的设定纯粹雷声大雨点小没有下文等等，除非制作组决定出续集填坑，否则，即使作为一部全年龄向动画也未免有些虎头蛇尾。
又是这种伪装成冒险故事的儿童环保题材，小女孩咣咣一说，民众就要造反了；在医院里女孩居然要拿刀要刺杀船长；我想看亚特兰蒂斯那种正统的冒险故事啊。值得称道的是第一场战斗，场面动作值得称道，怪物是致敬路飞吗。全片分为：白鲸记、公路片、金刚三部分，尤其公路部分过于平淡，金刚部分应该写成劝说老一代船长；其实即便是驯龙高手那套逻辑现在看也是有一定问题的。就拿它当特摄剧那么看
十分“恶政隐”了哇哇。故事毫无意外，作画也很敷衍——也就是没钱。低配迪士尼吧。
动画之精良让我大呼过瘾…海兽刻画的如此呆萌又有战斗力，让人又爱又恨~小红和小蓝简直可爱到不行。
结局好尬，一番演讲瞬间打破所有封建思想，人们态度瞬间转变，海兽由被唾弃瞬间转为宽容以待，生硬的转折只会带来尴尬，小女孩直接怼到国王王后鼻子上了，这也是有点魔幻现实主义的味道了，科幻元素好浓，而且也好像《驯龙高手》。
没那么看懂 可能做大人真的很难 上海疫情 忙碌完了二十天 和盐水鸭闲下来在家看了这部电影
有很多亮点，令人着迷的海洋BDO做主角，古典文学式的海洋冒险（复仇、父与子等经典设定），用儿童合家欢动画讲反殖民故事，没有爱情戏，很多角色不突出性别或者是抛弃靠性别定位，非常自然地融入了种族多元化元素，海水cg做得非常逼真。也有槽点，海兽的造型和《驯龙高手》太像了，一时间感觉自己跑错片场，尾声收得一般，以及男主人公造型太油腻算吗（🤣
期待值不高结果远超预期，制作精良，剧情虽有点过于zzzq之嫌但也不失于有趣。九分
小孩看 好教条 大人看 太低幼。海兽造型也是一般 小朋友看个玩
当CG水平不再成为限制动画发展的短板后，电影里的底层逻辑、设定和剧情便是了。华丽的画面之下是经不住推敲的因果关联，牙签一样的铁矛可以轻易刺死一头巨兽，几十年的家国血仇能简单被解除，资深猎人连条巴掌大的海鱼都抓不住，战船上允许不止一个女人登上甲板，no offence…诸如此类大小无数问题，把本片的水平拉低，虽想表达的很清楚，但瑕已掩瑜。可惜了，比《魔法满屋》的问题还可惜，真是可惜了这技术。
因为倒叙，所以更显出最初的难得。“啊原来我以前是这样的人”“啊原来大家以前都是这样的人”，但是后来呢？始于美好与青涩，终于疲倦与时间。
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