continues to analyze popular Golden Rooster films. As
said earlier, "I am not the god of medicine" is likely to be a candidate for the actor and best film, and "Wandering Earth" has a higher probability of winning the best film. In addition to these two movies, Wang Xiaoshuai's literary film "Everlasting forever" is also very promising to win the actor.
"Long Days, Long Days" is the best movie to show ordinary Chinese families in recent years, and it can also be said that it is the best movie that has won awards abroad in recent years. The previous "Fireworks in the Day" and "Blizzard is Coming" all lack a kind of emotional power to move people's hearts. What does
say in the movie? Perhaps director Wang Xiaoshuai's self-report can explain one or two things.
When we were young, we had many good wishes. We all hope that, for example, our friendship, classmate relationship, colleague relationship, family relatives, etc., all good things will continue to be good and lasting forever. But as time goes by, you will find that there are many things that you can't fully grasp as you want, and there are many unexpected changes, and life just comes over. So this song is called "Friendship is Everlasting". In fact, we sang it for many generations, and we have been penetrating it, and then we found that the time here is very bleak. Can many wishes really last forever? The title of the movie
is "Everlasting, Forever", but the story it tells is the opposite of these 4 words, there is no enduring forever.
But thinking about it the other way round, the feelings between people can really last forever. The
movie talks about 3 families, mainly the changes of 2 families over 30 years.
Liu Yaojun and Wang Liyun, played by Wang Jingchun, are good friends with the other couples Shen Yingming and Li Haiyan in the factory. They happened to have a son on the same day. They usually have a very good relationship. They spend their birthdays together with two children.
When they were young, perhaps as the director said, they thought that all this could last for so long.
Unforeseen days, Liu Yaojun’s son Liu Xing drowned in an accident. And this has a lot to do with the son of the Shen family, Haohao, the reservoir he brought and the drowning caused by him pushing Liu Xing.
The relationship between the two families has therefore cast a shadow. Shen Yingming took a kitchen knife and said, "You go and hack that little bastard, we will die." But Liu Yaojun knew that this was just a high profile made by a good friend, but what could he do? Are you really going to hack to death your godson? He can only say, "Fart, I can't say this thing again, I can't say a word". On the side of
, Li Haiyan has always had deep guilt for Liu Yaojun's family. Not only was her son indirectly killed the other's son, but also because she was a cadre in charge of family planning in the factory. When she learned that Wang Liyun was pregnant with a second child, she was forced to kill her. Hemorrhage occurred during the operation and Wang Liyun would never be able to give birth again.
In previous film discussions, many people focused on the one-child policy. In fact, for the entire film, this matter is only a small part, and it is only a small factor in all accidents.
Liu Yaojun said in the long life that followed, "This may be my life", "What else can't be faced?", "Time has stopped, and the rest is slowly changing. old".
He could no longer face his friends, so he chose to stay away from his hometown and went to Fujian from Inner Mongolia to exile himself.
In order to heal the pain of losing a son, the two adopted a son and called him Xingxing. But after all, this son was not his biological person. He became more and more rebellious when he grew up and eventually ran away from home. The two of
depended on each other and faced each other for the rest of their lives.
Faced with this suffering in life, Liu Yaojun chose tolerance and restraint. Some people say that the temperament of this movie is very similar to that of "To Live". It is indeed a bit similar. After all, our nation's silent tolerance to the tribulations of fate is the same.
The plot I am talking about here is reorganized according to the timeline. In fact, the whole movie deliberately disrupted the timeline. The stories we see in the movie theater often involve the characters in a certain scene. Memories of the past, especially in the first hour, the entire timeline jumped quite sharply. This is what the director
said. The clues of the
narrative are the emotions of Yaojun and Liyun, and of course my emotions.I don't want to use subtitles to explain the time and place. I am the teller of this story. I don't think the audience need to make these things too clear, just watch the emotion of this encounter. The director
feels that there is no need for the audience to figure out these chronological sequences. I think this makes sense. is because in people's memory, the recollection of the past is a jump without logic. If you stand at the present time 30 years later, as the protagonist, Liu Yaojun, recalling these things in these years, it must be so fragmented, and there is no time logic.
finally arrived 30 years later, and all the emotions brewing before began to finally explode.
Li Haiyan suddenly got a brain tumor, all of which may have something to do with her guilt for Wang Liyun. It was explained in the movie that the third family, Meiyu and Xinjian, went to Li Haiyan’s new home for a party. Li Haiyan once again mentioned the regret of having Wang Liyun aborted.
Li Haiyan feels that time is running out. She wants to see her old friend again before leaving.
Finally, when she fell ill again in the hospital, Liu Yaojun and Wang Liyun rushed back.
How many years later, old friends who used to have their hair turned white, they hug each other again. This scene of
is really teary. Maybe this kind of scene is not good for us who are only 2 or 30 years old to have such a deep experience. But I think about it, if I was in my seventies and eighties, could there be such old friends, life is like going to business, tomorrow will be separated by mountains, and the world will be at a loss.
Li Haiyan expressed his guilt towards Wang Liyun while she was still alive. She said that now we are rich and can have a baby. Wang Liyun burst into tears after hearing it.
This guilt has tortured Li Haiyan for 30 years. Until her own son grew up.
Time is really amazing. Any emotion accumulated for 30 years will have amazing power.
But if we are the parties, what can we do? Li Haiyan had no choice, and Wang Liyun had no choice. Perhaps this can only be described by fate. It is something that must be faced in life.
After 30 years, Liu Yaojun and Wang Liyun returned to the old house again. Their faces were old and gray-haired. There have been too many stories in this room before. Looking back again, I don't know how to face it.
Haohao, the child who accidentally killed Xingxing, has now grown into a 30-year-old boy. He said that what happened that year was like a tree growing in his heart, and he didn't want to be like his mother, carrying such guilt for so long. In this room, he told his godfather and godmother about the things of the year in detail and prayed for their forgiveness.
Wang Liyun said it would be fine. The
movie gave Liu Yaojun and Wang Liyun a little comfort at the end. At the family gathering where Haohao's wife gave birth to a son, Liu Yaojun received a call from his adopted son. After wandering for a few years, he is now willing to go home and recognize his parents.
Some comments say that the ending strength is weakened, but I think why can't I give the couple a bright ending? There is so much suffering in life, there is always some hope.
the whole movie story is struck like this. What impressed me most was the scene of the hospital meeting again. The story is always about people, and the relationship between people is our foundation.
The encounter between people is fate. Over time, there will be a friendship. I think this is the most touching part of the whole movie. Only this relationship between people can truly last forever. Although, it is just two or three ordinary families, the most ordinary kind of feeling.
Finally, I want to end with Andy Lau's song "If You Are My Legend". I think the lyrics and melody of this song are more suitable for this movie than the song "Friendship is Everlasting" in the movie.
Is it everlasting? Romantic legend says too much.
If you are my legend
let him forever
dream chaser
waiting for you
Maybe forever has always been just a romantic legend.
