In the past Mid-Autumn Festival, the movie " still thinks you are the best " stood out in word of mouth. As a romantic drama, it became the highest rated movie in the same period. The latest Douban score was stable at 7.6, which also set off a wave of Hong Kong. Wind boom.
The story and character structure of the entire "Still Think You Are the Best" is a classic Hong Kong family comedy set in the 1980s and 1990s. Through the trivial family affairs of 6 "diet men and women", it tells a story about the interweaving of family and love s story. The reason why
can cause positive fermentation in word-of-mouth is the lack of family comedy genre Hong Kong films in mainland theaters in recent years. "I Still Think You're the Best" just happened to help the audience get back the familiar "Hong Kong flavor".
A long-lost Hong Kong-style romantic comedy
"I still think you are the best" is supervised by Jiang Zhiqiang , written and directed by Chen Yongshen, Huang Zihua , Stephy Tang , Zhang Jicong , Wang Wanzhi , etc. romantic comedy movie. The film was officially released nationwide on the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 9.
The film tells the story of the eldest brother played by Huang Zihua who unexpectedly reunites with his ex-girlfriend, but finds that she has become a couple with the second brother and has to choose between family and love. His ex-girlfriend, Monica (Stephen Teng), has become the current girlfriend of the second brother, (Zhang Jicong).
Driven by his self-esteem, eldest brother agreed to the pursuit of ( Lin Mingzhen ), a new acquaintance.
The third brother ( Chen Zhanwen ) and his girlfriend Josephine (Wang Wanzhi) have been in love for many years and are also facing a love crisis.
The same roof, 3 couples, 4 romances, the gathering of people eating together every night gradually evolved into a dinner table Shura field, laughing and laughing. Facing the old love and the new love, what choice will the eldest brother make? What should we do with this home that everyone has worked so hard to maintain?
The whole "I Still Think You're the Best" skips the common idol drama-style emotional routine, and discusses the situations and choices in different stages of life through a family under the same roof "in the name of love". Unpredictable sentimentality.
The three brothers represent the three stages of life
"I Still Think You're the Best" is actually the second feature film by director Chen Yongshen after " Countercurrent Uncle ".
talked about Chen Yongshen's previous work "Uncle Countercurrent", which is a classic Hong Kong-style group drama film to show the life of middle-aged men in Hong Kong. "Uncle Countercurrent" was released in mainland theaters in 2019. The employees of the broadband network company who were struggling in the whirlpool joined the company's newly established dragon boat team to "protect their jobs", and rekindled their fighting spirit in the arduous dragon boat training.
"Uncle Countercurrent" won 11 golden statue nominations that year, and won a high degree of industry recognition.
"Still Think You Are the Best" is a continuation of the depiction of middle-aged state and group portraits in "Uncle Countercurrent", and the theme returns to the emotional relationship that the director has always been best at. In the film, a family of three brothers guards the family business of the dilapidated shop left by the deceased father.exist.
Chen Yongshen talks about love, family, and regrets and losses in life in the film. It can be said that Chen Yongshen is also using the three brothers in the film to carry the observation of his growth at different stages along the way.
In an interview, Chen Yongshen also confirmed this point, he explained: "Under the same roof, the characters in them project some of my feelings about this stage of life, in fact, these three boys are me of different ages. At the same time, I think they also represent different age groups of men."
Indeed, we first look at the younger brothers. In his concept, he feels that the world is self-centered, everything revolves around his own will, he is full of enthusiasm for ideals, and he will do it when he holds an ideal. This is in a scene where the third brother confesses to his girlfriend is particularly evident in.
In the film, the third brother proposes to his girlfriend Josephine. Although this scene also has a sense of joy created by 's dramatic conflict, whether it is the third brother's very frank expression of love for his girlfriend, or his understanding of this emotion, They are full of sincerity and the taste of life, a kind of vigor that belongs to young people.
In the film, the second brother is more like the most important years of every man's career. He is a little high-spirited and hardworking, but at the same time he has to be distracted to face the complexities of the world, including family and society. relationship, he will use his wisdom to solve each problem; Big brother
is even more middle-aged, and he is sure that he is not that powerful or smart, but he has experienced a lot of things, and in turn, he is the most helpless in this family. One, but he is also the one with the most important family values. He wants the whole family to be happy and complete together. He also has a strong sense of responsibility. .
For example, in the film, the eldest brother sits on the balcony at the end of the film and recalls his mother. The reappearance of past family scenes conveys the warmth of family affection and interprets the responsibility and meaning of home, which is very touching.
represent what men face at three different stages, all shown in one film.
"Hong Kong flavor" comes from many aspects
The reason why the movie "I Still Think You Are the Best" has been well received by the audience is based on the evaluation of many fans, the core is the word "Hong Kong flavor".
Where did such a strong Hong Kong style come from? Maybe it was a family banquet full of fireworks, or maybe it was a family of three brothers who were short-lived among the parents of trivial world affairs, or maybe it was the classics that were different from the past. Hong Kong movies deja vu with similar images and characters.
"Hong Kong flavor" is more comprehensively poured into the theme, character, jokes, props and other aspects by the director. The food on the table, from hot pot, home-cooked dishes, molecular cuisine to traditional barbecued pork, also corresponds to the changes in the relationship between the characters. The details of the props and the authentic are also important for "I Still Think You Are the Best", which is full of Hong Kong flavor and fireworks. reason.
In addition, there is a scene in the middle of the movie interspersed with Jacky Cheung 's song can also be called "God Comes", this song is called "I still think you are the best" with the same name as the movie, using the lyrics to point directly to the theme The reason is that it can also immediately draw the memories and emotions of moviegoers into some memories belonging to the golden age of Hong Kong’s film and television industry.
In addition, in recent years, when talking about which movie is a "Hong Kong-flavored movie", it often refers to police and gangster action movies. But in fact, many people's first contact with Hong Kong movies started from Hong Kong-style comedies.
Under the same roof, the laughter and joys of eating and drinking men and women, this unique form is veryIt is easily reminiscent of a series of classic Hong Kong films.
is first of all the character settings of the three brothers in the film, so you can obviously smell the taste of "'s family has a happy event ". The classic family comedy film "Family Happenings" also tells the story of three brothers in a family: the eldest Changman, the second Changshu, and the third Changhuan's interesting and lively family life.
And some of the characters in the film are also similar to many classic Hong Kong movie characters. For example, Josephine, the third brother's girlfriend, obviously refers to the role of Mrs. Cheng played by Wu Junru in "A Happy Family", and the image of Wu Yongwei 's hard-working housewife in "97 Family Happy".
can see that whether it is similar scene props, plot soundtracks, or movie themes, character settings, etc., the movie "I Still Think You Are the Best" is trying its best to tell an authentic Hong Kong-style love story.
Three pairs of lovers, six people around a dining table, in a big house, involving all types of emotions about life and family - some related to the past, some related to the present, some related to the future .
In the movie, a total of five meal scenes were filmed. Around these five meals, the six people in the movie also expressed six attitudes and six states. The three brothers took the opportunity to have dinner every night to put "love, hate, love and hatred" together. Put it on the bright side, different states are related to different emotions, or family affection, or love, or about men, or about women.
is also for this reason, the movie "Still Think You Are the Best" has made fans laugh at the happy moments and moving moments because of their sincerity. The key to a good reputation.
