Three Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director Award, three Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for Best Director Award , This is the status symbol of Hong Kong director Johnnie To. In two days, the new film "My Boxing Boyfriend", a top golden combination of Chinese-language movies, will be launched in major theaters across the country.
In recent years, Hong Kong directors who have gone north have made breakthroughs in new themes and new genres: in 2016, Liang Lemin's "Chill 2" played a new height of political confrontation in police films; in 2018, Lin Chaoxian's "Operation Red Sea" swept across Box office during the Spring Festival; In 2018, Zhuang Wenqiang's "Wu Shuang" won 17 nominations at the 38th Hong Kong Awards this year and won numerous awards; and Qiu Litao's "Sweeping Drugs 2" also achieved good box office results this summer.
From this point of view, the film works of Hong Kong directors are rich in types and very popular. However, it seems that something is missing, yes, a romance film is missing.
As a Hong Kong director who is very good at saying "I love you", Johnnie To, has "Lone Man and Widow" which talks about office romances; there is also a projection of urban young men and women’s desires for each other, even if they eat, drink, play and enjoy, they look fat and home. , But in the end we are still looking for a faithful and perfect marriage "Slimming Men and Women"; there is also "Big Man Has Great Wisdom" which talks about causal cycles, which can be called God's work.
Du Qifeng's romance film, the female number one often represents a lovely and pitiful but bold and enthusiastic female image. This is Du Qifeng's affirmation and respect for women. It is also a series of urban male and female comedy movies that are most likely to resonate with female audiences. .
And the theme of the new work "My Boxing Boyfriend" is that boxers counterattack life. Marginal female singers encounter scumbags. They try to break through the reality and fail everywhere, but they are still willing to stand up again for each other, trying to cater to the lively and lonely life of the young audience nowadays, but the stubbornness and pursuit in their bones remain unchanged-for fit The search for soulmate's true love.
The hero and heroine counterattack life, prove themselves, sacrifice for each other, and stand up again for each other, just like the ideal, academic, and work achievements that every ordinary person seeks in daily life. The true love displayed in "My Boyfriend" is enough to let the audience discover one of its cuteness: even if we are not watching an inspirational and bright romance film, we can also devote ourselves to the story.
