's " Lovers ", Chen Maidong and Zhuang Jie met again after their lovers went round and round. Chen Maidong's opening monologue had a warm and cyclical tone at the end.
Grandma Chen is enjoying herself in her small courtyard. Old acquaintances are gone, and the past is filled with laughter, laughter and laughter. The rest of the life is spent in happiness and remembrance of each other, all in the color of honey.
Liao Tao and Aunt Wu walked in the spring fields where Grandma Chen and Grandma Lin used to "hold each other hand in hand", another decades-old handkerchief love that has gone hand in hand through the wind and rain.
Wang Xixia joined hands with Cui Ge and became his lover in Shanghai. He Niao Niao worked hard on his homework, studied the top of the mountain and painted Nanping Town. Ji San Goose returned with the flock of geese. The spring scenery of the landscape is like this, and the old friends are among the spring mountains and spring waters.
, let’s talk about it.
1, the humanistic aura of light classical romance films
I like the drama to be based on the solidity of reality, but also "warmer" to the temperature of reality, sweeter to the romance of reality;
sweet but not greasy, happy but not obscene, It is sad but not sad, and has a humanistic view of a love drama that is light on classical and neo-classical.
"Spring Love" is of course a love story. The ups and downs of love and hate between Chen Maidong and Zhuang Jie make people live and die, but obviously it is not just a romance.
In terms of breadth, it explores the world of "human feelings" from the perspective of a lover. Once you see the group portraits in the small town, you will feel warm and friendly everywhere. In terms of density,
breaks away from the constraints of the "narrow romance" suspension routine, and the appearance is more upright and the texture is more charming.
is a story about a small town, but the style is quite western, with the atmosphere of fireworks coming from the streets, but not "earthy" or "vulgar";
is about men and women eating and drinking, but it is not limited to love itself, it has the eight prisms of life and death, love The nine links of desire and the subtle web of human nature.
is classical and romantic, realistic and warm.
The term "light classical" is borrowed here, not to refer to the classical or neoclassical art schools, but to describe the texture of the play that is more thorough, more sophisticated, more classical and sophisticated, and more likely to become a "new classic romance film" .
During the phone call on a snowy night, Zhuang Jie talked about the pain in detail, and Chen Maidong listened with compassion and tenderness; the person in the snow is far away, but every word is with you, and every breath and every breath is filled with the healing of love. feel.
's play not only provides the surface of soothing music and beautiful scenes, but also wraps the clues of love in romance with a rich caring core and humanistic charm, pushing romance back from the narrow sense of small joy, small love, and small plastic assembly line. The real "mountains and rivers of love".
After seeing each other again after a long separation, I couldn’t wait to chew on the firewood, until late at night I confided in my arms my feelings about the separation of life and death from Grandma Lin, with joy and sorrow. When
is in love, the hormones are so strong that the whole screen seems to be a little crimson and a little gasping;
is as affectionate as the water, soft and sad, reflecting the bright spring flowers, the vast blue water, and the bleak autumn wind in the four seasons.
has sexual tension and more "emotional" tension.
At the critical moment of life and death, Chen Maidong's career is not only the setting of the background board, but also "a piece of emotional amber between the widow and the deceased";
At the critical moment, Zhuang Jie's career is not just about earning a little salary and seeking fame and fortune, but also It's "I hope other people's Grandma Lin and Uncle He can have what they wish for".
is not a rigid emphasis on "professional attributes". Whether it is an undertaker or a "salesperson", it has achieved a deeper focus on value and emotion.
2. The location of human nature under the iterative innovation module of romance
In idol dramas in a narrow sense, the identity of the protagonist is easy to label, because it is a mass-produced label, "rigid labels are greater than fresh characteristics", "rigid settings are greater than organic ones" Texture".
"Spring to a Lover" is obviously not like this. How should we label Chen Maidong and Zhuang Jie? Of course, hard labels can be used, but abstract labels are obviously not enough to cover concrete, living people.
Everyone is happy, but it is not vain, not hanging in the air, and not avoiding shortcomings.
Chen Maidong grew up in the extremely real soil of reality. He is somewhat depressed and introverted, somewhat lonely in life and death, and somewhat sad and sideways, all of which are very real. His growth trajectory is vivid and real, as "yes, yes, he is the child of Lao Chen's family in the next town"; but At the same time, Chen Maidong carries some kind of idealized vision.
has both the realistic and solid texture of "yes, I saw him on the street" and a romantic light and shadow of "it is the beauty of the world worth longing for".
Zhuang Jie is under layers of pressure, trying to cover up her guilt and irritability with enthusiasm. A word of "reluctance" is like thunder, shattering the modesty and good intentions of her lover; the more she falls in love, the more uneasy she becomes, and old wounds cannot be concealed and new knots appear, " The complex emotions of "a bloody wound is also a medal of years of hard work" are constantly surging, one word hurts others and oneself, and a pair of lovers "turn blood with joy".
After that, Zhuang Jie did not dare to speak several times and was too frightened to speak to her lover. After hearing her lover lamenting about separation and death, she solemnly promised to use her life as a shield to protect him from the pain of separation.
Due to various reasons such as worrying about gains and losses due to his deep love, the misunderstanding of his ally Grandma Chen, and the small calculation of "not wanting to lose", he failed to tell Chen Maidong "I am going to Shanghai soon."
A hate meeting has its own various chances and accidents, but behind it there are also some shades of human nature that are "calculated in love".
At first, Zhuang Jie said "I like Chen Maidong but I prefer Shanghai", which was a rational retreat as an adult when the love is not enough; later, Zhuang Jie was afraid of the risk of losing Chen Maidong, which was a little calculation out of fear when the love was too much.
are not perfect, but imperfection is a more vivid birthmark, isn't it?
(Of course, Zhuang Jie is still warm and kind in nature)
If Chen Maidong is a tender love letter sent to the female viewers of the Chinese drama "Spring to My Lover", with deep affection and deep warmth; then Zhuang Jie is a love letter A diary of growth that is scarred and shining, tossing and turning and struggling to swim.
(Of course, in a sense, their warmth and struggle are also intertextual)
The highlight is not so much the static "he is a light" in the ending, but the dynamic long road of "how they climbed out of the abyss and became the light" .
Trekking from the harsh winter to mid-spring, they are each other’s lovers of the spring breeze, the fragrance of flowers and grass, and the beauty of spring.
In this sense, "Spring Love" is also a self-incubation and innovative iteration of the romance story.
3. Illustrated Book of Older Women in Nanping Town
There is no shortage of middle-aged and elderly women in Chinese dramas, but they are often too superficial and instrumental.
is either like a household appliance that is so easy to use that it has no sense of existence, or it is a bloody obstacle or mechanical assist on the protagonist's love journey, and it is easy to be placed in the "second grid" echelon of "accessories and people."
Their own emotions and personalities are becoming more and more submerged in their wrinkles;
The identity attributes of grandmothers, mothers, and mother-in-law have long overtaken the original appearance of "who they are."
In such a dry and indifferent context, the love between three generations of best friends in "Spring to a Lover" becomes even more precious.
The group portraits of grandmothers and aunts in the play have real soil and beautiful halo, focusing on realism and rough freehand brushwork. No false beauty, no hidden evil.
Such a vivid and beautiful "Group Portrait of Elderly Women" makes people want to cry.
Grandma Chen, Gu Beibei, has a bit of heroic spirit, a bit of hearty and tough heroic spirit, a bit of naughty vitality, and a bit of transparency that sees through the world.
pretended, "I am old feudal, I can't see you being so unseemly," and quickly winked at Zhuang Jie, saying, "That's interesting." His good intentions turned out to be bad, but he still had a caring and loving feeling.
said to Zhuang Jie from the bottom of his heart, "If you are seriously injured and admit defeat seriously, your life will not be in vain; this is what life is called after experiencing all kinds of tastes." Although the words are spoken by people who have experienced it, there is nothing fatherly about it.
The two of them are not like grandparents and grandchildren, nor like mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Instead, they have a sense of sisters who have been friends for many years, and they are really "heart to heart".
Grandma Chen’s sister Lin is like a song from the Qingjiang River. She lives in a relatively independent courtyard on the edge of a small town. She is unmarried and infertile, but it is not a bleak way to open up her later life, nor is it a weird witch-like narrative.
Self-sufficient and self-enjoyed, pastoral calligraphy and painting, accompanied by flowers and birds, cats and dogs around the knees, inheriting a kind of tranquility of "both worldly and worldly" like a literati's pastoral landscape painting.
If Grandma Chen is a lovely old lady who does not take the ordinary path of "electric shock hydrotherapy" in terms of kinship and social responsibilities, then Sister Lin is another authentic way of living that breaks out of the traditional framework of marriage and love.
's style is very "rebellious", but he is not unsociable, not out of the ordinary, and not hostile, and has a subtle sense of proportion.
The valley is like a wall standing thousands of feet tall, and the forest sister is like a shallow shoal surrounding the Qingjiang River. Together, the landscape is perfect, but in part, things in the world are impermanent and always ordinary.
Liao Tao has worked hard for half his life, with conservative concepts and an impatient attitude. He was once responsible for comedy, once was responsible for the tragedy of "suffering", and once was responsible for "roadblock". However, no matter which one is just a rigid character design, there are deep roots. A solid sense of empathy.
is too familiar and friendly.
Romance heroine's mother is an extremely saturated role field, but Liao Tao still shines differently in this track.
She is a respectable and lovely old mother, who carries the wind, frost, rain and snow on her shoulders, and the tide is boundless;
is also a new type of parent who can enlighten and communicate. Although she is not able to understand Zhuang Jie and Wang Xixia's "spiritual poverty alleviation", she vaguely understands it. There are some isomorphic cornerstones of "independent women" from different generations.
The bestie relationship between Liao Tao and Aunt Wu is also very touching. Aunt Wu twisting Liao Tao's face "Looking at the lantern and looking at the rabbit" is funny and heart-warming, and the old sisters drinking "finished" conveys a sense of joy and warmth under the unlucky expression. meaning.
Among the older "middle-aged and elderly women" in Nanping Town, Gu Beibei is a former table tennis player, Grandma Lin is a veterinarian, Aunt Wu is the women's director, and Liao Tao is the owner of Liao Gen Chicken and an entrepreneur. They are "career-oriented women" per capita. , the story goes one step further and highlights their individual characteristics beyond "being other people's grandmothers, mothers and aunts", but it is not exaggerated or distorted, nor does it deviate from the traditional realistic context.
is not a tool-like relationship between friends, but a kind of female care like the spring breeze.
Comfortable conclusion
After watching "Spring Love", it doesn't feel like I have finished watching a drama, but more like I am packing my bags and heading north, leaving Nanping Town.
Before leaving, I looked back many times. The spring scenery was full of lovers, friendly and natural.
This is the meaning of meeting and farewell, folding a branch of spring and sending it to your lover from afar.
The mountains, rivers and rivers of my hometown and old friends are all in bloom in my sleeves, so that they can share the beauty of spring even when they are thousands of miles away or when they come back.
