In the memory of youth, the boy's eyes are always around a girl like Tao Minmin, and every girl has also had a crush on a boy like Ouyang Feifan, but she may not be lucky enough to meet a Xu Taiyu.
The film "My Girlhood" evokes many people's memories of youth. The beauty of first love begins with a crush, the worship of idols in the hearts of young girls, and all the memories related to youth. The film's box office performance is the 2015 Taiwan Chinese film box office champion, which can be described as well-deserved.
It is said that when this movie was popular in Taiwan, it also triggered a social trend of audiences collectively posting photos of young boys and girls on social networks. At the same time, it also confirms that this move of youth nostalgia played very well, and a "nostalgic youth" wind was blown.
"My Girlhood" mainly tells the story of ordinary girl Lin Zhenxin's crush on the male god Ouyang Feifan, and the campus boss Xu Taiyu has a crush on tao Minmin, a school flower. By chance, Lin Zhenxin and Xu Taiyu formed the "Lost Love Front Alliance", vowing to help each other regain their love, and in the process of getting along, Lin Zhenxin and Xu Taiyu had a long-term love story.
The film centers on the emotional line of Lin Zhenxin and Xu Taiyu, showing the audience a funny, interesting and positive youth memory, which arouses strong resonance.
"My Girlhood" is not so much a school love movie as a nostalgic youth movie. First love, crush, star chasing, hot blood and beautiful youth memories, the director with this film to pay tribute to youth can be described as full of sincerity.
"My Girlhood" shows us what many ordinary people remember in their youth from a real perspective. Therefore, in this film, everyone can more or less see the shadow in their youth memory.
In terms of character shaping, from the image to the personality is very distinct, firmly attracting the audience's attention.
(1) The director uses a popular perspective to show the audience the girlhood of ordinary girls, which is universal and popular, and can resonate more
Lin Zhenxin, played by Song Yunhua, in the film, she draws thick eyebrows, wears gold-rimmed glasses, and her hair is messy, which is in great contrast with her sweet appearance in the past, but it really performs the girlhood of the ordinary girl Lin Zhenxin.
In addition to her ordinary appearance, she often walks without looking at the road, always falls, is very silly and stupid under the ordinary appearance, is a simple and kind girl's heart.
She wants to take the exam, but the math is very poor, but she has never broken the jar; she likes Stephen Chow's movies, the idol is Andy Lau, the desk, the stationery box, the walls of the home are plastered with Andy Lau's photos and posters, the biggest wish is to grow up to meet the idol and marry him; her hardest choice every day is to eat teppanyaki noodles or radish cake for breakfast; she has a crush on the school grass Ouyang Extraordinary, always go to see him play ball, cheer for him, and will smirk all day because of one of his eyes.
Lin Zhenxin is the way most girls look when they are girls, and I have to say that director Chen Yushan has just the right grasp of the psychology of female audience youth films. Ordinary and ordinary, no outstanding looks, no outstanding achievements, and often falls, but Lin Zhenxin also has her superiority above appearance, very kind, and does not accept defeat, does not give up easily, and strives to progress, although it is only a small step forward.
Lin Zhenxin is the epitome of an ordinary girl, which will cause strong resonance, because in her, we see our own shadow.
(2) The director uses a unique perspective to show us the bad teenager with a bad personality, Xu Taiyu's real and hot-blooded youth
Xu Taiyu, played by Wang Continental, is tall and handsome in the film, sexy and a little evil in the cool, seemingly dashing and casual and frivolous, but in fact, he is hot-blooded, righteous and kind.
In the 90s, in that conservative and traditional era, girls would like boys like Ouyang Feifan. Personable Prince Charming, good grades, good looks, good character and excellent learning, teachers are heavy, parents are assured, his smile, a look, enough to please all girls.
On the other hand, Xu Taiyu, a bully on campus, gangs and factions, fights, truancy and absenteeism, even the instructors did not dare to teach a lesson. It seems to be a bad bad teenager, but in fact, he is righteous to his friends and has a heavy affection for his brothers, because his former brother drowned in front of him, he was indebted, from a top student in a gifted class to a bad teenager, this huge change is his way of punishing himself, but also his guilt for his brothers.
Xu Taiyu represents the epitome of the youth of a small number of bad teenagers. In the eyes of the teacher, he did not learn any skills, and in the eyes of his classmates, he was in trouble, but his youth was actually boiling with blood. He is never afraid of things when he encounters things, is not accustomed to the hypocrisy of the teacher, is full of love for stray dogs, is difficult to let go of his dead brothers, is misunderstood and lazy to explain, is slandered by the director of teaching for cheating on the exam, and although he is unwilling, he is unwilling to defend himself.
Xu Taiyu has the arrogance of a campus bully, and even more arrogant. No one stipulates that youth must be like Ouyang Feifan and Tao Minmin, and the youth of Lin Zhenxin and Xu Taiyu is more real, richer, more energetic and enthusiastic.
The success of character building can be said to be one of the keys to the success of this film, Lin Zhenxin is the representative of most young girls, and Xu Taiyu is the representative of a small number of bad teenagers. The male and female protagonists lead the audience to recall the appearance of youth and rekindle the enthusiasm of the audience when they were young.
"My Girlhood" is a trick of youth nostalgia played very well, combining nostalgic elements and local elements to poke at people's nostalgia.
The old tape recorders and tapes that appear in the film pull the audience back to that era, when there were no smartphones, No WeChat, and Weibo, and the looping songs in the tape recorder must be idol songs.
At that time, everyone had a graduation commemorative book, and they would always write personal information in different color pens, like people, hate people, and also put stickers. I just want the people I like, the people I have crushes to leave a mark on the graduation book.
The golden songs that appear in the film such as Andy Lau, Grasshopper, Sun Yaowei and MC HAMMER are the most representative in the 90s. When grasshopper's "Loveless Front Alliance" song sounds, our minds suddenly return to that era, and our bodies can't help but writhe, wanting to dance to the music.
Andy Lau has an indispensable element in the film, truly showing the star-chasing style on campus in that era. Stickers, photos, and posters of idols must be on the desks, in stationery boxes, and on the walls of your home. Fantasizing about being able to meet idols when they grow up, even fantasizing about marrying idols, secretly writing letters to idols, and buying everything related to idols, these cute tricks of star chasing are the real phenomena of that era.
In addition to these nostalgic elements, there are also local elements such as "drawing keys to select locomotives", "sending lucky letters" and "welfare clubs" that Make Taiwanese audiences also buy it.
In order to meet the time and space of the 90s, the details of the school bags carried by the students in the film, the pens, erasers used, and even the school trash cans are very careful.
Perhaps, most people's first love is given to the goddess of the god and goddess who is secretly in love on campus, which is the most ignorant, purest, and cleanest emotion.
Many boys have written love letters to their crush like Xu Taiyu, copied large paragraphs of lyrics, dropped the money is their pen name, and then stuffed into each other's desks when no one is there.
There are also many girls who have made fools like Lin Zhenxin, watching him play in the playground, cheering for him, and smirking all day because of one of his eyes; pretending to meet him in a convenience store, the heart will stop beating for two seconds, watching his back will not move; for his safety, willing to be coerced by Xu Taiyu to form the "Lost Love Front Alliance". These vivid little details, although cheesy, exude a very delicate emotion.
When Xu Taiyu and Lin Zhenxin watched the meteor cross the common wish, the wishes of both people were related to each other. Xu Taiyu was attracted by Lin Zhenyu's simple kindness, and Lin Zhenyu was touched by Xu Taiyu's seriousness and sincerity.
Xu Taiyu eventually went abroad to the United States, before leaving he operated in the hospital, and did not forget to write a math subsidy to Lin Zhenxin, and left a tape to confess to her: "Lin Zhenxin, although you are short, stupid, and like other boys, even so, I still like you!" Not only Lin Zhenxin was in tears, I believe that many female audiences will also cry and can't help themselves, regretting that Xu Taiyu and Lin Zhenxin missed it."
Fortunately, the director is emotional and sets a happy ending for the audience's regret. As an adult, Lin Zhenxin met his idol Andy Lau, took a group photo, and was invited to a concert. As an adult, Xu Taiyu fulfilled the promise he made to Lin Zhenxin when he was a teenager: I let Andy Lau sing to you. They reunited at the door of Andy Lau's concert and said to each other: "I haven't seen each other for a long time." ”
After the adult Lin Zhenxin is Chen Qiaoen starred, Song Yunhua played the juvenile Lin Zhenxin, somewhat will make people a little dramatic, if it is the girl's lin zhenxin and Xu Taiyu met, said the sentence "long time no see", should be able to earn more tears, that is the tears of joy.
"My Girlhood" comprehensively and truly records the memories of youth in the 90s, and the combination of nostalgic elements and local elements satisfies the audience's appetite and psychological grasp.
For the small details of the crush, the small emotions are grasped very accurately, the actor's superb performance is very touching, and the memories of youth come to the face, bringing the audience a lot of touch and sighs, that time is really beautiful!
The lines in the film are also memorable. For example, Xu Taiyu recorded the words he said to Lin Zhenxin on the tape: "Later, I found out that I liked someone unconsciously. Thanks to that car, the moment I grabbed her shoulder, I found for the first time that my heart could beat so fast. And Lin Zhenxin said to Xu Taiyu: "The girl said that it was okay, that is, there was something; the girl said it was okay, it was a relationship!" When a girl says she never pays attention to you again, it means that she really cares about you. ”
Everyone's youth memories will always shine because of a person, chasing his figure and liking him. In the end, each becomes a good self, and even if there is no intersection, I am still grateful for the appearance of that person in my youth.