It became a hit within expectations.
When I wrote the December theater preview at the beginning of the month, I was attracted by the fun of its trailer, and combined with the powerful cast, I immediately asserted that it would be a small dark horse of word of mouth.
However, "Manslaughter 2" is too strong, and "Fire on the Plains" has chosen to temporarily avoid the front.
Fortunately, it withstood the pressure to release as scheduled.
But the director of this film is too young, and it is also a question whether the work can convince the public.
It wasn't until I walked out of the theater and all the dust settled that I was able to put my mind at ease and praise it—
The Myth of Love
1、
The love of middle-aged people has always been a scarce subject in film and television dramas.
When you talk about love when you are young, you are talking about simple beauty and hot-blooded impulses. Looking at old age love again, it is about a mixture of foam and white heads and old age.
Looking back and thinking about middle-aged love is not high, does it seem a little boring?
But the truth is just the opposite, middle-aged love is the most interesting and worth playing in the three stages.
Because what matches this age group is their transparency into the relationship between the sexes.
As director Shao Yihui said——
A middle-aged man who has been shipwrecked in the sea, after experiencing a lot, can still love someone, which must be different from the weight of his youth
There is no youthful vigor, the pursuit is only suitable and comfortable. They have long since abandoned the unrealistic vision of love when they were young. Under the gorgeous appearance of the word love, it is nothing more than the blandness of chai rice oil salt sauce vinegar tea.
Not only do you have the ideal of pursuing love, but also live a good life with your feet on the ground.
Love is just a spice in the life of middle-aged people.
When middle-aged people are in love, there are not so many little nine-nines, everyone is an old jianghu, you put me here to install what little white rabbit.
They have long been in the actual battle for many years to understand those code words, a drunken meaning is not the meaning of the wine "I will go to your house tonight to get", a meaningful look, is the romance in their love.
It is like the delicate relationship between three women and a man in "Love Myth", one more point is over, and one less point is wood.
Lao Bai, played by Xu Zheng in the film, is a miscellaneous family full of artistic cells——
In the hall, I can play drums and open a painting training class; I have to go to the kitchen, and I can cook a good dish with fine calculations of chai rice oil and salt.
The three women, each with their own view of love, are prosperous and financially independent:
Lovers are not yet miss Miss Lee, ambiguous object Gloria, ex-wife Beibei.
It is said that three women have a play, and this drama of the old White family is not worse than other places.
But the magic is that it belongs to the stability that middle-aged people have seen the world, diluting the smell of dog blood that should have appeared.
Take the dinner scene of three women in the same frame for the first time to explain.
Originally, Lao Bai only invited Miss Li, but he did not expect that the chance was not coincidental, and the three women got together for various reasons.
At the dinner table, a Shuluo field was set up——
The ex-wife took the lead in tuning: "Leftovers also have wild cats to grab."
The opposite Gloria is already a veteran of the love scene, and it is also a light cloud: "What about the wild cats, but come out to forage at will, and after eating and patting their butts, they will leave." ”
Miss Li did not hurry to speak out loud, "I am the least favorite to grab food with others."
The undercurrent flows, but the point is reached.
Lao Bai, as the protagonist of this "dog blood" drama, was unconsciously forced to quit the scene in the witty words of the three women.
Because these three women, the open and secret struggle is not the old white, but a love attitude. The love attitude is clear, and then think about the old white seems to have nothing worth fighting.
But if you don't fight or don't know each other, I appreciate your attitude, it is better for everyone to shake hands and make peace.
It can be summed up in two words:
Free.
What I want, I will take action to fight for. But if I don't think it's interesting, I can give it to someone without hesitation.
People who have a competitive relationship can also become friends.
They are in a gray area that is not black and white, which may be the biggest difference between middle-aged love and young people's love.
In addition, they also have a clear understanding of themselves.
The ex-wife teased Gloria: "A woman is incomplete without children in her life".
Gloria sneered, "This is a deception, and I can make it up." It is incomplete for a woman not to live for herself in this life. ”
Miss Li started from her own reality: "It is incomplete for a woman not to earn a million in her life."
A solid and mature independent mind will make middle-aged people less likely to be confused by PUA or moral kidnapping when they are in love.
Continuing to love undoubtedly achieves a disenchantment effect, so that it is easier to touch the essence of love.
Wonderful.
2、
Behind Wu Nong's soft language are three women with different personalities.
Miss Lee.
The whole film does not appear full name, and the sense of distance and mystery is full;
Sensibility, will be because of the drama and tears, but also because of the seriousness of the old white painting and moving;
Living in a dilapidated old house with elaborate arched doors, just like her life, the surface is glossy and the inside is a mess.
Gloria.
Rich and idle enough to be free, learn to draw in leisure time, and go to the KTV full of small fresh meat to sing a song;
Free-spirited, the husband was kidnapped, and he did not pay attention to it, how to live and how to live;
And Lao Bai 419, will also take the initiative to give money, do not want others to have emotional misunderstandings;
Only when no one notices, will there be real exhaustion and sadness.
Bebe.
Emotionally, he was a bit possessive of being sought after by his ex-husband after his divorce, and rationally he and Lao Bai instructed him that if he wanted to remarry, he would transfer the house to his son's name as soon as possible;
Compared with the other two who pursue love, her relationship with Lao Bai also has a family affection that cannot be separated after many years of life.
Why do these three women give the audience a special look?
Here's what they said:
"I just made a mistake that men all over the world do"
"Rich and idle husband missing"
Familiar?
These classic lines are generally from the mouth of men.
It is a kind of anti-string treatment, but also a kind of jumping out of the image of ordinary women.
Under the substitution of gender, the words that are usually taken for granted will highlight the essence of discord.
This means high.
3、
Generally speaking, film and television dramas will decline after Douban opens points.
But it is rare for someone like "Love Myth" to not fall but to rise.
In addition to the film's own wonderful capture of the combination of well-earth and ocean in Shanghai, as well as the portrayal of middle-aged love into the wood, it also benefits from the director's observation of life for many years.
It is hard to believe that such a nuanced film in terms of family marriage and human sophistication is from the hands of a young creator after the 90s.
Director Shao Yihui's appearance is thin and weak, and his voice is also thin.
She was worried that she would look unconvincing and at one point wanted to tattoo a flower arm.
But fortunately, Xu Zheng, as the producer and star of this film, fished out this rough stone under the wave of commercial films.
"I don't think this market should be just blockbusters, or single genre films. The style and texture of contemporary cities are all in need. The Myth of Love is a very contemporary work that presents diversity and richness, which is important in the current market. ”
Shao Yihui's talent is also revealed through the unique work of "Love Myth".
A netizen commented on "Love Myth":
"It's too good to look like a domestic film"
It is true that the temperament of this film is closer to European light comedy than that of domestic films.
Large sections of dialogue, soft character relationships, no blunt plot ups and downs, almost all of the bridge sections, are reasonable adaptations under the premise of sticking to the ground.
Relaxed and comfortable, is the audience's perception.
The title of the film seems ordinary, but in fact, it also contains mysteries. It's a fanfiction that pays homage to the famous Italian director Federico Fellini's work of the same name.
Lao Bai's home also hung a poster of the movie.
The end of the film's characters get together to watch Fellini's "Love Myth", which forms a wonderful linkage.
I was very surprised to see such a masterpiece in Chinese at the end of the year.
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