Recently, "The Legend of the White Snake" has become a new national tide. Everyone is praising its beauty, but I want to talk about its feelings. After all, if it were not for the character's emotions to be in line with contemporary times, no matter how good the aesthetics of a film were, they would not impress people.
There are not many main characters in this movie: the protagonists are Bai Suzhen, Xu Xian, Xiao Qing, and Fahai, and the supporting characters are Xiao Shami, who is next to Fahai, and The Second Immortal of Crane deer who guards the immortal grass on Kunlun Mountain. Among all the characters, the most prominent superficial personality is Xiaoqing. Since Xu Xian showed a little infidelity about love, Xiao Qing immediately became a firm "persuasion dispatch", and the merciless slap on Xu Xian was even more refreshing. Its personality is in line with the cool attitude of most women facing emotional problems at present: such a scumbag, regardless of whether they still have the New Year?!
But such a "sober world" can always be done by spectators. If Xiao Qing was in Bai Suzhen's position, with both gratitude and admiration for Xu Xian, and a little guilt for deceiving him, could he still say such a sentence in the category, "We have come to the wrong place in this world"? According to Xiaoqing's personality, she may be more "protective" than the white snake. This is the difference in positions: what is "unforgivable" in the eyes of outsiders is often not so easy to give up in the eyes of the parties.
In my opinion, the basis for the success of "White Snake Love" is precisely to create a "good forgiveness" Xu Xian. First of all, unlike previous versions of The Legend of the White Snake, he bought male yellow wine unintentionally, not to test his wife's secrets. In addition, after discovering the truth about the White Snake, he was taken away by Fahai in an overstay, so his "betrayal" was also passive to some extent.
Xu Xian's real emotional growth occurred after witnessing Bai Suzhen's big fuss at the Golden Mountain Temple to rescue him- watching his pregnant wife use all her strength to fight against the powerful Luohan Array, and the nerd Xu Xian, who has been enjoying "being loved" for granted, was truly shocked by the powerful force of "love" for the first time. Because of this epiphany, he later knelt down to beg his wife's forgiveness, and was able to keep watch every day after she was suppressed by the Leifeng Pagoda.
It is precisely because I understand Xu Xian that I will prefer the white snake that seems to be "too soft in heart" than Xiao Qing, who has a clear love and hatred. Although she is a demon, she understands that human nature is not "black and white". She knows how to fight and how to give in. It was true for Xu Xian, and it was also true for Fahai—when Fahai gave the option of "surrendering and being lenient", she immediately made this decision that was the least destructive to everyone. It is a tenderness, and it does not stem from weakness, but from true bravery.
Xu Xian's growth made Bai Suzhen really "love the right person" in "The Legend of the White Snake". Similarly, this version of Fahai can also be called an opponent worthy of Bai Suzhen's respect. In the past, when Fahai and Bai Suzhen met, they always talked about chickens and ducks, because their thoughts were not on the same level. But in "The Legend of the White Snake", Fahai actually understood her persistence from the first time she saw Bai Suzhen. However, he also has his persistence.
But that understanding eventually took root, allowing him to finally allow his subordinate Xiao Shami to secretly let Xu Xian go, and also let him give Bai Suzhen a chance to reunite with his family after atonement. From this point of view, Xiao Shami in the film and the Two Immortals of crane deer on Kunlun Mountain are actually the "doppelgangers" of Fahai, and they all show the word "love" outside of "law" and "reason", that is, the most precious conscience and affection in human nature.
Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Li Li
Editor/Bow Lifang