On the first day of the Chinese New Year, I rushed to see "Four Seas". Before watching the movie, regarding "Four Seas", except for director Han Han, starring Liu Haoran, Liu Haocun, Shen Teng, Yin Zheng, Qiao Shan, etc., there are almost no analytical articles on the plot and film quality. The theater on the morning of the first day of the first year was full of people, and the auditorium was almost full.
The movie experience without the distraction of noise and spoilers is so enjoyable that it is instantly brought into an immersive plot by the roaring motorcycle.
"Four Seas" is the fourth feature film directed by Han Han, and most of the film is devoted to the young Wu Renyao (Liu Haoran) and the restaurant orderer Zhou Huansong (Liu Haocun).
Wu Renyao has a father, Wu Renteng (Shen Teng), who is not at home all day and does not pay attention. How inconspicuous is this father who does not fulfill his family obligations? He went down to the restaurant with his son Wu Renyao to eat, and when the waiter asked him to pay the bill, he actually walked away on the pretext, and the son had no choice but to pay. When the son encountered difficulties and went to him, he had another wife outside and had a child!
Wu Renyao harmonic is "no one wants", Wu Renteng harmonic "no one hurts", behind this humorous setting is the extremely ridiculous father-son emotional entanglement.
And the joy played by Liu Haocun, the harmonic sound is naturally "farewell". Zhou Huansong has a braggarted and righteous brother Zhou Huange (Yin Zheng).
Zhou Huange, who plays motorcycle racing, is a big laugh point in the whole film, and the line exit is joyful, which makes people can't help but be funny.
Wu Renyao sincerely loves Zhou Huansong, the two are the absolute protagonists, and the other actors and side plots are laid out around the love story of the two and the tortuous experience of realizing their dreams in Guangzhou.
The story line is not complicated, but the plot is full of touching, and the group portrait is powerful, highlighting the excellent quality of the times that ordinary young people are enthusiastic and persistent, dare to love and hate, dare to challenge, and are not afraid of difficulties.
Small town youth, motorcycle competition, brotherhood, youth love, "Four Seas" continues the unique "Korean" humor.
"Four Seas" is a movie with tears in laughter, laughter in tears, blood and explosiveness, which is far more watchable and realistic than expected; Han Han's technique of controlling the picture and the rhythm of the plot is becoming more and more skillful and old-fashioned.
"Four Seas" is an exclusive work for urban drifters, a comfort to send charcoal in the snow, and a guiding guide for icing on the cake.
When Wu Renyao and Zhou Huansong were drifting in Guangzhou, the motorcycle was dragged away by the police, and the two stayed in the hotel with a tight budget, took the room card and did not know how to open the door, and sat in the aisle for a night. Sitting on the road teeth to eat instant noodles; repeated rejection of job applications and other plot details, so that the audience floating in the city feel empathy, the sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, all turned into the audience's touch and tears.
If you're far from home and your family and are standing up in the city, you'll have an unforgettable feeling for this movie.
In the current situation of repeated epidemics and complicated economic situations, this film comes in time, and it is like a good medicine for urban predisposed people such as anxiety, wandering, sadness, loneliness and so on, and the "effect" is quite good.
What should be emphasized here is that Zhou Huansong, played by Liu Haocun, looks pure and cute, and his performance is remarkable.
She looks silly and sweet, weak, but she has great courage and opinion, and often becomes Wu Renyao's "military master" and the god of courage at key moments.
The pure and persistent love between Wu Renyao and Zhou Huansong is the most heartwarming and yearning thing in this era. In the face of the cruel competition for survival, the two people hold hands with each other, and the true feeling of helping and encouraging each other has a sense of comfort and nourishment like spring wind and rain.
Liu Haocun's interpretation of the city migrant girl, the appearance is very likable, pure and simple, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, giving people a spotless feeling. Her performance, whether in expression or dialogue, is quite natural and does not have the superficiality and bluntness that everyone fears.
If you still have doubts about this before watching the movie, then please believe Han Han's vision and the tuning of the actor's inspiration.
Another surprise of the film is the cameo appearances of Chen Xiaochun, Wan Ziliang, Feng Shaofeng, Qiao Shan and others; especially the appearance of Wan Ziliang's big brother's signature big back; Chen Xiaochun's elderly attitude to teach Wu Renyao; Feng Shaofeng's traffic policeman's kindness and righteousness; Qiao Shan's nobleman guiding the way to achieve Wu Renyao's dream... The foils of these big names are the highlights of the film that cannot be omitted, making the plot more full, the characters more three-dimensional, and the viewing stronger.
"Four Seas" contains multiple metaphors, which are exquisite and amazing plot settings and artistic techniques.
After watching "Four Seas", I feel that the style of Korean-style films is becoming clearer and clearer, and the first three films are strung together, which is clearly a layer of progressive life inspirational stories, and it seems more mature and sophisticated here in "Four Seas".
Just like a person who experienced the confusion of "After The End of time", he began the exploration of "Riding the Wind and Waves", "Flying Life" under the set goal, and achieved a leap in the "Four Seas".
The metaphorical significance of the motorcycle in "Four Seas" is even more important, it is like a person's ability and grasp to navigate the world, and it is also a person's confidence in the city.
Every locomotive roar is a catharsis of inner emotions, but also a cry of not accepting defeat.
Without a motorcycle, the film seems to be without tendons and the characters are unstable.
And different styles of motorcycles are metaphors for different personalities and personalities; the car and the people are one, and they are all over the world, and no one can do without them.
The most tense and exciting of the whole film, full of hot blood hormones, is the moment when Wu Renyao flew over the Pearl River on a motorcycle. The picture of this scene is very beautiful, and the beautiful night scene of Guangzhou is breathtaking. Behind the more beautiful the city scenery, there is a more brutal competition for survival, and how many dreamers can only ignore these beautiful scenery in the struggle, which is another layer of metaphor.
Under the beautiful night view of the city, Wu Renyao completed the leap over the Pearl River for the celebrity, and no one knew that this was a stand-in under the cover of the helmet, the name was someone else's, Wu Renyao only used this to achieve self-breakthrough and dream.
When Wu Renyao drove a motorcycle over the Pearl River, the shock and burst of power made the audience's hearts randomly fly to the other shore.
Yes, life is like this, there is no obstacle that cannot be crossed, there is a gap that cannot be crossed. But urban competition, chasing dreams has always come at a great cost.
The other side of "Four Seas" inspiration and love is sadness, Zhou Huange and Tong Huan Song Bo have left unexpectedly, becoming the eternal trauma and regret in Wu Renyao's heart.
Struggle has always been like this, and the process is full of regret and even sadness.
Han Han's four films all have an eye on such a positive energy-style philosophy of life at the end, and form a distinct Han Han style.
The English name of "Four Seas" is "Only Fools Rush In," and it comes from a song by Elvis Presley, "wiseman said, only fools rush in, but I..."
It's a profound metaphor for always loving life like a first-time visitor to earth; fearless like a fool.
There is only one true hero, see the truth of life, and still love.
To love, to practice, to feel, to live.
Loneliness is the background of life, but loneliness and love do not conflict; while enjoying loneliness, you can also feel the warmth of love.
Life is impermanent, but don't be afraid, life will not have a road in vain, looking back, all experiences, in the end are good experiences.
Thank you Han Han for sending this special warmth to the drifters with daigo-inspired film works this Spring Festival. It lifts our messy and anxious thoughts on a clear journey, lifts our spirits, and runs to the future without hesitation.