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After watching "Four Seas" today, the first feeling is:
The familiar Han Han returned.
Fun as always, free and sad as ever.
On the surface, it's humorous and bloody.
Seeing the depths, you will find it lonely and profound.
It's a story about drifting and coming home.
The boy and girl in the story live on an island in the south.
The sky is high and the sea is wide, and the long wind blows.
The sound of the waves lapping at the shore, wave after wave, poured into the quiet ordinary years. In the middle of the years, lived a boy. His name is Ah Yao.
He's ordinary. Small eyes, dyed yellow hair, unfashionable, no friends.
But he, like every young man, has love and dreams.
Love has a concrete appearance.
It had the face of a girl—a dimly lit girl with long hair half-braced on the stalls of the night market—a girl in a white shirt, smiling, weaving through the middle of the table and chair, noticing the most pressing needs of the people in the fireworks.
The girl called Joy.
He had a crush on her and never said anything.
When I mustered up enough courage, I only dared to order a song on the automatic jukebox near her stall for a dollar.
Then watch from a distance. Not close. In the undulating music, a flickering glance at her.
It was his love. Restrained, simple and beautiful.
At that time, his dreams were all about rejoicing.
In the dream, they went to the reef to pick up crabs. The reef is big and slippery. He was going to walk beside her, afraid she would fall.
That's it.
That's all there is to it.
Ordinary men and women, with ordinary love, have ordinary dreams.
But those dreams are so moving.
It is as fresh as the sea breeze and as deep as the sea.
Unfortunately, until the end of the film, he did not realize this wish.
He and she took another path, a road of red dust, strange light, and fame and fortune.
The name of this road is called Metropolis.
Also called life.
02
The film is divided into two parts.
Half on the island.
Half in the city.
On the island, Ah Yao is an ordinary boy with dreams.
He didn't have a specific type of job. Do almost anything. Deliver food deliveries, drive motorcycles and occasionally perform motorcycle rides at the docks.
Only when the locomotive starts, he shines like a shooting star.
come!
Clutch pinching, left foot hanging gear, engine start, throttle oil, clutch release, boom... The majestic and boiling locomotive sounded, youth ignited, hormones fluttered.
At the time, his dream was simple: to win.
Represent the "Undefeated Legends" team and win one. Even one will do.
Prior to this, in the legend of the "undefeated legend", there was only "defeat". Until Ah Yao arrived.
In the film, the team has raced twice.
Every time, the scene exploded.
Blood boil.
Adrenaline rush in people.
When all kinds of motorcycles gather, people and cars are integrated, and the riders use superhuman driving skills, through the multicolored plastic bucket pile, through the sea breeze, you will see the whole person burning.
Han Han also added various human distractions for the first race.
There is provocation.
Collision.
There are cards that do not play according to common sense.
There are also unexpected turns.
When you finish reading it, you are terrified and sweaty. The charm of racing, all of a sudden, got it.
Who can resist the thrill of speed?
Who can resist the passion of extreme sports?
No one.
Therefore, the viewing process is extremely comfortable. As if I had done a race in my heart, I also completed a race.
The first competition was to fight for dignity and self-proof.
The second race is closer to the PK of inner energy.
When the professional driver played by Chen Xiaochun plays against Ah Yao, how to break through ah yao's wildness and freedom in the face of rigorous and professional technology?
This suspense also tightens the hearts of each audience.
Later matches were even more thrilling. They walked through the wilderness, but also through curved, rugged, gravel-strewn mountain paths.
When the side of the wheel is swept against the ground,
When the driver's knee is only a line away from the ground, but it flies perfectly,
When the dust rises, the car is already a few meters away...
Everyone will feel thrilled.
If so, the first two games are for love.
The last performance was to fight for life.
This time, Ah Yao and Huan Song came to Guangzhou.
The film also comes to the other half.
In the lights and greenery of Guangzhou, they live heavily.
Later, for the sake of money, Ah Yao decided to fly over the Pearl River with his life.
That day, he put on his helmet.
Wear a professional racing suit.
Below the Canton Tower, on the pearl river, ride an expensive locomotive and skim the long sky.
At the end of the story, how will he choose? When will the hometown return? Will dreams of rejoicing be shattered or will they come true?
There is a fatalistic answer to everything.
Han Han's story is always full of stamina.
A scene of blood in the air.
Two because of love and loneliness.
Three because of his humor.
His stem was unexpected.
For example, the male protagonist's name is Wu Renyao. His father's name was Wu Renteng.
A harmonic sound that no one wants, no one hurts. Listen to how speechless.
Wu Renteng is unreliable.
Everything is upside down.
Delivery.
Engage in "international trade".
When you come back, give Ah Yao a watch.
Ah Yao looked at it: "ROLEX." Rolex? ”
"Very close, RELAX. This E ah, a little faded..."
How affectionate life is, how immodest it is.
An aunt returned to the island with Wu Renteng. Seeing Ah Yao, he got angry.
"Didn't you say you didn't have children?"
"It's not a child anymore, it's an adult."
It's also a lot of fun to fall in love with.
While at the beach, the celebratory motorcycles sink into the sand. He rushed over to help.
Joy said, "You say, why am I trapped?" ”
"Because your throttle is bigger, the torque of the engine will go up in an instant, and your wheels will be idling."
"Then will you ever get caught up in it?"
Ah Yao laughed violently, "I didn't." Fools will fall into it. ”
Leave the hymn alone in the wind messy.
There is also Han Han's horn, which is also very witty.
On the island, legend has it that there is a very good showta brother, rich and capable, and everything can be settled.
As a result, the back under the big backlight turned around, and it was Huang Xiaoming.
He boasted about Haikou: "Something came to Guangzhou to find me." ”
When Ah Yao and they actually arrived in Guangzhou, they found him and found him as just a tower repairer.
"Yeah, showta brother, shutago, yes."
That's black humor.
The beautiful fantasies that life gives you will always be discounted when they are realized.
For example, Ah Yao's racing car.
For example, the drift of the two.
For example, he tried his best to create a miracle...
In the end, it was found that they were all overwhelmed.
Only love.
No compromise.
It's as hot as ever.
It gives 100% back to a pure, warm heart.
03
In the movie, there is a detail that Ah Yao falls asleep in a seaside hut.
There was a book on the pillow.
Maggie's Gift.
This secret detail actually fulfills the love of Ah Yao and Joy.
They paid attention to each other early.
They have a crush on each other, want to get closer and retract their hands.
Later, I broke it, or said less and did more. Give what you have, give silently. But because I have no experience, I am clumsy, I am dedicated to giving, and I always get the point.
In the film, they are wandering together in a foreign land.
When they rode motorcycles from the island to Guangzhou, they squatted in the corridors of an inn in the middle of the night. Because it is not early, I will leave again. The rooms were never in.
Ah Yao asked Huan Song, what is the home of your dreams like?
Joy said: Small, clean, with white walls and white cups, the carpet hair is very long, the windows do not have to fall to the ground, as soon as you open the window, you can see the neon in the corner...
It was what she wanted.
But Ah Yao, who has nothing, can afford to give, not a house. It's a blessing.
"Congratulations, I hope that every hotel you stay in the future will be early."
After arriving in Guangzhou, he paid her salary in advance and bought her a necklace.
But what she wanted more was not a necklace. It's two people together.
She gave everything she could to retrieve the motorcycle he had been dragged away.
But what he wanted was no longer the motorcycle. Instead, she took the ticket to the concert and went to see the show that was important to him.
What he wanted was to go to the beach with her to catch crabs.
But she thought he wanted a distant place.
What she wanted was not to let him worry.
He thought she wanted to develop on her own.
In "Maggie's Gift", the girl cuts off a long, shiny blonde hair, changes a strap, and gives it to the boy. The boy sold his watch, changed it into a comb, and gave it to the girl.
Ah Yao and the emotions of joy are exactly the same as those of them.
I gave my life to give.
You give as much as you can.
But in the end, it seems that everything is wrong.
That's why Ah Yao said, the fool will sink so deeply.
But they are all fools.
Are not slippery love field masters,
All naïve and clumsy.
But those expressions that are not clever are actually the love that is willing to give up their lives for the other party.
And this kind of feeling, in the current routine, PUA everywhere relationship, how rare. There is no intention of floating oil, only touching and deep truth.
Therefore, the core of the film is pure and shiny.
04
Many people say that the movie is very inflammatory.
And it's not just burning.
yes.
In "Four Seas", the other side of the dream is reality, hope is always across the door, and the other side of the mountain is still the mountain.
Ah Yao is still performing motorcycles.
Huan Song is still working as a waiter.
The road ahead is always difficult and stressful.
Sadly, there are no enemies.
Life and fate push the protagonist onto a wandering path.
On this road, he also had moments of glory. When Ah Yao flew over the Pearl River in Guangzhou, he stunned the whole world. Major social platforms are sensational and hot searches are frequent.
But the way he traveled, flying up into the sky, did not leave his name.
Guangzhou is so big.
The pace is so fast.
There are so many routines.
On the wandering trip in a foreign land, only the bamboo fly knew that he had come.
The "undefeated legend" is only in the hometown.
"Someone else's legend" is only in a foreign land.
But Ah Yao's attitude of joy and praise is not lost.
Ah Yao, who had worked hard, said to Huan Song: "I feel that the big city is not so difficult. ”
Because he always felt that this was not his home.
He was just passing by, not returning to people.
His hometown is on the island.
After paying off the debt, he took the joy and went back together.
At the end of the film, there is a scene in which Ah Yao crosses the sea breeze alone, riding the red motorcycle, and quietly walking on the seaside road.
This time, Forward is home.
Behind you is the distance.
He's still the guy.
But this time, he should stop panicking.
Hometown is always gentle. No matter what happened to you, when you return, there is always a light for the returnees.
Therefore, "Four Seas" uses a hot-blooded locomotive, with a humorous attitude, to say gray reality, to give gentle enlightenment:
Life is impermanent.
Don't be afraid, love it.
Like the lyrics of "Ordinary Road":
"Everything I once had, in the blink of an eye, drifted like smoke, until I saw the ordinary is the only answer." 」
"Four Seas" is also a footnote to this song.
Let the brilliant belong to the legend.
Let the ordinary belong to us.
Perhaps only in this way can we let go of our presuppositions, let go of the impetuous mentality, and love and rely on people in the original hometown, in the fireworks.
05
What is even more rare is that the film sees the loneliness of ordinary people.
Ah Yao is one of many sentient beings.
He had no parents around. Growing up alone. The name is casually chosen.
Grandma couldn't remember his name.
He has no friends and doesn't like to make friends.
The only friend, was a motorcycle.
In the dream-chasing journey, he was the only one.
After going to Guangzhou, he found that in order to be with Huan Song, they had to be separated.
Once upon a time it was loneliness.
Now it's lonely.
In the hustle and bustle of the city, they are like two wandering children, and no one can hear their hearts.
But who isn't lonely?
You are lonely.
Me too.
Looking around, there are all the worldly passers-by.
Because of this, we cherish love even more.
Knowing a person's difficulties, more eager to connect, but also cherish the unattainable true people.
Just like Ah Yao, from the departure, to the drift, to the return, he understands more and more that in fact, life is not easy, and what can accompany him has always been a beautiful and true love for him.
What the film presents is also life.
Many times, we travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, and finally find that what we want is all around us.
People who want to cherish are around.
Like the night they climbed over the mountains, they sat in front of the hotel and found that the house of their dreams was actually the one they could have entered.
And Ah Yao's dream of catching crabs can start at any time as long as he wants.
Don't miss it.
Time is always in such a hurry.
Fate is always so fleeting.
Cherish this time, love each other and take advantage of the moment.
07
the whole world.
What is Sihai?
In everyone's heart, there is a four seas.
Some people feel that he is helpless to drift around the world.
Some people think that it is a legend that spans the world.
Others feel that it is the home of the world.
No matter what your answer is, in the movie, it will explain a person's search, quest and return.
It tells us,
The world is big.
It's hard to dream.
Reality has its own beauty.
But true heroism is to love life after recognizing the truth of life.
When Ah Yao flew over the Pearl River, his mind suddenly appeared, no flowers, no applause, no paper drunken gold fans who had achieved fame.
It's all home.
The wind of the island, the advice of my father, and the small house on the quiet beach, lit up with a dim light.
That's his ultimate meaning.
When he understood, he made the choice to follow his heart.
Where the heart is attached, it is far away.
And when he returned from afar, the road was at his feet. Hometown is also far away.
Author: Zhou Chong