"The First Incense" - Film Review

ZHL1988 Art Space

I haven't seen the original, I've only watched the movie. So only from the perspective of the movie to appreciate, this movie is more about the individual, there is no big love, there is no small love, more about people's selfish desires, so this article put aside the big environmental background, focus on the perspective of people to analyze.

About Veron:

From the first time she wrote to her aunt, she knew it was a gamble, that the original idea was wonderful, and that she had just graduated smoothly.

From the moment she wrote the letter, she began to choose her own lifestyle. It is not so much that the environment has changed Wei Long, but rather that Wei Long has taken the initiative to choose her own life and choose her own way of life.

To put it mildly, she needs both a high-society life and pure love, and when the illusion of love is shattered, she chooses the life of high society.

But entering Mrs. Liang's social circle, many ideas are changing.

It is not so much that Mrs. Liang let her choose the final way of life, but rather that Wei Long herself chose this way of life.

People's ideas are affected by the environment, but the ability to stop losses in time is not available to everyone, there is no complete personality core, and external interference will clarify the choice in the heart.

The relationship between Veron and Georgie Joe is a symbiotic relationship in which they use each other's needs. She needs to marry Georgie Joe because she needs the identity of Mrs. Joe in order to get her existing life and social circle.

Whether Wei Long loves Kijo or not, in fact, he doesn't love it. Loving Jojo is just a sign to sustain her existing life.

Wei Long has several opportunities to leave Hong Kong and return to Shanghai to start her life again, because she cannot face the real-life situation, such as the delay of the heavy rain, such as being crowded onto the ship, the box is opened on the ground, and she is ridiculed. It wasn't the life she wanted. So from the moment she threw away the box, she chose her lifestyle.

The reason for Wei'er to stay, Wei Long's idea is that since I can't stop your Qiqiao from being outside, it is better to let Qiqiao stay at home, in a place where I can see, a place I can control. It is both a humiliation of Wei'er and a disguised control of Qiqiao.

About Kijo:

Qi Qiaohao is not afraid to say that he is a scumbag, especially when he sees Wei Long, and keeps himself away from himself. When you say that you are a person who will not marry, and that you are not suitable for marriage, this statement makes you stand on the moral highest point. Don't get close to me, it's irresponsible to get close to me. Although I am scum, the light of the scum is justified. But every act and action he makes is attracting and seducing the woman she wants.

When Qi Qiao saw Wei Long, it was only the childish feeling of Wei Long as a student when he first saw him. The person Kijo wants is only a brief pleasure with each woman, and he will choose a woman with a different personality and appearance. All women are just prey to her.

Why did he marry Veron?

Kijo was not welcomed by his father, and his property was not much. Marrying Wei Long can not only meet his needs for money, reputation, and status, but also facilitate himself to find the woman he wants. So what's not to like about marrying Veron?

Kijo can't make a single promise or cheat on Veron, and that's probably the subtlety of the movie: all my choices are telling you, I'm not forcing you to do anything, it's your own choice. Including Mrs. Liang did not advise Wei Long to stay or go, I just told you my opinion, the choice is up to you.

Regarding the relationship between Wei Long and Situ Xie, Qi Qiao may actually mind at a certain moment, but this kind of mind is not worth talking about compared with personal selfish desires. What ability and qualifications does he have to question and blame Wei Long, and what ability does he have to make Wei Long choose everything better.

About Lu Zhaolin

Zhaolin actually had no purpose at first, but he understood his class and situation, but at the suggestion of Mrs. Liang, he quickly reached an acquiescence relationship with each other. Because he needs money and he needs connections, it is also a "win-win" to achieve what he needs with His own flesh and Mrs. Liang.

About The Eye

Wei'er, even if she is a more transparent person, she understands her own status and situation, and she can also perceive everyone's mind and state. Having a relationship with Kijo, she knows that After Veron knows everything, she has done a timely stop loss, and she understands that Viron is a poor person, especially herself. For Xiao'er, it is more about surviving in such an environment.

About Ji Jie

She was a transparent person, she chose her own life, and she chose to be a nun later.

About The Eye view

She is a character with a relatively distinct personality, she is eager to change the class, she knows that everyone hides in the bright and beautiful unknown side, she looks down on Mrs. Liang's behavior, and she is not willing to accept her current class.

Therefore, why Mrs. Liang can have such a high-quality life in such a way, and why she uses such a way, it is indeed such an identity. So she has dissatisfaction with reality and powerlessness about her present.

About Mrs. Leung

This character is still very three-dimensional, and she knows how to use everything she has to make her life better. She can use the current environment to create everything she wants to create for herself. Every rule is well mastered. When she first became the fourth aunt, she chose her own life and chose her own way of life. Instead of living humbly, it is better to choose the best way of life, whether it is unbearable or depraved, she shows herself in front of the people in the best posture.

About the perception

After watching the movie, I was a little confused on the spot, what this movie said. There are no dreams and ideals described in this, so there is less blood and passion, and there is no home and country feelings. Talking about people's selfish desires, but also feeling that it is impossible to portray that extreme selfish desire, can not reach the climax of emotions and emotions, so it is neither cheerful nor unreasonable. If you use the metaphor of color, it is not black or white, only gray, moderate gray. If you use food to describe it, it is tasteless and it is a pity to abandon it.

It describes an individual desire, which is not so dark in contrast to universal values. So the look and feel of this movie is a sense of powerlessness and a sense of laziness. There is neither positive energy nor excessive rendering of negative energy (the negative description in the film is so obscure that the viewer can guess and get the answer). Just like the rainy season, the constant humidity and mold, this is the climate that must appear in the south throughout the year. The movie just holds a magnifying glass, magnifies a part of the lust in human nature, does not magnify a lot, just zooms in a little bit to describe.