"Homecoming", a new taste of pure love aesthetics

Author|Xie Minghong

Editor|Li Chunhui

What view of love do we need today? This is a proposition that is often written from literature to film and television.

Shu Ting said: "It seems to be separated forever, but they are dependent on each other for life. This is great love. "Small Times slips into the trap of money worship, declaring that love without material things is like a plate of scattered sand.

Mo Bao Feibao uses gentle brushstrokes to call for the return of pure emotions, writing in the novel "The Way Home": "Even if there is no love, with clean stories and people, it will be like getting the little mothballs that were thrown into the corner of the wardrobe by the family when they were young, making people moisture-proof, moth-proof, and degeneration-proof." ”

The urban pure love warmth drama "Homecoming", adapted from the novel of the same name, obviously also has this miracle effect of "mental tide prevention". iQiyi has taken the lead in the field of self-made dramas, and its Esni Studio has devoted itself to the production of the play. "The Way Home" (premiered on Hunan Satellite TV from March 14, broadcast simultaneously by iQiyi and Mango TV) is directed by Yu Cuihua and starring Jing Boran and Tan Songyun, telling the story of investment director Gui Xiao reuniting with explosive disposal special police Lu Yanchen ten years later, and the two broke the mirror to reunite to find the spiritual way home.

I have to say that innocent emotions do have the power to hit people's hearts. In iQiyi Station, the popularity value of "Homecoming" reached 8430, becoming the first place in the iQiyi Hit List, and won the daily crown of satellite TV live broadcast attention 3 times, the daily crown of Maoyan drama popularity list and the daily crown of Maoyan TV drama popularity list 2 times. At present, the popularity and viewership of this work are still rising, and there is quite a sales appearance of domestic pure love drama masterpieces. Looking at the infatuation and waiting of the male and female protagonists for more than ten years, it seems too vulgar to say "I believe in love again", but we should indeed believe in love. Because most of us are ordinary people, destined to be a supporting role in the river of time. But we have received too much education for the protagonist, what can satisfy our desire to play the protagonist? Only love.

What's more rare is that "Homecoming" not only satisfies our beautiful imagination of innocent love, but also explores a new way to open urban dramas between family warmth and family righteousness - love makes us believe that we are important to another person, and career makes us believe that we are important to the world.

Why is it always addictive to reunite

When they met again years later, the girl asked, "Do you remember me?" The boy said, "Remember, turn to ashes." The two who once loved each other finally suppressed the madness in their hearts with a calm tone.

Although the classic interpretation of the "broken mirror and reunited" terrier is "dog blood and sour", the adult-like self-restraint and undercurrent of "Homecoming" are more unique, and they immediately captured the audience's heart. When the two looked at each other at the door of the supermarket, the strong self-suppression and the small unwillingness and complaints were vividly displayed. Jing Boran and Tan Songyun interpret the complex emotions of reuniting after a long absence.

The subtle details of "Homecoming" are impressive, and the dramatic conflict and infectious power are stretched to the full. Both parties have the will to get back together, but they are always measured, and the words are cautious and tempting, which can be described as the ultimate push and pull of adult love.

Lu Yanchen silently watched the other party at the door of Guixiao's house, not daring to take the initiative. Gui Xiao was still refusing to go to the banquet, but as soon as he heard that Lu Yanchen was drunk, he immediately agreed. Lu Yanchen stretched out his hand to brush the snowflakes from his hair for Gui Xiao, and his hand was halfway up and retracted. How do you sing that lyric? "I want to touch your hair, it's just a simple temptation."

"Homecoming" adopts a multi-timeline narrative, through interspersed and flashbacks to depict the love at first sight and sweet details of the two. In the contrast between the past and the present, the love spanning more than ten years is more full and moving. This is not only the long-term renewal of love, but also the firmness of human growth.

When they were teenagers, one was a taciturn school grass, and the other was a deer-bumping schoolboy. The small details in the play are full of the pink bubbles of first love: the plot of Gui Xiao choosing to read the roll for fear of embarrassment at Lu Yanchen's house makes people dream back to the summer vacation. Lu Yanchen repaired the car, and Gui Xiao looked at him with adoration on the side.

After reunion, the two approached each other step by step, and the firm choice of adults to break through the worldly can better reflect the mature view of love than the ignorance of youth in youth. For example, in the face of the forced marriage of the Zhao family, Lu Yanchen did not make a promise to Gui Xiao at the first time. After he bravely withdrew from the marriage and took on his father's debts, he texted each other that "things started to settle".

This is the real sense of security, and Lu Yanchen, who cherishes words like gold, once again gave Gui Xiao confidence. And Gui Xiao did not question Lu Yanchen before the misunderstanding was solved, which was also a calm and safe way to deal with it. Different from the emotional drama that opens and closes, "Homecoming" shows the emotional ups and downs of the undercurrent, quietly mobilizing the audience's heart.

There are many excellent people around them, but they only have each other in their hearts. Going around in circles, time does not dilute everything, but brews a firm taste. When Lu Yanchen and Gui Xiao carefully maintained this fate, we also gained a sense of courage in our hearts.

Adults don't believe in love? Don't be silly, adults know that Camp is just an ordinary life. If there is any moment that can remain immortal in our hearts, it is definitely a love that belongs to us.

You guard your home country, and I guard you

Zhao Minshan's words to advise Lu Yanchen are especially like blind date routines on short videos. Who to live with is not a life, you have not been married do not understand. Everyone knows that you are in debt, who is willing to marry you. Even his best friend Meng Xiaoshan couldn't help but beat the mandarin duck to remind Gui Xiao not to have a hot brain.

From the perspective of economic accounts, Lu Yanchen, who has a troublesome father and is riddled with debt, is definitely not a good match. From the perspective of life experience, the special situation of explosive disposal work cannot give the object constant accompaniment. But in Guixiao, what she fancy is Lu Yanchen's unwavering choice for her, and the man's ambition and pride in Xu Guo.

It should be said that the standout of "The Way Home" is an inquiry into the concept of pure love and the concept of keeping the right marriage and love, and it is also a kind of lash against materialism. It has the sugar in intimate interactions, but it is also not lacking in the nutrients of family and righteousness. While showing the beauty of love, loyalty, and beauty, the series sublimates the entire story with the heart of a child. You guard your home country, and I guard you.

The "everyone" of "Homecoming" is nested with "small family", showing the righteousness of the family country in the warmth. Lu Yanchen is an explosion-proof policeman who has protected the people with his flesh and blood for ten years. Later, Lu Yanchen was injured, and Gui Xiao learned that he immediately rushed to protect him. Without Gui Xiao's understanding and support, it would be difficult for Lu Yanchen to devote himself to this ideal. When the other party goes out on a mission, Gui Xiao cannot know what the task is, when it will end, and whether it is safe, and this worry is the normal marriage she must face.

"The Way Home" shows the vivid details of the explosive disposal work, and the iron-masked captain Lu Yanchen uses extremely strict training methods to cultivate new talents in order to make no mistakes. When the team members are panting after climbing the stairs, they also have to complete delicate work such as paper cutting, which tests the calm and calm under physical exhaustion.

The plot of Lu Yanchen and the vice captain giving each other "bomb gifts" to each other is hilarious. Who made such a joke to Hard Candy-kun, let's go straight to the soul for nine days, okay? The special profession of explosive disposal removes the mystery under the depiction of "Homecoming", making it more respectable and lovely.

It can be said that "The Way Home" shows the spiritual world of youth prosperity in the new era from the dimensions of love, family and home country. They have both a mature outlook on love and an open-minded outlook on life. Lu Yanchen and Gui Xiao are the same in their views on the righteousness of the family and country, and this kind of spiritual fit that resonates with the melody of the times is also a new way to open urban emotional dramas.

When Lu Yanchen was once asked why he chose to detonate explosives, he first joked that "because it is more dangerous", but then firmly replied that "someone always has to do it". This sentence can be regarded as the common motto of all practitioners in high-risk occupations. They know the danger better than we do, but choose to go retrograde.

Open new horizons for romantic dramas

Many viewers said that the snowy scene section of "Homecoming" reunited in Qining has a sense of road film. Don't hide from everyone, Hard Candy Jun, a southerner, looks at it with relish. Whether it was the farewell of the two in the flying snow, or Lu Yanchen fighting with gangsters with his bare hands, Lu Yanchen warmed Gui Xiao's hands with milk tea, all of which produced a different sense of atmosphere because of the snowy scene.

"The Way Home" was filmed in Altay, Karamay, Beijing and other places in Xinjiang, highlighting the vast beauty of the motherland through the actual display of natural scenery. Whether it is the snowy Gobi or the alley landmark, on-site filming for different plots effectively increases the immersion of the drama, allowing the audience to deeply feel the beauty of home and country and the difficulty of special police personnel to defend home and country.

The rescue of trapped tourists in the play uses a top-down perspective. On the crimson Gobi ridge, rescuers and tourists are like a long dragon. The strong contrast between the characters and the scenery maximizes the meaning of rescue. In the face of grand nature, we seem small, but with the heroes who protect one side, any difficulties seem insignificant.

In addition to the quality assurance of on-site shooting, the integrity and innovation of "Homecoming" in creation is also worth paying attention to. On the one hand, the series attracts the core audience through the story of breaking the mirror and reuniting, and the audience witnesses the beauty of faithful love while sipping sugar. Many netizens said that because this drama remembered their first love, the barrage area often suddenly appeared memory killing, and Hard Candy Jun felt that the next step was to "be involved in a drama of a thousand miles of marriage".

On the other hand, the series has given greater social value to the small family through the core renewal, and comprehensively stimulated the audience's feelings of home and country. Compared with the thick theme of military travel, "Homecoming" is closer to daily life. There is a detail that Lu Yanchen discharged the explosion in the hotel where Guixiao was on a business trip, and in the place that Guixiao did not notice, Lu Yanchen protected the safety of the people. Many heroic deeds actually happen around us all the time, but we just don't find them.

"Homecoming" shows both the heroic side of the bomb disposal personnel and the fact that they are ordinary people of flesh and blood. Gui Xiao asked Lu Yanchen suspiciously, you also drink coffee, it is simply a question representative of the broad masses of the people. In addition to popular science, the play also disenchantment, and the explosive disposal personnel not only drink coffee, but also have their own interests. This kind of life-oriented character shaping narrows the psychological distance between the audience and the character.

In the past, urban emotional dramas only focused on the construction of personal intimacy, and the narrative mode has gradually solidified. And "Homecoming" opens the pattern of genre dramas through the injection of family righteousness. Home is the smallest country, and the country is tens of thousands. Love is beautiful, and it is even more beautiful to protect your home country together. You are responsible for defending your home and country, and I am responsible for making money to support your family, how is it not a new era of double strength?