At the end of Shen Jiayi's wedding, the groom joked that "how do you kiss me to kiss the bride", so that when a group of classmates looked at each other, what flashed in front of the camera was Ke Jingteng rushing to the groom's fierce kiss. This moment makes a lot of you in front of the screen burst into tears.
No matter how clumsy it is, no matter how absurd it is, no matter how childish it is, even if it is meaningless, it is the mood that I want to convey in any way, so and so much love you. Only by loving someone like Ke Jingteng loves Shen Jiayi can we know how Ke Jingteng feels when an arrow rushes towards the groom.
The reason why first love is beautiful is not only because of the nostalgia of innocent emotions, but also because of the nostalgia of the person who is willing to give unconditionally and strive to become a better person.
When "Those Years" was released, youth films had not yet risen sharply in China, and the audience's initial impression of youth was retained as a whole, green onions, simple, ignorant, positive, and conveyed a positive and hopeful message. Looking back ten years later, this movie makes the still naïve boys feel empathy, but also makes the grown-up men feel related, and also makes girls and women who don't understand men's hearts feel the simple and pure love behind men's bravery.
On the way to pursue Shen Jiayi, Ke Jingteng chased after himself, a self who loves to learn, is willing to work hard, and is willing to pay. Perhaps from the perspective of depicting boys, the film devotes a lot of space to portraying a little change in the process of Ke Jingteng's serious study. Ke Jingteng, played by Ke Zhendong, is undoubtedly a little unreal, hard-working, intelligent and honest, responsible, and handsome, even if it looks the most childish point: running a fighting competition, it is because he wants to prove himself. This is almost non-existent in reality, he is more like the result of the nine knives' memories of himself at that time, too fond of and beautified.
This is the first film of the nine knives independent director, the degree of completion is quite good, perhaps shooting their own story, the characters basically have prototypes, the supporting characters can show their respective personalities, neither facial, but also very existential, neither taking the glory of the protagonist, but also blooming their own charm. This is a very rare thing for a novice director.
Another precious thing about the film is that it is real and a little idealized, such as Ke Jingteng's dream: to make the world a little different because of me. Although there is still the second half of the sentence, the first half of this sentence is more like the ideal of many teenagers: the world is different because of me. For example, Hu Jiawei, who insisted on drawing and drawing by relying on his hobby, finally became a cartoonist and became the person he wanted to be.
And this point of idealization makes the whole film bright, almost no gray emotions, the boys who pursue Shen Jiayi are strictly abiding by the rules, A He said that he wanted to take advantage of the danger, but also after Ke Jingteng told them that he fell out with Shen Jiayi, Lao Cao arrived a step late, saw them holding hands, and left on their own, all guarding the bottom line to fall in love. So when Shen Jiayi got married, those suitors could also really smile and bless, after all, for them, love is very important, but life is more than love.
The only regret of the whole film is that Ke Jingteng refused to let Shen Jiayi reply to his confession, in order to avoid being rejected, so he avoided the beginning. This manifestation of cowardice in love directly makes them miss the beginning of love, but it does not affect the continuation of their friendship.
This is an almost fairy tale youth film, it is dedicated to telling everyone how beautiful you and I were back then. Have you and I become the self I want to be the most?