There is a love brain hole:
If you witness a loved one dying in front of you, and you have a chance to cross over to go back and save him.
But you have to pay a very big price for it, and it is unknown exactly what it is.
Are you willing to desperately save someone you love?
Fantasy love that goes both ways
The above is the love proposition of the movie "Countdown to Love You".
The male protagonist Gu Yuxuan and the female protagonist Han Shuyan are lost childhood playmates, and when they grow up, they met again at the wedding of the heroine's girlfriend and came together.
After a sweet time, on Gu Yuxuan's birthday, Han Shuyan was accidentally killed by a falling scaffolding.
Heartbroken, Gu Yuxuan stumbled upon a way to reverse time. He decides to fight the gears of cause and effect with his flesh to save his lover.
In this era, it is difficult to attract the audience with ordinary candy, and "Countdown to Love You" is to add fantasy elements to love.
Gu Yuxuan and Han Shuyan, the two are like being dragged by fate, because of a doll "fixation" when they were children, even if they have been separated for more than ten years, they can still meet again in the vast sea of people.
Like all love fairy tales, as long as the destined pair meets, the sky will instantly flash fireworks, stars, roses, and the air is full of pink bubbles: Gu Yuxuan and Han Shuyan in the movie are like this, carousels, fireworks, and the confession of suit flowers, all of which make the girl's heart thump.
The professions of the two protagonists are also like the standard of idol dramas, one is a toy designer and the other is a cake chef. In addition to love, they support each other's dreams and move forward together.
Originally, it was a very good match and a beautiful pair.
But the wonder of the film lies in portraying the impermanence in love, like fate: backwards Trojan horses, falling fireworks... Because of an accident, they were separated forever.
Unable to accept the pain of losing her lover, Gu Yuxuan will return to the same day at all costs to save Han Shuyan.
Can he succeed? What will cost this?
What choice would Han Shuyan make if she knew the story of reversing time?
As with all time reversal themes, once the protagonist enters the gears of time, he must change the details of things because of his series of different choices.
Counting down again and again, each time fate deviates a little, can their firm will rewrite the ending?
The charm of fantasy romance films is that they are worried while sipping sugar, and they don't know the ending direction until the last moment, which is beautiful and fantastic, which makes love have several layers of imagination.
Why love through time
Still moving in this day and age
Because layers of anti-transfer people can't stop, crossing time to save love/save love is a big killer in love movies.
Counting forward, there is the classic Japanese drama "Marriage Proposal Battle" in 2007, a youth memory belonging to the post-80s.
Ken Iwase, played by Tomoku Yamashita, finally learned how to love through 11 crossings. When he gave up crossing and didn't want the result and just wanted to sincerely wish the heroine happiness, he really rewrote the ending.
"Marriage Proposal" was a drama sixteen years ago, and it was already popular many times at that time.
In recent years, "EU Overtime Mission" and "Golden Night Mansion" in Hong Kong dramas are also similar themes, and the male and female protagonists cross again and again, that is, to fight fate and rewrite life.
Including this "Countdown to Say Love You", it is still a story of reversing time to save your lover. Why is love through time still attractive in 2023?
A very important reason is people's regret for the fragility of beautiful things, and their obsession with the word "regret".
Every time the love that crosses through, the male and female protagonists have a very deep bond. "Marriage Proposal" is a childhood sweetheart, and "Countdown to Love You" is a childhood playmate.
They already had an emotional foundation when they were young, and when they grew up, they finally reunited, and they still maintained the same affection between each other.
Such pure and beautiful feelings, like a story from a fairy tale book. As an audience, of course, I hope that they can last for a long time.
The bond between them is not just love.
Gu Yuxuan had an unpleasant experience growing up, and this love redeemed him.
Because of Han Shuyan, there is more light and joy in his life. And Han Shuyan, because of Gu Yuxuan, has the courage to work hard for her dreams.
Gu Yuxuan and Han Shuyan are the ideal looks of love in our hearts.
But fate likes to trick people and tear beautiful things apart.
Most of the world's love is Lan Yin, and there are enough regrets in life, so everyone likes to overcome impermanence in film and television dramas and literary works to make up for regrets.
What cannot be made up for in reality, the protagonist in the movie can do, this is the dream-making ability of crossing the theme.
Crossing again and again, just to get a little closer to each other. Seeing the two in the film so desperate to save each other, even at a huge cost, this courage to challenge fate itself is very moving.
In love, they are determined and brave.
On the other hand, because of unknowable fate, they understand the importance of "love in the moment".
In the first half of the film, Gu Yuxuan struggled in the whirlpool of growth, and he gradually made Han Shuyan feel alienated and indifferent when he carried everything alone, seeing that the relationship between the two began to come to an end, a separation made him wake up, and several crossings made him empty himself and seriously think about the nature and ultimate goal of love.
But what I admire most is actually what this era lacks, the uncompromising attitude to a certain destined ending, and the steadfastness and courage to go for it.
Knowing that there was pain in front of them, Gu Yuxuan and Han Shuyan still stepped into the same river again and again without hesitation, trying to use their own strength to fight fate.
Their strong willpower also gave us some inspiration: are there many things, if we can work harder, the outcome will be different?
The practical meaning of fantasy love
Fantasy love, in addition to the romantic plot of the girl's heart, the fairytale-like dating atmosphere of time flow, also has practical significance.
Although time reversal is fictional and we can't do it in reality, their solution to the problem is not illogical. Their approach to love will also have a reference for us.
Like in the drama version of "Want to See You", Huang Yuxuan's choice is to burn the cassette.
Only if she and Li Ziwei do not meet at the wrong time, everyone may survive. She chooses to give up the "confused" love at the moment and believe in the farther future.
"Countdown to Love You" is actually a similar treatment.
Gu Yuxuan and Han Shuyan also made a more rational choice to prevent the tragedy from happening. (In order not to spoil, I will not specifically describe how they changed their fate here)
Crossing again and again is actually to allow them to better clarify the full picture of this relationship and each other's life situation.
The problem to be solved is often "we meet at the wrong time". This is also a difficult problem that many real-life loves will encounter: when there are too many heavy obstacles from reality in front of a relationship, do we have to fight hard and break the blood?
If you can let go of obsessions and let time witness each other's growth, maybe we will usher in a better encounter?
Sister E's epilogue
Love, like fate, has too much uncertainty.
But the time reversal fantasy love story is in the process of confrontation with the "definite ending" again and again, changing and making up for the regret and pain caused by those uncertainties.
The last 30 minutes of "Countdown to Love You" are full of surprises, and the heroine saves in reverse instead of waiting for salvation, and finally achieves "two-way rush".
As Nolan said in "Interstellar", love is a transcendent existence that can change destiny.
Perhaps time reversal does not exist, but in our time, we still need idealized love like "Counting Down to Love You", so that we can see a little more hope and face the reality that is not beautiful enough.
Romance is sometimes the antidote to life.
"Countdown to Love You" is ready to be released on April 28, and pre-sales have now opened. Whether it's a couple dating or a team of friends, if you still want to experience the sweetness and throbbing brought by the reversal of time, brave rushing, regret and cherishing, you can enter the cinema on May Day to try eating this fantasy-themed love movie.
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