After watching "Five Teenagers Who Splashed Water", I finally understood why this seemingly bland youth campus drama could catch fire, and its high rating was not an empty whim.
Because he has both the real campus youth and a vigorous youth dream that we have not realized. There is no denying that this film will really capture the hearts of the audience. It is precisely because we have not achieved it, so we always want to see how other people's youth is lived.
In recent years, there have been many youth campus idol dramas, so where is the true embodiment of "Five Splashing Teenagers"?
First, love is the point
Spring campus dramas always like to revolve around the love of school flowers and school grass, either the bully or the rich second generation, not beautiful or handsome, and their love is always with the maturity and old spicy of adults, saying touching lines like love field veterans, openly provoking parents, teachers and school authority.
But the five teenagers are not like this, he truly restored the young crush of our youth campus. Facing the person you like will be overwhelmed, and you will suddenly hide from the other party and not want the other party to see their own embarrassment and guess their own thoughts. It is carefully hidden, afraid that others will know, afraid of being laughed at.
Eventually, we may have liked it for three years, but the other person may never have known it. Maybe just like Zhang Wei in the film, just pluck up the courage to say two dispensable gossip to the people you like, and you already feel satisfied.
This is in that era of youth, most of our ordinary people like, more obscure, no disease, so when we think back, we always feel beautiful, although there are still regrets, but again, may not be willing to break this regret. Because what you can't get, it's always the best.
Second, dreams are based on fantasies
What were we doing in high school? Learn! Every day, there are countless exam papers and memorized books. Even between classes, I didn't dare to make a loud noise in the hallway, for fear of affecting my classmates who were still studying in the classroom.
Dreams are all based on fantasies, relying on youth campus novels rented from bookstores outside the school, fantasizing that you can also have a vigorous youth.
But the reality is that for most ordinary us, we don't have the courage to pursue and create a vigorous youth memory, so when we see five teenagers who are splashing in the water, we always hope that their dreams can be realized.
But the director also knows that reality is reality, no matter how hard and eager the children are, their dreams can't stand up to reality, and there are not so many lucky and reasonable people in reality, even teachers and principals can't break the rules.
So the boys' efforts are vulnerable to reality. But the blood of youth lies in the fact that it does not accept defeat, and it gives children the courage to take risks and fight for their dreams. So they created miracles for themselves on the stage without applause and no one to announce the curtain.
This also put an end to our once regrettable youth and gave us a chance to make up for it. After reading it, I can't help but think, if I could be braver and fight for myself once, what would happen?
Third, friendship is not a fight
"The friendship between boys is made by fists", this sentence leads to how many young children, which seems to have become a youth school drama, the only way to close the friendship between boys, the screenwriters are always very enthusiastic about this.
But "Five Splashing Teenagers" is not, and when I saw Goofy being surrounded, I subconsciously fell into the usual thinking routine. But the fight did not start, both unexpected and surprising, but also reasonable, very positive energy spread: we know each other's intentions, there is no need to fight.
What about the friendship of five boys? It still seems to be flat, but the relationship is indeed one step closer, not because of the fight, but because of the heart.
Not using boys' fights to bring friendships closer and challenge school rules and regulations is a big win for this film. So how did their friendship build?
Their friendship was earned through each other's sweat, hard work and hard work during the practice of flower travel again and again. If one person is not good, then practice hard in private and keep up with everyone's progress. And they don't complain about each other, they always encourage each other again and again, and never give up.
The only quarrel was also from outside pressure, they blamed each other as if venting, but quickly regained their composure due to the injury of their teammates. Very delicate treatment method, very positive energy spread. Well worth a look at as teenagers.
Children are not born mediocre
There are no children who are born mediocre, and if there are, there is a problem with the parents' way of educating. I've been reading parenting books lately, so I'm particularly touched by this.
Zhang Wei, a child who is mediocre in all aspects, and he himself does not feel anything bad, and even willing to be ordinary. Only occasionally in the words of the blow germinate a heart that wants to resist.
This also allows us to see the impact of a mother on the whole family and children, when the husband wants to fight for a high position, as a wife there is no encouragement, trust, only blows; when the child wants to try their own interests and hobbies, it is still a variety of negative blows.
It is precisely because of this distrust of children that children lose the motivation to work hard and slowly become willing to be mediocre.
With such a mother, Zhang Wei is unfortunate, but he is also lucky, he wants to break the spell of his mother, he wants to prove to his mother that he can do it. So the opportunity came, because the PE teachers dozed off during the meeting, so they had their only male flower parade.
From joining Huayou for the purpose of skipping class at the beginning, to being forced to train as a captain and leading the team, step by step, under the pressure of the environment and the situation, Zhang Wei slowly began to try to do a good job as a captain. This also allows us to see the heart of an ordinary person who is eager to change his destiny and change the status quo, but he lacks some encouragement and motivation.
The process is naturally bumpy, and you will want to give up, but as long as you persist, we will always win, just like Zhang Wei.
So this is also a good educational film, I hope we can also see our own shortcomings through this film, and no longer let ourselves become the resistance of children to move forward.
Finally, I just want to say: it's not that we don't have a chance to change our destiny, but many times before things start, we lose to our own lack of confidence.
If the first half of our lives are mediocre, why can't we start working now? Ten years, 20 years, 30 years? Life is still very long, and decades are enough for us to do one thing well. If we really don't want to live a life of blandness and want to change, we might as well start with this moment!
I'm not content with blandness, so I'm working hard! Come with me!