Just finished reading "My Gifted Girlfriend", the first part of the Naples tetralogy, and went to watch the first season of My Gifted Girlfriend on Youku. The TV series is very restored to the original novel, and it is obvious which plots have been deleted by Youku. But I don't feel very sorry for these deleted pictures, after all, I will definitely feel very uncomfortable after seeing them. For example, the pictures of Elena being molested by the father of the boy she likes, etc., just read it once in the book and already feel mad and nauseated.

But I still think it's really cool that this work can be made into a TV series. In the book, Elena went to the small island of Ischia to spend her summer vacation. The book described in detail the appearance of the island, the temperature of the sea, the blowing of the sea breeze and so on. But I haven't seen the sea yet, and my imagination is still very limited. The description of the island in the book also passed me quickly, and I was not particularly impressed. But when I started watching TV series, such a small island appeared so clearly in front of my eyes. The scene where Elena is lying on the table facing the sea and writes a letter to Lena, when Elena leaves the island by boat and sees the Italian stone house inlaid on the island... I can't help but think that in In another corner of the world on the other side of the ocean that I have not been to, there are still many talented girlfriends living their lives. They are still fighting, they do not need the protection of others, they are independent and unique existences, they do not need to depend on anyone, they are all my genius girlfriends.

Lately, I've become more and more interested in watching movies, novels or TV shows about women. What attracted me a lot in the past were anime dramas, especially love dramas or juvenile dramas. When I was in college, a friend recommended me "Fullmetal Alchemist", a hot-blooded juvenile anime. I found that what I paid most attention to was not the male protagonist Edward, but the female Wendy beside him. But when I watched more than 30 episodes, I found that I couldn't get interested in watching it anyway. I found that in this juvenile show, the theme melody is to introduce Edward's juvenile growth process, and Wendy's role is to fill the absence of Edward's need for a robotic arm repairer. Wendy worked hard to practice her repair skills in order to be Edward's reliable backing. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, everyone can define what the value of their existence is, and the value of existence that Wendy defines for herself is to help Edward grow forward. But for me, such female characters always give me a very powerless and sad feeling. The meaning of female existence that this anime conveyed to me seems to be an existence that has become an appendage of men. I couldn't feel Wendy's thoughts, she seemed like a made-up character, pale and powerless. I am also a woman. In real life, I can assure you that every woman has her own mind. Even though sometimes you may need to rely on men financially and physically, there will always be a corner in your mind to keep self-independence. What is independence? To be independent is to think about yourself and live for yourself. But Wendy is clearly not such an independent woman.

This is also the most attractive part of "My Gifted Girlfriend". Compared with Edward, the male protagonist of "Steel Alchemist", women actually have more steel and tougher qualities than men. That's why when I watch "My Brilliant Girlfriend", Elena and Lena always give me a kind of tenacity that wants to be persistent. Even "Alchemist" emphasizes the tenacious struggle of men in the face of hardships, but there is always a feeling of powerlessness hovering around me, I feel that Edward and Wendy are separated from me, our There is no intersection in life, and they cannot be found at all in real life. But "My Gifted Girlfriend" is closely linked to me. My vision extends beyond novels and TV shows. I find that every woman around me is my gifted girlfriend.

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Every woman around me is my genius girlfriend

Earl 2022-12-18 20:24:01

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Adalberto 2022-04-22 07:02:01

3.5; The original work has a high degree of reduction. The slum scenes and group dramas are even more intense than the text, and the class differences and conflicts are more prominent. The trend of their own interests or the position of their own camps lead to group differentiation and standing in line, gradually in a large number of trivial events. Clearly, the debate about religion and partisanship in the classroom can be seen as a vague implantation in the wider social context. The two living flowers that are mirror images of each other, the soul staring that mirrors each other (a lot of eye drama is the highlight), realizes the joy of recognition, the tearing of contradictions and the sharp sting of jealousy in each other, carrying the same dream of escape, but deep in the original The bonds of family and the swamp of interpersonal relationships in the neighborhood. Having a friend like Lila is dangerous. You can be crushed to the point of losing your confidence or burnt by its light. You can only be a better version of yourself.
Elinor 2022-04-23 07:06:24

"Jealousy and calculation often appear in women's friendships, not because girls are inherently mean, but because they have long found that there is no chance of winning against men in their cruel existence. Only by crushing the same sex despicably can they grab a little pitiful profit." This drama is better than the original, the boundary of fireworks disappears, the teacher changes, the last episode Lila said to Elena, you must read and keep reading, it is a kind of you struggling for me, You walked out of Naples for me, and the expectation of E is a kind of despair for my own situation.