To our lost youth

In some movies, not to see other people act, but to see one's own life. For most people, getting old may still be in the future, but who hasn't been young! Therefore, "33 Days of Broken Love" can have 3. 300 million box office, and "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" swept Hong Kong and Taiwan, and also created a box office miracle. Countless people share their youthful frivolity on the Internet. All the memories of the school came to my face, and the movie was like a catalyst. As soon as the needle went down, all the past things appeared in front of me. For someone like me who has been away from campus for more than 10 years, because of this film, I think of my ignorant first love, the classmates I used to get along with day and night, all kinds of absurd, funny, sad and boring youth past events, all like dust floating like. If "33 Days of Broken Love" only focuses on young women's brokenhearted feelings, then "Those Years" is about all campus memories. Although the film also uses an unforgettable first love as the emotional context throughout, but in addition, all details about the school are vividly restored. To be more precise, it is a vivid restoration of high school and college. So in terms of technique, this film is almost equal to zero, it is a series of memory fragments, unfolding from the subjective perspective of the male protagonist, and the rhythm is inevitably scattered, but these cannot stop the unique charm of the film---with real details, evoke The common memory of most people, coupled with the natural performance of the actors, it is only natural that this film can become what it is now. Undoubtedly, youth films are not easy to shoot. How to combine the creator's individual feelings with the group experience of moviegoers requires wisdom and courage to grasp the scale of this aspect. "Those Years" is the personal autobiography of the director Nine Swords, so true that even the actor's name is the same as the real name of Nine Swords, called Ke Jingteng. The girl he chased with his brothers was named Shen Jiayi, who worshipped him like a goddess from beginning to end. Because of the truth and the continued popularity of the film, Shen Jiayi's real prototype was even searched by human flesh, and it turned out that she was just an ordinary-looking woman, and Ke Jingteng himself (that is, nine knives) was also a plain-looking man. But what about knowing the truth? Watching this film is about collective nostalgia. We have already blurred the line between reality and fiction, choosing to magnify the details of those shared experiences while automatically ignoring the rest. For example, everyone has a nickname; every bad student has a good relationship; every class has a fat man; every boy has a handjob. After graduation, they all went their separate ways; every first love ended in vain. For the college entrance examination, I studied in the dark and dark; when I entered the university, I was confused. The summer of graduating high school, going out for a long trip at 18, became the flashiest passage in memory, and so on. Everything about the school is like an old photo clipped on a string, each one is so vivid, recording our growth and transformation, boredom and infatuation. Nowadays, this string is instantly activated because of a film, and the ensuing enthusiastic pursuit has little to do with the film itself. Whether it is Ke Jingteng or Shen Jiayi, we all reflect on ourselves. The people sitting in that class were not so much the actors in the play as they were you, me and him in memory. Of course, a movie is always a movie, and no matter how real it is, there are bound to be exaggerations. For example, handjobs in class; high school boys walking around naked in front of their mothers at home, etc. These scenes seem a little weird. However, because of the previous foreshadowing, these less common phenomena have also become a link that everyone talks about. In fact, Taiwanese movies have always been without a campus style, "The Blue Gate", "Midsummer Light Years", "The Secret That Can't Be Said"... But they are not as popular as "Those Years". what reason? I think the story of the Nine Knives is more real, more universal, and more subjective. He cuts in from the perspective of a boy, but he does it all. Ke Jingteng studied hard under the inspiration of Shen Jiayi. His white shirt was covered with ballpoint pens stamped by Shen Jiayi. He drew graffiti all over his middle school textbook. He broke up with Shen Jiayi in college. They walked out of campus, cut off contact; they met at each other's wedding. This is really a replica of how many campus legends. In the end, the kiss at the wedding was so impressive. I have to admire the whimsy of the nine knives---enough, ruthless, and decisive! The flashback here is just right, life is not long, memory is full, all kinds of past, now come back. What could be more cruel, true, romantic, and bloody than this ending? And absolutely no spoilers (don't worry, despite what I've written, it's still not completely spoiler). The whole film was also ignited again because of that kiss. Just like playing a game, you can't really say anything except for being addicted to it. Still that sentence, I can't tell what's so good about "Those Years"? I can't even describe the awesomeness of this film in cinematic language. There is no doubt that Nine Swords is a film novice, and this is his directorial debut. This is especially true for actors, who are all new faces with little acting experience. However, this is also their greatest charm - sincerity, freshness and passion. Just like our youth, in retrospect, no matter what, it is the only one in the world that belongs only to you! But not as popular as "Those Years". what reason? I think the story of the Nine Knives is more real, more universal, and more subjective. He cuts in from the perspective of a boy, but he does it all. Ke Jingteng studied hard under the inspiration of Shen Jiayi. His white shirt was covered with ballpoint pens stamped by Shen Jiayi. He drew graffiti all over his middle school textbook. He broke up with Shen Jiayi in college. They walked out of campus, cut off contact; they met at each other's wedding. This is really a replica of how many campus legends. In the end, the kiss at the wedding was so impressive. I have to admire the whimsy of the nine knives---enough, ruthless, and decisive! The flashback here is just right, life is not long, memory is full, all kinds of past, now come back. What could be more cruel, true, romantic, and bloody than this ending? And absolutely no spoilers (don't worry, despite what I've written, it's still not completely spoiler). The whole film was also ignited again because of that kiss. Just like playing a game, you can't really say anything except for being addicted to it. Still that sentence, I can't tell what's so good about "Those Years"? I can't even describe the awesomeness of this film in cinematic language. There is no doubt that Nine Swords is a film novice, and this is his directorial debut. This is especially true for actors, who are all new faces with little acting experience. However, this is also their greatest charm - sincerity, freshness and passion. Just like our youth, in retrospect, no matter what, it is the only one in the world that belongs only to you!

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