The Taiwanese movie "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" is a film adapted from the autobiographical novel of the same name by the well-known Taiwanese internet writer Nine Swords Dao. It tells the pure love story of a high school boy in Taiwan who pursued a girl for 8 years without success. This is a story that happens in different times, in different cities, and on different campuses. Simple plot, simple techniques; no deliberate beautification, no obvious sensationalism. But the plot is real and delicate, the scenes are warm and moving, the emotions are rich and full, the filming shows the feelings of a shy boy, a cool and dewy youth, and a lighthearted comedy color. Set off a "hurricane of youth" in the mainland.
The first half of the film is bright and full of sunshine
In 1993, Ke Jingteng (Ke Zhendong), a boy from the high school department of Jingcheng Middle School in Changhua, Taiwan, slept in get out of class, and was playful after class, cynical and careless. He was punished by the teacher to sit in front of Shen Jiayi (played by Chen Yanxi), a girl with excellent grades and strict self-discipline in the class, for her prank, and she was monitored on her behalf. As long as he didn't study hard, Shen Jiayi would lightly poke his back with a pen, and his clothes were stained with ink.
Ke Jingteng has a group of buddies from middle school to high school, who share the same taste and never give up - Lao Cao (Ao dog), Xu Bochun (Yan Shengyu), Gaibian (Cai Changxian), Fatty Ah He (She Shaowen), They both like Shen Jiayi, who has two dimples on his face, clear eyes, sweet voice, and pure and pleasant. Several boys showed their magical powers and chased her in their own way - some people deliberately used basketball to show their manliness, some people turned into low-level magic and always used gangs, some people played instruments downstairs in the middle of the night, some people silently cared about her...
Shen Jiayi forgot to bring her English book, Ke Jingteng threw his book to her for emergency care, and was scolded and punished by the teacher. Shen Jiayi felt deeply guilty, and gave him a "love exam" to help him with his homework in a coercive way.
Ke Jingteng stayed at school with Shen Jiayi to study at night, and practiced English in the middle of the night, so that he could "scold" with his neighbors in English. Under the supervision and encouragement of Shen Jiayi, Ke Jingteng's performance improved rapidly. He also fell in love with Shen Jiayi from the bottom of his heart.
Because the class fee was stolen, the instructor wanted to search the schoolbags of the classmates. Ke Jingteng took the lead in protesting. Shen Jiayi also disobeyed the instructor's order with everyone.
Before the test, two people make a bet that whoever takes the first place in the test can beat the other person. Ke Jingteng, who voluntarily shaved his head, saw a dimpled smile on Shen Jiayi's ponytail even after winning the exam, and his heart overflowed with warmth. This was a secret that only belonged to two people.
In the summer of graduation, several people traveled to the seaside, played in the sea, sat on the dam and chatted about their dreams. Ke Jingteng said: "I want to be a very powerful person, and let the world change a little bit because of me." Shen Jiayi, who had always had excellent grades in the college entrance examination, failed to perform well. She called Ke Jingteng sobbing and cried. Weeping bitterly on the shoulders of Ke Jingteng who came over. Ke Jingteng hesitated for a long time, patted her on the back, and gave her a hand-painted T-shirt with the words: "you are the apple of my eye (you are the apple of my eye)."
The faint clouds, the blue sky, the rolling waves, the bright and warm colors, and the relaxed and happy atmosphere are the most beautiful scenes in the whole film.
The second half of the film exudes a touch of melancholy and melancholy
Ke Jingteng and Shen Jiayi studied at their respective universities and maintained close contact.
On the first date with Shen Jiayi, Ke Jingteng did not have the courage to confess.
Before Christmas, he called Shen Jiayi, could he not dance at the welcome party, "Don't let other boys hold your hand, I haven't done it before."
They traveled together, looking up at the high sky and flying the huge Kongming lanterns carrying their dreams, Ke Jingteng said reverently: "Shen Jiayi, I like you very much, I like you very much, one day, I will definitely catch up with you! Ten million will definitely catch up with you." Shen Jiayi smiled: "Do you want to know the answer? I can tell you now." Ke Jingteng resisted: "No! I didn't ask you, so you can't refuse me either. "
Ke Jingteng called a free fighting competition and invited Shen Jiayi to watch the competition. He thinks this is the best moment to show the strength of a man, while she thinks he likes to fight. In the pouring rain, Shen Jiayi looked at the injured Ke Jingteng and cursed him loudly in distress. His self-esteem was bruised and he walked away. She shouted from behind: "Idiot!" He rushed into the heavy rain: "I'm an idiot!" She stomped her feet and cried, "Damn idiot!" !"
The emotions of the two people broke out in the heavy rain, and the words out of control caused irreversible feelings. The relationship between the two became ordinary friends after the heavy rain, and gradually faded away.
At this time, Ah He, who was mature in appearance, approached Shen Jiayi. During the date, Ah He talked about the future, but Shen Jiayi kept looking at a couple outside the window. Lao Cao, who also pursued Shen Jiayi, rode a motorcycle around the treasure island, saw Shen Jiayi and Ah He dating, and fought with Ke Jingteng.
Two years later, on the night of the "9·21" earthquake, Ke Jingteng's first thought was Shen Jiayi's safety. Familiar voices are reassuring. But she already had another man by her side.
The two recall the joy and sweetness of the past. He asked her, "Do you believe in a parallel space? Perhaps, in another parallel space and time, we are together." Ke Jingteng put down his beloved girl indifferently and calmly. After he was admitted to the graduate school, he began to write and became a well-known network writer. Other friends have also made their own way.
At the end of the movie, there are tears in laughter, sadness but not sadness
One day, Ke Jingteng received a call from Shen Jiayi and was the first to announce his marriage to him.
Other classmates and friends also attended Shen Jiayi's wedding as guests. Seeing that the girl who has been chasing for many years has become someone else's happy bride, everyone has mixed feelings and coaxed to kiss the bride.
The seemingly simple and honest but cunning groom said, "Kiss me how you want to kiss the bride."
He thought it was an "impossible mission". Unexpectedly, Ke Jingteng rushed in front of the groom with a brisk stride and pushed him to—the feelings of these years were poured into this strange and peculiar action that stunned everyone. The bride looked at the entangled two men who loved him and smiled knowingly.
This is the biggest laugh point of the movie, and also the biggest tear point, bringing the story to a climax.
At the end of the picture, the eyes and sincere smiles of Ke Jingteng and Shen Jiayi staring at each other, as well as the 8 characters "Happy Newlyweds, My Youth" written by Ke Jingteng to Shen Jiayi's red envelope, give this love story a connotative and novelty. Refined theme.
The password of youth, the mystery of youth, is difficult to guess and solve, so the two inevitably drift further apart - in this once unforgettable love, Ke Jingteng was not brave enough, confident, Shen Jiayi reserved, proud, they never did. Holding hands, not kissing. In fact, when they released the Kongming lantern together, Ke Jingteng didn't know that Shen Jiayi wrote on the other side of the Kongming lantern: Let's be together. Moreover, if Shen Jiayi stayed when Ke Jingteng rushed forward in the heavy rain that day, the ending would be rewritten. It's just that life has no ifs. If you miss a step, you miss it forever, and there is no time to look back. Just like Rene Liu sang in "Later": "Some people will never miss it again..."
Is this the price of youth?
Movie-watchers relive the old dreams of youth, the echoes of the years "Those Years" is like a time machine, every story, every picture, every detail, has a magical power, peeling back the beauty or bitterness of the past. First love memories, looking for those who have collided with their hearts.
The concept of love, scene setting, character relationship, dialogue between lines, the simplicity and purity of the boy's eyebrows, and the girl's light smile all bring the reverie of beauty, the infection of beauty, and correspond to their own unique memories, recalling the past. Secrets and past figures.
Maybe every girl used to be Shen Jiayi, and every boy used to be Ke Jingteng. If you were more confident and persistent at that time, wouldn’t it be possible to separate? If they were more mature and tolerant at the time, would they have been together? If there is really a parallel space, is there no more regrets in life?
But love and madness, concern and warmth, childishness and fragility, pride and restraint, the youthful years we have experienced together, those laughter and tears, the initial throbbing and touching in life, are feelings that youth cannot give up, and life cannot be erased. Memories.
Years have passed, and the wind has been light.
Some people once miss it and never again. But the sad love story has made a novel classic and a movie legend.
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