A journey that starts at four in the morning

Amelie 2022-12-18 16:31:55


I'm a snooze and wake up late. My husband once went out and texted me in the early morning, saying, "Morning is so good--ah I forgot, you don't know what morning means, right?" Ah no, I know sometimes. For example, when I went to Beijing last year, I sat for a long time with my colleagues and friends in a small bar deep in the hutong outside the Guozijian. When we returned to the hotel, it was almost four o’clock. Behind the camphor and elm trees, the blue sky gradually turned white and bright, and the cleaners began to clean The streets, the scent of leaves in the air smells of wet dew.

For another example, at the beginning of "Initial D". Jay Chou drove his car, driving under Qiu Ming Mountain, the road unfolded, the wind swept across the fields, and the scene was waking up from the fog, becoming clear little by little.

In Vientiane the day before yesterday, there was an article in Don Nuo who wrote: On a certain flight, Green told García Márquez: They will never give me the Nobel Prize because they think I sell books So good. I laughed loudly, and this sentence can be changed into a new paragraph: Liu Weiqiang said to Mak Zhaohui: They will never give us the Academy Award because they think our movies are selling too well. "Initial D" was released for two weeks, and it is said that the box office has exceeded 100 million. Jay Chou's fans cheered, and it is very appropriate to chase the remaining brave. In response to Huang Qiusheng's joke at the premiere, he said that the box office will be good , because the audience just screamed when they watched it for the first time, and didn't know what to say, so they had to watch it again. These words were extremely slick, and he gave Jay Chou a slap in the face, but he didn't have to go against his heart - he is an idol, others are actors, what else is there to say?

In all fairness, this is a commercial film that tries to please the audience, but the audience for this film is too young, and the young and senior film critics have put on a shyness and companionship to draw a clear line. Jay Chou's acting skills have become even more important. The Achilles Heel of Cinema. I like Edison Chen and Shawn Yue very much, not to mention Chen Xiaochun, Huang Qiusheng and Du Wenze. But maybe being poisoned by existence is reasonable, I actually think Jay Chou's jerky has a logical reason. Edison Chen's eyes are shining, Shawn Yue's smile is dazzling, and a quick glance in the dark makes people feel shining, reminding people of Gotanda-kun in high school written by Haruki Murakami, always elegant and eye-catching, even if only in chemistry class Polishing the alcohol lamp will attract the attention of female students.

However, are you really so lucky to spend your youth in such high spirits?

As most of us, when we were young, we were still like classmate Takumi. We always felt cramped, embarrassed, unconfident, overwhelmed, and vague. There are small blisters on my face, and I am always worried about how to get rid of them; my clothes are small, my body is still growing, I don’t know where to put my hands and feet; my heart becomes sensitive, my brain becomes confused, and I have a lot of thoughts, but I can’t express it. Zhu Yukou is like a tree that begins to branch in summer, hesitating in which direction to grow, and whether or not to bloom some flowers tomorrow. Someone used a knife to inscribe a tree trunk, and the tree would take a long, long time to erase those marks—or, never again.

And who has never had such a dream, those fantasies lying on the upper bunk of the dormitory, pretending to be Yang Guo, Linghu Chong, Count of Monte Cristo, Caesar, Batman, fresh clothes and angry horses, happy and grudge. In meditation, the protagonist who has been ignored, hurt, and betrayed fights back, and the whole world crawls and surrenders before him. The movie fulfilled this dream, and Tuohai tasted the pleasure brought by the speed, which slightly calmed the contusion of youth in the adult world represented by Mercedes-Benz.

This is a simple movie, Tuohai driving the AE86, casually surpassing Zhongli Yi with his own unaware of how amazing his drifting skills are, and suddenly disappearing, the car lights flicker on the ring road surrounded by the shadows of autumn famous mountains. now. He's still just an ordinary teenager in the prologue of what will likely be countless sequels. For me, in this movie, I saw the forgotten childhood days, like the journey that started at 4:00 in the morning, the wind was a little cold, the eyes could not open, but my heart felt beautiful, and the soul was slowly waking up , trying to find yourself.

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Initial D quotes

  • [after a car bumps into Itsuki's AE86 from behind while Itsuki learns how to drift]

    Itsuki Tachibana: Why is it kissing my ass?

  • Bunta Fujiwara: It's so nice having a woman in the house.

    [referring to Natsuki]

    Bunta Fujiwara: Oh... and in such a short skirt! If only it were two inches shorter...