After reading some movie reviews, they said that it was not like several movies with the subject matter, that it failed to highlight the tragedy of the times, that it reflected a personal tragedy that was greater than the tragedy of the era, and was not profound enough, that it was too warm and lacked the evil side of human nature, that it did not bring life to life. Speak through...
Seeing this, I can't help but want to write something to call it injustice.
For those who say it fails to highlight the tragedy of the times, I would say that there is a personal tragedy that is the tragedy of the era. That's right, Youqing's death, Fengxia's death, each loss seems to be a personal tragedy. Fugui and Jiazhen have been regretting it. It would be great if they didn't let Youqing go to school. Just eat so much buns and drink so much water. But I don’t think any audience will ignore it. The reason why Youqing went to school was because the school had to make steel, the reason why Youqing fell asleep at the base of the wall was because it was too tired to make steel; the reason why Fengxia died was because of the hospital It was occupied by a group of students because Professor Wang had not eaten for three days. No one in the movie questioned this era, and no one questioned the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Think carefully, isn't this the reality of that era? The scary thing about that era was not that people couldn't resist, but that people were so numb that they didn't realize that their misfortune was a problem of the times, and they were so numb that they didn't realize that they should resist.
For those who say it is too tender, I would like to say that there is great sadness when there is great joy. That's right, at first I thought that there must be some kind of cannibalistic and tragic plot in such a theme, and there must be distortions and sins of human nature. But no, there is warmth and even humor in the movie from beginning to end. Long Er is not a bully who turns his face and doesn't recognize people, he gave Fugui a box of shadow puppets; Mayor Niu is not an unreasonable leader, he left Jiazhen's kettle and Fugui's shadow play; People, he deeply blamed himself for killing Youqing; Erxi was not a Red Guard who was dazzled by the revolution, he found Professor Wang who was criticized for his wife. This is not like those stories of sadness to the end, which don't scream "there will be no more laughter on his face from now on", but it makes me feel more real and more shocking. No one's life is really only misfortune and no moments of laughter. Humans are such tenacious creatures, even if time cannot completely remove the scars from our hearts, most of the time we still choose to live. Losing a son, and even a daughter, you would think that Fugui and Jiazhen should send the white-haired man to the black-haired man, and it would be painful, but Laomouzi didn't show us this side, he let us see the old couple with their son-in-law, The grandson went to the grave and ate, saying that Professor Wang only eats rice instead of noodles, but rice is more expensive than noodles. You wonder how they could be so joking about the guy who couldn't save his daughter? But maybe that is the case. Because there is still a grandson who smiles innocently and asks innocent questions, because there is a filial son-in-law, and because there is an old couple who supports each other, they can continue to live with a little warmth, and care about the chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea . alive, but so.
For those who say it doesn't tell the truth about being alive, I'd say, in my opinion, this movie perfectly captures the word "alive". Mayor Niu said that the three cannons were fired to Taiwan, one on Chiang Kai-shek's bed, one on Chiang Kai-shek's dining table, and one on Chiang Kai-shek's kennel, making Chiang Kai-shek unable to sleep or eat, If you can't poop, Taiwan will recover. Sleeping, eating, shitting, whoever you are, living, that's all. We are not the people in the heart-wrenching drama of Farewell My Concubine. Most of us can't change the times. Most of us are so humble, yet so tenaciously alive.
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