Good movie - but a little off topic "Youth as a Teen" review

Christiana 2022-04-23 07:04:31

A month later, I finally found resources on the Internet to watch the ravely acclaimed "Youth of You", and asked me why I didn't go to the cinema to watch it? Because no one accompanies me to see it! ! It's a sad fact.

Regarding the starring Zhou Dongyu, she is really suitable for playing this kind of student role, with a thin body and a green face, she is 27 years old when she plays Chen Nianzhen, which is not against harmony at all. Yi Yang Qianxi is really a big surprise. Outside the play, he is a modest gentleman and a sunny boy. It seems that this image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. I was worried that I would be preconceived, but I didn't expect that the little gangster who was loyal and ruffian in the play would be played by him.

The film focuses on campus bullying, but after watching it, all I can think of is that Xiaobei went to prison instead of Chen Nian for love, the lively "The Devotion of Suspect X", and Xiaobei's actions to protect Chen Nian, like a shadow. Following Chen Nian during school hours, isn't this "Walking in the White Night"? Symbiosis and scapegoating, this is inevitably reminiscent of Keigo Higashino's two classic works. Is this a crime movie? At the beginning of the movie, there was a description of school bullying. The bullied girl Xiaodie jumped off the building, and Chen Nian became the next victim. Even Chen Nian, who became a teacher at the beginning and the end, noticed a girl's discomfort, which naturally reminded us that the girl was probably also a victim of school bullying. . After the film, there are subtitles of the protection laws issued by various places. It can only be said that the director was on the topic, but gradually deviated from the topic, and finally came to a finishing touch, but unfortunately, the deviation is a bit serious. In the film, why does a wealthy girl with a wealthy family and good grades become the initiator of school bullying? Why did the patient Chen Nian choose to call the police when he saw Xiaobei being beaten? You know, Chen Nian didn't call the police when Xiaodie was bullied, and even Chen Nian didn't choose to call the police when she was chased and beaten. It can be said that the director of the school bullying did not excavate well, but only pointed to it, and finally became a crime film.

It is true that in terms of editing, footage, soundtrack, and acting, this film is the best Chinese-language film this year, but the current rating is still a bit inflated. I know that the release process of this movie is very bumpy. From the time it was scheduled for June, it was withdrawn, and then it was hastily set in October. In order to pass the review, it was inevitable that the script and scenes had to be cut. I think the main creative team has tried their best to express what they want to present.

They are all realistic movies, and I think "Youth as a Younger" still needs to learn from "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

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  • Chen Nian: Can you protect me? I don't have money to pay you.