First of all, the biggest impression to me is that although this play is called sweet honey, in fact, most of the people in the play live very bitter lives. Both of them came to Hong Kong to work hard with different ideals. You can spell out the world you imagined at the beginning. Before they met, although the two of them had a difficult life, at least they were still very motivated and hopeful. Li Qiao seized every opportunity to make money and save money. And Li Xiaojun rides freely and happily on the streets of Hong Kong.
Later, the two met.
Regarding this encounter, I don't know if I paid attention to this detail when I first watched it as a child. But now that I am a little older, when I watch a movie, I will understand which details I should capture, and which small bridges the director may design. And the scene where the two meet is very meaningful.
When Li Xiaojun came to the McDonald's to line up, all his attention was on calculating whether the money was enough, what to order, and cutting the line. And his queuing is very characteristic, because he kept changing the line in order to get to him quickly, and finally, when Li Qiao shouted "queue here", he was the first to rush to order food. At that time I suddenly felt that "this is a fateful encounter". The subsequent plot also shows that the two people actually have a "strong bond of fate", and they are destined to meet each other for thousands of miles. No matter how the two people miss it, they can meet inexplicably in the crowd, and the director seems to be very focused on portraying the fate of the two people, and he has done it to the end. At the end of the film, the scene at the beginning seems to be telling the audience: Do you think it’s amazing that two people can meet on the streets of New York after so many years? what! What's even more amazing is that when the two of them arrived in Hong Kong, they slept with their heads in a car!
Actually, I personally don't like this kind of plot very much. It feels a bit "inferior romance novel". Such an excellent film should describe life in the name of "love", instead of going around the line of small words, especially What is "fate" and how old are you? Self-depreciation.
And before that, I didn't particularly care about the relationship between these two people, because I didn't like Dawn very much, and I didn't like the character setting of Li Xiaojun, and Brother Leopard was really eye-catching, so I was more impressed with Brother Leopard before. Especially when I saw it for the first time, that Mickey Mouse tattoo was really moving. And Brother Leopard is so kind to Li Qiao, give her love, give her direction, and help her realize her ideal. And Li Qiao actually has deep feelings for him. So the previous focus was mainly on Brother Leopard. This time it was also in the movie theater, but in the second half of the movie, I saw the most classic scene. When Li Xiaojun went to Teresa Teng to ask for his autograph, Li Qiao's eyes looked at his back in the car. That look proved Maggie Cheung's solid acting skills, and also proved Li Qiao's feelings for Li Xiaojun. She didn't make a sound, but the emotion made me hear it boiling. She desperately suppressed her feelings. At this time, Li Xiaojun was very clear and direct. Although he didn't explain it, he kept staring at Li Qiao. This is a few seconds on camera, but imagine if this were in real life, and someone was right next to you, staring at you all the time, it would be like a second. And Li Xiaojun looked at Li Qiao like this, waiting for her order, she gave an order, he left, and she gave another order, he came back immediately. Usually I am moved by the less classic details, but in this movie, I sighed that the classic scenes are worthy of being classics. This scene is really moving. At this time, Li Qiao's emotions were very complicated. She missed the past, hoped for the future, but worried about the present. The game between reason and emotion, the confrontation between desire and restraint, are all expressed through Maggie Cheung's eyes.
This movie actually has one of the major characteristics of a "good movie", that is, the second half is more interesting than the first half. Just like life, it is true that youth is joyful when young, but maturity after the baptism of life's precipitation years is more charming. Feelings are more mellow. The youthful and hopeful face of the chewing gum-chewing young girl in McDonald's was replaced by a calm and mature demeanor after the two broke up and went their separate ways. What I like most is the bridge segment at the peak of Li Qiao's career. After her career is successful, she seems more confident and has a sense of proportion to things. For example, the reunion at the wedding banquet, the elegance and calmness when taking a group photo, the accidental pushing of Li Xiaojun's dressing room in the bridal shop, these scenes are not what every girl imagines when she "meet her old lover again after many years". Is there any manners? Beautiful and full of emotion. (But I want to complain, what is there to like about a man who wears swimming trunks as underwear?) And another scene that impressed me was when Li Qiao finally got her green card and wanted to go back to China, that is, when she left the travel agency. After the news of Teresa Teng's death, I was walking alone on the streets of New York. She kept walking and walking. At that time, I was suddenly very moved, because I felt that life was too bitter. As an audience, I couldn't help but feel bitter when I saw her life experience, let alone her? A weak woman, struggling and struggling to survive. In fact, sometimes life does not create any great tragedy for us, for all of us ordinary people, but the "dramatic" turning of life is very dramatic. The failure of doing business, the failure of stock trading, the pressure of emotions, I finally found someone to rely on but I didn't love, but I couldn't let it go, because he had everything, and he put everything down for him and started from scratch, but he was alone in a foreign country. , to the point where he was about to be deported. At this time, he saw his old lover chasing after a few streets but not chasing him, and then he left his hometown to become a tour guide, with freckles all over his face. Such a woman with rich experience, walking on the lonely street with the sweet music of Teresa Teng of their era, makes her life more dull and difficult. And this kind of feeling, 18 years old in 2010, I can't feel it anyway. Before, a high school student thought I was still a freshman in college, but now that I think about it, it has been four years since my freshman year. A university time, the stars change. After watching this film again after five years, I have this new and more delicate feeling. It seems that I can also feel the "life" experienced by the people in the play. And the scary thing is, the movie is finally over, and my life has just begun. In other words, watching this movie, there is really a kind of "
In addition to talking about love, this film actually said other things. I even think this is the earliest "youth film", and "to youth", "you at the same table", "hurried year" or something, ( Of course, "To Youth" is very good, and the rankings are completely sequential.) There are similarities and deeds. They all reflect a big era through the life trajectory of the little people, but this movie is too high. It reflects the major social events at that time. Major social events are not represented by the direct participation of the protagonist. For example, plots such as "I skip class to go to the embassy for parade", "I am sick and are quarantined", but the plots of that era are reflected by the trajectory of life development in the play. The changes in the past. They are more intelligent.
In these changes, there is actually another theme, that is, the old-fashioned "dream". The reason why the two came to Hong Kong is because they have their own ideals, one is to hope to be able to To earn money to marry a green plum, one hopes to buy a house for their mother. The two came to the same city because of their dreams, supported each other and worked hard together, and lived a hard but sweet life. But with the emergence of stock speculation, when When Li Qiao used up his savings because of investing in stocks and owed a lot of debts at the same time, there was a rift between the two. The practice of distributing the same bracelet to the two made Li Qiao even more unbearable, so the two of them They parted ways because of "dreams and different personalities". Two people who came together because of their dreams were separated because of their dreams. After many years, when the two met again, it was at Li Xiaojun's wedding banquet. At that time, he completed the My ideal: to marry a "hometown dish". Soon after, Li Qiao also became a real estate boss. The two struggled with each other during the separated days, and finally fulfilled their original dream. But what happened after completion? Li Xiaojun found out I don't love my little wife at all, and I want a divorce, and Li Qiao's mother passed away before the house that Li Qiao gave to her mother was built.
It seems that all the things we pursued at the beginning were missed by us on the way of our pursuit. And the destination you thought was unknowingly changed by the scenery along the way. The
previous paragraph is a transitional paragraph, the first sentence summarizes the first meaning of "dream", and the next sentence opens the next level The explanation. That is, if when we pursue something with enthusiasm, if we gradually don't want it before we get it, then what should we do? I don't know. So, life is A tragicomedy. Take it slow.
As for Brother Leopard, let's not talk about it, it's too classic!
In short, Maggie Cheung is very good in this play, and she can prove her acting skills through this play. The others are so-so.
I am very grateful to have the opportunity to watch movies from this period on the big screen. That era was really rich in good movies, giving me a chance to re-appreciate Maggie Cheung's face when she was young. I hope to see more old and good movies in the future. Of course, this also shows that Chinese movies are now "scum".
In fact, there are still a lot of points that have not been said about this movie, but since I am an Aries, it is not easy for me to write so many words in three minutes, so let’s stop there.
Last but not least, Happy Valentine's Day, although I've always been a person, not a cat.
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