I don't know why, I've always been interested in same-sex movies. This "Name Engraved in Your Heart" happened because I happened to hear the theme song. I didn't go out today while it was raining, so I watched it in bed.
I have always felt that homosexuality is really difficult, at least it is much more difficult than heterosexuality. In fact, there are many homosexuals around, and they seem to believe in true love without the shackles of secular marriage, and this film takes place in Taiwan just after the lifting of martial law. In the background of the protagonist Jia Han and Birdy, in this social atmosphere full of conservatism, they struggle with secular prejudice and gradually fall in love.
Let me talk about what I like first. Jiahan and Birdy have very distinct personalities. They both have the same authoritarian and strict father, but Jiahan and Birdy have different attitudes towards this relationship. He is more courageous and straightforward in dealing with feelings. There is a very impressive scene where a family member asks Birdy in front of his parents, is homosexuality disgusting? On the other hand, after Birdy found out that he liked Jia Han, he was not so brave. He chose to stay in the closet and began to avoid the relationship between the two. He even made a girlfriend to hurt Jia Han. There is no difference between the two attitudes towards the opposite feelings. Right or wrong, in the social context at that time, Birdy's approach was often the choice of more people, and the bravery of the family was even more admirable.
The two people's misses in high school became a lifetime regret and a part of the ending of the movie. Many people are discussing whether the meeting between the middle-aged Jiahan and Birdy at the end of the film is a failure, indeed I think it is a bit too long, especially when the two meet the middle-aged Jiahan's mouth is surprised, which makes me feel very dramatic, feeling It's like watching a comedy, this is obviously a rather sensational and beautiful movie.
I think the addition of the role of the priest is very important. As a character throughout the entire film, the priest has been playing the role of guiding Jiahan until the end. It was not until the end that the audience knew that the priest was also gay. This foreshadowing is actually very important. He let Jiahan Accept yourself better and understand why Birdy is afraid to admit his love for himself.
"Like boys is innate, just like we eat and sleep" I agree with this view, let alone 30 years ago, even today in 2022, homosexuality is still a derogatory term in the mouths of many elders, in this In an impetuous society, material desires seem to be the universal value, and true feelings seem to be very scarce. Once money, power, etc. are mixed with feelings, they will become impure, and it is precisely the feelings between the same sex. It's like adding a filter to filter out all kinds of "impurities", leaving only the most sincere things, without marriage as a bond, and facing all kinds of prejudice in the world, this kind of more difficult love is even more precious.
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