The film did not use lively colors to embellish the world belonging to this age at the beginning. It truly restored the sky of Beijing in the 1990s - it was a gray sky! It is also destined that this will not be a A film showing "China's youth thrives". 19-year-old Guo Liangui and 17-year-old Xiaojian who falsely reported themselves wrote stories that truly belonged to that era and belonged to them because of a bicycle. Lian Gui is a child who came to work in Beijing. In his eyes, that mountain bike is his dream and everything! In Xiaojian's eyes, that car is a proof to himself and an accusation to his father! Why does a bike make them feel so strongly? As a person from that era, the only thing that could be compared among classmates at that time was the bicycle! From the shocks to the fenders, from the derailleur to the brake pads. . . It's all topics we talk about. One of the two children in the film is away from home and has no relatives; the other is divorced and cannot be cared for! It is only natural for them to pin their feelings on this bike!
Speaking of the movie, Xiao Xiao's first appearance is by no means amazing, but so natural and so amiable, you can be sure that she is a high school girl we usually see. Gao Yuanyuan interprets the shy and slightly active feeling of a high school girl very well, which will make me from that era feel familiar and real. After Xiaojian sent Xiao Xiao home, the shot of riding a bicycle with a smile on his face is enough to remind any boy of the wonderful feeling of sending a girl home for the first time. Xiaoxiao and Xiaojian's first date (let's call it that!) is a must. It was the first and last time in the film that a ray of sunshine appeared in the gray sky. When Xiaoxiao closed his eyes, when When Xiaojian wanted to but didn't dare to put his arms around Xiao Xiao's shoulders, everything was so beautiful that people mistakenly thought that the film would sweep away the haze ahead and enter into a sunny day. Unfortunately, this beautiful moment was swept away. Even Gui's "inappropriate" car grab was completely broken, and the sky turned grey again. The film does not preach or praise the issue of puppy love, but only makes an objective statement. Wang Xiaoshuai restored a true and credible story of puppy love. Yes, it was like that at the time. It was simple, hazy, and clean. There was nothing else except these!
At this point in the film, the conflict has risen to Lian Gui and Xiaojian's competition for a car. The hormonal excess and adrenaline of puberty fill the second half of the film. The scene in which Xiaojian was angry with his father bluntly described the rebellious character of the adolescent child and the expectation of wanting to be recognized by adults. This performance of Li Bin is remarkable. His performance reveals his true feelings, which is the reaction that every child of the same age will make in the same situation. After all, a child is still a child. After a few beatings (basically, Lian Gui was beaten), it is only the child who can figure out a way to ride a car for one day. There was a temporary lull in the film, and the scene passed every second in the frequent exchange of cars between Lian Gui and Xiaojian, but all this was broken after Xiao Xiao appeared again. When Xiao Xiao began to have a great time with the master car player, it was destined to be a big battle. After watching this film, many people said that Xiao Xiao was very frivolous and could fall in love with another boy so quickly. I think they are too vicious, Xiaoxiao and Dahuan together is a kind of "revenge" for Xiaojian. And to stimulate the boy you like by interacting with other boys, I believe many girls have used this approach. The smoking scene in the film left a deep impression on me. The first time was when Xiaojian's buddy gave Lian Gui a cigarette, and Lian Gui coughed; the second time was when Xiaojian lit a cigarette himself after filming the big fun. I thought Xiaojian was a veteran, and when I saw him smoking and coughing, I couldn't help laughing. What it takes to grow from a boy to a man is far more than the price of a few coughs!
I have to say that there are also the little nanny played by Zhou Xun and Lian Gui's fellow villager. They can be said to be another clue to the film. The babysitter is the most pulsating color in the film, sneaking in the host's red dress and high heels, and all he does is fetch a bottle of soy sauce. It is understandable that she wants to get rid of her identity as a countryman and integrate into the life of the city, but the act of stealing in the end exposed her "inferiority" in her bones. Even the expensive fellows are actually the same. The classic saying "If I want money, I drink sugar water, brown sugar water, and eat pork ribs noodles three times a day..." is actually a reference to the 1990s. It is an attack on the phenomenon of focusing on economic development and ignoring the improvement of people's quality. The vanity of high-rise buildings cannot cover up the lack of people's spiritual needs. Lian Gui went to the bath center to pick up the courier, but was arranged to take a bath. The plot is also satirizing this false phenomenon. If you meet a man, you will be the husband and boss, and if you meet a woman, you will be your lady and wife. Change of title, high income, lipstick, high heels, while having these, people's hearts are still blind!
The ending of the film is cruel, Xiaojian was beaten by a group because of the big joy, and the innocent Lian Gui was also involved. Watching his beloved bicycle being ruthlessly destroyed, Lian Gui finally picked up the brick and shot the boy with glasses. The film ends with Lian Gui carrying the damaged bicycle on the irritable street. . . How I wish Lian Gui would ignore that car and just walk away and have a new dream. Unfortunately, this is just my hope. Like Lian Gui, most of us roam anywhere in any city with our broken dreams. Youth is cruel, society is cruel, and growth is cruel!
A bicycle is a witness of that era and a symbol of that era, so let it be sealed in our memory, and my bike will never be brought to the 21st century!
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