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(Author Li Qinyu, special commentator of Lychee News , well-known commentator; this article is an exclusive commissioned by Li Chi News client and Lychee.com. Please indicate the source when reprinting.)
"I want to be with you" is adapted from the original work "The Witch" by the Korean online cartoonist Jiang Cao . The film has a very attractive setting: 18-year-old He Meizhen ( Li Meng decoration), is a beautiful girl in a small town. But strangely, in her school, there are always boys who are inexplicably injured or even die. Do you still dare to love such a "witch" who is despised and disliked by everyone?
Of course, we can see that the so-called "witch" is just a metaphor - when we encounter unpredictable dangers and setbacks in love, can we still stick to our original intention and carry out love to the end?
No matter what, among the love movies this year that focus on youth idols, this film has already seemed fresh enough. It does not make false gimmicks, does not play shocking reversals, and can honestly tell a love story and explain a simple and easy-to-understand topic. In this regard, this film deserves a thumbs up. What's more, the two protagonists Li Meng and Yin Fang and are also pleasing to the eye. The CP sense on the big screen is convincing, especially the confession of both parties, which is very touching.
However, it is a little regrettable that this film seems to want to express the truth that true love is invincible, but also falls into a dilemma of inconsistentness in the second half, so that the more the plot develops, the closer it is to the climax, and the more it shows a weak subsequent decline. For example, what happened to the "witch"? What happened to the many rules that the male protagonist tried his best to investigate? If the reason why "witches" implicate others is because they all confess to the heroine, and the hero can be exceptional because they have "true love" between them, then is this a disguised admission that we shouldn't love those who shouldn't love? But this contradicts the theme of this film - is it encouraging everyone to bravely pursue true love, or should they recognize themselves and stay calm in love?
This also relocates the most fatal weakness of the film - there is no way to explain very attractive settings with very rigorous logic. It’s like the heroine blocking herself because she will hurt innocent people, but since that’s the case, why are there so many people (such as the landlord’s grandmother) who will get close to her and help her? For example, why did the male protagonist fall in love with the female protagonist at first sight, and even remain obsessed with it for seven years after separation, and was willing to risk her life? Is it just because of her beautiful appearance? If this is true, is the "true love" in this film also a little superficial?
Precisely because many details of the film really cannot stand scrutiny (such as the climax of the film, the amusement park has reached the level of metaphysics from destruction to recovery), the director had to use his ultimate move at the end - a fictional story. Isn’t this the most frequently criticized design in domestic horror movies - everything that cannot be explained can be explained by "a dream"? It has to be said that this fundamentally destroys the rendering and preparation of a whole movie. If the so-called "true love" only exists in the fantasy fabricated by the protagonist, then what should we believe?
Of course, judging from the scenes of the movie, this film is obviously a small cost investment - a small fresh and warm love movie, what other bicycle do you need? However, it is regrettable that this very potential movie ended up in the useless position of "what you can watch, but nothing is wrong if you don't watch it". After all, it is regrettable - isn't this a common problem among many domestic romance movies in recent years? Even works with poor reputation such as "Your Wedding" and "Friends of the Week" have a very interesting setting, but the final "collapse" is related to the lack of rigorous logic and strange ideas in the narrative.
This does not mean that "I Want to Be with You" must be made into "approaching science", and the ins and outs of the "witch" must be explained clearly.But at least, there should be a more convincing explanation and narration for the love between the male and female protagonists, the courage to love in the end. Anyway, "witch" can be an illusory setting, but love cannot be without a reason, right? After watching this film, I couldn't help but sigh: This beautiful love story could have been better.
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