I remember a great director in Taiwan once summarized the overall Taiwanese movie in the 1990s: "There are two types of Taiwanese movies, youth films and gay films." 
0 years have passed, and this situation has changed. The boundary between a simple and beautiful youth film and a gay film with a dark reality has also become vague!
The first popular movie from Taiwan to the mainland "Who Falls in Love with Him First" is such a "ambiguous" youthful gay film - although it is wearing a comedy jacket, it is a realistic theme that makes people breathless. But fortunately, its sense of reality is not as dark as the gay films in the past. Instead, the sunshine puts all the real problems on the table, breaking them apart, and spreading them out for you to see; even from an ideological point of view, it is the 18-barrier level of the Ministry of Restriction. But while smiling knowingly, you will involuntarily fall in love with every character who is down-to-earth and cute a little sweet.
The perspective of a boy, looking at this "18-forbidden" adult world
Speaking of 18-forbidden, you can peek from the humorous appearance of the title of "Who Falls in Love with Him First" film, and the heavy-mouthed memes of "Missy" turning into "Xiao Wang" - these are all "little secrets" that adults understand! But these shots of are presented from the perspective of 15-year-old Song Chengxi, !
In comparison, the English name "Dear EX" is much boring than the Chinese name - how much is the concentration of this "love"? Who is the "miss three"? "Xiao Wang" is not surnamed Wang at all...
Is it 18 forbidden? You know...
This father's affair is a man's real world. uses the perspective of the boy Song Chengxi to express . Such a bold angle in the Chinese movie world is quite adventurous and exciting! Therefore, the director used cartoons to express this sunny and transparent realistic film, which added a bit of childish and evil taste.
Angel father and imprisoned mother, the boy also becomes a little prince with a crown, and a warrior with a knife sets up the gossip formation
in the eyes of the boy and the sissy "Little King" (actually not sissy at all, but also very fierce)
The little prince's crown is also lost to the ground due to the troubles of the adult world
The adult world is indeed a bit inappropriate for children. Therefore, mother Liu Sanlian would cover Song Chengxi's ears when she spoke swear words in Ajie to avoid her son being contaminated; but Song Chengxi seemed to be "revengeing" her mother, deliberately living in Ajie's home as if she was angry; but in Ajie's memory of "stepfather" or "stepmother", when she kissed her father Song Zhengyuan, the boy's eyes first drifted, and the director also put "black line mosaic" on the screen at the right time...
Liu Sanlian covered her ears with a precocious son Song Chengxi's ears
It's not suitable for children~ Song Chengxi's vision still avoided the kissing scenes of "stepfather" Ajie and his father Song Zhengyuan...
In fact, as parents, you have long since no one understands the world of children! All this is futile and a stolen bell. The young man Song Chengxi actually knew everything and had already understood the various things in the adult world, even the most sensitive gay problem in his mother's eyes. Otherwise, he would not reveal his inner world of "hate his mother" to the psychologist. The psychologist told him: "Hate and powerlessness are different!" Later, Song Chengxi and Ajie, who thought that there were only black and white, good and bad in the adult world, had been together day and night for a long time, and began to gradually understand, "It turns out that this feeling is called powerlessness!"
Later, Song Chengxi began to face the big problem of "hate" and "powerlessness" of the adult world
guided the teenage psychologist, but the Rolling Stone female singer Wan Fang, who sang the red and golden song [New Love], played by ~
Isn't it too cruel to let the child face the troubles of the adult world? Then you really underestimate your current children. In fact, their precocious puberty is unimaginable for adults. director did not regard Song Chengxi as a child .Faced with such an adult surreal and quite sensitive problem in the film, he had already faced everything openly and solved his own problems in an adult way - although he was in it, he seemed to be out of the matter, facing the complex relationship between "nagging ghost mother" and "gay father", and when facing his father's boyfriend Ajie, he was swaying on the question of "Is he a bad person?"...
The deleted shot of Liu Sanlian × Ajie × Song Zhengyuan in the same frame, this may be the most beautiful picture in the heart of the young Song Chengxi?
The precocious Song Chengxi, no matter how troubled the adult world is for money, interests and feelings, he hopes that all the "good people" he loves can have a happy ending. Fortunately, the kind director finally gave the young Song Chengxi a hazy and warm scene with his father who died at the beginning - when he was a child, his father gave him a heartwarming head-touching.
In the vague memory of the young man Song Chengxi, his father Song Zhengyuan once gave him a heartwarming father-son memory, killing him,
Is there love? Even if there is only a little bit of
Just like Ajie's elderly mother misunderstood that Liu Sanlian is Ajie's girlfriend, she is as cute and friendly as she hates Ajie's Sanlian, no matter how much she hates Ajie, she can't tell Ajie's mother the complicated truth to hurt her. But in a blink of an eye, Sanlian burst into pieces and complained to the psychologist: "Is everything fake? Does he not love me at all? Even if it is a little bit, isn't there?"
Did Liu Sanlian hate Ajie for snatching her husband, or did she hate Song Zhengyuan for lying to her for half her life but never gave her a little love?
Xie Yingxuan It really deserves the title of Golden Horse Best Actress - she played this "wife" who was very annoying at first, a little pitiful later, and finally became very cute. She doesn't have to be hysterical, just talk. Occasionally, one or two big collapses will break out just right -
When she heard Ajie's ringtone, her slightly trembling back when her husband called "Honey Husband answering the phone", her crazy feeling of smashing the door through the fence door, her fierceness of "I'll show you" to the gods and Buddhas in the temple, and her confused walking posture after telling the truth to Ajie's mother... Although the comrade played by Xie Yingxuan lost her husband, she unexpectedly gained countless pity and tears.
Ajie's mobile phone ringtone is a sentence from her husband Song Zhengyuan, "Honey answers the phone". This is the last life-saving straw that crushes Liu Sanlian
Through the fence gate, Sanlian's madness towards her husband and "Xiao Wang" makes people cry
Facing the gods and Buddhas, Sanlian's cruel appearance makes people shudder
Sanlian, who is a "bad guy", was stunned and walked away
Director is so cruel! This is not an imagined gay movie, nor is it a explosive comedy in the trailer - it uses a huge amount of space to show the cruel and realistic extreme opposites between the two marriages and comrades, allowing you to see and face surreal and sensitive social problems.
"Same Wife" Liu Sanlian is already not easy, but "Xiao Wang" Ajie is even more difficult! Moreover, as a homosexual, Ajie is not the kind of tall, rich and handsome gay guy who has outstanding taste in his heart, glamorous appearance, and meticulous home furnishings. Although he is still quite beautiful, he lives too sloppy!
But if you understand his situation, you will know why he is so unbearable! Ajie, who lost his love and was still in debt, has actually lost his pursuit of a refined life. He has never cried once not only faced the trouble of Liu Sanlian and Song Chengxi, the former mother and son of her deceased boyfriend, came to him, but also faced the "vicious harassment" of usury creditors. It would be strange if he could have a good life!
Although he is a gay handsome guy, Ajie has such a sloppy and ruffian image, without any taste and exquisiteness.
The deeper he understands Ajie's inner world, the more he feels this ruffian "bad man" becomes more cute.After losing the love of Song Zhengyuan for a lifetime, Ajie never cried, but in front of the young Song Chengxi, he accidentally showed a slightly fragile side - "Do you know how long it takes to 10,000 years? Ten thousand years is, when someone tells you that he is quite normal, and then leaves you, every day after that day is ten thousand years."
Stars who became famous for idol dramas Qiu Ze released all the idol halos on his body, and the "destructive" performance of Ajie's precious cuteness - he flashed in his eyes when he told the "10,000 years" romance, his voice to Song Zhengyuan who gave up on him, and his bitter smile at Song Zhengyuan when he looked at him... all of them were tears! Even if you are not a comrade, you can redefine the vows between the same sexes.
When Ajie said this tragic joke of "10,000 years", he could see the tears flashing in his eyes
This desperate recovery is too touching
Faced with his lover's wedding, Ajie faced
Is Song Zhengyuan scumbag?
As soon as this film was released, the controversial issue of "Is Song Zhengyuan a scumbag?" immediately became a hot search. But the Pavilion Master did not think he was a scumbag--it felt that the director actually implicitly dealt with various social, family and self-identity issues in which Song Zhengyuan chose to return to a "normal marriage", but he could still feel his position from the details.
flashback, Song Zhengyuan gave the following positive answer to whether Ajie should tell the truth to his mother: "It is our responsibility to make them not sad or worry." If you are Song Zhengyuan, how would you face his problems?
This sentence shows that Song Zhengyuan’s problems are bigger than anyone else’s
The separation of life and death faced by comrades, the social pressure of gay identity, the cheated wife of marriage... I was overwhelmed by the heavy real problems? Although the length is pitiful, the director still frequently uses flashbacks with a glimpse of glimpses -
"Teacher Song, can I kiss you?" Between Ajie and Song Zhengyuan, the sweetness of the candy they were sent when they met, the bright smile, and the romantic love. Later, the yellow lotus they swallowed while they depended on each other was as bitter as they were - so, Ajie looked at his son Song Chengxi's back from school with the seriously ill Song Yuanqiao, and said quietly: "Hate, it is easier to recover."
The love was so exciting that it was, and how uncomfortable it was to stay together later~ But Song Zhengyuan said, "Hate is easier (let people) recover"
How innocent the eyes were when I fell in love, and how moving it was to say goodbye later
Even if Song Zhengyuan was forced to choose to return to normal marriage, get married and have children, even if he may not have any love for Liu Sanlian, in Liu Sanlian's impression, there was also a sweet encounter and time between her and Song Zhengyuan. She would believe that the beauty was "even a little love" given to her by Song Zhengyuan! Song Zhengyuan and Liu Sanlian's sugar was quite sweet, and they were not inferior to Ajie sugar he sent. We would rather believe that there was a little love between them.
The encounter between Liu Sanlian and Song Zhengyuan is also a sweet feeling of love. Even if Liu Sanlian may misunderstand
At least, the happy hour of this family of three is gentle and beautiful, and the years are quiet and peaceful
So when all the problems are put aside and the resentment is released, the person in his memory becomes sunny, pure and transparent. The picture that remains in his mind is still as quiet and perfect as the time was when we first met.
Song Zhengyuan in Liu Sanlian's eyes turned out to be so beautiful
Ajie saw Song Zhengyuan for the first time, and the director finally made Song Zhengyuan, a man with "good and evil" identity, leave a suicide note to his son Song Chengxi during the hard days of his life, as a perfect reconciliation with his children, boyfriend, and wife. Although this suicide note did not appear in the main film, the director still posted it from the official website after the film was released, giving a gentle reconciliation with the entire society.
"I love men, with sincerity. I always thought that hatred can help us find strong courage, but someone told me that love can make us live openly. Forgiveness starts with understanding. Thank you for being willing to listen." The suicide note of Song Zhengyuan, which did not appear officially in the main film, is the best way to reconcile
How many sweet "eastern eggs" are waiting for you to discover?
The thoughtful director has set up many interesting "eastern egg" details in the film, and you will definitely be sweet in your heart if you find it. There are two extremely symmetrical mother-son relationships in the film - Liu Sanlian×Song Chengxi and Ajie×Ajie's mother. The plot of the confrontation between the three with complex relationships is also particularly interesting. Both mothers care for their son's good, but they are very different in understanding.
Ajie and Liu Sanlian×Song Chengxi’s mother and son are sometimes opposite, sometimes they understand and take care of each other
Liu Sanlian and Ajie×Ajie’s mother’s relationship was unveiled by a misunderstanding
Ajie’s confrontation with Sanlian and theater actors, especially likes to say the catchphrase “Be good”. In fact, this sentence of anger when arguing with others comes from Song Zhengyuan's gentle love words to comfort him.
When she was yelling Sanlian, Ajie shouted "Good"
When she was yelling colleagues in the theater, Ajie also shouted "Good"
This catchphrase is from Song Zhengyuan's gentle love words to comfort Ajie
0 After Song Zhengyuan passed away, Ajie still had a bottle holder for the drip he had when he was hospitalized. After Song Chengxi discovered this detail, he began to think that Ajie was actually pretty good.
Ajie's bedroom is still left with the bottle rack when Song Zhengyuan was hospitalized
Song Chengxi discovered the bottle rack, and began to change his impression of Ajie
"Very good-looking wind chime" (Song Zhengyuan emphasized to Liu Sanlian) is the initial impression of the beautiful encounter between the two "enemy and us" of the wife and comrade. Of course, it also becomes the token of the ultimate perfect reconciliation between the two sides - in the theater, the wind chime is an important prop of the stage play "Happy Holiday" and a gift from Ajie to Song Zhengyuan for a hundred-day sacrifice; in Liu Sanlian's house, it is the most beautiful initial token of the family of three; on Ajie's balcony, it is also the first encounter of a beautiful love, and it is the most perfect reconciliation exit between Ajie and Liu Sanlian × Song Chengxi and her mother.
In the theater, the wind chime is a prop and a gift from Song Zhengyuan’s 100-day festival
Liu Sanlian’s home, the wind chime is the most beautiful beginning for a family of three
on Ajie’s balcony, the wind chime is the most beautiful encounter of a gay love
