"Youth of You" is finally released.
Why is it said to be finally? Because it has become an expectation for movie fans since the poster was released from the film.
, and after it has experienced the withdrawal of the pre-release event in June, there has been no definite release news.
Until October 22, the official blog suddenly released the release date, which surprised and happy the movie fans who had been waiting for a long time. For a moment, the reposted comments and likes increased sharply.
Finally, this movie that we worked so hard to release had already achieved a good result of a pre-sale box office of over 100 million in 7 hours before the screening.
As of 19:00 on October 25, according to movie box office data, the box office on the first day also exceeded 100 million (118 million). At the same time, its Douban score won a high score of 8.7 just after the painting was opened.
Then, what is the origin of "Youth of You"?
"Youth of You" is a campus movie produced by Xu Yuezhen, directed by Zeng Guoxiang, and starring Zhou Dongyu, Yi Yang Qianxi, Yin Fang, and others.
The story takes place on the eve of the college entrance examination. A group of repeaters are working hard for the new round of college entrance examinations, and Chen Nian is one of them.
On an ordinary day, something extraordinary happened. Hu Xiaodie, a girl from Chen Nian's class, committed suicide by jumping off a building in school.
There is a murder on campus, so naturally the police will be involved. They have routine questions about classmates who often have contact with Hu Xiaodie on weekdays.
In fact, everyone knows that Hu Xiaodie's jumping off the building is not just about the pressure of learning, but a fact that everyone knows tacitly - she was bullied.
But everyone tacitly kept their mouths about bullying. In this way, Chen Nian, who was called to question alone, became the new target of the bully Wei Lai and his group.
doubted whether she had leaked the secret, so the class teased her in the class, blocked her on the way home from school, and took action if she had a disagreement.
Chen Nian only wants to concentrate on taking exams and does not want to have conflicts with them. She thinks of ways to get home safely every day.
By chance, she met Xiaobei.
Xiaobei is a gangster. His father left when he was a child. When he was 13 years old, his mother left because she didn't want to be dragged down by him anymore.
Since then, he has lived a life of fighting and rolling around every day.
looks like a bad boy who has done all the bad things, but he still has a innocent heart in his heart.
He will give Chen Nianxiu's phone a blow because he helped him, and will take the initiative to excuse the young man who doesn't want to steal.
Later, because of a more serious bullying, Chen Nian mustered up the courage to report the bullying. The police were very responsible, the matter was progressing smoothly, and it seemed that the incident could end successfully.
But in fact, until here, the video has only passed less than one-third, and the real horror has just begun.
It was exactly what happened next, which changed the fate of the two teenagers Chen Nian and Xiaobei.
The story about the film, I believe most people know that this is a movie with the theme of campus bullying.
At the same time, it is also well known to us because it is a new work of the original cast of " July and Ansheng ".
"July and Ansheng" won many nominations in the Golden Horse Awards, Academy Awards, Golden Rooster Awards, Hundred Flowers Awards, etc., from Best Movie, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress to Best Editing, Best Photography, etc. Starring Ma Sichun and Zhou Dongyu also won the Golden Horse Best Actress Award at the same time.
So, the cooperation between directors Zeng Guoxiang and Zhou Dongyu must have known that everyone has watched "July and Ansheng". It has a tacit understanding and don't worry.
Then, the biggest variable naturally falls on the newly joined actor Yi Yang Qianxi.
Since we have said this, let’s start with the acting skills of these two protagonists in the film.
To be honest, before watching the movie, although I recognized the performance of the four-character brother in " Chang'an Twelve Hours ", I was somewhat nervous about taking the lead in a big screen movie for the first time.
However, after watching the movie, Lao Meng can say very responsibly that not only did Zhou Dongyu's acting skills once again amazed us, but Yi Yang Qianxi's acting skills are also convincing.
Although I could already feel the four-character brother in advance when watching the trailer, it would still be shocking to be presented to the big screen in the end.
Because every blow hurts so much, coupled with Yi Yang Qianxi's performance, the pain seems to be able to spread from the screen.
The empathy here is largely due to his eyes.
He doesn't talk much in the video, and his acting skills may not be seen from the lines alone, but he spends all his energy on his eyes.
It was his effort to put in his eyes that gave Xiaobei a sense of youthfulness wandering between maturity and tenderness, and his eyes were quite attractive.
From the ruthlessness before meeting Chen Nian to the gentleness in his eyes at the end, you can clearly feel that his eyes are changing due to different emotions.
Here I want to talk about his two scenes. Once, after he was beaten up, he and Chen Nian were lying on the bed and talking about his past life, and were beaten and abandoned by his mother.
He looked at the ceiling with empty eyes and said this past expressionlessly, but tears flowed down his eyes involuntarily.
Then he turned around, turned his back, and asked Chen Nian about "whether it hurts" to ask Chen Nian for a while, and still buried his head between his arms, and replied in a depressed manner, "You are the first person to ask me if it hurts."
Although he did not show his acting skills in the second half of the time, his movements and language added a lot of points. After the whole performance, his emotions were full and clear, so he was so touching.
Another scene appeared very briefly, but it impressed Lao Meng.
He and Chen Nian rarely burst out with childlike innocence. In the middle of the night, they scared people on the roadside with their sheets. After they succeeded, they smiled from under the sheets.
This is a rare joy from the heart after they were together. At this time, Xiaobei's eyes had the happiness that they should have as young as their age.
Of course, in addition to Yi Yang Qianxi, there is also the heroine Zhou Dongyu.
Although it is enough to just use "performance normally" for the Golden Horse Best Actress, Zhou Dongyu's several eye changes in the film are indeed impressive.
The cowardice at the beginning, until she begged Xiaobei to protect her, all her eyes were filled with fear from the bottom of her heart.
After being with Xiaobei, she finally let go of her guard and fear, and there was a light in her eyes.
But the good times didn't last long. After she encountered another accident, she only had perseverance and indifference in her eyes after shaving her hair. From then on, she really grew up.
In addition to the two starring actors, Officer Zheng, who occupies the second position in the film, is also a surprise.
He appeared in these three events, but his appearances were completely different due to different experiences.
What Lao Meng can't forget the most is that he came to Chen Nian for the last incident in the story. When he knocked on the door, he saw Chen Nian with a buzz cut, and he was stunned.
The Chen Nian in front of him is no longer the student-headed girl with cowardly eyes in his impression. She is wearing dark clothes and her eyes become firm.
His stunnedness gave us a lot of interpretations and made us remember him because of this.
In addition to the actors who really performed well, Lao Meng actually wanted to call the director.
The director's narrative ability is really nothing to say, and the rhythm is just right, and the film can be roughly regarded as a complete three-act drama.
filled the story in 135 minutes, but because of the layers of emotions of the protagonist in the three stories, it makes people feel bored at all.
This is well reflected in his narrative ability in his previous work "July and Ansheng".
movie is adapted from Anne Baby's heart-wrenching novel, but he breaks the clichéd plot direction and reshapes the story in the form of a Hong Kong-style suspense film. In addition to his modifications in details, the expression of characters' emotions is more reasonable and more delicate and rich.
Also in "Youth", he made a bullying story that is not a very lifelike, and the word "life" is reflected everywhere.
For example, his learning status of students before the college entrance examination, everyone's emotions during the college entrance examination, the teacher seized the last minute and was talking about the precautions for the exam. Parents were guarding the door with umbrellas and the situation of the on-site examination.
Anyone who has experienced the college entrance examination must be able to empathize with it.
Even those bullying methods that seem a little scary, we can more or less have some insights at any time.
We can still easily understand their approach without giving too much explanation for Wei Lai and others' behavior.
The reason is just because of the lifestyle on it.
So after watching "Youth" and walking out of the cinema, the most intuitive feeling left is : it is very real and cruel.
is because it shows violence, bullying, the good and evil of human nature and the confusion about the future in the most intuitive picture, and it is also because it wants to convey about bullying in the entire society.
The police officer in the video, who stands in the position of law enforcement officers, accused Chen Nian: Why don’t you call the police if you do not call the police? Why don’t you want to believe in adults?
Is she unwilling to do it? No, it was obvious that someone knew about it, but he pretended not to see it.
In the end, she was left alone, isolated from the world and fighting alone.
In fact, some details about bullying in the film have been modified and have been relatively "better". There are several pictures in the trailer that did not appear in the main film, and the teacher's approach has also been weakened.
and even Xiaobei's sentence "There are only two types of people in this world, those who are not capable of being bullied and those who are capable of being bad" have been polished and modified, and have been changed to a more gentle version of "people who are not capable of being bullied and those who bully others."
But despite this, compared with some of the same domestic works that tell the theme of campus bullying, "Youth" is still more desperate and realistic.
In addition, under the theme of bullying, there is another essential theme for youth films, which is growth.
Just like Chen Nian said: "No class has ever taught us how to become adults?"
There are three different interpretations of how to become adults in the video, starting from Xiaobei, Chen Nian and Officer Zheng.
It can be when you finally clear away the confusion and find your goal, when you find a trace of sunshine in the gap in the darkness, or when you experience the relief after being powerless.
As director Zeng Guoxiang said: "What young people experience in their growth is not just learning, nor just pursuit of love. They may have their own hard fights. We hope to truthfully express their troubles and enthusiasm for growth."
Having said so much, I believe everyone should understand why "Youth of You" can make netizens praise it as "the best youth film in recent years" .
, Lao Meng said that it may not have done well, but it has indeed taken a big step forward. For such a movie, there is no need to say much besides supporting it.
Qingshi Movie Editorial Department | Lao Meng
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