About my criteria for judging good films

Johathan 2022-09-25 18:30:05

For me, the criteria for judging a good film has never been about winning an award, or raising the heights of the souls of all human beings.
Just need it to make me think of my own life from the plot at a certain moment. And the movie really conveys that emotion that I can't express in words. So. I would say, this is a good movie.

Not to mention the obvious advertising marks and some rough special effects in [Tangshan]. These don't matter, really don't matter.


Some feelings are ordinary and simple, and everyone can understand. Some big-name directors can't
interpret it. And Feng Xiaogang once again succeeded in finding out the most subtle feelings. And let everyone find their own crying point in the film.

Speaking of the mother finally made a choice: save the younger brother.
My mother cried. She said it was a feeling she could only experience. When she was a child, her grandparents always favored her younger sister between her and her younger sister. At that time, she thought that she must only have one child when she grows up.
People all have personal preferences, how can it be possible to equally distribute a love to each child. There is always a favorite in my heart.

After playing again, Deng finally forgave his mother. Go to the cemetery to visit Dad together. But from her own grave found a lot of textbooks. That is when my mother buys textbooks for her brother every year, she also buys one for her.
Dad said it was the most moving here.
It was probably related to the fact that my father left home since he was a child and lived with relatives. He can better understand the feeling of longing for home. Even if a neighbor jokes, Dad thinks it hurts his self-esteem. As if reminding myself all the time that I am not really part of this family.

Our life is like a movie. Movies come from life.
Small details always make people feel special.
Small details seem so big when everything is calm, whether it's my mother's little grudge against my grandparents or my dad's loneliness for leaving home since childhood. In this peaceful age, it is known to be particularly abrupt.
But about Deng's resentment towards her mother and her stubbornness not wanting to abort her child seemed so insignificant under such an unavoidable disaster.
We can always see a shadow of ourselves in these characters.



I haven't cried in the cinema for a long time.
It's been a long time since I looked at the life I have now.
suddenly felt. A lot of things are gone. And only when it's gone can you experience that feeling. Life cannot be repeated. Just try to move forward.
There will always be new stories.
Everything will always be fully answered.

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  • Constantin 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    After watching the movie, I feel regretful and want to cry

  • Iva 2022-04-23 07:04:20

    better than i imagined

Aftershock quotes

  • Li Yuanni: But I'm against it precisely because of your dad and elder sis. The last time we moved, I had to tell them exactly how to get to our new place. And I've been telling them constantly for more than 20 years. If I were to move again, I would've to tell them the new directions. I can't keep telling them anymore. I'm tired of telling them. End of discussion. I'm not moving anywhere.

  • Fang Da: The 1976 earthquake destroyed my mom's entire life. Her heart... was shattered like debris. Do you know what my mom often says?

    Volunteer of Tangshan rescue team at 2008 Sichuan earthquake: What?

    Fang Da: Only after you've lost something, then do you truly know what loss is. The houses that fell had been rebuilt. But the house in my mom's heart was never put together again. 32 years have passed, yet the old lady continues passing the days guarding the ruins of her heart.