Or it can be said that "Those Years" is Nine Swords (Ke Jingteng)'s love for Shen Jiayi, his love for his youth, and a Taiwanese director's love for the sub-genre of youth films. In my opinion, the appearance of the Nine Swords has a special significance. His transformation from an online writer, work adaptation, filming of short films to the final transformation director is quite similar to the new trend of Japanese movies around the 1990s. Cultural people from all walks of life have crossed the line and devoted themselves to it. In the film circle, promote communication and integration.
These directors will first encounter a kind of criticism, that is, the technology is not enough. In all fairness, except for the upgraded slow motion and super flashback at the end, "Those Years" does not have much innovation in film language. But as Yang Dechang said: Many people think that to make a movie, you must first understand technology, which is really a misunderstanding. It's like you know how to speak, but not necessarily communicate with people. Therefore, he does not emphasize "experience" when making films, but focuses on "willingness". Therefore, even though Nine Swords does not have much skill and experience, however, he succeeded in conveying his will.
Comparing with the original novel, it can be found that "Those Years" is a film with a high degree of completion. Nine Swords follows traditional narrative principles, starting from the past and returning to real life. This standard model of youth films is approachable, and it is easy for the audience to see their own shadow and actively seek substitution. On the contrary, its disadvantage is that it is too private and the pattern is not large. Seriously speaking, it seems that it is just a lot of broken things in youth. But who can deny that their lives are not made up of these rubbish things - these seemingly meaningless and futile things?
"Those Years" has a lot to say, like the shirt in the closet, a love that has not been put down; like a zombie to a quadruped, and the quadruped evolved into a six-legged beast, which is very spoof; Jay Chou" and "meaning is three small" ("Monka" lines) ridicule. Even the English name You Are the Apple of My Eye, some Taiwanese film professionals thought it was silly. In fact, it's a biblical phrase that means something precious, and it's also referred to as a cherished person, you are my favorite, the love of my life.
In this movie, friendship is not affected by pursuing the same girl, and love is not severely impacted by a sudden wedding invitation. "Those Years" does not have the love and hatred in most film and television works, nor the urge to destroy, defile and destroy beautiful things. What the movie wants to say is that love lasts forever. Anyone who has seen "Those Years" will notice the strange pairing of sex and love, and "Those Years" completely separates the two. On the one hand, the boys, regardless of the occasion, wantonly pistol, hormones are flying everywhere like bullets. On the one hand, they maintain a high-purity spiritual longing for girls. Or, we can look at it this way, sex is just for the audience, and love is reserved for the heroine. Therefore, "Those Years" is nothing more than a pure love film wrapped in a sexual comedy, and a love film wrapped in an old friend film (small group). The guys headed by the nine knives, they are a bunch of innocent hooligans. 【First Financial Daily】
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