There is a method of film and television literary expression,If we want to express something, a certain emotion, we will show its opposite.
For example, if we want to show that a person is nervous, we will make him pretend to be calm.
Showing a person's love will make him pretend to be indifferent.
So, if we want to show the strongest vitality, the most ardent expectation, the most persistent, the desire for survival and the future.
Instead, it may put the characters in some kind of predicament, even a desperate situation.
Let him struggle, to break free, to burst out and bloom.
So, with this movie, which I think this year's Spring Festival file may be the most underrated movie-
"Let's Shake the Sun Together".
There was not much publicity in the early stage of this movie, looking at the title and trailer, coupled with Peng Yuchang , Li Gengxi and other handsome men and beautiful women youth idol combinations, it seems to be the theme of small and fresh love.
There are also viewers who know a little bit about the plot and say that the two protagonists in the movie are sick and seem to be quite weak when they look at the poster.
Looking at this kind of theme for the Chinese New Year, I'm afraid it will affect my mood a little.
But after watching it, I think this movie is really suitable for the Spring Festival.
Wonderful enough, touching enough, sincere enough.
First of all, who is director Han Yan?
Familiar viewers will surely remember his previous work-
Fuck off! "Tumor", "Send You a Little Red Flower", "Life Events", "I Love You!" 》。
Without exception, the quality is very high.
And what are the commonalities of these works?
YesExtremely deep, delicate humanistic care.
His stories focus on the lives of ordinary people, and even he focuses on ordinary people who are in adversity and in a vulnerable situation.
Its narrative and shooting techniques are not condescending pity, but dig out the light, warmth, and deep feelings from them.
He wants to show the tenacity of human nature, but he will start from the most vulnerable.
This time, "Let's Shake the Sun Together" is no exception.
At first, I thought that this movie was about the tragic story of seriously ill patients, but it turned out to be not at all.
The so-called illness is just a personal setting.
Many movies will deliberately sensationalize and make the patients miserable and miserable to make them cry. It is as if you can't live if you have a patient, and you have to lie in bed with tears every day.
But "Shake the Sun" doesn't do that.
The movie is made sunny, humorous, and not miserable, and you won't see that the protagonist can only rest weakly in bed every day because he is sick, and it is difficult to move.
Their disease is not that they can't do anything.,For example, the male protagonist.,When you don't get sick, it's basically the same as a normal person.。
So they can dance, ride, move, and go to tourist attractions - there is a plot of eating, drinking and having fun in various scenic spots in Changsha in the middle, which is very human fireworks.
I like this very much.
Patients are also ordinary people, they also love to play, eat and drink, as patients, their love stories are also ordinary people's, shopping, eating snacks, riding the Ferris wheel.
In fact, this is also director Han Yan's consistent way of shooting, before filming "I Love You!" Talking about the love of the elderly, he didn't let them tremble and fall in love in a wheelchair just because the protagonists were all gray-haired and seventy-year-old.
It's still the same as young people, laughing and laughing, warm and funny.
In addition, Peng Yuchang and Li Gengxi, who have shaved their heads, still have a sense of CP, and their makeup is done very carefully, no longer the filter of that idol drama, they look more like the young couple we can see at any time when we walk on the street.
Especially the love vlog in the last easter egg part, it is sweet to watch, and the two of them really act like a newlywed couple.
People laugh out loud from the bottom of their hearts.
Of course, the movie also has laughter and tears.
A set of shots was used in the opening scene to explain the inconveniences in life of the heroine Ling Min played by Li Gengxi as a uremia patient.
One of the most impressive episodes is drinking water.
Uremia suffers from kidney failure, and unlike most people's "drink more water" regimen, she must strictly control the amount of water she drinks.
So her mobile phone screensaver and phone case will be marked with a big prompt"Drink less water! ”
Ordinary people are thirsty and directly pick up tons and tons of water cups.
She does this by cutting open a lemon, picking up a slice and putting it in her mouth to chew — a way to stimulate saliva production and relieve thirst.
When Ling Min swallowed the sour lemon, the frowning appearance made the audience gasp.
But that's how she lives every day, day after day, with little end in sight.
The same "daily" also includes taking medication down to the minute, condiments of salt and other condiments per day in grams, not eating takeout, strict weight control, and hemodialysis several times a week.
and the actor will fall asleep from time to time because of the removal of a piece of brain tissue, etc.
Viewers who have been sick, or who have been sick in their family, should be the most empathetic.
But still as mentioned earlier, the protagonist did not stop here because of illness and the inconvenience of life caused by illness, and sold miserably with tears every day.
They will be miserable and anxious because of their illness, but in addition to that, they also have a lot of life, just like ordinary people.
It is even possible that because they have been sick for a long time, they are more open-minded about their daily life, and there are several places in the film where the protagonist will talk about his illness in a light-hearted and humorous way.
The male protagonist Lu Tu said that if he took the first step, he would donate his kidney to Ling Min.
Ling Min smiled and quipped him, why donate it to me? Roasted kidneys?
And every time they talk about the coma when they talk about **, Lu Tu will say seriously, maybe it's an alien who took away my consciousness, took me back to my home planet, cured it, and then returned my consciousness to my body.
Then, the two burst into laughter.
It's hard to describe my mood as an audience member at that moment - sour, sympathetic, but also touched, admired.
Because they are really working hard, trying very hard to live, and even as Ling Min himself said, "Sahuan" to live.
This is the vitality that grows vigorously in the cracks of the stone in the most difficult predicament.
Break through the ground and thrive.
There are many details in the film that touched me, and I can see that the director really put his heart into the creation of the characters.
For example, Ling Min can't drink more water, so her lips are always dry and peely.
For example, the growth of the two protagonists, their life backgrounds, and correspondingly, their entertainment methods.
Ling Min used to be a tour guide, and after her illness, she did a similar tour, and it can be seen that she has a slightly higher level of education, and the song she likes to listen to is Zhang Weiwei's "Rice Shop".
* During this time, she relied on this soothing folk song to soothe her emotions.
And Lu Tu looks a little rustic, and his cultural level is average, because a small part of brain tissue has been removed, and his expression ability has also been affected to a certain extent.
If you want to express something seriously, you have to write a letter by hand, and as a result, the writing is crooked, and all kinds of typos and pinyin can barely spell out a letter.
His way of self-motivation and encouragement is much simpler, say a word to himself"Ollie gives".
Maybe at first, we would have had a similar perspective to Ling Min and felt embarrassed by him.
But later, together with Ling Min, we all realized that the most simple and even a little earthy "Ollie" is the most direct force for an ordinary young man at the bottom of the society like Lu Tu, who has gone through hardships.
For him, the "good luck" he hopes for can be as simple as buying a drink and getting another bottle.
You say it's dirty? Ridiculous?
But only those who are immersed in the scene know that this so-called sinking culture can sometimes really inspire the most simple, clear, and direct sense of power.
After watching the movie, you will find that the plot is not abrupt, when Ling Min accompanied Lu Tu and shouted "Ollie" on the balcony, I also laughed aloud.
At this time, Ling Min began to enter Lu Tu's world.
This is also the beginning of us as the audience to enter the world of the characters in the film.
The moment people begin to understand each other, there is the possibility of mutual warmth and mutual support.
Therefore, "Shaking the Sun" is not so much about illness and life and death, but rather about the famous quote that Romain Rolland said:
"There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is to recognize the cruel truth of life and still love life. ”
It feels like the movie is about the process of the two protagonists recognizing the truth of life and still loving life.
And that makes sense for all of us.
Maybe we are healthy and we don't face the difficulties of the protagonist, but we all inevitably encounter setbacks and the moment when life suddenly changes course.
And this movie is an inspiration to each and every one of us
Everyone who is in adversity, or is likely to face adversity;
Everyone who may be small, may not be concerned, may even be misunderstood, and be discriminated against;
Everyone who may be confused about life at this moment, and wants to give up the idea for a moment:
No matter what is going on, we all have the right to live happily.
Regardless of whether life will give us the good luck of "another bottle", whether tomorrow will be sunny, rainy, wind and frost.
We can all use our minds to wake up the sleeping sun.
It will come out, hopefully it will come out.
Be believing. The days when college students are at home