As a film critic, Fang Nan has participated in the premiere of Nie Wei's film as a director for the second time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This time he came prepared, in fact, after the baptism of Nie Wei's debut film "Speed Scandal" last year, Nie Wei's new film this year is highly anticipated in the circle of film critics, after all, Nie Wei's achievements last year were too amazing, "Speed Scandal" box office exceeded 100 million, and the two sides of the Taiwan Strait won 16 awards large and small, including even the Golden Horse's Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress and other very important awards.

So for Nie Wei's second work as a director this year, everyone can be said to have made sufficient preparations.

The shot at the beginning of the film made Fang Nan aware that this is not a fast-paced or very depressing movie, the soothing shots and sunny pictures all prove that the content of this movie is more relaxed and humorous, but what makes Fang Nan feel more interesting is the narration under such a lens.

"If you compare a woman to a ball, the flowery teenager is like a basketball, and in order to catch the basketball that flies high, the man will reach out and grab it with all his might. ”

The screen changes from basketball to rugby, and the narrator's words change: "Women in their twenties are rugby, and in order to grab the ball, men will fight like jackals, and this is the only period when men will fight hard for the ball." ”

At the end of the sentence, a group of rugby players with red eyes for a picture of balls piled together, which really matches the content of the narrator's words.

"Women in their thirties are table tennis, although the number of men fighting for the ball has decreased significantly, but the attention to the ball is still very good, and women are golf at the age of forty, a ball is a man, as long as the man sees the ball, he wants to swing the ball far, and even the woman who has passed this grade...... Alas. ”

At this point, the narrator suddenly sighed, and when everyone was curious about what ball they would like, they saw a dodgeball suddenly smashed towards a group of men, and then all the men dodged one after another, until the ball passed through everyone and disappeared, and the narrator's voice sounded weakly: "It can only be a dodgeball." ”

"Haha... Ha..."The chuckle kept ringing, Fang Nan was also stealing fun with everyone, it was really the narration at the beginning of this paragraph was really humorous and vivid, and at the same time it was also very philosophical, think about it carefully, these ball games correspond to the situation faced by most women of all ages today, it is really quite accurate.

After the opening, with a big title "Twenty Years Old Again", the movie quickly entered the feature film.

It begins with a male professor standing on the podium and talking about a topic called 'Prejudice against the Elderly'.

Wrinkles, age spots, sensitivity to cold, slow speed, and decay and cheekiness, the students spoke one after another, and even the male professor on the stage couldn't help but stop it, saying: "It's too much, you will also grow old one day in the future." ”

"I won't grow old, I'm going to commit suicide at the age of thirty, who said that people must live to be seventy or eighty. A female college student with a small mirror and a gorgeous appearance replied, and just as all the audience was watching how the male professor was going to respond, the camera suddenly turned into an old lady.

"That's what I said at the time, I wanted to kill myself at the age of 30, but for the sake of my children...... When I got married for a year, the man called my husband was killed by a bullet on the battlefield between Korea and North Korea, and I gave birth to a child alone. ”

Gui Yalei is not an old drama bone, this part of the play is very powerful, it seems to be free and easy, but there are also bitterness and bitterness behind it, which perfectly interprets the greatness of a strong single mother.

And this plot undoubtedly echoes the prejudices of the students in front, most of the elders' youth is actually put on their children, and those various prejudices should not be the reason why everyone dislikes their elders.

"It's worth thinking about, Nie Wei's movies are becoming more and more mature. Fang Nan made a note of this scene, and also appreciated the ingenuity of Nie Wei's plot and line design, although the movie started less than five minutes, but the content expressed had already made Fang Nan, a veteran film critic, see Nie Wei's growth.

This recognized genius in the circle has not stood still as many people feared after achieving great results, but has continued to make rapid progress, and this film is enough to see everything.

Most of the first twenty minutes are laying the groundwork for the later plot, unlike "Speed Scandal", the plot of this "Return to Twenty Years Old" has obviously slowed down and filmed the story more delicately, which is also a place where Fang Nan thinks Nie Wei is very smart.

In Fang Nan's view, this is to be able to catch the audience as soon as possible and let them be attracted to the movie, and this step "Twenty Years Old" slowed down, naturally because he already relied on the good results of the previous movie, and felt that the audience would definitely be more patient with his own movie, so he deliberately did this.

This is actually good for the movie, entering the theme too quickly means that the plot will inevitably seem a little abrupt, I think this movie is very well paved, from the beginning of the contradiction is pointed out, then the foreshadowing, and then to the violent conflict, and finally there is a big turn, officially entering the main topic of the movie, and the step by step links are very reasonable.

And slowing down does not mean that the content of the movie will be boring, even if it is twenty minutes of foreshadowing, there are still many highlights that leave a deep impression on Fang Nan, and there is no lack of some jokes, such as Brother Hu's debut almost didn't make the audience laugh off their big teeth, in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" Liu Jinyuan played by him is such a gentle and elegant person, and Brother Hu on weekdays also looks like a sunny boy, but in this film, the exploding head and face are painted like ghosts, in Nie Wei's words, it is completely non-mainstream.

And their music is also quite funny, it is the kind of 'rock' that can be interpreted with life, shouting out of tune songs with their throats, and singing on stage for a short while, as if they were fighting.

But the funniest thing is the quarrel between Brother Hu and the senior sister in the background.

"Tell me your name, it's so old-fashioned, and Xiang Qianqian, I'm still going backwards!" The senior sister's complaint made the audience present not to mention how happy it was, and Xiang Qianjian's strong quarrel with the senior sister in front of her, but when her teammates reminded her that the venue was provided by the senior sister, Xiang Qianqian's expression and dog's leg behavior were also humorous.

However, the seemingly nonsense paragraph also has a different meaning in Fang Nan's eyes, which is actually an expression of the life that people are living.

That kind of fight-like rock represents maverickism, and the back Xiang is forward and backward, to put it bluntly, it is also a manifestation of subservience to reality, this plot seems to be nonsense, but it is full of truth and is very powerful.

As the plot unfolded, because of the harsh personality of the seventy-year-old Meng Lijun, her daughter-in-law was so angry that she was hospitalized, which sparked a discussion in the family, and Meng Lijun overheard the news that the family was going to send her to a nursing home.

Meng Lijun was very sad, so she decided to run away from home, and when she passed by a photo studio, she thought that she might not have much time in the future, and remembered the scene of another old man showing off her photos during the day, so she also wanted to leave a photo of herself that could be seen, so he walked into this photo studio called 'Youth'.

And the plot has really entered a turning point, when Meng Lijun came out of the photo studio again, she was no longer a seventy-year-old her, but a twenty-year-old girl!!

is still an old-fashioned floral shirt chiffon skirt, and a pair of black torn leather shoes, but the person wearing these clothes has become a pure and beautiful girl, Lin Yifei is worthy of being the most beautiful representative of today's Hua Dan, even if such an outdated or even unrefined set of clothes is worn on her body, it still can't hide the beauty of the girl.

At this time, Meng Lijun had not yet noticed the change in herself, and when she saw that the bus was about to leave, she immediately chased after her.

And Fang Nan's eyes lit up.

In the film, when Lin Yifei ran, everyone's eyes widened, because Lin Yifei's running state was too bold, with a big pace, a vigorous body, and no girl's twist at all, and some people even watched Lin Yifei run, and they also captured a trace of the feeling of their grandmother chasing the car.

"It's very expressive. Although it is just a running scene, Fang Nan still appreciates Lin Yifei's performance, many idols are afraid of their own image, and it is difficult to let go of it at some times, but Lin Yifei obviously brought himself into the state of a seventy-year-old man in this scene.

And after getting in the car, Lin Yifei's performance made him even more admired, in his eyes, Lin Yifei has completely left the burden of a girl idol, and the fierce words and actions when he taught him to tease his youth are just right to show the power of an old grandmother, and later after learning that he has become younger, his expression changes from disbelief to shock to confusion, and finally accept the snickering, etc., this series of expression changes are quite natural, and the acting skills are really amazing.

It seems that Lin Yifei will definitely take off the hat of the vase this time. Although the movie is only halfway through, Lin Yifei's performance during this period is enough to prove that her acting skills are already excellent.

In addition, she is only nineteen years old, and she has such acting skills at this age, and then uses a vase to describe this girl, it is Chi Guoguo's discredit, at least Fang Nan can't do this kind of thing.

And the most important thing is that even the audience agrees with Lin Yifei's acting skills, and Fang Nan's ears continue to hear the voices of the audience discussing behind, and they also have a lot of appreciation for Lin Yifei's acting skills.

"Lin Yifei's performance is good, it is really similar to the character and action of the teacher just now. ”

"It's so fun, it's the first time I saw Lin Yifei like this, I feel so interesting. ”

"It's too subversive, return me to my goddess. ”

Just like some viewers said, Lin Yifei really broke the audience's inherent image of a goddess for her this time, what role did Lin Yifei play before?

The noble lady Bai Xiuzhu, or the fairy sister Wang Yuyan in Tianlong, or the aura Zhao Ling'er in the fairy sword, and the little dragon girl who has recently been known as the highest degree of restoration, all of these are big beauties and goddess-level characters, but now this character, although he has a beautiful face, his behavior is not related to the goddess at all.

But it is this contrast that makes the audience see the interest, coupled with the clever design of the plot, which really attracts the audience to watch it.

As the plot goes on, the pits dug before have been filled one by one.

Just like the previous quarrel between Xiang Qianjin and his senior sister, he angrily said that his senior sister's singing was not as good as his grandmother's, and the young Meng Lijun quickly showed her moving singing voice, proving that what Xiang Qianjin said was true.

Out of chance, Meng Lijun's impromptu singing also successfully attracted Huang Ziming, the music director of the senior club, who came to the senior club to take shelter from the rain, and his little grandson Xiang Qianjian, who also came to shelter from the rain.

And then there is no lack of emotion in the humor of the story, Meng Lijun agreed to the request of her little grandson and formed a band with him to participate in the competition, and because in the process of the competition, she had an inexplicable relationship with the music director Huang Ziming, and the old man Li Dahai's silent love for Meng Lijun, obviously allergic to peaches, but because it was a peach given by Meng Lijun, it was very sweet.

Meng Lijun misunderstood, a Li Dahai likes to eat peaches, so every time he goes to Li Dahai's house, he will send peaches, and he will give them for decades, but Li Dahai has always endured allergies and ate all the peaches sent by Meng Lijun, even if his children persuade him, he will not listen.

It seems to be a very stupid thing, but the audience was all moved by this scene, and Fang Nan only has one sentence in his heart at the moment, this is love.

The story gradually came to the second half of the story under the rhythm of lightheartedness, humor and warmth, Meng Lijun experienced a series of things after becoming younger, and finally was ready to relax and enjoy her youth again, when an accident happened.

Xiang Qianqian had to receive a blood transfusion because of a car accident, but he was a rare blood type, the blood stock in the hospital was insufficient, and the blood type of the family members present was difficult to match, at this time Xiang Qianqian's sister thought of grandma, because only grandma's blood type was the same as Xiang Qianqian.

Just when the family was at a loss, Meng Lijun rushed to the hospital.

"Draw my blood, my blood is the same blood type as Advance. Meng Lijun and everyone spoke, but as soon as she finished speaking, she was caught by Li Dahai on the side and walked into the safe passage on the side.

"Have you forgotten, you'll get old when you draw blood, what's so good about being old? what's so good about a wrinkled face and a stinky body? And aren't you still interested in that person?"

The old man's tone was very excited, and it was inevitable that there was a trace of sadness, in front of him was someone he had liked for decades, but he missed it again and again, but this did not prevent him from yearning for the person he liked, hoping that she could live better, just like how precious the opportunity to become young this time was, this old man knew best what this meant to Meng Lijun, so he wanted to stop Meng Lijun.

At the moment when the two were talking, they didn't find that Meng Lijun's son, the male professor Xiang Guobin at the beginning, was standing outside the door, and the secret of Meng Lijun's rejuvenation was finally discovered by more people.