In recent years, it can be said that the Korean film market has gradually shown a decline under the offensive of Hollywood blockbusters, although the patriotic enthusiasm of South Koreans is high and the support for domestic films is full of energy, but the quality of Korean films is low, which is a fact.

So much so that when people mention Korean movies, they have the impression of sadomasochism, car accidents, cancer, and incurability.

Every time the hero and heroine are tortured to death and injury, or martyrdom, people can't stop, in the past two years, Korean movies are also looking for a way out, although they still take the route of car accidents and cancer, but the ending often comes to a big reversal, or amnesia, or separation, although there is no life and death, but the revenge, deception, and betrayal staged in it, its sadistic process has increased unabated.

It's exhausting to watch!

Although every year the Korean film and television industry spares no expense to create one or two so-called blockbusters, such as "Tai Chi Flag Flying" in 2004 and "The King's Man" in 2005, it still does nothing to save Korean movies.

As one of the many Korean film genres, campus romance movies have always been niche, without magnificent big scenes, no dazzling special effects shots, and it is too difficult to win the favor of the audience with storytelling.

But Lee Jun-hee succeeded, the previous "The Little Thing of First Love" gathered stars and was known as the epic masterpiece "The King's Man", and now it is another similar theme "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" once again suppressed the "Han River Monster" labeled with Hollywood special effects to the point that it had no power to fight back at all.

If the appearance of the previous "Little Thing of First Love" only made the Korean film and television industry feel refreshing, then with the success of "Those Years", countless people living in this circle can only be said to be shocked.

Because of this movie, whether it is the amount of investment, the cast, or the theme of the story, it seems that there is no possibility of success.

That's right. Last year's "The Little Thing of First Love" became popular, but it was more just regarded as an accident.

Now the same type of "Those Years" can be said to be just frying cold rice, and the whole movie is perfect without decent big scenes, in terms of casting, Lee Jun-hee and Kim Tae-hee are still just popular idols, and there is still some distance from real actors, at least most insiders think so.

However, Lee Jun-hee still has a resume as a movie actor before. Kim Tae-hee is completely a newcomer on the big screen, even on the small screen, she is just treated as a good-looking vase.

Not to mention other actors, except for Yoon Eun-hye, there is no professional actor, and only Choi Zhen, who makes a cameo, is a real big name.

But it's such a movie that requires investment but no investment, no lineup, and a very old-fashioned story. It succeeded, and in one fell swoop, it killed the much-anticipated "Monster of the Han River", and became a super dark horse in the 2006 summer film market.

Even Bong Joon-ho, the director of "Monster of the Han River", admitted very helplessly in an interview: "I originally thought it was a contest of opponents of different levels. But only now did I realize that we were the weaker side. ”

Direct competitors are admitting defeat, which makes people want to know even more. What is the basis of Li Junxi's success, some people say that Li Junxi is a sword that goes off the rails and uses unpopular themes to cause upsets. Others say that it is the movie itself that resonates with the audience.

To this, Lee Jun-hee's answer was: "No matter how professional shooting techniques and skills a movie is, no matter how many celebrities are invited, first of all, you have to ensure that it is sincere." ”

That's right! It's sincerity!

In terms of sincerity, "Those Years" did a very good job, just the dialogue, you can feel that this is a true story, unlike some movies, where the hero and heroine have a prince and princess style with one mouth.

Although some lines are a little vulgar, they don't sound pretentious, nor do they pretend to be mature, whatever age they are, they should say what they should say and do, which makes the audience feel very funny.

It should be emphasized that as a screenwriter, Lee Jun-hee did not deliberately play with words, and the qiē he described in his pen are all natural words and actions from characters in life.

At the same time, as a campus love movie, "Those Years" is "abnormal", because in the final ending, it was not expected to be a great consummation, Yoo Yeon-hee was not with Kim Ha-seok, and there was not even a suspense, Yoo Yeon-hee got married directly, and Kim Ha-seok only attended the wedding banquet as a guest.

But this is obviously not a tragedy, whether it is Jin Xiashi in the film or the audience who watched the movie, they all gladly accepted this result and wishes.

The reason for this result is the sincerity of what Lee Jun-hee said.

That's right, from the perspective of the movie, the ending of "Those Years" is "abnormal", because this is very common in life, junior high school, high school, college romances, and those who can go to the cave house are not as many as movies with such happy endings, and although they didn't go to the end, people didn't want to die or live, life still had to go on, and later I found out that this person is not the only one who is you, there will always be someone in your world forever.

As a screenwriter, Lee Jun-hee didn't think about pleasing anyone from the beginning, what he wanted to present to people was a true story, in his story, no one was a prince, and no one was a princess. There is little love, and it is all vernacular, and there is absolutely no situation of looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle to show B.

There are a total of seven protagonists in "Those Years", five men and two women, the relationship is complex and simple, and it is complicated because five men like one Yoo Yeon-hee at the same time, and the battle strategy and combat results are different.

Among them, Kim Ha-seok and Yoo Yeon-hee have the closest relationship, and Yoo Yeon-hee's best friend Kang You-mi did not alienate Yoo Yeon-hee because of this.

On the contrary, the relationship between these seven people is very good, and the whole movie grasps the key to friendship and love when narrating, and does not let these two feelings become incompatible enemies.

This is related to the background of the characters in the story, and Lee Jun-hee, as a screenwriter, also grasped the simple and simple side of his student days, so that everyone who has watched the movie will feel reasonable.

There is zero depiction of material money in the film, unlike most Korean films, if there is no second generation of wealthy families in the story. The screenwriter and director collectively tickled, "Those Years" is purely about feelings, although there will often be meat scenes of a pistol, but who can deny these sex. Fantasy is not part of youth?

This is also sincere, the scale is just right, popular, not vulgar, romantic, not indecent.

That's how it tells the pure friendship and ignorant love of this group of students. and stories in their world.

The relationship between Kim Ha-seok and Yoo Yeon-hee is undoubtedly the main line in the whole movie, and these two characters have also become synonymous with beautiful first love in reality with the popularity of the movie.

In fact, as long as you understand this movie and really understand these two characters, it is not difficult to find that these two people are not suitable, Yoo Yeon-hee is right, Kim Ha-seok is very naïve and a bit cynical. There is still a lack of courage in terms of feelings.

From the beginning of changing positions, Kim Ha-seok's feelings for Yoo Yeon-hee are a process from ignoring to paying attention to liking. In this process, there is no clear watershed, and some are commonly known as long-term love.

At first, Jin Xiashi's attitude towards Yoo Yeon-hee was disdainful, which was actually naked jealousy. Or rather, they weren't a people of the world from the beginning.

The turning point came in the scene where the hero saves the beauty, and in English class, Kim Ha-seok heroically gave his textbook to Yoo Yeon-hee and accepted the punishment for her.

But actually at this time. Jin Xiashi hasn't fallen in love with Yoo Yeon-hee yet, just out of respect for such a goddess-level figure, and boys' protective psychology of girls, which is definitely a subconscious behavior.

But Yoo Yeon-hee didn't think so, so she took it seriously and was determined to help Kim Ha-seok, just because she didn't want to look down on him.

After that, the two of them experienced a "honeymoon period", during that time, Jin Xiashi studied hard like a child, talked and laughed with Yoo Yeon-hee, and played and made trouble, which may also be the time that Jin Xiashi missed the most when he grew up, at that time, he didn't have to think about separating or anything one day, and each other's worlds were very small at that time.

Then, their relationship deepened further, and it can be said that they began to have a little ambiguity, starting with Kim Ha-seok and Yoo Yeon-hee staying in school.

The reason why Yoo Yeon-hee asked Kim Ha-seok to study with her was that she heard the legend of the zombie and was scared and wanted to find someone to accompany her, but Yoo Yeon-hee did not call her best friend Kang You-mi, but chose Kim Ha-seok, which shows that Yoo Yeon-hee is used to Kim Ha-seok by her side, and she also trusts this big boy and trusts him in his ability to protect herself.

Yoo Yeon-hee is an indescribably good for Jin Xia-seok, liking it is definitely not counted, at least not hating, more precisely, they have developed a good impression of each other, and this good feeling is developed with the friendship between men and women.

Because of a bet, Jin Xiashi lost, shaved a handsome bald head, Jin Xiashi won again, when Jin Xiashi's four friends YY Yoo Yeon-hee tied the reason for the ponytail, at this time only Kim Ha-seok alone knew that he won Yoo Yeon-hee, and Yoo Yeon-hee was serious.

In those years, Jin Xiashi not only had Yoo Yeon-hee, but also four bad friends, Yoo Yeon-hee also had Kang You-mei, friendship will not be like love, it will fade because of distance and time, friendship can last forever, friendship can be the shelter of love, and friendship can be the most reliable support, so when he graduated, Li Junxi did not exaggerate the sadness of parting too much, but showed his graduation with a happy and lively tone.

Graduation means liberation and growth, and there's no reason to be upset.

Seven people frolicked on the beach, and then there was that extremely classic picture, seven people sat in a row barefoot, in different postures, each talking about their own ideals.

Here, Jin Xiashi also confessed to Yoo Yeon-hee in his heart: "I want to be a very powerful person and make the world a little different because of me, and my world is just your heart." ”

Jin Xiashi did it, and he did it step by step unintentionally.

No matter how good it was before, it was an unavoidable problem, Kim Ha-seok and Yoo Yeon-hee started an informal long-distance relationship, just like in real life, this platonic relationship is difficult to stick to, but there is also a honeymoon period.

At first, I called every day, "Don't let other boys chase you too fast", "Can you not go down and dance" Kim Ha-seok's cuteness makes people laugh, but this is also a kind of protection for Yoo Yeon-hee, although the selfish component is greater.

The pinnacle of their relationship was when it was Christmas, and Jin Xiashi asked if it was a date at the beginning, and the two under the camera seemed to have become a couple. Give an illusion.

But as if something particularly beautiful was going to happen on the eve of a storm, it ~~~~~~~

Jin Xiashi encountered the most tragic thing, "girls are always more mature than a boy of the same age", in a different place, he wants to "show his strongest side in front of girls", the idea is good, the practice is bad, and he holds a fighting tournament one by one.

After being beaten up in an inhuman form, he was still telling Yoo Yeon-hee that he would do it in the future, without considering Yoo Yeon-hee's worries at all.

Yoo Yeon-hee is "naïve". Let Jin Xiashi return to the pre-liberation period in the first war, Jin Xiashi also felt that Liu Yanxi was unreasonable, why couldn't he support himself, neither of them understood each other's world.

On that night, it can be said that the rupture of their relationship was announced, in fact, as long as one party admits his mistake, this kind of thing will not happen, it stands to reason that Jin Xiashi, who is a man, should admit his mistake. Even if he wasn't wrong, Kim Ha-seok was indeed "naïve" in this regard, and he let Yoo Yeon-hee go.

In that moment, all could feel it. Kim Ha-seok's heart must have hurt terribly, he definitely wanted to turn around and have Yoo Yeon-hee, but he still gave up.

Yoo Yeon-hee herself doesn't want to get along with Kim Ha-seok. Otherwise, she wouldn't have looked at the breakup couple outside the window, and what she was thinking about must be Jin Xiashi.

As it turned out, both were just thinking about it. Didn't do it.

If it weren't for the earthquake, they wouldn't have been in touch for more than two years, they have had a new life in the past two years, Yoo Yeon-hee has found a boyfriend, and Kim Ha-seok won't like Yoo Yeon-hee as much as he used to, and even said that he doesn't like it anymore, the movie uses a set of running shots to illustrate Kim Ha-seok's rebirth.

On the night of the earthquake, Jin Xiashi called in a hurry, just like lending Yoo Yeon-hee a textbook during class, without thinking about it much, it was completely subconscious, it was a sense of protection, and so many things had happened to the two of them.

By the time the movie progressed to this point, there must have been many viewers still fantasizing about this as a turning point and the two of them being able to get back together.

But, NO! That's no longer possible.

The two of them had a conversation in the form of a friend's reminiscence, and although it was a little ambiguous, there were only memories left.

Until Yoo Yeon-hee got married, did Kim Ha-seok still like Yoo Yeon-hee?

like, otherwise there would be no urge to kiss the groom in the end, of course, there was no kiss Yoo Yeon-hee in the end, and the kiss at the end of the movie was just a fantasy part to make up for the regret.

What about Yoo Yeon-hee?

I also like Jin Xiashi, otherwise I wouldn't be the first to call him.

But this liking is more of a gratitude.

Kim Ha-seok is grateful to Yoo Yeon-hee, a girl who is chased by many people, for being able to chase her for so long and keep such a close distance from her.

Yoo Yeon-hee is also grateful to Kim Ha-seok for accompanying him all the way, and he also said to Kim Ha-seok, "I have been liked by you, and it is hard to feel that others like me so much."

When the haunted legend happened, the first thing she thought of was Jin Xiashi to accompany her to study, and when the joint entrance examination was smashed, she was the first to call Jin Xiashi to cry, and until she got married, she was also the first to call Jin Xiashi.

Kim Ha-seok finally became the "very powerful person" he wanted, and because of him, Yoo Yeon-hee's world was a little different.

The whole movie, from beginning to end, gives people a very real feeling, and I can also feel the strong sincerity of Lee Jun-hee as the author when he depicts this story.

Let the people who have watched this movie, when they come into contact with this movie, they must think of someone in their hearts, maybe that person has long since withdrawn from your life, may still be in touch, or may still be together, but these people all have a common name, called first love.

This kind of first love is very simple, it can be a person who likes it silently behind his back, or it can be like Kim Ha-seok and Yoo Yeon-hee to become friends.

No matter how happy and happy life is now, the impulse of first love is gone, and people can't help but want to thank the person who brought us the impulse.

Lee Jun-hee also used this story to tell everyone, not all stories are fairy tales, Yoo Yeon-hee said that there are many things in life that are in vain, and she was wrong.

Despite the difficulties at the moment, there is still a dream in my heart, even if I can't hold hands in the end, as long as I have ever shining, the road will be more comfortable in the future.

Just like on the night of the earthquake, they looked up at the moon in the sky at the same time, and at least they could look up at the same sky.

Sincerely, impressed!

Lee Jun-hee gave people the qiē they wanted, so if "Those Years" can't be successful, there will really be no heavenly reason.

Therefore, Lee Jun-hee won again, this time, the win was convincing, and after the success of "The Little Thing of First Love", it also caused a lot of controversy, but this time, even the controversy was pitiful.

Except for a few so-called mouthpiece seniors who have long been eliminated by the film and television industry, and the so-called mouthpieces of the industry, and two sentences of sour criticism, even the most demanding film critics have given "Those Years" extremely high praise.

A work of sincerity!

This has become a new label for the movie "Those Years", and it has also attracted more and more audiences to go into the cinema, sit down, and patiently watch a good movie that can move them. (To be continued......)