The subsequent box office trend of "The Last Days" is still strong. Although it is not as stable as "The Sixth Sense", it is far better than other movies in the same period. In fact, Valentine's Day is not a popular period because the time is too short after all. However, these days, movies are released in large numbers. Even if Valentine's Day is not a particularly popular period, there is still no shortage of romance movies.
It's just that "The Last Days" has a completely different concept from other movies.
You can tell this just by looking at the comments from fans.
"A rare true love movie. Although it is very different from what we call love today, it is the real love!"
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a sweet and romantic true love movie. What are those movies released at the same time? They have sex, all kinds of romance, and they call it love. I don't understand what the director understands at all. Is it love?"
"The love between the male and female protagonists in "The Love of Ghosts" is the love that makes people yearn for it. In reality, the relationship between men and women is enough to cause headaches. Movies are the art of dreaming, and we should let us experience it. A different kind of yearning love than the current one, even though it’s dreamy, it’s still amazing!”
In fact, this is really not to blame for other movies. When it comes to Hollywood, North America, and even the so-called love in Western countries, maybe Easterners will smile.
In the past, there were actually many classic love movies, but if you look closely, you will find that the love promoted and shown in those movies has always been restrained.
Strange, isn't it?
Obviously, people in Europe and the United States give people the impression that they are very open-minded about the relationship between men and women. Many people are embarrassed to say that they have been in love despite not getting married and divorced four or five times in their lives.
But sometimes, the more something is lacking, the more something is yearned for.
It's like a scumbag girl has always longed to find an honest man to take over when she gets tired of playing.
Even bad people prefer to be friends with good people, etc., etc.
In fact, it's all the same.
Nowadays, romance films are inseparable from various polyamory relationships, or even if they are not mentally cheating, they are at least physically cheating. This is standard in many Hollywood and even European romance films.
Yes, what they filmed was very real, and in the past, people really didn’t think it was weird. It’s just like that in reality anyway.
But when "The Last Love" came out, such conservatism, such dedication, and such undying love seemed to come to me like a clear spring.
Yes, everyone knows that the kind of love that lasts forever in movies is rare even if it exists in reality, but it is precisely because of this that it makes people yearn for it even more.
Not all movies are as realistic as possible.
In the eyes of many people, the movie "The Love of Ghosts" does not even look like a Hollywood movie, but more like an Oriental and Chinese movie.
Because the theme of the movie is love, but it is too restrained, or too conservative.
Whether it was Sam or Mei Li, neither of them had ever cheated in any way.
Even though Sam died, he still loved Mei Li. Similarly, although she was bewitched by her so-called friend Carl and said that she needed to indulge herself, she still stopped and did not go beyond the last step.
This makes many old and American viewers who are used to having sex whenever they disagree with each other no matter what the big deal, very uncomfortable.
But which man doesn’t yearn for such a girlfriend?
Or by the same token, what woman wouldn't want a boyfriend like Sam?
They only belong to each other, they are each other's only ones, and we will do it until death!
Some film critics attribute the core of this movie to Li Yi's identity.
"Some people say that "The Last Love" doesn't look like a Hollywood movie, or it doesn't look like a Hollywood movie of this era, because the love it shows is very restrained and very conservative!
In "The Love Between Humans and Ghosts", after the heroine lovingly says I love you, the hero's most common reply is "Me too." Does the word "love" really need to be spoken so carefully? I would say, this is very un-Hollywood and very un-modern!
Our modern young people talk about love every day, but breaking up is as simple as eating and drinking.
In fact, if we look at old movies from the past, we will all see a similar scene: one party in the couple first says that they fall in love with the other party, but the other party does not know how to respond.
But in many movies nowadays, love is so intense that I can’t wait to say I love you every day!
Therefore, what the fans say does have some truth. I think it is not that the movie is retro, but that we should not forget the identity of Li, who is from China. He is from China.
Their attitude towards love is more restrained, which is hard for many of us to imagine. But it is a very basic concept in China. Their attitude towards marriage is also very different from ours.
I remember once hearing a sentence from a Chinese friend: "Any relationship that is not for the purpose of marriage is a hooligan!"
This sentence is actually enough to distinguish different attitudes towards love and marriage.
So back to the question itself, why don’t you dare to say love in time. Is the love not deep enough? Or is the love between each other not yet at that level?
I don’t think so. This just shows how deep the love is!
At that time, they must be thinking in their hearts: If they say love too early, they may scare the other person away; if they say it too late, maybe the other half will be impatient and leave. You still have to mature your time before you can say "love".
So I guess that it is because of too much thinking that there is a situation where two people have already fallen in love but are still afraid to say they love each other.
In the end, undying love may be the true meaning of a partner. Birds and beasts can still do this, but for humans, anyone who achieves this must die in death. It is ironic to think about it, but it is Because it is rare, it is even more precious. I am afraid this is the essence of this type of love movie! "
Naturally, "The Love Between Ghosts and Humans" cannot be released in the mainland. After all, after all, it also involves Ah Piao.
However, it can be released in places such as Hong Kong Island and Taiwan.
For foreigners, they may think that the film is a bit retro, but for domestic audiences, the plot of this film is really not complicated and simple. At the same time, in the eyes of many domestic movie fans, it is nothing more than a movie. Apart from the performances by foreigners, the core is obviously made in China!
The love between humans and ghosts may be new abroad, but in China, it is really not new.
There are many old movies of this type, especially those on Hong Kong Island. It can be said that this kind of story is very familiar.
"This is obviously a domestic movie about a ghost and a man disguised as Hollywood!"
"I'm familiar with this story. There are many in Liao Zhai!"
"There's "Nie Xiaoqian" in Liao Zhai! When will Director Gou make a domestic version too!"
"Forget about the domestic version. It can be filmed. Is it possible to film it?"
"Upstairs, I suspect you are racing!"
Of course, domestic film critics view this film in somewhat different ways and directions.
"Many people say that "The Last Love" is a domestically produced Hollywood film with a love core, but I personally don't think so. This is actually an out-and-out Hollywood film.
We have always felt that most foreigners are outgoing and generous in complimenting us. I still remember that year, I gained weight quickly because of my love for eating cheese-based foods. I gained more than 20 pounds in one year and reached my peak weight. But the foreign friends in the dormitory still kept comforting me by saying that if you are fat, no one will lose weight. Now when I look at my cheeks that were rounder than the full moon in the photo at that time, I really don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Gradually, I realized that foreigners’ way of communicating with others by praising others and appearing to be very outgoing just showed their extreme reservedness. They dare not tell the truth directly, and exaggerated praise is an extremely euphemistic way of communication.
So, yes, in the eyes of many of us, foreigners, especially people from Europe and the United States, seem to be very open, especially when it comes to love.
But that may not actually be the case. Of course, the movie is indeed a bit retro. In fact, if the timeline is pulled back more than ten years ago, maybe if you watch this movie again, no one will think that the core of this movie is from our country. .
Let’s talk about the movie itself.
At the end of the movie, it felt like the theme of the movie was a combination of love and soul resentment.
In fact, the supporting characters in the film are memorable, not only the psychic Odemi that everyone is talking about, but also the menacing-looking uncle in the subway.
Speaking of the uncle in the subway, he never knew who pushed him off the track. Well, from this point of view, it is indeed very old and American. Indeed, the old American subway always has this kind of lunacy to push others off the track. It is in line with the national conditions. Yes, he hated that he couldn't catch the murderer and was punished by society for being thrown down, so he never went to heaven.
After the true channeling, a group of souls in the medium's workshop did not properly explain things to their families and never left the world. Sam, on the other hand, did not go to heaven because the murderer had not been punished, and his friends had betrayed him and hatched a conspiracy.
In the end, Carl and the killer were captured and sent to hell respectively, while Sam was avenged and went to heaven. This also explains a little why there aren't so many souls on the streets. The explanation may be that he has no nostalgia or resentment in the human world, or he may have been captured by the messengers of hell. There is also the theme of truth, goodness and beauty of doing bad things and going to hell.
Still on the supporting cast, let’s talk about the villain Carl.
From the beginning of what he said to Sam, he always thought that he and Sam were close friends. But later he wanted to use Sam to help drug dealers launder money, and even had people rob Sam's wallet to get his account password. It feels a bit unexpected, but if you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense. When Sam was working, he pretended to care about Sam and wanted to help him, but in fact he was taking the opportunity to not let him know that Gal was laundering money. It was no longer irrational to not act so sad after Sam died.
Moreover, his feelings for Sam's girlfriend Meili are also very ambiguous. He and Meili always get closer intentionally or unintentionally, and the distance between them is no longer the distance that should be maintained between friends. But maybe there is also a helplessness (?) that is, he is helping the gang to launder money, and will be assassinated if he does not succeed. But he wouldn't betray his friend just for the commission of $80,000. A villain who betrayed his friends and cheated on his wife for the sake of profit.
This character seems to have a lot of focus, but he is actually a facial character. If there is a flaw in the movie, it may be him.
Let's talk about the psychic mediums that everyone is talking about. In fact, according to our words here, they are magic sticks.
The psychic does have a bit of a role as a tool, but because of the wonderful performance of the actors, this role has become a highlight comparable to the male and female protagonists. Because of the trouble Sam kept thinking about, he had to help Sam find Mei Li.
In fact, I always thought that the psychic would seduce Sam to help him because he could help her win the lottery or something, but no, but I thought it fit the theme: Do bad things and go to hell. I have to admire you, Director Dog, it is you. .
At first, the psychic had a lot of petty theft records and was a snobbish person. But then he watched Sam and Mei Li's perfect love step by step. He was gradually moved and donated 4 million. Well, the part about donating is my favorite. Yes, I personally think that the black aunt actor’s performance is the most outstanding.
That's four million US dollars. For a guy who can even take advantage of bank pens, that's definitely a huge sum of money!
And the key is, if you already have it, donating it is like a knife to a person who loves money as much as his life!
Her performance in this plot can be described as vivid and vivid.
This is the most three-dimensional character in the entire film, and also the most realistic character.
She is a swindler who makes a living by cheating money. She has a lot of criminal records. She is definitely not a good person. She can be said to be a member of the bottom of society. However, for such a person, the shining points in her have been discovered.
Especially when she was moved to let Sam get on top of her. From a small heart to a big heart. She is also responsible for the laughter. With her around, there is usually a relaxed atmosphere.
Therefore, this role can definitely be said to be the most eye-catching role in this movie!
Let’s talk about Meili again. Mei Li was not deceived by Karl's sweet words, she only thought about Sam in her heart.
I think maybe because of this, everyone thinks that the love in this movie is a bit restrained. Generally speaking, at that time, the atmosphere is in place, and Carl is a familiar person. Let’s indulge a little, and from the perspective of a foreigner In fact, it’s nothing!
But she braked just in time. Maybe this is what makes people feel moved?
And her love for Sam has also not changed.
Although the psychic said that Sam's soul was still there, which was a very ridiculous thing, he was still moved and convinced by thinking about the sweet moment that only belonged to the two of them. Go ahead and report the crime without fear of police eyes. It was Mei Li's love for Sam that gave Sam a strong will to fight against evil.
Strong will. Uncle Subway teaches that you can do it if you concentrate on faith and strong will. It hints at the theme, Sam's strong will to protect Mei Li and his strong love for Mei Li. I think this is the core of this movie’s obviously absurd setting, but it’s so touching!
alright! After watching this movie, I started to believe in love again! No, I believe in "true love"!
That do be true love. I hope I can meet it in my lifetime, so that I can die without regrets!
ah! I feel refreshed after reading it! What a damn charming romance! I really like it! "
(End of chapter)
