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Realistic but it hurts
Damn this one left a bitter taste in my mouth, Iwould never come back to this one but it is only because I cannot seem to forget it and how everything turned out, I just was not expecting it to be that realistic and so I didn't enjoy it as much. It transitions from their days in high school and their adulthood and the story being told from the ML's perspective. I felt the realness of the story and how everyone grew, their friendships was nice but after a while everything changed when the ML wanted something "more" when dating the FL he can't seem to find that something in her and so he goes else where to look for it, that's when the FL does something stupid to get back at the ML, but call it young love, that's the part of the story that hurt the most to me, I didn't agree with any of their decisions, and in the end it left me wanting more at the end.I would not re-watch this but I would recommend to anyone interested in first love and how it does not always turn out the way we want.
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The acting was great, nothing cringy and both actors played their part so well. Just that thinking about it, I cant really see their in love, yes you know they love each other but maybe, I believe its on Eddie Peng's side. The movie was shot pretty well, It was one of the reasons why I came to like the movie though I feel like it was quite lengthy but it kept me wanting for more and the ending left me hanging.
Of all the movies I mentioned in my comment, this movie has made some tears fall. I don't know but it felt real, those moments of them in the classroom, their friendship and the things that happened throughout the movie. It made me miss high school days, my friends, old friends, and wanting some reunion with them, them memories. That one thing is the strength of this movie, it captured what it meant to fall in love for the first time :)
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It didn't hurt a lot but it left a message
They were all friends. Shame how the same thing called love, required in friendship, ruined theirs.They were two people, too young and they fell in love. It wasn’t because they were too young to fall in love. It was because they were too clueless. Regardless of your age, 16, 21, or 34, it doesn’t matter you may be too clueless to fall in love. But it wasn’t just cluelessness though, it was their mutuality and their identity. A couple loved each other almost equally, but one of them had sought after something else, something that the other cannot provide. Like, Chen Xun said, Fang Hui was the land, but the bird who can fly just like him and can accompany him was Xiaotang, and to him, it's what Fang Hui did not have. Hui wasn't the person whom he can associate with when achieving his dreams. Chen Xun with Xiaotang is just him wanting to be expressive of his individuality. The point was that he dreamt and loved but sadly Fang Hui cannot be with him to chase after his aspirations.
This film answers a question and concludes with another question. You just can't decide who's at fault. Was it Hui? Was it Chen Xun?
Hui did not know that Chen Xun sacrificed for her (Gaokao), however, Chen Xun cannot keep on sacrificing for her because he also has his own endeavor to go through. Hui cannot go through that endeavor with him. With that said, both of them lack a fragment, so important in a relationship. Things did go their way, and the only way was for them to separate for them to introduce themselves as their pure self. This film is centered on relationships and the identity of a person. I understand that people will say you have to full-on sacrifice for your loved one, but the grit to stick to your identity isn't bad as well. I guess the message this film is trying to convey is that our ties may possibly serve as a medium for us to determine our individuality. And that we might not actually understand how the other person feels unless we're in their shoes. One of the fundamental things in life is to know yourself before getting involved in a long-term romantic relationship.
The acting was acceptable although it didn't pierce too hard. The songs, I loved them. Storyline I was a bit doubtful when Qi Qi appeared. Regardless of that, I think they did a fine job giving an essence out of a film.
People fear death, but hou hui 后悔 regret is the scariest
It became a cycle, these young people did not want to regret and so they did these things but ended up regretting them.
The real question is:
When did we become like this?
And the answer is:
When you all started to question who you are as a person.
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