"A Lang's Story" can be said to be so special, especially in this era, such a movie with an authentic flavor of old Hong Kong movies is so special to old movie fans and movie critics.
This does not mean that period dramas have not been filmed in recent years, but they have always been to cater to the taste of the current audience. It can be said that many times, many things have changed.
Even those old directors who were very good at making old Hong Kong movies seem to have forgotten the feeling of the past in the movies they made.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the style of the movie is on the one hand, and the story is different on the other.
People of different generations have huge cognitive changes. In the past, it was easy for them to make such movies, but now they have too many worries if they want to make a story like this properly.
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What I like the most is that this is a story about "ordinary people".
Yes, in this day and age, it is even difficult for you to see the stories of "ordinary people" on the big screen.
Why do you say that?
Aren’t there many stories about little people?
Li Qing, a veteran film critic, used this theme to express why he likes this movie so much.
"Many people have been asking in the past, what is the essence of old Hong Kong films? What is the difference between the old Hong Kong films that make you nostalgic and those today?
After thinking about it carefully, I finally came to the conclusion that the old Hong Kong movies in the past always had a "breath of life" and told many stories about little people.
Some people may ask, aren’t there a lot of stories about little people nowadays?
But is that really a nobody?
In my opinion it's not.
The so-called little people, to put it bluntly, are us, the audience.
So, if a movie can't move you, make you recall, make you feel your own past, and make you have some degree of emotional resonance, then I'm sorry, it really isn't for little people like us.
"Alang's Story" is undoubtedly the story of a little person.
Men like Alang are, to some extent, role models for many men.
There used to be many people who regarded Young and Dangerous as their idols. This is a very ridiculous thing for adults, just because adults only distinguish the pros and cons, while young people don't care about the long term.
Therefore, you need to be loyal when you go out to hang out. Only young people can take it seriously.
Therefore, every young man may have been a prodigal son, or he may have fantasized about living like A Lang when he was young.
Of course Alang is not a good man. He is a prodigal. No matter how much you hate such a person, you cannot deny that he is cool and handsome when he is riding on a motorcycle with a cigarette in his mouth.
Men are not bad, but women do not love them. Whether it is movies or reality, there are endless examples of this. The prodigal son Alang, with weird long hair, is suave and bohemian. Such a quirky and unruly man will naturally make people accustomed to seeing him.
The eyes of Bobo, a rich girl who has hurt too many ordinary people, lit up.
Alang is an excellent racing driver. The masculine aura he exudes makes Bobo feel that he is a heroic figure and not a simple figure. Women all admire strong men, real men and masculinity.
Humans have no immunity to women.
In fact, even if this is put into reality, it is still happening constantly. Don't you think that in campus, bad kids always attract more people's attention than good kids?
Rebellious children are often more popular than well-behaved children.
At that age, A Lang didn't understand what it meant to be a couple for life, and Bobo didn't know that A Lang was romantic, and it wasn't that he didn't know the consequences of being with a bastard like A Lang who had no serious career. But she had no hesitation.
, regardless of her parents' objections, and regardless of tomorrow, she resolutely ran away with Alang. She thought that Alang would treat her wholeheartedly, but she had forgotten that a prodigal son who had held many pairs of green hands, how could he run away for a tree?
What about abandoning the entire forest?
She paid the price for her willfulness. Not only did she suffer A Lang's cheating, but she was also abused by A Lang. Her child was born prematurely and she could no longer have children.
Although Bobo in the movie seems to be deeply injured, this is not an exaggeration at all, because this is reality.
This is why most people’s first love is unforgettable, but it never comes to the end.
After suffering losses, Bobo finally understood what kind of man she could trust her with for the rest of her life. So when she fell in love again, she found an honest man who was successful in his career, gentle and gentle, tolerant and caring to her.
He doesn't care at all whether she can have children or not, and he can even accept Bo Zai for her sake.
The brilliance of the director, or what makes the movie not objectionable, is that Alang is not a "big shot" from beginning to end, nor does Bobo continue to be "blind". Her new boyfriend is from beginning to end.
They are all very "real" and "normal" people.
He may be jealous, but he will never be angry. His tolerance for Bobo is in sharp contrast to Alang.
And this is the truth, everyone will grow, let alone a woman like Bobo who has suffered such a painful lesson.
But for such a perfect man, Bobo didn't cherish it in the end. He resolutely returned to Alang. Maybe bad men are always more attractive to women than honest men. Even if the bad man once treated her badly, even if the bad man once treated her badly.
No matter how kind an honest man is to her, in her heart he is not as good as a bad man's smile.
Alang is dead. It is foreseeable that Bobo will still take Bozai to the United States to find his boyfriend. An honest man will take over. I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a tragedy. But who can change that men are not bad and women do not like this.
What about the eternal truth?
Hurt makes women grow up, and similarly, women teach men to grow up. Bobo's departure made Alang, a prodigal son, grow up overnight. Alang, who was once bohemian and irresponsible, changed his mind, and after being released from prison, he resolutely took on the important task of taking care of his young son.
This chapter is not over, please click the next page to continue reading! In order for Bo Zai to grow up happily, Alang did not remarry. He raised Bo Zai alone. Although he was only a truck driver and his life was not rich, he gave Bo Zai
Infinite care makes Bo Zai, who lacks maternal love, feel the deep father's love.
Father and son have a deep love and share weal and woe. Their pictures are posted in the dilapidated house. Father and son tease each other, play and fight, and enjoy themselves in the hard days.
Ten years have passed, and things have changed, but deep in Alang's heart, he still thinks of a woman named Bobo. This woman once loved him deeply and risked her life for him, but he failed her and hurt her, leaving her forever unable to survive.
The regret of redemption.
He failed to be a good husband, causing Bobo to leave, which was his own fault. He wanted to reunite with his old dream, but reality no longer allowed it, so he had to transfer his love to Bozai, the crystallization of their love.
If Alang could turn around as soon as possible, how happy this family would be. But people are always young and frivolous when they are young, and make mistakes that can never be reversed. The price for women to let men grow up is too high.
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Of course, the movie is also sentimental, which is director Li Yi's specialty.
After watching the movie, we can't help but wonder, why should a prodigal son like A Lang, such a "bad man", be forgiven?
Yes, why?
But after watching the movie, I believe that many people will find it difficult to be disgusted with this prodigal son and this bad man. To some extent, they will still like him and still have mixed feelings in their hearts.
Director Li Yi's cleverness lies in this. What can make people have such complex and contradictory emotions?
In fact, when it comes to love, Alang is a complete failure and cannot be undone, so the director actually doesn't put that much emphasis on this aspect.
More emphasis is placed on family ties and the relationship between father and son.
People have to bear so much in this life, and relationships are undoubtedly the most difficult to let go of. Among family, love, and friendship, family is the most unforgettable. After all, blood is thicker than water. It is almost like recreating life in a simple way.
The movie has the power to shock people. When Bo Zai and his father had lunch at the construction site, Bo Zai promised his dad that he would buy him a big house and a good car and take him around the world. Bo Zai was full of confidence and immature.
The tone and dad’s happy yet tired smile all seem familiar. Did you make the same promise as a child?
When Dad pretended to be angry and beat Bo Zai hard. In fact, it was to force Bo Zai to go to the United States with his mother to live a better life. When Bo Zai called his dad on the spacious and comfortable bed in the hotel and cried.
When saying "Dad, don't ignore me, don't ignore me...";
When Dad finally held back his love for Bo Zai and wanted to cry alone in a dark and cramped cabin without saying a word;
When Bo Zai finally lay down on the big bed and cried bitterly, it seemed as if his world had collapsed.
Yes, the man who had raised him up little by little over the past ten years, the man who suddenly hid in the street and pulled up his pants and always joked with him, the man who seemed to be always cynical but silently supported him while laughing.
The man who is a man may have to leave him from now on. It is so cruel, how can you not feel heartbroken? I never thought that director Li Yi is also a master of depicting the relationship between men. The few details are already hard to let go of.
I have read many Song Dynasty poems, and there are many beautiful sentences involving the emotions of men and women, but there are very few descriptions praising family ties. Perhaps Confucius's "junjun, ministers, fathers, sons," is too strict, and does not require filial piety.
The requirements are too harsh, which can lead to personal loss, job loss, and bankruptcy during those three difficult years. In the ordinary life, many things become more indifferent and calm because they are commonplace, and are actually put into a neglected place.
Corners are only noticed and cherished at special moments.
The relationship between Alang and his son Bo Zai started after experiencing a nearly perfect storm in life, like a freshly opened bottle of old wine, exuding bursts of rich aroma. This may be a common story, but in the director's tepid film,
Under control, the character Alang has a different kind of gentleness despite being unruly.
In my opinion, the most touching part in the film is not Alang's sacrifice of his life to rush to the finish line, but Alang's determination to beat his son on the butt with a clothes hanger in order to bring his son back to his mother. Alang's kindness and his deeds
His cruelty is generally beyond reproach. He does not have the breadth and depth of the father portrayed by Lang Xiong, but more of the tenderness and care contained in "Meng Mu's Three Moves". People feel warmth and responsibility in love, A Lang
The look in his eyes when he looked at his child in prison, besides regret, exuded heat that could evaporate the moisture in his youth.
This is an ordinary person who only shows his greatness in one or two places. He doesn't have any special intentions. Even when he goes to a Western restaurant, he only orders beer.
In fact, the role of Bo Zai is very brilliant. Bo Zai has made people feel sorry for him since he appeared on the scene. Although in just a few days, he was bribed by his mother who showed up with various materials, and Alang didn't even look at the Shar Pei dog he bought for him.
, he is a child after all. But in the end, he still cried and shouted to go home.
Why don’t you think this plot is very common? Where can you see this kind of pure emotion now?
There are no parents pushing their children around because of the burden of raising them; there is no hatred of women for betrayal by men; and no one shows any selfishness.
But at the last moment, Alang was still selfish. He rode on the chariot that he had not ridden for more than ten years, and began to prove himself in the way of a prodigal son. Perhaps it was also a kind of helplessness for ordinary people, the helplessness of little people.
Because, in fact, he doesn't have many choices.
What can he do?
For ten years, he was just a worker driving a truck on a construction site. He had never read any books. What he was best at, or what he was most proud of, was racing cars.
After all, he relied on this skill to win the hearts of beauties and have Bo Zai.
In fact, in reality, as a small person, you also don’t have many choices.
Alang wants to reunite his family and give Bo Zai a better life, so he has to fight. How? He can only fight with his life.
That seemingly decisive and seemingly cool choice is actually the only way for a little person to change his destiny.
In the eyes of many people, this may be because it is too difficult for a prodigal to turn back, but in fact, is it not difficult for a small person to change his destiny?
The day Bobo left with Bozi, the lonely Alang returned to the game. Now, all he has left is the car.
What a failed life, this is all he has left.
He had been a good father for ten years, but at the last moment...
For Bo Zai, he will never see his father's smiling face again.
Because he tried his best to rush to the finish line, but his face was already covered in blood and his mind was in a state of confusion.
The flames from the exploding motorcycle surrounded him, and it is unclear whether Bo Zai was shattered to pieces in the final explosion.
But have you heard my mother and I’s heartbreaking cries?
Do you know how desperate my mother and I were at that moment?
If you know, why don't you try your best to come out with the last bit of strength.
I'm in front of the screen and everything is messed up.
The swollen black eyes and your smiling face can only exist in memories.
You stand unchanged in the vast world. From now on, I am a lonely child.
Mom is back, but dad is gone!
I'm not a crybaby.
But I was so confused that my face was already filled with tears."
