In fact, as Zhou Bin said, why do many foreign audiences have different reactions from domestic audiences after watching it?
Because people who don’t understand that era and haven’t gotten to know Hong Kong at that era will indeed find it difficult to understand some things and plots in the movie.
It might even look a little embarrassing.
Why do mooncakes require monthly payments?
What is eating on the table?
Is the love between the hero and heroine a bit bloody?
But the fact is that this story is Meng Qiguang’s true experience.
Zhou Bin's second film review is the real film review.
"The red sparrow appears many times in "Thieves of Time" and can be said to be the highlight of the entire film.
The red sparrow is a kind of fish and fighting fish. It is famous for its aggressiveness. When two males meet, they will definitely fight. When fighting, they open their gills and shake their fins. In the film, the first one who moved to Hong Kong Island from the mainland lived in the 1960s.
People are just such a group of red sparrows who fight against fate and life.
Hong Kong people like to keep goldfish. On the one hand, they can keep them as pets. On the other hand, they believe that fish food brings good fortune. So at the beginning of the video, we can see the colorful fish in the fish tank in the goldfish shop.
Son, some of them are called "Colorful Immortals" and some are called "Golden Jade House". Through the transparent fish tank, you can see the bright, clear and curious eyes of Luo Jiner (younger brother). It is precisely in such a pair of
Guided by our eyes, we also saw an era, a society, and the hard work of a group of outsiders at the bottom.
My little brother is accustomed to using "stealing" to satisfy his curiosity and satisfaction. He is naughty and cunning, collects the things he steals and regards them as his most beloved things. He stole the round fish tank and fantasized it into a
The astronaut's helmet landed on the moon, he put the stolen Eagle Country flag on his body and ran like the wind; he stole the old man's precious metal seal just because it had his last name on it. These are all innocent and pure mischievous childhood memories.
the behavior of.
He is like a carefree little fish in a fish tank, living freely in the water and looking at the colorful world through the bright glass.
In the eyes of the younger brother, his father always kept his head down and did his work. Sometimes he liked to listen to old dramas that he didn't understand. In that era when machine production gradually replaced the handicraft industry, his father still worked purely by hand.
In his father's body, his father always retained the shadow of the era when mainlanders worked hard and stuck to their duties. Compared with his old-fashioned father, he felt that his mother was a smart, capable and righteous "Mrs. Luo".
Maintain an optimistic and uplifting spirit in everything, one step is difficult, the other is better; one must always believe in life. This is not only Mrs. Luo's philosophy as a person, but also the spiritual philosophy of mainlanders of that era who went to Hong Kong Island to work hard.
Big-Eared Ox has the courage to resist when bullied, and it doesn't matter if he is teased about his poor academic performance, because he has a brother who symbolizes perfection and always strives for first place, the person he loves the most and the person he admires the most.
Wearing a fish tank helmet, he took the audience to see a deformed Hong Kong society in the 1960s. Although the times are advancing and society is developing, the gap between the rich and the poor is constantly widening, especially for foreigners living in Hong Kong Island.
Mainland people, they live a deformed social life. In an era when Chinese and English are equally important, and English is more important than Chinese in urban life, my neighbors still live in the poor environment of the mainland, and the harmony of the neighbors is like that of the big brothers.
A gathering life like a family. When big machines and factories appeared, when hair salons created by various men and women appeared, when various skyscrapers began to be built, they still stayed in this quiet, comfortable and hard-working neighborhood.
Spend your time.
Time is moving forward, but it is difficult for them to keep up with the changes of the times. They still retain the manual work of the past. The inherent way of living in the past has been deeply rooted in their hearts. For Mr. Luo and Mrs. Luo, they feel
Just live your life quietly and comfortably, and don't want to change anything.
But when it comes to their children's education, they keep up with the times and let their children receive a good education. They hope that their sons can keep up with the development of the times, and they are the best backing, shelter from wind and rain, and no longer
Repeat the past path. All hopes are placed on one person, asking him to be strong, and then to be good. Jinyi has been enduring it, he has been doing well, he is the biggest pride, and has become a role model in the neighborhood
, it seems that the neighborhood has just been established, everyone is full of longing, and they are working hard, because tomorrow is not far away, tomorrow will come, and you must believe in it as a person.
The younger brother saw his elder brother succeed, saw him fall into a sweet love, and deeply imprinted every word his brother said in his heart, but he also saw such a perfect and tall brother failed in front of him, unable to do anything.
The man fell down and left him forever. Things in this world are always difficult to achieve perfection in people's hearts. Faced with the coming storm, Mr. Luo and Mrs. Luo's family did not escape or retreat, but worked together to save their only property, the shoe store. However, facing the
To deal with Jinichi's leukemia, the family tried every means but could not do anything.
Perhaps because he was so perfect, fate gave him the greatest misfortune. When the younger brother accompanied his elder brother to seek medical treatment in Peiping, which he had longed for, he saw death for the first time, and it was so close to him for the first time. He was very scared.
, afraid that the brother who is always so perfect in his heart will leave him. Jin Yi is like that beautiful red bird that has never been defeated, always fighting against the outside world and constantly working hard. When he saw his girlfriend
With affluent family conditions, he suddenly felt that he was very small. The world of the upper class was like the gorgeous fish tank of Fangfei's family. Jin Yi, a beautiful red bird born in poverty, wanted to integrate into such a world, but because of "water quality"
"It's different, he may have germs on his body" and was isolated from the outside. From then on, he became silent. After getting sick, he could no longer compete with the world, and his life had been burned out in the years.
All gone with him were Mr. Luo, Mrs. Luo's and Luo Jiner's years. As time passed, his father passed away, and Mrs. Luo wore the "difficult and good" shoes that Mr. Luo made for her.
I walked slowly and step by step, passed through the most difficult typhoon, and finally saw a beautiful rainbow.
But the years have stolen too many precious things. The father who was always the head of the family is gone, and the perfect brother who placed the hope of the entire family is also gone.
Luo Jiner heard from his grandma that if he wanted to reunite with his relatives, he would throw his most beloved things into the sea of suffering until the sea of suffering was filled. For his brother, he would throw away everything he loved without hesitation, and this was also
The best and most cherished memory of his childhood. Many years later, when he grew up, he, who once disliked studying, was admitted to the school where his elder brother was. He always believed in what his elder brother said and the promise he made to him.
"The Sword Comes"
For a long time, he memorized the English alphabet backwards and was admitted to the Diocesan Boys' School. He was doing what his brother had not finished. However, he could not do it perfectly. He was still not the brother, but he still accompanied his mother and walked on.
I have always believed that "double shadow neon" will appear in the sky!
"Thieves of Time" uses a fish tank to describe the era of development and change, hardship to talk about the golden years, and the bottom to talk about the dreams of the elite. It is in such a fish tank of hardship that the red bird strives for its own dreams of the times and hopes for life.
.The sincerity of "Thieves of Time" is that it restrains sadness, reveals smiles, and is always waiting for a melancholy hope."
