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"Us And Them": A sincere and touching relationship...Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a if.

"Us And Them" sees Qing and Xiao Xiao sincerely and so touching.

By Pierre PicardPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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Once upon a time, there was a boy who loved a girl. They were just friends at the beginning. He had seen her be fooled by many men, so he stayed with her quietly, waiting for the girl to turn back to him; he thought what the girl wanted was A big house, a better life, he worked hard to accumulate, to realize a dream, his own is ours, and then we have everything, but we are gone-the boy's name is Jian Qing (played by Jing Boran), the girl Named Xiao Xiao (played by Zhou Dongyu), they are the protagonists under the lens of "Milk Tea" in the film Us And Them directed by Rene Liu, relying on a strong technical team (Photography Director: Li Pingbin, Recording Director: Du Duzhi, Editing Director: Liao Qing Song), Liu Ruoying is more able to polish the story and create a more translucent work.

The most attractive is always love

Love stories are always fascinating. No matter whether you have had it or not, you can find resonance in it. Even if the film divides the time point into small pieces, it is worth pondering whether it is necessary in structure, but regarding the suffering they have endured, The dreams I have experienced, the joys and sorrows I have experienced, the misunderstandings at the time, and the misses later, whether working in Behuijing or returning to their hometown for the New Year, the feeling of mutual affection is still meticulous and touching.

Give too much

But about the stage after the two reunited, I think the director said a little too much, and acted a little too much. I would like to cite the two people’s verbose comments on "what if we were then" in the snow, these " If you didn’t leave at that time" and "If I got on the subway at the time," the conjectures can be simply condensed on the relative silence of the two of them, and the effect of regretting the whole screen; however, Liu Ruoying obviously wants to let everyone know more. More "if", the two "said" their regrets as if they were reciting the game. It killed the romance that Szejing should have, and erased our more possibilities for them. Space for imagination.

Later us

After watching this film, I believe that many people, including me, will have some doubts, what exactly does Xiao Xiao want, and why was he angry at that time? On the surface, Xiao Xiao’s previous choice seemed to be a man who could give him a stable life, and Jianqing also worked hard to walk her on the road of "going up to nine days to fish for the moon and going down the five oceans to catch turtles." He really earned what he wanted, Xiao Xiao just said quietly:

That has always been your goal, as long as I am with you, it doesn't matter.

This "indifferent" became the last straw that overwhelmed Jianqing's self-esteem, and became his motivation to prove that he was so-called, but why later, he still didn't understand what Xiaoxiao wanted, just a home? I think this part of the movie paved a lot of details, including the absence of Xiao Xiao’s mother. Since she was a child, she has longed for a complete family. Xiao Xiao said that she would come to her uncle’s house to celebrate the New Year, that kind of overjoyed expression. , And what Xiaoxiao said in the car at that time: "Just be with you", in such a determined tone.

Those who have loved

Because it’s you, because we can be together, the outside world is better than we listen to the heartbeat of the two. Only the family can reconcile after a quarrel, and only the family can give each other the most full and complete. Love. I saw what Qing’s father (Tian Zhuangzhuang) had done for his son. When he was a child, he helped him buy expensive CD-ROM games even though his salary was low. Seeing that Qingshen could not perceive the important events of marriage in Fuzhong in time, it was full of happiness in Xiao Xiao's eyes: this big home is far more warm and real than a big one. Through the letter sent to Xiao Xiao by his father at the end of the play, and contrasting his blindly mistakenly thinking that his wife was Xiao Xiao, he was accepted as a family member. I believe Xiao Xiao must be moved by those family reunion dinners. , And the noise of a room in the silent night.

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Pierre Picard

When life is as light and smooth as a song, it is easy to smile, and people who can smile when everything is bad are really optimistic.

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