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From mid-November to the end of last week, the epidemic situation in Beijing took a turn for the worse. After five days of being in a high-risk area and being “only in and out”, although I had already taken annual leave, I was unable to move across the city, so I had to work from home all the time. Due to the World Cup and other reasons, the biological clock continues to be in a chaotic state.
One advantage of working from home is that it saves a lot of time spent on the road, and the other is that the time is no longer fragmented. Because of this, I suddenly have some more time with nowhere to put it, and I can find various dramas that have been on the waiting list for a long time, immerse myself in the environment and plot of the drama, experience different states, and communicate with the outside world. Information isolation, looking for short-term peace.
For a long time, various attempts to make myself interested in superhero movies have ended in failure. “Batman” has been opened countless times, but the progress bar still stays somewhere in the middle. Before that, “Avengers 4” was also divided into several sections. I barely read it. After analyzing the reasons, it is possible that if the seeds of superheroes were not planted in childhood, it would be difficult to take root and germinate in the future. That’s why I only have a soft spot for Superman.
The episodes I want to talk about this time are due to the mentions and recommendations of various public accounts, namely “White Lotus Resort” and “Determination to Break Up”. The background of White Lotus Resort is a story of a group of tourists and hotel staff in a hotel in Hawaii. When I first saw the title of the show, it was tagged with “comedy”, which made people think it was the same type as “Hotel Babylon”. The first season of Hotel Babylon was 16 years ago, and despite the halo of regret that I haven’t seen the third and fourth seasons, it is still one of the two British comedies I strongly recommend (the other is IT mad Men”). The island scenery in “White”, elements such as swimming pools, seaside, dinner parties, hotels and other elements that appear in almost every episode, plus people miss the vacation state when they are at home during the epidemic. In my opinion, “White” is not a pure comedy. It first whetted the audience’s appetite in the first episode. As the plot deepens, the problems everyone needs to face are gradually exposed. Although it is the usual method of American dramas, every The first time we meet, we can always find the shadow in ourselves more or less. The suspense at the beginning was solved near the end of the first season, but the climax for me is far from here…
I watched “Determination to Break Up” because of an article on a public account promoting Tang Wei’s popularity in Korea. This movie should be Tang Wei’s latest work. It is said that it was tailored for her, and the character in the play is also a Chinese who can only speak a little Korean. The movie is delicate and real. Regardless of the crime plot, regardless of the state of the characters or the environment, it is closer to reality than Hollywood. It feels like watching what is happening around you. I finally realized that apart from the plot and characters, the nature and human environment in the movie can be immersive and uplifting, and the ending of the movie reminds me of Liao Fan’s “Half Sea, Half Flame”
There are elements of the sea in both works, which is the main reason why I want to talk about them together. As a person who has not traveled in the past year, my desire for the seaside has never been so strong. Although I did not often look for the sea before the epidemic, the seaside at this time means unrestrained, far more than a simple tourist destination. But in the past year, he couldn’t go to Sanya or Aranya, and the resentment in his heart grew deeper and deeper. Just after I finished watching “The White Lotus”, I found that the accumulated resentment miraculously dissipated. Every episode is in a five-star hotel, either going to the sea or swimming pool or snorkeling by the sea, or bonfire parties and high-end restaurants, a bit rebellious I can still sleep at the seaside with the quilt until dawn. It turns out that watching other people go on vacation can also relieve emotions. If watching “White” is equivalent to taking a vacation, “Fen” gives people the feeling of living in a seaside city for several years. Although “sea” appears more often in the lines, I have already imagined a picture of the seaside At this moment, the seaside is the city I yearn for, with humid and salty air, cheap seafood, a lively vegetable market, three dishes and one soup, and strolls in the park.
“The wise enjoy the water, the benevolent enjoy the mountains.” When the order is re-established, we must stay in a place with water for a week.
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