The strong denial may be to express that this is a sincere work, not to make quick money by taking advantage of the popularity of youth films. This film is sincere in casting and scenes. As a reader who has read many novels, the degree of restoration is still quite high.
Alec Su is also very attentive, and his publicity is very strong. There are also many friends around to watch the premiere, so don't worry about the box office of the movie.
But judging from the role-building and plot of the film, it is entirely a film created by actors. The plot is messy, and people who haven't read the original probably don't understand it at all. Those who have read the original probably feel that they have not understood the novel after reading it. There is something wrong with the rhythm. I think the best rhythm of several movies I have seen is Let the Bullets Fly, which is incisively and vividly in one go. What I saw in Left Ear was just a turning point. The whole movie just wants to finish the story quickly. There is no connection, the plot is fragmented. I feel that the plots started before the end, and it took nearly two hours to make up. I superficially understand the character setting as the form of two men and two women. Everyone in the novel is full, so the film also shows the truth. I think this is also the main reason for the problems in the plot and rhythm.
I remember Alec Su said in an interview that Zhao Wei had read the novel, and the first thing he said was that it was not easy to make a movie. This should be the difference between reading and not reading. As a pioneering work, To Youth is really the best youth film.
It is shameful to watch youth films to remember youth. Apart from the delay of two hours, this is the biggest lesson that this movie taught me.