那些年，我们一起追的女孩
I bought the book about 4 years back. It's written by 九把刀 (aka Giddens Ko), who rose to fame in Taiwan for the internet novels he wrote. The book is his semi-autobiography. It talks about the bulk of his youth days, about a girl whom he and his close buddies went after, for 8 years (16 to 24 year old) *Spoiler* He never got together with her. Heck he never even got to hold her hand. He was inspired to write this book when he received a call from the girl about her wedding in 2005. It had signified an end to the years he and his buddies had courted her, an end to his youth. Or rather, their youth.
Hence the title, 那些年，我们一起追的女孩.
Hence the title, 那些年，我们一起追的女孩.
I've been hearing my friends rave about the movie for the last one week. Truth to be told, I wasn't very keen to catch it. I loved the book and I was afraid it's going to turn out bad on big screens (Harry Potter anyone?).
As the week went by, I mean, even Wall Street Journal covered it, it can't be so bad right? Plus, it's directed by Giddens Ko himself, he wouldn't ruin his own book right? It's his life story! Persuaded the BF to catch it (Ha! He was adamant not to watch crappy sappy Taiwan movies but he obliged) today.
Man, we were both blown away. By the full house at the noon show slot today, by how much we could relate to the storyline and characters, by how it pulled us back into the youthful days of being a teenager, and by how Giddens Ko couldn't have done a better job with the film.
The song is so good too! Giddens wrote it.
The BF confessed he almost teared towards the end of the show. Because he could relate so much to it. Hurhur. I shed a tear too.
The youth. The younger days. The things we did. The things we could have done if we knew better.
Beautiful beautiful film
5.5/5 stars! (Yes I think it's that good)
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