The feeling is so odd that I nearly lost my ability of being touched by the moving spectacles in the nationwidely-known film.
This movie, Mother love me once again, was a classic work which used to have succeeded in winning the tears of thousands of millions of Chinese people, however it didn’t make my eyes wet. I felt shamed of being so heartless and merciless.
During the movie, I was always waiting for a climax which was able to make myself totally defeated. I looked into Joshua’s eyes from time to time to check whether he was made tear. Similarly, he seemed also calm and cool.
I conclude several might-be reasons why we were not touched. First and foremost, we both have grown up to adults in which process we inevitably lost some quality of a child in us such as innocence and we became more reasonable and logical. Actually I found something not in accordance with the real life in this movie, but I refuse to reveal it. I think it was acceptable as the movie was made in 1988 when Chinese movie industry was immature. I told Joshua that I guessed there might imply some more profound meaning in this movie. This movie was shot by Taiwanese and it told a story of a pair of affectionate mother and son that I considered symbolized mainland China and Taiwan Island. The son(Taiwan) was taken away from his mother(Mainland China) for a better-off life. In this movie, there was a radio broadcast which forecast weather .The radio broadcaster claimed Taiwan a province instead of a country which exposed that the movie producer was a pro-communist person.
Of course, the above mentioned is all what I guessed and may never be certified.
As a matter of fact, this movie more or less reminds me of the time of my childhood. The theme song of the movie,”Mom is the best in the world”, became well-spread as soon as the movie was famous.
Anyway, it is indeed a success as a Chinese film in the 1980s.

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