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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Water for Elephants 《大象的眼泪》:生命的巧克力
相信很多人小时候都有过这样的幻想:一觉醒来,父母双亡/双双失踪/被告知不是亲生,从此无依无靠,流浪在这个茫茫的世界上,碰到高人指点/得到武学秘笈,成为武林高手,浪迹江湖。对年幼的我们来说,按部就班的生活过于束缚我们的想象力,总幻想这个世界有种不一样的色彩,“真正的”生活会是什么样子,而这样的梦想会一直持续到我们被真正的生活吞噬为止。 因此我喜欢《大象的眼泪》的活色生香。主人公一觉醒来“果真”父母双亡,跳上黑暗中的火车,从此开始了奇幻的旅行。还有什么职业比整天和一群老虎狮子大象打交道更令人惊奇的呢?那是我们童年时看马戏团的梦想啊。还有什么生活比浪迹在火车上,暂停在草原间,周围充斥着华服的小丑和柔韧的姑娘更令人满足的呢?对于一个康奈尔大学兽医学专业的准毕业生来说,没有什么能比这更适合、更奇幻、更精彩的了。于是Jacob一头扎进了这样的生活,就像一盒打开的巧克力,虽然没有人知道里面是什么,可是没有人能抵挡里面的芬芳和诱惑。 本片被翻译成《大象的眼泪》,可我怎么看怎么是“给大象浇水”。在晴朗的午后,作为演员和朋友的大象Bosie悠闲地漫步在你的身边,伸出长长的鼻子从水瓶里吸水,然后出以不意地喷洒在每个人的身上,仿佛它也是家族中的一员。谁能抵挡这样的生活? 自从看了《达利的情人》之后我就开始变得有点待见嫩牛五方脸起来,先在美国琼瑶片中混个脸熟打好群众基础,然后再开始往文艺大片方向发展,其实挺适合他那张让人过目不忘的脸,这路线挺对的。就像Joseph Gordon一样,那小身板演Summer 500和Inception里的小帅哥都挺合适,而且又傍上Nolan这么一个NB导演,补了风华绝代的Heath Ledger的缺,也是前途无量。只是他的年龄和面容实在和正在衰老的Resee Witherspoon不搭,虽然原著中就是一个东欧移民家庭和美国的金发碧眼女郎,可是看着他们最后幸福生活的黑白电影我还是觉得他们怎么看怎么像姐弟,Resee竟然还是和August更搭,而那个作为全片最大反派的August塑造失败得竟然引起了我的同情:人家好好的一个马戏团老板赏识你提携你结果还被你砸了场子抢了老婆最后还被XXXX了(此处剧透不提),真是冤枉啊。所以说“A film is only as good as its villain”实在是太有道理了,这部片子失败就失败在这里。