剧情介绍

  Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
  If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
  [Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
  To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
  More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
  (Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
  In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
  (Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
  I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
  (Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
  See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)

评论:

  • 简良弼 3小时前 :

    一个永恒的悲剧故事,比Toolstoy的〈战争与和平〉要简单,也比战争与和平的〈histoy〉要复杂。

  • 雪涵 2小时前 :

    画质一流,剧情略有点简单,但是看着很舒服,很适合和孩子一起看。

  • 爵权 0小时前 :

    可可爱爱轻轻松松的合家欢电影,话说老船长最后是执念了吧。

  • 聂春晓 7小时前 :

    时间好残酷,城市可淹没一切,但不要忽视年少时曾让你感动过的力量。

  • 练曼安 6小时前 :

    背景是19世纪猎杀鲸鱼的篡改版,明明是人类的贪婪为了鲸油而猎杀,却美其名曰海兽施虐,人类在陆地,鱼类在海里,井水不犯河水,是人类为了鲸油去屠杀鲸鱼,在教科书里却误导世人把鲸鱼丑化,将捕鲸者美化成英雄

  • 阙静和 0小时前 :

    配音阵容很厉害,动画做的不错,但剧情有点简单,感觉给小朋友看看还不错~~3.5

  • 郎梦山 4小时前 :

    “就算每天都这样,好像也不讨厌”/你成为你小时候想成为的那个人了吗?

  • 谷腾 7小时前 :

    巨物爱好者可以看看,但没拍出我想要的那种感觉,勉强三星。

  • 蔡问风 7小时前 :

    好人和坏人两派性格都不是很鲜明

  • 柔觅夏 8小时前 :

    塑造世界观时元素很多,又是怪兽小岛,又是黑魔法女巫,但基本都当工具人用,没有很融入电影大节奏的感觉。黑人小女孩逆转老白人男的偏见,王室捏造历史霸权,人与自然和谐共存,基本上好莱坞能叠的buff是叠明白了。

  • 钟离韵诗 5小时前 :

    和小孩一起看的,很欢乐很好看~( ̄▽ ̄~)~

  • 有琴芷巧 5小时前 :

    看到开头猜到结尾,无功无过型,男主长的像王力宏。。。一旦接受这个设定。。。

  • 远星 3小时前 :

    美术设计满分 还圆润适配了异形梗 内核是驯龙高手的翻版 故事还没人家讲得好 驯龙高手画了两条漂亮的角色弧光 是没牙仔和小嗝嗝的双向奔赴 这一部海兽没成长 双主角都是工具人 一路狂奔着往世界和平政治正确的满分答案走 逻辑没捋顺到最后只能靠童话故事般的集体顿悟收尾 强行团圆 最遗憾的是海兽竟然只有五种

  • 顿芮波 1小时前 :

    主题很好,也格外配这个时代,就是太刻意了。整个世界观好好讲完全能做出个三部曲,压在120分钟里就成了无脑爽片= =整个人设你细品:黑人小女孩救赎了中年老白男= =另外不理解为什么主角红海兽的设计最简单粗暴= =【好像是第一次在美国主流动画电影里看见真血】

  • 谷粱思远 0小时前 :

    人类没救了

  • 班音韵 2小时前 :

    开头结尾很像《驯龙高手》都是生命本身的魅力与丑陋人性的对比 但网飞设计的这个海怪形象不够印象深刻 况且现在的北欧大热 如果海盗文化和冒险精神能够同样表达出来 一定会更卖座 但网飞宁愿拆成两个项目 中间的故事也不够精彩 只能说网飞的动画制作到了及格线了

  • 镇如蓉 6小时前 :

    这部电影还不错,画风很惊艳,剧情也还不错,推荐观看

  • 行语柳 5小时前 :

    整体紧凑好看,画面明快活泼,不过最后小女主嘴炮感悟众人,打倒帝后,就有点像儿童闹剧啦

  • 蔚馨 2小时前 :

    将人生至理名言融入孩子的教育里,这就是了不起的动画,让你从小就要保持好奇心和怀疑,这样就不会被坏人抢了脑子。7.8/10.

  • 贰韶丽 0小时前 :

    这样的动画才像样嘛。1080P 22/07/09

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