romance
恋爱假期 (2006) Eggplant.place IMDb TMDB 豆瓣
The Holiday
7.2 (371 个评分) 导演: 南希·迈耶斯 演员: 卡梅隆·迪亚兹 / 凯特·温丝莱特
其它标题: The Holiday / 缘分精华游(港)
爱丽斯(凯特•温斯莱特 Kate Winslet饰)住在英国伦敦的乡村,而阿曼达(卡梅隆•迪亚兹 Cameron Diaz饰)则是洛杉矶的美国丽人。她们在天南地北的两端,却遇上了同样的问题:在感情上遭受了挫败,令生活灰暗无光。二人在网上聊天,商议在圣诞节到来之前,到对方的环境去生活,交互双方的住所作为度假场地。于是,一场令人兴奋的旅行开始了。爱丽斯来到美国大都市,阿曼达则乘班机前往极具英伦情调的英国乡村。除了新鲜的生活环境,当地男生的魅力更让她们猝不及防。
2006年12月17日 看过
A well made chic-flick. funny and sappy, as what you would expect, and some. :)
comedy romance
面纱 (2006) 豆瓣 TMDB
The Painted Veil
8.1 (546 个评分) 导演: 约翰·卡兰 演员: 爱德华·诺顿 / 娜奥米·沃茨
其它标题: 페인티드 베일 / The Painted Veil
电影讲述了20年代一对年轻的英国夫妇来到中国乡村生活的故事,在这美丽却凶险的环境中,他们经历了在其英国家乡舒适生活中绝对无法想象和体验的情感波澜,并领悟到了爱与奉献的真谛。故事以女主角吉蒂开篇,为了逃离20年代伦敦浮华却又空虚的社交圈,也为了防止自己变成一位老姑娘,吉蒂接受了沉默寡言的医生沃特·费恩的求婚。费恩在把吉蒂带到上海后,便迅速地投入到了他的细菌学研究中去。孤独的吉蒂和迷人的已婚男子查理·唐森发生了婚外情,当费恩发现时,他羞恨交加。为了报复,也为了重整自己的生活,费恩决定孤注一掷,带着吉蒂远走霍乱肆虐的偏远城镇。沃特从一尘不染的研究室走向了瘟疫流行的最前线,他慢慢地协助控制了当地的疫情。吉蒂则开始在一家由法国修女住持的修道院兼医院中做义工,并逐渐找回了生活的勇气和意义。沃特和吉蒂终于可以互相敞开心扉,但就在他们日渐亲密的同时,沃特染上了霍乱。沃特的生死决定了他们新近迸发出来的激情能否转化为永恒的爱情……
小心为上 (2007) TMDB 豆瓣 Min reol
The Lookout
6.3 (27 个评分) 导演: 斯科特·弗兰克 演员: 约瑟夫·高登-莱维特 / 杰夫·丹尼尔斯
其它标题: The Lookout / 监守自盗(台)
克里斯(约瑟夫·高登·莱维特 Joseph Gordon-Levitt饰)曾经是一个耀眼的男生:身为冰球明星,有着优越的家境,漂亮的女友,人生如平坦的大道一样畅顺。一场车祸却摧毁了一切,他患上了短暂失忆,每天都在无法控制的状态中度过,就连车匙放在哪里之类的小问题,克里斯也无法有把握地记起。如今他成了银行的守门人,身边唯一的朋友就是盲人路易斯(杰夫·丹尼尔斯 Jeff Daniels饰),他用快乐的人生观指点着克里斯该如何应对生活。
有人想方设法接近克里斯,那就是加里(马修·古迪 Matthew Goode饰)。加里对克里斯的际遇十分关心,为他介绍女朋友,把他恢复以往生活的内心欲望唤醒,更重要的目标,是和他合谋参与银行劫案。
克里斯不但面对着失忆的苦恼,如今还要应付这个棘手的计划,把人生的掌握权夺回自己手中。
2007年4月9日 看过
2007年4月10日 评论 为了那一瞬间的笑容。。。 - 多伦多一家报纸叫,《现在时多伦多》( http://www.nowtoronto.com/cgi-bin/film/film.cgi?film=3888 ),看到简短的影评,关于一个电影叫《监守自盗》(The Lookout)。看那个简短的影评时印象并不深,也没有听到别的电台或者杂志提到。导演和演员都不很出名。所以期望并不大。 结果出奇的好。 电影是《Heist / 偷天盗影》(因为有场抢银行重头戏)和《记忆碎片》(Memento)(因为有严重失忆的主角)的混合体。但是似乎比二者都要感人。新秀小生 Joseph Gordon-Levitt 的演技不可小觑。以写剧本出身的 Scott Frank (”Minority Report”, “Out of Sight”, 等等)的导演处女作居然如此出彩。值得严重关注。 我很喜欢《记忆碎片》因为线索铺陈之巧妙,看到结尾才觉得好妙,回味无穷是因为整个电影是个大拼图游戏。 而《监守自盗》高于《记忆碎片》,因为它的人物刻画如此成功。主要的几个角色都很立体。电影重点放在人而不是迷上面。虽然电影里也利用了类似《记忆碎片》的一些元素,最终它们服务于人物刻画。 Gordon-Levitt 扮演的主角 高中生 Chris 因为一场车祸脑部受伤,无法再做回以前的他,那个“黄金男孩”:冰球明星,英俊过人,聪明过人的 Chris Pratt;开敞篷跑车,有着美丽高雅女友的Chris Pratt。现在的他没有了短暂记忆,靠把每件事每个句子写在小本子上过日子。一边胳膊常常会突然神经质失控,会拿不起刀叉,会天天把车钥匙忘在车里,无法做最起码的逻辑思维,不会调情,不敢说话,好像突然之间回到童年。他唯一的朋友兼室友是个快乐而且喜欢做饭的盲人,Lewis。他尽量远离大富大贵的父母兄弟,虽然他们依然在支持他的花费。为了独立,他白天上课,学习正常人的思维方式,晚上去一家银行做清洁工。 一群心怀叵测的年轻人突然开始接近他,甚至帮他找到女伴,带他玩,宛如兄弟家人。 在这些人的影响下,原本虽然简单但是似乎还算满足的 Chris 突然变了一个人似的,开始对现实不满,开始试图回到从前。从某个角度看过来,电影似乎讲的是每个人的最终梦想。Lewis 想要自己的一家小餐馆,主动接触 Chris 的 Gary 要的是钱,被派做 Chris 女伴的前舞孃 Luvlee 想堂堂正正地走进Chris的富贵家庭,电影的悬念吊在Chris的梦想上。受伤后的Chris要的到底是什么?是女人?是友谊?是温情?是重回旧时荣光?是钱? 经过一番惊心动魄。 就如一个写的好的故事,结尾呼应了电影开头那场车祸。电影结束那一霎那,Chris 最后的一句独白,道出他的梦想。那句话令我热泪盈眶,在剧院灯光亮起的瞬间,流了一脸的泪。 电影开头是夏夜的一条寂静公路,夜空下飞满了点点萤火,敞篷跑车里两对俊男美女,开车的男孩关了车灯,立刻他们被萤火包围,飞速开着的车顶美丽的萤火如流星飞过,触手可及。副驾座上的女孩笑靨如花。开车的男孩无法控制自己的目光,微笑的看她。Chris 那么爱她那瞬间的笑容,只为了让那一瞬间再长些,再长些。。。 电影结尾,经历了这么多的创伤,从云端的王子跌到尘世里卑微的一个让人怜悯的残疾人,远远望着当年的女孩日复一日从冰场边走过,他最想要的是他能够不再自责,有朝一日能够走上前去和她说嗨,想要她能原谅他。。。
romance 故事片
赎罪 (2007) 豆瓣 TMDB Min reol
Atonement
8.1 (899 个评分) 导演: 乔·赖特 演员: 詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 / 西尔莎·罗南
其它标题: Atonement / 爱·诱·罪(港)
1935年夏天,来自一个宽裕的英国小康家庭的13岁的少女布里奥妮(斯奥里兹•罗南 饰)刚刚开始尝试写作,想象力丰富。一天,她暗中发现仆人的儿子——罗比•特纳(詹姆斯•迈克沃伊 饰)和她姐姐塞西利亚(凯特•奈特莉 饰)之间有暧昧关系,而且发现他给她写了一封充满情色意味的情书。布里奥妮丰富的想象力虚构着各种可怕的事情,浮想联翩。当她的表姐罗拉被强奸后,布里奥妮相当肯定她看到是罗比做的,这次指证使罗比蒙冤入狱,留下伤心欲绝的塞西利亚。
第二次世界大战爆发了,出狱后的罗比和塞西利亚都投入了保卫祖国的战斗,布利奥妮放弃到剑桥升学成为一名军队医务人员。没有人能理解她的做法,只有她知道她怀揣着巨大的秘密和自责。她鼓起勇气,想把这秘密解开,能真正赎罪和得到宽恕。然而,世事幻变,出乎布利奥妮的预算。
2007年12月9日 看过
很好看!
2007年12月9日 评论 The Power of Words - Anthony Lane did an unfavorable review for “Atonement” in this week’s The New Yorker magazine. But there was something about his intro and the few scenes i saw in the trailer that caught my attention, drew me toward the movie, despite Anthony Lane's disappointment in the movie. ====Begin Quote=====     Almost the first sound we hear in Joe Wright’s “Atonement” is the tap of typewriter keys. Soon, the tapping becomes regular, like drumbeats, and it sets the tempo for the music that comes surging in. Later in the film, it rings out as loudly as gunshots. The implication is clear: words can stir us and set us dancing, but they can also kill. That mysterious double power infused Ian McEwan’s novel, published in 2001, and it lingers in Christopher Hampton’s screenplay, which displays immense ingenuity in facing a basic conundrum: how do you film a story about language and not leave it reeking of books? - via “Conflicting Stories” by Anthony Lane Issue of Dec. 10, 2007 The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2007/12/10/071210crci_cinema_lane ====End Quote===== The soft light, warm color and the perfect composition of each scene reminded me a little of Pan’s Labyrinth, a sense of mystery, the perspective of a young girl, and something dark and sinister stirring in the background. (Of course, the story is very different from Pan’s Labyrinth. ) Based on Anthony Lane’s review and the trailer, it looked like, at least, a well made movie. And I was attracted to the story line and the power of words. So i convinced Gui to go and see it with me. She was skeptical. I wasn’t sure how it would turn out either. We were both pleasantly surprised. Contrary to Anthony Lane’s predicament that this is a movie “with smoke and mirrors” and it has “no heart” (when i read this, i thought, could it be like A Very Long Engagement All shiny surface no inner life?) We were deeply moved by the story. Not sure why Anthony Lane got such a different impression than us. Maybe because he read the book first? Could it mean the book is even better? Now i’m curious. Like Anthony Lane pointed out at the beginning, the music of the movie was amazing. The movie has no voice over, but often the music seemed to have a life of its own, the music seemed to be a character, or a voice over, to emphasize, to elaborate, to hint what is to come, to double back and take a second long look at what had happened, to mourn what is lost, to jump in joy for a love that’s reciprocated. It is such a rich voice, that goes so well with such a rich palette of the English country side, even with a cold morning of French country side during the war. Anthony Lane said he “didn’t believe in Robbie. …didn’t believe in the force of his love for Cecilia, or of hers for him;” Well, he was right, Robbie didn’t believe it either when he met her again in London before he went to war. He said, “i donno! We’ve only spent a few minutes in the library three and half years ago!” But she tried to convince him otherwise. During the war, when he tried getting back to England, with her letters with him, he started to believe in it too. Isn’t that the proof of “the power of words”? ====Begin Quote===== Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame. ====End Quote===== For me, what really made this movie great (not merely good) was the unexpected yet so powerful an ending. The story touched me throughout the narrative, and i was smitten with the beautiful cinematography. But the ending, omg! Speaking of “the power of words”. Such simple sentences, Vanessa Redgrave (as the elderly Briony) delivered them with precision. They are clean and hard, rolled off her tongue, calm, but sharp like a knife. My heart ached, and tears started pouring out as the screen darkened, and cast names started to rise.
romance
相见恨晚 (1945) 豆瓣 TMDB
Brief Encounter
8.0 (121 个评分) 导演: 大卫·里恩 演员: 西莉亚·约翰逊 / 特瑞沃·霍华德
其它标题: Brief Encounter / 偷情记(港)
Laura(西莉亚·约翰逊 Celia Johnson 饰)的生活简单而幸福:有一个爱她的丈夫,一对可爱的儿女。每个周四她都习惯搭火车去附近的一个地方买东西。这天,在火车站旁的一间小餐厅,眼睛被吹进了沙子的她得到了医生Alec(特瑞沃·霍华德 Trevor Howard 饰)的帮助。几天后,她又在餐厅遇到了医生,由于桌子不够,两人便坐在一起吃饭,相谈甚欢。原来医生也已经结婚,每个星期二也来这里的本地医院帮忙。两人约定下星期再见面......频繁的见面和陪伴,让两个已经结了婚的人越来越渴望见到对方,他们知道,他们相爱了......但这样的爱情在那个年代注定无法长久,即使他们深爱着对方,最后也不得不分离。Alec告诉Laura,他即将去遥远的南非,留下了失魂落魄的Laura......
本片改编自Noël Coward的独幕剧《Still Life》,获1946年戛纳电影节“金棕榈”大奖。