［影视评论]To Be or Not to Be etc.

In Horace Walpole's words，"Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel." At this point of my life, I'm not really sure what life is to me. Years of depression has brought me so much pain, frustration and loneliness, sometimes I wonder if I'm still the person I used to be. Anyhow, one thing that I noticed is that speaking of drama, although I consider the greatest pieces are mostly tragic in nature as conflicts and infliction remain major themes of life, I do start to avoid tragedy when I pick a book or a movie. I love Victor Hugo and Tolkien, for instance, but I just have found myself unable to read their work. My heart aches so much, when I feel the truth, solemn and stirring, like a dreamer who couldn't agree more with an ideal yet trapped in mundane and cruel reality. And I've suffered so much from depression in all, that I know these kinds of thoughts or moments are really bad for me. So I escaped, to the realm of comedy.

I like comedies, the least they can do is to make me laugh. Good comedies, in addition, also reveal certain truth of life, often in surprising depth. ... I thank them.

意外地发掘了一个相当搞笑的电影"To be or not to be“（1983），有翻译作《你逃我也逃》，感觉不是特别好，想了两个：《事关重大》,《最好的演出》。大意是39年德国入侵波兰时，一家波兰剧院的主演兼老板夫妻和全体演员怎样临危受命，在啼笑皆非中成功地截获了一份即将送给盖世太保的波兰地下工作者名单，并且搭上一堆避难的犹太人逃出生天。因为故事主人公们大多是舞台演员，不少细节处理具有明显的戏剧味道。此片有一个更为经典的版本，拍摄制作于1942年，不过我没有看过。

主角Bronski先生是个具有典型平民特征的演员，虽然天分不高但痴心于表演，并且好大喜功；其同行夫人光彩照人，魅力四射，不满于丈夫的种种缺点，同时拥有许多美丽女人都有的虚荣心，竟然抓紧丈夫沾沾自喜地在舞台上表演《哈姆雷特》里的经典台词"To be or not to be”的十分钟，私下约会英俊的年轻军官Sobinski。本来这似乎是个普通的红杏出墙或者男小三的故事，但是德军的入侵改变了一切。当德国间谍Siletski教授即将在当地与盖世太保会面前，Bronski在夫人的支持下毅然决定发挥演员的特长，深入虎穴，一会假扮盖世太保，一会假扮Siletski，重重惊险中完成了一生中最精彩的演出！

电影中的喜剧元素非常之多，连一些我本来不甚感冒的百老汇样的舞台场景都蛮可爱，譬如影片开始Bronski讽刺希特勒的歌舞表演。我总觉得，好的喜剧，能让人含着眼泪微笑。滑稽之中有哲理，悲伤的时候有希望。譬如Bronski冒着生命危险去见盖世太保之前，紧张又严肃地跟夫人动情地讲了一句：“我想告诉你，假如我回不来了，那我就原谅你所做的一切。”然后大义凛然地阔步迈出门。想想再探个头回来，脸色一变，愤怒地吼了句：“不过要是我回来了，你的麻烦就大了！”应该说影片中许多演员都相当出彩，给人印象尤其深的是主角夫妇，还有举止夸张的盖世太保。总之笑声接着笑声，感动连着感动，惊喜伴着惊喜，恰是我喜欢的喜剧类型。三星推荐！

前段还看了个"Nothing to Lose“，看网上翻做《王牌任务》，觉得还不如《狗急跳墙》呢，哈哈。著名的《肖申克的救赎》中的老安迪Tim Robbins又一次可怜见儿地以为撞见老婆和老板OOXX，一时间万念俱灰，了无生趣，偏偏碰上只会咋咋呼呼的Martin Lawrence企图抢劫，一番拼死飞车后，将满腔怒火化作打劫老板保险箱的动力。。。当然，喜剧嘛，结局是美好的，不好的都是误会，Tim回到正规，穷Martin找到了工作，两家老小其乐融融！喜剧效果主要在于细节，两个都是老戏骨，演出来再自然不过。其中有个很经典的镜头，是可怜的Tim发现脸上爬了只蜘蛛，大骇之下蹦出车外一通狂舞，被浇了汽油的鞋子又踩到火柴，那几分钟惊慌失措的乱舞实在是太让人捧腹了！也推荐一下～

顺便说两个看了心有不爽的影视。一个是08商业片《时尚先生》，据说是想拍成中国的《时尚女魔头》（The devil wears prada）。从视觉效果上看，我觉得女主角形象（孔维）还是挺好的，身材高挑，衣着有品，笑容很甜。不过，总体上和《时尚女魔头》实在差得太远。华服模特的因素除外，故事情节让我感觉象吞了一只，不，两只或者三只苍蝇。男主为了”事业“不惜一切代价借女人上位，倒了霉之后想要东山再起办时尚先生选秀赛，死皮赖脸地去求被他抛弃的前女友做评委。前女友同学号称要报复，找了个女娃假扮男人参加比赛，说是冲进三甲的话就能打击男的。最后在决赛中被当场揭穿，一余秋雨状老评委居然还特动情地说这不是欺骗，就是欺骗，也是充满了”善意“。而男主，因为没有听从电视台头头的话故意撞伤女男模，被视为大大的余情未了，并且深深再度打动女主的芳心。我晕！这都是什么道德水准啊！

The Devil Wears Prada里面，Andrea在实际工作能力确实超过第一女助理的情况下，同意代替后者去巴黎，已经被朋友指责为没有良心了。而时尚先生这一堆烂摊子，随便拣一条出来也太黑了吧。真太让人郁闷了。就象那个先跑的老师，狡猾地把教师大震来时不顾学生一声不吭哧溜窜出教室等同于只是没有舍命救人而已，不但在网上热炒，而且炒到后来居然成了宣扬自由诚实，以身下地狱的英雄了。这是一个什么样的时代！不过，更教人伤心的是，我隐隐觉得，时尚先生里面所反映的肮脏，不及真实的十一。可是大哥，丑的十分之一还是丑！

再说一个让我不爽的，是个美剧"Charmed”,故事大致内容是现代世界里有三个姐妹巫女天赐特别的善的魔力，隔三差五地就要跟些个邪恶魔鬼打打杀杀以保护无辜。当然，最后都是她们赢了！三个女巫都非常非常漂亮，不仅我看着赏心悦目，也迷倒一大片剧中超级帅哥。所以，故事中也就免不了爱恨情仇之类的东东。亲姐妹中的老三Phoebe，美丽活泼，在约会的问题上性格比较奔放。不过当她遇到Cole，一个化身为人间翩翩男士其实是威力巨大的恶魔时，一见钟情之后便是一场刻骨铭心的相恋。倒霉的Cole因为爱上了她，决定弃恶从善，还不惜自愿废除自己所有的魔力。然而超级女巫的生活是不断与恶魔做斗争的生活，其实还是为了保护Phoebe，Cole几次再入魔道，给折腾得死去活来。而Phoebe有天突然就"醒悟“了，因为Cole是恶的，给自己带来的伤害是巨大的，一定要离他远远的。那翻脸叫一个快啊！而且巨彻底。甚至在Cole善也不能，恶也不愿，痛不欲生，求死不得（魔力太大了，怎么死都死不了），哀求三姐妹施法灭了自己的时候，Phoebe巨正义凛然地说，”我是想要你死，不过不是你想死的时候就死，要是我想你死的时候才行！“ 我K！冷酷无情，一至于斯！在深感Cole太可怜的同时，我觉得其实这反映了一个比较普遍的现象，就是给人下定义。一旦被打上善或”好“的标签，那么此人的一切都是好的，不管做了什么都是可以原谅，都是出于”人性“；反之只要是”坏人“，那么一切都是坏的，啥都其心险恶。叹一下。。。

顺便贴一个Charmed中播放的歌曲，觉得这手不错”Just my imagination“. Talking about freedom, lol.
http://www.jango.com/stations/25285208/tunein?u=0&song_id=116549
发现我就该多听听类似的歌，对我有好处，哈哈。

P.S. For those who have seen "Charmed", I'd like to make a few more comments. I guess in some aspect this show is a little "simpleminded", nevertheless, the magic world that it creates sometimes seems like the sort of place to which I can escape from reality. Besides, the girls are Smoking! Definitely pleasant treats for the eyes, even to a woman. Haha, am I shallow or what? As to the performance, of the three girls, I like "Prue" (Shannon) the most. I don't think it's just because the character has my sympathy, I do think she acted better than the other two. One very impressive scene is after Andy died, she couldn't use her magic power against a demon that tried to turn the book of shadow to evil. When her sisters questioned her, she broke into tears and said something like "Is it because I'm the oldest, I have to take all the responsibility? And if I'm so powerful, how come I couldn't save Andy? What good is our power if we have to watch the people we love die?" The performance is very touching indeed. In contrast, in scenes emotionally dramatic for the other two sisters, I feel their beauty, and nothing else really. Shannon dropped out of the show after three seasons. I read from the web that that was due to conflict between her and the team as well as her personal problems. And she refused to rejoin the sisters on the show later on even though the producers had hoped so. Too bad, but I personally think that might not be a bad thing for the actress anyway. All shows, in general, tend to degrade as the episodes progress - understandable, they are going to run out of good themes eventually...