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:

  • 文锦 0小时前 :

    观于2022.5.4日本首映日

  • 卫音泓 3小时前 :

    “I love you in every universe” 漫威的新浪漫,但最重要的还是看到了Wanda放下执念与自己和解,美强惨的Wanda希望只是暂时退隐,希望有一天能满血回归

  • 卫秀芳 2小时前 :

    I love you in every universe.换成不久之前的我听到这句词已经泪流满面了

  • 强觅双 5小时前 :

    暗黑风格漫威,有了之前没有的惊悚元素,剧本有点问题,但视效盛宴,氛围拉满,不去影院看没感觉

  • 天辰锟 2小时前 :

    虽然拍得像釜山行 但是I love you in every universe

  • 平骞 0小时前 :

    …镜头调度让人太失望了🥺

  • 帛雅 3小时前 :

    特效真的赞👍 故事虽然老套但为了将各种魔法效果串起来也算不错了!很有想象力的作品!

  • 允笑容 0小时前 :

    相对来说没有第一部来得惊艳和简单明快,主宇宙汪达真的太惨了,杀了那么多人该怎么洗白

  • 厉阳飇 1小时前 :

    "I love you in every universe."

  • 公西嘉怡 2小时前 :

    最近Multiverse电影真多啊。论好看还是Into the spirderverse第一

  • 典桐华 5小时前 :

    其实有点失望,还是更喜欢奇奇第一部。这部有点没头没脑,向恐怖风格的尝试还是有点子不适。但是真的心疼steven,每个宇宙都不能和爱人在一起。

  • 位幼萱 3小时前 :

    有些乱七八糟的,而且结尾三只眼太狰狞吓人了 我都快忘了那种脸演过可爱的卷福

  • 封彭泽 1小时前 :

    不引进谁吃亏,已经一目了然了,赶紧偷着乐吧

  • 偶鸿畴 0小时前 :

    旺达身材长相演技都不错,卷福西装挺帅。但漫威电影已经陷入剧本越来越蠢的地步。战斗力很迷很迷,且有了复联联动后,再单独看任何作品,都会有你队友呢?这样的疑问出现在脑海。也就看看特效打斗千万别带脑子!

  • 所天骄 4小时前 :

    这波团灭属实是又爽又高效😊旺达美出新高度啦

  • 卫家诚 8小时前 :

    剧情很充实 而且和漫威一般的超英片也不一样的画风 感觉有点惊悚片的意思 不知道坐我隔壁的小孩有被吓到吗 特效其实稍微粗糙了一点点 其他的没有好挑剔 好看!

  • 卫泰然 9小时前 :

    后漫威时代的代表作了,前期几部都是为平行宇宙在铺垫,这一部里玩了个爽~

  • 后元冬 7小时前 :

    I will never hurt you kids🥺🥺🥺

  • 奇文德 2小时前 :

    元素太多,眼花缭乱,但是最后没讲出个什么特别的故事。

  • 卑凌青 0小时前 :

    还行 差强人意吧算 缺点就是为了剧情削弱人物的塑造让人觉得人设太干巴巴 还有一些降智和战力失衡 优点是视觉效果

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