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)
23#神秘海域 2022.05.08
这部海报挺美的，演技都在线，剧情很治愈，还不错推荐观看
很难得能够看到一部“探险”电影，剧情确实给力，画面也厉害，确实有当年成龙的味道，但是，几个角色之间的反转太生硬，而且完全没有喜剧元素，动作戏也稍微弱了一些...当做风光片来看，也是 相当不错的，最后的“飞船”真给力，这等制作还得好莱坞，不过，有曾经腾讯《斗战佛》CG动画的即时感...
Dynamisme ludique, personnages sans relief, scénario simpliste fan service divertissant, en soit, adaptation passable qui remplit bien le cahier des charges? 2.5
基督教主旋律电影，信上帝：妓女可以从良、不孕可以怀孕、淘金者不再投机、流浪家庭安居乐业，男主简直是耶稣再世，什么都可以原谅，什么都不在乎，只求付出不求回报，还能让不孕老婆怀孕。
蛮老套的合家欢探险片，这部里的汤荷兰还是有点小帅的
7分左右吧，是我喜欢的题材，但总感觉冒险程度还不够
玩过原作游戏，但只通关了第一部，PS4重制版，游戏剧情已经忘得差不多了，只记得爬爬爬，然后电影里这一块想来也没办法很好的复原。电影肯定是有改编的，倒没那么差，算是合格的动作电影，但似乎不太像探险寻宝的电影，我想象中应该是国家宝藏或者木乃伊那样的剧情，更多的关于宝藏的内容。荷兰弟拍漫威之外的电影，总让我感觉他在电影里要变身蜘蛛侠吐丝一样。其实整体上还可以吧，不是太差，但也没多好，勉强及格。要是有续集，希望可以更好一些。
22#6 全系列游戏都通关了，带着粉丝滤镜来看。整体剧本挺尴尬的，前面更是闹着玩一样，拍卖会已经够弱智了，在下水道里能藏着密室更是绝，真是不把市政看在眼里，雇佣兵反水虽然是常识，但也太草率了一点……不过后半段渐入佳境，在内森留下坐标之后，整个味道就对了。尤其是海空战，非常舒爽。所以还是很期待第二部！
工整的好莱坞冒险寻宝视效动作大片。荷兰弟成年熟男银幕形象，是ok的，从电影工业视角来说，抛弃偏向精英视角小众审美偏好，该片完成度极高。有一种密室逃脱、闯关竞技游戏即视感，娱乐元素过杂的确有削弱“后疫情时代下的信任与团结”主题表达输出。与此同时，影片也似乎透露着一种直男审美——两位女性形象攻于心计、算计和背叛：一方面，她们业务能力强，符合女强设定，另一方面她们又是与男性信守承诺团结相悖的“黑吃黑”的典范，很不讨喜。但从剧作文本和视听语言上来说，代表了当今以美国好莱坞主流文化为代表的电影工业的成熟高标准化。在规范化的生产工业中，人物叙事包括转场等，驾轻就熟，从该意义上来说，本片娱乐属性阈值“拉满”。而荷兰弟表演，充满既幼稚可爱又性张力爆棚的反差萌感。除了新一代imax技术加持，荷兰弟也有加分了。
I just can’t tell how much I love you.
就真的很平啊，按部就班，完全猜得到的剧情，看的时候没买爆米花真的太难受了
有些情节比娃娃躲猫猫还离谱，无法让人信服。
探险叙事都是开挂无脑驱动，阻碍因素是外部抵抗力量，缺少卡关和解谜的细节，本子很粗糙过时。奇观场面能看，飞机和古船空中大战很有动作娱乐想象力，也扣紧了主题，强化了人物塑造。两位女性角色都有很强的 masculinity 意
没玩过这个游戏，只是电影院看，只是感觉从头开始的设定一切都太简单了根本没难度，类似冒险王那样千辛万苦夺宝仿佛很久以前了，这开头的抢钥匙，轻松抢夺，后面挨个闯关都只是形式走个过场，中间来个跳伞飞机斗有点意思➕反转，然后又回归了，大乐斗一把，甚无滋味，不刺激啊，不紧张看的昏昏欲睡，荷兰弟选剧本要看好呀！
【失去的东西总会回来的】
如果说是世人不能用常人理解的爱，救赎的爱就是这样。
这部电影的原题材应该是圣经中何西阿书和妓女的故事。爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒；爱是不自夸，不不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒。这部电影较好的诠释了，爱应该是怎么样的。
非游戏党表示Just so-so。健身大王荷兰弟，存在感微弱的女主，以及年度最拉反派。前戏非常平庸，主创的着力点都放在高潮的飞机和船戏上了......标准的流水线动作A片。
撇开一些玛丽苏剧情之外，女主的三次逃跑更像是三次试探。关于怀疑和信任，其实人和人之间一开始从来都是互相怀疑不信任的，信任是一次次怀疑一次次否定之后才建立起，而后越来越相信。这是一部关于自我救赎和信任的西部风光片。
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