真情马克合唱团
发表于1分钟前回复 :Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.'By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses.Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together.One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around.While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with hisher partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken.Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...
安妮蓝妮克丝
发表于9分钟前回复 :豫剧《程婴救孤》来一段源于春秋时期“赵氏孤儿”故事,二千多年来在我国广为流传。元朝时被搬上了舞台,直到现在,京剧和其它地方剧种仍在上演《赵氏孤儿》,经久不衰。2001年,河南省豫剧二团将这一传奇故事改编排演成大型古装豫剧《程婴救孤》,该剧创排以来,先后在河南、北京、上海等七省市演出400多场,被戏曲评论界称为“一部伟大的悲剧”,近年来先后荣获国家文华大奖、第七届中国艺术节观众最喜爱的剧目、国家十大精品剧目和中宣部五个一工程奖优秀戏曲剧目。为将这一经典豫剧搬上银幕,满足更多戏曲爱好者的欣赏愿望,河南影视集团和河南省豫剧二团联袂合作,用现代电影理念和豫剧特有的艺术手法重新打造该剧,以求得电影艺术与戏曲艺术的完美结合,该片由河影集团朱赵伟任导演,河南省艺术研究院张平任执行导演,豫剧表演艺术家李树建担纲主演。为使该剧更适应电影艺术的表现要求,剧组创作人员从舞美设计、服装道具、拍摄手法等方面大胆革新,以大写意的美术设计方式代替了过于陈旧琐碎的美术设计,突出表现程婴等人物内心的感情宣泄,内容上保留并强化了程婴在危急时刻表现出来的“忠义”和牺牲精神,同时又赋予这种传统的“忠义”以新的内涵:程婴为救孤忍辱负重,不仅仅是忠君,更是为正义,为民族的命运,也为了自己心中的信仰。剧中程婴的扮演者李树建,通过“沉入人物内心世界”的表演,将主人公在正义与邪恶的较量中所展现出的人性光辉塑造得淋漓尽致。最后一反传统豫剧大团圆的欢喜结局,以程婴之死诠释了“悲剧是把人生有价值的东西撕碎了给人看”的命题,较之以往的传统正剧有了更深的思想意义与内涵。