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春节档电影The Wandering Earth 2《流浪地球2》、 Full River Red《满江红》、Hidden Blade 《无名》、Boonie Bears: Guardian Code《熊出没·伴我“熊芯”》和Five Hundred Miles《交换人生》里,最受期待的应该是国产科幻大片The Wandering Earth 2。
来看外媒对这部电影的评价,顺便学英语。
公zhong号「英文资料库」的首发版排版更佳更易读易理解。
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audacious,showing an unusual willingness to take risk,大胆的、敢于冒险的。
Frant Gwo,电影导演郭帆英文名。
avert,to prevent something bad from happening。
glee,happiness, excitement, or pleasure。
Frant Gwo’s 2019 sci-fi blockbuster指第一部《流浪地球》。从电影制作顺序来讲,第一部是第二部的前作(predecessor),二则是一的续作( sequel)。而从电影中故事发生的时间线上看,第二部的故事发生于第一部之前,即前传(prequel)。注意前作、前传和sequel、prequel的区别。
prequel,a film, book, or play that develops the story of an earlier film, etc. by telling you what happened before the events in the first film, etc.
轰动一时的电影和畅销书就可以用blockbuster来形容,好莱坞大片叫Hollywood blockbuster。
看影评文章标题和摘要可知,《纽约时报》对《流浪地球2》的评价偏负面,不知已进电影院看完这部国产科幻大片的你怎么评说。
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奥斯汀纪事报(Austin Chronicle)评论:It is this combination of maximalism, nationalism, fatalism, and two-dimensional characterization that makes this one of the most enjoyable current franchises.
maximalism,极多主义,和“少即是多”的极简主义(Minimalism)相反。
nationalism,民族主义。
fatalism,宿命论。fate,命运。
franchise约等于film series,由一部电影衍生出一系列续集的系列電影,如早期的007系列、星球大战系列都可以称为movie/film franchise。比franchise更大的类似概念是ip。
整个长句是个强调句型,It is...that...。“正是...和...让《流浪地球2》成为当下最给观众带来愉悦的系列电影之一”。可见奥斯汀纪事报看好《流浪地球2》。
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South China Morning Post《南华早报》的影评文最后两段:
Disappointingly, the film’s female characters are given precious little to do beyond dying in order to motivate the male protagonists, and in many ways, this is ultimately a story about fathers making sacrifices for the sake of their children.
very little or very few 男主角 Because of
In sci-fi terms, The Wandering Earth II feels less obviously derivative of Hollywood forerunners than its predecessor, raising a number of intriguing themes and engaging with them intellectually. It marks another confident leap forward for China’s ambitions to explore the genre and its infinite universe of possibilities.
就科幻角度来说 好莱坞先驱的衍生品extremely interesting
这两段大致讲两点,1)电影中女性角色无足轻重。2)抄袭模仿好莱坞科幻特效大片的痕迹和第一部相比,没那么明显。
不知道看了这部春节档国产电影大片的你,作何评价。 |
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