Mel Gibson--勇敢的心英文影评[最终版].docx

MelGibson--勇敢的心英文影评[最终版]

第一篇：MelGibson--勇敢的心英文影评[最终版]MelGibson's“Braveheart”isafullthroated,red-bloodedbattleepicaboutWilliamWallace,thelegendaryScotswarriorwholedhisnationintobattleagainsttheEnglishintheyearsaround1300.It'sanambitiousfilm,bigonsimpleemotionslikelove,patriotismandtreachery,andavoidsthetraveloguestyleofsomanyhistoricalswashbucklers:Itslocationslookgreen,wet,vast,muddyandrugged.NotmuchisknownaboutWallace,knownasBraveheart,exceptthataccordingtoanoldepicpoem,heunifiedtheclansofScotlandandwonfamousbattlesagainsttheEnglishbeforebeingcaptured,torturedandexecutedasatraitor.Wallace'sdyingcry,ashisbodywasstretchedontherack,was“freedom!”Thatisn'texactlybasedonfact(theconceptofpersonalfreedomwasaconceptnotmuchcelebratedin1300),butitdoesn'tstopGibsonfrommakingithisdyingcry.Itfitsinwiththewholeglorioussweepof“Braveheart,”whichisanactionepicwiththespiritoftheHollywoodswordplayclassicsandthegrungyferocityof“TheRoadWarrior.”Whatpeoplearegoingtorememberfromthefilmarethebattlescenes,whicharefrequent,bloodyandviolent.Justfromatechnicalpointofview,“Braveheart”doesabrilliantjobofmassingmenandhorsesforlarge-scalewarfareonfilm.Gibsondeployswhatlooklikethousandsofmenonhorseback,aswellasfootsoldiers,archersanddirtytricksspecialists,andyethisbattlesequencesdon'tturnintoconfusingcrowdscenes:Weunderstandthestrategy,andweenjoythetacticsevenwhilewe'redoubtingsomeofthem(did14thcenturyScotsreallysetbattlefieldsaflame?).Gibsonisnotfilminghistoryhere,butmyth.WilliamWallacemayhavebeenarealperson,but“Braveheart”owesmoretoPrinceValiant,RobRoyandMadMax.Onceweunderstandthatthisisnotasolemnhistoricalreconstruction(andthathappensprettyfast),weacceptdialoguethatmightotherwisehaveanuncannilymoderntone,aswhenBraveheartissueshisvictoryultimatumtotheEnglish:“Scotland'stermsarethatyourcommanderpresenthimselfinfrontofourarmy,puthisheadbetweenhislegsandkisshis---.”Uh,huh.Inthefilm,Wallace'schiefantagonistisKingEdwardI(“Longshanks”),playedbyPatrickMcGoohanwithslycunning;heisconstantlygivinghisrealp