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)
克苏鲁风格的革命之路，废土风的《大都会》，奇爱博士混搭太空漫游。垂直空间、大小的缩放对比、肉感混合机械营造了向着更下一层行进的地狱行记，如临深渊，兜兜转转。隐喻丛生的地下世界，各路怪形都可看作某种理念或阶层的具象化，命运女神编织逐渐破碎的地图，指向永劫轮回的目的地，炼狱里人如机器被制造和销毁，可悲的复制人又去打造庞大的神。人们被束缚、劳作、自相残杀如牛马和蝼蚁，电击的规训和刺激培育盲从的劳动和糖衣包裹的娱乐消遣。探索者的尸体被拆解鞭尸取乐吃瓜群众，被解剖榨干剩余价值，一点遗产也被献祭，希望最终成为虚妄，良心发现的帮凶留下一滴眼泪。
满分！可以说是降维打击近几年各种所谓的黑深残但爆米花程度不一的电影！有一些片段和元素确实让人恶心和反胃，但在定格动画这样的形势之下居然很好地被缓和，各种元素的堆积在定格动画的形式下也毫无违和。探讨了人之于社会、人之于世界，人类建立社会，意识形态、宗教等都开始了从无到有甚至到“蓬勃发展”，但是世界之大，人类在神、怪等面前又是那么渺小，更何况人类所“创造”的东西呢？最后结尾又突然“惊吓”你一下，把你从以上这些想法立刻拉回到现实世界，继续生活……
“蜘蛛侠”&“超凡蜘蛛侠2”&“蝴蝶效应”
除了三只蜘蛛是亮点之外，其他都emm…😑剧情真的无力吐槽
情怀拉满，剧情确实一般
复联10年！一代蜘蛛侠到荷兰弟蜘蛛侠3，19年！！！2小时28分的片长从1小时20分开始流眼泪！为3代同框，为8部蜘蛛侠，为自己的青春，为狗屎dyj！！
其實是流暢抓人的，奇異博士空間裡面和三個蜘蛛閒話家常的部分也頗出彩，但是那種反派淨化儀式和不可復仇的價值觀真的太老土，很想翻白眼。我多麼期待下次再有人說「你要是下手了就和他們一樣了」「你復仇了也不會更快樂ta也回不來了」的時候，大吼「我快不快樂輪不到你揣測！還有你少道德綁架老子了！滑坡論證滾粗！我們不一樣！老子再手刃一百條蛆都跟他們不一樣！都給我burn！」
【14】 —— 1 —— 🔴 2021【36】 🔵 美国【105】
还没看二代，反正不如一代
第一个探索者的所见看得十分伤感，人好像就是那么回事，有许多Matrix和The Wall的影子。
无论是特效还是剧情都堪称完美。琳琅满目的旧情怀，新元素让人拍手称快。尤其是号角日报过去那味儿真是太浓了！！！还可以看到游戏和动画那版的影子！🤤🤤我真的好想当巫师啊！！
真是难看，《黑豹》都比这一部好看。抱着期待来观赏一下，结果越来越讨厌荷兰弟的蜘蛛侠，求求你别再出来第四部了行吗？荷兰弟演的又蠢又呆滞，剧情胡烂贩卖情怀，三个蜘蛛侠强行放在一起，有点贬低各自的蜘蛛侠记忆和身份。至此一部，不喜欢荷兰弟，真不行。
十方妖魔齐聚纽约之巅，奇异博士施法四碎周天。
让1/2代出来整挺好，1/2代真顺眼！感人！三就到这儿吧，挺好的别再拍了
「是我疯了，还是这个世界疯了——还是神疯了？」
多元宇宙的叙事引入，和这一集主角的塑造不过尔尔。演员上Willem Dafoe全场最佳，情感上Andrew的出场几乎让人泪眼相望，仍然迷人仍然挂念的苦笑，真的很需要他接住MJ的瞬间
幸好我看过所有的蜘蛛侠哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。剧本不错。it’s good to have closures. 看片的时候一再感叹BC的美好。so wholesome. 奇异博士必须安排上。
打怪部分不是很喜欢...三个蜘蛛侠真的很犯规...康伯巴奇是漫威2.0时代的新iron man了是嘛
期待很久了，从找奇异博士开始剧情就开始有趣了，都是来看下是不是真的三代同框的，确实情怀感十足
真牛逼！好久都没有看到这样的邪趣有冲击力的动画了，很偶然搜到的，结果一点进去就不能自拔了，令人难忘的一场地狱之旅，一幕接一幕的视觉冲击，脑子似乎都还来不及想，尺度对于我真是老生常谈了，其实没有什么特恶心的，但那种冰冷感挥之不去，还有那种对于杀戮、弱肉强食的视觉剥削感，对于生命的漠视和戏虐又令我有些愤怒，尤其是玻璃瓶中全片里颜色最艳丽的那场母子吃虫段落，片头那段长文子没仔细看，也不想过多的对于视觉上呈现去做解读，对我而言剧情故事可能并不怎么重要，跟那个全副武装手拿皮箱怀揣破碎地图的敢死队士兵一样，有一步算一步走到哪儿算到哪儿，只是这一路的沿途风光着实令人震惊，回北京后一定收藏本片再仔细的深挖研究研究！
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