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)
我爱DC！4个小时超级满足，把所有前世今生全都讲清楚了，每个角色的来龙去脉和人物关系，6个英雄是如何聚集在一起的，全部都一清二楚了！再也没有当时在电影院看的一脸懵逼！最后蝙蝠侠的那个梦，请继续做！我想接着看！
感激，感动，感恩。谢谢扎导及团队在背后默默付出的一切，兴奋，欣慰，且知足，不枉费四年的等待。作为粉丝回顾这段心路：从“Is it real?”猜想到“Realease The Snyder Cut！”运动再到这部作品真正的呈现在我们面前，像做梦一样。这部电影足够特别，在有限条件下，扎导费尽心血献给所有热爱JL最好的礼物，致所有勇敢的DCFans！
看到片尾的"FOR AUTUMN"，第一时间想到《雪·汽·铁》，那是一个父亲相继失去两个孩子的悲鸣：他的女儿，紧接着是《正义联盟》；而短片在长片面前显现出绝对优势。导剪版的重装上阵无疑是一个文化事件，它揭示了粉丝对作者的确认——声量大到足以惊动资本，于是也就不难理解导演的决定：零片酬换取百分百的创意控制权。拥抱流媒体时代（划定章节）是对机遇的感激，而四小时的片长则是平台回馈的溺爱。结果很明显，哪怕作为一套剧也是乏善可陈的。当一个无可争议的视觉系导演失去了强有力的叙事，《守望者》的悲天悯人就永远成为过去式。扎克·施奈德自我矮化成超英界“卖拷贝”，比起漫威那边肤浅但灵活的打法，他用泛滥的慢镜头（取消动作，强调造型）来故作深沉，以掩饰这场地球保卫战的荒谬和无趣。喜欢BVS的暗黑风，但这部的调色和美术让我自戳双目
好棒，起码比17版高了两颗星！4个小时，一点儿都没觉得长
扎导 你真的努力了 其实这玩意儿成品还没有华纳幕后那些勾心斗角好看 点点点
#RestoreTheSnyderVerse
這才是真正的正義聯盟！看到Batfleck的回歸讓人熱淚盈眶。Black Suit Superman極其華麗。就連反派Steppenwolf也有自己的人物發展。能看到真人版的Darkseid實屬於活久見系列。札導真的是獨具一格，節奏把握得非常到位，四個小時後仍讓人覺得意猶未盡。只可惜華納砸了自己的金飯碗，我們沒有機會看到這段故事的後續了。但不管怎樣，我們能看到札導的原版真的是值得慶幸和感激。
跟吃冰棍儿一样，吃的时候凉滋滋儿、甜丝丝儿的，吃完就剩一棍儿，啥味儿都没有。看得出真是钱多，也确实比院线版好看，最起码在努力把每个角色塑造一下，给他们一点空间，但弄一起之后依然傻到瞠目结舌。地球都要毁灭了我p都不紧张，因为这种童话故事就无法把我情绪调动起来。大场景真多，特效一定是全世界的高水平了，但运镜真俗，完全不懂得怎么通过镜头把力度表现出来，现在真是平庸的时代，能拍到“不出错”就已经普大喜奔了。
P.S. 尾灯也没有那么冤
看到过去中对未来的期待并意识到它们不会再实现，有些悲凉。
有人说过扎导是被传统片长限制才华的鬼才导演，几部导剪电影看下来，至少我是认同的。也不得不说，如果没有韦登的院线版，正义联盟达不到今天这个分数，在韦登的JL里，几乎抹去了所有英雄的高光时刻，而这些高光并非是在两个小时左右展示不出来的。在导剪中，几个英雄的人物弧光得以展现，甚至连荒原狼都不再脸谱化，显得更为真切。大家诟病的配乐，我倒挺喜欢的，女侠的悲壮，蝙蝠侠的复古，都让我印象深刻。4个小时的时长在观影中也过得非常快，甚至一度期望它不要结束。我个人戏吃透扎导的画面与调性，所以在大量的升格镜头在我这里算优点。从第一部MOS到今天的导剪JL，庆幸每一部都去电影院体验了一次，导剪来之不易，感谢大家的付出。
看完了，太累了。没有最后一小时的闪闪穿越和if线我真的要打三星。风格统一绝对是好的，但是第一个小时的mv拍的真的很🈚必要。最后，本蝙555，我的梦中情蝙
看了之后嗨到不行！
DC宇宙里如果大家好好开车，就没那么多事了
画质改变不了平庸，长度没有带来波澜，细节难以凑成故事，扎导依然没改本性
感觉前两小时在看母盒使用说明书，后两小时在看母盒没用道歉信。越往后看越想笑，特别像某集百变大咖秀几个嘉宾换上了衣服就斜着眼睛仰着脖子压低嗓音摆出一副大义凛然的样子整个戏精上身。明明就是一句话就能讲清楚的剧情，真的不管换谁拍都救不回来。看完只想问一句：超人你冷吗？还是只有下半身冷？
扎克·施奈德，庸俗化的超英市场中，升起明灯一盏。
2.配乐确实不出彩，非常的…就特别平你懂吗？
感觉前两小时在看母盒使用说明书，后两小时在看母盒没用道歉信。越往后看越想笑，特别像某集百变大咖秀几个嘉宾换上了衣服就斜着眼睛仰着脖子压低嗓音摆出一副大义凛然的样子整个戏精上身。明明就是一句话就能讲清楚的剧情，真的不管换谁拍都救不回来。看完只想问一句：超人你冷吗？还是只有下半身冷？
扎导版《正联》开播意味着扎导的原计划终于重见天日，同时也意味着DCEU大结局了。
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