第一篇：《闻香识女人》的英文影评
《闻香识女人》的英文影评
The Scent of a Woman is the kind of film that many would think belongs to a bygone era.While it is frank and contemporary without sugar coating it illustrates the value of character over glitz and how small acts can have long lasting consequences.The film pits two characters who are diametrical opposites.Al Pacino plays the world weary retired Army Lt.Colonel who through a stupid accident looses his sight and his way of life.Chris Donnelly is a young prep school kid on a scholarship whose way of life may be coming to an end owing to the acts of richer kids at the exclusive prep school who pull a stupid stunt.The blind Lt.Colonel needs an escort so that he can go to NYC and have a rip roaring time before he makes a fateful decision.The poor preppy needs to earn a few bucks to travel and is in desperate need of some advice on how to get through his crisis at school.The interplay between the two characters is mind boggling.It is more riveting than the best Grisham novel.Both characters are asked to make life and death decisions that call for them to reach deep into their inner core.The right decision is unhappily the tougher decision to make.Two terrific scenes that are not to be missed.The first is in the New York ballroom where the blind Lt.Colonel teaches the actress Miss Anwar to dance the tango.It is so smooth and dramatic that even a couch potato is tempted to reach for the Yellow Pages in search of dance lessons.The second and most profound is the speech that Al Pacino makes in defense of Chris Donnelly at the prep school disciplinary hearing.It has to go down as one of the great orations of all times.The Scent of a Woman is very satisfying on many levels.The character development is superb, dialogue terrific, glamorous locations and a story line that requires the characters to show themselves to be the people they really are.The film has a lot of funny lines and great drama.(ZZ from IMDB)
Film Review
By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Scent of a Woman
Directed by Martin Brest
Universal Studios Home Video 01/93 DVD/VHS Feature Film
Rand potentially physically dangerousunfettered, unforced, and highly enjoyable.Unfortunately, considering how sound the bulk of the picture is, the final moments, with their overt pandering to a Hollywood-style ending, are a severe liability.Certainly, such “triumphs” are fun to watch, but they cheapen Scent of a Woman.Would it have cost the production team that much to inject a little realism into the film's last reel?
The movie is as long as its storyline demands.It doesn't seem like two and one-half hours, and less time with these characters would have cheated the audience.Aided by an emotive score from Thomas Newman, the picture has opportunities to soar.Hampered by the script's limitations, however, Scent of a Woman falls short of being a masterful production
There are few films that I consider to be truly great.I don't mean 'great' in the pedestrian sense of “that's great.” I'm talking “true greatness.”
Scent of a Woman has true greatness.It has everything that a timeless classic should have.Unforgettable characters, superb acting, a script that is profound and moving;heartwarming at times and heartrending at others.Music that accents each moment perfectly and is never obtrusive.Scenes that are so perfectly directed and edited and imbued with such powerful emotions that they leave indelible impressions on the mind and heart.Scent of a Woman revolves around two main characters: Lieutenant Colonel Frank R.Slade(played by Al Pacino)and prep school student Charlie Simms(played by Chris O'Donnel.)
Take a moment to step into the internal world of Col.Frank Slade.Take a look around.See anything? You won't, because Col.Slade is blind.His sight was taken from in in a freak accident some five years before.Col.Slade is a man accustomed to power, to barking orders and taking charge in every situation.Even in his prime, he was impossible to live with.Now, years later, he's blind, “handicapped”, and living at the behest of others.He has not adjusted gracefully to this setback.Now meet Charlie Simms.Charlie is an honor student attending Baird prep school.Unlike the other Baird boys, his family is not wealthy, so he's on financial aid.He's a quiet, introspective and kindhearted young man.He's also very intelligent.He needs an easy weekend job to make some extra money.He see's an ad to housesit a disabled man over the weekend, so he investigates it.The man in need of sitting is Col.Slade, of course.Charlie's first encounter with the Colonel is a memorable one, as the Colonel gives him firsthand experience of what a military “dressing down” is like delivered at an extremely loud volume.Charlie is obviously a bit put off by this, but the Colonel's family and caretakers plead with him, so he takes the job.Little does he realize that Col.Slade has his own plans, and they don't involve sitting around being baby sat.Once his family leaves, Col.Slade bullies Charlie into accompanying him on a flight to New York by sheer force of his personality.Charlie attempts to resist, but he is simply outmanuevered by the wiley Col.Slade.Col Slade explains to Charlie that he going to New York to take “a little tour of pleasures” that he has been denied by his condition.With much persuasion, Charlie finally agrees to go.Charlie's first impression of Col.Slade is that he is loud, crude, egotistical and highly antagonistic.But as Charlie helps the Colonel navigate from one first class New York locale to another, he and
the Colonel gradually develop a strong mutual respect.Over time, he discovers that the Colonel does have a heart, and can in fact be very charming(especially if there's a lady around.)
But despite this, Charley has not seen the worst yet.Eventually, he must confront the Colonel's most deeply hidden fears and outrage concerning his inability to function as he once did.This moment in the movie is *charged* with emotion as both Pacino and O'Donnel deliver riveting performances.In fact, there are so many standout performances in this movie that the Motion Picture Association should slap it with an anti-trust suit;)
Another thing this film does exceptionally well is balance the characters of Frank Slade and Charlie Simms.Slade is an outspoken, overbearing bully who has grown weary of the world and with his own failures.Charlie is an earnest and kindly young man who believes that all mistakes can be made right.When they first meet, it seems clear that there is a major power imbalance, with Col.Slade brutally running over Charlie's quiet protestations.But as these two get to know one another better, it becomes clear to both the viewer and to Col.Slade that Charlie possesses great strength, but it is a quieter strength than the Colonels.It is the strength of true integrity and conviction.There are many beautiful scenes where these two men discover profound truths about themselves and each other as a result of their conflicts.Scent of a Woman is a rare and beautiful movie.It's a movie about how one man is lost in despair, and how a younger man helps him find his way.There are so many outstanding aspects to this movie that I could go on for pages, but instead I'll just ask you to watch it.Prepare to be amazed.穿帮镜头
·西门斯和斯莱德在公寓见面的时候，斯莱德的酒杯和酒瓶里的威士忌在反复变化。·西门斯和斯莱德去纽约时，斯莱德的领带一会是直的，一会是弯的。在自杀那场戏中也《闻香识女人》剧照（1）(17张)是。·在探戈戏中，唐娜的耳环在某些镜头中不见了。·斯莱德开法拉利时车身上能看见工作人员的影子。·斯莱德跟拜尔德的政治老师说话时，镜头反射在斯莱德的太阳镜上。·唐娜和弗兰克低身跳探戈时，可以看见上方的扩音器。·纽瓦克机场被洛根机场替代了。·Trask在斯莱德的演讲结束后落下木槌的场景中，声画出现了错位。木槌的声音比木槌击打的画面多了几次。·当斯莱德被威胁向查理开枪时，他的领带位置变换了好几次，先是斜着，再是偏向右边，然后变直。·原本系在Trask先生汽车上方的气球总数，与他弄破的那些气球，及剩余的气球总数不一致。·弗兰克过街并摔倒在地，查理扶他站起的那个场景里，起初查理并没有手握拐杖，但当他data-layout=“hangright”扶起弗兰克后，拐杖神奇般地出现在了他的手里。·在经典的探戈舞片段里，钢琴和弦无比优美，但是作为背景的钢琴旁却没有演奏者。·在影片中有很多次斯莱德都手握一把0.45厘米口径的手枪，而从剧情看这把枪应该是隶属于编号为M1911A1部队的。但这把枪湖蓝色与白色相间，并且在木质抓柄上还有个圆形浮雕，从这些特质来看，这把枪都只是M1911A1部队里一般级别的士官所配具的。·在片中，斯莱德曾经严厉地批评过查理，按照军队惯例，不能够把0.45口径的枪叫做“枪”，而应该称之为“武器”或者“行头”，但没过多久，斯莱德自己也称这把枪为“枪”，而非“武器”。·影片中斯莱德向查理解释军队标准的敬礼姿势时说道右手应该定位在发际线的位置，但是按照他的解释作出来的姿势十分滑稽。而正确的敬礼姿势右手的位置应该是接近右眼或者在右眼的上方。此外，正确的军礼姿势，应该抬右臂
并倾斜向下，并且右手朝外的部分应该总是斜着朝向接受敬礼的那个人，而片中的斯莱德敬礼姿势并不十分标准。·影片中斯莱德军装右边口袋上的徽章四个排成了一排，但在现实中，军人的徽章只能是三个一排，如果有第四个徽章，那么应该在这三个成排徽章的上方自成一排。·当斯莱德和查理一起试驾法拉利时，他在纽约市中区成功地完成了几个高速转弯。实际上，一个盲人要完成如此高难度的驾驶演习而没有丝毫的碰撞是根本不可能的，尽管有查理坐在他身旁为他做指导。·当斯莱德让查理帮他把蓝色军装从衣橱里取出来时，军装上并没有银星勋章，但在后面的镜头里，银星勋章赫然在列。·有一个驾驶的场景，一个向左的急转弯应该使坐在后面的斯莱德向右甩，但是观众看到的却是他向左偏了。·当斯莱德被威胁自杀时，他的眼泪从左眼流了出来，但当镜头一变，泪水出现在了他的右脸颊上，而不是左脸颊。
些小瑕疵，但是演员的脸部上并没有任何痕迹。[·尽管影片中多次提到查理的脸部上有
第二篇：闻香识女人英文影评
Film review of《Scent of a Woman》 The first time I saw “ Scent of a Woman ” this topic, be it attracted the sweet colourful.After watching that, no sweet colourful content, but also not disappointed, because it gives a man a great feeling.The film tells, Charlie is a secondary school students, a forthright and sincere, shy.Charlie is a part-time and attend school on a scholarship of poor students, this Thanksgiving, have no money to travel with the students and in order to get a Christmas back home ticket, so took a look after the work of the blind.Once served in the army a 26 year blind lieutenant colonel appearance is that informal section, vulgar mouth repeatedly, used his outgoing loud scolded the Charlie, curse everything.Charlie in the hostess request took the job, he was in a school met a trouble, he and another high students George saw other three classmates we cheat the supervisor's prank, the supervisor of the angry requires two witnesses must tell the name of pranksters, poor students to Charlie, the supervisor at the harvard graduate students use the allure and dropped out of the threatened, or not? Sell or not to sell? This is a let Charlie fear problem, let him so helpless and Huang waterfront.The students by seeing a prank and questioning by the headmaster.Or compromise, or abide by the principle, was quiet at the way to college the waves, life was forced to face a choice.Lieutenant colonel was general patton's adjutant, experienced war
and many setbacks, in an accident eyes was blown the blind.Complete a “last gasps” like travel decently after the end of his own life.All day he at home doing nothing, lost live courage and confidence.Long-term blind flange to make life history of lieutenant colonel particularly sensitive hearing and smell, and can even smell the perfume taste each other by identifying the height, hair colour and eye color.It originates from the life of his deep understanding and comprehension.He is ready to used up the last energy to enjoy a better life.He took Charlie getaways, eat delicacies, fast-driving boy, dance tango, live luxury hotel...And then want to end her life.Fate they meet at one of life's crossroads, with a different technique of suture each other each other scars, let the different life mutual
redemption and eventually make the same explanation.Charlie tried to prevent the lieutenant colonel of suicide, and from then on, they were a father and son between such as feelings.Frank also recovered the live courage and strength.He in the school auditorium for the wonderful defense Charlie, make Charlie exempted from penalties.No matter what the life is tame or ferocious, we all need to our
choice, to go way, want to the pursuit of the goal make efforts.And death can never become an excuse to escape and ways, alive need to have
choose death more than big of courage, bear the responsibility of courage.译文：
第一次看到《闻香识女人》这个题目时，被它的香艳所吸引了。看过后才发现，嘿嘿，没有任何香艳的内容，不过也没有失望，因为它给人很大的感触。
影片讲述了，查理Charlie(克里斯奥唐纳饰)是贝尔中学的学生，生性率真、腼腆。查理是一个依靠打工和奖学金就读名校的穷学生，在感恩节到来的时候，没钱与阔绰同学出游的他为了得到一张圣诞节回家乡的机票，找了一份照看盲人的工作。曾在军队服役26年的盲人中校（Frank艾尔帕西诺饰）一出场便是那样的不拘小节，粗口连连，用他那粗旷的大嗓门训斥着查理，诅咒一切。查理在女主人的请求下接下这个工作时，他在学校遇到了一个麻烦，他与另一阔绰同学乔治看见了另外三个同学整蛊校监的恶作剧，恼怒的校监要求两个目击者必须说出恶作剧者的名字，对穷学生查理，校监不惜动用哈佛研究生的诱惑与退学的威胁说，还是不说？出卖，还是不出卖？这是个让查理惶恐的难题，让他如此的无助与傍偟。因目睹了同学的恶作剧而被校长威逼利诱。要么妥协，要么恪守原则，本来平静的求学之路顿起波澜,人生被迫面临一次抉择。
中校曾经是巴顿将军的副官，经历过战争和许多挫折，在一次意外事故中双眼被炸瞎。完成一次“回光返照”似的旅行后体面地结束自己的生命。他整天在家里无所事事，失去了生活下去的勇气和信心。长期的失明生活使得史法兰中校对听觉和嗅觉异常敏感，甚至能靠闻对方的香水味道识别其身高、发色乃至眼睛的颜色。其实这都源于他对生活的深刻理解和感悟。他准备用尽最后的精力享受一次美好的生活。他带着查理出游、吃佳肴、开飞车、跳探戈、住豪华酒店„„然后想结束自己的生命。
命运安排他们在人生的十字路口相遇，用相异的手法彼此缝合对方的伤疤，让不同的人生相互救赎并最终做出相同的解释。查理竭力阻止了中校的自杀行为，从此他们之间萌生如父子般的感情。法兰克也找回了生活下去的勇气和力量。他在学校礼堂上为查理进行了精彩的辩护，使得查理免于处罚。
无论生活的面目是温顺还是狰狞，我们都需要为我们的选择、要走的道路，想要追求的目标做出努力。而死亡永远不能成为逃避的借口和途径，活着需要有比选择死亡更大的勇气，承担责任的勇气。
第三篇：《闻香识女人》的英文影评
The Scent of a Woman
The Scent of a Woman is the kind of film that many would think belongs to a bygone era.While it is frank and contemporary without sugar coating it illustrates the value of character over glitz and how small acts can have long lasting consequences.The film pits two characters who are diametrical opposites.Al Pacino plays the world weary retired Army Lt.Colonel who through a stupid accident lost his sight and his way of life.Chris Donnelly is a young prep school kid on a scholarship whose way of life may be coming to an end owing to the acts of richer kids at the exclusive prep school who pull a stupid stunt.The blind Lt.Colonel needs an escort so that he can go to New York city and have a rip roaring time before he makes a fateful decision.The poor preppy needs to earn a few bucks to travel and is in desperate need of some advice on how to get through his crisis at school.The interplay between the two characters is mind boggling.It is more riveting than the best Grisham novel.Both characters are asked to make life and death decisions that call for them to reach deep into their inner core.The right decision is unhappily the tougher decision to make.Two terrific scenes that are not to be missed.The first is in the New York ballroom where the blind Lt.Colonel teaches the actress Miss Anwar to dance the tango.It is so smooth and dramatic that even a couch potato is tempted to reach for the Yellow Pages in search of dance lessons.The second and most profound is the speech that Al Pacino makes in defense of Chris Donnelly at the prep school disciplinary hearing.It has to go down as one of the great orations of all times.The Scent of a Woman is very satisfying on many levels.The character development is superb, dialogue terrific, glamorous locations and a story line that requires the characters to show themselves to be the people they really are.The film has a lot of funny lines and great drama.This movie make me feel the difficulties are just a little case, we should have a optimistic attitude to tackle it!And life is wonderful!
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第四篇：闻香识女人的英文影评
Brief Introduction
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school, though is one of few students there from a modest background, attending on scholarship.To pay for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after a cantankerous, irascible retired U.S.Army Lt.Colonel named Frank Slade, who is now blind and prone to alcoholism.But on night, Charlie, along with a friend George Willis, Jr.was witness to a notorious act of vandalism at the school, and is being pressured by the school's headmaster Trask to divulge the names of the perpetrators, which they both know.When Charlie refuses to talk, Trask offers a bribe: a letter of recommendation that would virtually guarantee his acceptance to Harvard.But, Charlie still says nothing.During the Thanksgiving Day, colonel took Charlie to New York City.Colonel has a room reserved at the Waldorf-Astoria.During dinner at the Oak Room, he reveals the purpose for the trip: to eat at an expensive restaurant, stay at a luxury hotel, visit his big brother, make love to a beautiful woman, and then
Then , they travel to the Colonel's older brother's home for Thanksgiving dinner.Charlie tells colonel about his complications at school.Later, Charlie and colonel encounter a beautiful young woman.The blind Colonel takes her for a tango on the restaurant's dancing floor.The next morning, Charlie carried colonel to have a ride by Ferrari.When they return, Charlie found colonel preparing to shoot himself.Charlie’s words make him give up.On the auditorium stage, colonel finishes with a speech on the nature of integrity, defending Charlie's choice to be silent.The commit was moved by colonel’s speech.They decided that Charlie be excused from any further response to the matter.In the end of this film, Colonel was playful with his niece's children.Colonel finds the beauty of life finally.Appreciation
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers
Lt.Colonel Frank Slade was a hero;Lt.Colonel Frank Slade was an excellent soldier;Lt.Colonel Frank Slade even once was an aide of president;Lt Colonel Frank Slade received a lot of honors, Whereas, he is an embittered, lonely, blind veteran now.His world in dark now, all of those glorious things have gone.The world has kissed his soul with its pain, so he return in angry.Colonel became a cynical person, curse other and hurt himself.Charlie’s coming was unexpected but didn’t change colonel’s plan---kill himself after their touring.Two men encountered and it changed both of their lives.Man barricades against himself when he was in pain, so does Colonel.He decided to lavish his rest life, he plans to have a little tour of pleasures: stay in a first-class hotel, eat an agreeable meal, drink a nice glass of wine, see his big brother, make love to a terrific woman., and then “blow his brains out.” let the life be beautiful like summer flowers.Death like autumn leaves.If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.That’s what the Tagore said in Stray Birds.Colonel loses his passion, so he decided to suicide.But at the same time, he also loses the opportunity of finding the beauty of life.He has made his weapons his gods, when his weapons win he is defeated himself.When colonel went to visit his bother, the Closest Family member in the world, what he got is the dislike from his nephew—ruddy.What he did in the past is fight against everyone, even include his family.People couldn’t understand hate him..Living for him, is a kind of torture.But death, is a way of moksa(佛教、印度教、耆那教中的)解脱,从轮回中得到解脱).The sadness of his soul is her bride’s veil.It waits to be lifted in the night.When colonel back to hotel from his bother’s home, he feels lonely in his deep heart.We can see the sorrow in his face.The strongest soldier has the softest heart.The tough surface couldn’t hide the soft heart.When the night comes, everything was revealed in the dark: Solitude, sorrow, pains, fears……Death like autumn leaves.We live in this world when we love it.When colonel tried to shot himself, Charlie gives him a piece of hope.He said:” I’ll give you two reasons.You can dance the tango and drive the Ferrari better than anyone I’ve ever seen.”
Tango---one of the most passionate dances in the world.Ferrari---one of the most fabulous sports cars in the world.Both of them can represent a love for life.Colonel shouldn’t to suicide.He still has the love for life.“If by life you were deceived, don’t be dismal, don't be wild!In the day of grief, be mild, merry days will come, believe.” It is Charlie who let colonel realized his strength in his character sees the meaning of living and regains his self-confident.Charlie’s compassion, courage, integrity have saved colonel’s life.We love, we live.The actor---Al Pacino’s performance was fabulous, astonishing and amazing.Look at the history of film, it was so difficult to find such a complicated role than this: Violent, conceited, depression, lust, honest and compassionate.But Pacino act naturally.I have been doubt whether he was really blind.He looks like a real blind man in this film.The way he watch, the way he walk, the way he says, all of these features made people was touched by his perform.When you saw the tango part, the blind man was so immersed in dancing , as if you were brought to this rounded dancing floor, and you were the person he danced with.Pacino is the colonel.Because of him, this film became a classical movie.
第五篇：《闻香识女人》影评
Review on “Scent of a woman”
There are always some moments you suddenly understand some parts of life, something touches your soul and moved your heart deeply.“Scent of a woman”, which told us a story about struggles in life and finally finding the meaning of it, is such kind of thing.When the handsome man Charlie meets the stubborn blind retired Colonel Frank, I thought it was about a youngster growing up with the help of an elder man, maybe in a way full of beauties and perfumes.But I was wrong.The bitter man, enslaved to booze and abrasive criticism of those who come into contact with him, was proved to be so talent and humor.His great sense of woman, his shocking words and modal particle “huh”, his posture while tangoing with the young lady and the heart shaking speech for Charlie, are still playing in my mind.One unforgettable scene is Frank's talking with his niece and nephew happily while back from NY.To me, Charlie’s insist on not being a snitch is indigestible, but I can see the bravery and goodness in his soul.That’s why Frank finally breaks the ice and drops the masquerade and then back to a normal life, which also made Frank save Charlie from being expelled from school.I’ve learned that each person has something unique to offer to the others.Frank and Charlie, they are both at the crossroads of their life.Charlie persuades Frank to live on and Frank, touched by Charlie’s integrity, helps convince the Students’ Committee in Baird that Charlie deserves no punishment.I’ve learned that it is
precious that there is someone by your side.They help you to perceive how life would be and which way shall we choose.Life is full of obstacles and mistakes;the right attitude towards life is to make a right decision, to chase something, to hold on and to live on.Frank was intended to commit suicide after a weekend of exquisite, high-class living, just because he
couldn’t find a proper thing or person to live for.But actually, his relatives love him.And his talents in smelling and the internal character finally attracted and conquered the beautiful teacher in Baird.Just as the ending-speech, “the path made of principle” may be vague in fog.There are thorns like frustrations and jitters in that way, but as long as you tango on if you’re tangled up, you’ll finally find the meaning of life.
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