勇敢的心英语影评

第一篇：勇敢的心英语影评

勇敢的心英文影评

A movie review by James Berardinelli

The crown jewel of 1995's summer blockbusters appears to have arrived early.It's hard to imagine any motion picture released between now and August matching Mel Gibson's Braveheart for spectacle.With its clashing armies, heartstopping action, and grand sense of romance, this is the sort of film it's a pleasure to see and review Let me state my preferences up front.I'm a big fan of the epic adventure, a category in which Braveheart, like cream, rises to the top.There's a lot in this film that's praiseworthy--not the least of which is its ambition.Those viewing this picture may be easily reminded of Gettysburg, The Last of the Mohicans, Glory, and such classics as Lawrence of Arabia, El Cid, and Spartacus.The grandeur is certainly present;nevertheless, Gibson gives us not only memorable battles, but characters of real substance.Borrowing from masters like Sam Peckinpah and David Lean, the actor/director has crafted an exceptional cinematic tapestry in only his sophomore effort.Most of the time, three hour movies have a few flat spots, but Braveheart is constantly on the move--riveting from start to finish.When the end credits began to roll, I was hard pressed to accept that nearly 170 minutes had elapsed.The title character is William Wallace(Gibson), a hero of Scottish history whose legend has surely outstripped fact(in its own unique way, the film acknowledges this).Wallace fought for Scotland's freedom in the late 13th century, wielding his broadsword and influence to defeat the forces of King Edward I(Patrick McGoohan), the British monarch who had declared himself king of Scotland upon the former ruler's demise.Braveheart builds slowly to its first gritty climax.Much of the early film concentrates on Wallace's love for Murron(Catherine McCormack).Their courtship is unhurried, yet this is all preparation.The real meat of the story, which includes political mechanations, betrayal, and dramatic battles, is yet to come.Patrick Henry once said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” That might well be Wallace's motto.“It's all for nothing if you don't have freedom!” The nobles of Scotland fight for land and riches, but Wallace stands for the individual, and earns respect with words and deeds.Bulked up and wearing a long-haired wig, Gibson brings his usual wealth of charisma to the title role.Patrick McGoohan, best known from TV's Secret Agent Man and The Prisoner, is almost unrecognizable beneath a snowy beard.His Edward the Longshanks exudes an aura of cold menace.He's a worthy foe for Wallace because his intelligence matches his ruthlessness.Sophie Marceau, the French actress who plays Princess Isabelle, and Catherine McCormack are both immensely appealing.Braveheart is a brutal, bloody motion picture, but the violence is not gratuitous.The maimings, decapitations, and other assorted gruesome details make Wallace's world seem real and immediate.In addition, few theatrical moments make a more eloquent statement against war than when Gibson shows women and children weeping over the dead on a body-littered battlefield.War is a two-headed beast, and both faces--the glorious and the tragic--are depicted.Lately, certain films have come in pairs: two Robin Hoods, two Columbuses, two Earps, and now two Highlander epics.Rob Roy, the first, is a fine motion picture.Braveheart, however, is better, offering an exhilarating, and occasionally touching, experience that has viewers leaving the theater caught up in an afterglow of wonder.These days, heros like William Wallace are as rare as motion picture displays of this high, uncompromising quality.《勇敢的心》

Set in the late 13th century, 'Braveheart' is the story of one of Scotland's greatest national heroes Sir William Wallace.leader of the Scottish resistance forces during the first years of the long, ultimately successful struggle to free Scotland from English rule...Crucially charismatic in the title role, Gibson plays the heroic figure and emerges as a remarkable hero with wit and romantic soul, determined to rid his country of its English oppressors...Wallace's revolution was set in motion, with great obstacles from his countrymen...Many Scottish nobles lent him only grudging support as most of them were more concerned with wealth and titles than the freedom of the country...In fact, the Scottish leaders are in favor of revolt-or not-depending on English bribes...Wallace, by comparison, is a man of honor, incorruptible and righteous...He was knighted and proclaimed 'guardian and high

protector of Scotland,' but as much as he railed against the Scottish nobles, submitted to Edward I, King of England, he was astonished and in shock to discover the treachery of the leading Scot contender for the throne—Robert, the Earl of Bruce—to whom he

confided , 'The people would follow you, if you would only lead them.' Sophie Marceau is exquisite as the distressed princess Isabella of France who ends up falling in love with Wallace, warning him out of several traps...Catherine McCormack is a stunning beauty who ignites Wallace's revolution...Patrick McGoohan is chilling, brutal, and vicious as the ruthless Edward I, known by the nickname 'Longshanks.' This king remains simply the embodiment of evil...While Angus McFadyen moves as a nobleman torn between his conscience and political aspiration, and Brendan Gleeson brings strength and humor to his role as the robust

Hamish, David O'Hara is very effective as the crazy Irishman who provides much of the film's comic relief from even the most tensed moments...Mel Gibson has reason to be proud of 'Braveheart.' It is a motion picture that dares to be excessive...Gibson presents passionately the most spaciously impressive battles(yet staged for films)even excessively, and it is his passion and excess that make the motion picture great...The horror and futility of massed hand-to-hand combats are exciting rather repulsive...It is epic film-making at its glorious best...Gibson's 'Braveheart' focuses on the human side of Wallace, a character so immense, so intelligent, and so passionate, exploring the definitions of honor and nobility, pushing us to follow the hero into his struggle against injustice and oppression...

第二篇：勇敢的心 英语影评

Mel Gibson's “Brave heart” is a full-throated, red-blooded battle epic about William Wallace, the legendary Scots warrior who led his nation into battle against the English in the years around 1300.It's an ambitious film, big on simple emotions like love, patriotism and treachery, and avoids the travelogue style of so many historical swashbucklers: Its locations look green, wet, vast, muddy and rugged.Not much is known about Wallace, known as Brave heart, except that according to an old epic poem, he unified the clans of Scotland and won famous battles against the English before being captured, tortured and executed as a traitor.Wallace's dying cry, as his body was stretched on the rack, was “freedom!” That isn't exactly based on fact(the concept of personal freedom was a concept not much celebrated in 1300), but it doesn't stop Gibson from making it his dying cry.It fits in with the whole glorious sweep of “Brave heart,” which is an action epic with the spirit of the Hollywood swordplay classics and the grungy ferocity of “The Road Warrior.” What people are going to remember from the film are the battle scenes, which are frequent, bloody and violent.Just from a technical point of view, “Brave heart” does a brilliant job of massing men and horses for large-scale warfare on film.Gibson deploys what look like thousands of men on horseback, as well as foot soldiers, archers and dirty tricks specialists, and yet his battle sequences don't turn into confusing crowd scenes: We understand the strategy, and we enjoy the tactics even while we're doubting some of them(did 14th century Scots really set battlefields aflame?).Gibson is not filming history here, but myth.William Wallace may have been a real person, but “Brave heart” owes more to Prince Valiant, Rob Roy and Mad Max.Once we understand that this is not a solemn historical reconstruction(and that happens pretty fast), we accept dialogue that might otherwise have an uncannily modern tone, as when Brave heart issues his victory ultimatum to the English: “Scotland's terms are that your commander present himself in front of our army, put his head between his legs and kiss his---.” Uh, huh.In the film, Wallace's chief antagonist is King Edward I(“Long shanks”), played by Patrick McGoohan with sly cunning;he is constantly giving his realpolitik interpretation of events, and that's all the more amusing since he's usually guessing wrong.Edward's son, the Prince of Wales(Peter Hanly), is an effete fop who marries a French woman only for political reasons.“I may have to conceive the child myself!” Long shanks says, and indeed, under the medieval concept of prima note, or “first night,” nobles were allowed a first chance to sleep with the wives of their lasers.The Princess, played by the French actress Sophie Marceau, does not much admire her husband, who spends most of his time hanging about moon-eyed with his best friend(until the king, in a fit of impatience, hurls the friend out the castle window).Edward, smarting from defeats, dispatches the Princess to offer his terms to Brave heart, but soon she's spilling all the state secrets, “because of the way you look at me.” The Princess is the second love in Wallace's life;the first, his childhood sweetheart Moron(Catherine McCormack), marries him in secret(so the local English lord won't claim his rights).The two spend their wedding night outdoors, and the backlit shot as they embrace gains something, I think, from the frost on their breaths.These characters come from hardened stock.(When Wallace has a reunion with his childhood pal Hamish, they hurl rocks at each other for entertainment;later, when a Scotsman has his wound cauterized, all he says is, “That'll wake you up in the morning, boy!”)It is sometimes seen as an

egotistical gesture when actors direct themselves, especially in heroic epics costing(so they say)$53 million.The truth is, given this material, I do not know that anyone could have directed it better.Gibson marshals his armies of extras, his stunt men and his special effects, and creates a fictional world that is entertaining, and thrilling.And as Brave heart, Gibson plays his role with flamboyance, and cuts it with sly humor.He is an amazing battlefield strategist, inventing new strategies and weapons, outsmarting the English at every turn, leading his men into battle with his face painted blue, like a football fan.There is a scene where he is so pumped up with the scent of battle that his nostrils flare;not many actors could get away with that, but Gibson can.

第三篇：勇敢的心影评

影片讲述了一个13世纪苏格兰人华莱士不断成长，追求自由，为自由献身的动人故事。

在华莱士还是一个小孩子的时候，他是懵懂的。他想追随父亲和哥哥去作战，但他内心并不明白为何而战。父亲阵亡后，小华莱士躺在父亲的遗体旁，想象父亲经常对他说的那句话“你的心是自由的，要有勇气追求自由”，长大后的华莱士“谨遵”了父亲的教诲，只想自由自在的生活，因此回到了村子，找到儿时给了他莫大安慰的梦中情人，只想与她结婚生子，共度余生。

可是天不遂人愿，殖民者对他们的压迫更加严重了，最后他的妻子惨遭杀害，他愤怒的为妻子报了仇，并成了村子里的领袖。但是这时他的思想还是不够成熟，对自由的认识还是不足够。从这样一个例子可以看出，另一个村子里的人想追随他一起抵御英格兰人，但是他说：“回家去吧，我们当中的一些人已经卷入了战争，已经没法回头了，但你们不必卷入战争”。这几句话，反映了他这么做只是被逼无奈，并未理解了自由的真谛——自由要用自己的双手去捍卫。

可是随着战争的继续，他领导的人越来越多，他的思想才真正成熟。从华莱士说的两处话可以充分反映出来，第一处，“请问，高贵意味着什么，你的爵位让你能有资格成为苏格兰国王，可人们不追随有爵位的人，他们追随勇者，现在人们都认识你，大家都尊重你，如果你领导苏格兰人民奔向自由，他们就会追随你，我也会的”。第二处“封地，爵位还有黄金，你要把我变成犹大吗？奴隶就是这么来的”。他懂得了自由不只是可以安稳的活着，更是灵魂的自由，并且要有能

力去捍卫自己的自由。这以后的一切，他都是以这些为中心去做的，最后用的生命捍卫了自己的信仰。

这个电影虽然以自由为中心，但也包含了对人性的思考。举其中一个例子，由于父亲的欺骗，导致布鲁斯第二次背叛了华莱士。布鲁斯冲到父亲的房间愤怒的质问他，可是他亲的回答让他无话可说“你自己甘心受骗，你心里一直清楚要发生什么事”。是啊，布鲁斯一直知道父亲的想法，他能猜测的到父亲会这么做的，只是他不愿面对自己的内心，也可以说为自己成为国王找一个心安理得的理由。我们又何尝不是这样，总是不敢真正面对自己的内心，如果我们可以与自己的心灵对话会发现，原来一切都是借口。

总体来说，这个电影真的很给力，思考是渐进的，不突兀，让人们容易理解，看起来很爽。另外，里面的配乐做的真的很好，从一开始就被里面的音乐感染了。

第四篇：《勇敢的心》影评)[模版]

《勇敢的心》

悲伤但不沉沦，苍凉却透着希望。

影片开始，巍峨的雪山之巅在眼前徐徐展开，伴着空灵的音乐如雾般弥漫，似水般流淌，悲伤但不沉沦，苍凉却透着希望。

一个个溢出的音符，带着苏格兰潮湿的雾气，敲打着观众的心，一下又一下。心被无边的苍凉淹没，隐隐地痛着，溢满了忧伤，浅浅淡淡，绵绵不绝。在即将跌入谷底时，有一股坚定的力量，将心稳稳地托起，耳畔仿佛听到了激昂的呐喊。闭上眼，似乎置身于苏格兰广袤的原野上，一轮血红色的落日透着苍凉。霞光映红了整个天际，是落日长河的意境。夜，悄悄地降临，光明似乎渐渐隐没了。但，别忘了黎明。一声声动人的呐喊越来越响，激荡着人心，忧伤已被希望替代，喷薄而出的旭日，冲破了厚厚的云层带来温暖的光芒，似温柔的手拂过曾经的伤和痛，消逝了刀光剑影。喧嚣渐退，一切又归于最初的平静，蓝天下的草原一片祥和。

看《勇敢的心》，略过万马嘶鸣杀声震天的战场，体味着苏格兰人饱受压迫的苦楚，目睹勇士们为了自由而战，将片尾曲那苍凉的曲调镂刻于心。短短的几分钟，概括了影片的内容与精神，奏响了苏格兰人的心声。什么都可以放弃，但不可以放弃心中的信念，那是甘愿付出生命也要守护的希望。

于是一次又一次地抗争，一次次的 受伤失败，一次次地奋起，终于赌上了所有，收获自由。然后，一切的一切归于平静，因为心得到了安宁。

只剩下草原上矗立的十字剑，挂饰随风飘扬。古铜色的剑身在风中摇动，与背后的蓝天原野映衬着，像极了苏格兰人民那跳动着的勇敢的心。延伸至远方的绿色，带着令人欣喜的希望。剑者，守护之意，抗争之器。

勇敢的心，是威廉姆·华莱士源源不断的力量，使他无惧死亡，支撑着他一次次地从失败中站起，将自由的种子播种到每一个苏格兰人的心里。每一个人都在为了信念，为了心而战斗。

很多时候，精神的力量往往强韧得令人吃惊。心中的希望似一星火光照亮了漫漫长途，支撑着华莱士，支撑着苏格兰人民走上自由之路。

不仅仅是苏格兰的勇士在用剑守护着心中的信念，在新中国成立之前的黑暗岁月，中国的共产党人不也是以追求自由解放的信念在战斗吗？一旦认定了目标就全力去做，什么都不能阻止，因为早已生死度外。遵从心的呼唤，拥有坚定的信念才能最终得到心的安宁，得到宁静的幸福。

每个人都需要为自己的心找一个方向，需要这样的一种力量，在你难过的时候给你安慰，在你骄傲的时候使你清醒，在你迷失的时候给你指引，支撑着你走过一个又一个失败的关口，经受住一季又一季的寒冬。使你变得很强，因为那坚定的信念，使你找到生命的意义所在，给了你一生前进的方向。

不再执著于无谓的成败，不再沉迷于无聊的娱乐，不再放纵自己的悲伤，找一个心的出口，向前走，就看得到阳光。

第五篇：《勇敢的心》影评

勇敢的心

通过一个学期的影视鉴赏课程的学习对电影有了相当深刻的认识，对电影也有了更多的了解。这学期的课程马上就要结束了，回想起得到的东西让我心潮澎湃。

我觉得一部电影就像是一本书，每个人看一本相同的书都会有不同的收获和感想，每个人从中获取的道理和知识也不相同，但是通过影视鉴赏可以提高我们看待世界的看法和认识则是不禁相同的。通过影视鉴赏的学习我对电影又有了新的认识，以前在看完一部影片之后只是说好看不好看，没有更深层次的认识和见解。现在，我不敢说我能评价一部影片，但是最起码我可以更加理性的去看待一部电影，去体会作者的思想和想要表达的主题，去欣赏影片的内涵。我没有很到的艺术评价能力但是影视鉴赏课给了我一个更深层次的了解电影的机会，给我提供了一个和电影近距离接触的平台。影视鉴赏提高了我的艺术欣赏尤其是电影艺术的欣赏能力，让我用更加理性的眼光去看待问题。这里我想谈谈《勇敢的心》这部作品，因为它让我百看不厌。

记得第一次在看的时候，哭得一塌糊涂。一方面，我比较藏不住事儿，真善美的东西，总是能很轻易地打动我，到现在看一些东西，还是哭得像个孩子。另一方面，《勇敢的心》本身拥有一部完美的电影所需要的一切因素——纯洁的爱情，无谓的勇气，坚贞的英雄，伟大的人民，完美的音乐，壮阔的景色，优秀的演员，尖锐的矛盾冲突，波澜起伏的情节和最真实的梦想。后来渐渐成长，这部电影在影视鉴赏课上又重温了一遍，看到了电影的实质，其实是把好莱坞商业电影的各项元素运用到了极致，看到了蒙太奇的惊人作用，但感动依旧，依旧难以忘却那份爱与自由。

华莱士，一个真实而脆弱的英雄形象，他的奋斗，他的不屈，他的勇敢坚韧，事实上为的是一份证明，证明给她死去的女人看，他是一个英雄；证明给她看，拥有梦想中的自由生活是一件可能的事情。

他骑着高大的黑色骏马出现在混乱的高地军队前，蓝色的油彩涂在他坚毅的脸上，风吹起他金色的头发，飞扬的发丝印证着他的宣言“他们可以夺取我的生命，但是永远也不可能夺去我们的自由！”他揭开那个神秘人的头盔发现他竟然就是自己惺惺相吸的贵族罗拔的时候，他的眼里充满了绝望和不可置信的震惊。在他被处死的前夕，他也会恐惧，他也会颤抖，他也会默默地呼唤爱人的名字，祈求她赐予他勇气，让他完成英雄的使命，这个男人是真实的，伟大的。他的勇敢和真诚，对于自由的渴望，是每一个孩子的愿望，我们需要这种感动，需要这种美化了的虚拟情愫，这就是电影的神奇力量，让人置身其中，感受那些我们不曾有的生活，感受那些我们渴望已久的情感迸发。华莱士骑马在苏格兰军队前发表战前宣言的那个片断；两军厮杀，鲜血浸染的那些场景；在刑场上，华莱士以全身的力气喊出““freedom”那一刻；在电影的结尾，华莱士的剑被战友抛向天空，划过苍穹的那一瞬间，都是完美的煽情点。苏格兰风笛沧桑遥远的意境里，那个英雄在山野间奔驰，永不停息。这些段落，一个孩子是没办法不被感动的。

我想，为之感动是一件很庆幸的事情。眼前这个时代，价值观完全崩溃，反讽黑色幽默大行其道，人们逐渐已经淡漠了曾经属于我们的那些单纯的感动，那些真善美的童话，转而用蔑视一切的外表去掩盖自己空虚的内心和不自信，我也是其中的一员，但我仍然相信，相信我外壳愤世嫉俗的那层保护膜下面，仍然是一块金子，相信在人生的某个时段，我也会挣脱出来，大胆的表达我对于生命的感激。我要说，在我年少轻狂的时候，走过不少弯路，我过于痴迷那些虚构出来的成就感和虚荣心，过于用心伪造那些不经事的事故和淡漠，我一度认为这些东西很酷。但在骨子里，我自己清楚，我永远是一个传统的孩子，我相信那些世袭下来的品质和为人处世的标准，我相信梦想，相形要为之奋斗不息，相信要追求自己的人生价值和目标，相信一分耕耘一分收获，相信好心总会有好报，我羡慕华莱士，我没法做人做到这样的纯粹，但我还在努力，努力摒弃那些不值一提的虚荣和自卑，努力高声喊出自己的那声“freedoom”。我们过去总是在谈论未来，谈论那些遥不可及的梦想，但现在来看，未来就在眼前，青春的九局下半就在眼前，再继续谈论似乎已经不大合适，要么去面对，要么就退却，没有第三种选择。我们欢乐谷的同仁也要有颗勇敢的心一齐面对生活中所有的难题.“勇敢的心”原来指的还有勇于面对自己，绝不背叛自己的真意，那就是真正地活过了，在肉体的死亡中也能得到精神上的永生。这才理解了那句话：Every man dies, not every man really lives.壮哉！英雄！

也只有这样的人，才能超脱民族、阶级、立场、时代等等的局限，赢得广泛的敬慕和认同，历史长河不息，影响一代又一代人。

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