马语者英文影评

第一篇：马语者英文影评

马语者 The Horse Whisperer 英文影评 review by James Berardinelli

Low, gray clouds scud across the sky while the grass of a seemingly-endless plain ripples in response to the prompting of a spring breeze.Thunder rumbles in the distance.On another day, a bright sun gazes down on those same fields while cattle roam from horizon to horizon.The silhouette of a lone cowboy on horseback stands out against an evening skyline.Above these vistas, the Rocky Mountains tower like implacable guardians, seeing all.These are only some of the images from The Horse Whisperer, a film as rich in its visual presentation as it is in its emotional resonance.As directed by veteran actor/film maker Robert Redford, The Horse Whisperer is a powerful and moving tale of love and loss that eschews melodramatic manipulation in its pursuit of a simple, honest tale.I have not read the best-selling novel by Nicholas Evans upon which the movie is based, but if it's as good as(or better than)the motion picture adaptation, it's easy to understand its appeal.As a director, Redford has made some impressive films;this is among his best.The Horse Whisperer opens peacefully enough, with two teenage girls leaving their houses in the early morning hours for a horseback ride.The sunrise is brilliant, and, as snow begins to fall later in the day, the fields and forest are turned into a winter wonderland of blues and silvers.Everything is picture perfect until tragedy strikes, brutally and without warning.One of the girls' mounts loses his footing on the icy ground and, suddenly, the two friends are in the path of a skidding 18-wheeler.One girl and her horse die.The other pair, Grace MacLean(Scarlett Johansson), and her beloved steed, Pilgrim, are badly injured.Grace loses the lower half of one leg.Pilgrim is driven mad, and everyone advises that he be put to sleep.Grace's parents, Annie and Robert MacLean(Kristin Scott Thomas and Sam Neill), are ill-prepared to help their daughter cope with her physical disability and the mental scars of having seen her best friend run down by an out-of-control truck.Annie decides that Grace's recovery will be aided if she can find a way to heal Pilgrim(the film's only dubious contrivance).So, with her daughter and the horse in tow, Annie heads out to Montana, where a legendary “horse whisperer,” Tom Booker(Robert Redford), lives and works on a ranch.After seeing Pilgrim, Tom agrees to try to help the horse, and so begins a long period of restoration for four souls: Pilgrim, Grace, Annie, and Tom.Those of a romantic nature may focus on the understated relationship between Annie and Tom, but that's just one aspect of a story of great depth.The Horse Whisperer is about the healing power of love.Like Atom Egoyan's masterpiece, The Sweet Hereafter, this film eloquently illustrates how difficult it is to recover from a life-altering trauma, and how the ripples from such an event can affect those who were not directly involved.Everyone in this film has their own demons to wrestle with.Grace, who retreats into a sullen cocoon after the accident, is raw on the inside, but won't let it out.She resents her mother's emotional distance and is frightened that the loss of her leg makes her useless and will doom her to a life alone.(“Nobody will want me like this!”)Annie, who is used to being in charge, doesn't know how to cope with the situation, and, when she takes the time to examine her life, she recognizes how the pressures of her career have leeched away her humanity.Meanwhile, Tom, who is basically at peace with himself, begins to re-discover what it means to love, something he had lost when his wife left him.There is an Oscar-caliber performance in The Horse Whisperer, but it isn't given by Redford, Scott-Thomas, or Neill.Instead, it's the work of young Scarlett Johansson, who has already proven her talent with a remarkable debut in Manny & Lo.As Grace, Johansson makes a case to be placed alongside Christina Ricci and Natalie Portman as one of the best actresses of her generation.She does everything necessary to make Grace a living and vital character, and, like all good performers, much of her acting comes through subtle expression changes and body language.Johansson is so effective, in fact, that Grace's story becomes The Horse Whisperer's emotional core, not just a plot device whereby Tom and Annie find themselves and one another.Redford's Tom is exactly the kind of character we expect from Redford: a solid, kind, rugged man who is long on patience and rarely displays much emotion.It could be argued that the former matinee idol is a little too old for this sort of role, but, even with his features growing wrinkled and weathered, the camera still flatters him.Kristin Scott Thomas makes a worthy opposite: she's attractive(but not so stunning that she steals the spotlight away from her older co-star), mature, and a good actress.Solid support is provided by the always-reliable Sam Neill, Chris Cooper(Lone Star), and Dianne Wiest.Emotionally, The Horse Whisperer finds the perfect pitch.There's no overacting and no overt audience manipulation;we feel with and for the characters, but there's never a sense that we're being tricked into providing a particular, desired response.The film is neither relentlessly downbeat nor needlessly cheerful;it's about healing, but there is a strong, bittersweet current running through the love story subplot.As a director, Redford has never shown greater mastery of his material.His presentation of Montana, with all of its glorious open spaces, is enough to make anyone in the theater think about heading west.He also manages to make the day-to-day activities of running a ranch and working with horses seem interesting.At the outset, I feared that I might be bored by The Horse Whisperer, but, despite the running length(which creeps close to Titanic territory with no shipwreck in sight), I found myself thoroughly absorbed.The presentation of the truck accident is memorable for the way in which it is staged--it's loud, horrifying, and chaotic.The editing and cinematography are perfect, and fashion an unforgettable cinematic moment.Speaking of cinematography, it's necessary to say a few words about Richard Richardson's work, which is effective throughout.As good as Richardson is in photographing the sky and land, and presenting instances in silhouette, he is no less accomplished in capturing the nuances of small moments--a quick smile here, a studied glance there.Most capable cinematographers would be hard-pressed not to make a shot of the Rocky Mountains look impressive;Richardson does as much with his photography of the characters as he does with the setting.Redford, along with screenwriters Richard LaGravenese and Eric Roth, has made a significant change to the ending of the story as presented in the novel.But, while die-hard fans of Evans' book may be disappointed by the alteration, which significantly dampens the level of melodrama, it fits perfectly with the delicately-balanced tale and characters Redford has brought to the screen.Every summer, it seems that there is at least one literate, intelligent alternative to the mindless blaze of action films.For the early season of 1998, it's The Horse Whisperer.Godzilla may be bigger, but for those who care about plot and character, and who want to experience a genuine emotional response, this is the real giant.冰天雪地的纽约北部，13岁的格蕾丝骑着爱马“朝圣者”外出发生意外，格蕾丝失去了一条腿，“朝圣者”也奄奄一息。母亲安妮急切地期盼格蕾丝能早日康复，但不久她发现，要使女儿的心理恢复正常，首先必须挽救 “朝圣者”的生命。当听说蒙大拿州有一位名叫汤姆·布克的为马治病的高手后，安妮便不厌其烦地打电话向他求救。尽管一再遭到拒绝，安妮依然不肯放弃，最后她干脆开上车，带着格蕾丝和“朝圣者”一起前往蒙大拿。在蒙大拿宽广的天空下，安妮、汤姆和格蕾丝的生活都被永远地改变了……

《马语者》我只读了一遍，或许所感受到的东西与作者的写作意图相去甚远，但我仍愿意把记录下来。大概每部书都是这样，随着岁月的流逝和阅历的丰富，再读时会有另一番感受。可那是以后的事情，现在就不得而知了。书的封面上印着两行小字：“扣人心弦的心灵历险，感人肺腑的爱情诗篇。”开始，我以为这是对这本书的高度概括，却没想到，在读过全篇之后，再看这两行字（尤其是后一行），竟感到很茫然。这里所指的爱情，无疑是安妮与汤姆的，可是，他们的爱情，真的感人肺腑吗？

罗伯特是个绝对经典的丈夫，他几乎具备一切好丈夫所应有的优秀品质。可奇怪的是，安妮仍然红杏出墙。难道她所需要的只是激情？看到她和汤姆做爱的那段文字，我几乎恶心得要吐。这个固执的女人，一切只从自己的需要出发，她有没有考虑过她女儿的父亲、她的丈夫的感受？

汤姆最终选择了死亡。我很赞赏他的勇气，虽然他大可不必这么做。不过，退出，倒是再明智不过的决定。他已经占有了安妮的肉体与灵魂，不该再奢求天长地久的厮守。其实，我很崇尚柏拉图式的爱情，并一直认为只有纯精神上的爱情才是真正的爱情，而若是掺进了某种欲望，它就不那么纯粹了。性行为是所有的欲望中最原始的一种。用“纯粹的性吸引”来评价汤姆与安妮，似乎有失公允，毕竟，他们之间存在爱情。但是，这份爱情是以伤害罗伯特这样一个接近于完美的丈夫为代价的，那么，它的存在是否显得太没人性、太不道德了呢？显然，汤姆意识到了这一点，并以自戕为这个他认为完美的错误做了个了断。可见，他是勇敢的。但是，谁又能说死亡不是比活着更好的解脱呢？虽说对于他来说一切都结束了，可有关于他的一切都还在鲜活着、延续着。例如安妮心中永远的回忆与怀念，以及那个幼小的生命。可以说，他是明智的。

克蕾斯和她的马——朝圣者，在整个过程中都表现出了同样的坚强。“扣人心弦的心灵历险”用在她们的身上真是再贴切不过。虽然也曾对现状产生过怀疑，但终于在周围人的关怀与呵护下重新树立了信心，找回了自我。克蕾斯就像一个在你面前长大的小女孩，你亲眼看着她受伤、茫然以及重新学会用快乐的心态去面对一切。这个过程是那么的真实、自然，仿佛你能够触摸得到。不过，有一点不得不承认，安妮和罗伯特都是各自工作领域的精英，钱对于他们来说根本不成问题，这无疑对克蕾斯的痊愈有着很大的帮助。的确，有时心理上的创伤比生理上的更难治愈，克蕾斯的痊愈主要是由于她坚强的毅力、不屈的精神和乐观的性格。但不管怎么说，这要比那些饥寒交迫的人们做起来容易得多。我料想，若是一个穷人家的孩子遭遇了同来的状况，就算再坚强，也不会得到与克蕾斯一样完美的结果。

娄根出现的次数并不多，但他的每一次出现都像是带来了一缕阳光。下面这一段文字：“娄根把车停在一面写着„大型动物医院‟的看板下，心想：真稀奇！堂堂一座大学，竟然无法更准确地用语言描述大的究竟是动物还是医院。”让你在微笑中感受着温暖与平和。更重要的是，他把自己当作医生而不仅仅是兽医，以与对人一样的平等和爱的心态去对待动物。我甚至在想，如果他出生于大草原而并非只是毕业于医学院，那么，在医治马的精神痛苦方面，他很可能比汤姆更胜一筹。

第二篇：《马语者》影评

《马语者》影评

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电影《马语者》可以说是属于电影中的温和派，没有紧张的故事情节，也没有激动人心的情感火花的碰撞。有的只是平和中的张力，温婉中蕴藏的无限深情，导演借助人与人、人与马、人与自然的沟通，从而体现了生态美学的最高境界，来表现现代都市人心灵上的缺失与回归，通过抚慰挽救一只极赋灵性的动物，逐渐揭露并解决一个个敏感的矛盾。影片中的人生哲理就像是一条小溪随着影片的发展默默地流入观众的心底，引发深刻的思索。影片讲的是安妮的女儿格雷斯喜欢骑马，却在一次事故中和好友一同从马背摔下，好友遇难，而格雷斯也摔断了一条腿，她心爱的马匹“朝圣者”受伤得面目全非。格雷斯的心里蒙上了挥之不去的阴霾。母亲心里十分着急。听说蒙大拿有精通马语之人汤姆，安妮决定携女儿和“朝圣者”同往疗伤。汤姆起初不答应，终被感动，格雷斯和“朝圣者”在马语者精心的训练调养下慢慢复原，而离开了大都市的安妮也沉浸在那一片安静广袤的天地中。但是，安妮为此付出了代价——她长期离职，被解雇了，同时和丈夫的感情越来越疏远淡漠。另一方面，汤姆的与众不同让安妮心里泛起了阵阵涟漪。

整部影片中，安妮一直以一个女强人的形象出现，或者说典型的形象特征代表了这样一类都市人，隐忍好强的性格甚至可以让人们忽视他们的性别。而“朝圣者”和格雷丝仿佛是一条线索，可以看成是安妮扣问心灵，寻找生命意义的一种隐喻，是安妮坚硬内心的化身。当人们的心灵在激烈的竞争中，只余下麻木知觉，他们的确比真实的伤口更显得狰狞可怖。而同时，这也是导演对生命关怀的一种思考与体现。

影片的开始即以流畅的剪辑描述格蕾丝的梦境。一匹漂亮的马奔腾在无边的雪野上，晨曦辉映出它优美的线条和奔腾的姿态，这是一种极具生命力的美，象征着无拘无束、自由奔放的生命形式，暗示了这是安妮后来一路往西部朝圣心灵，努力追寻并找到的理想的状态。也是很多人梦想达到的境界。与此同时，现实生活的场景中，喧嚣的大都市，高压的生活，快速的节奏，紧接着是格雷丝的灾难，医院和报社里的人情冷暖，这些都让安妮心生恐惧，也迫使她去自我发现，探求生命的意义。于是她独断地带着女儿和马匹开始了西部之旅。当她们踏上寻找汤姆的旅途，横穿美国时，导演叙述的基调由冷变暖，给我们展现了与之前截然不同的画面：湛蓝的天空，皑皑白雪覆盖下的群山，生意盎然的草地，安静唯美，远离尘嚣，甚至连收音机里放的都是些悠闲的琐碎。但车上的安妮，却急促不安，表情凝重。愤怒、争吵、丢下女儿独自离去，这些都是因为来自城市的压力。途中的古战场成为矛盾的一个小高潮，随着与牧场的逼近，画面鲜亮起来，两人的心情也逐渐平和，影片也随之凑起轻快的音乐。牧场是一个与城市截然不同的世界，开阔、和谐、友善、安宁、温馨。从城市到牧场，是安妮心灵的朝圣之旅的开始，也体现了都市人对心灵家园的渴求与追寻。

影片中穿插的两次安妮与格雷丝关于生命意义的两次谈话，也可以明显得看出安妮心境的变化。在纽约的家里，当格雷丝向安妮诉说想结束“朝圣者”和她自己时，安妮只是感到窒息，于是面色凝重地跑去开窗透气。而母女两人在农场再度说起“意义”这个话题时，她已经懂得抱住女儿，告诉她，“我像你们这么大时，当我父亲死了，我当时觉得我失去了一切，我会一直孤独下去，可是我有了你„„可是有一天，会有人发现你变成了一个多么出色的女人，他们都明白”。此时此刻，她不再是那个不苟言笑的母亲，她是女儿身边最亲近的人。两颗迷失已久的心灵终于又靠在了一起。

人的自我面对可以说是本片的一大出彩之处。安妮在竞争激烈的城市生活中，作为一个女人不得不坚强，甚至强悍起来，竞争心理、社会压力使她“在哪儿都睡不好”，可是在牧场的日子里，在与汤姆的接触中，在与大自然的亲近中，她发现内心深处的真我，内心无法平息的漂泊感使她孤独与无助。汤姆的出现似乎成了她生活的清新剂，他有着一套自己的生活方法，知道自己在想什么，在做什么，并且通过自己的生活在帮助着别人。她被他吸引了。汤姆有一段失败的婚姻，或许感情到他这个年纪已经谈不起了，他再也受不起伤害。可是当面对安妮这个已婚妇女，他还是诚实面对了自己的感情，他爱她。然而他们的感情是违背传统道德的感情，虽然是发自内心的。现实不得不让他们自我面对，自我反省，自我选择，站在情感的十字路口踟躇不已时必须作出困难而坚定的道德选择，不仅为自己，更是为家庭。最终两人还是回归到了各自的世界。在坦诚的自我面对，勇敢的自省自觉中，重新找到了自己的定位和信心。

电影通过揭示人与自然环境的和谐，进而延伸到人与动物的和谐、人与人的和谐，从而体现了生态美学的最高境界，这也是影片《马语者》给予我们的最大启示。

第三篇：马语者观后感

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08041111 陈莉莎《马语者》——The Horse Whisperer，另译《轻声细语》。故事讲述的是纽约，一个冬天雪后的早晨，14岁的小姑娘格蕾丝和她的好朋友朱蒂一起骑马时发生了意外。朱蒂和她的马当场毙命，格蕾丝虽保住了生命，却失去了右腿。她心爱的马“朝圣者”重伤至“疯”。所有的人都希望帮它结束生命。可是，格蕾丝的母亲安妮（纽约一家著名杂志的编辑）为了女儿重新“站起来”决定挽救“朝圣者”的生命和“心灵”。安妮不厌其烦地打电话向蒙大拿一位专擅驯服及治疗马儿不良情绪的奇人汤姆•布克求救，当一再遭到拒绝后，她决定不惜千里地自己开车带着格蕾丝和“朝圣者”前往遥远的蒙大拿州。在汤姆被安妮的诚意和母爱所感动并帮助安妮和格蕾丝挽救“朝圣者”。在蒙大拿他们的生活走向平静和温暖.影片中处处精细，我试着一点点表达我的感受，试图让大家理解，《马语者》对我的触动。

片中的母亲是给我感触最深的一个角色，鲜明的体现了女性在事业和家庭之间情感的付出及角色的扮演。我想在影片开头，她给大多数的人的第一印象应该是她是一个女强人，事实上，在纽约，在她的工作中确实是。她简洁利落的早餐，一手咖啡，一手报刊；她和丈夫的通话，不停地有其他电话打扰，从容强势的决策，办公室不曾停过的电话声无不显示着她的忙碌，有一个画面是我印象深刻：她烦躁，用力近似自虐的梳着头发。及至后来她决定只身前往蒙大拿，坐在温馨的庭院中脚却不自觉地动着都可以看出纽约这个城市给她的影响。正如她所说的“在纽约你如果安静地做那么长时间，你就会被淘汰”“这是个男人的世界，女人必须如此”。她将生活定位在城市并为之努力，在回忆起城市让她想念的地方时却有些词穷“象博物馆，剧院，饭馆，音乐••我不能解释”。生活赋予她多种身份，对她的家庭来说，她无疑是失败的，丈夫的不理解，女儿的叛逆••然而不可否认的是她是一个好母亲，对她的女儿有不输于任何人的爱，她敏锐地察觉女儿的意志消沉，“我们正在失去她”她对丈夫说，并且做了她认为最正确的决定：治疗“朝圣者”。她的决定不被人理解，灯光下她认真的浏览马匹治疗的资料，在前往蒙大拿的漫漫无际的路上，她的女儿拒绝与她交流，拒绝她的努力。场景换到一望无际的西部，风景壮丽，留个她的却只有忧心和孤独。她忍不住在无人的19世纪古战场哭泣，昏暗的天，冷冽的风，她面对的只有栅栏，来寻找她的只是工作人员。蒙大拿——这个神奇的地方，轻快地音乐，简单的人事，辽阔的草原，她与汤姆的相遇••从纽约到蒙大拿，从女强人到伟大的母亲。

Whisperer是一个温柔的词——轻声细语。人和马的沟通却远比在纽约人与人的沟通更加细致温暖。安妮和她周遭的人在纽约这个城市显得焦躁，冷漠，隔阂，不可信。格蕾丝在病后上学的第一天，周围的人打量，奇怪，怜悯，嬉笑的眼光使这个城市格外寒冷。即使是家人也是缺乏沟通。这一切使身处城市的人外表坚强，内心脆弱，在灾难面前不堪一击。“朝圣者”的治疗是一条线索，在蒙大拿的日子，安妮和格蕾丝学会了爱与被爱，学会了沟通。“我看到了那匹马，我觉得同样的事情也发生在我的身上”。

影片中有很多有意思细节，比如格蕾丝在纽约的家中从餐桌中离开时，安妮会抚平女儿弄皱的桌布,还有很多可以想象的话语，汤姆的妈妈说：“有时人们对于内心里的家的渴望要强于他们实际的家.”这些地方都需要观者细细品味。

第四篇：英文影评

The review of Hoodwinked

Last week I had watched a cartoon movie through the English learning center.The name of this movie I had told you in the title, but you’ll never guess the story of it which has very big difference between what we watched and read when we were young.I can’t ensure weather it is one of prototypeof the Grimm's Fairy Tales, I’m sure it’s an interesting cartoon movie.I write the essay to introduce some interesting points about the movie, of course included certain sentiment from my heart.Do you remember the hateful timber wolfthat always tends to hurt the little Red and her grandmother? And maybe you will ask me why I ask thisquestion.Now I give you the brief introduction of Hoodwinked.The grizzliesand stork agent bill was ordered to investigate little red riding hood grandmother's house in case Of unrest, many people are police on charges Of criminal suspects, allowing researchers to include karate master little red riding hood, funny and a satirical Wolf, a slightly dementia in the woods Of Paul Bunyan.They were accused of there are a number of charges, including: the damage and the illegal invasion, and undermine social stability, illegal steal to eat, no license to use the axe, etc.However, all accused the suspects have their own story to tell, and this has become complicated and confusing the truth of the case, the only one, who is the real murderer......The film is the first a fully independent investment shooting computer animation feature film.Follow is my thoughts about the movie.From the timber wolf police I know that we can’t judge a person by his or her appearance.The kind person not to grow good looking, but the bad person must be ugly.What’s more, we can’t wrong people before finding the final facts.The clever girl Red is an adventurous people.Little red riding hood will do deliciousdesserts,Will ride a bike, sing fair-sounding songs.If let me say who lay the deepest impression on my brain, the Red’s grandmother, is she.She is healthy, energetic, active, no longer that week old women.I believe the people who always take exercise will be more healthy than who that in the same age.Doesn’t she is the better example of it.The movie was directed by Cory Edward Cory Edwards.毛米兰

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第五篇：英文影评

Never Stop Running

There is a provoking scene: “a piece of white and light feather is flying under the blue sky, and dropping down gradually to Forrest Gump’s feet who sit on the bench for bus.” Just like the feather is swaying with the wind, so is the human being’s life.Most of time, we are wondering everywhere without specific direction, goal and hope.What is more, we always look on life as tedious and even annoying.However, fate is mastered by our own, just like Forrest Gump devoted all his life to running for his own sky.“Each man is the architect of his own fate”, such is the remark made by one of the great figure.This remark has been confirmed by more and more people.Forrest t Gump is an outstanding example.As the film told us Forrest Gump, born with disable body, he is a good soccer athlete, an hero in Vietnam war , a captain own shrimp ship, a runner crossing the whole America.Asking yourself, who we are? What is the accomplishment that we can show off.Every one creates his or her own reality.We have absolute rights to describe our life.When you learned what you make of life is up to you and begin to live your life, you are able to design it according to your desires.To remember that success lies within you, in my own brain, my own ambition, and my own determination.One of the great figure remarked that unrest of spirit is a mark of life.This is the reflection of Forrest Gump’s life;he born with leg has disability.However, with astonishing speed, Forrest Gump entered the soccer team, then went to university and eventually graduates.Soon, he took part in the Vietnam War.In the Vietnam War, he is still remembered the words of Jeanne, ran his own life, honor and friendship.He just wanted to run;he used a running measure his life.As we all known, an optimistic is not a luxury;it is a necessity.The way you look at life will determine how you feel and how you perform.There is enough good and bad in everyone’s life.Think about Forrest Gump, at every stage of his life, he has only one goal in mind to guide him, and keep positive attitudes towards the world.In our lives ,though barriers may sometimes stand in the way of your dreams, you should remember that your destiny is hiding behind them, to be optimistic and follow your dreams your ultimate goal is attainable so long as you commit are choosing to react positively to their diversities, tough times never last, but you should being positive.Life is a journey full of stumbling blocks, dangerous traps and unexpected crises, if you have known clearly what you want to be, it is optimistic, unrest of spirit and perseverance that carry you there.As far as my own experience as a student is concerned, nothing is more important than those merits in achieving success.Please keep running and never give up on yourself.人文与外国语学院 英语0904班 赵子龙 0912010404