第一篇:国王的演讲 英文影评
Shining Friends
Besides your family and your relatives, who will help you without any paid? Who will inspire you when you are disappointed? Who will always beside you when you are impecunious? Who will remind you of continuing hard work when you get dizzy with success? The answer is apparent: real friends.Life with a bosom friend is sufficient.I do really agree with this saying after I watch the movie The King’s Speech.The King’s Speech is a biopic about how King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II, overcame his stuttering problem with the help of a little-known Australian speech therapist named Lionel Logue.Bertie, King George VI, is a fatherly, responsible but self-abased and irritable prince.Lionel, an Australian speech therapist out of professor is a calm, wise and affectionate old man.When the two men of different character meet because the duchess recommends Lionel to cure the king’s stuttering interesting things happen.When they first meet, Lionel insists on calling himself Lionel and calling the prince Bertie, which is immediately objected by the prince.But at last, the prince accepts Lionel’s special teaching method and treats him as a friend.This is a movie without an antagonist.The strongest enemy that King George VI must confront and beat is himself.When he is a prince, he is expected too much but he is never too stressful to escape;on the contrary, he is familiar with national affairs and international situation and he cares much about his people than his brother Edward who is expected to get to throne at first.In his subconsciousness, he wants to be a1
good king and be affirmed by his father, but he shrinks because his stuttering.Lionel absolutely knows his king and endeavors to cure him and encourage him to confront himself.As all of the friends in the world, Lionel and King George VI have quarrels, after which they come together.It is no doubt that King George VI treats Lionel to be his real friend;otherwise he won’t let Lionel call himself Bertie which is the proprietary rights of his family, he won’t leak his miserable childhood to Lionel, he won’t swallow his pride to apologize to Lionel and he won’t insist on Lionel to be his consultant after he knows that Lionel is not a doctor.Lionel treats King George VI to be his friend rather than a king;otherwise he won’t ask for equal and always behaves unhurriedly, he won’t say something poignant to the king for the sake of his friend.A friend in need is a friend indeed.There two themes which move me deeply.One is that after King George V’ death Bertie comes to Lionel’s to pour out his tormented;when he thanks Lionel, Lionel says “what are friends for”.Only real friends will say this because they want to help you but never expect rewards.The other is that when King George VI has only 40 minutes to prepare his speech and he needs his friend Lionel who asks the driver to drive to the palace as fast as possible in spite of the fighter plane’s flying above him.Maybe the best best friend is someone who cares about you more than himself.Their truehearted friendship reminds me of some lyrics in the song Shining Friends: See my smile, my friendship.We are with you, holding hands, you have got to believe you are my destiny.We are meant to be your friends.That’s what a friendship should be.I think they are shining friends of each other.The King’s Speech is a biographical movie but not a boring one.Besides the impressive friendship, it also contains many wonderful elements, for instance, visual performance of its actors like Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter, winding plot, real background and suitable costumes.The King’s Speech is thought highly by people and it receives 4 awards from Oscar, including best film, best director, best actor and best original screenplay.In my opinion, it is love that accomplish this movie;love between friends, between husband and wife, between father and daughters, these are the most affecting plots.The King’s Speech presents the background of that time to us, tells us how to confront defects of ourselves and annotates us what bosom friends are.In relief, it definitely lives up to its frame.
第二篇:《国王的演讲》英文影评
A review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s nest There is a widespread anecdote : A frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.This story called The boiling frog.And One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s nest just demonstratses this phenomena.People in the cuckoo`s nest just like this frog who get accustoumed to the life that is schedualled and controlled by others and lose the courage to leave.And it takes a lot to go out this slowly heated water.People in the cuckoo`s nest who are compelled to eat medicine and listen harsh music and are not allowed to watch the ball game are threated badly.Although they always complain about the Cuckoo`s nest ,it never occurred that they want to flew over this disgusting place.They has adapted to the life of being principled ,and their awareness of resistance has died out.When Memurphy comes to there ,he begins to resist the authority of nurse Ralched by claiming to turn down the music and change the schedual to watch the ball game and bring people outside to go fishing.At last , the chief`s awareness of resistence comes to be aroused and leave this water that is slowly heated successfully.My review of The King`s Speech The success of the king`s speech lies in his strong perseverance as well as an equal and trustful relationship has been built between the king and Dr Longue.There is no doubt that the king is a man with a strong will,which is one factor of his success.In order to overcome his stuttering problem,he meets many doctors and suffers a lot,but he always doesn`t give up.At the beginning of the film,he puts up with the suffer of insertingr seven marbles,which gets him angry at last.He still goes to see Dr Longue although he has told his wife not to introduce any doctors to him.Besides,he insists on repeating tongue twisters even when he goes out to persuade his brother David.Another factor is that there is a relationship with total equality and trust.Owing to the king is faithful in Lionel,he can accept his special
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as jumping ,shouting ,rolling on the ground,ect..Due to the equality and trust,the king considers Lionel as his friend,and shares what he has experienced when he was a child and his fear of his father and brother.So that Lionel gives the king faith in his voice and makes him believe in himself through communication with the king and stimulation by siting on Saint Edward`s chair.Therefore,the king can have courage to give a successful speech and becomes the symbol of nation resistence.
第三篇:国王的演讲英文影评
Rarely do you get to see a movie that promises a lot and then, lives up to it's promise.The King's Speech is a rare piece, indeed.The movie starts off with a stammering speech and signs off with a staggering one, with hardly any glitches in between.The basic premise of the movie is fairly simple.A king with a stutter is helped by a maverick speech therapist to overcome his problem and become an inspiring orator.That sounds like a very known territory to most movie goers.But few minutes into the movie, and you realize that this one simply pushes the bar a notch higher.It is a very pleasing movie, doesn't lead the audience into a lot of uncomfortable questions.However, the artistry lies in the overall balance of the movie.You slowly start getting gripped by David Seidler's screenplay.The actors are superb, takes it slow and steady with superb grip on each of their characters.While Colin Firth puts in a spectacular performance(one you can't miss), Geoffrey Rush goes a bit more old school and pulls off a subtle and deep portrayal.One that fills up your heart but also keeps your brain active.Humor comes in here and there, with a very easy flow and steady pace.Not for a single moment do you perceive the movie as dull.Helena Bonham Carter is good.Guy Pearce is appropriate, though he does look a bit too casual at times(maybe that was an intentional character flaw).Most of the movie had been filmed indoors, albeit with eloquent art direction.But the occasional sequences shot outside had been filmed very beautifully, portraying a very dreamy picture of the then England.Sometimes, the camera goes in too close to the characters, and stays there for a while, just long enough to give us a sense of suffocation, quite an artistic equivalent of a speech disorder!But then again, negative shades had been whitewashed with joyous ones and you never perceive it as a dark movie.Direction wise, Tom Hooper is bang on!This is the kind of a movie where you want to give a lot of credit to the director.The set-up is such that the dramatic elements are high but needs to be tamed, so that it doesn't goes over board.And Mr.Hooper hits the bulls eye!Perfect balance.All points considered, it's a brilliant movie and a must watch.Even now, the die is being cast.By 5pm today Pacific Time(1am tomorrow GMT), academicians will have lodged the last of their Oscar votes.On Sunday, these may or may not provide The King's Speech with the coronation so many expect.Yet even if, in spite of that avalanche of nominations, this doesn't happen, perhaps it won't matter all that much.This film can manage without Hollywood's ultimate accolade.It's built its own legend already.本片不止获得了盛赞的影评、无数的奖项和惊人的票房收入。它让人们在街道上排队等待观影、在播放演职员表时起立鼓掌。本片是英国人热衷于拍摄的那种低成本历史剧,没有什么特效。因此其成功颠覆了许多传统看法。
It's not just the ecstatic reviews, the sackload of awards and the startling box office takings.This is a film that's had people queuing around the block to see it and standing up to applaud as the credits roll.Yet it's a low-budget costume piece of the kind the Brits have delivered so often before to no particular effect.Its triumph has therefore shattered much conventional wisdom.普遍看法是,如今不再有观众在大银幕上观看小成本戏剧。老影迷已经灭绝。英国电影别指望赚大钱:本土市场不够广阔;需要资金雄厚的投资商,但无从觅得;公共资助不足,而且投资者不知如何挑选优胜者;同时即便有优秀影片诞生,它们也进不了本土影院,遑论出口海外了。2 We were told that these days, there's no longer a big-screen audience for small-scale drama.That older cinemagoers have become extinct.That Britflicks shouldn't expect to hit the jackpot: our home market's not large enough;deep-pocketed investors are needed but can't be found;there isn't enough public funding, and those who disburse what there is don't know how to pick winners;while even if the right films were to get made, they couldn't get into our own cinemas, let alone the rest of the world's.现在英国人打开了眼界,但为了从此经验中受益,英国人还需要知道:为什么《国王的演讲》如此成功?
We've now learned different, but to benefit from this lesson, there's something we need to know.Just why has The King's Speech been such a success? 业内专家并不知道答案,因为他们并没有预料到本片的胜利。现在,他们会推崇Prescience公司和英国电影协会等投资方的远见、四象限受众选择法、针对评奖季的定位、Momentum公司和英国分销商的卓越营销,以及美国同行温斯坦兄弟机智的搭桥引线。不过他们也承认除此以外还有更多原因。We've now learned different, but to benefit from this lesson, there's something we need to know.Just why has The King's Speech been such a success? 于是,和许多评论家(以及电影艺术与科学学院奖的提名者)一样,这些专家表示他们相信本片有杰出的表演、精致的剧本、优秀的美术指导以及动人的摄影、服装、剪辑、作曲和混音。然而,即使你相信所有这些好评都不算过誉,但从什么时候开始电影只要够出色就能被大众接受呢?我们现在不是在谈论一部经典电影(本片还不够老),我们讨论的是一部大卖电影。大卖电影往往要引发共鸣,而不仅仅是铺陈其优点。
So, like many of the critics(and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominators), they point to what they deem to be magnificent acting, a fine script, classy production design and, for that matter, impressive cinematography, costumes, editing, score and sound-mix.Yet, even if you're sure that all this esteem isn't at least a little excessive, since when was mere excellence enough to bring in the crowds? We're not talking about a classic(yet);we're discussing a hit.And those tend to strike a chord, not just parade merit.《国王的演讲》导演汤姆·霍伯认为本片和《阿凡达》一样是在挖掘相同的跨文化理念。好吧,那到底是什么理念?
The film's director, Tom Hooper, has opined that The King's Speech appears to be mining the same cross-cultural myths as the likes of Avatar.OK, so what myths are we talking about? 一位美国分析师以《功夫梦》为范例,在本片中准确找到10个关键元素,证明本片就是披着一线大片外皮的B级片,和其他类似电影一样受他鄙视。对于小说家米歇尔·罗伯茨而言,本片就是关于性别的:“从艺术手法上讲,有缺陷的国王象征了所有普通人,当他重获话语权时,就能恢复所有力量。继而他可以领导人民去战斗。”
An American analyst has identified 10 key elements that locate the film firmly in the paradigm of The Karate Kid, thus revealing it to be a B-movie story decked out “in A-list rags”, like other such exercises he disdains.For novelist Michèle Roberts, it's all about gender: “The damaged king, who by artistic sleight of hand is Everyman, can be restored to full potency when he gets his voice back.Then he can lead his people into war.” 你被说服了吧?这就是麻烦所在:任何人都可以发表意见。如果你要用个人偏见来支持自己的理论,那么要如何证明你错了?询问影迷也没有多大作用,因为许多理论会臆断影迷们拥有一些潜意识反应,而且即便影迷认识到这种反应存在也可能不肯承认。不过,有一些常见的对电影的诠释好像非常合理。
Persuaded yet? That's the trouble with this game.Anyone can play.If you want to fuel your theory with your own prejudices, who's to prove you wrong? There's not even much point in asking cinemagoers, since many theories will assume subconscious responses which their owners might not own up to even if they were aware of them.Still, some frequently offered interpretations seem perfectly commonsensical.也许这就是一个讲述克服逆境的简单故事,其情节严格遵守《热带惊雷》中深刻阐明的道理:主角要有缺陷,但不能完全是白痴。或者它就是普通的男性友情电影,捎带描绘一点阶级对立、奇迹还有“每个成功的男人背后都有一个伟大的女人”。这些主题都挺俗,本片似乎没像其他电影那样强调这些主题。
Perhaps it's a straightforward matter of triumph over adversity, with the tale adhering strictly to the rule so memorably spelt out in Tropic Thunder: “Never go full retard.” Or it's a standard bromance, with a bit of class war table-turning and behind-every-successful-man-there's-a-strong-woman.All of these may be popular themes, but this film seems to deploy them less emphatically than plenty of others have done.于是我们必须考虑故事背景,转变为更独特、更具时代精神的观念。在部分被本片激怒的左撇子人群眼中,萧条世道所诱发的怀旧情绪“使得深为复古的《国王的演讲》受到过度的赞誉”。一些人则将本片受赞赏归因于“唐顿庄园综合症”,即华美服饰对受资本主义压迫的受害者有着过度的吸引力。其实应该是皇家服饰本身(我们在观赏“电影版的皇室婚礼”)让这些观众更为敏感。而且本片本可以展示浮华得多的场面,或许其有限的预算支持拍摄出壮观得多的景象。1 Consideration must therefore turn to the more glamorous, zeitgeisty notions that have been tossed into the frame.Nostalgia generated by hard times “accounts for the excess of admiration heaped on the deeply retro The King's Speech”, in the eyes of at least one of the lefties that the film has annoyed.Some such thinkers blame the “Downton Abbey syndrome”, that is, the perverse attraction of the trappings of poshness for the downtrodden victims of capitalist excess.That these should actually be the accoutrements of royalty itself(we're watching “a sort of cinematic royal wedding”)provokes even deeper alarm.Yet the film dwells on grandiose spectacle far less than it might have done, or perhaps than its limited budget would have allowed.人们相信社会同一性将消亡,于是民族自豪感得到了重振。对影片的这样一种诠释让一部分人痛苦,又让另一部分人欢欣。梅尔文·布拉格说:“在该电影的最后几分钟里,和我周围许多人一样,我深深地感动了。我觉得我们或者因为失去曾经的拥有而悲痛,或者在希冀能有所保留。我们希望自己独一无二而且被独立看待,这是很正常的。”1
The revival of national pride as a reaction to the supposed dissolution of social identity is another explanation that also distresses some.Still, it much cheers others.Here's Melvyn Bragg: “It seemed to me in the final minutes of that film, when like many around me I was deeply moved, that we either mourn the loss of what we had or wish to retain a version of it.Not unusually we want to be unique and to be seen to be unique.” 或许应该注意到,战时观众为出现在新闻短片里的乔治六世鼓掌,就好像当代英国人为《国王的演讲》鼓掌一样。不过,本片不止打动了英国人。它在海外赚到的票房是在本土的三倍。其中大部分来自美国,试图解释其原因的利基理论比比皆是。本片被认为“隐喻了奥巴马——又一位在艰难时期用话语感动人民,而被赞美、尊敬和崇拜的领导者”。1 It should perhaps be noted that wartime audiences applauded the real George VI's newsreel appearances just as our own applaud The King's Speech.Still, this film hasn't clicked only with the British.It's taken three times as much money overseas as it has here.Most of that's come from America, and niche theories as to why this should be so abound.The film's been considered “an allegory for the age of Barack Obama, another leader who has been celebrated, venerated, lionised for his ability, in challenging times, to move people with his words”.另一看法是,据说美国人很乐于看到区区殖民地百姓强硬对抗狂妄的英国佬(英国佬现在仍胆敢小看曾经附属国的臣民)。更重要的是,本片被认为是在颂扬来自新大陆的亲切随和、直白奔放的价值观和信仰,能治愈陈腐的欧洲人那呆板顽固的文化。“本片讲述的不是治疗口吃,而是治疗思想,”一位专家表示,“友谊对于伯蒂而言是有待探索的未知领域。洛格使伯蒂变得完善。”一些年轻英国人出人意料地喜欢此片,他们可能也喜欢这个观点。他们可能从片中看到了对老一代人粗暴态度的反抗。
Alternatively, Americans have been said to rejoice at seeing a mere colonial socking it to the snotty Brits, who still dare to look down on their former imperial subjects.More fundamentally, the film's been seen as celebrating the new world's informal, touchy-feely values and faith in therapy at the expense of the stiff-upper-lip culture of the stuffy Europeans.“This is not about fixing a voice, but fixing a mind,” notes one savant.“Friendship is a voyage into the unknown for Bertie.[Lionel] Logue is gluing him together.” Some of the younger Brits who've been unexpectedly keen on the film may also have liked this angle.They may see it as a rejection of the oppressive attitudes of the older generation.也许现在你有如下想法:《国王的演讲》显然结合了许许多多很有效的元素,一定就是这些元素单独的影响力累积起来,最后征服了观众。或者,你可能会总结认为该片有如此多吸引人之处,每个人总会为其中一处而着迷;所以本片爱好者是由多个完全不同的群体组成的。
Time, perhaps, to take a breath.Maybe by now you're thinking one of two things.The King's Speech clearly presses an impressive number of highly effective buttons.Surely it must be the cumulative effect of all these separate impacts that induces audiences to succumb.Or, you may be concluding that the film has so many attractive aspects that almost everybody will be beguiled by at least one of them;the throng of enthusiasts is therefore made up of entirely disparate sub-groups.我们可以很容易地从这些分析中找到自己认可的一种,但也许每一种分析都有一点站不住脚。如果回顾那些伟大的电影,从《乱世佳人》到《ET》,或者从《音乐之声》到《大白鲨》,我们也很难认同它们只是各种成功元素的大杂烩。总的来看,热门电影不是知道很多事的狐狸,而是知道一件大事的刺猬。(此比喻源自古希腊诗人阿寄洛克思。)那么,既然说了这么多他人的意见,下面我也来试试解开本片成功的奥秘。
It's easy to adopt either of these analyses, but perhaps each is a bit of a cop-out.When you look back at cinema's great successes, from Gone with the Wind to ET, or The Sound of Music to Jaws, it's hard to believe that any of them can be put down to a mere ragbag of ingredients.On the whole, the big-screen hit turns out to be not a fox that knows many things, but a hedgehog that knows one big one.So, since everyone else seems to have had a go, here's my stab at the riddle inside the enigma.本片的故事的确很有力而且讲得动听,但也并不特别。在我看来,是片中的政治内容将它提升到了现有高度。
This is indeed a robust and well-executed human story, but it's not an exceptional one.For my money, it's the political dimension that's taken it into the stratosphere.本片塑造了一个领导人,而且其上映适逢欧美领导人令许多民众感到失望。民众已心知肚明不能指望那些领导人来解决问题,但还是希望他们至少尽其所能。然而相反的,从英国到阿拉伯,那些领导人证明了他们只为自己考虑。而伯蒂只想尽自己的职责。为了做到这一点,他愿意承受辛劳和侮辱。但他甚至不会去行使权力,因为他的命运是成为君主,但不是支配国家。
The film is about a leader, and it comes at a time when many of us feel that our leaders have let us down.We've learned that we can't expect them to solve our problems, but we'd at least like them to do their best.Yet from Westminster to the Arab world, they've been demonstrating that instead, they're in it for themselves.Bertie, on the other hand, wants only to do his duty.To achieve this, he's prepared to submit himself to both exertion and indignity.In return, he won't even get to exercise power, since he's destined to reign, not rule.伦敦市长鲍里斯·约翰逊认为《国王的演讲》的成功,体现了对世袭制的广泛支持。从某种意义上说,他可能是正确的。英国人已经认识到,民主制需要候选的领导人作出虚假的承诺,当然,他们不可能兑现这些承诺。伯蒂没有必要承诺什么,因此也不需要抛弃他的诚信。Boris Johnson sees the success of The King's Speech as demonstrating popular support for the hereditary principle.In one sense, he could be right.We've come to realise that democracy requires potential leaders to make us false promises;naturally they then fail to fulfil them.Bertie has no need to make promises, and thus no need to forgo his integrity.伯蒂与我们所知的大部分领导人不同(他的对手希特勒是个典型),因为他不想要权力。人们和电影一样,更喜欢主人公有充分理由不情缘做主人公。人们常说,越贪心就越得不到。下议院议长根据仪式挪到他椅子上时不情不愿不是没有理由的。
He differs from most of the leaders we know of(archetypally Hitler, his antagonist)in that he doesn't want the job.People, like films, prefer reluctance in a hero with good reason.It's often been said that to want the top job should be enough to disqualify someone from actually getting it.Not for nothing is the speaker of the House of Commons ritually dragged unwillingly to his chair.伯蒂的弱点使我们感到亲切,而不会有损他在隆重仪式上的魅力,当然如果上I'm a Celebrity这种电视节目时就不一样了。虽然他是贵族,但他没成为伯灵顿俱乐部的公子哥儿,他并不拥有一切天然优势。与那些公子不同,即使某事物不再吸引他,他也会坚持下去。当然他的兄弟就放弃了,就像我们也会遗憾地痴迷于个人的权利欲望。
Bertie's vulnerability shows him to be one of us without negating the pomp that lends him glamour, as might an appearance on I'm a Celebrity.Though he's blue-blooded, he's not one of our own Bullingdon toffs, already blessed with every advantage that life can bestow.And unlike them, he won't be walking away if the game ceases to appeal to him.His brother, of course, does just that, his behaviour foreshadowing our own unfortunate obsession with personal rights and cravings.总之,我认为《国王的演讲》代替了现实生活中将令我们卖力鼓掌的演讲。当然这是一家之言。In short, The King's Speech stands in for the real-life speech that we're all desperate to applaud.But what do I know?
第四篇:国王的演讲影评
The film review of The King's Speech
Actually,before the class we watched the movie, I have seen the movie by myself because of its fame as the King's Speech has won the Oscar for the Best Picture at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.As known to all, it is a very touching, and quite inspiring story about a man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II.I have never known that he, a king ,should suffer so much to fufil his responsibility,while his brother just abandoned his throne for his so-called true love,which in my eyes,is reallyridiculous and irresponsible.And it’s also his brother that pushed George VI to be stronger, Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of the friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and lead the country through the war.The film is well paced, and carries me along to the emotional climax, so that, even though I’m watching the movie a second time, it still hold my breath all through the movie,during which I feel the perseverance and patience Bertie owned once again.The most impressing part is that the King bear the
responsibility and finally suceed through his hardworking train,despite how tiring and sweating,with his lips trembling again and again.As the film develops, the complexities of the character are revealed.Bertie’s brother Edward VIII focus his attention on his marriage,giving no care to the management of his country,though his father George v wished him to be a good king before his death.He didn’t know he was giving up his country.He just misunderstood the significance of his life.You see, the prince and Mrs
Simpson talked on the phone, the younger brother George six on the floor said, “mother iswaiting for you for dinner”, he said: “she forgot that father's clock is faster for half an hour.” And then he went to put the clock back half a lap.How absurd he was!
The doctor,according to the movie and the true history,Leon was not a professional doctor, he just had some speech experience of the guidance, but helped George VI solve the problem of nine experts.According to
Buckingham Palace staff memories,George VI was like a studying-hard
primary school student,under Leon's train.George VI once said, at one o 'clock in the morning he was awakened by nightmare , the dream of his own standing in the UK parliament preparinga presentation, but no word he could speak out.As countries gradually evolved into the horrors of war, the state and the
people desperately needed a wise leader.Then Edward VIII gave the throne to his brother and George VI’s wife Elizabeth also would be the future queen mother, Through a series of training, the new king got big improvement, overcame his stuttering problem, Leon also won the people's respect and honored to be the king's friends.I really enjoy the king’s wife, Elizabeth,inspiring his husband though the king is always losing his temper.Bertie can not compare with his smart and handsome brother, he never tried to be a king, but history and fate chose him.As the film has shown, if not for Elizabeth's full support, George VI won't have later achievement, if it weren't for the queen’s unyielding insistment, even a language therapists he was unwilling to meet.After searching for the true story, I admire Elizabeth’s kind heart even more, George VI awarded the medal of “fine heart” immediately to his wife after his coming to the throne : “without her help and support for me , I can't afford to take on the burden.” He and his wife's portraits are printed on commemorative stamps , when queen avatar has never appear on the stamps, this shows George VI’s attention on his wife.In addition,it teaches me to find the root of the problem and suit the remedy to the case,just like the doctor who uses his particular and maybe a little werid ways to cure the stuttering of the king.Moreover, a real hero, is not one saying how wonderful he is but one with a sincere heart and working enthusiasm.And everybody has a weak side.However,we can be stronger and more capable through hard work.Besides, This film is very beautiful, all composition of a picture, all of the screen, are graceful and calm.The king's speech is completely played in a modern look to structure the history, combining serious history with relaxing plot..Such an insping movie gives me much benefit and help, I believe it deserve me seeing a third time.And I will learn more about this story,in order to fufil myself.
第五篇:国王的演讲影评
国王的演讲影评
《国王的演讲》气势十足的横扫今年各大颁奖礼。他是作为一部英国本土的皇室题材电影.摘下王冠,Bertie只是一个因为童年阴影致使失去自信,脾气暴躁而且口吃的普通人。但是作为乔治五世的二儿子,意味着他必须面对两个选择。要么结巴着在全英国面前丢尽皇室的脸,要么解开心结放下所有心理包袱承担起一个国王在国家危难时应该承担的一切责任。
尚且忽略外界是用何种眼光看待皇室成员,尽管甚至有史料披露乔治六世与其妻子间存在恶劣关系,但至少在电影中,能塑造出一个事实上存在或不存在人物,使他成为观众心中的精神英雄,给观众以积极的心理暗示,这也是电影之所以能发展至今的原因之一。
每个人的成长中总得有也总会有那么一两个人在鼓励扶持着你,并非因为身份,而只是纯粹因为信赖。对于Bertie,妻子和语言导师Lionel就是那两个人。正如Lionel所说,“This fellow would be somebody great, he just afraid of his own shadow.”他的确有资格成为伟人,而不是龟缩在自己的精神世界中无法自拔。
尽管作为皇室题材电影,口吃会导致吐字时的发音气流显得格外清晰,镜头的特写甚至能明显看到Colin的唇部肌肉紧张且不规则的张弛,努力想要读出的单词因无法吐出而涨红了脸,面对Lionel有意的咄咄逼人而作出暴跳如雷的反驳。乔治六世敏感脆弱又无奈的心理在他的演绎下被彻底展现在观众面前。再加上Geoffrey,Helena,Timothy, Jennifer等一众戏骨,不可否认,是主演们的演技让这部皇室题材电影显得更具观赏性。之所以会产生口吃,始终归咎于Bertie的心理阴影和缺乏自信。在片中他有六次不同时间段的演讲,而这些演讲又与他当时的心理有密切联系。因此将这六次演讲与当时的心理活动结合起来,能更准确的揣摩出这位从有身体障碍的约克郡公爵成长为具有反战象征的乔治六世的艰难过程。
温布利球场里皇室博览会的闭幕演讲是作为约克郡公爵的Bertie第一次在公开场合亮相。在全场观众的注视下,麦克风将他的口吃无限放大,同时也往他作为一个有身体缺陷的人脆弱的心里再撒一把盐。像一只受伤的刺猬,竖起身上的棘刺,将所有人拒于千里之外。镜头没有对Bertie的心理状态进行刻意的描写,而是通过他的言行举止反映出他当时内心既无助又抗拒的心态。
父亲乔治五世圣诞演讲后,特意让Bertie练习刚发表的演讲稿,这是他第二次面对演讲稿。在父亲的严厉斥责下,他不由自主的缩紧胳膊。再明显不过的,又一次挣扎着吐不出字。不停地抽烟从另一个角度来
说,证明他只能通过烟来缓解内心的紧张感和不自信。当天晚上边抽烟边骂着“骗子,混蛋”表示Bertie此时的内心充满愤恨。他恨自己的口吃,更恨别人给他的精神压迫。所以这时候从录音带中听到自己在Lionel的诊室里那段流利的朗读,对他与他的妻子,无疑意味着一个希望。在这刻,Bertie内心第一次出现希冀。在同意并接受Lionel的训练期间,他和妻子两人也在尽皇室成员应尽的义务去参观工厂并发表即时演讲。这次的演讲虽然依然令人失望,但因为Lionel之前的教导,至少使他能吞吐着说完一句话。信任已经逐渐在他内心占去大部分,此时Bertie的性情在Lionel,妻子和两个女儿的鼓励下显得越发沉稳。说到《国王的演讲》这种能被奥斯卡垂青的电影,给人的感觉一定是不可挑剔、无懈可击了的。事实上也如此。尤其是电影的最后,英王演讲一段,不能不说既带给人了感动,又是一个励志的经典。而英王的那段演讲辞,其实也不过是众多精彩演讲辞的其中一个,但是由于电影前一部分的铺陈,此时的演讲辞却被赋予的极大地魅力。
励志的故事套在谁身上都有可能会魅力无限,所以励志的电影很多,但《国王的演讲》却能脱颖而出,究其原因主要有两点:
一是电影制作的精良程度。无可厚非,《国王的演讲》是励志电影,《杜拉拉升职记》(徐静蕾版)同样也是,区别就在于一个是描写皇室生活,一个是描写职场生活,从大众化得角度来说,后者更要“亲民”一些,但作为一部国产电影,《杜拉拉升职记》为何难以得到国人的恭维?这就要看电影制作的精良程度了。显而易见,《国王的演讲》的制作是相当精良的,该片毫不吝啬地大量运用蒙太奇手法,其中伸缩镜头很自然地带动画面的划接,更是堪称一绝;而《杜拉拉升职记》在炫丽的剪辑开场之后,一切都落入了电视电影的拍摄水准,有些地方甚至到了让人觉得剪辑都是多余的地步。
二是《国王的演讲》这部电影绝不单单是励志那样简单。
乔治六世身为一个口吃的公爵,他自己也很有自知之明,继承王位不是他的初衷,但老国王的死去,以及爱德华八世为其伟大的爱情观而选择退位时,王位就自然而然地落到了他的身上。且王位本来就是个有名无实的东西,之前老国王也提到这一点“我们只不过是在众人面前演戏”,所以在上有首相压制,下有议会干扰,旁有教会的追击下,国王的功能只有一个,那就是作为公众人物的他们,替议会和首相演讲。但偏巧,这唯一的功能也正是乔治六世最大的难题。因此,他之所以要想尽一切办法来消除自己口吃的毛病,并不是因为别人的讥讽,也不是家人朋友的激励,而是来源于首相、议会、教会的“政治”压迫,要知道
在一个君主立宪制的国家,想要干掉一个国王比杀鸡宰牛困难不了多少。父亲的去世以及哥哥的卸任,使他在二战前夕匆忙地登上皇位。希特勒的脚步不断逼近,整个国家笼罩在战前的恐惧中。即将成为乔治六世的Bertie强烈的责任感在口吃这一障碍前显得更加力不从心,与Lionel的争执充分显示他的极度不自信。就职委员会上的内部演讲反映出他内心的压迫感不断加强。镜头在墙上壁画中游移说明Bertie当时的紧张感与压迫感的强烈。之后在妻子面前无助的抽泣,是因为他得面对的责任因他的口吃而转变成他的心理压力,假如无法治愈他的口吃,乔治六世这个头衔对于他也就只意味着难以想象的心理负担。这也不难理解为什么一直拖到现在,心高气傲的他才向Lionel提出道歉。
紧接着的加冕大典Bertie需要宣誓完成,Lionel的故意刺激让他意识到自己有能力相信自己说的话有人会在乎,而不会因为他的口吃而将他忽略。Lionel想通过激将法令他有说话的勇气,抛下不自信的包袱。可以说自此,Bertie已经有足够信心与成熟作为一个君王来面对接下来的一系列挑战,包括二战的打响。首相的辞职使国家的形势变得更加严峻,群龙无首的政局在二战到来之际显得越发风雨飘摇。在国家危在旦夕的时刻,成为乔治六世的Bertie必须以一国之首的身份稳握大局,在人心惶惶的此刻给全英人民以警示,信心与支持,发出团结一致以捍卫正义的口号。即便依旧会妄自菲薄,但在这一刻,在他的内心,坚强和责任感已经战胜了胆怯,国家的危难远比他的个人顾虑更重要。他的国家和人民需要一个勇敢的国王,即便这个国王依然拥有曾经令他难以启齿的身体障碍。在演讲直播过程中,Lionel对他的肢体鼓励与提示是有所变化的。由一开始的边带动其放松边核对稿子,到后来完全放开手让Bertie独自朗诵,最后在演讲结束后第一次称呼他“国王先生”,证明Bertie已经彻底战胜过去的自己,真正成长为Lionel之前说的“最勇敢的人”。
作为一个国王的成长故事,所有跌宕起伏的经历终将在皇家外表的金碧辉煌中沉淀下来,成为一段鲜为人知的历史。而对于外界的所有评价,无论褒贬与否都只是过眼云烟。所要在乎的,唯有自己有否曾经真正努力,去战胜从前那个不成熟的自己。