dawn影评
❶ 《暮光之城》影评
这部电影，有让我感到很诧异的地方。
当我看到爱德华渐渐走近阳光，他不是灰飞烟灭而是散发着钻石般的光芒，那时候的他真的很像天使，我感到诧异；
当我看到爱德华把贝拉带到房间，只是让她好好端详自己的房间，让她听听他喜欢的音乐，毫无保留地让她去了解自己，然后像彼得潘一样带她飞出窗外，我感到诧异；
当我看到爱德华像罗密欧一样在夜半无人时爬进窗只是吻了贝拉，然后他陪她聊天直到她睡着，我感到诧异。
接着我深思起来，突然懂了，我为什么会看了这部电影之后会为它痴迷。
它只是在描述一种已离我们渐行渐远的东西，一种叫做爱情的东西。
它就像吸血鬼一样，也许曾经存在过，但现在，它只存活在故事里，现实中遍寻不到。
其实爱德华不是不想，也不是不行，为了不伤害心爱的贝拉，不管是作为男人的欲望还是吸血鬼的本性他都一并克制住了。
在这个物欲横流，信仰迷失的时代，就像爱德华读到的人们的心思那样，充满了money、sex、money、sex... ...
你可以想像会有像爱德华这样的男子存在吗？这个机率得万份之一再平方多少万次啊！
找一个懂得用上半身爱你而不仅是下半身爱你的男人是那么的难。
也许，越得不到，越向往。
很多人在最青涩的年华曾经相信爱情，也曾像贝拉，在饭堂里课桌前操场上偷偷注视着对方，
当他的目光迎上来，又立即扭过头去，心里慌得像打鼓；
装作视若无睹的走过，眼睛的余光却总是飘移在他常坐的座位、课间活动他常呆的角落、他自行车常摆的位置；
也曾像爱德华，故意放慢自己的脚步，等想等的那个人走上来，好不容易搭上话
一有同学走过来，话都没说完就立即走开；
等到彼此终于有机会说上话，不是吞吞吐吐像个傻瓜就是说了一堆没有中心思想且毫无逻辑性可言的话，或者反复跟对方说我们不该做朋友保持距离比较好，回头又忍不住去找对方… …
是什么让这些最初的美好渐变了颜色？
出到社会我们都面目全非，现实逐渐将憧憬掩埋
我们嘲笑琼瑶式言情好像我们不曾追看过
我们嘲笑对完美爱情的期盼好像我们不曾期盼过
我们嘲笑传统专一的感情老土过时好像我们不曾向往过。
也许，嘲笑，是因为得不到。
我们被现实教导相信爱情不如相信人民币，我们最初对爱情和婚姻的设定在现实里渐渐退让和扭曲
我们不得不接受审美是会疲劳的、变心是一定的、小三存在即是合理的、要宽容感情的背叛因为现实里没有完美、
偶尔放纵一下也无妨因为青春如此短暂等等诸如此类的观点，以致于我们看到完美的一对总暗暗揣测背后一定有不可告人的秘密，然后心里说走着瞧吧看你们撑得了多少年。
我们总是用惯性思维思考着问题，用世俗的眼光去看世界，我问我自己，为什么言情片一定要有床上戏？
为什么吸血鬼在阳光下一定得灰飞烟灭而不可以发出钻石般的光芒？
为什么爱情不可以是独占而唯一的？谁又不曾期盼过专一而长久的爱情？
难道抱着这样想法的女人就是感情观落伍过份天真幼稚注定被嘲笑？
是我们的感情观出了问题还是现在社会的价值观出了问题？
据说这部电影的原版小说去年卖得比《哈利波特》还火，这一次，男女主人公像东方人一样含蓄、传统地去爱，
一个西方的爱情故事表现得如此纯粹干净，那些被我们嗤之以鼻的琼瑶式言情，
在欧美竟能掀起如此狂热的浪潮！他们居然也会向往爱了几百年仍要爱下去，只爱那一个，就爱那一个，死了都要爱，这样一点存在感都没有的爱情！
当我们把对爱情所有最单纯美好的期盼统统抛诸脑后，对西方八十年代盛行的性解放趋之若鹜的时候，
西方正把我们八十年代流行的琼瑶式言情奉若神明，他们把这个被我们调侃为“连晋江上三流言情都不如”的爱情故事，咀嚼得津津有味。
现在我因为懂了这部电影而为这部电影更加痴迷，于是决定继续再看一遍！
❷ 电影《肖申克的救赎》 英语 观后感 字数 200左右
I have never seen such an amazing film since I saw The Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank encompasses friendships, hardships, hopes, and dreams. And what is so great about the movie is that it moves you, it gives you hope. Even though the circumstances between the characters and the viewers are quite different, you don't feel that far removed from what the characters are going through. It is a simple film, yet it has an everlasting message. Frank Darabont didn't need to put any kind of outlandish special effects to get us to love this film, the narration and the acting does that for him. Why this movie didn't win all seven Oscars is beyond me, but don't let that sway you to not see this film, let its ranking on the IMDb's top 250 list sway you, let your friends recommendation about the movie sway you. Set aside a little over two hours tonight and rent this movie. You will finally understand what everyone is talking about and you will understand why this is my all time favorite movie. 二、《肖申克的救赎》的影评 The story may sound simple, but the truth behind the words is remarkable. When I heard the name of the film first time, I considered the Shawshank to be a man’ name, but in face it is a jail—— hell in the world. Not only for the inhumanity of the jailors——they behaved brutally; but also for the jail gnawed at people’ heart by keeping them waiting and waiting as life passed. It seemed that only those utterly worthless people who gave up everything could survive. That’s where the story happened. The part impressed me most is when Andy got out of the jai. He extended his arms in front of him in the heavy rain as if he were welcoming the fresh air and the freedom. At that moment, I saw the faith win the darkness, discharging light dazzling the eyes in the dark blue sky. Under the light, I could feel my recreant innermost being shivering as his voice said: “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies!” That’s why I like this film: it encourages people to fight to preserve the dignity of human beings, to appreciate the beauty of life, and the most important is to keep hope forever. He once that is born, that is die. Everyone is the same. The only difference is whether busy living or busy dying. The film tells me even a man can live once, but if he keeps faith, keeps hope and works his life right, then once is enough. The faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark, the hope is the chief happiness that this world affords, and the life should be full of the singing of the bird and the happiness hope brings. " What’s that do you think? It’s the trembling of the heart, the singing of the mind, the flying of the soul and the hope to be free.” 这个故事也许看似简单，但是其中的道理却是发人深思的。我第一次听到这电影的名字时，曾以为“肖申克”是个人名，但事实上它是一所监狱的名字--鲨堡。说它是人间地狱，不仅那里狱卒残暴，狱霸横行，而且它还侵蚀着人的心灵。生命在漫漫无期的等待中消逝，似乎只有那些行尸走肉般放弃了所有的人才能够活下去。 这就是故事的开始。最让我感动的是安迪逃出牢狱时候的情景。大雨滂沱之中他伸出手臂似乎在迎接新鲜空气和自由。此刻，我看见自信战胜了黑暗，其光芒照亮了深蓝天空中的眼睛。在此光辉下，我可以感觉到自己那颗怯懦的心在颤抖，似乎在说：记住，希望是好东西，也许是人间至善，而美好的东西永远不会消逝。 它激励人们为人类的尊严而斗争，为生命的美丽而感恩，最重要的是它让我们永怀希望。这就是我喜欢这部电影的原因。 有出生，就会有死亡，人人均是如此。唯一不同的是--忙着活，还是劳碌死。电影告诉我们，虽然人只能活一次，但是如果带着信心和希望好好地活，一次也就足够了。信心就像在黎明前看到曙光的鸟，而希望则是这个世界给我们的最重要的礼物，生命应该充满鸟儿的歌声和希望带来的快乐。 你认为如何你呢？我想这是心房的跳舞，思想的歌唱，灵魂的翱翔，以及对自由的渴望。 三、Have you ever known a famous experiment of the flea? In my point of view, I think it has some commons with the film Shawshank Redemption. First I'd like to introce the experiment. It was an experiment about the flea. A zoologist put some fleas in a glass cylinder,then used a piece of glass to cover it. At first every flea did all it can in jumping. It must be painful.So after several times,they jumped a little lower,in case of knocking the glass.After three days,when the zoologist took off the glass,he found that no flea would jump out of the glass cylinder.Why? Because they got used to jump gently. We can find the glass is a visible prison to the fleas,but they build an invisible prison for themselves after three days. The same with the film,the characters like the fleas in a visible prison which is called Shawshank. There are three characters made a deep impression on me. They are Andy 、 Red and Brooks. Though they are the same in the visible prison,they are different .The difference between them is whether there located an invisible prison in their heart. Brooks who lives in the Shawshank for fifty years.He likes the flea in the experiment,when he gets the chance to leave Shanwshank, he chooses to threaten his mates in order to stay in Shanwshank. But he fails,his only hope is broken.During the fifty years,he builds an invisible prison for himself. I remember the first time I watched this film was in my senior high school,and I still remember that I cried hard when I saw Brooks hung himself.At that time I thought it's the fault of the society,but now I think it's the fault of the invisible prison.Red's words proves my point:"Man's been here fifty years. This place is all he knows. In here, he's an important man, an ecated man. A librarian. Out there, he's nothing but a used up old con with arthritis in both hands. Couldn't even get a library card if he applied. You see what I'm saying?”“Believe what you want. These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. After long enough, you get so you depend on 'em. That's "institutionalized."” It is the "institutionalized" put Brooks into the invisible prison.He has no hope in the invisible prison,life becomes meaningless.He gets dying. Red,is an man who can break his invisible prison.He is another kind of flea. At first he likes Brooks,he build an invisible for himself.He told Andy that hope is a dangerous thing,hope can drive a man insane,it's got no use the inside,you’d better get used to that idea.At that time,he has already built the invisible prison and broke his hope.He couldn't hack it on the outside.Been in here too long, he is an institutional man now.Like old Brooks Hatlen was.In the prison he is the guy who get it for the others.Out there, he wouldn't know where to begin. But Andy's word influences him"get busy living,or get busy dying."At that time,Red picks up his hope which breaks the invisible prison.When a man has the courage to break the invisible one,let alone the visible one.At the end of film,Red get out of the Shawshank and has a new life in the society with his hope! Red,may short of the word"redemption",and he redeems himself. Andy who is the hero in this film.And he is an amazing flea! There is no prison in his mind.Shawshank is the visible prison which seems very sturdy .But he just uses a small hammer to dig a hole,then he breaks the prison.19 years is a long time! But to Andy,his hope supports him so that he can ignore the time! As the famous sentence goes hope can set you free.I think another different between Andy and the others is that he never has an invisible one in his heart.From the beginning to the end,he is free in his mind.That's why he can do what the others cannot do! During the 19 years,he holds his hope,he still remember the hight which he can reach. The three man are three different kinds of fleas.The fleas tells us not to be prisoned in the invisible prisons and remember hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. We should set us free with our hopes!Let's break the invisible prison! 给你几个，你可以综合一下。
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❸ 仲夏夜魔法800字影评
距离第一次接触这部电影已经过去了将近一周的时间，我的内心也从无比兴奋的喜悦逐渐的缓和了许多。虽然每天还是要不定时的循环几遍电影中的歌曲，不禁沉浸在这魔法与歌声的世界中。由于实在是按捺不住内心中对于这部作品的喜爱，于是决定将我在豆瓣的第一篇影评献给这部可爱的作品——仲夏夜魔法《Strange Magic》。
关于剧情方面的分析还有细节的评定在此也就不多说些什么了，但是我可以自豪的说我对电影中的很多片段估计也是看了有五六遍以上，于是在了解了剧情与台词的同时甚至有了更多时间去关注举手投足间那些隐约可见的惊喜。
记忆深刻的不光是角色们细致入微的表情，还记得Boggy与Marianne第二次见面时的打斗场景，两个人的花式秀恩爱也是让很多人心潮澎湃。不过在后面Roland绑架了Dawn而二人协力的时候，可以清楚地发现其实那把法杖之中也是藏有一把锋利的宝剑。这也是侧面表现了Boggy对Marianne无时无刻的绅士风度——礼让。
更多的还是希望各位可以去电影里体会，每个角色的小动作与小表情都是被表现的淋漓尽致。然而单纯就剧情方面嘛，这部作品也不是完美的，虽然有些梗也算是有些老套，还有对于Dawn的不明不白的感情处理，但是总的来说主线剧情还是贯穿了整部电影达到了很好的效果。关于Dawn的感情线部分，由于一直以来妹妹似乎是一个见一个爱一个的角色，但是Sunny一直陪在她的身边，所以我的理解是妹妹并没有意识到自己一直依赖而且喜欢Sunny，直到Sunny跑来抱住受惊的女孩时Dawn或许不自觉的意识到自己喜欢上了对方。以上当然纯属个人臆想，不过估计也是电影大概想要表达的意思吧？
作为一个对动画一直拥有无限热情的家伙，我也算是看过了大部分的动画电影，尤其是欧美这块的风格模式也大概有了一定的了解。说到得到了爱情却并不一定拥有帅气外表的男主们，不禁可以想到最为有名的绿色大怪物Shrek《怪物史莱克》，他凭着一身乡土气息和奇怪的陋习却因为英雄般的作为赢得了公主的芳心——甚至让公主也与自己同化了外貌23333。
另一位也是作为反派存在的男主角Megamind《超级大坏蛋》，虽然颜还是可以但是那个硕大的蓝色脑袋也是犹如变种阿凡达一般倍感不和谐。与女主的感情线是由于长时间的理解二人早已对对对方熟悉不过，但是在变换外貌的恋爱中，虽然爱情上有了些插曲但他也是作为英雄拯救了城市也得到了女主的倾慕。还有前阵子的异色风情的动画生命之书里的沥青死神，那个被嫉妒的绿焰包围的Xiablba《The book of life》，也是在昔日情人的请求下变得服帖可爱。
论长相，他们也都不是传统意义上的帅哥，但是性格方面的可爱却很好的弥补了他们那并不突出的颜值。同意义上，我们的沼泽王bog也是如此，虽然作为国王，身材身高嗓音都是没的说，而且唱歌这么好听，性格温柔作风绅士，但是乍一看惊悚的外表却让人敬而远之。不过在与自己气味相投的女主Marianne相处后，他变得温柔起来，一贯的刀子嘴豆腐心而且对女主更是呵护有加。所以最终二人才能坦然的接受了对方的感情，合二为一。
总的来说，也是我唯一想说的，不管外表如何，每个人都值得被爱。也正如影片的开头所引导的那句话——Everybody deserves to be loved。不了解的或许可怕，但是一旦了解却又发现是如此的可爱。感谢卢卡斯带来的这部让人眼前一亮而且重建了心中价值观与社会观的电影，虽然可惜在国外的票房与口碑都有些不尽人意，但是这部让我们不禁满满溢出了少女之心与萌点聚集的电影也真的为我们带来了欢乐。希望可以引进中国，因为这是一部值得被人爱与教会大家如何爱人的好作品~
❹ 肖申克的救赎 英语影评2000字
《肖申克的救赎》的影评
The story may sound simple, but the truth behind the words is remarkable. When I heard the name of the film first time, I considered the Shawshank to be a man’ name, but in face it is a jail——a hell in the world. Not only for the inhumanity of the jailors——they behaved brutally; but also for the jail gnawed at people’ heart by keeping them waiting and waiting as life passed. It seemed that only those utterly worthless people who gave up everything could survive. That’s where the story happened.
The part impressed me most is when Andy got out of the jai. He extended his arms in front of him in the heavy rain as if he were welcoming the fresh air and the freedom. At that moment, I saw the faith win the darkness, discharging light dazzling the eyes in the dark blue sky. Under the light, I could feel my recreant innermost being shivering as his voice said: “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies!”
That’s why I like this film: it encourages people to fight to preserve the dignity of human beings, to appreciate the beauty of life, and the most important is to keep hope forever. He once that is born, that is die. Everyone is the same. The only difference is whether busy living or busy dying. The film tells me even a man can live once, but if he keeps faith, keeps hope and works his life right, then once is enough. The faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark, the hope is the chief happiness that this world affords, and the life should be full of the singing of the bird and the happiness hope brings. " What’s that do you think? It’s the trembling of the heart, the singing of the mind, the flying of the soul and the hope to be free.”
这个故事也许看似简单，但是其中的道理却是发人深思的。我第一次听到这电影的名字时，曾以为“肖申克”是个人名，但事实上它是一所监狱的名字--鲨堡。说它是人间地狱，不仅那里狱卒残暴，狱霸横行，而且它还侵蚀着人的心灵。生命在漫漫无期的等待中消逝，似乎只有那些行尸走肉般放弃了所有的人才能够活下去。
这就是故事的开始。最让我感动的是安迪逃出牢狱时候的情景。大雨滂沱之中他伸出手臂似乎在迎接新鲜空气和自由。此刻，我看见自信战胜了黑暗，其光芒照亮了深蓝天空中的眼睛。在此光辉下，我可以感觉到自己那颗怯懦的心在颤抖，似乎在说：记住，希望是好东西，也许是人间至善，而美好的东西永远不会消逝。
它激励人们为人类的尊严而斗争，为生命的美丽而感恩，最重要的是它让我们永怀希望。这就是我喜欢这部电影的原因。
有出生，就会有死亡，人人均是如此。唯一不同的是--忙着活，还是劳碌死。电影告诉我们，虽然人只能活一次，但是如果带着信心和希望好好地活，一次也就足够了。信心就像在黎明前看到曙光的鸟，而希望则是这个世界给我们的最重要的礼物，生命应该充满鸟儿的歌声和希望带来的快乐。
你认为如何你呢？我想这是心房的跳舞，思想的歌唱，灵魂的翱翔，以及对自由的渴望。
❺ 暮光之城影评
《暮色-twilight》 《暮光之城》讲述了一对苦命鸳鸯的爱情故事，17岁的伊莎贝拉·斯旺是有智慧有气质、广受欢迎的少女，因为母亲的再婚，她将自己流放到了福克斯（Forks）这个偏僻且终年阴雨的小镇上，结识了一个神秘 的同班男同学爱德华·卡伦，这个男同学来自一个“素食”的吸血鬼家族，可是贝拉身上的特殊香气吸引着他——他一闻到就想吸她的血，可又为了爱而拼命压抑自己的欲望，不顾一切保护她，且书的后部分与家人同想杀她的吸血鬼战斗。 她怎么也想不到，就是这个抉择，让她与他相遇在命运的十字路口。眼神交会的那一瞬，彼此之间已经明白，等待他们的，除了幸福的诱惑，还有危险的深渊。互相倾心的两人，在爱情与危险间摆荡，一起度过新鲜而刺激的每一天，就像久违的阳光一样，洒落在浪漫的暮光之城。 就是在幸福缓慢地前进，波澜伺机而动。当一个脆弱的少女要融入一个非常人世界时，她所面对的危险，远比与善良的魔鬼接吻艰难得多。在经历了白天美好之后的暮色时分，这段跌宕起伏的冒险故事，此时才刚刚拉开序幕。 作者将主人公青春期的情感困惑与扑朔迷离的感情纠葛刻画得真切细腻，丝丝入扣的描写与洗练优雅的文字唤起了读者的无尽想象，亦真亦幻的故事和曲折诡异的情节激起了读者持续不断的阅读冲动。在沁人心脾的温存与缠绵之中，读者见证了青春的璀璨，初恋的美好，也见证了理智与情感的搏斗、灵魂与肉体的挣扎…… 《新月-new moon》 爱德华深深迷上贝拉，也喜欢上了她身上独特的香味。无奈欢乐时光总是短暂的，在她十八岁生日派对上，贝拉不慎割伤了胳膊，流淌的鲜血勾起了爱德华家人嗜血的本性。为了保护自己心爱的人，爱德华和他的家族离开了福克斯小镇。 爱德华走后，贝拉的世界彻底坍塌了，她开始尝试各种冒险的行径，因为她发现，只要她一做危险的事情，爱德华的声音就会出现在她的脑海里。贝拉自虐式的疯狂举动却没有唤回爱德华。这时，年少不羁的雅各布出现在她苍白的世界里，他虽知贝拉心中另有他人，还是深情地陪伴、保护着她。一个是坚如磐石的冰冷异类，一个是热情似火的炙热狼人，贝拉将如何抉择……为了获得更加真切的爱德华声音的回响，贝拉决定悬崖跳水，可是她根本不会跳水，幸好被雅各布发现并及时救起。然而一个错误——爱丽丝的预知术不能预见与狼人有关的未来。在罗莎莉告诉爱德华这个噩耗后，爱德华误认为贝拉已跳海身亡，承受不了如此突如其来的巨大打击，他决定将一切作一个了断——去挑衅沃尔图里家族。 沃尔图里家族是比卡莱尔家族还古老的吸血鬼家族。他们居住在意大利的一座老城，有着完善的家族系统和各异的灵异能力。在贝拉和爱丽丝赶到后，沃尔图里家族的三位权高位重的领导人之一阿罗对贝拉产生了浓厚的兴趣…… 暮色渐渐隐退，等待他们的是天边昭示着最漆黑的夜的一弯新月，贝拉和爱德华会坠入这万劫不复的黑暗世界吗？他们能够在生命终点前抢回比自己还珍贵的对方，一起拯救这世间最令人心动的爱情吗？ 领略剪不断、理还乱的生死奇缘，《新月》将读者带进比普通青春类小说更加神奇多元的世界，读者与其说是陪伴贝拉度过了她人生中第一段最黑暗的时期，不如说是借助梅尔的妙笔在魔幻世界里经历了一次现实生活中不可能存在的爱情体验。爱德华的挣扎、贝拉对爱情的诉求以及雅各布对真爱的渴望三种张力贯穿小说始终，很好地诠释了爱情永恒的主题。梅尔以她独特的笔法和天才的能力掌控着读者的心跳，多情的读者难免和贝拉一起，或是凝神屏息，或是潸然泪下。 《月食-eclipse》 即将中学毕业的贝拉陷入两难的境地：她要在爱德华和雅各布中选择一个恋人，而这个选择极有可能引发卡伦家族和狼人族群之间的一场血腥战争……热血沸腾的贝拉宁愿选择死亡以便与爱德华长相厮守，但是在他们结婚之前，爱德华不允许她这样做。另一方面，雅各布的介入让他们两人的感情亮起红灯，贝 拉在探望受伤的雅各布时，雅各布竟将她带到野外，乘机向她表白爱意，并不顾她的意愿强吻了她。这被逼的一吻深印在贝拉心中，对于雅各布的感情，贝拉已经理不清了。 当贝拉为选择恋人而备受痛苦煎熬的时候，她发现有人从她的房间偷了东西，目的是要循着上面的气味嗅出她的所在之处。贝拉将过去种种意外联系起来，终于明白维多利亚正是操控一切的幕后主脑。为了替死去的詹姆斯复仇，维多利亚正纠集一伙帮凶——强大而无知的新生吸血鬼——匆匆赶往福克斯，对爱德华和贝拉的生命造成了莫大的威胁。卡伦家族决定联合狼人族群去应对共同的敌人。 冰与火的矛盾不可调和，在爱与牺牲的天平上，贝拉发现她所要奉献的不只是灵魂…… 当你可以永生不死，你该为什么而活？《月食》揭开那漆黑的面纱，展现出灵与肉的挣扎。势不两立的卡伦家族和狼人族群之间的矛盾该如何解决？是天使般善良的爱德华与玻璃般易碎的贝拉步上了婚姻的神坛，携手走进伊甸园，还是与贝拉青梅竹马的雅各布和她过上了平凡的人间生活？从日夜交替的《暮色》，经历过《新月》的心碎和《月食》的神伤之后，读者心中的疑团会在《破晓》时分逐一破解，而错综复杂的真相也终将在《午夜阳光》中拨云见日。 《破晓-breaking dawn》 当生命是你所能给予自己挚爱的人 ，你怎么可能不把生命献给他呢？ 破晓的一切时，你怎么可能不把生命献给他呢？对于贝拉来说，无可救药地爱上爱德华之后，生活既像是充满甜蜜的幻想，又像是深不可测的可怕梦魇。不管她作出什么样的抉择，都将牵动着两个族群的命运。从两人第一次牵手的那一刻起，贝拉和爱德华就明白对方是自己要找的另一半，爱情就像雨后的阳光一样温润着他们的灵魂。幸福让人觉得温暖，却又让人如履薄冰。来自于不同世界的两个人的禁忌之爱，像狂躁的风暴蹂躏折磨着两颗脆弱的心。既然贝拉勇敢地做出决定，一连串空前的惊人事件便随之展开，在这动荡的一年，诱惑与冲突将带领她走向最后的关键时刻。贝拉飘舞的心绪终将情归何处？她与爱德华、雅各布三人的最后命运又将会如何？最后，当贝拉和爱德华最终走向了婚姻的殿堂之后，雅各布最后也找到了他的终生伴侣——贝拉和爱德华的女儿，这是怎么样的奇怪而又顺理成章呢？贝拉在强大的黑暗势力来犯时，又能否守护自己的女儿呢？有如漫漫长夜之后的破晓，这段惊心动魄、千回百转的罗曼史最终迎来了令人惊讶、屏息的结局。 《午夜阳光-midnight sun》 以爱德华的角度重述《暮色》中的内容。梅尔以细腻的心思，温柔唯美的笔锋深层刻画了爱德华这一角色。而因为男主角拥有读心的能力，而更加形象具体的展现了Bella初到福克斯小镇的点点滴滴。为读者展现出更加形象具体真实的爱德华。 注释：因有人未经作者允许擅自在网上发布《midnight sun》的前12章手稿，作者决定暂停创作。作者表示她要等到大家差不多把这本书忘记的时候再继续创作，但那时的内容情节可能会和现在的手稿有所不同。
❻ 暮光之城的电影介绍、影评
小说《暮光之城》，作者是美国女作家斯蒂芬妮·梅尔（Stephenie Meyer），故事描写的是中学生贝拉与青春帅气的吸血鬼爱德华的浪漫爱情故事。仅在美国本土，《暮光之城》系列的销量就已超过5000万册，全球销量则突破8500万册。改编自小说的电影的上映，更是在全球掀起了新一轮魔幻热潮。
内容简介
《暮色-twilight》 《暮光之城》讲述了一对苦命鸳鸯的爱情故事，17岁的伊莎贝拉·斯旺是有智慧有气质、广受欢迎的少女，因为母亲的再婚，她将自己流放到了福克斯（Forks）这个偏僻且终年阴雨的小镇上，结识了一个神秘暮色的同班男同学爱德华·卡伦，这个男同学来自一个“素食”的吸血鬼家族，可是贝拉身上的特殊香气吸引着他——他一闻到就想吸她的血，可又为了爱而拼命压抑自己的欲望，不顾一切保护她，且书的后部分与家人同想杀她的吸血鬼战斗。 她怎么也想不到，就是这个抉择，让她与他相遇在命运的十字路口。眼神交会的那一瞬，彼此之间已经明白，等待他们的，除了幸福的诱惑，还有危险的深渊。互相倾心的两人，在爱情与危险间摆荡，一起度过新鲜而刺激的每一天，就像久违的阳光一样，洒落在浪漫的暮光之城。 就是在幸福缓慢地前进，波澜伺机而动。当一个脆弱的少女要融入一个非常人世界时，她所面对的危险，远比与善良的魔鬼接吻艰难得多。在经历了白天美好之后的暮色时分，这段跌宕起伏的冒险故事，此时才刚刚拉开序幕。 作者将主人公青春期的情感困惑与扑朔迷离的感情纠葛刻画得真切细腻，丝丝入扣的描写与洗练优雅的文字唤起了读者的无尽想象，亦真亦幻的故事和曲折诡异的情节激起了读者持续不断的阅读冲动。在沁人心脾的温存与缠绵之中，读者见证了青春的璀璨，初恋的美好，也见证了理智与情感的搏斗、灵魂与肉体的挣扎…… 《新月-new moon》 爱德华深深迷上贝拉，也喜欢上了她身上独特的香味。无奈欢乐时光总是短暂的，在她十八岁生日派对上，贝拉不慎割伤了胳膊，流淌的鲜血勾起了爱德华家人嗜血的本性。为了保护自己心爱的人，爱德华和他的家族离开了福克斯小镇。 爱德华走后，贝拉的世界彻底坍塌了，她开始尝试各种冒险的行径，因为她发现，只要她一做危险的事情，爱德华的声音就会出现在她的脑海里。贝拉自虐式的疯狂举动却没有唤回爱德华。这时，年少不羁的雅各布出现在她苍白的世界里，他虽知贝拉心中另有他人，还是深情地陪伴、保护着她。一个是坚如磐石的冰冷异类，一个是热情似火的炙热狼人，贝拉将如何抉择……为了获得更加真切的爱德华声音的回响，贝拉决定悬崖跳水，可是她根本不会跳水，幸好被雅各布发现并及时救起。然而一个错误——爱丽丝的预知术不能预见与狼人有关的未来。在罗丽莎告诉爱德华这个噩耗后，爱德华误认为贝拉已跳海身亡，承受不了如此突如其来的巨大打击，他决定将一切作一个了断——去挑衅沃尔图里家族。 沃尔图里家族是比卡莱尔家族还古老的吸血鬼家族。他们居住在意大利的一座老城，有着完善的家族系统和各异的灵异能力。在贝拉和爱丽丝赶到后，沃尔图里家族的三位权高位重的领导人之一阿罗对贝拉产生了浓厚的兴趣…… 暮色渐渐隐退，等待他们的是天边昭示着最漆黑的夜的一弯新月，贝拉和爱德华会坠入这万劫不复的黑暗世界吗？他们能够在生命终点前抢回比自己还珍贵的对方，一起拯救这世间最令人心动的爱情吗？ 领略斩不断、理还乱的生死奇缘，《新月》将读者带进比普通青春类小说更加神奇多元的世界，读者与其说是陪伴贝拉度过了她人生中第一段最黑暗的时期，不如说是借助梅尔的妙笔在魔幻世界里经历了一次现实生活中不可能存在的爱情体验。爱德华的挣扎、贝拉对爱情的诉求以及雅各布对真爱的渴望三种张力贯穿小说始终，很好地诠释了爱情永恒的主题。梅尔以她独特的笔法和天才的能力掌控着读者的心跳，多情的读者难免和贝拉一起，或是凝神屏息，或是潸然泪下。 《月食-eclipse》 即将中学毕业的贝拉陷入两难的境地：她要在爱德华和雅各布中选择一个恋人，而这个选择极有可能引发卡伦家族和狼人族群之间的一场血腥战争……热血沸腾的贝拉宁愿选择死亡以便与爱德华长相厮守，但是在他们结婚之前，爱德华不允许她这样做。另一方面，雅各布的介入让他们两人的感情亮起红灯，贝月食拉在探望受伤的雅各布时，雅各布竟将她带到自己家中，乘机向她表白爱意，并不顾她的意愿强吻了她。这被逼的一吻深印在贝拉心中，对于雅各布的感情，贝拉已经理不清了。 当贝拉为选择恋人而备受痛苦煎熬的时候，她发现有人从她的房间偷了东西，目的是要循着上面的气味嗅出她的所在之处。贝拉将过去种种意外联系起来，终于明白维多利亚正是操控一切的幕后主脑。为了替死去的詹姆斯复仇，维多利亚正纠集一伙帮凶——强大而无知的新生吸血鬼——匆匆赶往福克斯，对爱德华和贝拉的生命造成了莫大的威胁。卡伦家族决定联合狼人族群去应对共同的敌人。 冰与火的矛盾不可调和，在爱与牺牲的天平上，贝拉发现她所要奉献的不只是灵魂…… 当你可以永生不死，你该为什么而活？《月食》揭开那漆黑的面纱，展现出灵与肉的挣扎。势不两立的卡伦家族和狼人族群之间的矛盾该如何解决？是天使般善良的爱德华与玻璃般易碎的贝拉步上了婚姻的神坛，携手走进伊甸园，还是与贝拉青梅竹马的雅各布和她过上了平凡的人间生活？从日夜交替的《暮色》，经历过《新月》的心碎和《月食》的神伤之后，读者心中的疑团会在《破晓》时分逐一破解，而错综复杂的真相也终将在《午夜阳光》中拨云见日。 《破晓-breaking dawn》 当生命是你所能给予自己挚爱的人 破晓的一切时，你怎么可能不把生命献给他呢？对于贝拉来说，无可救药地爱上爱德华之后，生活既像是充满甜蜜的幻想，又像是深不可测的可怕梦魇。不管她作出什么样的抉择，都将牵动着两个族群的命运。从两人第一次牵手的那一刻起，贝拉和爱德华就明白对方是自己要找的另一半，爱情就像雨后的阳光一样温润着他们的灵魂。幸福让人觉得温暖，却又让人如履薄冰。来自于不同世界的两个人的禁忌之爱，像狂破晓躁的风暴蹂躏折磨着两颗脆弱的心。既然贝拉勇敢地做出决定，一连串空前的惊人事件便随之展开，在这动荡的一年，诱惑与冲突将带领她走向最后的关键时刻。贝拉飘舞的心绪终将情归何处？她与爱德华、雅各布三人的最后命运又将会如何？最后，当贝拉和爱德华最终走向了婚姻的殿堂之后，雅各布最后也找到了他的终生伴侣——贝拉和爱德华的女儿，这是怎么样的奇怪而又顺理成章呢？贝拉在强大的黑暗势力来犯时，又能否守护自己的女儿呢？有如漫漫长夜之后的破晓，这段惊心动魄、千回百转的罗曼史最终迎来了令人惊讶、屏息的结局。 《午夜阳光-midnight sun》 以爱德华的角度重述《暮色》中的内容。梅尔以细腻的心思，温柔唯美的笔锋深层刻画了爱德华这一角色。而因为男主角拥有读心的能力，而更加形象具体的展现了Bella初到福克斯小镇的点点滴滴。为读者展现出更加形象具体真实的爱德华。 注释：因有人未经作者允许擅自在网上发布《midnight sun》的前12章手稿，作者决定暂停创作。前段时间，由于读者强烈要求，作者已继续创作。（目前英文版只有前十二章） 《布里·坦纳第二次短暂生命-the short second life of bree tanner》 随着贝拉越来越远离人类生命，而成为一个不死之躯的事实，各种危险和阻力都向着她和爱德华所在的福克斯小镇奔涌而来。狼人族群四处寻衅滋事，沃尔图里家族倾巢出动，而维多利亚和新生儿军团也马布里·坦纳第二次短暂生命不停蹄地从西雅图赶来——他们都以阻止贝拉和爱德华的结婚为目的，不择手段地加重着贝拉的危险程度。 贝拉是幸运的，而布里的结局是不可避免的悲剧。她的生命从贝拉的视角来看只存在短短的五分钟。而现在，她的故事对于理解《月食》却是如此的重要。这就是布里的第二次短暂生命，一段她最悲惨、可怜、也凄美的故事。
❼ 肖申克的救赎影评英文100字左右
《肖申克的救赎》影评英文100字左右，可以先把相信你自己所观察到的学生汉语，然后再用有道词典翻译。
❽ 电影《肖申克的救赎》的英文观后感
第一篇Shawshank Redemption is a film co-operated by white people and black people. It told a story about the life in the prison.A man called Andy Dufresne, was sent into the prison, Shawshank, for he murderer his wife and her lover in bed. However, he was innocentas he said. The new days in the prison were hard to live. It’ violent, heartless and cruel. A month later, Andy began to make friendswith other prisoners. One of them called Red, who could get anything what he wanted. Andy bought a mallet from him and started his plan to escape. During this time, he did many things: expanding the library, caving stones, making tainted money for the prison governor, etc. It took him 20 years to tunnelsecretly and he successfully escaped from the prison. Before that, Andy had told his best friendRed that his dream---Zihuatanejo, a warm place without memory. After escaping, Andy lived a free life in another identity and made the prison governor arrested. Several years later, Red was approved to leave. He had lived inside for 40 years. He was institutionized. Sometimes he thought of getting back again as he didn’t belong the world, but he didn’t, for the promise to Andy. Finally, in Zihuyatanejo, they met.It is a good film. The cruel prison life terrified me and the friendship moved me. The story goes to a happy ending---redemption. 第二篇When I had finished watching the movie,I was excited and wanted to watch it again.Wheather the figures and details or the spirit that the music conveyed to."Hope is dangerous" Red had ever said,But Andy has always sticked to it.He didn’t cry when he was thrown into prison though he was innocent. On contrary, he found ways to kill long time to escape. He helped the head of the prison do the illegal things in order to gain some freedom. He rebuilt a library and helped the other prisoners. All the prisoners liked him, for he helped them find hope again. Perhaps it was time to escape, in a lightening and thundering night, he escaped from the prison through the holehe had g for twenty years . He was free eventually .I like Andy ,for his talent and his wisedom . And the most important thing that I like is his spirit—never giving up.I have never seen such an amazing film since I saw The Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank encompasses friendships, hardships, hopes, and dreams. And what is so great about the movie is that it moves you, it gives you hope. Even though the circumstances between the characters and the viewers are quite different, you don't feel that far removed from what the characters are going through.
It is a simple film, yet it has an everlasting message. Frank Darabont didn't need to put any kind of outlandish special effects to get us to love this film, the narration and the acting does that for him. Why this movie didn't win all seven Oscars is beyond me, but don't let that sway you to not see this film, let its ranking on the IMDb's top 250 list sway you, let your friends recommendation about the movie sway you.
Set aside a little over two hours tonight and rent this movie. You will finally understand what everyone is talking about and you will understand why this is my all time favorite movie.
二、《肖申克的救赎》的影评
The story may sound simple, but the truth behind the words is remarkable. When I heard the name of the film first time, I considered the Shawshank to be a man’ name, but in face it is a jail——a hell in the world. Not only for the inhumanity of the jailors——they behaved brutally; but also for the jail gnawed at people’ heart by keeping them waiting and waiting as life passed. It seemed that only those utterly worthless people who gave up everything could survive. That’s where the story happened.
The part impressed me most is when Andy got out of the jai. He extended his arms in front of him in the heavy rain as if he were welcoming the fresh air and the freedom. At that moment, I saw the faith win the darkness, discharging light dazzling the eyes in the dark blue sky. Under the light, I could feel my recreant innermost being shivering as his voice said: “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies!”
That’s why I like this film: it encourages people to fight to preserve the dignity of human beings, to appreciate the beauty of life, and the most important is to keep hope forever. He once that is born, that is die. Everyone is the same. The only difference is whether busy living or busy dying. The film tells me even a man can live once, but if he keeps faith, keeps hope and works his life right, then once is enough. The faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark, the hope is the chief happiness that this world affords, and the life should be full of the singing of the bird and the happiness hope brings. " What’s that do you think? It’s the trembling of the heart, the singing of the mind, the flying of the soul and the hope to be free.”
这个故事也许看似简单，但是其中的道理却是发人深思的。我第一次听到这电影的名字时，曾以为“肖申克”是个人名，但事实上它是一所监狱的名字--鲨堡。说它是人间地狱，不仅那里狱卒残暴，狱霸横行，而且它还侵蚀着人的心灵。生命在漫漫无期的等待中消逝，似乎只有那些行尸走肉般放弃了所有的人才能够活下去。
这就是故事的开始。最让我感动的是安迪逃出牢狱时候的情景。大雨滂沱之中他伸出手臂似乎在迎接新鲜空气和自由。此刻，我看见自信战胜了黑暗，其光芒照亮了深蓝天空中的眼睛。在此光辉下，我可以感觉到自己那颗怯懦的心在颤抖，似乎在说：记住，希望是好东西，也许是人间至善，而美好的东西永远不会消逝。
它激励人们为人类的尊严而斗争，为生命的美丽而感恩，最重要的是它让我们永怀希望。这就是我喜欢这部电影的原因。
有出生，就会有死亡，人人均是如此。唯一不同的是--忙着活，还是劳碌死。电影告诉我们，虽然人只能活一次，但是如果带着信心和希望好好地活，一次也就足够了。信心就像在黎明前看到曙光的鸟，而希望则是这个世界给我们的最重要的礼物，生命应该充满鸟儿的歌声和希望带来的快乐。
你认为如何你呢？我想这是心房的跳舞，思想的歌唱，灵魂的翱翔，以及对自由的渴望。
三、Have you ever known a famous experiment of the flea? In my point of view, I think it has
some commons with the film Shawshank Redemption.
First I'd like to introce the experiment. It was an experiment about the flea. A zoologist
put some fleas in a glass cylinder,then used a piece of glass to cover it. At first every flea did
all it can in jumping. It must be painful.So after several times,they jumped a little lower,in case
of knocking the glass.After three days,when the zoologist took off the glass,he found that no
flea would jump out of the glass cylinder.Why? Because they got used to jump gently.
We can find the glass is a visible prison to the fleas,but they build an invisible prison for
themselves after three days.
The same with the film,the characters like the fleas in a visible prison which is called Shawshank.
There are three characters made a deep impression on me. They are Andy 、 Red and Brooks.
Though they are the same in the visible prison,they are different .The difference
between them is whether there located an invisible prison in their heart.
Brooks who lives in the Shawshank for fifty years.He likes the flea in the experiment,when
he gets the chance to leave Shanwshank, he chooses to threaten his mates in order to stay in Shanwshank.
But he fails,his only hope is broken.During the fifty years,he builds an invisible prison for himself.
I remember the first time I watched this film was in my senior high school,and I still remember
that I cried hard when I saw Brooks hung himself.At that time I thought it's the fault of the
society,but now I think it's the fault of the invisible prison.Red's words proves my point:"Man's
been here fifty years. This place is all he knows. In here, he's an important man,
an ecated man. A librarian. Out there, he's nothing but a used up old con with
arthritis in both hands. Couldn't even get a library card if he applied. You see what
I'm saying?”“Believe what you want. These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then
you get used to 'em. After long enough, you get so you depend on 'em. That's "institutionalized."”
It is the "institutionalized" put Brooks into the invisible prison.He has no hope in the
invisible prison,life becomes meaningless.He gets dying.
Red,is an man who can break his invisible prison.He is another kind of flea.
At first he likes Brooks,he build an invisible for himself.He told Andy that hope
is a dangerous thing,hope can drive a man insane,it's got no use the inside,you’d
better get used to that idea.At that time,he has already built the invisible prison
and broke his hope.He couldn't hack it on the outside.Been in here too long, he
is an institutional man now.Like old Brooks Hatlen was.In the prison he is the
guy who get it for the others.Out there, he wouldn't know where to begin. But
Andy's word influences him"get busy living,or get busy dying."At that time,Red
picks up his hope which breaks the invisible prison.When a man has the courage
to break the invisible one,let alone the visible one.At the end of film,Red get out
of the Shawshank and has a new life in the society with his hope! Red,may short
of the word"redemption",and he redeems himself.
Andy who is the hero in this film.And he is an amazing flea! There is no prison
in his mind.Shawshank is the visible prison which seems very sturdy .But he just uses
a small hammer to dig a hole,then he breaks the prison.19 years is a long time! But to Andy,his
hope supports him so that he can ignore the time! As the famous sentence goes hope can set
you free.I think another different between Andy and the others is that he never has an invisible
one in his heart.From the beginning to the end,he is free in his mind.That's why he can do what
the others cannot do! During the 19 years,he holds his hope,he still remember the hight which
he can reach.
The three man are three different kinds of fleas.The fleas tells us not to be prisoned in the invisible
prisons and remember hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever
dies.
We should set us free with our hopes!Let's break the invisible prison!
望采纳。
❾ 《斯巴达勇士》的影评，要英文的哦
The retired master Frank Miller comic book of love for "300", can be called a dream Zack Snyder the fact that dare not imagine. In fact, since a few years ago the Department of the zombie film "Dawn Land of the Dead", the Snyder has been a long time he did not touch the guide tube of the cold. Fortunately, "300" once again gave him the opportunity to show their talent. Therefore, Snyder can be called gratitude for Miller made free to form, can only be used in the work of desperate efforts to repay. In fact, Snyder's previous works have a good texture, the smell of blood filled with violent and beautiful fantasy of heroism. The film used in the same style and the "sin city" the proction of the same approach to the pursuit of Miller and the unity of the original style. Films and Sparta both personality as there are severe iron blood warm, light and color than the "sin city" a richer more vivid level of fluency, the magnificent war scenes, several of the classic comic scenes in image is still moving and tragic, in the scene by adding a lot of design and modern elements of surrealism, although also epic. From Frank Miller's point of view, although has been a successful experience of the Frank Miller Road, still refused to willingly take a back seat, bent on interfering in the overall video creation process, including script writing and drawing the story boards, etc. This is clearly also in the creative director Snyder to provide a great help. Therefore, when the 100 days before the film in the trailer at the time of launch was great acclaim outside the instry.
此次接拍漫画大师弗兰克·米勒的爱作《斯巴达勇士》，堪称是扎克·斯奈德做梦都不敢想象的事实。事实上，自几年前那部僵尸片《活死人黎明》之后，斯奈德已经许久没有碰他那冰冷的导筒了。还好，《斯巴达300勇士》再次给了他一展才华的机会。因此，斯奈德对于米勒的感激堪称无以言表，只能用在工作中的拼命努力报答之。事实上，斯奈德以往的作品也都有着不错的质感，充满暴烈的血腥味和华丽奇幻的英雄主义。该片在风格上同样采用与《罪恶都市》相同的制作方式，以追求同米勒原著风格的统一。影片和斯巴达人的性格一样既有铁质的严酷也有热烈的血气，光影与色彩较《罪恶都市》更丰富层次更鲜明流畅，战争场面气势磅礴，几个漫画中的经典场面在影像上悲壮依然，在场景设计上加入了不少超现实和现代元素，虽是史诗也如梦似幻。而从弗兰克·米勒的角度来看，虽然已经有了一次成功的经验，老道的弗兰克·米勒仍不肯甘心退居二线，执意全盘干涉影片创作过程，包括撰写剧本和绘制故事板等，这显然也为导演斯奈德在创作上提供了莫大的帮助。因此，当该片在百天前推出预告片之时获得了业内外极大的好评。
❿ 亚瑟王 英语影评
Rule your fate.
It’s 300 A.D. and the Sarmatians to the east of Britain are all that’s left of a warring cavalry. So impressed with their agility and prowess at battle, the Romans decide to spare them their lives in return for just one little favor. All their young sons and their son’s sons are taken from their families and forced to serve as knights for Rome for 15 years each. Of course, they may return at the end of their service to Rome, unless they happen to die in battle, which will most likely be the horrible outcome.
It is into this dreary and sad history we are introced as Lancelot (Loan Gruffudd) is shipped off from his village as a pre-teen boy knowing full well he will never see his family again. It is a rough life. A life or death struggle just to make it through each 24 hour period.
As the dawn of his 15 year servitude crests, we are forced to engage with Lancelot in his final bloody battle before his freedom papers are given him, and he may return home a free man. Miraculously, Lancelot and his forged family of knights have survived this tour of ty to Rome! They have lived and died along side one another in these years under Roman Christian rule. There are but these brave left: Galahad (Hugh Dancy), Dagonet (Ray Stevenson), hawk-loving Tristan (Mads Mikkelsen) — and Arthur (Clive Owen), to whom they have all have pledged their iron-clad allegiance.
It is with high hopes they travel to meet with the Pope’s advocate to accept their papers to travel through Roman Britain unharmed under the protection of His Grace. Unfortunately for them, the home office in Italy has one more campaign for them to run, and if they are successful (which means if they don’t die while carrying it out) then, and only then, will they finally be allowed to quench their thirst for freedom.
Arthur, who had a Roman father and British mother, is an idealistic Christian soldier who truly believes God has sent him into this world to protect and win in Roman battles. He finds through the course of this final campaign, that Rome is not the place of equality and freedom his most beloved father had imbibed within him. The realm he so honorably served and protected for these past grueling years in fact no longer exists. The film traces Arthur’s evolution from idealistic dreamer to practical hero.
We do get a glimpse of the famous Round Table within the walls of the British castle/fortress to which Arthur refers is round “..for men to be men they must all be as equal” showing no head at this table, but an equal place for all. He also prays in earnest to God to have his life the sacrificed rather than any of his men, so that they would be able to return to their homes and families.
Lancelot, his most trusted friend, overhears this plea and asks why he beseeches this 'God' and not confide in him instead. Arthur responds that it is his faith that protects him. Lancelot responds by saying he trusts no man on his knees. Arthur shows true humility and says perhaps his prayers will put an end to this war. Being the realist he is, Lancelot sadly states there will always be battles in this world.
These knights willingly go off upon this one last mission, not because of their allegiance to Rome, but because of their respect and honor to Arthur. It is here that the sacrifice of faith and friendship is demonstrated in these brave men. Into the grip of the Saxons who have pillaged, raped and murdered their way across Britain they ride to rescue a Roman royal family and bring safely back the son, Arious, to the safe haven of the Roman Pope. They are ambushed in the forest by a fierce warrior tribe of Woads led by a mystical Merlin, but much to their surprise, are spared their lives.
Arthur and his men find the servants being flogged, beaten and tortured in a ngeon at the home of the Roman official he has been charged to rescue and is appalled this is being done in the name of Christianity. It proves more than just the honorable thing to do now, but the real Christian thing to do is save his British countrymen from the very rulers they have placed their faith in to protect them. Arthur also frees and falls in love with a beautiful, confident Woad princess, Guinevere (Keira Knightley). In this telling, Arthur and Guinevere are true loves and Lancelot, though smitten with Guinevere, never makes any advance towards her.
The Saxon army is headed by the ruthless warrior king Cerdic (Stellan Skrsgard) who will stop at nothing in his rampage of killing and burning to eventually meet and defeat Arthur and his knights. The scene where the seven knights aided by Guinevere’s expert archery, face down a whole battalion of 500 Saxon’s on a frozen river bed, is well worth the price of admission.
We are shown the 'real' account of Excalibur and how this sword of renown was actually pulled from the burial mound of his father by Arthur as a young boy, to be used later in his soldiering life to avenge the death of his mother.
This is no fairy tale account of King Arthur, but an attempt at realism — probably more like the rugged lives actually lived back in this ancient time. Although the writers did take many liberties with the classic legend, who King Arthur really was is so clouded by now, who is to say this account is not more closely woven to reality.
LANGUAGE, SEX AND VIOLENCE: The battle sequences are vividly graphic and lengthy, therefore I would not suggest this film for children under 13. There was some use of medieval swearing, but it seemed appropriate for the movie’s theme of reality. The film included a scene where rape was inferred, but nothing actually seen. There is also a sex scene between Arthur and Guinevere — sadly, just an act of lust and not the true love for which the story really called.
Over the course of its blood thirsty battles and through to its conclusion, this film provides a somber look at how Christian ideals can be abused — crushing and breaking innocent lives in the process. As history has often proved, it takes but one brave and committed human being to change the course of the times and bring relief to those who are harshly oppressed.
In the end, Arthur acknowledges that his best friend Lancelot gave his life for the freedom of others. He decrees that “deeds in themselves are for nothing except they be lead by a higher power.” Many have given their lives throughout human history for a better existence for all. As Christians we are finely tuned to the sacrificial death of our Savior, Jesus, for the sins of all mankind. How relevant the truth that there is no greater love than a man who gives his life freely for the sake of his friend’s. Through to the end Arthur never gave up his belief in God, even when other’s questioned, Arthur’s faith remained strong and true. I found this the best, most profound example over all.