真人版《花木兰》自筹备起便吸引了众多关注,单是跨越五大洲敲定女主角人选就吊足了观众的胃口。最终,“神仙姐姐”刘亦菲脱颖而出,拿下了这个巾帼英雄的角色。北京时间 7 月 8 日,迪士尼发布了这部电影的首支预告片。片中,无论是一闪而过的福建土楼,还是英姿飒爽的高难度打戏,每一帧画面都引起了全球观众的热议。
# Watch the thrilling teaser for Disney’s live-action Mulan remake
Disney released the first teaser for director Niki Caro’s upcoming live-action remake of the 1998 animated film Mulan on Sunday. So far, so typical for the studio behemoth, which rarely misses a marketing trick. But this time there’s a twist, because the live-action Mulan has a surprising advantage over the rest of Disney’s live-action remakes: It looks good.
迪士尼在周日放出了即将上映的真人版电影《花木兰》的第一支预告片。这部电影翻拍自 1998 年的动画片《花木兰》,导演是妮基·卡罗。目前为止,对于这家极少放过任何一个营销机会的电影制作巨头来说,这样的做法再典型不过了。但这一次情况有所不同,因为相较于其他的迪士尼真人翻拍电影,真人版《花木兰》有一个出人意料的优势:它看起来不错。
First of all, this is a spectacularly well-made trailer. The opening is not that different from most trailers. But after that first fade to black, we get something that probably won’t be in the theatrical version of Mulan: a montage.
首先是因为,这是一部制作极其精良的预告片。虽然开头和大部分的预告片并无大异,但在画面第一次暗下去之后,我们看到了一些不太可能会出现在电影版《花木兰》中的元素——一个蒙太奇片段。
The gradually-accelerating action sequence montage is a trailer cliché, but this is executed flawlessly, down to the little “It is my duty to fight” epilogue slowing the pace as efficiently as a brake run on Space Mountain to give the audience time to catch its breath before the title. It’s a spectacular trailer for what looks like it might be a good movie.
虽然在预告片中使用逐渐加速的一系列蒙太奇式的动作连续镜头,已经是老套的手法了,但在这个预告片中,这一手法却运用得炉火纯青。这得益于那一小句“我的职责就是战斗”的收场白,它就像(迪士尼乐园里)飞越太空山的刹车一样,有效地放缓了预告片的节奏,在电影名称出现前给予观众一丝喘息的机会。这是一部令人惊叹的预告片,因为如果电影跟预告片一样(好看),《花木兰》或许是部好电影。
Mulan is a story with set pieces that are better suited to live-action than animation, and a heroine whose feats are more impressive if we see an actual human body performing them, whatever wires or special effects are involved behind the scenes. This feels less like Disney’s other cash grabs and more like a story finally landing in the appropriate medium.
比起动画电影,《花木兰》这个故事中的一些桥段更适合真人电影。而且,这个故事的主角是一位女英雄,如果观众看到的是真人演绎的话,不论幕后如何使用威亚和特效,她的英勇事迹都将更令人印象深刻。这部电影感觉不太像是迪士尼其他那些圈钱作品了——它是一个终于找到了绝佳艺术表现形式的故事。
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