Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
这个反类型也还只是在无法撼动其类型框架及价值观本质的基础上在框架内部进行的可想象地反类型，所以在经过马修沃恩、死侍的洗礼之后，这种程度的反类型于我只是提供一刻的笑料而已。但如果反类型这个创作行为一直做得如此窸窣平常，久而久之，使之日后本身也成为了一种常规套路，那就是更可怕的事了。
看都看不下去...8.2的评分我都在怀疑是我的问题了
总算结束了 从高中到毕业业两年了
值四星，给佐藤健的打戏和飚血暴力美学多一星。
派大星临终遗言：
找原作是文字作品去影视化其实最好了，两者媒介不同，既给人留出了足够的想象空间又不会做让人去比个高低。但翻拍尤其是翻拍经典影视作品就基本没有不翻车的。一模一样吧，人家说你抄袭，说你没新意。自行发挥改编一下吧，经典在人心中的地位太高，无论你怎么变动，看不顺眼就是看不顺眼。也不是说这真人版烂，拍得也还行，只是觉得没必要，太多余。当然，这只是电影的角度，商业角度不是这样算的。电影有商品属性，人也是追求利益的动物。人家的出发点是原作的粉丝那么多，人气那么足，那么翻拍甚至出2、3乃至前传不是再顺理成章的事嘛？无间道1吸引了500万观众去影院看，理所当然的这500万观众会想去看2。拍完了2没东西可以讲了，但这500万的基础盘还在，硬凑都给你凑出个3来。
2021.7.31 @ Vue WestEnd, 滚导风格明显，套路满满的反套路片，美术指导可能是昆汀爱好者，满屏幕的红红红。Peacemaker和Bloodsport嘴炮pk算亮点，预测Harley Quinn这身红裙又会成为今年万圣节爆款。
当初就是为了村花看的。。。从头到尾才看见村花。。。
想起来来补分。这已经是还原度最高的漫改了。
开头的反杀戏满分！但这个雪代巴感觉有那么点违和～最后十字刀疤还是很痛心啊！衔接到第一部就燃起来的同时又有种隐隐的痛感，哎，还是我最爱的追忆篇啊！剑心系列真的是真人漫改的top了，欣慰！
满满回忆，有些画面拍得好美，名场面也都拍出来了
7分，感觉滚导在这部的状态比在漫威还放得开，玩得非常不管不顾，大尺度，重口味，以及各种恶趣味的笑话，时时透露的坏品味。虽然情节上没预想那么抓人，但这个尺度还是很可以的。
剑是杀人凶器，剑术杀人伎俩。
不了解日本那段历史，上一部浪客剑心看完也忘记了，只记得动作场面很酷很动漫，如今这部依然，话说剑术对决之美和中国武术有很大不同，倒和想象中的武侠小说武功有几分吻合。不过或许拔刀斋太清秀了，给人感觉大和民族怎么那么矛盾，放下武器时好像太过文明和孱弱，和拔剑后的凶狠联系不上。8/10分
观影建议：全程不要问为什么！这部没有粉丝滤镜是不可能的。大量情绪的描绘和氛围的强调可以看得出来是刻意而为之，可这样并不代表更深刻，反而重复和冗余，并且直接把系列最津津乐道的日本传武削弱的可有可无。仍然最喜欢第一部，二、三保持水准。至于终章的这两部，就当没看过吧。
就爽片，前几部看着还行，有招有势的，爽片打戏本来就容易疲倦，这部打戏大幅缩减，感情戏太多，显得略干瘪，因为不是粉丝，对这部最终篇其实是前传的故事来由并没太大兴趣，不过，有村架纯是真的好看啊
村花美则美矣，却演得没什么灵魂。北村一辉演的那个大叔废话太多，后半节奏不紧凑。暂不评分，等看完一整个系列再说。
这真的不是文化输出吗？这手撕鬼子看上去一模一样好吧。“我也曾幸福过，自由漂浮，仰望星空”这boss真的不是派大星吗？？？谁说拍dc就一定要装深沉啊，当和平使者拿着碎片插进弗莱格的心脏中难道不是最大的讽刺吗。屠了人家一整个寨子还不吭声的继续帮你真的不是雷锋吗。dc的未来要靠漫威拯救？缺点也很明显，主要还是整体剧情上老套且有些地方实在离谱，但作为dc的电影确实超出预期。五星鼓励。
乱世中两个注定悲惨的人一起度过了一段平静的时光，彼时有多幸福彼时就有多痛苦。
阿巴已死，剑心安在。二十年白驹过隙，寻猫王不遇，江湖有缘再见。
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