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1、1Slumdog MillionaireAn orphaned Mumbai slum kid tries to change his life by winning TVs Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in a feelgood fable from director Danny Boyle and the writer of The Full Monty, Simon BeaufoyJamal Malik (Skins star Dev Patel) is being beaten by Mumbai police for allegedly cheati

2、ng on hit TV show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? One question away from the ultimate 20 million rupee prize, no one, including slick show host Prem (Anil Kapoor), believes a chai wallah (teaboy) like Jamal could know all the answers. As the tough inspector (Irfan Khan) replays Jamals appearance on t

3、he show, its revealed that each question corresponds to a specific life lesson from Jamals tragic past. Raised in abject poverty in Mumbais grimmest slum along with older brother Salim, then orphaned by a Hindu mob attack, Jamal and Salim are forced to fend for themselves on the streets through oppo

4、rtunistic petty crime. They pick up a young girl, fellow orphan Latika (Freida Pinto), escape the clutches of a vicious Fagin-like crime boss, lose Latika, and continue their picaresque adventures, one step ahead of the law. As adolescents, however, Salim becomes entranced by a life of crime and Lat

5、ikas unexpected return sets brother against brother. Will Jamal salvage his girl, his fortune and his life on Millionaire?Adapted by Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy from Vikas Swarups hit novel Q veteran Howard Duffs role as the defense lawyer has been pared down to a minimum. Best friend Jane Alexa

6、nder has a much larger presence, but drops out of the film just before the home stretch. Yet the movie never feels hemmed-in or minimalist. For the Emergency Room scene, which consists of just a couple of tracking shots following a running Hoffman, several blocks of traffic right off of Central Park

7、 had to be shut down. Meryl Streeps career was already going into orbit after her television debut in the Holocaust miniseries; she shot her scenes for Kramer vs. Kramer while simultaneously working on Manhattan for Woody Allen. The Joanna Kramer part is a particularly tough one. Audiences could be

8、expected to root so fervently for Ted the husband, that its practically impossible to generate sympathy for the mother who abandons her child. Streep projects innate decency and restraint - at the beginning shes so remorseful, we cannot help but forgive her even as shes walking out the door. Hoffman

9、 helps her during this episode by accentuating his boorish self-centeredness. Kramer vs. Kramer made it very clear for a generation of selfish baby boomers that the responsibility of raising kids isnt something to be taken lightly. Little Billy has feelings, an ego, a desire to be special, and even

10、the vain Ted soon learns the depth and satisfaction to be had from relating to a child who depends on nobody but you for practically everything. Ted Kramer also puts his childs welfare first, and makes some humiliating, previously unthinkable, career choices. This is a concept difficult to dramatize

11、 . the idea that there could be a reason to work below ones earning level and retain self-respect must have come as big news to the disco generation. Kramer vs. Kramer predictably winds up in an involved courtroom scene, but one organized not along legal lines but instead as a process of emotional d

12、iscovery. In bitter conflict for possession of the child, each party has no desire to thwart the other, yet they find themselves in an ugly and cruel legal situation. Their life stories are aired in public; an accident can be interpreted as negligence. By the time the final shot has unspooled, most

13、viewers are no longer aware of anything except the intensity of the drama before them. When the film ends abruptly, theyre also surprised that they find it so satisfying an experience. 7Kick-AssIn a way, its almost a shame that Kick-Ass has so much in the way of violence and swearing in it - because

14、 as far as superhero-movies-with-an-inspirational-message go, its pretty difficult to beat. Its lead character isnt somebody with superpowers, or a vast fortune and decades of martial arts training - just an ordinary teenage comic book geek, who wonders one day why “everybody wants to be Paris Hilto

15、n, but nobody wants to be Spider-Man“.When Dave Lizewski, in his earliest days as the wet-suited vigilante of the films title, stands protectively between a mugging victim and his three attackers, its not about fulfilling the responsibility of flukily-granted powers - its about standing up, no matte

16、r what the odds against you, and saying “No more“. A pretty strong moral, and one itd be quite nice to show the kids.On the other hand, if it didnt have all the violence and swearing, then itd be fair to say it wouldnt be half as much fun. And make no mistake, Kick-Ass is an absolute blast. With nod

17、s throughout to greats such as Superman and Batman - as well as not-so-greats like The Spirit - it constantly and wittily skewers the superhero genre; and yet at the same time, its an exhilarating example of it.8Alice in WonderlandAt 19 years of age, its back down the rabbit hole for one of literatu

18、res most beloved heroines, Alice (played by Mia Wasikowska), and back into Wonderland, or Underland as she now learns it is called. Welcome to Tim Burtons vision of Lewis Carrolls playful alternate universe.Burtons adaptation is rightly careless of slavishly rendering its source in wholly loyal deta

19、il. Any purists who argue that this Alice doesnt work because it strays so far from the text are wrong: this Alice doesnt work for the far more essential reason that the characters are too often missing a basic lifeforce of their own, possibly a result of being enbalmed in stunning-looking but airle

20、ss CGI. Theyre not helped by dialogue that feels like an afterthought to a long-planned series of conceptual character designs.Theres also that nagging “teachers pantomime“ feeling, familiar from the Harry Potter series, brought on by a cast list that reads like a whos who of national treasures. Theyre mostly great actors, but really classic voice work in animation comes when you hear a character speak and their voice is a seamless part of that character, not when you hear a character speak and think “Ah, thats Alan Rickman.“