BBC推荐：四月份最值得看的4部电影
四月份哪些电影最值得一看？除了期待已久的《复仇者联盟4》，BBC还推荐了斯蒂芬·金小说改编成的惊悚片《宠物坟场》、惊喜满满的DC超级英雄大片《雷霆沙赞》，还有合家欢动画《遗失的环节》。
Shazam! 《雷霆沙赞》
DC is wisely shifting its superhero films away from the grim and gritty territory they used to occupy toward somewhere more light-hearted. A case in point is Shazam!, a Superman-style blockbuster, but also a kid-in-an-adult’s-body comedy in the tradition of Tom Hanks’ 1988 hit, Big. Its main character is Billy Batson (Asher Angel), a 14-year-old foster child. After meeting an ancient wizard (Djimon Hounsou), all he has to do is say “Shazam” and he turns into a fully-grown hunk (Zachary Levi) with all the abilities of the “immortal elders”: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury (note the initials). The AP review enthuses that the film is “a lightning bolt of unexpected joy that is certainly worth your time and money”. Fun fact: the character was known as Captain Marvel for decades before the cosmic Avenger played by Brie Larson came along, but his name was changed recently to avoid confusion.
DC漫画公司近来拍的超级英雄电影很明智地远离了过去常拍的残酷铁血风格，转而选择更加轻松欢快的类型。超人风格的大片《雷霆沙赞》就是一个例证。该片延续了汤姆·汉克斯1988年热门电影《长大》的传统，也是一部儿童误入成人身体的喜剧片。这部电影的主角是比利·巴特森（亚瑟·安其饰演），一个14岁的养子。在邂逅一位老巫师（杰曼·翰苏饰演）后，比利只需说一声“沙赞”，就能变成一个成年壮汉，拥有所有“不死之神”的超能力：所罗门、赫拉克勒斯、阿特拉斯、宙斯、阿基里斯和墨丘利（这些英文名的首字母缩写读起来就是沙赞）。美联社的评论盛赞道，这部电影是“猝不及防的惊喜，绝对值回票价”。有趣的是，在布丽·拉尔森饰演的宇宙复仇者出现几十年前，这一人物原先的名字也叫惊奇队长，不过最近为了避免混淆就改了名字。
hunk[hʌŋk]: n. 壮汉
enthuse/ɪnˈθjuːz/: v. 兴奋地谈论
Pet Sematary 《宠物坟场》
Stephen King’s It was made into a spine-tingling mini-series in 1990, but that didn’t stop 2017’s film of the same novel being a critically lauded hit. Maybe that’s why Pet Sematary has been brought back from the dead, 30 years on from the last time it was adapted. As in the previous film, a couple (Jason Clarke and Amy Seimetz) hears about a poorly spelt cemetery in rural Boston where the occupants keep getting up and strolling home. But the (burial) plot that King fans know and love has been changed – for the better. At the time of writing, the creepy new version had a score of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. ComingSoon.net applauds “a whole new trajectory for the story that takes things to a much deeper, much darker place”.
斯蒂芬·金的《它》在1990年曾被拍成一部惊悚的迷你剧，但这并没有阻止2017年的同名改编电影成为一部评论界盛赞的热门大片。也许这就是为什么《宠物坟场》能在被改编成电影30年后重见天日。上一部改编作品讲述的是一对夫妻（杰森·克拉克和艾米·西米茨饰演）听说在波斯顿乡间有一处中邪的墓地，不断地有死者从坟里爬出来走回家。不过书迷们喜欢的埋葬情节在新片中被改了，而且改完后更好看了。截至目前，恐怖的新版电影在烂番茄上评分高达91%。ComingSoon网站称赞说这部电影“让故事走上了一个全新轨道，向更深更黑暗的方向发展”。
Avengers: Endgame 《复仇者联盟：终局之战》
Last year’s apocalyptic Avengers: Infinity War ended with purple meanie Thanos (Josh Brolin) obliterating half of the lifeforms in the universe, including Spider-Man and Black Panther. How can the survivors defeat him? And how can they revive his victims? All we know for sure is that our heroes have got three hours to get the job done, making Avengers: Endgame the longest ever film Marvel has produced. But there are rumors that, as some of the stars’ contracts are up, several major characters (Captain America? Iron Man?) will die – and this time they’ll stay dead.
去年末日主题电影《复仇者联盟：无限战争》以紫色反派灭霸（乔什·布洛林饰演）灭掉宇宙中一半生命的结尾收场，这些消失的生命包括蜘蛛侠和黑豹。那么幸存者要如何打败灭霸呢？他们如何才能令受害者复活？我们所确知的只有一件事：我们的英雄只有三个小时来逆转乾坤，这使得《复仇者联盟：终局之战》成为漫威有史以来最长的电影。但有传言称，因为一些明星的合同到期了，几个主要角色（美国队长？钢铁侠？）会在这部电影中死去，而这一次他们再也不会复活。
meanie['miːnɪ]: n. 反派
Missing Link 《遗失的环节》
Don’t miss Missing Link. While most US animation studios concentrate on computer-generated cartoons, Laika has advanced the art of stop-motion animation via the quirky likes of Corpse Bride, Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings. Their current film is written and directed by Chris Butler, who made Laika’s Oscar-nominated ParaNorman. A family-friendly adventure, Missing Link features an arrow-nosed Victorian explorer (voiced by Hugh Jackman) and a mild-mannered, fur-covered giant (voiced by Zach Galifianakis) who happens to be named Mr Link – Susan Link, to be precise. The odd couple sets off around the world in search of more Yetis, and on the way they bump into characters voiced by Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
不要错过《遗失的环节》。就在大多数美国动画制片厂都在做CG动画片时，莱卡工作室却还在坚持发展定格动画艺术，比如《僵尸新娘》、《鬼妈妈》、《魔弦传说》这种风格诡异的动画电影。这部新动画的编剧和导演是克里斯·巴特勒，他曾制作过莱卡工作室获奥斯卡奖提名的《通灵男孩诺曼》。《遗失的环节》是一部合家欢冒险电影，讲述的是一个维多利亚时代的尖鼻子冒险家（休·杰克曼配音）和一个性格温和、浑身是毛的巨人（扎克·加利费安纳基斯配音）的故事，这个巨人名叫“环节”，确切的说，他的名字叫苏珊·环节。为了寻找更多雪怪，这对怪人踏上了环球之旅，在路上他们遇见了由艾玛·汤普森、斯蒂芬·弗雷、马特·卢卡斯和大卫·威廉姆斯配音的其他角色。
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