胜在纪实,所以情真。虽然反战力度较同时纪实题材的《战火屠城》稍弱,但其中的台词生动,人性真实。虽算不上经典,但放在一大堆战争题材电影中也是佳作了。向来不喜美式战争电影,像是征兵广告,不过这部的确不错。
海湾战争终于结束了。三个好兄弟阿奇(乔治•克鲁尼 George Clooney 饰)、特洛伊(马克•沃尔伯格 Mark Wahlberg 饰)和埃尔金(艾斯•库珀 Ice Cube 饰)准备在退役前结结实实捞上一笔,那样他们退役后就能舒舒服服地享受人生了。可不要以为他们在异想天开,其实他们早就在伊拉克听到坊间传闻:总统萨达姆暗中收藏了一批从科威特偷来的黄金在他的秘密碉堡内。恰巧兄弟三人从伊拉克的一名战俘的屁眼处发现了一张萨达姆秘密碉堡的地图,于是三人经过准备,往夺宝之路进发。
一路上,他们看到了战争后的伊拉克已经满目疮痍,人民生活惨不忍睹。战争不如美国总统描述的那样带给当地人幸福。于是,他们决定了夺宝之后的又一个计划,那就是救济当地的难民。©豆瓣
我太愛Mark Wahlberg被抓盤問那一段,"What is the problem with Michael Jackson? "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx_zvaEQfzkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFi5NVslIE&feature=relatedA great script !!!
The wire is wrapped under Troy's chin around his other ear.
INTERROGATOR
My main man. Tell me something,
OK? What is problem with Michael
Jackson?
TROY
What do you mean?
INTERROGATOR
The King of Pop. 'I'm bad, I'm
bad, you know it --'
TROY
Yeah, Michael Jackson.
INTERROGATOR
He is fahking the small boys, man.
TROY
What are you talking about?
INTERROGATOR
He come to Egypt with the small
boys. I see picture in newspaper,
always he is with the small boys
in the hotel window. Hello with
the white glove. I am King of Pop
in my hotel with the small boys.
No girls. Just the boys.
TROY
He likes kids.
INTERROGATOR
Yeah, he like to fahk them up the
ass.
TROY
Bullshit.
Troy is smashed in the face with a clipboard. He looks
angry, and like he could cry at the same time.
INTERROGATOR
You are the blind bullshit, my
main man. It is so obvious he
like the small boy so he all the
time travel with them.
TROY
Fine.
INTERROGATOR
And if it really true? You say --
TROY
I say it's sick.
INTERROGATOR
That's because you got a sick
country, bro, you got no respect
for the children. That's why you
bomb them over here, right?
TROY
I don't think so.
INTERROGATOR
Michael Jackson is Pop King of
sick fahking country.
TROY
Wrong.
Troy is smashed in the face with the clip board. Blood drips
from his nose.
INTERROGATOR
Bullshit wrong, dude. A black man
make the skin white and the hair
straight. You know why?
TROY
No.
INTERROGATOR
Your sick fahking country make the
black man hate hisself, just like
you hate the Arab and the children
you bomb.
TROY
I don't hate children.
INTERROGATOR
Do they care, buddy?
TROY
Does who care?
INTERROGATOR
Do your army care about the Shiite
children? Do they come to help?
TROY
No, they're not coming.
The Interrogator signals someone O.S. and suddenly voltage
races through the wire, causing Troy to gnash his teeth
together so hard they chip. He writhes in pain.
INTERROGATOR
(in subtitles)
That seemed like too much volts.
You got to build it up slow.
A SECOND IRAQI gestures defensively at a console that is
connected to the wire around Troy's jaw. A THIRD IRAQI
reaches forward and turns a dial. The SECOND IRAQI murmurs
defensively and turns the dial back.
INTERROGATOR
Just figure it out.
The Interrogator turns back to Troy.
INTERROGATOR
Are they coming to help the Shiite?
TROY
No.
He is jolted again -- his face contorts, he bites his lip.
INTERROGATOR
Tell the truth, dudesky. Save us
the big bummer.
Troy starts to cry, represses it. His lip is bleeding.
INTERROGATOR
Does it hurt?
Troy says nothing.
INTERROGATOR
I ask you question, bro.
TROY
Yes, it hurts.
INTERROGATOR
You bomb my family. Do you know
that?
Troy starts shaking slightly.
INTERROGATOR
You blow up my home. The whole
street. My wife is crush by big
fahking block of concrete. She
lose her legs, bro, and she got
nice legs, too. Those legs cut off
now.
Emotion comes into the INTERROGATOR'S VOICE as he says this.
TROY
(whispers)
That's horrible.
INTERROGATOR
What?
TROY
(whispers)
I said, that's horrible.
INTERROGATOR
Oh, my God, buddy. I didn't even
told you the horrible part yet.
The other two guards listen sadly.
INTERROGATOR
My son was kill in his bed. Did
you heard that, dude?
TROY
Yes.
INTERROGATOR
He is one years old. He is
asleeping with his toy doll when.
the bomb come. You see that guy
over there? He lose his daughter
same way: big USA bomb.
CLOSE UP the two guards -- one of them wipes away a tear.
FANTASY - CONCRETE AND PLASTER
falls onto the bed of a sleeping child.
BACK TO THE SCENE
TROY
I have a daughter.
INTERROGATOR
Very nice for you, bro. She is
safe in Ohio without the bombs and
concrete and all this shit--
FANTASY - DARLENE
pushes a baby carriage down an idyllic tree-lined sidewalk.
INTERROGATOR (OS)
How old is she?
TROY (OS)
Ten days old.
INTERROGATOR (OS)
What's her name?
BACK TO THE SCENE
TROY
Krystal.
INTERROGATOR
What makes you decide to tell me
about Krystal, my main man?
TROY
Because we're both fathers.
INTERROGATOR
I'm not a father no more, dude,
remember? My son is dead now.
习惯了展现美国个人英雄主义的电影。这部电影在部分环节也确实这样,还算圆满的结局,历经艰险完成了解救伊拉克人民的使命。但是,仔细一看,却看到了嘲讽,士兵们行动的动机只是为了黄金,一路上,他们目睹的是美国军队对于战争的煽风点火,添油加醋,到最后却又对当地百姓置之不理。正所谓时势造英雄,4个士兵做出了英雄式的选择,但这时也显得更加合理,至少我们看到了他们勇气的来源,i have no chice。克鲁尼说出这句话时,我们看到了这不是逞英雄,而是一种的发自理性的正义感,因为眼前的一切太过糟糕,糟糕到无动于衷显得太过无情。
有时候,英雄并不是因为想做英雄,而或许只是因为他们无路可走,不愿做一只任人宰割的羔羊。
lv,黄金,难民豪华车队,最后的结局勉强接受
美国正义拯救世界。其中可见导演内涵意义。什么是真正的人道和正义?谁能说的清楚?
中东战场题材的电影太多了,作为其中之一 没有什么出彩的地方
在现代战争环境下的「尤利西斯式漂泊记」更显得荒诞,与经典价值观中「寻找」有所不同,故事的主人公(经济学意义上的流浪汉)所梦想获得的财富继续印证着资本主义世界「金钱万能」的价值观,虽然最后依旧是一种「人财两空」却「精神充裕」的理想主义,不过所见所闻的这个分崩离析的世界应该成为某种核心表达,却事实上最后被观众和评论者所忽视。
4.5星,基情太感人了,导演太坏心了,康拉德和特洛伊活着在一起多好啊,还非要生离死别的,还特写了一下有婚戒的那只手,怕我看不出来吗……
开头结尾好看,中间反而冗长……斯派克以30高龄把个有点傻的小年轻演的惟妙惟肖
對美國伊拉克戰爭的小隱喻,美國為了金子來iraq爾不是什麽正義和人道。雖然依舊是美國的沙文主義和好萊塢的舊把戲。
原以为是喜剧,没想到看后这么沉重...一部值得尊敬的电影2013.9.20
原来大卫·拉塞尔也是走的独立电影的路数,这个反战题材也竭力要做的不同,不过那些闪回和慢镜总是有点蠢,故事的发展也始终不太自然。
尽管还是充满了美国人世界警察般的自以为是,尽管对于战争本身的反思只是点到为止,情感转折也生硬了些,但这片子做得真是有趣,几处闪回幻想和插入段落着实精彩,对白和人物冲突也挺好玩的,虽然最后还是皆大欢喜式的结局,但在这样一部电影里谁不喜欢这样的Haapy Ending呢?
胡说八道的情节+高级屎尿屁的故事发展,结尾处颇有深意的字幕才是亮点,经提醒,本片是Ocean‘s’11 12 13、美版无间道、生死狙击、马克思·佩恩、斗士、极限特工2的前传,我喜欢这种说法
大卫欧拉塞尔总能展现出自己的与众不同,即使是反战题材也要以看似闹剧的夺宝故事来体现,并将战争下疮痍呈现在主人公面前,于是夺宝变成了救赎。斯派克琼斯演了一个配角,声音竟然是那么细嫩~
人性其实是世界上最不可预测的东西。不要高估人性的恶,也不要低估人性的善。
可以看作是一个舞台剧 三王一傻想私吞黄金最后良心发现拯救伊拉克叛徒于政府军屠刀之下 以一死一伤黄金上缴的代价成功为自己脸上贴金 活生生把美国战争行径美化为正义解放 全片唯一一个质问美国人的伊拉克士兵最后也被男二心血来潮的道德感所压制 毕竟美国再不对也比你们对啊。悲哀。片子其实对战争实质与媒体的趋利本质都有所着墨 但毕竟是一个娱乐向商业片 你指望什么呢?更别提美国90年代以来一副代表宇宙一切正义的嘴脸总是会以次要指责政府-军方主要谴责外国人的方式做到最终让每个观众安心为止,当电影谢幕走出剧场,总得让这些观众油然升起一种自豪:嗯 做美国人 挺好
夺宝,嘲讽,反战,人性,什么都有点儿也什么都点到为止。拉塞尔的手法是亮点,将本应沉重且矫情的题材处理的相当不俗。
四个人偷金子,形成一个阐释战争的微观模型,麻雀虽小五脏俱全,关于战争的那些事——挂羊头卖狗肉、舆论导向、旁观的刺激与真实的残酷,都有了,不过也都没有深入。只是降至个人层面,人性还可以被擦亮,比起政治层面还是乐观美好得多了。中二少年Spike Jonez真嫩啊。
不得不承认,之前对欧拉塞尔有些轻视了
拍摄于1999年,其时萨达姆仍稳坐巴格达。有独立片的风格,不少喜剧桥段颇有黑色感。持有鲜明的反战立场,不过在对战争的反思上也就点到为止,并且难以避免的在角色个体上展现美式正义的价值观。不过“战争喜剧片”时至今日仍然是个稀有品种,这是本片最为可贵之处
用好莱坞商业片的架势去拍一个反战的故事,既保障了对美国现代战争的反思,又是充满趣味的观影过程,特别是乔治·克鲁尼和马克·沃尔伯格两位魅力男星的出演让这个主题和想法都蛮有意义的黑色喜剧获得了更高的关注度。大卫·欧·拉塞尔是位很值得关注的独立导演,今年有部奥斯卡大热《乌云背后的幸福线
尽管故事的设定和发展都有一点不合情理,但它仍然是不错的剧本,情节点的设置及时而巧妙,对付这样的一部娱乐电影是绰绰有余。虽然有着创作痕迹,但这是一次不错的人道主义展现。电影中的三位主角俨然成为了现代战争中的侠士,虽然具有种种凡人的弱点,却终究怀着济世救人的心肠。