微博之夜2022

1个没有课的下午，窝在寝室里就能看完的轻松小片子。开心。尤其像看到2只口耐的鸵鸟晃脖子，猴机在那里狂跳，某个族的族长在那边搞笑，还有2个迷你人很显摆的时候，特别开心。片子就素应该素这样子的呵。

   和前段看的《亚瑟和他的迷你墨王国》一样，这个片子是非常轻松，老少咸宜的。让我想起了之前的《纳尼亚传奇》，虽然主题简单，但是倒是有趣的很。画面效果很好，内容也很新奇。这个自然历史博物馆里面什么都有，特别是涉及到历史和人文的那一部分，正是我所感兴趣的。主题其实显而易见：1.人与自然必须要和谐相处。2.人类活在当下的同时，也必须理解，过去和现在甚至未来都是紧密联系在一起的，日光底下无新事。3.人和人之间的沟通障碍也远没有我们想象的那么难以克服，有时候，你只是需要一点点的勇气，和一点点的智慧。这样归纳感觉像回答语文阅读题一样，其实里面当然还有很多的东西。对不同文化需要有尊重和认同，美国西部的拓荒者，罗马帝国的士兵，还有原始人，虽然形象过于典型化，但是用来和孩子们讲道理倒是深入浅出，妙趣横生，大人看来，至少是有童心的大人看来也是忍俊不禁的。

       在片子里面看到了许多为人所熟悉和喜爱的面孔，Ben Stiller一向以可怜的“倒霉蛋”形象搞笑，《拜见岳父大人》，《我为玛丽狂》，《双层公寓》都是这样，坦白说，先前并不太喜欢他，总觉得是一个小丑。其实他长得很周正，个子不高，但是眼睛很迷人，特别是严肃和专注的时候，作为父亲的角色，他表现得非常的温柔和亲切，与里面扮演他的儿子的小男生演对手戏很和谐。

      还有谁呢，亲爱的Robin Williams大叔，这一次又是温情脉脉的西奥多罗斯福，美国的第26任总统，据说是美国历史上最受欢迎的总统之一，连任两届，虽然过去的历史书上很苛刻的指出他是“大棒政策”的宣扬者，但是他的口碑似乎不错，学识渊博，精通历史。虽然，这个西奥多罗斯福在片子很诙谐地称自己只是一个蜡像，并不是真的总统，但是他对男主角博物馆保安的正面引导和激励却是了不起的。这老先生也忍不住情圣一把，英雄救美，像他以前扮演的众多角色一样，很有品位，用牺牲精神换来了蕙质兰心的女主角的青睐，甜蜜得不行了。

       恩，里面还有一个《兄弟连》里面的士兵，名字没记住（还演过《苹果酒屋法则》），饰演Ben Stiller儿子的继父。西部牛仔小人也是很熟悉的，和成龙搭档演过戏，满可爱的。值得一提的是那个博物馆的馆长，非常fussy和sissy的一个英国书呆子，居然是BBC系列《办公室风云》里面的那个猪头经理，实在是，经典人物啊。总而言之，这些大大小小的牌们把场面撑起来了，确实制造了一部内容丰富的贺岁片，真应该早点看啊。

      其他的人物，也都很经典和滑稽，满嘴不知所云的匈奴人，顽皮可爱的猴子，喜欢闹着玩的恐龙骨骼，罗马将军，都激起了我童年的一些情节，真是一次想象力的激荡。当然这样的剧情套路并不新鲜，但是我还是爱看，多看几遍也没问题。

      影片特技效果虽然技术不算特别高超，但是还是很到位的，也称得上精彩纷呈。把片子强烈推荐给那些童心还没有失落的人。

Last winter holiday, I was taking a translation course in New Orientation, and there I met a young but experienced teacher. In class, he recommended “Night at the Museum” to us as “if you could understand every point in this movie, you are qualified to say that you know well enough about the world which you are living in.”

Doubted his words, I watched “Night at the Museum” recently, only to find that his saying was correct. The story went on in an old way. Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) was a complete loser who was divorced and unemployed. In order to fight for his only son, Nick’s custody, he got a night guard job at the Museum of Natural History in New York. And then he discovered that all the exhibitions there came to life at night. There, ancient animals including dinosaurs and African elephants were running about wildly; Statue of Easter Island was chattered without stop; Augustus (Steve Coogan) was leading his army conquer all enemies; Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), the lovable 26th President of America was roaming around on the horseback; and cowboys were exploding in the west, etc. The museum went into a chaos, and Larry seemed to be in trouble. Perhaps you have guessed, Larry and his son were going to enjoy an adventurous journey with the characters in history. I have to say, the visual effect was perfect, bringing viewers to a fantastic ancient age soon.

Laughing all along, I also learned more about ancient and modern civilization all around the world during this fun trip with poor Larry. Further more, a subtle change of Nick’s opinion towards his father comforted viewers. Facing a do-nothing father, Nick was once disappointed. But after the fun night experience at the museum, accompanying by numerous historic characters, he finally understood his father, a little leisure, but brave and lovable. The magical history museum mended the relationship between the father and son.

It cannot be denied that Americans are good at spreading values in American style, so did they show it in “Night at the Museum”. I have to admit that I appreciate this pattern, as civilization continues easily. For example, Docent Rebecca introduced Roosevelt, “He absolutely loved history and believed that the more you know about the past the better prepared you are for the future.” Their attitude toward history is clear here, which makes me moving. Larry Daley once considered giving up this job, because it made him stressful. But Roosevelt encouraged him, “Some men are born great. Others have greatness thrust upon them. For you, that is the very moment.” Can anyone be untouched hearing these words? At least, I cannot. Witnessing a small tomato becoming a hero may has been boring to some people, but to me, it still powerful.

If you want to release pressure, and learn something about human history and civilization at the same time, “Night at the Museum” will be a first choice.

去电影院看007的时候，被正片前的“博物馆之夜”预告片蛊惑了，果然预告片是欺骗性的，电影院是很煽风点火的。

Ben Stiller很可爱，虽然他的喜剧方式不是特别对我的胃口，当然Robin Williams至少也不会是减分因素，但吸引我的主要原因是Ricky Gervais和Steve Coogan，所以，自作孽啊。

从角色重要性来说，Steve Coogan和Owen Wilson是完全平等的，戏分却少了许多，可以理解哈，明显Owen Wilson更帅更有票房吸引力，而且他和stiller可是老搭档了。不强调谁比谁多几分钟，重要的是steve coogan根本没有发挥，编剧没有给他发挥的余地，这个古罗马将军随便街上拉个人来演都成。Ricky Gervais倒是保持自己的特色了，问题在于他的搞笑方式放在这里完全的不搭调，好像莫名其妙冒出来的一个令人不快的小气泡，噗一声破了就消失在空气里被人遗忘了。Ricky Gervais这个混蛋能在美国春风得意本身就是件不可思议的事情，英美两个版本的the office竟然在imdb上都有9.3的评分，上帝拯救美国吧，我还从来没见过这么高的分数呢，应该对美国人民刮目相看么？

如今几乎已经很难找到纯国籍的电影了，大家都在跨国合作，好莱坞的英国演员们可能是性价比比较高的选择，可如果真的是冲着性价比，至少让人发挥出价值呢，不然多低廉的价格都是白搭，就好像我们这里热衷的中港台日韩合作，不过是想骗进尽可能多的观众。

撇开两个小配角，这个电影根本就没有一个make sense的剧本，也根本没打算要make sense，ben stiller只是满场上蹿下跳，换个猴子也能演吧，Robin Williams只是个偶尔冒两句励志cliche的相思病蜡人总统。所以他们并不是特别轻视英国演员，对自己人也差不多一视同仁，只有特技特效和非人类演员得到了重视。赶紧出游戏吧，这种东西游戏比电影会好玩得多。

最后注一下：Ricky Gervais曾经是suede的manager……汗