电影《肖申克的救赎》The ShawShank Redemption 观后感。
Hello, everyone, my topic today is “The ShawShank Redemption”. Prison as a special place for prisoners is part of the society. It’s special because of its depriving the freedom of the prisoners. The prisoners in that situation are more sensitive to freedom than people in other situations. When they lost it, they found that it was so necessary to them that they looked forward to regaining it. By contrast, the people lived in the political society were interested in courting the fame and gain. They lost most of their inherent character. They put their soul into the fence of their own. They gave up the freedom of thinking. They forgot their original dream. The demands of the spirit were materialized to a position or some numbers.
A prisoner spent almost all the life in the prison. When he got the parole, which was applied for many years but without reply, he didn’t feel happy, but sad. He wanted to go to the prison again. He wanted to live in the place he knew. In the prison, he was a key who had knowledge and position. But when he went out of the prison, he found he was only an old man without anything. He couldn’t finish his work quickly because his hands had suffered the arthritis. Unfortunately, he even had no power to struggle. As a result, He chose to suicide because it was the only thing he could do by himself.
Red was a superman in the prison. He could find things that weren’t in the prison at all. But when he went out of the prison, he could do nothing. He lived in the fear and felt so lonely. He loved freedom but he couldn’t realize his value. In this film, Red said, “Hope is a dangerous thing. Drive a man insane. Nothing will take place here. You’d better get used to the idea. These walls here are kinds of funny. At the beginning, you hate them, then you will get used to them. As time passes, you will depend on them. That's institutionalizing.”
In this film, Andy as the symbol of the hope lived in the prison for 20 years. He remained his dream all the time. On one hand, he looked forward to getting freedom. On the other hand, he believed that he was innocent of the murder. The real reason was his profound thought about hope. In his opinion, hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing, and no good things ever die. It makes a strong man save himself, and a great man save another one. According to this idea, the life in prison for 20 years did not made Andy give up the hope, but made him comprehend the meaning of the life. In fact, hope is a mood without ambition but it really exists.
The sky, the sea and the beach compose a romantic picture. When Andy and Red, two weather-beaten friends, saw each other again in the island, all hardship of 20 years made Andy tougher and their friendship get harder as the same.
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㈡ 求助:step up的英文观后感想
This was a very entertaining movie. Even though it portrays hip-hop music it did not have foul language blaring so loudly that you could not think past the music, as many of the dancing movies have. The dancing was terrific and I couldn't be still in my chair and wanted to jump up and dance with them. At first I didn't care for the Tyler character but after getting into the movie I loved him. This movie still gives me a good feeling about life in general and hope that those who have a less enchanting life would recognize as Tyler did that if you want something badly enough, you only have to work for it. Channing Tatum will swoon you if you let him.
㈢ 电影《up in the air》讲诉的是什么啊,太深奥了。我没看懂~
电影《up in the air》讲诉的是:一名叫瑞恩·宾厄姆的公司裁员专家,他的工作是飞来飞去为各地公司去解决麻烦,他人生的目标则是乘坐飞机积攒的英里数达到1000万,从而晋升为白金会员。
但瑞恩这种在路上的生活方式却受到了新人的威胁,一个名叫娜塔莉的大学毕业新生发明了一种互联网远程会议系统,让裁员变得轻松省事,也让瑞恩的工作显得毫无必要。电影还有另一条线索,瑞恩在机场邂逅了他梦中情人、同是空中飞人的亚历克斯,他们之间的浪漫关系在机场的一次次偶遇中慢慢展开。
(3)up电影观后感扩展阅读
电影《up in the air》本片改编自美国作家沃尔特•肯的同名小说。瑞恩•布林厄姆供职于美国内布拉斯加州奥马哈市一家专为其他公司提供裁员服务的公司,一年有300多天辗转于全国各地解雇他人,几乎以机场为家。
在一次例行裁员旅行中,瑞恩遇到了商务美女亚历克斯,二人一见钟情,却都满足于维系随意的性伴侣关系。与此同时,瑞恩公司的大学生新人娜塔莉得到了公司总裁的青睐,竭力推广通过网络视频会议远程裁员的改革。瑞恩反对变革,却不得不带娜塔莉四处实习熟悉业务。
本片获奥斯卡最佳导演、最佳影片、最佳男主角、最佳女配角及最佳改编剧本六项提名,金球奖最佳导演、最佳影片等六项提名,并获洛杉矶影评人协会最佳剧本奖。
㈣ 电影名:up 观后感用英语怎么说
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㈤ 英语电影观后感
谈美国电影“当幸福来敲门”的观后感
只要今天够努力,幸福明天就会来临。
这是一个根据黑人投资专家Chris Gardner的传记性图书《The pursuit of happyness》这一真实的故事改编的电影主人公克里斯·加德纳的成长过程并没有父亲的陪伴,28岁才第一次见到父亲。于是当他也做了父亲的时候,他发誓要做一个称职的好爸爸。然而天不遂愿,这位单身父亲屡遇不顺,遭遇失业等不幸,和年幼的儿子相依为命、流离失所。为了儿子的幸福,加德纳咬紧牙关重新振作,处处向机会敲门,并毛遂自荐进入一家证券公司工作,从最底层的员工做起。终于皇天不负苦心人,他最后成为知名的金融投资家。之后,他慷慨解囊,热心捐助公益活动,成为全美知名的慈善人物。而过程中支持他咬紧牙关的最大动力,除了宝贝儿子外,就是他始终相信:只要今天够努力,幸福明天就会来临。
幸福从那里来?当一个人屡屡遇到不幸的时候,你是否坚持了你的梦想,你是否为了幸福而坚持不懈了呢?
影片开始时克里斯·加德纳在人潮涌动大街上迷失在一张张笑脸中茫然地伫立“为什么人人都快乐,我却不能这样呢”。片尾当克里斯·加德纳通过试用再次来到那里时,他为自己鼓掌振臂。
你要幸福 那就去追求
㈥ 英文电影观后感
Ice Age 冰河世纪 英语影评
It’s not particularly surprising to be disappointed by any computer-animated film not bearing the Pixar logo. In fact, until Shrek, 2001’s rollicking success, I wouldn’t have even believed it could happen. What is surprising, is that Ice Age doesn’t even ATTEMPT to reach Pixar’s Toy Story heights, apparently content to revel in its status as Monster’s, Inc.'s second rate, half wit cousin.
Ice Age is yet another “extinction for kids” movie, one of many in a long line of baby dinosaurs, pterodactyl eggs, and sympathetic cavemen. This time, it’s the ice age, and wooly mammoths roam the earth alongside primitive man. Strangely enough, in this early world, animals can talk, and humans cannot. But when a group of would-be-enemies discover a lost human baby, wooly mammoth (Ray Romano), saber-toothed tiger (Dennis Leary), and giant sloth (John Leguizamo) must work along side each other in a journey to return the child to its home.
Visually, Ice Age is perhaps the poorest bit of CGI I have ever seen. Contrasted to the beautiful constructs of Monsters, Inc.; or even the gooey, gloppy creativity of Shrek; Ice Age is nothing but badly rendered polygons and Acme animated characters. No hint of photo-realism here. It’s like comparing a Bugs Bunny Cartoon to The Lion King. Actually, I suspect that is exactly what the folks at Ice Age were going for.
Ice Age is really little more than a collection of silly animal gags and Leguizamo one liners. Some of them are even quite funny. If that is all that we’re going for here, then I suppose I’m all for it. But then there are these strange attempts at gut wrenching sappiness, which fall painfully flat amidst sub-video game animation. Frankly, I’m not even sure the CGI they use here is up to the task of displaying the kinds of emotions these people are trying to illicit from their characters. The humans more closely resemble totem poles than they do living, breathing, creatures. It’s laughable watching their polygon-limited faces trying to emote in response to the story’s attempts at heartfelt, soft touches.
Thankfully, the main characters are animals, which are at least bearably rendered to slapstick fun levels. As a result, what slapstick there is, is highly entertaining. Sure, Ray Romano’s vocal talents aren’t particularly spectacular. But Dennis Leary and the always-odd John Leguizamo cover for his mammoth ineptitude without hesitation.
The story itself is bland, boring, and uninspired, as is the almost laughably bad animation. The film’s only real saving graces are some slapstick side trips into the world of an unlucky squirrel and a group of soon-to-be-extinct melon-hoarding dodos. Ice Age’s comedy is worthy of Bugs, but unless you’re under 5, you’ll be bored with everything else.
看看行不行
《冒牌天神2》观后感:
This should've gone straight to video. Evan Almighty was not able to manage the expectations of those who came to see it anticipating as riotous a ride as its predecessor Bruce Almighty. It retained the premise of the original as a spin-off but it doesn't work not because Steve Carell is less talented than Jim Carrey but because he had lousy material to work with. Even Morgan Freeman (who reprises his role as God) lost the zing and impressive qualities he had in the first installment.
Evan Almighty apparently targets a family audience with its decidedly more religious overtones (check out what ARK really means), so it shouldn't have attempted to fool the audience by maintaining the Almighty franchise because it doesn't fit; its brand of humor and story simply failed to keep up.
It would've probably done better if it were marketed differently instead of lazily riding on the success of Bruce Almighty when it painfully couldn't deliver the same punches.
㈦ 求一篇英文电影观后感
公主日记 1
<Princess Dairies> is my first English fiction.This book is very funny and imaginable.Make me feel like I am the one of the book.<Princess Dairies> talk about our little girl's dreams.Let us can have a life like "Pricess".I like this book.I hope you guys can have fun of it.
《The pursuit of happyness》当幸福来敲门
After watching it i learned that catch every chance what i meet and be activly to the life.And god will never miss us or give us upLike the actor, he can be such a life in the bottom of society commitment-phobe deced, at least, I was really touched. In order to pay the rent and looked at his son to send the kindergarten fees, looking at his envy ground to looking at a securities broker's figure, looked at him with a securities broker to win the opportunity to communicate with time, sit on the same car, looking at him and they are expecting to speak, he wants to become a securities broker. At last, he finally out of the crowd
海上钢琴师
Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano,la
Take a piano. The keys begin, the keys end. You know there are eightyeight of them, nobody can tell you any different. They are not infinite. You are infinite. And on these keys the music that you can make is infinite. I like that. That I can live by.
What I didn't see. In all that sprawling city there was everything except an end. There was no end. What I did not see was where the whole thing came to an end. The end of the world...
You get me up on that gangway and you're rolling out in front of me a keyboard of millions of keys, millions and billions of keys that never end.That they never end. That keyboard is infinite. And if that keyboard is infinite, then on that keyboard there is no music you can play. You're sitting on the wrong bench. That's God's piano.
How do you choose just one? One woman, one house, one piece of land to call your own, one landscape to look at, one way to die...
I was born on this ship, and the world passed me by, but two thousand people at a time. And there were wishes here, but never more than fit between prow and stern. You played out your happiness, but on a piano that was not infinite. I learned to live that way.
一生与弗吉尼亚号相伴,生于斯,长于斯,死于斯,从未踏上过陆地,即使为了爱情曾尝试过。
没有出生证明,没有户籍身份,说其未曾存在也不为过.
纯洁的心灵和音乐如此的贴近.尘世的浮华,伪装与面具在流动的音乐面前不堪一击.
他的一生,对欲望不以为意,却拥有纯粹的追求;与爱情擦肩而过,却理解更为深刻的美丽,伸手触摸琴键,将人的一生在乐声中灵性的写意出来.在他的眼里,每个人都是一段乐章.
我不认为这是悲剧,即便会流泪。那何尝不是幸福,能够在一生中追求他所追求的.
㈧ 英文电影观后感范文
[英文电影观后感范文]动画喜剧 海底总动员Somewhere, under the sea, weak-finned clown fish Nemo (Alexander Gould) lives with his fretful father, Marlin (Albert Brooks). Smothered by pop\'s paranoia, he ventures away from the reef, but his dad\'s dread is justified when a passing diver whisks him away. Taken to a tank in a Sydney dentists, Nemo meets Gill (Willem Dafoe) and co - friendly fish who dream of escaping to the ocean. Meanwhile, Marlin bumps into a blue tang named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), and sets out to save his son... The splendour of natural history hit The Blue Planet is matched by the wit of the script and stars. Barry Humphries has a terrific cameo as a great white shark who\'s sworn off killing (Remember, fish are friends, not food!), while DeGeneres provides perfect timing and tone as Dory, whose short-term memory loss is a gag that never stops running 泰坦尼克号 After the appreciation of the film Titanic, I have noticed some meaningful details behind the peoples’ general impression of simply an affectional film. The wreck of the Titanic occurred in 1912, in which the great recession started from the end of the 19th Century still hasn’t ended. Most critics pointed out that the sinking of the Titanic represents the collapse of the Capitalism in the end of the 19th Century. However, I would like to say that, in this movie, the director had not only foreran the crisis of the Capitalism, but also showed some of the human nature, from both gloomy and brilliant aspects, like selfish, mammonish, vainglorious, and love, hope, bravery, faith, and so on. In this essay, I will first reveal this film’s indication of the social context of that age, then I will analyse the two contrary aspects of human nature indicated in this film through some impressive shots. Under the development of instrial technology, the economy in the Capitalism countries took off. People lived a rich, luxury and expensive life, and this rapid economic development lasted for almost 20 years. People had got used to this kind of life. The huge development in machinery changed people’s life greatly. Innovations of transportation, such as vehicles and tankers, allowed people to travel around. The appearance of these modern transportations was an important milestone of the instrialization. People thus became very confident on human intellectual capabilities. They believed their power of conquering the nature is inapproachable. While the Titanic is also called The Ship of Dreamers, in this film, when it bearing in with the ocean in the darkness, the mysterious ocean represents the unknown nature and the ship itself represents the advanced material capabilities people owned. In a shot that Mr Bruce explains his design of the Titanic, he said the ship possesses huge size, stability, luxury, and strength, and that the supremacy will never be challenged. In fact, all these words can be thought of the symbols of the Capitalism of that time in many people’s eyes. They thought the Capitalism is just like the Titanic, which should be unsinkable. The wonderful way of developing economy would stay in good condition eternally. However, things do not always follow the way people wish to be. The economic recession suddenly attacked the Capitalism countries at the end of the 19th Century. It was not until then that people did not realize the impracticality of their idealized unsinkable Capitalism. Capitalism will sink. And unfortunately it did sink. Just like the movie shows, when the ship broke into two parts and began to sink quicker and quicker, everybody knows the ship is going to sink, the priest kept reiterating to the disciples, the former would has passed away. As to the human nature uncovered in this film, can be thought of from both negative and positive aspects. I will first elucidate some gloomy characteristics revealed by the film. The first impressive characteristic may be that the fiancé of Rose, Karl would gain his ends by fair means or foul. When he noticed that Rose has obliquity with Jack, he took out the necklace with a diamond of 56 carats named the heart of the ocean, to request Rose not to leave him. He knows that Rose doesn’t love him, but he chose to use money to keep Rose with him. When Titanic was sinking, both Jack and Karl were trying to trick Rose into getting on the accident boat. Since Karl had already bribed a sailor, he lied to Rose that he would ensure that Jack will also get on the boat. Nevertheless, when Karl himself was rejected to get on the accident boat, he again used an intrigue that he picked up an outcast child and pretended to be the father of the child, and managed to get on the accident boat. Another negative social mood of that time exposed by the film is vanity. Rose’s mother wanted to marry her daughter to Karl just because Karl is extremely rich, while she doesn’t care whether Rose loves him or not. When Jack wearing a suit borrowed from a woman to attend the dinner invited by Karl, he was respected by other guests. However, when he wore his own clothes maybe a little bit shabby, and tried to enter the ballroom to look for Rose, he was driven out by the two guards outside the ballroom. The two respondences depending on Jack’s appearance contrasted sharply, and really very shocking for us to imagine a society like that. Anyway, there are some brilliant aspects of human nature showed in this film. There is love, bravery, faith, and beliefs existing at the scene. The presence of love was impenetrated through the whole film. The love is not only expressed between Jack and Rose, but also exists among the families. When the water was poured into the ship, when men are forced to be obstructed from their wives and children, an old couple held each other tightly in the bed; a father comforted his daughter he will just leave her for a while, just a little while… When Titanic was sinking, some musicians were performing pieces of music, some disciples were praying to Virgin Mary around the priest on their knees… In conclusion, the film of Titanic is not simply an affectional story between Jack and Rose. It shows more than love. The wreck of Titanic represents the collapse of the Capitalism, which is considered unsinkable by most people. The film also shows different aspects of human nature. Some people own strong vainglory, while some other possess much of love; still others are rich in firm faith and beliefs. We should always keep in mind that, no matter how enormous the calamity is, no matter how defective the people are, we should believe there are always more virtue than vice in the world… 功夫熊猫 Or the dream factory has always been the high standard, the screen exquisite detail, vivid characters vivid, touching story twists and turns, the most important thing is it in the most simple and easy to understand that the way of a token, that is - there is no shortcut to the world and Cheats, the only winning Famen is believe in themselves.More do not want to repeat the story, because it really well. Look at the process, appeared frequently Huiyi people laugh, the whole atmosphere is relaxed and go. This film has done very authentic, a little bit by the Westerners did not interpret the feeling, no matter which story or convey the moods, whether the screen or the details are all the way east; only special is probably the Speaking of modern, such as, for example ok 哈利波特 Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his best friends. The central story arc concerns Harry\'s struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry\'s parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world, after which he seeks to subjugate the Muggle (non-magical) world to his rule.这个杀手不太冷 This film was absolutely amazing. I have spent hours re-watching various scenes and noticing all the perfection with which they are acted and directed. It\'s not the violence or action sequences that make this movie so great (although they are well done...), but rather moments like where Mathilda knocks on Leon\'s door. It would be so easy to just film the door opening, but instead we see light illuminating Natalie Portman\'s face, symbolizing something angelic. And the moment has so much more meaning.I know a lot of people who have seen this film because they are action fans. I\'m not. But I\'m glad I finally found it, because it\'s a wonderful film in so many other ways.
㈨ 《在云端》(Up in the air)观后感
[《在云端》(Up in the air)观后感]《在云端》(Up in the air)观后感2011-02-12看完电影《在云端》(Up in the air)之后,我不禁想起一个人生哲学问题,那就是人生这趟列车旅行的终极目标是什么?"夫天地者,万物之逆旅;光阴者,百代之过客,而浮生若梦,为欢几何?"这是李白的诗句,人生匆匆数十年,放在历史长河来量度,那是渺小的微尘,《在云端》(Up in the air)观后感。但对每个个体而言,活着而又开心的活着是多么的重要。读完《活着》后,想着只要活着就好。电影中,Ryan的人生中似乎只有自己,他告诉人们别背负太多东西,工作的性质也要求他要放弃情感,似乎他能痛快的活着。但是当大学生Natalie与他争锋相对的辩白一番后,当看到妹妹的婚礼后,当听说被解雇的员工自杀后,以及种种,使他彻底抛弃了过去的人生哲学,他飞奔往芝加哥,寻找那个与他相遇的灵魂,却遭来一头棒喝。对方是有夫之妇,有着幸福的家庭。"我们都是成年人,只是你不明白你想要什么"他猛然醒悟了,人家一直活着在现实中,是他一直活着虚幻中。孤独感悄然袭来。当他实现他的人生一大目标--空中累计飞行1000万英里里程--的时候,他并不高兴。他是目前最年轻的实现这个目标的人,连机长都不禁问他为什么有如此多的时间在空中飞来飞去。最后,在机场大厅,面对着一大块花花绿绿的电子屏幕,他的人生选择了再出发,观后感《《在云端》(Up in the air)观后感》。言归正传,至少得问问自己,人生的目标是什么。在实现了一些子目标之后,其实我并没有感到十分高兴,每天面对的是日益繁忙的工作和纷繁复杂的人际关系,身心希望来一次迸发。记得有个初中同学说过,帮助他度过每个星期的就是彩票,希望--破灭--继而希望--继而破灭,如此循环。电影中jim说"我昨天晚上独自坐在这里想,等我结婚以后,我们会生孩子,一个接一个,然后等孩子长大,上学、工作、结婚,然后我的头发开始脱落,身材变得臃肿,然后成了祖父,最后就死掉了。我在想,这他妈的有什么意义?"每次回老家,邻居的老人们都以自己有多少儿孙而自豪,他们所期待的就是自己在院子里晒太阳,小孩们满地跑。我的小表弟,4岁,很爱来我家玩,小家伙很可爱,我妈每次都很喜欢逗他玩,我坐在旁边俨然发现了小孩的乐趣。诚然,人生的意义目标各有不同,但有个稳定婚姻家庭和看着孩子们成长,这个是人生的一大乐趣。婚姻是一座围城,有人进去,有人出来,世间总是不断的演绎这些故事。婚姻的意义也在于2个人如何经营自己的感情和如何面对和克服困难,一阵争吵以后,发现身边那个人又如往常一样爱着自己,穿过风,绕个弯,我们的心还依然连着。叔本华把爱情的2个人比作刺猬,想靠近,但又不能太靠近。如同学所说,婚姻就是2个人互相拔刺的过程。又如同学说,婚姻总会有这样那样的问题,互相忍让一下就过去了。cest la vie,生活就是这样,勇敢的面对吧。(以上文字纯属发牢骚)〔《在云端》(Up in the air)观后感〕随文赠言:【人生舞台的大幕随时都可能拉开,关键是你愿意表演,还是选择躲避。】
㈩ 急!!!!!!英文电影观后感
初恋50 First Dates What would it feel if I can wake up everyday forgetting what happened for the last whole year? Lucy in the movie “50 First Dates” told me this feeling. Every morning when she woke up, she only rememberred the Sunday of last year which was her father’s birthday, also the date she had the car accident which made her only keep memory before Sunday, so she always felt happy living the same habit as what she did on Sunday a year ago with the kind set-up by her father and brother. After meeting Henry, she could only remember who he was on the same day. But after one night, he became a stranger to her. She couldn’t even recognize he was the one she used to date and love everyday. Henry tried his best to give her a new different meeting every day so as to win her smile and regain their “First Date”. Henry made her tapes every morning to help her remember what happened the day before and the last whole year. Lucy thus felt grateful with all she had when she woke up everyday. On the same day, she always had the same deep gratitude to face Henry with her sweet smile. What a beautiful feeling it is to always feel thanksgiving and to always appreciate each other’s effort. A touching story between a memory lost woman and a devoted man taught all of us, normal people, the essence of love. When two people can thank each other for their devotion everyday like what they did for each other on first date, love can forever be refreshed and energetic. On Lucy’s side, people with memory will ask for more than yesterday and become critical of their partners day by day, while people without memory will feel grateful for their life and the people around them everyday. In the movie, when one day Lucy decided to break up with Henry to let him rebuild his life by burning all their diaries and tapes, I cried for Henry’s broken heart. For her, it was just one day feeling. For him, it was long-term affection and connection. It was easier for her than him to give up their love. On Henry’s side, people with memory will always remember the past happiness and treasure it for the rest of their life, while people without memory will easily give up at the end of the same day. What a ruthless feeling it is to end a relationship just after one minute thought. People with fragile mind would easily ruin a long-term relationship no matter what reason they have. The torture between Lucy and Henry tells us the fatal factor to do harm to intimacy between a couple is their fragile mind of balancing emotion and reason. Thus most of couple lose their trust for each other after experiencing this weakly testing broke-up.
飓风Taken What is the right relationship between the father and the daughter? There is no certain answer. But the love of Brain's to his daughter must be one of the best ones. His daughter, a young pretty 17-year-old girl was kidnapped ring a tour in Paris. Brain got the news and hurried to France to take his daughter. He found that the gangsters that kidnapped his daughter were connected with an old friend which made him exetreme angry. He finally found the place where was holding an auction selling young virgins and broke in successfully taking his daughter away. No matter how hard and stressful the situation was, and how dangerous things he faced, he never went back just because of the greatest love of a simple father. In the movie, we are all moved not only his actions of kindness, but also his insistance and the greatest of all- a father's love.
魔术师THE ILLUSIONIST FACTS When word of the famed Eisenheim's (Ed Norton) illusions reaches Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), the ruler attends one of the magician's shows in order to debunk the performance. But when the prince's intended, Sophie von Teschen (Jessica Biel), assists the magician onstage, Eisenheim and Sophie recognize each other from their childhoods, and pretty soon they're totally hot for each other. As the clandestine romance continues, the prince's best cop (Paul Giamatti) is charged with exposing Eisenheim, even while the magician gains a devoted and vocal public following. Before long, Sophie turns up dead, and the logical suspect is Eisenheim himself.
一线声机"Cellular" has the setup for a solid straight-ahead thriller: A kidnap victim who does not know where she is being held phones a total stranger who must then stay connected on his cell phone to find her before she is killed. Joel Schumacher scored earlier with a similarly phone-themed Larry Cohen story, "Phone Booth." As executed by tone-deaf director David R. Ellis, however, "Cellular" becomes an unintentionally hilarious cousin to Brian de Palma's "Raising Cain" and "Snake Eyes." Ellis seems to have unwittingly spliced together two different films with mismatched tones: Kim Basinger as the kidnapee and Jason Statham as the kidnapper occupy the deadly-serious, straight-to-video thriller half, while Chris Evans as the rescuer and William H. Macy as a police officer seem to be in a "Saturday Night Live"-alum action comedy. Nowhere else is the disjointedness in tone more apparent than when Basinger and Evans's performances are placed side-by-side ring their conversations: The scenes keep cutting between an overwrought Basinger wringing out every drop of melodrama, while a blissfully inept Evans seems to be channeling a cross between Chris Kattan/Jimmy Fallon and Ben Affleck/Keanu Reeves. Meanwhile, Ellis pulls out tricks intended to generate thrills and surprises. He throws in out-of-nowhere "shocks," a la "Final Destination"; he throws in flashbacks; he throws in a gun-blazing Macy in Jerry Bruckheimer action-hero slo-mo; and yet, Ellis has no handle on staging any of them competently. Case in point: "Cellular" is the proud owner of one of the most ineptly scored chase sequences ever, as if Ellis simply heard a snippet of the song's lyrics ("...where you gonna run to?") literally and paid no attention to the inappropriateness of the accompanying music (which just bop, bop, bops along). (The song is even reprised ring the closing credits, which itself is misbegotten in conception.) And yet, for all of its failures as art, "Cellular" is always entertaining for those very same faults