影视听力 第9期:Forbidden Kingdom功夫之王

演: Rob Minkoff
编剧: John Fusco
主演: Michael Angarano / 李连杰 / 成龙 / 刘亦菲 / 邹兆龙 / 李冰冰
制片国家/地区: 美国 / 中国
上映日期: 2008-04-18
语言: 英语 / 普通话

 

剧情简介
　　
杰森（Michael Angarano 饰）是一个疯狂迷恋港台功夫片的美国少年，然而现实中的他却饱受坏孩子的欺负，不敢反抗。偶然机会，节森从某中国古董店得到一根如意金箍棒，借着金箍棒的力量，他竟然回到了几千年前的中国。
　　
此时，邪恶的玉疆战神（邹兆龙 饰）凭借降伏齐天大圣孙悟空（李连杰 饰）的威名篡夺天界，靠武力鱼肉百姓，民不聊生。杰森先后邂逅了嗜酒的游侠鲁彦（成龙 饰）、沉默寡言的默僧（李连杰 饰）以及轻盈美丽的金燕子（刘亦菲 饰）。他们为解救被困的齐天大圣朝着天界进发…… 

对话文本:(系普特网友整理，文本只包括旁白影评部分，不包括电影原声。)

Forbidden Kingdom was directed by Rob Minkoff from a script by John Fusco and it’s the first ever film to unite two of the great stars of the martial¹ arts action universe. I am talking about Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Both of them play two roles in this movie. Jackie Chan plays an elderly junk shop owner in present day Boston and also a drunken itinerant² fighter in ancient magical China. Both of Jet Li’s roles are in ancient magical China. He plays the Monkey King and also the silent monk³. The two of them do just what you expect them to do in a movie like this—they fight a lot.

The thing that will attract both aficionados⁴ of the genre⁵ and maybe some newcomers to it is the action fight sequences. Even though these guys are both getting on in years, they still are pretty spry and lively and they are helped by one of the great choreographers of martial arts action Yuen Woo-ping.

There is a framing story that partly takes place in the contemporary USA. Michael Angarano is a young man who’s crazy about Kungfu movies and he finds himself sucked into one by a series of rather complicated and contrived⁶ circumstances. And that just keeps you going along till you get the next fabulous⁷ mountain vista⁸. This was filmed mostly on location in China.

And the next over the top fight sequence. Whether you love these movies and will see any movie with Kungfu in it or you just sort of have a mild curiosity about them, this is not a bad place to start.

1 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

2 itinerant   

adj.巡回的；流动的

参考例句：

• He is starting itinerant performance all over the world.他正在世界各地巡回演出。
• There is a general debate nowadays about the problem of itinerant workers.目前，针对流动工人的问题展开了普遍的争论。

3 monk   

n.和尚，僧侣，修道士

参考例句：

• The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
• Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。

4 aficionados   

n.酷爱…者，…迷( aficionado的名词复数 )； 爱看斗牛的人

参考例句：

• West Coast aficionados of postwar coffee-shop architecture(Karal Ann Marling) 西海岸战后咖啡店式建筑的狂热追随者（卡拉尔安马林） 来自互联网
• Clay developed a radical style which appalled boxing aficionados. 克莱发展出一种震惊拳击迷的全新风格。 来自互联网

5 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

6 contrived   

adj.不自然的，做作的；虚构的

参考例句：

• There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said.他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
• The plot seems contrived.情节看起来不真实。

7 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

8 vista   

n.远景，深景，展望，回想

参考例句：

• From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.我从卧室窗口望去，远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。
• These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路，未来看不到一点儿希望。