记者 张佳蕊
10月20日晚七点,由外国语学院美籍教师Mr.Charlie Reis主办的电影之夜第三场在丽泽楼A109准时举行。本周播放的电影为《保罗》,这是一部科幻题材的喜剧电影。
《保罗》主要讲述的是:两位英国狂热的科幻影迷,在参观完圣地亚哥漫画大展之后,驱车前往位于内华达州的传闻有外星人出没的神秘地带51区,不想他们真的遇到了一个外星人保罗,保罗恳请他们帮助他寻找自己的回家之路。在一系列情节推动下,送保罗回家的队伍逐渐壮大,最后经过重重困难,保罗终于找到了回家的路。在电影的开端部分,两个英国呆瓜科幻影迷的怪异可爱与周围“正常人”生活的格格不入制造了强烈的笑料,其间不断穿插的向经典科幻片致敬的片段也给人留下了深刻的印象。随着情节的发展,加上了环环紧扣的公路追击片段,轻松欢乐的气氛变得紧张起来,最后送保罗回家的情节又变得温馨感人。整部电影带给了同学们丰富的情感体验。
这部影片是典型的英式黑色幽默片,融合了经典科幻题材,影片在向以往经典致敬的同时又加入了辛辣的讽刺跟新鲜的笑料。这部电影让大家感受到人类跟外星生物之间无阻碍的爱与信任,最后人类放弃对保罗的解剖实验,送它回家的情节非常让人动容,使人们更加珍惜人与人之间珍贵的感情。同学们表示非常喜欢这部影片,同时发表了自己对生命及友情的看法。最后同学们在欢笑声中度过了这个美好的电影之夜。
BNUZ Movie Nights: Paul
By Rae Cheung
At 7 p.m. on October 20, Mr. Charlie Reis, a foreign teacher of the School of Foreign Languages, also friend of Mr. Tim Musgrave held the weekly Movie Nights in Lize A109. The movie showed was "Paul" , a classic English black humor movie mixed up with science fiction elements.
This movie is about two English nerds who were crazy about comic books and films came all the way to America to attend the Comic-con. Afterward, they came to the mysterious 51 strict where is said to have had lots of sightings of aliens. To their surprise, they really encountered a cute alien named Paul who begged them to help him to find the way home. After a series of incidents, the team to send Paul home grew bigger. And through many difficulties, Paul finally found his way home.
At the beginning, the two English nerds’freaky actions, about science fictions and comic books, made many laughingstocks. The solutions to classic science fiction films were also impressive and interesting. With the development of the plots, somehow they were chasing one after another with guns, which made the joyful atmosphere intense. However, it became warm and comforting when Paul went home with the help of all the people. Thus, the whole film had given people a variety of feelings.
This film showed the affection and connection between human beings and aliens, especially the scene in which all the guys waved goodbye to Paul. It made people cherish the relationships between human beings and treasure the love given by others. Students said that they liked the movie very much, and some expressed their opinions about human relationships and value of life.