Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
就。。。过于简单，顺利的剧情推进了。很适合在大银幕看，笑笑就过了。
02/05/2022 with Yu and Steve.
我还是好喜欢汤荷兰啊TT但是看这个真不如再去找几集游戏实况看（
来了三年没来的星河
整体和游戏关系不大 前半段略显无趣 后半段飞船对轰还挺有趣的
3.5。属于是选了剧情难度打游戏还老是跳过剧情的感觉。感情分加半星，熟悉的角色，熟悉的演员，鲁本没有搞砸什么事情，只是相比于游戏带来的波澜壮阔的震撼，电影有种走马观花的潦草——解密和野外探险的部分太短，而拍卖行的危险又不够危险，本来应该是个浓缩的《十一罗汉》结果拍成了《憨豆的黄金周》。只有海盗船上的打斗戏份到位了。可即使这样，电影也差不多两个小时了，《神秘海域》至少证明了游戏具有不可替代的代入和陪伴感。
玩过游戏，对这一部比较失望。故事主框架是一普通寻宝探险片，无语的是对各人物背景介绍少之又少，好像电影里这些人就是凭空出现在世界上然后开演一出烂戏。荷兰弟的娃娃脸根本撑不起德雷克，安东尼奥一言不合杀老爸，白头翁反派女毫无预兆又杀老大，其他雇佣兵就乖乖听其号令，实是令人瞠目结舌。
一起看过的。导演对动作片的理解还停留在八十年代，游戏粉加一星，看完下单了次世代版。
画质不行，情感的表达略显粗糙，最后一段看的有点尴尬😅。
马克沃尔伯格和荷兰弟这一对不是很有化学反应，尤其是马克，演什么电影都是同样的状态，关键是完全不好笑。
游戏改编的电影中好过《刺客信条》，逊于《波斯王子》，解密探险的无聊程度和《古墓丽影》齐平，班德拉斯又是酱油反派，荷兰弟和马克沃尔伯格的组合又感觉是个喜剧，不管是主旨的解谜探险还是好莱坞类型片主打的大场景动作打斗都属平庸，不得不说，女主长相平平，女反派也毫无亮点，结局兜兜转转一场空，各种逻辑漏洞。
两星半吧。现代版飞翔的加勒比海盗。为什么全片Tom Holland居然是最后有演技的一个！everyone has the emotional range of a pickle 明明只有两个小时，还以为三个小时那么长。就流水账似的叙事就完了。一看，screenplay果然是Rafe Judkins。拜托能不能不要再让他糟蹋IP了我谢谢你啊！
夺宝冒险电影，荷兰弟的参演，还有教堂跑酷，不过在最后出现海盗船，中间缺了点什么，没有像《夺宝奇兵》那么精彩。
画面太烂了。从构图到人物背景后期，崩虾卡拉卡没商量。
没啥尿点但也不出彩。游戏的故事情节大概好一百倍。这种现代寻宝记题材，拍成电影，细节方面也总会有硬伤。最重要的是，荷兰弟完全不是我心中的那个Nathan Drake啊。游戏中Nathan绝对是Treasure Island Media这一挂的，但是荷兰弟是Sean Cody这一挂的。（是的，荷兰弟裸了），最后，照例剧透：Chloe其实是被坏蛋雇佣的，寻宝地点藏在Sam的明信片里，Sully为了救Nathan放弃了宝藏，彩蛋是Sam其实没死被关在监狱里。
冲着中日合作来的，不得不说，整得很不赖，画风什么的很新颖也很贴人设，五星。
有荷兰弟演的就不能给的太低了。。。毕竟这孩子太讨喜了嘛 虽然真的跟热评一样无尿点也无爽点 唯一的点可能在于情侣座的点？（并不哈哈）男二太眼熟了看的时候一直在想他是谁啊然后一直没想起来 女主毫无存在感 不知道为啥 居然也有那么点期待第二部。。。
说实话，最应该拍的是马克沃尔伯格爬飞机，结果一带而过也不是真爬，荷兰弟爬灯挺成龙的，但也只是这样了，要不咱们起码真爬爬飞机（阿汤？？？
一板一眼的工业化爆米花。没玩过游戏，纯按看探险片看的，照印第安纳琼斯七宝奇谋木乃伊加勒比海盗国家宝藏达芬奇密码…编剧可不太行。荷兰弟还是挺可爱的。找马克沃尔伯格做配是为了凑俩矮男人搭戏吗
有可圈可点之处，不过总体还是有点套路无聊显得中规中矩...
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