淡蓝之眸

个人评分：7.2 本片主角是“蝙蝠侠”，而且还是犯罪、悬疑主题，看起来挺吸引人，实际上表现的确还可以，但也只是还可以了。 电影的基调是沉闷、偏文艺的，这类电影一般都是配乐挺不错，画面也不错，本片也是遵循了这一点。配乐和雪天契合得很好，挺有代入感，画面也可以，有文艺片那味，这些点加起来营造了一个犯罪、悬疑的氛围，但实际上剧情的表现就没那么好了。本片标签是悬疑、犯罪，主角也是个侦探，但全片的探案、调查部分却很少，特别是后半部分，只剩下了悬疑，虽然结尾能解释为什么这么少，但这也导致全片节奏很慢、很沉闷的，在故事性上没有那么吸引人。主角的助手埃德加也是塑造得不太好，一个落入俗套的角色，沉迷于诗歌，有些神神叨叨，甚至有些“恋爱脑”，在最后结尾的剧情和真相都是他推动的，实在是有些俗。本片的结尾也是有些能理解，一回想前面是有一点细节，但最后真相揭露时，虽然达到了反转的效果，会感到一些惊讶，但的确有些牵强了。本片结尾既可以是一个加分项，但也是一个扣分项，从一个犯罪、悬疑片变成了单纯的犯罪片，而这样的结尾故事在其他电影也有过，但放在这部电影，处理得就很一般了。

这是一部有时代感的小说电影，它需要我们像读一本书一样，静下心来品味剧情静静地流淌。就像在读它的原著小说一样，只不过是反过来了，品味剧情的同时，也去想象原著那细腻的表达。

很多影评都说这是一部慢节奏的电影，我并不认同。《淡蓝之眸》有它的节奏，一个又一个的案子，一个又一个的发现。而且显然导演为了不输商业片的观感，加速了剧情的表达。如果是原著，会在背景介绍上凸显更多的细节，但是为了能够把一本书的剧情塞进2个小时的电影，我觉得这样的压缩是值得的。

如果不看电影的最后半个小时，我会认为这是一部类似福尔摩斯的侦探片，它很传统。3场谋杀，几个线索，逐渐接近凶手，最后在烈火中结案。最后半小时的反转也不难猜，几处没有揭开的伏笔和主角的身份，似乎已经道出了这个甚至算的上是老套的剧情设计。加上这个伏笔，我会认为这是一个还算是传统的侦探电影。

剧情的元素非常戳我的xp，1830年的美国，西点军校，服化道非常好，加上电影那股冷淡的调色，一下就把人拉回了那个煤油灯的年代。神秘主义，献祭仪式，女巫猎人，宗教，这些带有克苏鲁的元素更是让我兴奋，这是我的兴趣所在。影片里对尸体有特写，还是蛮逼真的，看得会有一些紧张。

克里斯蒂安·贝尔继《雷神4》以来再次出演一个痛苦的父亲，贝尔是演这种角色上瘾了吗哈哈哈。哈利·米尔林饰演的诗人更是令人惊叹，贡献了精彩的表演。更令我震惊的是他居然小时候在《哈利波特》中饰演哈利的堂兄！减肥是真的能增加颜值。

总之，《淡蓝之眸》带给我了非常舒适的两个小时，演员的演技和非常到位的服化道让我自然地沉浸在其中了，静静跟随破案的过程，享受这些神秘元素带来的感官刺激。这不是一部剧情特别优秀的作品，但是它真的让我回想起了几年前那种安安静静看书的感觉。或许我们真的需要对生活做一些减法，回到那个少一些打扰的时代。

画面和氛围处理的相当不错，但是节奏不对，导演为了呈现二级反转带来的惊艳，有意把真相放到最后来揭晓，如此这般，虽能令观众眼前一亮，但由于前面士兵离奇死亡的调查略显漫长且女主家庭的背景挖掘过于潦草，导致很难接受她为表层凶手的事实，毕竟发言、文艺和柔弱方面的展现，都含有误导的成分，而真正的凶手，却又在平淡中迅速收尾，这种晴天霹雳，总让人感觉少点什么，也许是遗憾，也许是无奈…… 但是，醍醐灌顶又戛然而止的宁静，对某些绪心来说，称得上优点吧，反倒看多了悬疑类型的我，总想让它奇怪点，再奇怪点，最好给凶手镀上一层超越世俗的精神和能力…… 唉，真真假假，皆是虚妄啊……

主演是我喜欢的演员，但一看简介里有爱伦坡，就有不好预感，预感这个电影不好看。片子一出，看了一眼，果不其然。 两星只是因为还有那种给奴隶主唱赞歌的一星垃圾衬托，这电影实在不是现在这个糟糕世道应该出现的。 坏就坏在道服化这种东西做的特别考究，耗资巨大 ， 耗资巨大就拍这种糟烂故事吗？虽然耗资巨大，却又是以廉价方式刺激人的感官的东西。其实我连这篇影评都不想写，分都不想打，因为实在不值得。

另外，不要误会，我不是对爱伦坡有多大意见，只是他这类人实在没什么好说的。倒是略带批判性的剧集《黑猫》更胜一筹。

黑猫

最后，一看导演，原来参演过史上最道德沦丧的恶臭的电影《众神与将军》，没事了，二星变一星不解释。

众神与将军：//movie.douban.com/review/12124649/

I will only talk about casting, adaptation, and music.

On casting

Scott Cooper let Hitchcock recruiting Landor. Wow! If one hasn’t read the book one might let this go naturally. That saves much screen time but in the Bayard’s book it’s more reasonable to let Captain Hitchcock and ColonelThayer wait in their office. If I say I’m not quite satisfied by Hitchcock’s actor, wait until I saw Thayer. Two of them did not show much a character that the book granted them. Not to mention the comradeship chemistry between the two “old couple”. Humour pattern in the book missing in the film.

Then the eccentric Pawpaw, born a half indigenous, who was a highlight in the book has been low lighted in the film. In the book, his phrenological summarize on Poe was hilarious. And I was hoping to see his hearth-baked wild apples. But not in this film.

Artemis was supposed to be the most handsome guy but… roiling my eye on his sideburns. Not even tall enough.

As to the three ladies who were all the cause of every events, I enjoyed their scenes. They did not get much scenes yet that made them enigmatic. Gillian Anderson played a jumpy wife and cult mother well. She fully showed how much a mother of an ill child suffered. She absolutely hinted her guilt feeling in her uncontrollable moods and wired tones in conversations. The actress for Mathilde, Mattie for short, looks cute in a sad father’s memory. Hurt, injured, lost, but never choosing giving in. She gave up (her life). As for Lea, not best of Lucy Boynton’s. I’ve seen her better performances in Why Didn’t They Ask Evans as Lady Frankie.

悬崖上的谋杀 (2022)

6.4

2022 / 英国 美国 / 悬疑 惊悚 / 休·劳瑞 / 威尔·保尔特 露西·宝通

Bale has always been Fantastic. Need I not to say more. I believe 80% of the audience watched the film only because for him. His subtle reaction after Mattie threw herself off a bliff almost made me tearing. Landor woke up in the middle of the night crying over Mattie’s floral dress. He bid good day to Gillian Anderson outside of Academy. He showed 100% confident of what he was doing.

I save my favourite character/actor here. 💗💗💗Cousin Dudley Dursley as Edgar Allen Poe was the best surprise. He is not handsome type of guy, but his performances was spotless. I like how he took pride of his poems. I like how he looked at Lea every time almost cross eyed, as if he wanted to look into Lea not as shallow as her appearance. I like how he cracked the first word myth from the ragged piece of paper Landor had retrieved from Fry’s fist. Cousin Dudley was the real protagonist in the film. His dimples made him look vulnerable yet lovely. The blue uniform and winter cape looked stunning on him.

哈利·波特与魔法石 (2001)

9.2

2001 / 美国 英国 / 奇幻 冒险 / 克里斯·哥伦布 / 丹尼尔·雷德克里夫 艾玛·沃森

Harry Melling is a black horse!

On adaptation

To wrap up a film in 2 hours is not an easy task especially from a book that offered many details.

Poe wrote many reports to Landor, which strengthened the bonding between Landor and Poe, like father and son, and good partners. In film, for the sake of screen time economy, the exchange of letters were largely dropped to once. The chemistry left little.

However, I was surprised to see it was Mattie rubbing the dirt off her ball dress frantically when Landor woke up in the middle of the night. Not Pattie from the tavern. In book, Pattie of the tavern scrubbing the kitchen brass woke Landor. Mattie’s ghost image vanished. Landor sobbed over THE dress by Mattie’s wardrobe. This adaptation rendered the story tragic and regretful features. This artful adjustment made Landor’s grief come to life. In book I know it but couldn’t feel for him. Thus, I totally forgive that captain Hitchcock picking up Landor himself. I forgive laying low of Professor Pawpaw. I understand that at icehouse, Landor figured out the sabbath circles and symbols not Poe as in the book, for which the procession was long. The film progressed smoothly and in an enjoyable pace.

The Pale Blue Eye

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Louis Bayard

Last on music

When the screen became dark the music played loud. It’s grandeur. It sounded sorrowful and tragic . It also had a taste of revenge as the movement developed. For music, I would rate 5 out 5.

贝尔这次没有《阿姆斯特丹》里头那么的奇奇怪怪，然而，当他应邀对西点军校的神秘案件进行调查时，初次见面说的话其实隐藏了小小的玄机，直到后头真相浮出水面，才能感觉当初贝尔不是无的放矢。

但个人感觉，这个伏笔，埋得还是有点生硬。

不过，也能理解，贝尔对西点军校还是颇有微词的。

网上对故事的评价不是很高，貌似对贝尔的表现也有点失望。

但是，个人感觉还好，故事的看点，大概有两个，一个是名校的丑闻，一个是著名世人爱伦坡，不过，这两点大概对我等基本无感，反响平平也没什么奇怪。

当时的传奇诗人，还是个“神经兮兮”的怪咖。

军校里头的神秘案件，刺激了诗人神奇的灵感。

在贝尔的调查过程中，主动请缨，义务加入调查。

令人印象深刻的，大概是在后来和贝尔的“对决”，诗人说如果在军校遭遇霸凌就要杀人的话，那军校基本就剩下个位数了。

这句话基本是一闪而过，但隐隐透露出的信息量惊人。

而这位诗人另一件令人印象深刻的是，第一次约会，选择在了墓地。

这种事儿，大概也只有这位“神经质”的诗人，才做得出来吧，甚至连约会对象都抱怨——你满嘴只有上帝和死亡。

案件的调查，陷入了神秘学领域。

故事里头的专家，在大量的线索面前，指出，这起神秘案件应该和长生不老有关，然而，在故事最后，好像和长生不老也没什么关系。

倒是用这种方式来治病来着。

故事里头的法医一家，最终成为了“罪魁祸首”。

不过，法医其实还是蛮悲催的，身为医生，不能治好自己的女儿的病，只能眼睁睁看着女儿走向死亡边缘。

对于任何一个父亲，大概都是煎熬。

案情至此盖棺定论。

贝尔和学校之间的“偏见”，到最后貌似也得到了缓解。

然而，案中有案，案件的最后真相，需要诗人来破解。

不过，处于对贝尔的偏爱，个人感觉，所谓的破解，完全是贝尔自己的“良心”。

说点有趣的，由于案情需要，贝尔曾经请教过神秘学专家，结果专家扯出了“长生不老”的东东，贝尔表示附和，不过，这《红龙》是字幕组的锅么？

另一个有趣的点，大概是故事开始，咄咄逼人的长官，说，你可以不去。一般这样的话，背后的潜台词也是昭然若揭啊。

封面图片上的“白色代码”，一定要注意是大写+数字，全匹配。