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)
两个邓布利多决斗的时候 我高喊：是邓布利多杀了邓布利多！
怎么能这么难看，虽然太多口播是不好但总不能一点魔法介绍都不给吧。看到连哈迷都看不懂我就放心了，不是我这路人粉的功课问题。还有两部还要怎么搞啊… 当前传完全没问题，但得想清楚脉络是什么啊。裘德洛安定的帅，其他的真的不知道在干嘛…（韩文硬字版）
这本子就不该再让大卫叶茨来，拔“感情”都给拍没了，就很萎，说真的大卫叶茨不要再拍了好吗求求了。20220409一刷零点午夜场首映IMAX，愤愤而睡不着。20220409二刷周五晚八点黄金场票价十块钱吃了爆谷睡得香香@佛老汇中国巨幕版。
情怀分 实际上内心各种 Bloody hell😅
看之前就知道不会好看，但毕竟都看了前两部，但愿别再继续拍了。最近这么多年续作电影就没有几个能及格的，是都不会拍了吗
电影的混乱程度就像里面令人眼花缭乱的魔法一样，但又没有魔法的奇思妙想。
太好看了！我和我女儿都看得非常开心！如果说哈利波特系列是魔法混搭青春成长类型，那么第三集的神奇动物就正式进入了魔法混搭全球谍战类型。纽特小分队就是邓布利多麾下的MI6特工，大破恐怖分子头目格林德沃统治世界的阴谋。世界屋脊之上的选举、真假麒麟，都具有相当明显的政治隐喻。如果说麻瓜世界是阳，那么巫师世界就是阴。而阴性世界精神溯源那是神秘的东方。在HP系列中最东也就到东到了罗马尼亚，而全球叙事的神奇动物，则东到了不丹。其实我们都知道真正的东到底是哪。默默然那条个人叙事的线，在这一类型中，当然就得靠边站了。我很好奇罗琳的剧本到底写的更倾向哪种。
那肯定是不及格的；罗琳的剧本写的啥真有问题，还在这里写书呢，成片效果也就是同人文；喜剧段子就不能砍砍吗，主线剧情也太慢了
这个系列就好像，现实中言说不尽我们才投奔魔法世界，可是当魔法对应现实越来越具象，格局好像在缩小，魔法正逐渐消失……全程靠turner撑着眼皮，小雀斑醒醒吧你不是霍金！（面瘫女主没什么戏份算是个安慰……
魔法世界的政治制度能不能不要这么封建迷信，另外血咒是怎么解开的敢不敢再给我解释一遍。情感高潮不知为何迷之尴尬。带着极低的期待去看的好处就是觉得也没那么难看。场景和服装还是好精致啊。最HP的那些小细节——邓布利多那些信手拈来的小法术：箱子里不断膨胀的面包、横冲直撞的游走球和到处追着人咬的怪物书——还是很爱。邓布利多把金色飞贼放进口袋竟然不是一个伏笔？
看的时候在想《神奇动物2》讲的是啥来着？怎么不接趟儿呢？看了一段发现，哦不接也没事，反正都不咋地
求别再拍了！作为电影不合格（没有逻辑，毫无重点，节奏拉胯），姑且能忍耐；而当感到情怀被践踏殆尽时，也预示着系列该终结了。主创再努力，“五部曲”也只能成为“哈利·波特”系列作品的脚注。“万众期待”的1945年GGAD大战（其实根本没有，格林德沃自愿被邓布利多击败），拍个三十分钟番外篇直接上流媒体HBO Max吧。p.s. IMAX荧幕上公然映出“GV”二个大字，堪称观影史上最崩溃时刻
失望透顶，关于电影的一句话也不想说了。以后大概也不会去影院看这个系列了。
这麒麟没有角！一点也不帅气 | 故事有点稀烂，心地纯洁善良就可以上位？麒麟不止一只，大家都搞养殖，这只选你，那只选我怎么办？ 另外这血誓是怎么回事？只有邓布利多手上有？不是互杀对方就可以破？？凭啥一个攻一个守就可以破？？！！ 就是掀桌子不打算编下去了！！！！
在你我之间 有一缕思念 是魂绕梦牵。
开篇人能随便接近“麒麟”，打杀它并抓走幼崽，就显示西方人对中国文化无知并白人傲慢了（浓浓文化压制的意味，已经是他们老套路了，只有中国孩子们因为同样的无知还乐滋滋接受这种洗脑）。╮（╯＿╰）╭大家已经许久没听说过我们的传统文化中什么叫祥兽瑞兽神兽，它们出现会发生些什么异像，它们如何与天道关联，随意打杀会发生什么报应，什么叫天道，什么叫天罚了吧→_→。我的意思是，电影里这群人首先根本接近不了神兽（人家自带道行，谢谢），接近还大不敬者全会报应（比如被雷劈死，和国家赤地千里→_→）
这狗粮撒的，直接拿着魔杖互相指道：“你到底还爱不爱我！”
2.5 感觉就是一个空窗期的产物，所有奇观都建立在如今工业特效天花板上，要说错就必须错在华纳摆烂，把整个剧情人物拼贴式整合，对几次波，转几次场，留几次悬念，情怀不是这样卖的呃～
那种看完之后第二天忘了前一天看了啥的电影。罗琳写剧本比叶茨执导的能力还要弱啊。052622
看看彩蛋，看看裘花，其他没啥。倒是希望将来有个仙侠世界和魔法世界的融合，法器和法杖的对决
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