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)
本以为三个小时会很长，然而完全没有注意到时间流逝地这么快，每个关键剧情出现的节奏相当紧凑，人物刻画也很细腻。唇寒齿亡，抗美援朝！每一位上战场的都是英雄！致敬每一位英雄！
中国人民志愿军战士永垂不朽！
几乎没有女性角色，冻成冰雕、杨根思等没有前因后果，主角们成了战场上的传奇，四字演的角色算是当了个镜头，也是想从他来表现战争中的另一面和成长，但这需要的篇幅过大。
祖国河山真美 陈凯歌真牛 战场情境真实 最后兰晓龙本子也很牛 人物群像做的太好了 观众的视角就是易烊千玺的视角 和平真好啊
叙事时间分配有问题，铺垫太长，前戏太长。叙事重点偏移，未突出表现后续阻击战。战争场面大而无当，效果不佳。在《红海行动》中狙击战、坦克战都紧张刺激，观众看得也清楚。在这里观众只看到一片混乱。有感人的地方是因为真实历史让人感动，而不是影片水平高。三大导合作巨制效果如此，令人遗憾。
三个小时的电影，可以说没有一处让人感动的，更谈不上震撼了。属于看过很快就会没什么印象的片子。当初没去电影院观看是正确的。
确实是巨制，我们那么大投入还是没白费，但是没什么亮点，新兵的视角挺好的。想传递红色理念没错，但是直白的浮于台词就不太自然。而且美军打仗的态度怎么跟过家家一样，这不合适吧
有幸提前点映看了长津湖 对这段历史有了更深的认识 活跃在荧幕上的基本都是抗日或解放战争 这是第一次看抗美援朝相关的影视 太久没看战争类了 心堵得慌 心揪得慌 战争无论输赢都是人命堆出来的 “我们这一代打完了 他们下一代才能没有硝烟”
我去看了深圳的点映场 其实我本人对战争片是不太敏的 看的也不多 但是我觉得这部电影真的是沉浸式的体验 我全程是捂着胸口看完的 手脚都是汗 是真的无数次的被电影里的画面和场景触动 我喜欢志愿军身上的那股子人情味儿 他们不是完美的 有脆弱 有牵挂或许也有过胆怯 但是还是选择了义无反顾 就觉得好像以前在课本上看到的人走出来了 那么鲜活真实 演员演技没话说 导演也很花心思 很喜欢
“打得一拳开，免得百拳来”
单位组织观影。典型的主旋律任务片，雷声大雨点小，面面俱到但人物脸谱化，哪怕哪个角色拍得从容点，细节点呢，三个小时都在堆砌。很多爆炸特效做的很假，美军全程工具人，说话像演讲。也就老段一句“多大啦”感觉真实的触动。加一星给志愿军战士。
3.毕竟是大导演的联合作品，画面的质量非常高。
可看可不看。 难以想象， 一部发生在朝鲜和韩国的电影， 居然从来没有出现过这两个国家， 仿佛这场战争的主要是中美两方。 这样拍电影仿佛日本拍俄日战争的电影， 却没有一个中国人出现一样。 这是一部立意先行的电影， 在中美对峙的紧张时段， 拍摄一部中美对抗的电影， 进一步强化国民的民族矛盾想法， 但就算立意， 也比同类战争题材的《八佰》要差一些， 八佰讲的是抗日战争时， 没有国家意识的人民是如何通过一场战争， 统一了民族意识。 编剧兰晓龙在这部电影里， 发挥很是一般， 或者说， 根本没有他发挥的空间， 毕竟编剧名单里还有一位黄建新。 大段大段的战争戏， 初看刺激， 看多了， 有点累。
千玺值得！吴京值得！长津湖值得！抗美援朝精神更是永垂不朽！
非常震撼的一部电影，画面也很唯美，体现了祖国山河的壮大以及美丽、中国人民的强大，为了我们的未来，不再遭受销烟的惨烈，这么多志愿军前往朝鲜奋战，英勇坚定的以落后的武器和贫乏的资料面对强大的美军进行抗击，并且取得了决定性的胜利，感谢志愿军们的付出！全程三小时没有尿点！
在分会场看了首映，战争场面很震撼，是我在国产战争片中鲜少看到的有战术而不是乱打糊弄观众的战争片，主创团队确实下功夫了。文戏部分也还不错，但明显感觉年轻演员在老戏骨堆里比较弱，还需要继续努力。此外，这次所有演员都说普通话，而不是天南海北的并不标准的方言，反而不是那么出戏了。
●中心不明，支线太杂，台词、演技太浮。看的是自行脑补的对真实历史的感动。
三个小时的片长确没能让片子更完整，小男孩的成长没有完成，房子没盖，女儿的算数没教好。七连几个重要人物的片段很精彩，整体大部队没有让人感到恢宏和悲怆。美军的口音像念课文。有好多片段可以删减，有好多重点没有拍出来。
陈凯歌这次没拉胯
没有人喜欢战争，没有人想要战争。他们坚定是因为他们相信，他们有最朴素的愿望。他们相信，把这场仗打了，孩子们就不用打了；他们相信，分到手的田地不能拱手让出；他们相信，有些枪不得不打，有些枪可以不打。
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