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)
“市场不景气。我相信你能理解为什么我们敬爱的母公司华纳兄弟决定拍摄三部曲的续集。
不看比较好。如果非要看 一定要看不花钱的盗版 这样才能对得起他们的诚意。
官方吐槽最为欢乐哈哈！所有的感触都借电影里角色的台词说完了，欢乐的吐槽部分，比如说看部电影还要补哲学课；和那些唏嘘的感慨，比如之前三部几他们拼尽一切做的那些事到如今仿佛并没有什么用, 一切都没变。看到多年后的尼奥沧桑的样子多少是有些心痛的。崔妮蒂还是那个在房顶上说Dodge this的酷姐姐。可是又有那么多人的生活因为他们曾经做的那些改变了！一些人追求自由，一些人追求安稳，一些人并不想思考只希望被告知该做什么。But, 所有的这些都是一个选择。总之看的挺欢乐的。再加上那些情怀，just love it. 希望再出出续集吧，崔妮蒂才觉醒了飞行的能力。另外，世人的确知道how to prison a woman.. Mr Anderson在这片第一个镜头的样子不就是这几天在认真等放假的我的样子么
就它肯定不是好电影，但它真的也不难看，导演再怎么黑华纳明显对角色还是带着无限的怜爱，这种爱，透过朝阳下Trinity美丽的逆光特写，传递给了我们。
老版《黑客帝国》充满高级感的哲学思辨完全没有了，令人反胃的配角设定和观感却全都保留了下来。整个影片处处透露着疲态，有点《独立日2》那味儿了
重启了个寂寞，147分钟还不如看一局火箭的满分杆
他们告诉我，不管有没有我们，他们都要这么做。
不看比较好。如果非要看 一定要看不花钱的盗版 这样才能对得起他们的诚意。
🎥故事题材：
第四面墙确实破了，期待的中年回顾
真的就是导演带着Matrix和sense8做团建的项目！
前面迷迷糊糊睡了近半个小时，感觉应该不影响剧情，后面吧就用爱发电，用爱升空啥的。反正我没有搞清楚几个大招到底是什么情况下触发的。基努里维斯真的是老了，不适合拍这种动作片了，闪回的那些以前的镜头多帅呀。
草莓，摩托车，起飞
大概是年前最后一部院线片了吧
大型已婚妇女劝出轨现场，拍的不说狗尾续貂也相当吊诡了，情感上用老角色的回忆杀企图唤醒观众，但真的不够意思，其实看只有拉娜一个人导拍也大概知道电影的性质了，可能真如电影开篇官方吐槽一样，华纳逼着要出续集的没办法而已，不要当第四部看，当个番外乐乐就行了。大型墨镜展销会，最后大规模自杀性跳楼没忍住有点喜剧效果，飞翔的崔妮蒂和无敌尼奥以及打戏也让人忍俊不禁。三部曲已经很完整了，实在是没必要，也算圆了下男女主的爱情梦罢了，这也是黑客帝国的精髓之一，爱唯能拯救一切。
作者自己大概也深知：本片不太可能在三部曲已足够完整的世界观和议题框架下有所突破，难免透着可有可无的强行续编感。
这片就是拿钱拍着玩的。前面还好后面无聊，人家本来能打拍成JW4也行啊干嘛非用气 功。配乐和视效不错，我还是回去听原声专11首remix吧
纯粹摆烂到这种地步，已经说不出来话了，开头大量复用前作画面闪回本来就对观感影响极大，更不用说对非粉丝多么不友好了，结果我才发现，前面的剧情还算好了，后面完全是想一出演一出，节奏糟糕透顶，最终甚至连给观众一两场爽快的大场面都难以做到。
开头的打戏就很烂，打斗时Bugs发出的声音也是，下手，比大多数大片都烂的那种。一般动作片对没被子弹打中好歹有些设计，这里屁都没有，特别是6：00，蠢爆【演Bugs的真是又棒读又口齿不清，但棒读这件事似乎从来不bother沃氏姐妹（但很bother我），姐妹也是真的爱三藩和柏林【桥段いちいち都好lame 233虽然其中有一小部分还行吧，主要是我真不太记得以前的设定了，而且你们程序的高层老大到底是谁【一闪而过的Neo吃面镜头让我看到一半出去吃了碗兰州拉面【省了80块IMAX钱和去影院的时间，华纳不值得【Don't you just miss Hugo Weaving
完全是粉丝情怀电影，把之前的老梗挨个致敬一遍，拯救世界的从尼奥换成崔妮蒂而已。动作场面拍得太实了，黑客帝国的一大特色就是动作的虚假感，才能表现这个虚拟的世界，老粉应该都懂！沃卓斯基弟弟(不，应该是妹妹)不参与吗？
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