A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.
也能摆脱诸如像“三十而立”的人生焦虑。
音乐剧的流畅被碎片化的倒叙打乱 感觉既享受不到叙事的节奏也享受不到音乐的快乐
And that's life,isn't it ?Getting past the unexpected.
怎么说呢，还是可以的。
虽然看过第一部，但我是直到结尾才分清角色。这部剧的人际关系，其中的浪漫，奢华，高雅可能对女生比较有吸引力，我后排两个女生对于剧中几位女性的讥笑、嘲讽、阴阳怪气，能给出很灵敏准确的反应，很吃年老后拿着定情信物回忆过往这一套。我对剧中人物的表现也有几个比较深刻的印象，只是整体上比较迟钝。我更感兴趣的是这个电影呈现的知识点，英国仆人的骄傲，英法庄园的差异，英国人到法国度假的生活方式，电影从无声到有声的历程，有声电影的制作。更有趣的是我发现仆人们是在地下室的餐桌上也很严肃的吃饭，最后因为一场戏能像主人一样在坐在大餐厅的餐桌上。大家听莫斯利求婚很浪漫，告别老奶奶很伤感。
拍摄手法和呈现普普通通… 想要了解Larson到底是个怎么样的天才的朋友还是去看看Rent吧…
一方面要有艺术天赋，另一方面要有恒心和运气。第一个方面就已经淘汰掉这世上99.99%的人了。
作为一部电影而言其实是不及格的，适合剧迷看看情怀。
音量逐渐推高，情绪越来越浓，唱的是生活的琐碎，歌的是生命的长度。每一个音符都在细数时间，每一个音调都饱含着对生活的热爱。不论朋友、爱人，失落、迷惘，都是灵感的来源，让自己疯魔，铸就为一个艺术家。当最后来了一个call back，结合到真实的人物，一阵眼泪感叹世事无常。
这种人社会里有不少，可惜能冒尖的真是凤毛麟角；有人为他树碑立传，也不枉他人世走一圈了。
很多歌曲都颇能引起我的共鸣。
一个童话般的ending。奶奶真是完美善终了。
一个艺术家的牢笼还是羽翼，你更喜欢哪个？去问飞鸟吧。
音乐浇灌梦想，梦想照亮生活。一段音乐剧式的传记人生，是穿透绝望黑暗的炙热色彩。慌乱失措的悲凉现实，乐此不疲的痴迷不悟，八年追梦仍旧没有回响，一片狼藉却也未寻得慰藉。在失去的颠簸中流浪，在爱意的拥抱里哭泣，我握着手中的信念，我插着梦想的羽翼，逐渐窒息的压迫迸发出最坚毅的弧光，所有的苦涩却泛起轻盈的浪花。遗憾妆点希望，失败注解过去，一切的绚烂都簇拥于胸，却停驻不了倒数的时刻，不胜唏嘘的鲜花与掌声也无法见证成功，悲剧却生出了最坚不可摧的记忆……
诺大可发挥空间最后却靠LGBT故事来燃情。
前半截有点碎，后半截有点拖。但是老夫人都走了（“不要哭，我都听不见我自己死。”），这会不会是最后一次看到唐家屯呢……
tick tick boom
体验到了歌剧的感染力，有新意，但仍没有跳脱出传统歌舞类型的框架，放在今年来看已经是佼佼者了。首先加菲的的形象从彼得帕克开始就一直非常适合这种埋头苦干的草根设定，确实是这部影片的不二人选，在影片中一展其别开生面的嗓音有如专业选手，LMM将拉森的歌曲几乎一比一地搬上大银幕并赋予其极大的生命力，围绕生前遗憾的展现不会太过挣扎，而是用拼搏奋斗的献身精神去回应外界的感慨，反而凸显其的传奇性 。泳池五线谱化为创作灵感的设计着实是让人眼前一亮了，献给所有对百老汇舞台抱有激情的创作者和观众，对比今年另一部改编之作《健听女孩》也收获了丰厚的口碑，可能在疫情之年西方世界真的很需要这样重拾热情的话题之作吧。
如果不是偶然接触到老师的“电影与世界六十年代”课程，我可能一辈子也不知道这部电影和这段历史。我无数次回想起2018年底开始看这堂课，进而偏执狂地搜寻有关老师的一切课程和演讲录像(感谢B站)，发表的文章，演讲稿和书，并开始艰难地阅读她那些澎湃的长句和其实有些艰涩的文章(长期阅读自媒体推文而自食恶果)，这期间我经历转岗，工作瓶颈，封锁，失业，可我仍时常觉得自己无比幸运。原来一大半友邻都跟我差不多嘛看完电影我也在想，这是导演第一次做电影，向一个陌生的领域进攻，花了很多的时间只为一个故事，就像Arikan教授二十年的钻研，总之这是一条充满人文温度的作品。
有的时候你离梦想真的只差一点点。改编得非常动人，形式不算新颖，但基本上把百老汇能带给人的观感在银幕上呈现出来，好几处的音乐真的能把人的情绪推到极致。加菲真的是多才多艺！
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