美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Logan,' Hugh Jackman's Wolverine Shines His Badge One Last Time
时间:2018-12-17 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台3月
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In the last 17 years, Hugh Jackman has clawed his way through nine X-Men movies as Wolverine. Now in the film "Logan," his mutant character is finally being allowed a change in style. Bob Mondello says "Logan" plays less like a superhero movie and more like a Western.
BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE 1: The year is 2029, and Logan is tired. Mutants like him have been hounded very nearly to extinction 2. And this now-greying wolverine has been reduced to driving a limo for drunken teens. He's often drunk himself, a barely functioning alcoholic 3 with terrible aches and pains, especially when those metal claws pop out of his knuckle 4.
You get the sense that he'd be happy to ride permanently 5 into the sunset if he didn't have to score black-market drugs for Professor Xavier, who's old enough now that he bridles 6 at being called a mere 7 octogenarian. Patrick Stewart is crusty and addled 8 as Xavier, talking wistfully about family as he hallucinates in the abandoned water tank they call home.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "LOGAN")
PATRICK STEWART: (As Xavier) People who love each other - you should take a moment, feel it. You still have time.
MONDELLO: And then a young girl comes into their lives, needing protection, exhibiting unnervingly familiar skills and baring a comic book.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "LOGAN")
HUGH JACKMAN: (As Logan) We've got ourselves an "X-Men" fan (laughter). Maybe a quarter of it happened and not like this.
MONDELLO: Still, a reason to saddle up again, no?
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "LOGAN")
STEWART: (As Xavier) She needs our help.
JACKMAN: (As Logan) Someone will come along.
STEWART: (As Xavier) Someone has come along.
MONDELLO: They have a bullet-riddled '24 Caddy. It's road trip time. Director and co-writer James Mangold is consciously calling up the Wild West here and not just by setting most of the film near the U.S.-Mexico border in the near future, where there does not seem to be a wall, for what that's worth. This film has specific callouts to scenes from the Wild West classic "Shane" and dialogue that sounds like "Shane" updated.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "LOGAN")
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Looks like Mr. Munson hired some muscle.
ERIQ LA SALLE: (As Will Munson) He's a friend of mine.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) A friend with a big mouth.
JACKMAN: (As Logan) I hear that a lot.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) And you probably hear this too.
(SOUNDBITE OF GUN LOADING)
JACKMAN: (As Logan) More than I'd like.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) And you know the drill. I'm going to count to three, and you're going to start walking away.
LA SALLE: (As Will Munson) I got rights to this one.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) One...
LA SALLE: (As Will Munson) I have a lawyer now.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As man) Two...
JACKMAN: (As Logan) Three.
MONDELLO: Logan snaps the rifle in half.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "LOGAN")
JACKMAN: (As Logan) You know the drill. Get the hell out of here.
MONDELLO: Hugh Jackman is weather-beaten, weary and majestic 9 as the reluctant claw man, shining up his badge one more time. And his surroundings, dark and dystopic even when the sun shines brightly, make this "X-Men" installment 10 feel grounded in a way most comic-book movies don't. There are stretches where it's possible to forget you're watching a superhero epic 11 and others where the director pulls out the ultraviolent stops on a special-effects scale that actually makes sense - not overblown and rocking city blocks but human-sized.
Hugh Jackman's "Logan" was always the most plausible 12 X person, credited now with showing how the whole X-Men series could grow by growing more down to earth. I'm Bob Mondello.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WAY DOWN WE GO")
KALEO: (Singing) And way down we go, go, go, go, go. And way down we go, go, go, go, go. So way down we go, go, go, go, go. Way down we go.
- His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
- We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
- The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
- The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
- The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。
- Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。
- They refused to knuckle under to any pressure.他们拒不屈从任何压力。
- You'll really have to knuckle down if you want to pass the examination.如果想通过考试,你确实应专心学习。
- The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
- The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
- The horses were shod with silver and golden bridles. 这些马钉着金银做的鉄掌。
- That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
- It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
- Being in love must have addled your brain. 坠入爱河必已使你神魂颠倒。
- He has addled his head with reading and writing all day long. 他整天读书写字,头都昏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
- He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。
- I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
- He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。