资源描述：
《美国丽人英文影评》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。
1、美国丽人AmericanBeautyreviewbyRogerEbert关键字：英语电影影评"AmericanBeauty"isacomedybecausewelaughattheabsurdityofthehero'sproblems.Andatragedybecausewecanidentifywithhisfailure--notthespecificdetails,butthegeneraloutline.Themovieisaboutamanwhofearsgrowingolder,losingthehopeoftrueloveandnotbeingr
2、espectedbythosewhoknowhimbest.Ifyouneverexperiencethosefeelings,takeoutaclassifiedad.Peoplewanttotakelessonsfromyou.LesterBurnham,theheroof"AmericanBeauty,"isplayedbyKevinSpaceyasamanwhoisunlovedbyhisdaughter,ignoredbyhiswifeandunnecessaryatwork."I'llbedeadinayear,"hetellsusinalmostt
3、hefirstwordsofthemovie."Inaway,I'mdeadalready."Themovieisthestoryofhisrebellion.Wemeethiswife,Carolyn(AnnetteBening),soperfecthergardenshearsarecoordinatedwithherfootwear.WemeethisdaughterJane(ThoraBirch),whoissavingupforbreastimplantseventhoughaugmentationisclearlyunnecessary;perhap
4、shermotivationisnottobecomemoredesirabletomen,buttomakethemmiserableaboutwhattheycan'thave."BothmywifeanddaughterthinkI'mthischronicloser,"Lestercomplains.Heisright.Buttheyarenotwithouttheirreasons.Atanagonizingfamilydinner,CarolynplaysMantovanianmusicthatmockseverymouthful;themusici
5、slushandreassuring,andthefamilyisangryandsilent.WhenLestercriticizeshisdaughter'sattitude,shepointsoutcorrectlythathehashardlyspokentoherinmonths.EverythingchangesforLesterthenightheisdraggedalongbyhiswifetoseetheirdaughterperformasacheerleader.Thereonthefloor,engrossedinasub-Fossepo
6、mponroutine,heseeshisangel:Angela(MenaSuvari),hisdaughter'shigh-schoolclassmate.Isitwrongforamaninhis40stolustafterateenagegirl?Anyhonestmanunderstandswhatacomplicatedquestionthisis.Wrongmorally,certainly,andlegally.Butaseverywomanknows,menarebornwithwiringthatgoesdirectlyfromtheirey
7、estotheirgenitals,bypassingthehighercentersofthought.Theycandisapproveoftheirthoughts,buttheycannotstopthemselvesfromhavingthem."AmericanBeauty"isnotaboutaLolitarelationship,anyway.It'saboutyearningafteryouth,respect,powerand,ofcourse,beauty.Themomentamanstopsdreamingisthemomenthepet
8、rifiesinside
