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Douban’s top-rated movies of 2020
    2020-12-29  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

‘Soul’

In the first Pixar cartoon to have an African-American lead character, Jamie Foxx provides the voice of a music teacher who dreams of making it as a jazz pianist in New York. But just after a successful audition, he falls down a manhole, and finds himself in an astral realm where human spirits are assigned their personalities. And things get even more surreal from there.

‘Nomadland’

When Fern (Frances McDormand) is widowed, she can’t afford to live in a house of her own, so she packs her few belongings into a camper van, and drives off into the Nevada desert. She soon discovers that she isn’t alone. There is a large community of senior citizens who have been forced to live on the road, supporting themselves with short-term jobs along the way.

What makes “Nomadland” unique is that while Fern is played by an Oscar-winning actress, nearly all of the people she meets are real nomads who recount their own experiences. Written and directed by Chloe Zhao (“The Rider”), the film is a “hybrid of documentary and fiction.”

‘Onward’

Dragons, unicorns and other fairytale creatures are usually consigned to a mythical past resembling Ancient Greece or Medieval Britain, but the big idea behind Pixar’s animation “Onward” is that they are all still alive and kicking in the U.S. today. Tom Holland and Chris Pratt provide the voices of two elf brothers who go on a road trip — or a magical quest, depending on how you look at it — in an attempt to bring their father back from the dead. Ben Travis writes in Empire that “Onward” is “pure, perfect Pixar — a film with such warmth, whip-smart humor and creative energy that it’s a sheer joy to spend a few hours in its presence.”

‘Saint Frances’

Kelly O’Sullivan is both the screenwriter and star of this sensitive indie comedy about Bridget, a directionless Chicago thirtysomething who gets a job as a 6-year-old’s nanny. Of course, Bridget is soon learning as much from Frances as Frances is learning from her. “Saint Frances” was the audience-award winner at last year’s SXSW festival, where critic Brian Tallerico wrote that “the movie really snuck up on me and walloped me emotionally in the final scenes in ways I wasn’t expecting.”

The reason: “We believe in its characters... Bridget makes mistakes, but they feel organic and genuine, not designed as ‘movie lessons.’”

Words to Learn 相关词汇

【流浪者】liúlàngzhě nomad a member of a people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place

【真实的】zhēnshí de genuine truly what something is said to be, authentic

《心灵奇旅》

《心灵奇旅》是第一部主角为非裔美国人的皮克斯动画电影,杰米▪福克斯在本片中为一名梦想在纽约成为爵士乐钢琴家的音乐老师配音。但就在一次成功的面试后,他掉进了一个下水道,醒来后发现自己来到了一个灵魂世界,在这里人类灵魂都拥有自己的个性。自那以后事情就变得越发离奇。

《无依之地》

费恩(弗兰西斯▪麦克多蒙德饰演)失去丈夫后,她住不起自己的房子,于是就收拾了仅有的一点个人物品放在露营车上,开车去了内华达沙漠。她很快便发现自己不是一个人:这里居住着一大群老年人,他们被迫住在公路上,靠着沿途做点短期工作来糊口。这部电影的独特之处在于,尽管费恩的扮演者是获得奥斯卡奖的女演员,但费恩在路上所遇到的几乎所有人都是真正的流浪者,他们只是在讲述自己的亲身经历。这部电影由赵婷(曾执导过《骑士》)担任编剧和导演,是一部“纪实和虚构相混合的影片”。

《1/2的魔法》

龙、独角兽和其他神话生物通常都被安排在古希腊或中世纪英国这样的神秘过往,但是皮克斯的动画《1/2的魔法》的故事设定却是这些神话生物全都活蹦乱跳地生活在当代的美国。汤姆▪赫兰德和克里斯▪帕拉特为两个踏上公路之旅 —— 或探寻魔法之旅(取决于你怎么看,目的是让父亲起死回生)—— 的精灵兄弟配音。本▪特拉维斯在Empire网站上写道,《1/2的魔法》是“一部纯粹的、完美的皮克斯电影 —— 拥有暖心、机智的幽默感和创造性活力,观影的几个小时在快乐中度过。”

《圣▪弗朗西斯》

凯莉▪欧▪沙利文既是这部情感细腻的独立制作电影的编剧,也是主演。这部喜剧片讲述的是一位没有方向感的三十多岁芝加哥女性布丽吉特的故事,她给一个6岁孩子当保姆。当然,布丽吉特很快就从弗朗西斯身上学到了很多东西,而弗朗西斯也从她身上学到了很多。

《圣▪弗朗西斯》在去年的西南偏南电影节上获得了观众选择奖,影评人布莱恩▪塔勒锐可写道:“这部电影猝不及防地征服了我,结局以一种出乎意料的方式深深触动了我的情感。”原因是“角色让人信服……布丽吉特会犯错,自然而真实,没有说教意味”。(chinadaily.com.cn)

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