影響你一生的電影：怪物史萊克3—— 我顛覆，我快樂

　　從2001年的《怪物史萊克1》（Shrek I）開始，Shrek這只綠色的叢林怪物就一次又一次地粉碎了人們對童話世界的刻板印象，不斷地顛覆著傳統童話在我們心中的形象。在Shrek系列電影中，激動人心的不再是標準式的王子和公主的戀情，也不再是英雄救美的傳統場面，反而是一連串的意想不到。繼前兩部中Shrek贏得Fiona芳心，兩人幸福地生活在一起之后，《怪物史萊克3》圍繞兩條線展開。一邊是不愛江山愛自由的Shrek應Fiona的父親要求趕赴遠方，尋找老王后的侄子Arthur，來替他繼任王位。另一邊是前兩部中落敗的Charming決定趁著Shrek外出，伙同童話史上有名的大反派們，向"遙遠王國"發(fā)起進攻，奪取王位。

　　故事就在這樣的背景下，既幽默又驚險地展開了。

被顛覆的傳統角色

　　作為頗具顛覆性的一部系列動畫片，《怪物史萊克3》自然有其新穎的顛覆點：不僅在原有的基礎上加入了眾多經典童話故事人物，而且還給這些經典童話人物的性格來了個大顛覆。

公主大變身

　　童話故事里的公主大都是美麗、善良而又嫻靜的。我們所熟悉的白雪公主（Snow White）、睡美人（Sleeping Beauty）、灰姑娘（Cinderella）和長發(fā)公主（Rapunzel）就都是如此。但出現在《怪物史萊克3》中的這些公主卻完全顛覆了我們印象中的公主形象。她們歡聚一堂，形象各異，成為本片的一大看點。

　　睡美人成了一個患有間歇性睡眠病、隨時都會睡著的人，但后來也成了英勇的"打女"；長發(fā)公主傲人的金色長發(fā)不過是假發(fā)，并且她居然為了成為Charming的王后而臨陣倒戈，出賣了大家；灰姑娘盡管在片中戲分不多，但是也經歷了從自私、抱怨到和大家團結一心的轉變過程。

　　白雪公主則是幾位公主中被顛覆得最厲害的一個。她變成了一個愛發(fā)牢騷、喜歡諷刺別人的刻薄女人。在大家給Fiona送禮物的時候，白雪公主居然說出了"I got you the biggest one, because I love you the most."這樣的話，全然不顧其他幾位公主的感受。在Charming率領叛軍攻陷皇宮的時候，Fiona和老皇后不得不帶著幾位公主躲入秘道，順著地道撤退。在這樣危急的時刻，白雪不僅抱怨"This place is filthy （骯臟的）"，還攻擊睡美人"Maybe it just bothers youI was voted fairest in the land."就連Fiona也未能幸免，被她數落"SoI guess the plan is we just wander aimlessly in this stink hole until we rot."不過，在Fiona和老皇后的影響下，白雪最終成了眾位公主中作戰(zhàn)最奮勇的一個。在與看守皇宮大門的樹怪的對戰(zhàn)中，她的歌聲竟然成了厲害的武器。反派大聯合

　　Charming為了謀取王位，聯合了童話故事里面的大反派們，比如小飛俠Peter Pan的老對頭Hook船長，一心謀害白雪公主的惡毒皇后Wicked Witch，以及灰姑娘的姐姐Mabel等等。

　　[在大反派們聚集的酒吧里，Charming發(fā)表了一番極具煽動性的演講。]

　　Charming: Wicked Witch, the Seven Dwarfs saved Snow White, and then what happened?

　　Wicked Witch: Oh, what's it to you?

　　Charming: They left you the unfairness of them all ... Now here you are, hustling pool to get your next meal. How does that feel?

　　Wicked Witch: Pretty unfair.

　　....

　　Charming: [對《小飛俠》中的Hook船長] And Hook, need I say more?

　　[Charming看到了灰姑娘的姐姐Mabel。]

　　Charming: Mabel, remember how you couldn't get your little fat foot into that tiny glass slipper? Cinderella is in Far Far Away right now, eating bonbons (小糖果), cavorting (開心) with every little last fairy-tale creature that has ever done you wrong!

　　[極具煽動力的演講戳到了大反派們的痛處。Charming抓住這個時機，發(fā)出了號召。]

　　Charming: Once upon a time, someone decided that we were the losers. But there are two sides to every story and our side has not been told! So who will join me? Who wants to come out on top for once? Who wants their "happily ever after"?

　　Everyone: Yeah....

　　于是大反派們組成了叛軍，開始進攻"遙遠王國"。在影片的結尾，同所有經典童話的結局一樣，他們的叛變當然還是以失敗告終。但他們失敗的原因卻又并不像我們平常所想的那樣--他們投降不是因為被武力鎮(zhèn)壓，而是由于被感動。

　　在聽了Arthur的一席肺腑之言后，這些大反派們紛紛決定"放下屠刀，立地成佛"。有的想要"play the flute"，有的想"open up a spa in France"，Hook船長甚至準備去"grow daffodils"。除了Charming，大家都有了happy ending。

曲折的情節(jié)

　　當然，除了顛覆傳統這一極具特色的看點外，《怪物史萊克3》作為一部故事類的動畫片，情節(jié)的安排也十分曲折，特別是對王位繼承人Arthur心理發(fā)展變化的描寫。

　　Arthur: My good people, I think there's a lesson here for all of us. Maybe the next time you're about to dunk (把......浸泡) a kid's head in a chamber pot (夜壺), you'll stop and think, "Hey, maybe this guy has feelings. Maybe I should cut him some slack〔1〕. 'Cause maybe ... just maybe ... this guy's gonna turn out to be, now I don't know, a king? And maybe his first royal decree will be to banish (驅逐) everyone who ever picked on him〔2〕." That's right. l'm looking at you, Justin Tim (一個經常欺弄Arthur的人)! And Guin (一個女孩的名字)? Oh, Guin, l've always loved you. Well, good friends, it breaks my heart, but enjoy your stay here in prison while I rule the free world! Baby.

　　Shrek: All right, let's not overdo it.

　　Arthur: I'm building my city, people, on the rock 'n' roll.

　　但很快，在和Shrek返回"遙遠王國"的途中，Arthur 意識到：當國王不是一件輕松的事，因為"The whole king dom will look to you for wisdom and guidance."對此，他絲毫沒有信心，于是想要放棄。但就在他和Shrek發(fā)生爭執(zhí)時，他們的船撞上了礁石，大家流落到了一個島上。幸而，在那里他們得到了Arthur的老師、魔法師 Merlin的幫助。在Merlin的建議下，Shrek決定對Arthur敞開心扉。

　　Shrek: I know what it's like to not feel ready for something. Even ogres (怪物) get scared, you know, once in a while.

　　Arthur: I know you want me to be king, but I can't. I'm not cut out for it and I never will be, all right? Even my own dad knew I wasn't worth the trouble. He dumped me at that school the first chance he got and I never heard from him again.

　　Shrek: My dad wasn't really the fatherly type, either.

　　Arthur: Well, I doubt he was worse than mine.

　　Shrek: Oh, yeah? My father was an ogre. He tried to eat me. Now I guess I should have seen him coming just to give me a bath in barbecue sauce and put me to bed with an apple in my mouth.

　　Arthur: Ok, I guess that's pretty bad.

　　Shrek: You know, it may be hard to believe, what, with my obvious charm and good looks, but people used to think I was a monster. And for a long time, I believed them. But after a while, you learn to ignore the names that people call you and you just trust who you are.

　　Shrek的這番話打動了Arthur，Arthur開始學著對自己充滿信心。在影片的高潮部分，Arthur在趕來救Shrek的時候，再次發(fā)表了演說。這次的演說比上一次明顯多了幾分成熟和穩(wěn)重，"遙遠王國"的新國王就此誕生。

　　Arthur: Who really thinks we need to settle things this way? [大反派們紛紛舉手表示武力是解決事情的方法，Arthur見此說道] You're telling me you just wanna be villains your whole lives?

　　Hook: But we are villains! It's the only thing we know.

　　Arthur: Didn't you ever wish you could be something else?

　　Enchanted (中了魔法的) Tree A: It's easy for you to say. You're not some evilly enchanted tree.

　　Charming: Oh, you morons (笨蛋)! Don't listen to him! Attack them!

　　Enchanted Tree B: [一把抓住了Charming，捂住了他的嘴] Don't say it, Steve Sirens. It's hard to come by honest work when the whole world's against you.

　　Enchanted Tree A: Right! Thanks, lad (小伙子).

　　Arthur: Ok, fair enough. You're right. I'm not a talking tree. But you know, a good friend of mine once told me that just because people treat you like a villain, or an ogre, or just some loser, it doesn't mean you are one. The thing that matters most is what you think of yourself. If there's something you really want, or someone you really wanna be, then the only person standing in your way is you. [正對著Arthur站著的那個壞蛋誤以為是說他，問了一句"Me?"，結果遭到了眾多大反派的攻擊 "Get him, lad!"Arthur趕忙制止。] No, no, no! What I mean is each of you is standing in your own way.

爆笑的語言

　　作為一部喜劇動畫片，《怪物史萊克3》自然也少不了讓人爆笑的幽默語言。比如木偶皮諾曹 (Pinocchio)在面對Charming的審訊時，為了做到既不撒謊，又不泄露好友Shrek的行蹤，于是玩起了饒舌的文字游戲，讓人忍俊不禁。

　　Charming: You, you can't lie. So tell me, puppet, where is Shrek?

　　Pinocchio: Well ... well, I don't know where he's not.

　　Charming: You're telling me that you don't know where Shrek is?

　　Pinocchio: lt wouldn't be inaccurate (錯誤) to assume that I couldn't exactly not say that is or isn't almost partially (部分的) incorrect.

　　Charming: So you do know where he is!

　　Pinocchio: On the contrary, l'm possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that in no way, with any amount of uncertainty even I undeniably do or do not know where he shouldn't probably be. If that indeed wasn't where he isn't, even if he wasn't not where I knew he was, it could mean ....

　　[Charming被折磨得不行了。]

　　Charming: Enough!

童話人物的凡人生活

　　傳統的童話故事通常在王子和公主的婚禮后就結束了。但是Shrek和Fiona在他們的happily ever after里還是像凡人一樣有煩惱，而為人父母就是其中之一。

　　[當Fiona和Shrek最初談起寶寶時，Shrek壓根兒就沒想過自己要當爸爸。]

　　Fiona: Just think. A couple more days and we'll be back home in our vermin

　　filled shack, stream with fungus (蘑菇), filled with the rotting stench of mud and neglect.

　　Shrek: Oh, you had me at "verminfilled".

　　Fiona: And, um ... maybe even the pitter-patter of little feet on the floor....

　　Shrek: Hah, hah. That's right. The swamp rats will be spawning (產卵).

　　Fiona: Uh, no. You know, what l'm thinking of is a little bit bigger than a swamp rat.

　　Shrek: Donkey?

　　Fiona: No, Shrek. What if, theoretically they were little ogre feet?

　　Shrek: Oh! [一吃驚，摔到了床下] Honey, let's trying be rational about this. Have you seen a baby lately? They just eat and poop (拉臭臭), and they cry and then they cry when they poop and poop when they cry. Now, imagine an ogre baby. They extra-cry and they extra-poop....

　　Fiona: Shrek, don't you ever think about having a family?

　　Shrek: Right now, you are my family.

　　Shrek動身去尋找Arthur時，卻得知Fiona懷孕了，自己即將做爸爸。盡管他當時假裝很鎮(zhèn)定，對聽到這個消息表示高興，但實際上，一路上他都憂心忡忡。

　　[Donkey看出了Shrek的顧慮，安慰他。]

　　Donkey: Don't you listen to him. To have a baby is not going to ruin your life.

　　Shrek: lt's not my life l'm worried about ruining. It's the kid's. I mean when have you ever heard the phrase "as sweet as an ogre" or "as nurturing as an ogre" or how about "You're gonna love my dad. He's a real ogre"?

　　Donkey: Okay. Okay. I get it. Nobody said it's going to be easy. But at least you got us to help you.

　　Shrek: That's true. I'm doomed.

　　Donkey: You'll be fine.

　　現實生活是平淡而嘈雜的，但也是幸福的。在故事的結尾，Shrek和Fiona回到了沼澤地，并且有了三個可愛的寶寶。Shrek夫婦還是happily ever after，雖然不是想像中的那樣......

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