《The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King》　指環(huán)王3：王者歸來　最后的決戰(zhàn)

No.022　《The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King》　指環(huán)王3：王者歸來　最后的決戰(zhàn)

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by Peter Jackson. It is the concluding film in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, following The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Two Towers (2002).

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King brings Peter Jackson's mammoth adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic to a close in suitably epic fashion. Instead of starting just where the previous film left off, however, it goes far back in time to the moment the tormented creature Gollum first came to possess the One Ring. In this flashback, actor Andy Serkis (who voiced Gollum and performed his movements onset prior to the final CGI effects) finally gets to appear onscreen, portraying Gollum's former self, Sméagol. This disturbing scene serves as a potent reminder that the Ring seeks to corrupt even the well-intentioned Frodo (Elijah Wood), who is increasingly struggling with the dark power of the Ring himself. Thus, the film returns to the present, following Frodo, Sam (Sean Astin), and Gollum as they journey ever closer to the foreboding land of Mordor. They pass by the terrifying dark city of Minas Morgul, watching as the dreadful army of the Witch King sets out for the human strongholds in Gondor, and move on to the rocky stairs to Cirith Ungol, where an even darker enemy lies in wait. Meanwhile, the rest of the Fellowship reunites in Rohan, having defeated the wizard Saruman on two different fronts, at Helm's Deep and Isengard. They are not together for long, though, since the hobbit Pippin (Billy Boyd) gets into trouble, making it necessary for him and Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to hastily depart for Minas Tirith, capital of Gondor. Once there, they find the steward of Gondor, Denethor (John Noble), in an unstable mental state and the city preparing for battle against the amassing forces of Sauron. Denethor unwisely sends his only remaining son, Faramir (David Wenham), back into bloody battle to prove himself. He returns nearly dead, sending Denethor over the edge of sanity.In another realm, elf Arwen (Liv Tyler) begins her journey to immortal life in the Grey Havens, on her way to leave Middle-earth—and Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen)—forever, but has a vision that causes her to once again reconsider her decision. Back in Rohan, the men are preparing to ride to Gondor's aide. éowyn (Miranda Otto) desperately wants to join the men in battle, but her uncle, King Théoden (Bernard Hill), orders her to stay and defend Rohan if necessary. The hobbit Merry (Dominic Monaghan) also desires to ride with the men, but is denied due to his small size and inexperience. Aragorn is met there by the elf Elrond (Hugo Weaving), who brings him the re-forged Sword that was Broken (in the ancient battle with Sauron) and urges him to take a different route to Gondor. Heeding Elrond's advice, Aragorn, along with elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), takes a cavernous path through the mountains, where they meet ghoulish ghosts who betrayed Aragorn's ancestors and are doomed to eternal unrest unless they fulfill their broken oaths by aiding him. All but Frodo, Sam, and Gollum will meet on the massive battlefield of the Pelennor before the gates of Minas Tirith. The former three instead engage in a battle of wills between each other and the One Ring as they head toward the fires of Mount Doom to destroy it.

Released on 17 December 2003, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received rave reviews and became one of the greatest critical and box-office successes of all time, being only the second film to gross $1 billion worldwide, becoming the highest grossing film from New Line Cinema, as well as the biggest financial success for Time Warner in general, until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 surpassed The Return of the King's final gross in 2011.

Notably, it won all eleven Academy Awards for which it was nominated, an Oscar record, and tied for largest number of awards won with Ben-Hur and Titanic. It also won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the first and only time a fantasy film has done so; it was also the second sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar (following The Godfather Part II) and the only time a sequel has won without a predecessor winning the award. It was the highest-grossing film of 2003.

獲獎(jiǎng)情況

2004年第76屆奧斯卡：最佳影片、最佳導(dǎo)演、最佳改編劇本、最佳原創(chuàng)歌曲、最佳服裝設(shè)計(jì)、最佳視覺效果、最佳化妝獎(jiǎng)。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：彼得·杰克遜

編?。焊ヌm·威爾士、菲利帕·鮑恩斯

主演：維戈·莫特森、伊利亞·伍德、西恩·奧斯汀、麗芙·泰勒

類型：劇情、動(dòng)作、奇幻、冒險(xiǎn)

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國、新西蘭、德國

上映日期：2003-12-17（美國）

片長：201分鐘、251分鐘（加長版）

又名：《魔戒三部曲：王者再臨》《指環(huán)王III：王者無敵》《魔戒3：王者歸來》《指環(huán)王3：國王歸來》

劇情簡介

在《指環(huán)王3》中，魔幻戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)逐漸進(jìn)入高潮階段。

一方面，霍比特人佛羅多（伊利亞·伍德　飾）帶著魔戒，與伙伴山姆西恩·奧斯汀、甘姆齊亞歷桑德拉·阿斯汀以及狡猾陰暗的咕嚕前往末日山，一路上艱難險(xiǎn)阻不斷，身為魔君的索倫為了阻止魔戒被銷毀，想盡一切辦法進(jìn)行阻撓。

另一方面，白袍巫師甘道夫率中土勇士們鎮(zhèn)守剛鐸首都——白城米那斯提里斯。魔獸大軍壓境，黑暗與光明的決戰(zhàn)即將來臨，這是一場(chǎng)正義與邪惡的較量……

制作花絮

阿拉貢一角原來是屬于26歲的斯圖爾特·湯森德的，而湯森德在經(jīng)過了6周的訓(xùn)練和排練后，導(dǎo)演彼得·杰克遜開始覺得這個(gè)角色應(yīng)該找一個(gè)歲數(shù)大點(diǎn)的人來演，于是可憐的湯森德被41歲的維戈·莫特森取代了。

拍攝結(jié)束后演員們都得到了禮物——他們所扮演人物的標(biāo)志性道具，例如麗芙·泰勒得到了阿爾溫快死時(shí)穿的那條裙子。奧蘭多·布魯姆則得到了萊格拉斯的一把弓。

維戈·莫特森表演過于投入，以至于在一次談話中，導(dǎo)演彼特在一個(gè)半小時(shí)內(nèi)都叫他“阿拉貢”他卻沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)。

片中的大蜘蛛夏洛伯是以新西蘭當(dāng)?shù)匾环N隧道里的蜘蛛為原型的。

伊恩·麥凱倫的第一個(gè)工作日拍攝了甘道夫的第一個(gè)鏡頭：來到夏爾郡；第二天就拍攝了甘道夫的最后一個(gè)鏡頭：西行離開。

重點(diǎn)學(xué)習(xí)

Instead of starting just where the previous film left off

文中的left off是leave off的過去時(shí)態(tài)，它是英語中的一個(gè)固定搭配，它最常見的意思是“停止，中斷”，比如：He left off working and had some coffee.（他停下了工作，喝了些咖啡。）它還能表達(dá)“戒除（習(xí)慣）”的意思，比如：It's hard for a chain-smoker to leave off smoking.（煙不離口的人很難戒煙。）另外，它還有“不再穿；不再使用”的意思，比如：The weather is getting warmer and you can leave off your heavy coat.（天氣越來越暖和了，你無需再穿厚衣服了。）

Where an even darker enemy lies in wait

文中的lie in wait是英語中的一個(gè)固定短語，相當(dāng)于lay wait for，是“埋伏以待，伏擊，準(zhǔn)備出其不意地恐嚇（或襲擊）”的意思，比如：These migrations are when fishermen lie in wait.（這些遷徙的魚群正是漁民們守株待兔的狩獵目標(biāo)。）

單詞時(shí)間

mammoth[?mæm?θ] adj. 巨大的，龐大的；猛犸似的

flashback[?flæ?bæk] n. 倒敘；閃回；迷幻藥效幻覺重現(xiàn)

potent[?p?ut?nt] adj. 有效的；強(qiáng)有力的，有權(quán)勢(shì)的；有說服力的

foreboding[f?:?b?udi?] n. 預(yù)感；先兆；預(yù)兆

stronghold[?str??h?uld] n. 要塞；大本營；中心地

steward[?stju:?d] n. 管家；乘務(wù)員；膳務(wù)員；工會(huì)管事

sanity[?sæn?ti] n. 明智；頭腦清楚；精神健全；通情達(dá)理

inexperience[?inik?spi?ri?ns] n. 缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)；無經(jīng)驗(yàn)；不熟練

cavernous[?kæv?n?s] adj. 似巨穴的；洞穴狀的；凹狀的；甕聲的

ghoulish[?ɡu:li?] adj. 食尸鬼似的；令人毛骨悚然的

battlefield[?bætlfi:ld] n. 戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)；沙場(chǎng)