《Shrek》　怪物史瑞克　能拯救公主的不一定是王子

No.024　《Shrek》　怪物史瑞克　能拯救公主的不一定是王子

英文導讀

Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy-comedy film produced by PDI/DreamWorks, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. It is loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book with the same name, and somewhat serves as a parody film, targeting other films adapted from various children' s fantasies (mainly Disney films). Shrek stars Mike Myers as a big, strong, solitude-loving, intimidating ogre named Shrek; Cameron Diaz as the beautiful, feisty, but very down-to-earth Princess Fiona; Eddie Murphy as the talkative Donkey; and John Lithgow as the villain Lord Farquaad. The film made notable use of popular music; the soundtrack includes music by Smash Mouth, Eels, Joan Jett, The Proclaimers, Jason Wade, The Baha Men, and John Cale (covering Leonard Cohen). Shrek was the only film in the series to have Harry Gregson-Williams's musical score assistantly by John Powell.

In this fully computer-animated fantasy from the creators of Antz, we follow the travails of Shrek (Mike Myers), a green ogre who enjoys a life of solitude. Living in a far away swamp, he is suddenly invaded by a hoard of fairy tale characters, such as the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Pigs, and Three Blind Mice, all refugees of their homes who have been shunned by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). They want to save their homes from ruin, and enlist the help of Shrek, who is in the same situation. Shrek decides to offer Lord Farquaad a deal; he will rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), who is intended to be Farquaad's bride. Accompanying Shrek on his adventure is the faithful but loquacious Donkey (Eddie Murphy), who has a penchant for crooning pop songs. The two must face various obstacles in order to locate the Princess, but they find their world challenged when she reveals a dark secret that will affect the group.

Earning $484.4 million at the box office, the film was a critical and commercial success. Shrek also received promotion from food chains such as Baskin-Robbins (promoting the film's DVD release) and Burger King. It was acclaimed as an animated film worthy of adult interest, with many adult-oriented jokes and themes but a simple enough plot and humour to appeal to children. Shrek won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was also nominated for six BAFTAs, including the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Eddie Murphy for his voice-over performance as Donkey, and won the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film's main (and title) character was awarded his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2010.

Shrek established DreamWorks Animation as a prime competitor to Pixar in the field of feature film animation, particularly in computer animation. The film's success prompted DreamWorks to create three sequels, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, and Shrek Forever After, two holiday specials, Shrek the Halls and Scared Shrekless, and a spin-off film, Puss in Boots. A fifth film, planning to be the last film in the seres, was originally planned for released, but later was cancelled in 2009 as it was announced the fourth film to be the last film in the series. The film's success also inspired other merchandise, such as video games, a stage musical and even a comic book by Dark Horse Comics.

獲獎情況

2002年第74屆奧斯卡：最佳動畫長片，并榮獲最佳改編劇本提名。

影片信息

導演：安德魯·亞當森、維基·詹森

編?。禾┑?middot;艾略特、特里·魯西奧

主演：麥克·梅爾斯、艾迪·墨菲、卡梅隆·迪亞茨、約翰·利特高

類型：喜劇、動畫、家庭、奇幻、冒險

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國

上映日期：2001-05-18（美國）

片長：90分鐘

又名：《怪物史萊克》《史瑞克》《史力加》

劇情簡介

很久很久以前，在一個遙遠的大沼澤里，住著一只叫史瑞克的綠色怪物，過著悠閑的生活。有一天，他平靜的生活被幾個不速之客打破，他們是一只眼神不怎么好的小老鼠、一只大灰狼和三只無家可歸的小豬，他們都是從童話王國里逃出來的。他們告訴史瑞克，他們的國王很殘暴，準備掠奪一位魅力非凡的公主搶占為妻。史瑞克雖說丑陋，卻內(nèi)心善良。他前去搭救公主，同時也想一睹公主芳容。路上，他遇到了一個話癆騾子，騾子知道了史瑞克的目的，決定忠心耿耿為之效勞。

此時，國王正在為自己王位發(fā)愁，因為魔鏡告訴他要娶個公主才能成為真正的國王，所以他選定了困在高塔之上、有火龍守護的公主菲奧娜，并且準備選拔騎士去搶奪公主。這時正好史瑞克趕來，打敗了所有騎士，成功地救出公主。但在途中發(fā)現(xiàn)自己愛上了公主菲奧娜，而公主也已經(jīng)對史瑞克有了感情，但是由于公主自身被詛咒，白天擁有美麗的外貌，而晚上會變成怪物，所以一直不敢表白。最后，地位尊貴的公主會和一只怪物在一起嗎？

制作花絮

本片是一部完全由電腦制作完成的動畫片，改編自威廉·斯蒂格的同名童話，自1996年10月開始制作，共耗時4年多的時間。該片的電腦技術(shù)具有突破性，如人物的表情和形體不只是簡單的描繪，而是從骨頭開始，到肉體再到衣服一層一層向外“制作”，光是一個小關(guān)節(jié)便有成百上千個可控制的“機關(guān)”，光是公主一個人物便有近30個電腦動畫制作師負責制作（全片共有275名電腦制作師，耗時數(shù)年完成）。

本片不僅吸收了迪斯尼的經(jīng)典模式，而且拿這個模式開了一個巨大的善意玩笑。以往迪斯尼的影片可以歸納為“王子拯救落難的公主，兩人一見鐘情，最后白頭偕老”的定律。王子和公主心地善良不用說了，更重要的是郎俊女貌?？墒?，世界上大多數(shù)人相貌平平，既沒有明星臉，也沒有運動員的身材，難道他們只配當灰姑娘的姐姐或后媽嗎？

本片在用聲音塑造人物方面取得了極高的成就，尤其是艾迪·墨菲配音的驢子。另外，電腦技術(shù)也有突破，使得視覺真實性達到空前的水平。這是第一部榮獲奧斯卡最佳動畫長片的作品。

重點學習

When she reveals a dark secret that will affect the group

文中的dark作為形容詞，是“黑暗的，深色的；模糊的；無知的；憂郁的”的意思，所以dark secret是“誰也不知道的秘密；十分秘密的事”的意思，比如：I didn't want to understand his deep dark secret.（我不想了解他令人費解的秘密。）

But a simple enough plot and humour to appeal to children

文中的appeal to是英語中的常用搭配，在文中是“有吸引力，有感染力；引起…好感；（某人）認為好”的意思，比如：None of these appeal to me.（這些都不能引起我的興趣。）另外，appeal to還可以表達“訴諸；求助于；請求；要求；呼吁；向…上訴”的意思，比如：We appealed to reason to win our argument.（我們靠訴諸理性贏得了辯論。）

單詞時間

parody[?pær?di] n. 拙劣的模仿；詼諧的改編詩文

fantasy[?fænt?si] n. 幻想；[心]白日夢；幻覺

ogre[??uɡ?] n. 食人魔鬼，怪物（童話等中的）；令人害怕的人

talkative[?t?:k?tiv] adj. 饒舌的；多話的；多嘴的；愛說話的

travail[?træveil] n. 分娩的痛苦；艱苦勞動

solitude[?s?litju:d] n. 孤獨；隱居；荒僻的地方

swamp[sw?mp] n. 沼澤；濕地

shun[??n] vt. 避開，避免；回避

bride[braid] n. 新娘；[英俚]姑娘，女朋友

penchant[?pent??nt] n. 嗜好；傾向

competitor[k?m?petit?] n. 競爭者，對手

spin-off[?spin?:f] n. 副產(chǎn)品；資產(chǎn)分派，讓產(chǎn)易股

merchandise[?m?:t??ndaiz] n. 商品；貨物