《The Incredibles》　超人總動員　超人家的市井生活

No.026　《The Incredibles》　超人總動員　超人家的市井生活

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The Incredibles is a 2004 American computeranimated action-comedy superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird, released by Walt Disney Pictures, and the sixth film produced by Pixar Animation Studios.

Directed by Brad Bird, The Incredibles revolves around former high-profile superhero Bob Parr, who has not-so-successfully settled into suburban life along with his wife and kids under the watchful eye of the Superhero Protection Program. A far cry from the "glory days" during which "supers" were a welcome addition to society, the Parrs' living situation was brought on after a series of superhero-related lawsuits forced them into hiding. When not trying to fight small-time crime undercover with fellow former superhero Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson), Parr (voice by Craig T. Nelson) is muddling through the corporate world as a paunchy, emotionally unsatisfied insurance claims adjuster. His family is like any other with some notable exceptions—his daughter has the uncanny ability to become invisible and create impenetrable force fields at will; his son, Dash, can run at incredible speeds; his wife, Helen (Holly Hunter), is known in super circles as Elastigirl, one of the most respected (and pliable) superwomen of her time. Just when it looks as if things can't get any worse for Bob, he gets a summons to show up at a remote island to receive instructions for a highly classified assignment, which he promptly accepts. Thrust back into the world of fighting crime, the Incredible family is back in familiar territory—saving the world from Syndrome, a jilted former fan of Mr. Incredible.

The film received very positive reviews from critics, receiving a 97% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes which made the movie the fifteenth greatest action film of all time and the only one of Top 20 with more than 100 reviews. Metacritic indicates the film "universal acclaim" with a 90 out of 100 rating. Critic Roger Ebert awarded the film stars out of 4, writing that the film"alternates breakneck action with satire of suburban sitcom life" and is "another example of Pixar's mastery of popular animation. " Rolling Stone gave the film stars and called the film "one of the year's best" and said that it "doesn't ring cartoonish, it rings true." Also giving the film stars, People magazine found that The Incredibles "boasts a strong, entertaining story and a truckload of savvy comic touches."

The film won the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, beating two DreamWorks films, Shrek 2 and Shark Tale, as well as Best Sound Editing at the 77th Academy Awards. It also received nominations for Best Original Screenplay (for writer/ director Brad Bird) and Best Sound Mixing (Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo and Doc Kane).

獲獎情況

2005年第77屆奧斯卡：最佳年度動畫長片獎，并榮獲最佳原創(chuàng)劇本提名、最佳混音提名。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：布拉德·伯德

編?。翰祭?middot;伯德

主演：格雷格·T·尼爾森、霍利·亨特、塞繆爾·杰克遜、杰森·李

類型：喜劇、動作、動畫、家庭、奇幻、冒險

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國

上映日期：2004-11-05（美國）

片長：115分鐘

又名：《超人特攻隊》《超人家族》《超人特工隊》

劇情簡介

鮑勃曾經(jīng)是這個世界上最偉大的超人特工，一提起他的大號“不可思議先生”，沒有人不知道。他懲惡揚善，深受街坊鄰里的愛戴。告別了懲惡揚善的生活15年后，中年的鮑勃和他的妻子（也是著名的超人特工）已經(jīng)擁有了平民身份，還搬到郊區(qū)和他們的三個孩子過起了平淡的生活。

步入中年的鮑勃，十分渴望重溫以前那種出生入死的超人生活。無意中，他得知發(fā)明家要展開攻擊超人特工隊、毀滅人類的計劃，他終于按捺不住，認為自己重出江湖的時候到了，他的超人才能終于又派上了用場?？墒牵?5年后的他，已經(jīng)是一個頂著大肚腩、頭頂禿禿、行動緩慢的大胖子了。昔日的英雄已經(jīng)變成了“狗熊”，這場戰(zhàn)斗變得異常的艱難……

制作花絮

給超勁先生配音的杰森·李只用了4天就完成了配音，而超能先生的配音格雷格·T·尼爾森卻用了2年。

本片是皮克斯動畫工作室目前為止唯一沒有清晰出現(xiàn)比薩星球卡車的影片。

為了給巴小飛真正配出氣喘吁吁的聲音，導(dǎo)演真的讓配音演員斯賓塞·克斯在錄音室內(nèi)跑了幾圈。

本片是皮克斯漫畫工作室第一部出現(xiàn)字幕的動畫長片，也是皮克斯動畫工作室第一部沒有歌曲的動畫長片。

本片原來準(zhǔn)備在華納兄弟公司制作成二維手繪動畫的，但隨著華納動畫部的關(guān)閉，導(dǎo)演布拉德·伯德來到了皮克斯動畫工作室。

重點學(xué)習(xí)

Just when it looks as if things can't get any worse for Bob

在英語中，當(dāng)as if和look, seem, feel, taste, smell, sound等系動詞連用時，引導(dǎo)表語從句。文中的look as if后面引導(dǎo)的就是表語從句，look as if譯為“看起來似乎，看上去好像”，比如：He looked as if he had no interest in it.（他看起來似乎對此不感興趣。）要注意的是：如果as if引導(dǎo)的從句是“主語+系動詞”結(jié)構(gòu)，可省略主語和系動詞。比如：He acts as if (he were) a fool.（他做事像個傻子。）括號中的he were可以省略。另外，在as if后面的從句中，當(dāng)說話人認為句子所述的是不真實的或極少有可能發(fā)生或存在的情況時，應(yīng)使用虛擬語氣。

It rings true

文中的ring ture是英語中的一個固定短語，它是“聽來真實可靠；聽上去是真的”的意思，比如：Make sure that the personality and image projected in your advertising ring true.（確保你的廣告中所表達的個性和形象是真實的。）

單詞時間

superhero[?sju:p??hi?r?u] n. 超級英雄

suburban[s??b?:b?n] adj. 郊區(qū)的，城郊的；土氣的；見聞不廣的

lawsuit[?l?:sju:t] n. 訴訟（尤指非刑事案件）；訴訟案件

muddle[?m?dl] vi. 胡亂思考；糊里糊涂地行事

paunchy[?p?:nt?i] adj. 大肚子的；大腹便便的

uncanny[??n?kæni] adj. 神秘的；離奇的；可怕的

impenetrable[im?penitr?bl] adj. 不能通過的；頑固的；費解的；不接納的

summon[?s?m?n] vt. 召喚；召集；鼓起；振作

jilt[d?ilt] vt. 拋棄

breakneck[?breiknek] adj. 非常危險的；要使頸骨折斷似的；極快的

mastery[?mɑ:st?ri] n. 掌握；精通；優(yōu)勢；征服；統(tǒng)治權(quán)