四個婚禮一個葬禮
文章來源: 落花飄零2006-02-21 12:09:53

高中的時候,我家對麵有一個錄像鋪子,幾排架子上花花綠綠地塞滿了被翻譯得稀奇古怪的電影VCD,隻供出租。我每個月買環球銀幕的雜誌,然後按圖索驥,錄像店的小老板不懂電影不懂英文,但是非常敬業,到處收羅最新的或者顧客詢問過的片子,所以小店裏經常會讓人瞠目地出現一些非常好的片子。

四個婚禮一個葬禮,就是那個時候看到的。我至今還記得,我帶了片子,吭哧吭哧踩了自行車去毅雯家裏,一邊喝雪碧,一邊吃怪味花生,然後我們第一次看到了休格蘭特,第一次領略了英國式的幽默,第一次看到了安迪深邃迷人的眼睛。

後來上了大學,做口語練習的時候,再見到這部電影,作為教材,我反複看了數遍,在我心中,這部電影,空前絕後,是浪漫喜劇的巔峰之作。

依然記得憨豆先生扮演的牧師初次主持婚禮,把聖靈說成Holy Goat,舌頭打結地說新娘的名字,仍然記得安迪驚世駭俗地點數評述33個前男友,還有秀格蘭特的妹妹,做伴娘的時候裙子拉鏈都沒有拉。影片到處都是笑料,充斥著新郎新娘們能夠想象的各種噩夢,忘記帶結婚戒指了,被主人安排在四個前女友之中,伴郎要命的故作幽默的發言,每次看都忍不住哈哈大笑。

當然,最喜歡的,還是休戈蘭特,他的笑容,總是帶著些許苦澀,又繃得有點緊,是英倫男子的那種文弱敏感,其實又內心不羈的模樣。他的幽默不是好萊塢們直接放肆的,而是要仔細看他聽他才會領悟的。

這部電影裏,人人都有自己的問題,聾啞的弟弟,長相古怪的妹妹,講話無趣的大齡男,和個性孤僻的大齡女。。。但是他們心中都真誠地向往著美好的愛情,最後也都紛紛找到各自的歸宿。

看這樣的片子,總會有種春天終會來臨的明媚感覺,所以比較適合在冬春交界的時候看,能夠治療winter depression,比如我。嘻嘻。

一起聽聽這首主題歌吧,love is all round,by wet wet wet.在前年的love actually裏麵,那個billy大叔,惡搞了這首歌一把,嗬嗬,笑死我了。

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
The love that's all around me
And so the feeling grows
It's written on the wind
It's everywhere I go
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show
You know I love you, I always will
My mind's made up by the way that I feel
There's no beginning, there'll be no end
'Cause on my love you can depend
I see your face before me
As I lay on my bed
I cannot get to thinking
Of all the things you said
You gave your promise to me and I gave mine to you
I need someone beside me in everything I do
You know I love you, I always will
My mind's made up by the way that I feel
There's no beginning, there'll be no end
'Cause on my love you can depend
I got to keep it moving
It's written in the wind
Oh everywhere I go
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show
Come on and let it,
Come on and let it,
Come on and let it,
Come on and let it show