第一篇:美麗心靈A Beautiful Mind英文影評
A Beautiful Mind
Russell Crowe stars as John Forbes Nash Jr., who we meet as he arrives to Princeton University in 1947, a poor young man whose remarkable skills in mathematics won him a scholarship.He doesn't really fit in with the other students though, and he has no interest in actually going to classes.He just wants to find a truly original theory, to think of something that will matter.Something that will make him matter.He does calculate some brilliant stuff, which opens up opportunities for him, all the way to a code breaking gig at the Pentagon, but something is tearing him loose : schizophrenia.Combined with Cold War-era conspiracy theories paranoia, this might make him go totally insane.All he's got left is his caring wife Alicia(Jennifer Connelly), and even she is tempted to give up on him.It's taken me a while to process my feelings on Ron Howard's latest film, as they're kind of confused.In short, I thought the first act was mediocre, then the film did something I perceived as a cheat, but finally it redeemed itself in its powerful last hour.So how am I supposed to review the whole film, as I found its first half to be generic and maudlin, but by the end I was moved to tears? Well, let's start at the beginning, or the “Good Will Hunting” part.These early scenes aren't that bad, they're just bland and harmless.Nash is somehow interesting already, with subtle hints of personality troubles, but he's surrounded by walking clichés, like the snobbish daddy's boy(Josh Lucas), the wisecracking buddies, the kind old teacher, or a newer obligatory staple(see also : “Notting Hill”, “Undeclared”), the quirky British roommate(Paul Bettany).Plus, it's all so timid, a little joke here, a little touching moment there.Yawn.Another thing that bothered me was the seemingly random, unnatural pacing.It's the first day of the semester, then wham!, it's six months down the line, boom!, Nash's made his discovery, watch out!It's now five years later and he's called in to break some Soviet code.It gets even more frustrating when Nash starts teaching and Alicia, who's his student, catches his eye.It literally goes from 'what's your name' to 'I find you attractive' to 'will you marry me?' to 'you're pregnant?!' Meanwhile, Nash, is recruited by a Secretary of Defence agent(Ed Harris)who wants him to peruse periodicals to look for secret Communist codes.Come again? That's not all, there's tense dropouts, mysterious men in black, chases, shoot-outs.It makes little sense, and it's hardly all that interesting.I was ready to pan the film.Oh, but wait a second there, that's only the first hour or so of the film, before what I called the big cheat.Don't worry, I'm not gonna spoil it.Let's just say that the film reveals that it isn't really concerned with code cracking or Nash' love life;“A Beautiful Mind” is ultimately about one man's struggle to retain his sanity, to sort out his mind at once capable of genius and madness.Once the narrative settles on this, the film becomes more and more engrossing.It remains conventional in form as Ron Howard, hardly a daring filmmaker, can't help but go for melodrama and little bittersweet comic beats, or something as predictable and schmaltzy as the “pen scene”.But the screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, adapting the Sylvia Nasar novel, presents us with a very interesting, complex character who hits bottom, degrading into the kind of fidgety old weirdo kids mock on the
street.This makes his eventual getting back on his feet oh so touching, and I don't think there was a dry eye in the room during the final scene.It takes many people to make a film, and it's usually unfair to single out an individual as being most responsible for its success, but in this particular case, I feel it's obvious that this is Russell Crowe's movie.Writer Goldsman did, after all, commit “Batman & Robin”, and as mentioned, Howard has a tendency to lay things too thick, overdoing each moment as if he's trying to show off to the Academy(but oooooooh, that's not his intent, natch).Fortunately, he's at least made one brilliant decision in casting Russell Crowe, who brings depth, pathos and humanity to his character.We see him age nearly fifty years in the film, and I was never thinking 'make-up', Crowe just seemed older in the way he held himself, spoke and appeared altogether.Likewise, with his schizophrenic behaviour, Crowe is not one to chew scenery and go over the top.This is a performance full of nuances and rough corners.His relationship with Paul Bettany and Ed Harris' characters lingers hauntingly in our minds, and even though it's underwritten, his screwed up romance with Jennifer Connelly is affecting.She herself is pretty good(and gorgeous), despite a false-sounding shrieking breakdown scene.Overall, I'd pretty much recommend “A Beautiful Mind”.There are quite a bit of things to dislike in what can be summed up as a tearjerker posing as a psychological thriller, but ultimately it did surprise me by making me cry, and Crowe's performance alone is worth the admission price.If he hadn't won the Best Actor Oscar last year, I'd say he's sure to get it now, and the movie itself will probably get noticed here and there as a reaction.Check it out.
第二篇:英文影評A Beautiful Mind(美麗心靈)
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A beautiful mind
A beautiful mind--a movie tells us a story about a mathematician, Nash who is involved in schizophrenia during his study but under his wife's help he gets rid of this disease and makes a great achievement in mathematics.And finally he becomes one of the Nobel Prize winners.Just in terms of this movie's plot, it is easy for us to understand and we can know more about the things happened to him.He is diligent and patient to his study.Not until his wife Alicia forces him to go to bed will he stop his study and work.It is his diligence and patience that have touched me when I saw this movie this week.Shouldn't I learn from Nash?
I can also learn something else from him.The movie's latter portion shows us that Nash is struggling against the roommate Charles, the little girl and the so called Defense Minister who are all imaginary people.But it also reflects his insistence and will.I want to say everything that once you are determined to do, as long as you persist to do and then you will be successful.Last but not least, the most important thing I want to share is the love between the couple.It does touch me.When the husband is out of his mind, the wife never fails him, and tries her best to help him
come into the normal life.Even sometimes Nash is like a child that can't do everything by himself.I remember the plot where Alicia sees that his husband can do little things on his own and think he may be well, so she let Nash look after their baby, but….But after that, Alicia doesn't resign him to fate.She comes to an agreement with her husband and Nash is determined to overcome the disease by himself.And finally under the help of his wife, he overcomes the disease and makes a great breakthrough.It is the love that works.
第三篇:美麗心靈 影評
A Beautiful Mind
“A beautiful mind” is a documentary.It told a true story about a genius mathematician, John Nash, whose life suddenly took a turn when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.And it won the 74th Oscars film awards.In 1947, John Nash joined Princeton University and studied mathematics, and in 1950, he got PHD after he wrote a Doctoral thesis which proved Adam Smith’s theory was not complete.This theory is what we called Nash equilibrium now.After that, he entered Wheeler Lab to continue his study.It seems that his future is bright, but you will never know what will happen in next second.He was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the most brilliant part in his life.You can imagine how serious it was when he was told that his friend Charles and his colleague Parcher were not real.With the help of his wife, he finally overcame his mental illness and won the Nobel Prize in 1994.I burst into tears when John stood on the podium and said ‘it is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found.I'm only here tonight because of you.You are the reason I am.You are all my reasons.’ It was his wife who supported him and helped him passed the most difficult time in his life.And it was their love that supported his wife to hold on and never gave up him.After seeing this film , I do believe that will and love is the greatest power in the world.
第四篇:美麗心靈影評
《美麗心靈》的生活哲理
《美麗心靈》就像一所好學校,足以開闊你的人生視野。——《丹佛郵報》
人生總該找到自己所熱愛的東西,并為之奮斗。就像納什與數學一樣,他能從中找到無限的樂趣,在生活中處處留意到它影子,甚至為之瘋狂。因為有喜愛的東西,生活才有意義和價值。不論是資質多高,或者平庸的人,他們都有自己的追求,即便是道德低下的人也是如此。這樣至少表明確實活過,熱愛過。
上天是公平的,沒有人可以十全十美地占據人類所有的優點,在你得到某樣特殊的資質時,另一方面你也可能失去某樣與之平行的東西。有時候是你的某一資質彌補了你某種缺陷,而有時候則是你的那一缺陷鑄就了你的才干。總之會有樣東西與你得不到的互補,如果你夠細心夠知足地總結你的生活的話。納什生性孤僻,不善與人交往,這可以說是缺點,但也因為這樣的性格使他能夠完全專注在博弈論的研究上,并取得重大的成果。所以,學會利用自身的充分條件做有益的事情是多么重要。一味地抱怨生活的不公,而不振作那才是最可悲的。有時候,我甚至認為一個人若自己不否定自己,哪怕別人認為自己是如何地不行,那都沒關系,因為我是我自己的,我不在意別人多么不認可自己,就像一個人即使所有人都覺得他丑,只要他自己不嫌棄自己,那依然可以快樂,甚至可以感動別人。納什的坦率讓他受窘難堪,可總有人喜歡這樣的品性,有的人愛你是因為你的美好的品行,而有的人則是愛你這個人本身,你的缺點也照單全收。
電影里讓我觸動很大的有納什神奇縝密的大腦解碼思維,原來除了思想一些生活瑣事外,人腦竟還這般奇特,理性的邏輯思維遠勝與感性思維,而這明顯是異于常人的,納什患上了妄想型精神分裂癥,他常常是生活在幻象中,擔驚受怕地生活著。天才的智慧優于一般人,而他的痛苦也過于一般人。此外電影里刻畫的最多的便是納什與艾麗西亞的愛情,而讓我們記憶最深刻的便是納什在諾貝爾獎致辭:“我一直以來都堅信數字,不管是方程還是邏輯都引導我們去思考。但是在如此追求了一生后,我問自己:“邏輯到底是什么?誰決定原由?”我的探索讓我從形而下到形而上,最后到了妄想癥,就這樣來回走了一趟。在事業上我有了重大突破,在生命中我也找到了最重要的人:只有在這種神秘的愛情方程中,才能找到邏輯或原由來。今晚我能站在這兒全是你的功勞,你是我成功的因素,也是唯一的因素。謝謝你!”艾麗西亞面對納什嚴重的精神分裂癥,也被痛苦撕扯著,她想過要放棄,但她的責任、理智和愛心促使她堅守住這份感情,她相信奇跡會出現,所以她對納什的支持、呵護、等候讓納什一點一點從疾病中慢慢清醒過來,就像他說的那樣幻象中的人物時常會出現在他面前,可是現在他已經有足夠的毅力不理會他們,把他們當做不能再見面的朋友。聰明和才智不能給人一切,唯有愛是良方。你可以擁有世界上的一切財富,但如果失去愛,那你依舊是貧窮的;你可以在物質上是貧窮的,有愛伴隨那就是富足的。愛可能沒辦法用邏輯推斷,但它真真實實地存在,且明明顯顯地起著效用。納什幸運地遇到這樣美好的妻子,陪伴他度過最難熬的日子,艾麗西亞也見證了她的愛所創造的奇
跡。一個天才的苦難的愛情故事感動了多少人,影片雖然并非完全屬于小約翰.納什的真實傳記,但它確實一定程度為我們展示了納什的生活傳奇。人性的閃光點總不會因為環境的圍困就失去它的魅力,相反,恰是越黑暗的光景里,真善美則更加散發出耀眼的光芒。
第五篇:美麗心靈 影評
《美麗心靈》影評
《美麗心靈》是一部關于一個真實的天才數學家的紀錄片。影片的原型是著名數學家、博弈論大師、諾貝爾經濟學獎獲得者小約翰-福布斯-納什。本影片記錄了納什從大學到后來獲得諾貝爾獎的這一段艱辛曲折的歷程。
1947年小約翰-福布斯-納什進入普林斯頓大學學習并研究數學。這個“神秘的來自西弗吉尼亞的天才”并沒有上預備班的經歷,也沒有遺產或富足的親戚資助他進入“常春藤盟校”——但普林斯頓最具聲譽的獎學金證明他確實屬于普林斯頓這個團隊。
這對納什或是對普林斯頓來說是很不容易的。優雅的社會交際他根本不屑一顧,上課也提不起什么興致。他整天沉迷著的只是一件事:尋找一個真正有創意的理論:博弈論。并獲得別人的肯定。盡管他的教授試著讓他遵循學校規章制度,老老實實地寫論文,發表論文,但他深信尋找屬屬于自己的真正的原創理論才是他應該從事的事情。普林斯頓的數學系競爭十分激烈,納什的一些同學也十分樂于看到納什的失敗,他們嘲笑他那副失敗者狼狽不堪的樣子。一次,納什接受漢森的邀請下圍棋,而由于他的過度自傲和自信,他失敗了,這給了他不小的打擊。但是,納什的朋友們仍然十分容忍他,有意無意地慫恿他當個偉人。一個晚上他與一些同學在當地灑吧娛樂,當時他們對一個熱情的金發碧眼女人的反應引發了他的靈感。當納什觀察著這些競爭對手時,常常在他腦海里醞釀的想法突然變得清晰起來。他隨之撰寫出了關于博奕論的論文----“競爭中的數學”----大膽地將現代
經濟之父亞當-斯密的理論作出了不同的解釋。這個已經被人們接受了150年的思想突然變得陳舊過時了,納什的生活也從此發生了改變。
納什在幻想中構建了一個室友查爾斯。在他與查爾斯的談話中說道:“我不喜歡人們,人們也不喜歡我。“人們也不喜歡我”其實是“我不”
喜歡人們”的一種投射。納什孤獨、寂寞,害怕失敗并希望得到人們的認可。查爾斯便充當了一個為他解除孤獨、寂寞并不斷地認可、鼓勵他的人物。“查爾斯”這個幻想的人物說明了納什在潛意識里希望擁有朋友,得到認可。在他與艾麗西婭相愛后,他的妄想中又出現了可愛的小女孩瑪西。納什對女性情感的一無所知使他在潛意識里渴望了解女性。
納什后來獲得了在麻省理工學院(MIT)進行研究和教學的工作,這可是一個眾人覬覦的工作,但是他對這些并不滿意。科學曾為美國在第二次世界大戰中的獲勝發揮了巨大的作用。現在,冷戰盛行,納什渴望在這場新的沖突中發揮自己的優勢。1952年,在美蘇對峙時,納什破解了敵方的密碼,為國防做出了貢獻后,他渴望成功,希望有所作為的思想更加地加深了。于是他又幻想出一個國防部官員——威廉-帕切爾。威廉交給他一個“任務”,這個“任務”關系到15萬人民的安危和國防安全。于是,納什沉迷于破解報紙、雜志中的密碼。在此,他的心靈深處的理想和欲望得到了滿足。幻想中的人物往往與其本身有著沖突性。當納什了解到了危險后想要退出該“任務”,但在威廉的威脅下,他一次次地妥協了。而這次的幻想也對他造成了巨大的身心
影響,直接導致了他后來被強制關進精神病院。
納什在麻省理工學院工作的同時,全身心地投入到這個工作中。在這里,納什受到了一種全新的挑戰,但是這次的挑戰卻是來自光彩照人的艾麗西亞-拉迪一個物理系學生,這個迷人的物理系學生第一眼就看中了偉大的納什博士的才氣和帥氣,于是主動地接近并成功使納什迷上了她。她向納什引入了一個從來沒有認真考慮過的觀念----愛情。
不久,納什和艾麗西亞結婚了,但是他并沒有擺脫自己幻想出來的世界,他的世界中依然有三個人物:查爾斯、馬西、帕徹。而帕徹則是最不能讓他安心的人物。他不能告訴艾麗西亞他正在為帕徹所從事的危險項目。這項工作稍有不慎泄了密,后果將不堪設想。納什一直是悄悄地在干,他被這項工作深深地迷住了,并最終迷失在這些無法抵御的錯覺中。經診斷,他得的是妄想型精神分裂癥。
納什的遭遇讓艾麗西亞嚇壞了,她掙扎在被毀天才的重壓下。然而她又不愿意放棄她心愛的人,雖然這個心愛的人在不經意間就會做出傷害自己和孩子事來。隨著每一天都似乎會給他們帶來新的恐怖,這對令人羨慕的伴侶已失去了當初讓人羨慕的份兒。但是艾麗西亞仍然在她愛著的男人身上發現了他的超凡魅力,這也是支撐她對他承諾的源泉所在。受到她那堅貞不渝的愛情和忠誠的感動,納什最終決定與這場被認為是只能好轉、無法治愈的疾病作斗爭。盡管這疾病終身伴隨著納什,但在納什決定抗爭的那一刻,他已經決定將幻境中的人隔離起來,不再與之說話,不再有任何牽連,于是,他做到了潛心于
照顧孩子、家人和研究事業的旅程中。
謙卑的納什目標很簡單,但要實現這些目標卻是難上加難。處在病魔的重壓之下,他仍然被那令人興奮的數學理論所驅使著,他決心尋找自己的恢復常態的方法。是通過意志的力量,他才一如既往地繼續進行著他的工作,并于1994年獲得了諾貝爾獎。與此同時,他在博奕論方面頗具前瞻性的工作成為20世紀最具影響力的理論,而納什也成了一個不僅擁有美好情感,并具有美麗心靈的人。
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