★★★ 小马王 ★★★ Here I AM ★★★ -小马精灵-2008-06-20 16:48:00
小马王(Spirit:Stallion of the Cimarron)
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Plot
Screenwriter John Fusco returns to the Western themes of his previous films Young Guns and Thunderheart with this animated children's adventure from Dreamworks. Matt Damon supplies the voice of Spirit, a wild Mustang stallion living free in the Old West of the late 19th century, where he's captured by human horse traders and sold to a cavalry regiment at a frontier outpost. There, a cruel colonel (voice of ames Cromwell) nearly succeeds in breaking the willful horse, but not quite. Spirit escapes in the company of another captive, Little Creek (voice of Daniel Studi), a Native American youth that tries to possess the magnificent animal by more humane means, but Spirit refuses to bend to human will even when he makes the acquaintance of Little Creek's beautiful and fiercely loyal mare, Rain. After he saves Little Creek's life in an Army raid, Spirit believes that the gravely injured Rain has perished after a tumble over a waterfall. Despondent, the horse is captured again by humans, enslaved this time for work in a pack team on the transcontinental railroad. Undaunted by the tragedies that befall him, Spirit manages to escape for a reunion with Little Creek, Rain, and his long-lost brethren. Featuring songs by rock singer Bryan Adams, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron departs from other examples of its genre in that the horse protagonists do not speak or sing; only Spirit's voice is heard as voice-over narration. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide ReviewSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is a technically innovative film, blending hand-drawn and computer animation with a seamlessness never approached before, but most viewers probably won't know the difference. They're more likely to notice how otherwise uninspired the film seems. The problems start with the filmmakers' decision not to have the animals talk. This was a wise choice, in some respects. As co-director Kelly A*****ury has noted, they realized early on that "the minute you have a horse speak, it's a comedy." Caroline Thompson's 1994 live-action film Black Beauty successfully told the classic story from a (non-speaking) horse's point of view. And Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1988 film The Bear also effectively used a real animal in the lead.
Matt Damon's voiceover, from the point-of-view of the horse, is used sparsely and effectively. But the animators for Spirit decided to use the unrealistic nature of the medium to make the horses more expressive. As they gesture, smile, shake their heads, raise eyebrows, and neigh, whinny, and grunt at each other (at times sounding more like Chewbacca than horses) in a recognizably human (and decidedly un-horse-like) way, one begins to wish they'd just spit it out. Despite some pleasant Old West scenery early on, the film picks up considerable steam once Spirit comes into contact with humans, and the plot kicks in. This leads to a few exciting, well-animated action sequences, particularly one involving Spirit and a team of horses being forced to drag a train engine up a hill. The film doesn't approach the heights of modern animation, and its childish simplicity, as exemplified by the insipid Bryan Adams songs on the soundtrack, may bore adults. But it is likely to keep younger children entertained. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide Cast
Donald Fullilove - Train Pull Foreman Michael Horse - Little Creek's Friends Richard McGonagle - Bill Charles Napier - Roy Robert Cait - Jake Chopper Bernet - Sgt. Adams Jeff LeBeau - Railroad Foreman/Murphy Matthew Levin - Joe Zahn McClarnon - Little Creek's Friends Adam Paul - Pete John Rubano - Soldier Meredith Wells - Little Indian Girl 【配乐介绍】
Hans Zimmer(汉斯基默)。他的名字你可能没听过,不过他所配乐的电影你肯定看过。简要介绍如下：
《The Rock》 --- 《勇闯夺命岛》 1997年获音乐创作组织BMI电影音乐终身成就奖(其它奖不计其数），更被史蒂芬斯匹尔伯格，杰瑞卡森伯格，大卫葛芬所创立的梦工场重金聘为电影音乐部门的总负责人，监督旗下每一部电影音乐的制作。 【歌手介绍】
【影片介绍】1800年美国西部，一匹雄性野马经历西部拓荒的故事。就在那一片视野无际的大草原上，小马王在芸芸的马匹中独树一帜，任性、狂傲和勇敢的?在崎岖的美国边境奔驰。出生及成长在西部大草原的小马王，不幸地被派来拓荒的军队将领俘虏，接受驯服后与印第安人作战。在营中，?认识了印第安人赫奇，并与他经历了一段惊险的旅程。《小马王》由一匹马来俯视西部开发的精神，从中人和马成为了莫逆之交，而小马王在过程中也找到自己的伴侣，这正好反映了年轻人由无拘无束到接受责任羁绊的成长历程，另外更带出了人类与动物共同创造出和平的生存空间。 故事有人情味，有理想，有承担，十分值回票价。梦工场再接再厉向难度挑战，采用动画电影从没使用过的广角镜拍摄，以崭新计算机特技揉合传统二维平面(2D)技巧,令影片中一望无际的大地风光看得人心?神怡，细致如人和马的眼神动态亦栩栩如生…今次比过去的作品更见突破和野心，最明显的莫过于全片没有拟人化的角色，片中的马儿不会说人话，只以身体语言来表达，对于动画师来说，可是一次最大的挑战。 小马王是一个冒险故事，主角是一匹住在美国西部，名叫史比瑞特的野马。当人类文明侵入他的世界，虽然他被迫面对各种挑战和障碍，但是却凭着高贵的尊严和无畏的勇气克服重重难关，勇敢地捍卫他自己和他族群的自由。 史比瑞特热爱他的生活和他的家园，有一天傍晚他看到远处有一堆火，于是前往查看，在那儿他遇到一群驯马夫，这是他第一次见到人类。这群驯马夫立刻上前追捕史比瑞特，他被抓到后被卖给骑兵队，他们试图驯服他，并且把他训练成战马。 后来一名叫小溪的印第安小男孩帮助史比瑞特脱逃后，把他带回他的部落，史比瑞特在那儿爱上一匹斑纹母马小雨。史比瑞特第一次感到内心挣扎，他不知道是该回到家乡，还是留下来陪小雨。当小溪察觉到这两匹小马之间的爱意，他就知道他们应该一起回到史比瑞特的家乡。 但是他们没走多远就听到一阵骚动，骑兵队出兵攻击小溪的印第安部落，于是他们立刻折返回去，当一声 枪声响起 时小雨正好奔向小溪，替他挡了一枪。这时骑兵队再度捕捉到史比瑞特，而身受重伤的小雨则孤孤单单地被留下来。 史比瑞特的心都碎了，他不但失去了小雨，更糟的是，他被送到一个小镇，被迫加入当地的马群，他们必须一起拉着沉重的火车越过山头，好让铁路工人铺上铁轨。 史比瑞特看到这条铁轨竟然朝向他的家乡，于是假装筋疲力尽昏了过去，然后再趁机脱逃，他也顺便释放了其它的马匹，甚至造成一场大爆炸。这些时候小溪一直都徒步跟在史比瑞特身旁，当士兵看到他们时，史比瑞特第一次让小溪骑上他的马背一起逃跑，于是展开一场惊险刺激的追逐。 小溪和史比瑞特终于重获自由。当他们回到印第安部落，意外发现小雨安然无恙，史比瑞特的心中当然充满了喜悦。经过一连串的冒险之后，他追求自由的勇气和欲望变得越来越强烈，于是小溪只好哭着向他们道别，史比瑞特和小雨也一起回到他们的家园，受到马族的热烈欢迎，他们从此过着幸福快乐的生活。 -- （相关文字均摘自网络）_(~) _(~) _(~) _(8) _(8) _(8) | |||||||||
