Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
3/5 @ mk2 bibliothèque
四星还差一点，但是三星是绰绰有余！
坚守正义的人和为了正义会考虑任何手段的人，没能携手走向他们心中正义的新世界。光线越强，阴影越暗，那束照亮影子的光闪耀过一时，而影子也难逃没于黑暗的命运。节奏沉闷却也令人唏嘘。
一种大胆而又晦涩的试探/女主看起来很知道自己想要什么（just看起来/铺陈的房东和男友和后续是何关联/一星给浪漫与我爱的法式阳光
#GFF22 audience awards的第一部 看完没什么感觉，就像女主自己所说的，她不care任何事情，随心所欲地生活。
主题曲超神了，终于有时王之后有好听的了 在I wanna be your hero处刚好是空我[苦涩]老泪纵横
联动剧场版和周年剧场版一块拍了。
终于有妈宝双性恋女的角色了！电影未解之谜就是艾米莉这么有趣的人怎么会和丹尼尔结成伴侣…
没想到门田侠一变身就吃瘪，什么时候剧版返场呢，礼拜四的乏力剧情需要一个“英雄”。
真会说，把外遇比喻成“时间之外的爱情”
剧情老套 但是看到片尾从一号到Revice所有骑士一一出现还是很感动
最失望的是，最佳拍档的分道扬镳居然是因为道德选择……我看的是TVB吗？药剂师就应该升官发财，如果一方阵营不珍惜，另一方阵营就可以当秘密武器，最后是谁的损失呢？
法国人谈论文学和爱情怎么像喝水一样自然啊，我好羡慕🫠
说实话，从入坑以来已经有四年之久了，虽然不及从小看到大的奥特曼系列，但是还是对假面骑士产生了深厚的感情。
作家再也不见的理由有板有眼有理有据甚至说出了丹尼尔，少女眼泪直流，让人以为这段猛烈的热爱时光终究这样落下帷幕，眼泪过后，作家起身离开，少女立马追上去，这种大胆与热烈真挚的爱让人诧异，我会缓缓抓起你的左手，温柔的吻一口，并且说上一句我不同意，再来第二口我希望你能跟我走进电梯，我会小心的触摸你的脸颊慢慢滑下，最后我会拉你走进电梯，我们会相拥热吻。浪漫到高潮。
作为50周年纪念作，超越世代并不像以往的皮套大战一样只注重特效、爆炸和打戏，编剧毛利和监督柴崎将本次的侧重点主要放在了剧情，没有为了情怀而卖情怀，圣刃的主题是约定，利维斯的主题是家人，围绕五十周年时间这一主题向观众们献上了一个横跨百年的亲情大战，故事以新干线和车票为引，讲述了一对父子许下约定，一定要一起乘坐一次新干线，但一次意外让父亲龙之介穿越到100年后，从而错过了和儿子的约定，导致父子再相见时产生隔阂，儿子秀夫对于父亲抛弃家人，不遵守约定的行为耿耿于怀，但二位一体的假面骑士世纪却需要父子齐心协力才能变身，因此他们如何解除误会就显得至关重要，再次升华了家人和约定这两点，除此之外，过去、现在、未来三个时间线的叙述构建了一个完整的世界观，剧情逻辑合理没有什么硬伤。
这其实是一部披着政治表达外衣，其实在讲“认同”的电影。
假面骑士50周年纪念电影，日本年轻帅哥大集合，但还是少了平成时代假面骑士那种粗旷和英气融合的魅力。剧情很赶，舍得在战斗场面上耗费时长。妆造塑料化后，整个系列的气质愈发中二了。
大型玩具展销广告。不过日本文化能有这种横贯50年陪伴几代人的IP，还是很佩服的！
中规中矩的剧场版，vice依旧是搞笑担当。父子感情演的还不错，挺感人的，片尾曲超级好听！
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