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)
中间部分的追逐戏全场最佳，“世界”三部曲每一部都有一场纯影院奇观体验类的名场面，“肾上腺素片”就该飙他的升。还有几幕“怪兽式”惊悚戏有致敬老片风格的意味，是小惊喜了。当然不满还是有的，恐龙戏敢不敢再少一些，以及恐虫患者看到那胳膊巨大的蝗虫真的要当场送走了！
挺好的，青春期的爱情，突如其来的心动，但是真正的爱是在日积月累中慢慢堆积，剧情真的是普普通通，而且尺度真的有点……不过还是可以的。
没看任何一部前作，可是这部真的无聊🥱给我中途看睡了。醒来以后的部分就全是无聊的宏伟高音音乐配各种团圆镜头……开头结尾那念白表达出来的人与自然的主题也是一言难尽。
Queer community需要更多像本片一样走心拍的YA rom-com！故事老套又怎么样，小朋友的故事来来去去就那些事，而且我并不想看到euphoria那种只有sex和drugs的青春疼痛片，Crush这种为了上大学为了喜欢的艺术为了朋友的青春片就很好啊，而且主角都是出柜的，比全是moody的straight演员好多了！多加一星！
喜欢看这种拐弯抹角寻真爱，结果真爱就是身边人的剧情🥺🥺看我感觉我又能相信爱情惹(bushi
最后霸王龙和南方恐龙两巨头终聚首对峙的场景……这不是那英和宁静绕桌走吗？！
现在的好莱坞编剧属实黔驴技穷了，专靠一些无聊的类型元素堆砌+冒险段落拼接+贩卖ip情怀来随意应付市场，至于情节逻辑、剧作结构通通都在敷衍了事，侏罗纪世界混搭蝗虫危机简直不伦不类，为了扩充故事线连ip的原始风味都整没了。人物多且杂，叙事乱糟糟，编剧力求群像戏份平均导致恐龙存在感严重削弱，最后的大战直接给看无语了。
先说缺点！前段节奏很差，废戏太多，开头展现了一系列温情脉脉的人类恐龙共生图，接着大篇幅就在讲如何与反派斗智斗勇、谍战戏、异国风光以及枪炮追逐，还要时不时分镜头给那恶心无比的蝗虫……恐龙在这里完全沦为人类动作片的背景板。但从马耳他速度与激情般惊心动魄的追逐开始渐入佳境，尽管剧情仍然又碎又杂还偏离主题，但既有劳拉邓恩三大老演员的情怀加持，又有无处不在的各类恐龙给人的巨大压迫感，非常过瘾甚至畏惧，是三部里我肾上腺素飙得最高的一次！后半部分则是个大拼盘大团圆式的史诗终局，各类经典情节都来一遭，角色各自高光且完成使命。六部电影，二十九年，我想这已经算是目前侏罗纪ip能给到观众的最好结局。难以苛责，感谢所有主创们给我的恐龙梦。
佩奇一直喜欢女神姐姐，结果慢慢喜欢上了“平平无奇”的妹妹AJ，甚至发现发现AJ就是那个让她背锅的涂鸦艺术家。
短小，以至于刚有点代入，没了，不过立夏可爱的
虽然叫侏罗纪世界，但仍然离不开美国中心，外景只去了马耳他，估计也是疫情原因。虽然格局小，文戏各种尬聊，动作戏都是套路，但是主题公园就是要惊险刺激，肾上腺素飙升，比漫威看的兴奋！缺点是恐龙的音效太刺耳了。P.S. 胖胖的Owen和Claire好可爱！
再来说说缺点:
终于有小甜饼姬剧！！！这种青春校园真的完完全全我的favorite type！！无敌羡慕这部剧里面的文化环境…
我也喜欢AJ！！！她真的蛮像女武神哈哈哈哈哈 能不能也让我活在电影这个世界里 身边都是女本子🌚
情怀满满，把整个六部曲串在一起来了个大收尾，各种致敬各种梗很欣慰。这个蒂姆库克实在是太出戏。
四星给一代三人组
Srds好可爱!!!女主请快快和我谈恋爱！
老套情怀爆米花，跟《哥斯拉速激星战》那些本质上也没太大差别。两代主演同框有点意思，想多看些恐龙却被过度消费，别再拍了哈。★★☆/5.6
我真的就只是想安安静静地看恐龙在人类城市大开杀戒，不是来看你卖情怀的。
好可爱的les三角恋，在aj和gaby中左右为难ohhhhhhhhhh
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