新版《悲慘世界》:衆星齊開唱 Far from miserable

Although it’s been adapted for the big screen dozens of times over the past few decades, the latest version of Les Misérables is perhaps the most highly anticipated yet.

過去數十年間，《悲慘世界》被搬上大銀幕多達數十次，然而最新版的《悲慘世界》或許是到目前爲止最受期待的一部。

Directed by British director Tom Hooper, fresh from sweeping the board at the Oscars with The King’s Speech, the movie-musical stars the likes of Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. It seems success is already all but guaranteed.

該片由剛憑藉《國王的演講》橫掃奧斯卡的英國導演湯姆•霍珀執導，這部音樂鉅製請來了安妮•海瑟薇、休•傑克曼以及羅素•克洛等影星擔當主演。幾乎可以斷言該片勢必大獲全勝。

Some might be skeptical due to the lack of quality movie musicals in recent years. But according to Marlow Stern, movie critic for The Daily Beast, who attended the movie’s world premiere in New York last week, Les Misérables proved doubters wrong. “It hits all the right notes and is, in my opinion, the newly minted frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar,” Stern wrote in his review.

由於近年來面世的音樂片普遍有失水準，一些人可能對該片持懷疑態度。但據剛剛在紐約參加了該片全球首映的《每日野獸》網影評人馬洛•斯特恩表示，事實證明那些持懷疑態度的人們錯了。斯特恩在評論中寫道：“本片堪稱毫無差池，在我看來，該片將成爲又一部領跑奧斯卡最佳影片的全新力作。”

From filming the movie through to its early promotion, Hathaway undoubtedly caught the most attention, mainly due to the haircut and weight loss required for her role.

安妮•海瑟薇按照角色要求剪了短髮併成功減重，因此從攝製期間到早期宣傳，她毫無疑問地成爲了人們關注的焦點。

However, what may have been even more challenging for Hathaway and her fellow actors was the singing. Hooper decided to have the entire cast sing all the songs live during filming, with live musical accompaniment. The performers had nine weeks of rehearsal to get their vocals in shape and it shows onscreen, as each and every song is brimming with pathos.

然而，海瑟薇及片中其他演員還要面對最大的挑戰，那就是唱歌。導演霍珀決定全體演員在拍攝期間要隨着音樂伴奏獻上真唱。表演者們經過9周的聲樂訓練，最終我們從大銀幕上可以看到，每位演員、每首歌曲都充滿傷感。

“I was re-watching classic musicals and I must admit I struggled watching the movie musicals where people are lip-syncing,” Hooper said in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. “There’s a distancing quality to it, which I don’t quite like.”

近日霍珀在接受《娛樂週刊》採訪時表示：“我一直在重溫一些經典音樂劇，我必須承認當我看到音樂劇中的演員假唱時，內心十分掙扎。這種高品質卻拉開了與觀衆之間的距離，這是我不太喜歡的一點。”

Nearly every song in the film is brilliantly performed, with highlights including Hathaway’s I Dreamed a Dream (after her first client), and Jackman’s rendition of What Have I Done (following his theft).

影片中幾乎每首歌曲的演繹都堪稱完美，其中的亮點包括安妮•海瑟薇演繹的《我曾有夢》（淪爲妓女的她在接待了第一位客人之後），以及休•傑克曼獻唱的《我做了什麼事》（在他偷東西之後的一幕）。

Jackman, who has a background playing in musicals, seems to be at his best in period dramas and does a fine job capturing Valjean’s brutish exterior and inner turmoil.

曾出演過音樂劇的傑克曼似乎總能在歷史劇中保持最佳狀態，他很好地捕捉到了冉•阿讓粗野的外形以及內心的騷動。

The mid-19th century, a time of social and political upheaval in Europe and the US, is very topical at the moment. There’s Lincoln, Spielberg’s historical epic chronicling the passage of the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery; another film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations; and The Dark Knight Rises, which was inspired by the Dickens classic, A Tale of Two Cities.

19世紀中期，歐美社會與政治動盪不安，這也是的該時期頗具話題性。相關電影有斯皮爾伯格知道的史詩鉅製《林肯》，影片記載了通過憲法第十三修正案廢除奴隸制的過程；改編自查爾斯•狄更斯同名小說的影片《遠大前程》；以及以狄更斯名著《雙城記》爲靈感的影片《蝙蝠俠前傳3：黑暗騎士崛起》。

As for Les Misérables, it is “one of the most joyous, epic experiences you’ll have in a cinema this year”, according to Stern.

用斯特恩的話說，《悲慘世界》將是“你本年度最歡樂、最具史詩感的觀影經歷之一”。

“Once again it proves that the director’s Oscar-winning previous effort, The King’s Speech, was no fluke.”

“這再次證實了導演霍珀此前憑藉《國王演講》一片摘得奧斯卡絕非僥倖。”