【正文】 lt considering that the first two sequels never really justified their existence. Despite its admitted age, the original First Blood remains a great little vigilante film dealing with America39。t quite hit his target as accurately as he did with Rocky39。s another one for you: Remember those wolves that escaped from the zoo? Think we39。s mother, struggles nobly in her subplot, which involves the little cancer patient named Peter. She stays by his side after the hospital is evacuated, calling for an ambulance, which we think is a tad optimistic, since Manhattan has been flooded up to about the eighth floor, the water has frozen, and it39。Toole in Troy, Holm proves that a gifted Britishtrained actor can walk into almost any scene and make it seem like it means something. 英文影評 6 / 19 Quaid and Gyllenhaal and the small band of New York survivors do what can be done with impossible dialogue in an unlikely situation. And Dr. Lucy Hall (Sela Ward), Jack39。 they drive part of the way, on highways that are gridlocked and buried in snow, except for where they39。ve got to brief the president directly.) Jack draws a slash across a map of the United States, and writes off everybody north of it. He issues a warning that supercooled air will kill anybody exposed to it, advises those in its path to stay inside, and then ... well, then he sets off to walk from Washington to New York to get to his son. Two of his buddies, also veterans of Arctic treks, e along. We are wondering: (a) why walk to New York when his expertise is desperately needed to save millions? (b) won39。s sensational claims. Before long, however, it is snowing in India, and hailstones the side of softballs are ripping into Tokyo. Birds, which are always wise in matters of global disaster, fly south doubletime. Turbulence tears airplanes from the sky. The president (Perry King) learns the FAA wants to ground all flights and asks the vice president, What do you think we should do? Meanwhile, young Sam Hall (Jake Gyllenhaal) goes to New York with an academic decathlon team, which includes Laura (Emmy Rossum of Mystic River) and Brian (Arjay Smith). They39。t even try to pretend doesn39。s also very scary. The special effects are on such an awesome scale that the movie works despite its cornball plotting. When tornados rip apart Los Angeles (not sparing the Hollywood sign), when a wall of water roars into New York, when a Russian tanker floats down a Manhattan street, 英文影評 5 / 19 when snow buries skyscrapers, when the crew of a space station can see nothing but violent storm systems well, you pay attention. No doubt some readers are already angry with me for revealing that Jack, Sam, Laura, Jason, Dr. Lucy Hall and the little cancer patient survive. Have I given away the plot? This plot gives itself away. When cataclysmic events shred uncounted lives but the movie zeroes in on only a few people, of course they survive, although some supporting characters may have to be sacrificed. What39。s Independence Day, New York was assaulted in his Godzilla, and now, in Th e Day After Tomorrow, Emmerich outdoes himself: Los Angeles is leveled by multiple tornados, New York is buried under ice and snow, the United Kingdom is flashfrozen, and lots of the Northern Hemisphere is wiped out for good measure. Thank god that Jack, Sam, Laura, Jason and Dr. Lucy Hall survive, along with Dr. Hall39。s bestseller debut novel 5point Someone, thought he is credited in Titles producer says it is an Original story, which for seems impossible because more than 80% of movie is based on book. The film is Entertaining in parts and Enjoyable , but the moment it deviates from book, it goes overboard,looses it39。s most acplished work to date. It39。s nononsense manservant), is flawless. While Titanic is easily the most subdued and dramatic of Cameron39。s likable and energetic in this part two characteristics vital to establishing Jack as a hero. Meanwhile, Kate Winslet, whose impressive resume includes Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, and Jude, dons a flawless American accent along with her 1912 garb, and essays an appealing, vulnerable Rose. Billy Zane es across as the perfect villain callous, arrogant, yet displaying true affection for his prized fianc? The supporting cast, which includes Kathy Bates, Bill Paxton, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill (as Titanic39。s sense of verisimilitude. For the leading romantic roles of Jack and Rose, Cameron has chosen two of today39。s impossible to deny the power of the visual effects. Especially during the final hour, as Titanic undergoes its death throes, the film functions not only as a rousing adventure with harrowing escapes, but as a testimony to the power of puters to simulate reality in the modern motion picture. The scenes of Titanic going under are some of the most aweinspiring in any recent film. This is the kind of movie that it39。s from afar, but circumstances offer him the opportunity 英文影評 3 / 19 to bee much closer to her. As the voyage continues, Jack and Rose grow more intimate, and she tries to summon up the courage to defy her mother (Frances Fisher) and break off her engagement. But, even with the aid of an outspoken rich women named Molly Brown (Kathy Bates), the barrier of class looms as a seeminglyinsurmountable obstacle. Then, when circumstances in the Rose/Cal/Jack triangle are ing to a head, Titanic strikes an iceberg and the unsinkable ship (that term is a testament to man39。s three main characters: Rose, a young American debutante trapped in a loveless engagement because her mother is facing financial ruin。s longburied treasure. The expedition is led by Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton), a fortune hunter who is searching for the mythical Heart of the Ocean, a majestic 56 karat diamond which reputedly went down with the ship. After seeing a TV report about the salvage mission, a 101year old woman