101齣避之則吉的電影

這個星期在看「101齣避之則吉的電影 」(101 Movies to Avoid: The Most Overrated Films of All Time)這本書，好笑啊！

這本書的封底的簡介如下：

This is a collection of the movies that people (especially those damned critics) have told you are exceptionally good, classics in their genre. So, you buy the ticket and settle down in great expectation, only to realise two hours later that the movie has been totally overrated! Well, fear no more ...It will steer you away from the pompous, the pretentious and the downright stinking wastes of celluloid that have for some reason become known as "classic movies". .....is the essential bible for film watchers who don't want to be suckered into seeing an acclaimed classic during which they end up falling asleep.

書是英國出版，作者Allan Smithee，有典型的英國Reviewer的尖酸刻薄 。市面上已經有些甚麼XXX Movies You Must See Before You Die 的書，網上也有很多「我最喜歡的xxx」熱門Blog Tag，本書索性來個唱反調。

作者在序言中說並非是選101齣最劣的電影，而是選那些裝模作樣、扮高級、被影評人Overrated，有些人看得悶到嘔又不敢不說好的電影。文中表明，不是打落水狗，而是狠批那些冒充名種、趾高氣揚的雜種狗。

這是作者的一家之見，既然一心惡搞，當然要找一些名片來開刀，至於讀者可否每一齣都對作者的評論Take it seriously，悉隨尊便了。不過無論同意與否，這本書讀來都很過癮。

他的101個選擇，我看過的約有一半，我很同意下面這幾齣的確是爛片(除特別註明，均屬香港上演時之譯名)

American Beauty(台灣譯：美國心玫瑰情)

Batman(蝙蝠俠)

Brazil(妙想天開)

Chariots of Fire(烈火戰車)

The Cider House Rules(台灣譯：心塵往事)

Dead Poets Society(暴雨驕陽)

The English Patient (別問我是誰)

House of Flying Daggers(十面埋伏)

The Matrix(22世紀殺人網絡)

The Piano(鋼琴別戀)

Scent of a Woman(女人香)

Platoon(殺戮戰場)

下面這幾齣榜上有名，但我覺得蠻好看的：

2001: A Space Odyssey(2001太空漫遊)

The Crying Game(哭泣的遊戲)

La Dolce Vita(露滴牡丹開)

Four Weddings and a Funeral(台灣譯：你是我今生的新娘)

The Man Who Knew Too Much(擒兇記)

Rebel Without a Cause (阿飛正傳)

A Room With a View(翡冷翠之戀)

Run Lola Run(疾走羅拉)

Titanic(鐵達尼號)

West Side Story (夢斷城西)

這麼多，我不提供連結了，有興趣追查的，把片名copy到Internet Movie Database的網站搜索吧：

http://www.imdb.com

(文章允許轉貼，請具作者名字：梁煥松)