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15
七月

《魔海奇緣》

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Moana (2026): A Beautiful but Hollow Echo of an Animated Masterpiece

Disney’s latest live-action offering, Moana, navigates familiar waters with impressive technical polish but ultimately arrives as a destination already well-charted. This retelling, arriving a mere decade after the 2016 animated classic, is a film of frustrating paradoxes, often feeling less like a new voyage and more like an expensive, and occasionally awkward, cover version .

The original Moana was a landmark, celebrated for its rich Polynesian representation, the creative freedom of its animation, and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s unforgettable songs . This new version, directed by Thomas Kail, diligently recreates that blueprint shot-for-shot, leaning heavily on the original score. The songs remain as powerful as ever, with “How Far I’ll Go” retaining its emotional resonance, and newcomer Catherine Laga’aia is a radiant and vocally gifted lead, capturing Moana’s spirit with commendable verve .

Where the film falters is in its central translation. By grounding the story in “reality,” it loses the elasticity and charm that made the original sing. Dwayne Johnson reprises his role as Maui, but while his voice was perfect for animation, his physical presence, hampered by an unconvincing wig and prosthetics, often feels incongruous . The film also suffers from an identity crisis; promising live-action but delivering a product so heavily reliant on CGI that it often feels like another animation, complete with jarringly cartoony sidekicks like Heihei .

Ultimately, the 2026 Moana is a technically polished, culturally respectful, but dramatically inert echo . Its true value lies in showcasing its talented new star and its vibrant Pacific Islander cast, but for anyone who remembers the original’s magic, this version serves only to highlight how much of that spark is lost when you trade animation’s boundless imagination for a faithful but uninspired reality.

Elven Ho

《電影多啦A夢:新·大雄之海底鬼岩城》短評

多元的人性

近年來,在銀幕上,人類在其他動物眼中,都是罪大惡極的「洪水猛獸」,因為人類亂拋垃圾,把大型的廢物拋進海底,嚴重破壞海洋生態,使部分海洋生物瀕臨絕種,部分則活在水深火熱中。一開始,多啦A夢與大雄等人進入海底世界,那些海洋生物視他們為仇人,這很正常,依據牠們過往的經驗分析,人類對牠們做的好事不多,壞事卻使牠們「刻骨銘心」。人類唯我獨尊,只自私自利地享受整個地球給他們的一切,卻對牠們的生存狀態置諸不理,這令牠們對他們懷恨在心,欲趕走他們,讓牠們恢復人類破壞自然生態之前的正常生活。牠們對他們不懷好意,其實是他們的同類種下的禍根,要改變牠們認為人性本惡的先入為主的印象,實在談何容易!

幸好有身為海底人的少年希路懂得欣賞多啦A夢、大雄、靜香等人的優點,覺得他們與其他人類不同,善良友愛,懂得珍惜那些海洋生物,並用和藹可親的態度對待牠們,與牠們過往接觸的人類有天淵之別。即使初時希路難以說服同類及海洋生物他們是友善的大好人,他們竭力保護海底人及海洋生態的行為已表明他們與海洋生物站在同一陣線,不會傷害牠們,遑論會讓牠們墮進深不見底的「萬丈深淵」內。從牠們對人類極端負面的刻板印象至承認多元的人性,讓他們群策群力地應付「鬼岩城」危機,大雄的堅持,靜香的付出,胖虎及小夫的義氣,以至具有人工智能系統的「水底旅行車」的犧牲,都反映他們對牠們有愛有情,在危急關頭願意施予援手,最後使危機迎刃而解。可見「多色彩」的人性代替了「灰黑暗啞」的單一印象,明顯是他們為人類平反的功勞。

很有趣,每次多啦A夢、大雄、靜香等人離開了自己的原居地後,通常都變得十分可愛,亦有情有義。或許他們在緊急關頭時都會使出渾身解數,幫助別人化解危機,大雄的懶惰、靜香的「公主」脾氣及胖虎的暴躁個性,似乎在必要的時刻,都會被「一掃而空」,他們彷彿在一剎那已戒掉這些醜陋的個性,並把自己調適為得以與同伴通力合作的重要成員。或許環境能改變一個人,他們在有需要時適當地改變自己,對自己友善對別人親和,在「收藏」原有的缺點之外,樂於展現親切友愛的優點,這正正體現了不少人早已忽略的多元人性。

曉龍

《魔海奇緣》Moana

更珍惜真人演出

轉眼間已經十年。看回動畫,原來是2016年。筆者當年非常欣賞此片,整個故事以至劇本、製作、音樂、歌曲都是頂級;尤其那首主題曲”How Far I’ll Go”,曾提名奥斯卡最佳原創歌曲,也是吾之所愛。本片95%都是忠於前作動畫,只是有些場面調度沒動畫版般精細及有趣。至於對故事的評語,筆者於347期有述,在此不贅。

這回我倒想知道迪士尼為何老是喜歡拍真人版?是江郎才盡還是要挑戰「電腦特技」?抑或翻拍仍是賺錢好渠道?老實說,以Ai盛行的今天,已經沒有甚麼值得挑戰的難度,將一切變為真實,已不及以往驚喜。看來真是迪士尼人才凋零,沒有新構思。舊瓶新酒又好,新瓶舊酒又好,當動畫變成真人版,你仍會好奇去看箇究竟的,明知有期望落差都會進場,逃不過迪士尼的如意算盤。然而,筆者覺得本片是近年真人版最好的一套。甚麼《小魚仙》、《白雪公主》甚至《史迪仔》都靠邊站,因為它忠於原著!原著已十分精彩;只要你跟著做,如何「走樣」都不會太難看。雖然女主角不及動畫漂亮,新人來說屬中規中矩;歌聲與原唱者相近已合格過關。狄維莊遜是原本動畫版茂宜的配音,找他來粉墨登場…,我不會質疑他的演技,但真是年紀過大(角色應該是三十多歲),他已五十多歲,臉龐過瘦和鬆弛致皺紋呈現,與「Ai過」的結實身軀極不吻合,頗礙眼。我還是鍾愛動畫版的茂宜。

祖宗家族船隊出海遠征,仍是最震撼的一幕,真人版實感更強,氣勢同樣澎湃,整體依然是一套極盡視聽之娛的佳作。

想深一層,這可能也預示著Ai演員完全代替真人的日子不遠矣,應好好珍惜真人演出。

陸凌綠

《魔海奇緣》短評

複製的尷尬

很久以前的動畫版《魔海奇緣》內角色生動活潑,故事情節涉及勇氣和希望,當時的動畫特效精美,歌曲動聽,視覺效果甚佳,已吸納了一群忠實的粉絲。如今同名電影的真人版上映,多年過去後,創作人終能以真人演繹整個故事,用了大量CG特技,才可把動畫的畫面呈現出來,花了不少金錢和精力,旨在吸引上述那群粉絲入場。不過,創作人面對複製的尷尬,要麼把原有的場景、情節及角色重現一次,要麼保留電影原有的名字而把其改頭換面,但華特迪士尼動畫工作室一向以保守見稱,遂採納了前者,使觀眾觀賞此真人版時彷彿多看了一次動畫版的《魔》。

真人版內除了真人嘉芙蓮拉加艾亞比動畫版的慕安娜及狄維莊遜比動畫版的茂宜較好看外,真人版影片幾乎沒有為觀眾帶來任何驚喜,其場景、CG特效、歌曲、故事情節等皆在意料之內。因此,熟悉同名動畫版的觀眾看真人版時感到納悶,實屬正常。不過,倘若你是此系列的忠實粉絲,看真人版會覺得創作人複製同名動畫,看準多年來電腦特效顯著進步的優勢,把原本平面的視像用立體的方式呈現,茂宜身體上人物的動態,海浪捲起而把慕安娜從海中心帶回船上,以及由真人嘉芙蓮拉加艾亞聲情並茂地演唱歌曲,都能讓上述粉絲看得投入,甚至如痴如醉。因為真人版明顯是動畫版的變奏,對粉絲們有一定的吸引力。

很明顯,真人版內茂宜的角色為狄維莊遜度身訂造,他身形高大,身材魁梧,找他飾演此角色,最為合適。事實上,他兼任監製和男主角,或多或少源於他對此角色情有獨鍾,希望能憑著此經典的動畫角色再次讓自己的銀幕形象深入民心,並予觀眾深刻的印象。至於嘉芙蓮拉加艾亞,她準確地捉摸慕安娜的神髓,以生動活潑的表演表現角色愛冒險、別具勇氣及對自身民族有承擔感的個性,貼切地體現角色的創造力及創新精神,與原有動畫版宣揚希望,表揚克服困難的積極態度十分匹配。由此可見,男女主演的選角非常合適,為影片加添了不少分數。真人版優劣互見,是否值得看,關鍵在於觀眾是否同名動畫版的粉絲,因為粉絲懂得欣賞其複製的成分,不會嫌其重複而扣分,反而會欣賞其以真人演出的藝高人膽大的嶄新嘗試。

曉龍

《恨女的逆襲》短評

應否向成人世界妥協?

台灣導演李宜珊一向關注邊緣人物的生存狀態,這次亦不例外,《恨女的逆襲》描寫陳家玲(林怡婷飾)在20歲輟學,對自己的家庭看不過眼,表面上父母和諧,背底裡父親有外遇,與母親的婚姻名存實亡。家玲剛剛踏進成人世界,對此世界的林林總總一竅不通,唯有透過拳擊發洩自己苦悶不安的情緒,殊不知拳擊世界有自己的方程式,她需要知道何時要贏,何時要輸,只用盡自己的實力不斷獲勝,雖然能帶來個人的滿足感和榮譽感,但不願意在適當的時候輸,卻會破壞拳擊比賽的潛藏法則,這反而會使她在這行業內繼續生存倍感艱難。《恨》寫實地敘述她的成長過程,她在生活中跌跌撞撞,讓自己洞悉成長時遇上挫折,繼而勇於克服困難,在必要時需要妥協的竅門,這才可令自己的事業得以持續地發光發亮。因此,她進入成人世界時懵懂的學習過程是影片故事情節的核心。

《恨》內家玲的恨,沒有呼天搶地的叫喊,亦沒有大肆破壞的憤怒,只有心底裡的鬱悶,以及一拳一拳打出去的發洩。或許影片由女性執導,較注重她細緻的內心描寫,讓《恨》別樹一格,有一種不需要以行為表達出來的內在壓抑,只以她細膩的身體語言表達,即使並非每一場表演皆完全到位,時有表達欠清晰之弊,特別是她在父親帶「女朋友」返家時,卻被迫面對他的複雜情緒,就欠缺了多層次的演繹。但整體來說,她仍能表達角色所需,把角色含蓄而經常收藏的憤怒表達出來,在略顯木訥的臉容上流露絲毫對世態不滿的痕跡,並適度地表達複雜的內心世界。這對演出經驗尚淺的演員來說,其實她已交足功課。因此,她的演出是影片是否具吸引力的關鍵,如今她恰如其分的表演,確實使影片能以她的演出為賣點,並吸引部分對台灣家庭及體育事業有興趣的觀眾入場。

在現實社會內,部分兒童及青少年說自己不願意成長,因為成長為他們帶來痛苦。《恨》內家玲的苦,在於她需要從簡單直接的年輕人世界過渡至複雜取巧的成年人世界,或許她經歷的痛,對部分過來人來說,會覺得感同身受。因為年輕人經常空有一腔熱血,以為自己能在喜愛的運動領域內一展所長,但在資本主義的社會內,任何一種體育事業都是一門生意,必定有投機取巧的成分,足球如是,籃球如是,拳擊亦不例外。因此,她在適應成人世界的過程中舉步維艱,弄致「傷痕累累」,這實屬正常。

曉龍

《火遮眼》再評之多謝江老闆將Keji San送到荷里活

早前已評遲來的十年港片《火遮眼》,正如筆者所說倒不如投資《捍衛任務》,多謝江老闆將Keji San送到荷里活,谷垣健治導演下部作品《The Reckoner》真的將由《捍衛任務》編劇團隊創作,百份之一千比《火遮眼》更勝一籌。

筆者也是銀河映像員工,都知道《樹大招風》是杜琪峰導演捉住手拍完的作品,就三份之一部作品都能成為《火》的監製和編劇,確實奇蹟!觀後大家都感到老舊殘,又是筆者那句:拍時辛苦、看時難受,有槍唔用,打條毛。期待《捍衛任務》編劇團隊創作如何搖搖領先,值得借鑒。

KEPA

4
七月

《恨女的逆襲》

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A Dance With Rainbows: A Debut That Packs a Punch

Lee Yi-shan’s feature debut, A Dance With Rainbows, arrives with the grounded authenticity of a documentary filmmaker and the emotional heft of a veteran storyteller. Premiering at the Hong Kong International Film Festival and earning Yu An-shun a Best Actor accolade, the film uses the boxing ring as a microcosm for broader societal struggles, particularly those faced by women navigating a patriarchal East Asian society .

The narrative centres on Ling, a twenty-year-old amateur boxer played with compelling restraint by Lin Yi-ting. She is mired in a losing streak, yet her battles outside the ring prove far more punishing. Ling shoulders the burden of supporting her mother’s flagging lunchbox business while her family’s fragile illusion of harmony shatters when her father introduces a new girlfriend. Her younger brother, meanwhile, endures harsh training from a coach, mirroring the generational expectations their father—a former table tennis athlete—places upon them . The pressure intensifies when Ling defies her own coach’s orders to throw underground matches, setting off a chain of consequences that threaten to consume her .

Lee’s direction is perceptive and unsentimental. Drawing from personal experience and a deep engagement with boxing culture, she treats the sport not as mere spectacle but as a lens through which to examine exploitation, commodification, and moral compromise . The “boxing babes” sequences and the inclusion of underground bouts are particularly incisive, exposing how spectacle and commerce often reduce athletes to mere assets . The film subtly critiques the older generation’s contradictions while the youth’s search for authenticity becomes the emotional core.

Performances are uniformly strong. Lin Yi-ting anchors the film with a delicate balance of vulnerability and resilience, her six months of intensive training evident in every convincing punch . Yu An-shun’s supporting turn is a standout—bringing gravitas, nuance, and unexpected levity—while Tsai Chen-nan’s coach embodies a man who acts more as a parent to his athletes than their actual families. Lotus Wang, as Ling’s conflicted mother, adds further depth to a quietly devastating portrait of familial collapse .

Cinematographer Chang Chih-teng adopts a restrained, documentary-like approach, particularly during matches, using handheld camera work to create intimacy and immediacy . The action choreography, recognised at the Golden Horse Awards, is exceptional. Composer Tsai Yi-chun’s hybrid score, underscored by a recurring tango motif, subtly reinforces the film’s themes of family and longing .

A Dance With Rainbows is a grounded and emotionally resonant debut that prioritises realism over melodrama. It offers a promising first statement from a director unafraid to tackle complex social commentary within the framework of an accessible, human story.

Elven Ho