《The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers》　指环王2：双塔奇兵　映射现实的思考

No.021　《The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers》　指环王2：双塔奇兵　映射现实的思考

英文导读

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson and based on the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings. It is the second film in The Lord of the Rings film series, preceded by The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and concluding with The Return of the King (2003).

The second film in Peter Jackson's series of screen adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's internationally popular Lord of The Rings trilogy, with the Fellowship splitting into three groups as they seek to return the Ring to Mordor, the forbidding land where the powerful talisman must be taken to be destroyed. Frodo (Elijah Wood), who carries the Ring and his fellow Hobbit Sam (Sean Astin) are lost in the hills of Emyn Muil when they encounter Gollum (Andy Serkis), a strange creature who once carried the Ring and was twisted by its power. Gollum volunteers to guide the pair to Mordor; Frodo agrees, but Sam does not trust their new acquaintance. Elsewhere, Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) are attempting to navigate Fangorn Forrest where they discover a most unusual nemesis—Treebeard (voice of John Rhys-Davies), a walking and talking tree-shepherd who doesn't much care for Hobbits. Finally, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), and Legolas (Orlando Bloom) arrive in Rohan to discover that the evil powers of Saruman (Christopher Lee) have robbed King Theoden (Bernard Hill) of his rule. The King's niece éowyn (Miranda Otto) believes Aragorn and his men have the strength to defeat Saruman, his henchman Wormtongue (Brad Dourif), and their minions. éowyn soon becomes infatuated with Aragorn, while he struggles to stay faithful to the pledge of love he made to Arwen (Liv Tyler). Gandalf (Ian McKellen) offers his help and encouragement as the Rohans, under Aragorn's leadership, attempt to face down Saruman's armies, but they soon discover how great the task before them truly is when they learn that his troops consist of 10,000 bloodthirsty creatures specially bred to fight to the death.

Most of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was shot in tandem with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King during a marathon 18-month shooting schedule, overseen by Peter Jackson.

The Two Towers received widespread critical acclaim. On the reviewer aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 221 reviews, the film has a 96% rating, along with an average score of 8.4/10. CNN film critic Paul Clinton called The Two Towers an "utter triumph", and writer Philip French of The Guardian noted in a review of the second film that "these Tolkien films have a weight and seriousness that very few sword-and-sorcery pictures of the past 30-odd years have attained." The Battle of Helm's Deep has been named as one of the greatest screen battles of all time, while Gollum was named as the third favorite computer-generated film character by Entertainment Weekly in 2007.

Meeting high critical acclaim, the film was an enormous box-office success, earning over $900 million worldwide and is currently the twenty-first highest-grossing film of all time (inflation-adjusted, it is the sixtieth most successful film in North America).

In 2003, the film was awarded two Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. It also received four other nominations for Best Picture, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing (Michael Horton) and Best Sound Mixing.

获奖情况

2003年第75届奥斯卡：最佳音效剪辑、最佳视觉效果奖，并荣获最佳影片提名、最佳艺术指导-布景提名、最佳音响提名。

影片信息

导演：彼得·杰克逊

编剧：弗兰·威尔士、菲利帕·鲍恩斯

主演：伊利亚·伍德、西恩·奥斯汀、伊恩·麦凯伦、维戈·莫特森

类型：剧情、动作、奇幻、冒险

制片国家（地区）：美国、新西兰、德国

上映日期：2002-12-18（加拿大）

片长：179分钟、223分钟（加长版）

又名：《魔戒二部曲：双城奇谋》《指环王II：双塔》《魔戒2：双塔奇谋》

剧情简介

《指环王》第二部的剧情，在延续第一部风格的同时，故事呈现出多线发展的格局，情节有了更高的观赏性。

在第一部的结尾，博罗米尔被强兽人杀死之后，哈比族人皮平和梅利也被强兽人绑架。阿拉贡、精灵莱戈拉斯（奥兰多·布鲁姆　饰）、侏儒金利一路追踪强兽人，营救皮平和梅利，在危难时刻，皮平和梅利被会说话的树精救了出来，并且遇到了“死而复生”的白袍巫师甘道夫（伊恩·麦凯伦　饰）。在甘道夫的授意下，树精保护了两人的安全，并且带他们参加树精大会，大会上，树精们讨论对待中土大战的态度：是继续当中立者，逆来顺受，还是奋起反抗？

此时，投靠索伦的白袍巫师萨鲁曼，控制了人类洛汉王国的国王，并派出大量的强兽人军队，准备消灭人类。阿拉贡、莱戈拉斯和金利在甘道夫的带领下，帮助洛汉王国对抗邪恶力量的入侵。

而身负重任的佛罗多（伊利亚·伍德　饰）和山姆继续向末日山脉前进，一路上被咕噜跟踪，佛罗多凭借着至尊魔戒的力量，成为了咕噜的主人。他们在咕噜的带领下，来到了末日山脉的入口黑门。就在他们准备进入之时，博罗米尔的弟弟法莫尔出现，将他们带回了刚铎。佛罗多又遇上了新的危机：法莫尔想利用至尊魔戒的力量对抗萨鲁曼的攻击……

制作花絮

“白袍巫师萨鲁曼”的扮演者克里斯多夫·李自己也是一个《指环王》迷，他每年都要通读一遍三部曲的小说。他理解弗罗多和山姆的关系就像是军官和他的勤务兵：照顾一个比他高头衔的军官。

精灵盔甲的设计者丹尼尔自然也少不了客串一把精灵战士的机会，可结果被维戈·莫特森演戏的时候，在前面挡住了自己露脸。

在拍摄乌鲁克在罗翰杀人放火的时候，由于要烧毁布景，所以必须一次性拍摄。而其间忽然狂风大作，有两个过于投入的摄影师，直到头发被烧焦了才发现火苗已经窜到他们面前了。两人只好转身快跑。

《指环王》剧组很幸运地从惠灵顿找到了一位“身材像摔跤运动员”的铸剑师，此人完全用古代方法打造兵器，决不使用喷枪等现代化设备，因此一把剑通常要花3~6天完成。而三部曲电影拍完之后，这样制作出的剑总共有几百把之多！

电影中乌鲁克使用的弩是滑杆式的，其最初设计源自德国，完全来自一本15世纪德国兵器图鉴。

巧言葛力马的扮演者布拉德·道里夫是为这部电影牺牲最大的演员之一，因为拍摄期间他要刮掉脸上所有的毛发，包括眉毛。

重点学习

Attempt to face down Saruman's armies

文中的face down是英语中的一个固定搭配，它的本意是“趴下，脸朝下卧倒”，比如：Everybody face down, there are bombs coming over.（大家都趴下，炮弹飞过来了。）另外，它还引申为“用目光（或气势等）压倒，吓倒；挫败，降服”的意思，在文中，它就是这个意思。比如：The speaker faced his opponent down. （演讲者用目光压住了对手。）

His troops consist of 10,000 bloodthirsty creatures specially bred to fight to the death

文中的fight to是英语中的一个固定搭配，是“决一死战；打到底；打到分出胜负”的意思，所以文中的fight to the death可译为“生死决斗，决一死战”，比如：I will fight to the death to make sure that America is safe.（我会为保护美国的安全而奋斗到底。）

单词时间

rilogy[ˈtrilədʒi] n. 三部曲；三部剧

talisman[ˈtælizmən] n. 护身符；法宝

volunteer[ˌvɔlənˈtiə] n. 志愿者；志愿兵

navigate[ˈnæviɡeit] vt. 驾驶，操纵；使通过；航行于

evil[ˈi:vəl] adj. 邪恶的；不幸的；有害的；讨厌的

henchman[ˈhentʃmən] n. 亲信；追随者；（美）走狗；侍从

minion[ˈminjən] n. 奴才；宠臣

pledge[pledʒ] n. 保证，誓言；抵押；抵押品，典当物

encouragement[inˈkʌridʒmənt] n. 鼓励

bloodthirsty[ˈblʌdˌθə:sti] adj. 嗜杀的；残忍的

tandem[ˈtændəm] n. 串联；串座双人自行车

widespread[ˈwaidˈspred] adj. 普遍的，广泛的；分布广的