《The Fighter》　斗士　用刚强和温柔征服你

No.070　《The Fighter》　斗士　用刚强和温柔征服你

英文导读

The Fighter is a 2010 biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo.

The Fighter is the inspirational, true story of two brothers who, against all the odds, come together to train for a historic title bout that will unite their fractured family, redeem their pasts and, at last, give their hardluck town what it's been waiting for pride.

The story unfolds on the gritty, blue-collar streets of Lowell, Massachusetts, where Dicky (Christian Bale) was once known as "The Pride of Lowell" having gone the distance with the world champion Sugar Ray Leonard; however, after losing that fight, like the town of Lowell, Dicky's fallen on hard times. His boxing days are behind him and his life has become shattered by drug abuse.

Younger brother Micky (Mark Wahlberg), meanwhile, has become the family's fighter and fading hope for a champion. But despite all of his work, Micky's career is failing and he loses fight after punishing fight. Dicky and Micky's tougher-than-nails mother, Alice (Melissa Leo), manages his career and Dicky serves as his highly unreliable trainer. When Micky's latest fight nearly kills him, it looks like it could all be over—until his iron-willed new girlfriend, Charlene (Amy Adams), convinces him to do the unthinkable: split with his family, pursue his own interests and train without his increasingly volatile and criminal brother.

Now Micky has the chance of a lifetime as he earns a shot at the World Championship. But when his brother and dysfunctional family reenter his life, they must all reconcile their pasts and become more than just a family in name. With Micky and Dicky reunited, this becomes more than just a fight—it's an all-out comeback for these brothers, their family, and their city.

The Fighter is Russell and Wahlberg's third film collaboration, following Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees. The film was released in select North American theaters on December 17, 2010 and was released in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2011.

The Fighter received largely positive reviews. Critics have praised the performances of Wahlberg, Bale, Adams and Leo. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 90% based reviews from 225 critics, with an average score of 7.8/10. The critical consensus is: "Led by a trio of captivating performances from Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams, The Fighter is a solidly entertaining, albeit predictable, entry in the boxing drama genre." It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, winning the awards for Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale) and Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo). It was the first film to win both awards since Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986.

获奖情况

2011年第83届奥斯卡：最佳男配角、最佳女配角奖，并荣获最佳影片提名、最佳导演提名、最佳原创剧本提名。

影片信息

导演：大卫·欧·拉塞尔

编剧：斯科特·西尔弗、保罗·塔马西

主演：马克·沃尔伯格、克里斯蒂安·贝尔、艾米·亚当斯、梅丽莎·里奥

类型：剧情、家庭、传记、运动

制片国家（地区）：美国

上映日期：2010-12-10（美国）

片长：115分钟

又名：《燃烧斗魂》《击情手足》《拳击兄弟》

剧情简介

曾经，他能连续打赢14场恶战；曾经，他是金手套冠军选手。拳击场就是他的生命、他的一切。这就是米奇·沃德（马克·沃尔伯格　饰）30岁之前的生活。但是30岁，对于常人来说不过是而立的年纪，对于职业拳击手来说，却意味着即将退出。他接连输掉了若干场拳赛，甚至沦落到只能在建筑工地打打零工，勉强糊口。

迪克·爱克兰德（克里斯蒂安·贝尔　饰）是他同母异父的哥哥，拥有令人惊异的拳击天赋，曾一度成为小镇的骄傲和是拳坛的新星，然而百战百胜的他却因为好战斗勇的个性，一步步自毁前程，并染上毒瘾、萎靡不振，多次锒铛入狱，如日中天的事业骤然被划上了句号。

所以，迪克把拳击梦寄托在弟弟米奇·沃德身上，苦心陪练，而母亲爱丽丝（梅丽莎·里奥　饰）则充当经纪人。米奇曾是金手套选手，但现在只是建筑工人，为了复出而刻苦训练。某天，米奇与莎琳（艾米·亚当斯　饰）一见钟情。在娱乐体育节目电视网的撮合下，米奇与比他重20磅的选手比赛，但是惨败。在悲愤与无助中，是莎琳劝慰了他，两人开始交往。

米奇终于想要改变现有的问题：作为教练的迪克总是缺席去抽可卡因，作为经纪人的母亲老是安排糟透了的比赛……父亲给予他足够的支持，为他找来新教练、新经济人。而此时，迪克为了给米奇筹钱冒充警察收费被捕入狱，还连累了米奇。从此，兄弟反目，家人支持迪克，而莎琳支持米奇。

米奇从新的胜利中找到了自信并越打越好，与墨西哥新星桑切斯一战十分关键，他听从了狱中大哥的建议，出人意料的一击逆转取胜，并获得挑战次中量级拳王尼尔利的机会。备战期间，迪克出狱并决定改过自新，重新成为米奇的教练，亲人间的种种矛盾也逐渐淡去，大家团结一致，帮助米奇在恶战中击败对手，成为新的世界冠军。

制作花絮

克里斯蒂安·贝尔为了扮演迪克·爱克兰德又减掉了14千克的体重。据说他完全是用控制饮食来减轻体重的。除此之外他还戴了假牙，把自己的头发弄成了秃顶。

为了准备这部影片，马克·沃尔伯格花了将近4年时间在身体训练和拳击训练上。为了不影响其他影片的拍摄，他所做的这些训练都是秘密进行的。

影片从剧本创作完毕，演员敲定，到拍摄完成，耗费了5年的时间。

影片中出现的拉马略艺术体育馆就是真实的洛厄尔体育馆，而不是布景。事实上，米奇就是在这里训练的，而这个体育馆直到现在还在使用。影片中最大的一场拳击赛使用了200多个“模型观众”。

重点学习

Where Dicky (Christian Bale) was once known as "The Pride of Lowell"

文中的known as是“被认为是，被称为；以…而著称”的意思，比如：It has long been known as the best car in the world.（长期以来它被认为是世界上最好的汽车。）

Dicky's fallen on hard times

文中的fall on hard times是英语中的一个固定短语，相当于fall on （或upon）evil days，是“倒霉，遭遇不幸”的意思，比如：We don't desert our fellow Americans when they fall on hard times.（我们不会在我们的伙伴陷入困境的时候抛弃他们。）

单词时间

fractured[ˈfræktʃəd] adj. 断裂的；挫伤的；折裂的

redeem[riˈdi:m] vt. 赎回；挽回；兑换；履行；补偿；恢复

shatter[ˈʃætə] vt. 粉碎；打碎；破坏；破掉；使散开

unreliable[ˌʌnriˈlaiəbl] adj. 不可靠的；靠不住的

unthinkable[ˌʌnˈθiŋkəbl] adj. 不能想象的；过分的

dysfunctional[disˈfʌŋkʃənəl] adj. （人际关系）不正常的，不良的，不和睦的

reenter[ˌri:ˈentə] vt. 重新加入

reconcile[ˈrekənsail] vt. 使一致；使和解；调停，调解；使顺从

comeback[ˈkʌmbæk] n. 恢复；复原

captivating[ˈkæptiveitiŋ] adj. 迷人的；有魅力的