《地心引力》：惊心动魄的太空史诗

何航

In short, the new sci-fi thriller Gravity is a film that’s set in space and has only two characters. Most of the time, it focuses on only one of them. How exciting could it be?
简而言之，这部最新的科幻惊悚片就是一部只有两位主角的太空电影。影片大多数时间都聚焦在其中一人身上。所以，这样一部电影到底能有多大魅力呢？
It doesn’t sound promising, but the 90-minute film, as the main character Dr Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) says, is “one hell of a ride”.
听上去该片并不怎么样，但正如主角瑞安•斯通博士（桑德拉•布洛克饰）说的那样，这部90分钟的电影如同一次“地狱之旅”。
Stone, a NASA engineer who’s on her first voyage into space, is installing a component for the Hubble space telescope. Her guide Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney), a charming and experienced astronaut, loops around her, making small talk with Mission Control back on Earth. The camera pans in director Alfonso Cuaron’s signature long takes, framing Bullock with just the blue orb of the Earth behind her.
第一次踏上太空的美国宇航局工程师斯通奉命为哈勃太空望远镜安装配件。负责带斯通这位新人的马特•科沃斯基是位富有魅力的资深宇航员，他一边在斯通的周围左右腾挪，一边同地面控制中心的工作人员闲聊家常。影片拍摄手法则沿用了导演阿方索•卡隆的标志性长镜头，整个画面中，桑德拉•布洛克的身后只有蔚蓝的地球做背景。
And that’s just three minutes in.
这只是全片的头三分钟。
After a cloud of space debris collides with their spacecraft, Stone and Kowalsky are lost in space and have to find a way to save themselves without any help from the folks back at home. From there, director Cuaron crafts an emotional and captivating adventure.
在他们的飞船遭受大量空间碎片的撞击后，斯通和科沃斯基迷失在太空之中，在失去地面帮助的情况，他们必须寻求自救。自此以后，导演卡隆便开始刻画了一场触动人心且令人着迷的太空冒险。
“We’ve seen films set in outer space before, sure, but nothing has ever felt this real. No film since 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968 has captured such a vivid reality outside Earth’s gravitational pull,” a review by The New York Times says. “And no film has so artfully interwoven 3-D technology.”
《纽约时报》的一篇影评写道：“我们之前已经看过太多的太空电影了，可以肯定的是，没有一部影片可以像该片一样让人如临其境。自1968年的影片《2001太空漫游》之后，还没有一部影片可以如此生动地再现失重场景。而且也没有一部影片如此巧妙地将3D技术融合在一起。”
The breathtaking visual effects and accurate technical details allow viewers to experience the weightlessness and vast distances in space, as well as a great connection to the characters as they endure one crisis after another.
令人惊心动魄的视觉特效以及考究的技术细节使观众们可以体验到广阔的太空以及身在其中的失重状态，同时片中主角的险象环生也引发了观众的强烈共鸣。
Look inside
影片透视
Often, the emotional drama can’t quite match the visual effects in such movies, but Gravity deserves equal praise for looking inward at the human heart.
通常，科幻惊悚片中的感情戏并不能与特效配合得天衣无缝，但公正来说，《地心引力》一片凭借对于人类内心的探索就很值得褒奖。
“Bullock is an adept and soulful action hero who brings remarkable humanity to an arduous role,” Claudia Pulg wrote in a review for USA Today. “Clooney also is convincing, projecting warmth and ease in an understated performance.”
“作为一名演技纯熟且感情饱满的动作巨星，布洛克为这个苦情角色增添了人性的光辉。”克劳迪娅•帕格在《今日美国》的影评中写道。“而乔治•克鲁尼也极具说服力，他用质朴的表演方式演绎了温情与淡定。”
The film’s success in storytelling and character is also recognized in a Forbes’ review: “It’s a carefully crafted emotional journey for a woman whose life has (due to a tragedy in her past) lost purpose or feeling beyond her work. She must confront her loss and fear and regain a desire to live rather than just exist.”
该片在叙事与角色塑造上的成功也得到了《福布斯》杂志的认可，该杂志的影评文章称：“本片精心刻画了女性的情感历程，对象可能是那些由于经历不幸而丧失生活目标的人，也可能是那些感觉工作力不从心的女性。她必须直面失败与恐惧，并重拾信心去生活，而不是简单的生存。”
Cuaron’s previous film Children of Men (2006) demonstrated such virtuosity that people wondered whether he could top it. With Gravity, the answer seems to be, yes he can.
卡隆在上一部作品《人类之子》（2006年）中展示出非凡的拍摄技巧，以致于人们担心他能否超越自己。而通过《地心引力》一片，似乎答案是肯定的。
You don’t have to be a sci-fi fan to enjoy Gravity, you just have to love the power of cinema for it to provide an extraordinary experience.
《地心引力》并非科幻迷的专属，你只要醉心于电影的魅力，那么它就会带给你一次非凡的体验之旅。