《银河护卫队2》
2017-11-15
2015年,浪子回头的星爵(Star-Lord)带着他的“银河护卫队”横空出世,他们穿越太空,惊艳了各路观众,成为漫威超级英雄中的一股清流。时隔两年,银河护卫队的故事重装上阵,已经不再是无名英雄的他们在这一次的冒险中又带来了怎样的欢笑和感悟呢?
影片开篇回到了20世纪80年代的地球,一位有着外星血统的潮叔与一个年轻漂亮的地球女孩上演了一段浪漫的爱情故事,这看似无比幸福的俊男靓女正是星爵Peter Quill的亲生父母。不过,Peter本人只知道自己有个温柔美丽的母亲,对自己的生父则一无所知。多年后,已经长大成人的他正带着银河护卫队的小伙伴们与怪兽激战。在整个战斗过程中,浴火重生的树人Groot一副少年不知愁滋味的样子,只顾着在经典音乐的伴奏中翩翩起舞,搞得Peter、刺客Gamora、暴力浣熊Rocket以及大块头战士Drax在对付怪兽的同时还得操心Groot,生怕他被战火波及。好在他们最后通力合作,从怪兽手中夺回了客户索维林一族要的天价电池,顺利地完成了任务。
Peter带着众人交付了电池,作为回报,得到了战利品——杀手Nebula。她是Gamora的妹妹,却对Gamora这个姐姐恨之入骨,一直在追杀她。Gamora为了摆脱妹妹的追杀,计划将妹妹交给正在通缉Nebula的Xandar星球,同时换得高额赏金,但早已不似昔日冷血的她真能狠得下心吗?就在几人准备离开之际,脾气火爆的Rocket气不过索维林女祭司Ayesha的傲慢而大开嘴炮,临走前更是偷走了几块天价电池。尊嚴被冒犯的Ayesha派出海量的无人战舰追杀银河护卫队。在太空对战中,银河护卫队的飞船遭受重创,在即将被击落时幸而得到一位神秘人物相助,才得以迫降在遍布绿色森林的Berhert星球上。出乎所有人意料的是,他们的救命恩人Ego竟声称是Peter的亲生父亲!Ego的说辞让Peter疑窦丛生,但他内心却又压抑不住对父爱的渴望。在Gamora的鼓励下,Peter带着她和Drax跟随Ego及其助手Mantis踏上了寻访故乡(Ego's Planet)之旅,而Rocket、Groot则留守Berhert星球,看管Nebula。
相比于Ego和Peter的父子团圆,Yondu则显得有点悲惨。他是Peter的“养父”,现在却成了千夫所指的星际海盗头子。掠夺者领袖Stakar毫不留情地拒绝了Yondu重回阵营的请求,指出他为了挣钱拿孩子们做交易,将他们送到Ego手中,这有违掠夺者们的行事准则,声称至死也不会原谅他。Yondu的手下们则觉得他变得软弱无能,因而起了叛乱之心。而执拗的Ayesha也找到了Yondu,重金雇佣他去抓捕银河护卫队。于是,Yondu带领着一众手下杀到了Berhert星球。留守在此的Rocket虽然布下天罗地网,但仍然被擒。而Yondu的手下则与Nebula合作,将Yondu抓了起来。他们指责Yondu一直在保护早已背叛了他的Peter,不配再当他们的统领。
一边地狱,一边天堂。Peter抵达Ego的星球,那是一个美若天堂的地方。Ego向Peter讲述了他与Peter生母Meredith相遇相恋的故事,指出了Peter半人半神的身份,更揭示了一个惊人的真相——他的本体就是这颗星球。他还告诉Peter他当年之所以抛下Meredith,是因为他必须定期回到这个星球,否则就无法维系生命。如今他终于找到了遗落在地球的孩子,希望能有机会弥补过去。Peter沉醉在与父亲的团聚之中,而敏感的Gamora则察觉到Ego有点不对劲。不过,她还没来得及细想,Nebula就追至此地,开始疯狂地攻击她。然而,Gamora还是在危急关头救下了Nebula。Nebula也终于说出尘封多年的心里话,其实她想要的根本不是胜利,而是一个能关爱自己的姐姐。从未和妹妹交心的Gamora一时五味杂陈,开始去思考未曾想过的姐妹之情。还没等她们缓过神来,极为恐怖的一幕就出现在两人眼前——她们在打斗中掉落的地方遍地都是尸骸。
有时候,看起来像天堂的地方其实才是真正的地狱。原来,Ego寻找Peter的目的并不是为了父子团聚,而是要扩张星球。为此他曾穿越星际,在不同的星球和不同的生物繁衍生息,留下了数不清的后代,只希望其中能有继承他神力的人。但在Peter之前出生的所有孩子都未能如他所愿,于是他便残忍地杀害了他们。为了泯灭心中的人性,不要在地球多做停留,他甚至亲手将脑瘤置入了Meredith的脑中,致使她早早逝去。如今他向Peter提出邀请,希望Peter舍弃普通人的身份,与他一道成神,彻底统治宇宙。Peter显然不会与杀死自己母亲的人同流合污,即便对方是自己的亲生父亲。
与此同时,意识到危险的Gamora和Nebula赶去援助Peter。而被囚禁的Yondu和Rocket也早已摆脱了囹圄,他们深知Peter等人有难,毅然决然地决定前往救援,哪怕自己远不是Ego的对手。在外人看来,他们都是粗鲁、无礼、令人不快的人,可只有他们自己知道,他们有多爱自己的家人和朋友,也正是因为爱之深、怕失去,又不好意思表达,才一次次用出格的举动来掩饰自己的真实感情。一如Yondu当年没有把Peter送到Ego那里,而是强行将他留在身边,就是为了让Peter免遭Ego的毒手。
至此,银河护卫队成员齐聚一堂,Nebula和Yondu也加入了战斗,大家开始与Ego拼死一战。Peter勉强打败了Ego的人形,但Ego和他的星球同为一体,整颗星球因自己的人形被毁而暴怒地苏醒,整个银河系危在旦夕。善良单纯的Mantis发挥催眠神力拖延时间,其他人则各显神通,个子小小的Groot担负起最重要的使命,负责把遥控炸弹放入星球内核,好炸掉这颗生命星。计划进行得很顺利,Ego的野心随着炸弹一同粉碎,但Peter和Yondu却没来得及登上逃生的飞船。Yondu把唯一的太空衣和飞行背包给了Peter,自己则丧命在充满辐射的外太空中。endprint
寂静的夜空中,Peter和银河护卫队一起为Yondu送行。忽然间数不清的飞船出现在他们面前,原来是Stakar带领掠夺者们前来致敬,感谢Yondu在生命最后的无私牺牲,因为他不仅救了Peter,也拯救了银河系。他们让万门火炮齐发,点亮了黑暗的太空,陪Yondu走完最后一程。Yondu的牺牲也让银河护卫队明白,要更加珍惜身边的人。很多时候,我们总觉得自己缺少了爱,总想奋不顾身地去追求那些感天动地的爱,殊不知,爱其实一直就在我们的身边,只是我们没有用心去感受而已。
你的背叛,我们无法原谅
Yondu在一个星球上遇到了掠夺者领袖Stakar,他主动上前打招呼,但是对方却不理他。在以Stakar为首的那些掠夺者眼中,Yondu背信弃义,辜负了他们。不被原谅、不被接受的Yondu愤怒不已,予以回击。
Yondu: You can go to hell then! I don't give a damn1 what you think of me!
Stakar: So, what are you following us for?
Yondu: 'Cause you're gonna listen to what I gotta say!
Stakar: I ain't gonna listen to nothing! You betrayed the code! Ravagers don't deal in kids!
Yondu: I told you before! I didn't know what was going on!
Stakar: You didn't know 'cause you didn't want to know, 'cause it made you rich.
Yondu: I demand a seat at the table2. I wear these flames, same as you.
Stakar: You may dress like us, but you'll never hear the Horns of Freedom when you die, Yondu. And the Colors of Orgord (掠夺者领袖Stakar的姓氏,在此指为逝去的掠夺者所举办的葬礼) will never flash over your grave. If you think I take pleasure in3 exiling (放逐) you, you're wrong. You broke all our hearts.
Tips for Learning
1
Give a damn是口语常用语,表示“介意;关心;在乎”。该短语常用于否定形式not give a damn,表示“随便好了;毫不在乎”,比如台词里的I don't give a damn what you think of me就表示“我才不在乎你怎么想我”。
2
这句话意为“我需要一席之地”。Demand在句中作动词,表示“需要”。这句话也可以说成I need a seat at the table。而在表示“……占有一席之地”时可以用have/get a seat at the table来表达。
3
Take pleasure in表示“喜欢;乐于”,in后常接sth.或doing sth.,比如:He took pleasure in humiliating her. (他以羞辱她為乐。)
你要的是赢,而我要的是姐姐
Gamora和Nebula都被灭霸Thanos收养,但这个养父却只把她们当做工具。在灭霸的残酷教育下,Nebula从小就不得不和Gamora以命相搏,每次失败后都要接受灭霸的改造手术,这让她痛不欲生。Nebula心中有个愿望,那就是打败她的姐姐Gamora。而在Gamora看来,满宇宙找她并扬言要打赢她的Nebula就是个疯子,不可理喻。她不知道的是,Nebula这么做只是想要个真正的姐姐,想要Gamora关心她、爱护她,因为对她来说,Gamora是她的全部。
Nebula: I win. I win, I bested1 you in combat.
Gamora: No. I saved your life.
Nebula: Well you were stupid enough to let me live.
Gamora: You let me live!
Nebula: I don't need you always trying to beat me!
Gamora: I'm not the one that just flew across the universe just because I wanted to win.
Nebula: Do not tell me what I want.
Gamora: I don't need to tell you what you want! It's obvious!
Nebula: You were the one who wanted to win. And I just wanted a sister! You were all I had. But you were the one who needed to win. Thanos pulled my eye from my head and my brain from my skull (头盖骨) and my arm from my body because of you.endprint
Tip for Learning
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Best这个词我们熟悉得不能再熟悉了,其最常见的用法是表示最高级,意为“最好的,最棒的,最优秀的”,比如:This is the best meal I've ever had. (这是我吃过的最好的一餐。)而在上面台词中,best用作动词,表示“击败,战胜”,比如:He bested his opponent in just two rounds. (仅仅两个回合他就击败了对手。)除此之外,它还可以作副词,表示“最;最好地;最高程度地”,比如:He couldn't decide which one he liked best. (他不知道自己最喜欢哪一个。) Best还可以用作名词,表示“最好的人或事物”,比如do/try your best (尽力)、make the best of (尽可能善用不令人满意的处境)。
你我一样,习惯了用冷漠去伪装
Rocket和Yondu在一个手下的帮助下逃了出来。在知道Ego的阴谋后,Rocket声称要去救Peter,要证明自己比他厉害。殊不知,与他同病相怜的Yondu早就看透了他,他们要去解救Peter,不是因为要嘲笑对方,而是以爱之名,只不过一个是兄弟之爱,一个是父子之爱。Yondu的声声质问虽是冲着Rocket,但其实这番话更像是他的内心独白。
Yondu: What the hell are you doing, boy?
Rocket: I could tell by how you talked about him, this Ego's bad news1. We're here to save Quill.
Yondu: For what? Huh? For honor? For love?
Rocket: No. I don't care about those things. I want to save Quill so I can prove I'm better than him! I can lord this over him2 forever. What are you laughing at me for?
Yondu: Oh, you can fool yourself and everyone else, but you can't fool me. I know who you are.
Rocket: You don't know anything about me, loser.
Yondu: I know everything about you. I know you play like you're the meanest and the hardest, but actually you're the most scared of all.
Rocket: Shut up!
Yondu: I know you steal batteries you don't need and you push away anyone who's willing to put up with you. Because just a little bit of love reminds you how big and empty that hole inside you actually is.
Rocket: I said, shut up!
Yondu: I know them scientists what made you never gave a rat's ass about you3.
Rocket: I'm serious, dude.
Yondu: Just like my own damn parents, who sold me, their own little baby, into slavery. I know who you are, boy. Because you're me.
Tips for Learning
1
Bad news本義是指“坏消息”,而在此则意为“危险人物;不受欢迎的人;闹事者”,比如:He's bad news around here. (在这儿他是个不受欢迎的人。)除此之外,它还可以构成be good/bad news,表示“对……有利/不利”,比如:He's bad news for the company. He should never have been given the job. (他对公司没有好处,当初根本不该给他这份工作。)
2
这个短语是lord it over sb.的变形,意思是“对某人指手画脚,对某人发号施令”,比如:He likes to lord it over his little sister. (他喜欢对他的小妹妹指手画脚。)
3
这也是一个表示“关心;在乎”的短语,也可说成 give sb. a rat's ass。其中的rat's ass表示“一丝一毫,极少量”,比如:I don't give a rat's ass where you go. (我根本不想知道你去哪儿。)
其实,你所追求的一直就在你身边endprint
影片最后,Peter一行人为Yondu送别。Peter忽然意识到,他从小就追求的那个“酷爸”并不是神力惊人的Ego,而恰恰是被误解、被遗忘的Yondu。Peter一直忙于和亲生父亲做这样那样的事,似乎已经忘了Yondu。但是在Yondu的生活中,Peter却被反复提起,手下们说他偏爱Peter,领袖因为Peter的事情责难他,而他表面上说是要缉拿Peter,其实却是在一路追踪、保护他。这不就像普天下不会表达的父亲常做的事吗?
Peter: I told Gamora how when I was a kid I used to pretend David Hasselhoff was my dad. He's a singer and actor from Earth, really famous guy. Earlier it struck me, Yondu didn't have a talking car, but he did have a flying arrow. He didn't have the beautiful voice of an angel, but he did have the whistle (口哨) of one. Both Yondu and David Hasselhoff went on kick ass1 adventures and fought robots. I guess David Hasselhoff did kind of end up being my dad after all. Only it was you, Yondu. I had a pretty cool dad. What I'm trying to say here is ... sometimes the thing you're searching for your whole life is right here by your side all along. You don't even know it.
Tip for Learning
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Kick ass在此用作形容词,意为“了不起的;有闯劲的”。除了这个词性外,它还可以用作动词,表示“狠狠教训”,比如:We're gonna go in there and kick ass. (我们要去那里好好收拾他們一下。)在表示这层意思时,该短语也可以写成kick some ass。
我们总是憧憬向往感天动地的亲情、破釜沉舟的爱情、完美无瑕的友情,总觉得别人家的那些关于爱的故事听上去又美好又精彩,以至于常常忽视了身边的爱。就像Gamora忽视了Nebula的那份姐妹情,就像Peter忽视了Yondu的那份深沉的父子情。爱有各种各样的形态,也有各种各样的可能。真正爱你的人总是默默无闻地付出,也总能在你需要的时候出现,或许正是因为如此,我们才会忘了这份爱到底有多么珍贵。endprint