【英语翻译FILMCRITIC"Kate&Leopold"isapreposteroustime-travelromanceinwhichthethirdDukeofAlbanyleavestheNewYorkof1876andarrivesintheNewYorkofMegRyan.Well,ofcourseit'spreposterous:Timetravelinvolvessomanyparadox】
英语翻译
FILMCRITIC"Kate&Leopold"isapreposteroustime-travelromanceinwhichthethirdDukeofAlbanyleavestheNewYorkof1876andarrivesintheNewYorkofMegRyan.Well,ofcourseit'spreposterous:Timetravelinvolvessomanyparadoxesthatitiswise,inaromanticcomedylikethis,tosimplyignorethem.Themovieisnotreallyabouttimetravelanyway,butaboutelegantBritishmannersvs.Americanslobbiness.Liketheheroineofoneofthoseromancenovelsherbestfriendreads,ourgalMegissweptoffherfeetbyawealthyandtitledEnglishlord.
RyanplaysKate,whoworksinmarketresearchandisresponsibleforpromotingproductsofdubiousvalue.She'sdatingStuart(LievSchreiber),ahalf-loonyinventorwhodiscoversanopeninginthematrixoftime,jumpsofftheBrooklynBridge,findshimselfin1876--andreturnswithhisowngreat-great-grandfather,Leopold,dukeofAlbany(HughJackman).
ItisinevitablethatKatewillovercomeherlukewarmaffectionforStuartandfallinlovewiththedashingEnglishman(eventhoughthefirsttimesheseeshiminmilitarycostume,shethinkshe'sdressedasSgt.Pepper).MegRyandoesthissortofthingaboutaswellasitcanpossiblybedone,andafter"SleeplessinSeattle"and"You'veGotMail,"hereisanotheringeniousplotthatteasesuswiththepossibilitythattruelovewillfail,whilewinkingthat,ofcourse,itwillprevail.
"Kate&Leopold"wiselydoesnotdependonthemechanicsofthedevelopingromanceforitshumor.Instead,itusesitsfish-out-of-waterplottoshowLeopoldasaproper,well-behavedEnglisharistocrat,astonishedbywhathefindsinmodernManhattan.He'sstrucknotsomuchbythetrafficandtheskyscrapersasbythemanners.Walkingadog,he'saskedbyacopifheplanstoscoopthepoop,anddrawshimselftohisfullheighttointone:"Areyousuggesting,madam,thereexistsalawcompellinggentlementolayholdofcaninebowelmovements?"BothLeopoldandhisdescendant,Stuart,areinventortypes.Leopold,welearn,designedtheBrooklynBridgeandinventedtheelevator.Stuartnotonlydiscoveredtheportalintime,buthadenoughconfidenceinhiscalculationstojumpoffthebridgeandtrustthatitwouldopenforhim.Whyhelandsonhisfeetinsteadoffallingtohisdeathinthe1876riverisaquestionthem