万世魔星

"He's making it up as he goes along!" That might be the funniest and most trenchant line in "Monty Python's Life of Brian," the 1979 comic classic that is being rereleased this summer as a sort of satiric antidote to the sanctimony that has taken over screen religion in recent months. The scene takes place in A.D. 33, when a Judean citizen named Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman) finds himself taken for the Messiah. The more he demurs -- he actually pretended to be a prophet while trying to escape from the Roman guards who were chasing him -- the more his protestations sound to his followers like divine pronouncements. As one disciple says, the surest sign that someone is a Messiah is that he denies being the Messiah. Such are the tautologies, inconsistencies and self-fulfilling prophecies of organized religion that the Pythons poke fun at in "Life of Brian," which in the years since its original release in 1979 has retained nearly every bit of its cheeky good humor. From the opening sequence, in which Brian is born in a manger next door to Joseph and Mary's, to the classic closing musical number of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," sung by a chorus of crucified criminals, "Life of Brian" leaves no piety unscathed. And it's the apotheosis of Pythonesque humor, an absurdist grab bag of the non sequiturs, puns and bawdy Britishisms that endeared the comedy troupe to the generation of Americans who came of age during the run of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" on TV in the 1970s. If a few of the jokes are dated -- who can laugh wholeheartedly at any line involving terrorists these days? -- the movie still holds up beautifully, as both pointed satire and silly, stakes-free comedy. The memorable set pieces still work, from the crowd scene at Jesus's Sermon on the Mount ("Did he say, 'Blessed are thecheesemakers?' ") to the hilariously interminable sequence during which Michael Palin's Pontius Pilate invokes over and over again a friend back in Rome whose Latin name is a sophomorically funny double-entendre. (You won't watch "Gladiator" again anytime soon without cracking up at Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix's somber Latinate intonations.) The Pythons may have been brilliant, but they weren't above the broadest humor available, including giving speech impediments to Pilate and his friend; viewers are advised to go ahead and laugh -- there will be plenty of time to hate themselves in the morning. It's easy to forget that, as much fun as the Pythons have at religion's expense, "Life of Brian" was just as much a sendup of lefty sectarian politics. For the first half of the movie, the title character is a member of an anti-imperialist political cell that is determined to rout the Romans out of Judea. With their spot-on depictions of the movement's endless meetings, earnest self-seriousness and rhetorical excess, it's clear that the Pythons were impaling political correctness long before the term made its way into the public vernacular. John Cleese, who like his fellow cast members takes on multiple roles in "Life of Brian," is particularly effective as Reg, the hypocritical tyrant who leads the People's Front of Judea, a splinter group of the Judean People's Front. Whether he's playing an ancient version of a Weatherman or a Roman guard who forces Brian to correct his Latin while painting "Romans Go Home!" on a garrison wall, Cleese nearly steals the show in "Life of Brian," as does Terry Jones as Mandy, Brian's mother ("Now you listen here," Jones screams in his familiar falsetto when her son's followers show up at her home, "he'snotthe Messiah, he's avery naughty boy."). Chapman is suitably bland as the naif who becomes the repository of his disciples' most profound projections and anxieties. And it's in these sequences that "Life of Brian" isn't just ridiculous but sublime. Given "Brian's" combination of secular humanist whimsy and surprising theological wisdom, it's hard to believe that it was such a controversial film when it first came out. (It was banned in Norway, Ireland and parts of England for blasphemy; in America, Jewish, Catholic and Protestant leaders all denounced it.) Of course, given the current heightened tenor of religious rhetoric and paranoia, it may well wind up pushing brand-new buttons today. To quote Michael Palin quoting Jesus, "There's just no pleasing some people."

在1979年，上帝观看了巨蟒剧团的《布莱恩的一生》觉得很有趣。

他认为这部电影没有任何亵渎或冒犯之处。是的，上帝很欣赏它对宗教和宗教狂热者巧妙讽刺，因为他自己就知道能够自嘲的好处。甚至在走进戏院之前，他就知道主角布莱恩并不是耶稣基督，只是一个和耶稣同时出生的人——事实上，就在隔壁——后来被误认为是弥赛亚。上帝坐在他的座位上，一手拿着爆米花，一手拿着无糖汽水。玩得很开心。

他把《布莱恩的一生》推荐给他的儿子耶稣，他的儿子耶稣也认为这是一部搞笑的电影，并立即对巨蟒蛇剧团——约翰·克莱斯、格雷厄姆·查普曼、埃里克·伊德利、特里·琼斯、特里·吉利亚姆·迈克尔·佩林——创造了如此精彩恶搞的电影大加赞赏。他把这部电影推荐给了他的朋友们，并告诉他们，要有开放的思想，才能感受到其乐趣。

但是上帝和他的儿子非常不解，为什么圣经地带的社区里有那么多人对《布莱恩的一生》感到如此沮丧，特别是那些因为害怕永远被诅咒而没有去看这部电影的人。他们俩都沮丧地摇了摇头。他们想，这只是一部电影，而且很有趣，没有恶意。

上帝给了巨蟒剧团的《布莱恩的一生》克服这种荒谬困境的力量，40年后的今天，这部电影被理所当然地被视为喜剧经典。是巨蟒剧团最优秀的作品之一。这仍然不是一部适合所有人看的电影，但它一定要是吗？如果你喜欢派森的滑稽喜剧风格，你会喜欢《布莱恩的一生》。

缅怀已故的披头士乐队成员圣乔治·哈里森，感谢他帮助巨蟒制作这部精彩的电影。

1.布莱恩 你们不需要跟着我 你们不需要跟着任何人 你们需要独立思考 你们都是独立的 你们都是不同的 你们都需要自己解决 2.与救世主一同出生的人 布莱恩差点被当成救世主，实际上他只是和救世主一同出生，恰好是邻居，这很恶搞。布莱恩糊里糊涂加入反抗组织，又糊里糊涂被当成救世主，被罗马军人送上十字架，结束了一生。 布莱恩的母亲实际上是男人扮演，父亲是罗马人，布莱恩有了唯一一个女友，然后就布莱恩被罗马人抓了。 布莱恩面对的人群都是乌合之众，热爱暴力、迷信盲从、易被煽动，这样的人让他不胜其烦，甚至在被绑在十字架上后，曾经的团队成员也来嘲讽，最终布莱恩送了性命。 3.歌曲点睛 一群曾经听耶稣讲道的人，被绑在十字架上，很无助，却吹起口哨，唱起歌。来到人世一无所有，离开人世也是一无所有，你没有失去什么。 总是看着生活中积极的一面 因为生命是如此荒诞 因为死亡才是最后的语言

我能看到很多烂片被打到9分甚至更高。

也经常看到一部好片被打到7分以下。

布莱恩的一生，这个翻译其实比万世魔星好，万世魔星是什么，整个电影哪有万世哪有魔星，根本没有信达雅，只是一群蠢货翻译的故作高深，拿着UC类的震惊来吸引眼球。

然而这竟然成为豆瓣主推的片名，我对此是相当不满的。

人家导演就是那么肆意的取笑宗教，讽刺愚昧。万世魔星（多少年来，出了这么一个魔性导演），拿来称呼导演还差不多。

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说个大点：影片最让我影响深刻的就是“开会”，哈哈哈，永远在“开会”。过去、现在、将来、开会研究、研究开会。——这次我们来讨论一下，关于xx问题的问题的问题的问题。不能再多说了。

====走剧情====

从开始，这个喜剧就开始了它的嘲讽。

伟大的先知们，顺着星象的指引来到了布莱恩面前，他们自以为找到了救世主，其实不过是谬误。——这是纯粹对预言的嘲笑，你即使看到了未来，解析了未来，也不代表你的正确。

接着先知们就发现，原来圣子在隔壁，大放光芒，广而告之。——这像不像富二代在员工大会上说“我要体察公司民情，所以大家不要把我当老板看，当新人就好”....

布莱恩长大了，看到了美女春心荡漾，也加入了她的组织，而这个组织的检查流程只有一个“你多恨罗马人”——讽刺了宗教为了尽快扩大，给出一个低门槛，先骗进来再说。

布莱恩的第一个任务：写反抗标语。结果被罗马人一通教导，吃了文化的亏。这段可笑死我了。结果还被罚抄100遍。抄完一看，跟美国涂鸦文化有得一拼，哈哈哈。还图出艺术范儿来了。

紧接着，组织就展示了与其他组织的内讧，都是反罗马，仅仅只是组织用词问题，就能分散为好多部分，甚至自己组织的人，都有认错组织的——左倾、右倾、中立左倾、中立右倾、极端左倾、极端右倾、折中......

接下来要干正事儿了吧，是的，绑架计划，结果俩抵抗组织正好撞到一起，眼看着在布莱恩的调节之下，大家临时合伙了，仅仅一个打岔，大家同归于尽了——这个就不解释了，太常见了。

总督的“不标准发音”就不说了，也挺好玩的......布莱恩逃命的时候，遇到了“很讲究市场砍价规矩的商贩”，比总督还搞笑......

布莱恩误入发言广场，及其类似演讲拉选票，其他人自顾自的说，只有布莱恩跟观众互动，说了一些无关紧要的鸡汤，于是就被愚民的脑补，推成了圣人。——看来这也是个比烂的世界，当一个人在高位的时候（即使布莱恩是误入），只要你比别人强一点，自有人来吹捧你，甚至神话你。

布莱恩一边逃一边规劝群众，说他不是圣人，结果根本没用。人们太需要一个精神来信奉了，陷入疯狂的信徒，你低调就是谦虚，你发言就是神谕，你掉鞋子就是指引。——小沈阳批判过这个，如果作者说他在拉shi，那老师就会要求你们去深入思考，为什么要拉，什么姿势拉。

总之，布莱恩因为圣人身份，终于可以跟美女上床了。——只要神子想做的，一定自有其深意。与上一部分相同，但又显示着导演给这个角色唯一的怜悯。让他如愿以偿了。

第二天就是对布莱恩母亲的神话了，她（演员是他）只是不回答是不是处女（剧情中她是个妓女，还用回答是不是处么），结果竟然因此被信徒又误会了，或者说自嗨脑补吧。——这里明显是嘲讽“处子圣母”，前面的一切都可以说是调笑，但这个触犯了教会底线，应该是导致电影禁播的直接原因吧。（科学上来说，我在上游撸管，妳在下游洗澡，是有几率怀孕的，不过圣经说的跟咱老前辈刘邦自吹的一样，“感而有孕”，这个嘛.....）

之后又被抓，眼看着可以被赦免，结果又因为一句玩笑话，被坑惨了，那兄弟还自证清白呢“我是开玩笑的，我不是布莱恩”，结果罗马人根本不听。

导演连续给了三波希望，第一波是组织，结果他们仅仅是研究出了一个“追认烈士”的讣告，并没打算动手救布莱恩，第二波是反抗组织突袭，罗马人跑光了，但他们仅仅是来自杀表决心的，也没顺手救布莱恩，第三波是布莱恩的美女，结果她估计是信了组织的邪，认为布莱恩“主动献身为烈士”，于是也丢下“不忘记你”的话就转身走了。——从头到尾，没有人肯动动手指救一下布莱恩.......当所有人都当你死了，也许你即使没死，心也死了。布莱恩再也不喊了，他沉默的绝望了。

这时候，边上的人，灌了一口最足的鸡汤。“为什么不快乐的面对呢，你来世上的时候，什么都没有，现在你要离世，也是什么都没有，你从来没有失去什么”，于是在一片大合唱中，布莱恩满足的笑了，他顿悟了人生其实不会失去什么，甘愿等死了。——这其实才是最大的讽刺，好多人以为是导演给一个美好结局，化解布莱恩的苦痛。其实你想想，你自己愿意什么都没有的死去吗，愿意的话，要么是活够了，要么是疯了。——人是因为欲望才来到世上，人一生都在追逐一些东西，有的是名，有的是利，有的是自我。没人救命仅仅是肉体死亡而已，当你放弃了一切，否认了自己的存在，才是从精神上“真正的死去”。——当然有人会杠“安静等死，放开心怀”不好吗？好，但前提是“此生我没有白过”，不是“此生本就没有意义”。没有意义为啥不直接拽住脐带把自己勒死？

=====中心思想=====

那就是没有。就是讽刺。想到什么讽刺什么。写个剧本把讽刺都弄进来。OK。

反映生活（故事来源），高于生活（剧本冲突设定），讽刺生活（指出矛盾根源，解决那是统治者的事儿）。

这是一部纯粹电影，简单直白........但，它真的好看。（就像美女穿什么都好看，哪怕是不穿）。

This movie was of great fun, and I can't help laughing from the beginning of it to the end. To watch this movie, it's better for one to learn some Christian or at least to read the fist chapters of the Holy Bible in advance before enjoying it. Of course, better not to watch it if you are a devout religious guy. There are full of black humours inside. The story of Jesus Christ's birth was totally rewritten in the tone of black humour: there was nothing saint, a fellow named Brian who was born as Jesus and he was the only regular guy in the movie and thus was taken as Messiah; superstitious public who believe they need a god to rescue them but they don't know why they need to rebel Roman's rule; bureaucratic Jewish officials who did care nothing but their copious democratic procedures; stupid stutter Roman officials, etc. Actually, this is really a mirror of our modern society.