Two days ago I saw a friend recommend “Avatar 2: The Way of Water” on Facebook, so yesterday I went to the cinema with someone to see it.
前兩天在臉書上看到有朋友推薦《阿凡達2：水之道》，昨天便與某人一起去電影院看了。
After watching it, I asked him: What do you think?
看完出來，我問他：你覺得怎樣？
He said: “It’s so long ……”.
他說：「好長啊……」
I immediately understood what he meant. He must not like this film, but because I said it was good and dragged him there, he was too polite to say directly that he did not like it, so he came up with “It’s so long……”
我立刻便明白了他的意思。他肯定是不喜歡這部片子，但因爲是我說不錯拖他去的，他不好意思直接說不喜歡，於是便來了一句「好長啊……」
In fact, I was very disappointed too. So I directly expressed what I thought, so that he didn’t need to feel embarrassed to speak about his disappointment. He echoed what I said, and ended with one simple sentence: “There is no story.”
其實我也是大失所望的，於是便把他不好意思說的話說了出來。他一邊附和，一邊又來了一句：「There is no story.」
I nodded, and thought this sentence could be served as Avatar 2’s “final judgment”.
就這一句話，應該就把《阿凡達2》給「蓋棺定論」吧。
Yes, there is no story, no substance, no human value, or anything that can touch people’s heart.
我不知道怎樣翻譯「There is no story」，才能準確表達他的原意。我想，他是想說，這部影片並無內涵，並無人文價值，並無引人入勝的故事情節吧。
Yes, I admit that the film has done a perfect job in terms of sensory “excitement”. The scenes in the sky, in the mountains and in the deep sea can be described as perfect and beyond reproach. The fantasy and magnificence of the “other world” that does not exist in the human planet, but was produced by computer technology, does look so stunning, and so breath-taking.
是的，我承認，影片從感官「刺激」方面，已經做得非常完美了。天上、山林與深海中的情景，展現得可謂盡善盡美，無可指責。對於並不存在於人世間的「另外世界」的奇幻與壯麗，也利用電腦技術做得唯妙唯肖，讓人大開眼界。
However, these are about all the “good things” I can say about this blockbuster.
然而，這些，就是我能對這部大片所說的「好話」的全部了。
Computer technology and computer special effects that were introduced into the movie industry, have indeed brought a lot of new sensory enjoyment and stimulation, especially so at the beginning stage. They were so exciting, so new, and so inspiring.
電腦技術、電腦特效被引入電影之後，確實給人帶來了很多全新的感官享受和刺激，剛開始也讓人覺得挺新鮮，挺歎爲觀止。
However, with the appearance of “masterpieces” such as “Avatar 2”, I have to say that I’m afraid the computer technology and special effects might have been abused; and the path of relying too much on special effects and sensory stimulation to attract audience may have come to a dead end.
但發展到今天，出現了《阿凡達2》這樣的「巔峯代表作」以後，我不得不說，靠特效和感官刺激來吸引觀衆的電影之「道」，怕是已經走到頭了。
At least, for me, I have had enough of that. My sensory organs have been stimulated to numb; and I no longer want to have more such stimulation.
至少，對我來說，我已經受夠了，我的感官已經被刺激到麻木了，不再希望有更多這樣的刺激了。
Some people say that “Avatar 2: The Way of Water” has very deep philosophy in it, but I am afraid that I have to disagree with that too.
There are indeed several water-related lines in the film, such as there is no beginning, no end, no life, no death, etc. They sound quite philosophical, quite connotative. But unfortunately, these lines sound like just that they are just “borrowed” or “copied” from somewhere. They don’t belong to the movie at all, and they
cannot be integrated with the rest of the film, cannot become part of the “story”. So they sound awkward, like a reckless boorish man who has to recite some beautiful poems that he doesn’t understand.
有人說《阿凡達2：水之道》內涵很深，我也不以爲然。電影中有幾句與水有關的臺詞，如無始無終，無生無死之類，聽起來是挺有哲理、挺有內涵的，可惜的是，這幾句話，也不知是從哪裏抄來的，像個「外來貨」一樣，不能與這部影片的其他部分融在一起，不能成爲「故事」的一部分，倒顯得不尷不尬的，像個魯莽武夫非要掉幾句自己並不太懂的書包。
All in all, I still miss the old and good movies that are full of humanity, wonderful stories, and happy or sad romances, that can touch people’s hearts or trigger them to think.
總之，我還是懷念以前那些充滿人文情懷，能觸動人的心靈，或引發人的思考的老電影、好片子。
The other thing is, it seems that “Avatar 2” cannot escape from the “fate” of what we Chinese call “adding a dog’s tail to the sable coat” either. Why do we have to “stretch” a successful work and come up with a sequel? The “stretch” may be able to succeed commercially with the fame of the first episode. But artistically, at least, both that “someone” and I will turn around and forget it in no time. We probably won’t go back to the cinema again for a long time. After all, spending three hours just for sound and visual stimulation is not that wonderful an experience that we want to repeat.
還有就是，看來《阿凡達2》也很難擺脫「狗尾續貂」的「宿命」。許多成功的作品，非得硬要再「抻」出一個續集來，未畢能賣得了好。江郎才盡了就是才盡了，硬「抻」的話，藉助第一集的名氣，商業上也許能夠成功，但在藝術上，至少，我和「某人」這兩位觀衆，都會轉身就把它忘掉，並且可能很久都不會再光顧電影院，花錢買三個小時的聲光刺激了。
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