Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
相对于第一部可能比较深刻了，挖掘人性的阴暗面，气氛营造的也可以，就是娱乐性稍差一点点。。。而且跟第一部对比了一下像是又重新讲了一个故事。。。里面的女生的低声吟唱好像在哪个电影里听到过！
虽然技术上有进步，但是构思和剧情方面是肉眼可见的退步，请二线明星也找不回当年那种天马行空的感觉了
还可以 虽然瑕疵蛮多 但总体比预期好看 最后那点直接给看哭了
还不错 竟然拍第二集了 还说得过去 感觉比第一集好点 能看
混乱的故事逻辑和战斗逻辑 剧场版每一部都很差
向前 迈进
影2021.047 真没毒sir剪辑得好看
开头和结尾的打斗很棒。
开始那几分钟吓的我把平板都丢了，妈惹太可怕了！看到后面就……呃，有时候人性才是最可怕的。
三星半，很套路的剧本，看的出来想做成好莱坞那种公路片的风格，骨头社作画打斗还是一如既往的强
项氏兄弟拍的网大很有自己的一套，越来越好了。强剧情大女主历险记。网大都用心拍，前景会越来越好。
逻辑硬伤颇多，到后期完全垮下来，但网大来说已经能看得出用心并且应该鼓励，就像网飞终将崛起，而国产网大也必须拥有一席之地。
但要说恐怖吧，也不恐怖，全靠水怪5倍速移动和刺耳的音效，布景粗糙有些影响观感和体验，像在看舞台剧，我觉得最大的槽点是水怪死得太刻意与敷衍了，竟然是抬起石门为了救小孩被压死🆘
整个故事在网大里有点不上不下。
导演一路黑暗镜头，看的真费眼。几乎没有白日戏，难道恐怖最厉害的不是心理而是夜晚么？
明显比第一部好看，有情节，有反转，还有相对大咖的演员 王真儿
永不放弃 ！
值得一看。 悬疑，推理，过程精彩。 一步一步的逼近真相。 江湖混子，抓了孩子，蛊惑了镇上的人，杀了无辜的人。这一切，都是镇长和九叔公所为。 水猴子居然是家佳的亲弟弟，养父的弟弟被亲弟弟所杀，得知身世的家佳内心痛苦。 亲弟弟也为了救孩子，牺牲了自己。 水猴子并不可怕，可怕的是那两个江湖混子。
片头烂到片尾
这剧碰上看（王道热血漫）电影多的和站立场的，三星都够呛。
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