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罗兰·艾默里奇和他的灾难电影
罗兰·艾默里奇(Roland Emmerich)1955年生于德国斯图加特市,从慕尼黑影视学院毕业后,先后在德国和美国从事导演、编剧和制片工作。他最热衷于拍摄灾难电影,并在好莱坞实现了自己的理想和愿望。1996年导演的《独立日》、2004年导演的《后天》以及2009年导演的《2012》在当年都引起了轰动并在票房上获得成功。在接受《A日美国》(USA Today)采访时,艾默里奇说,这是他最后一部灾难电影,也是所有灾难电影的终结者:
“ said to myself that I’ll dO one more disaster movie,but it has to end all disaster movies,SO I packed everything in.”
《2012》在中国上映后也取得了巨大的票房成功,在观众中引起了很大反响,尤其是影片中关于中国拯救世界的因素着实使国人兴奋不已。有些观众认为这反映了中国的崛起和西方的日渐没落。也有批评者认为影片是用中国元素作噱头来赚钱。还有人谴责影片中展现的中国和中国人面孔模糊,缺乏深度。作为一部融合了各种元素的灾难电影,《2012》在许多方面折射着西方的思维和意识形态,需要我们更深入地解读。
《2012》的故事情节
剧情上,本片基本上分两条线索:一条是地质学家阿德里安·赫尔姆斯利博士(Dr,Adrian Helmsley)(通过一名印度科学家的观测)率先发现了太阳导致地球内核变热的现象,并向美国政府报告。美国政府一方面对公众隐瞒这一地球将遭毁灭的消息,一方面与G8峰会的其他大国分享秘密,并联手在中国青藏高原地区秘密修建“诺亚方舟”,一个国家一艘。这些国家的政府还联手封锁消息,凡是知晓秘密的人都受到严密监控,凡是意图向大众透露秘密的人都会被暗杀。为了筹措建造方舟所需的巨额资金,大国领袖们还决定向有钱人出售登舟门票——每张高达l亿欧元。这样,除了各国政要、繁衍物种所需的优选人类和动植物,容量所限的40万人逃生名单中也不乏这样的亿万富翁。
另一条线索是科幻作家杰克逊·柯蒂斯(Jackson Curtis)带着孩子去黄石国家公园度假,却发现曾有美好回忆的湖泊已经干涸了,而这个地区也成为了禁区。充满疑惑的他在黄石公园附近的营地偶然认识了通过自己的私人电台向美国人布道并宣称世界末日来临的狂人查理(Charlie Frost)。查理告诉他由于自然环境和资源长期被人类掠夺性破坏,地球自身的平衡系统已经濒于崩溃,人类即将面临空前的自然灾害。查理说有些国家已经在联合秘密研制并建造可以躲避这场灾难的方舟,只是这些国家的领导人将众人蒙在鼓里。杰克逊以为他是个疯子就一笑了之地离开了。
没想到,第二天灾难果然发生了。强烈的地震伴随着火山喷发,让眼前熟悉的家园变成了_人间地狱。在地球的其他地方,各种各样的自然灾害也前所未有地大规模爆发。杰克逊一家和众多家庭一样踏上了求生之路。面对全球性的自然灾害,不知何去何从的他突然想起查理提到过的方舟和地图,于是决定前往方舟基地寻找生存的机会。
杰克逊一家在经历生死考验之后终于到达了方舟基地——青藏高原。然而已经制造完成的方舟数量远远不能满足从世界各地闻讯涌来的受灾人群。
谁去谁留已然成为挑战整个人类的道德抉择。面对灾难,来自不同国家的人作出了最重要的抉择:“所有人都是平等的,都有平等的生存机会!”最后人类终于在方舟中躲过了这一全球性的灾害,获得了继续繁衍和发展的希望。
影片折射出的西方意识形态
1 原罪与世界末日(originaI Sin and Doomsday)
虽然电影名称来源于玛雅人的日历神话,2012年的末世论实际上是一种西方思想,并非玛雅人所创。电影只是借用玛雅人日历的传说。玛雅日历每隔5125年就进行一次新的循环,而旧历结束的日子是2012年12月21日,这一天会出现翻天覆地的事件。实际上,世纪末与末日审判的概念来源于基督教。在《圣经》的记载中,上帝创造了世界和世间一切生物,人类始祖亚当与夏娃因偷吃苹果被生气的上帝逐出了伊甸园。后来人类的胡作非为触怒了_上帝。他以横扫一切的洪水给人类以灭顶之灾的惩罚。只有好人诺亚听从上帝事先的指示建造了方舟才使其一家和动植物延续下来。关于这段情节,《圣经,创世记》(Genesis)记述道:
God, seeing the wickedness of man, is grieved by his creation and resolves to send a great flood. He sees that Noah isa man "righteous in his generation," and gives him detailed instructions for the Ark (方舟). When the animals are safe onboard God sends the Flood, which rises until all the mountains are covered and all life that lived on dry land and breathedthrough its nostrils is destroyed. At the height of the flood the Ark rests on the mountains, the waters abate (退却), and dryland reappears. Noah, his family, and the animals leave the Ark, and God vows (发誓) to never again send a flood to destroythe Earth.
人类的罪恶源于不听上帝的话,违背道德而弃善从恶。上帝对人类的惩罚以自然灾害的形式出现,例如洪水,地震,火山爆发,干旱以及雪灾。《2012》正是基督教文化对人类违背自然规律、破坏自然环境和生态而遭到惩罚的潜意识解读。联系艾默里奇导演的另一部灾难电影《后天》对全球变冷的诠释,基督教的这一影响显而易见。
Apocalypse(启示)/Judgment Day(末日审判)
Jackson Curtis: I was listening to the broadcast and I was wondering what is exactly that’s gonna start in Hollywood?
Charlie Frost:It’s the Apocalypse,End of days,The Judgment Day,the end of the world,my iend,Christians called itthe rapture(升天),but the Mayans knew about it,the Hopis dE美印第安人的一个部落),the IChing(中国的《易经》),the Bible....
2 科学与上帝斗法(Science vs,God)
在欧美历史上,宗教在国家与个人生活中曾占最重要的地位,尤其是在中世纪(约公元500年～1500年)。这反映在欧洲诸国政教合一的政治制度以及人们礼拜上帝的习俗上。在任何一个村镇或城市,最富丽堂皇的建筑就是教堂。然而,自文艺复兴以来,宗教与上帝的地位受到科学的不断挑战,哥白尼、伽利略、布鲁诺等都是站在科学一边与罗马教廷斗争的。斗争的结果世人皆知:科学占了上风,上帝退居次席。
地质学家阿德里安博士的报告基于对太阳辐射变化以及地球内核变化的长期科学监测与观察,所以美国高官和总统对其深信不疑,立即开始研究对策。这反映了科学在西方国家政治经济生活中的主导地位。
Belief in Science
President Thomas Wilson: Six months ago, I was made aware of a situation so devastating that, at first, I refused tobelieve it. However, through the concerted efforts of our brightest scientists, we have confirmed its validity (~). Theworld, as we know it, will soon come to an end.
当人们的生活越来越依赖于科学发明和技术进步时,其精神却变得越来越空虚,失去了生存的意义和前进的方向。这时,上帝总是不失时机地杀科学一个回马枪。人类的贪得无厌和索取无度遭到了自然环境恶化和全球变暖的惩罚。这一切就像是《圣经》所预言的。影片中地球天崩地陷的时刻,我们似乎看到了_上帝对科学轻蔑的微笑。
Carl Anheuser: Where the hell is President Wilson!
Sally (President’s Secretary): He’s praying, sir, and under these circumstances that’s not such a bad idea.
的确,科学技术(手机,汽车、电视、互联网等)在我们生活中起着越来越重要的作用,甚至可以说人们的生活已经须臾离不开它们。然而,对科技的迷信使我们在精神世界中越来越迷失,很少去思考个人与整个人类生存的意义。以往人们会说,“人类一思考,上帝就发笑”:现在恐怕得说,“人类不思考,上帝干着急。”看来,科学与上帝的斗法还远没有到画上句号的时候。
3 个人与国家:阴谋理论(1ndividuals VS,the State-Conspiracy Theory)
西方现代国家的建立是基于近代资产阶级的产生及其倡导的公民权与契约论等理论,其具体形式为代议制民主以及宪法对公民权(包括言论自由、私有财产权、政治投票权等)的保护。基于这种理论的政治体制强调公民对政府决策的知情权和监督权。作为其反面,反映在西方许多影片中的是,政府滥用权力为特权阶层谋私利,或者为了所谓的国家利益而践踏公民权,这就是所谓的“阴谋理论”。
Big Brother Is Watching You!(公民权遭到践踏)
Adrian Helmsley: Sir, you don’t have the authority.
Carl Anheuser: Who’s got the authority? You? You’ve got the authority? You couldn’t keep your goddamn mouth shut. Youbetrayed top-secret information last year. Could’ve had us all killed?
Adrian Helmsley: What the hell are you talking about?
Carl Anheuser: You told your father everything. Put this entire plan in jeopardy (危险). Good thing for you the old man couldkeep his mouth shut better than you. Oh, come on. Don’t look so shocked. We had to monitor everybody who knew. How do youthink we kept it a secret for so long?
Adrian Helmsley: So we just killed people who tried to talk?
Carl Anheuser: Anybody who tried to talk was not just an enemy of the state, they’re an enemy of humanity.
Adrian Helmsley: The Director of the Louvre (卢浮宫) was an enemy of humanity?
Carl Anheuser: After he called a press conference, he was! Jesus. What did you think?
Whose Government Anyway? (为有钱人服务的政府)
Charlie Frost: Hey. Hey, guess what? They’re selling seats.
Jackson Curtis: Put me down for three.
Charlie Frost: No, guys like you and me don’t have a chance. You’d have to be Bill Gates or Rupert Murdoch or some Russianbillionaire or something.
Fair? In a Way, But... (貌似公平的不公平)
Laura Wilson: How were all these people chosen?
Carl Anheuser: The same way your art was: By experts from all over the world. We had geneticists (基因学家) determine theperfect gene pool we need to repopulate (重新繁衍人口).
Adrian Helmsley: These people were chosen by geneticists?
Laura Wilson:Looks to me like their checkbooks (支票簿) got them onboard. Carl Anheuser: That’s right, Dr. Wilson. Without billions of dollars from the private sector, this entire operation would’vebeen impossible.
Adrian Helmsley: We sold tickets. And what about all these workers? They all get passes (通行证)?
Carl Anheuser: What, life isn’t fair? Is that it? You want to donate your passes to a couple of Chinese workers, you be my guest.
4 西方与东方:东方在崛起,格局仍未变(West VS,East--Unchanged Pattern)
和他的上一部灾难片《后天》一样,导演艾默里奇在这部集大成的灾难电影中加进了一些世界元素,例如中国青藏高原的地理优势、集中力量办大事的制造能力,以及经历了地壳变动,非洲之角崛起,成为了地球上仅存的陆地拯救了人类等等。这一方面间接反映了中国的崛起不容忽视,另一方面也是好莱坞捞取世界票房的一种手段。从影片的故事及人物来看,中国的作用仍然是次要的,人物也是简单肤浅的。西方的领袖仍然是美国。西方之所以选择在中国制造现代化的“诺亚方舟”是因为中国的青藏高原是世界海拔最高的地区,而且中国是在为西方作代工(设计和资金大都来自西方大国)。这也是现实在影片中的真实反映。
5 人性:人类的普世价值(Humanity-Universal Values)
尽管《2012》充斥着西方(尤其是美国)的意识形态,人物关系(包括冲突)也不乏人性的光芒。尽管文化各异、制度不同,由人类组成的不同社会毕竟有许多相同之处,例如爱恨情仇,英雄主义、民族自豪感等。这也是这部影片能够打动观众的原因之一——人类和人性的普世价值。
The President’s Sacrifice for His Daughter
Laura Wilson: [Onphone] Dad, where are you?
President Thomas Wilson: You wouldn’t have gotten on that plane if I told you.
Laura Wilson: Daddy, what’s happening? I thought you were coming on the plane.
President Thomas Wilson: Do you know what strength it gives me to know that my daughter is going to survive?
Bookworm Boy and the President’s Daughter
Adrian Helmsley: You know, when I was a kid, my dad was on the road a lot. He would give me a box full of books, call meevery night and quiz (测验,) me. I’d get an ice cream cone (单通冰激凌) for every book I read, so I was a fat kid.
Laura Wilson: I find that very hard to believe.
Adrian Helmsley: No, it’s true. My high school career was 2,000 books and zero girlfriends.
Laura Wilson: I didn’t even kiss a boy till I was in college. They were all too scared of my dad.
Defining Humanity
Adrian Helmsley: The moment we stop fighting for each other, that’s the moment we lose our humanity.
One World, One Dream
President Thomas Wilson: Today, none of us are strangers. Today, we are one family, stepping into the darkness together. Weare a nation of many religions, but I believe these words reflect the spirit of all our faiths...
《2012》作为好莱坞灾难电影的集大成者从侧面反映了西方,尤其是美国人的意识形态与思维方式。认真分析和解读这些西方文化因素有助于我们提高对西方电影的鉴赏水平,更好地与西方打交道,做好东西方文化交流工作。
罗兰·艾默里奇(Roland Emmerich)1955年生于德国斯图加特市,从慕尼黑影视学院毕业后,先后在德国和美国从事导演、编剧和制片工作。他最热衷于拍摄灾难电影,并在好莱坞实现了自己的理想和愿望。1996年导演的《独立日》、2004年导演的《后天》以及2009年导演的《2012》在当年都引起了轰动并在票房上获得成功。在接受《A日美国》(USA Today)采访时,艾默里奇说,这是他最后一部灾难电影,也是所有灾难电影的终结者:
“ said to myself that I’ll dO one more disaster movie,but it has to end all disaster movies,SO I packed everything in.”
《2012》在中国上映后也取得了巨大的票房成功,在观众中引起了很大反响,尤其是影片中关于中国拯救世界的因素着实使国人兴奋不已。有些观众认为这反映了中国的崛起和西方的日渐没落。也有批评者认为影片是用中国元素作噱头来赚钱。还有人谴责影片中展现的中国和中国人面孔模糊,缺乏深度。作为一部融合了各种元素的灾难电影,《2012》在许多方面折射着西方的思维和意识形态,需要我们更深入地解读。
《2012》的故事情节
剧情上,本片基本上分两条线索:一条是地质学家阿德里安·赫尔姆斯利博士(Dr,Adrian Helmsley)(通过一名印度科学家的观测)率先发现了太阳导致地球内核变热的现象,并向美国政府报告。美国政府一方面对公众隐瞒这一地球将遭毁灭的消息,一方面与G8峰会的其他大国分享秘密,并联手在中国青藏高原地区秘密修建“诺亚方舟”,一个国家一艘。这些国家的政府还联手封锁消息,凡是知晓秘密的人都受到严密监控,凡是意图向大众透露秘密的人都会被暗杀。为了筹措建造方舟所需的巨额资金,大国领袖们还决定向有钱人出售登舟门票——每张高达l亿欧元。这样,除了各国政要、繁衍物种所需的优选人类和动植物,容量所限的40万人逃生名单中也不乏这样的亿万富翁。
另一条线索是科幻作家杰克逊·柯蒂斯(Jackson Curtis)带着孩子去黄石国家公园度假,却发现曾有美好回忆的湖泊已经干涸了,而这个地区也成为了禁区。充满疑惑的他在黄石公园附近的营地偶然认识了通过自己的私人电台向美国人布道并宣称世界末日来临的狂人查理(Charlie Frost)。查理告诉他由于自然环境和资源长期被人类掠夺性破坏,地球自身的平衡系统已经濒于崩溃,人类即将面临空前的自然灾害。查理说有些国家已经在联合秘密研制并建造可以躲避这场灾难的方舟,只是这些国家的领导人将众人蒙在鼓里。杰克逊以为他是个疯子就一笑了之地离开了。
没想到,第二天灾难果然发生了。强烈的地震伴随着火山喷发,让眼前熟悉的家园变成了_人间地狱。在地球的其他地方,各种各样的自然灾害也前所未有地大规模爆发。杰克逊一家和众多家庭一样踏上了求生之路。面对全球性的自然灾害,不知何去何从的他突然想起查理提到过的方舟和地图,于是决定前往方舟基地寻找生存的机会。
杰克逊一家在经历生死考验之后终于到达了方舟基地——青藏高原。然而已经制造完成的方舟数量远远不能满足从世界各地闻讯涌来的受灾人群。
谁去谁留已然成为挑战整个人类的道德抉择。面对灾难,来自不同国家的人作出了最重要的抉择:“所有人都是平等的,都有平等的生存机会!”最后人类终于在方舟中躲过了这一全球性的灾害,获得了继续繁衍和发展的希望。
影片折射出的西方意识形态
1 原罪与世界末日(originaI Sin and Doomsday)
虽然电影名称来源于玛雅人的日历神话,2012年的末世论实际上是一种西方思想,并非玛雅人所创。电影只是借用玛雅人日历的传说。玛雅日历每隔5125年就进行一次新的循环,而旧历结束的日子是2012年12月21日,这一天会出现翻天覆地的事件。实际上,世纪末与末日审判的概念来源于基督教。在《圣经》的记载中,上帝创造了世界和世间一切生物,人类始祖亚当与夏娃因偷吃苹果被生气的上帝逐出了伊甸园。后来人类的胡作非为触怒了_上帝。他以横扫一切的洪水给人类以灭顶之灾的惩罚。只有好人诺亚听从上帝事先的指示建造了方舟才使其一家和动植物延续下来。关于这段情节,《圣经,创世记》(Genesis)记述道:
God, seeing the wickedness of man, is grieved by his creation and resolves to send a great flood. He sees that Noah isa man "righteous in his generation," and gives him detailed instructions for the Ark (方舟). When the animals are safe onboard God sends the Flood, which rises until all the mountains are covered and all life that lived on dry land and breathedthrough its nostrils is destroyed. At the height of the flood the Ark rests on the mountains, the waters abate (退却), and dryland reappears. Noah, his family, and the animals leave the Ark, and God vows (发誓) to never again send a flood to destroythe Earth.
人类的罪恶源于不听上帝的话,违背道德而弃善从恶。上帝对人类的惩罚以自然灾害的形式出现,例如洪水,地震,火山爆发,干旱以及雪灾。《2012》正是基督教文化对人类违背自然规律、破坏自然环境和生态而遭到惩罚的潜意识解读。联系艾默里奇导演的另一部灾难电影《后天》对全球变冷的诠释,基督教的这一影响显而易见。
Apocalypse(启示)/Judgment Day(末日审判)
Jackson Curtis: I was listening to the broadcast and I was wondering what is exactly that’s gonna start in Hollywood?
Charlie Frost:It’s the Apocalypse,End of days,The Judgment Day,the end of the world,my iend,Christians called itthe rapture(升天),but the Mayans knew about it,the Hopis dE美印第安人的一个部落),the IChing(中国的《易经》),the Bible....
2 科学与上帝斗法(Science vs,God)
在欧美历史上,宗教在国家与个人生活中曾占最重要的地位,尤其是在中世纪(约公元500年～1500年)。这反映在欧洲诸国政教合一的政治制度以及人们礼拜上帝的习俗上。在任何一个村镇或城市,最富丽堂皇的建筑就是教堂。然而,自文艺复兴以来,宗教与上帝的地位受到科学的不断挑战,哥白尼、伽利略、布鲁诺等都是站在科学一边与罗马教廷斗争的。斗争的结果世人皆知:科学占了上风,上帝退居次席。
地质学家阿德里安博士的报告基于对太阳辐射变化以及地球内核变化的长期科学监测与观察,所以美国高官和总统对其深信不疑,立即开始研究对策。这反映了科学在西方国家政治经济生活中的主导地位。
Belief in Science
President Thomas Wilson: Six months ago, I was made aware of a situation so devastating that, at first, I refused tobelieve it. However, through the concerted efforts of our brightest scientists, we have confirmed its validity (~). Theworld, as we know it, will soon come to an end.
当人们的生活越来越依赖于科学发明和技术进步时,其精神却变得越来越空虚,失去了生存的意义和前进的方向。这时,上帝总是不失时机地杀科学一个回马枪。人类的贪得无厌和索取无度遭到了自然环境恶化和全球变暖的惩罚。这一切就像是《圣经》所预言的。影片中地球天崩地陷的时刻,我们似乎看到了_上帝对科学轻蔑的微笑。
Carl Anheuser: Where the hell is President Wilson!
Sally (President’s Secretary): He’s praying, sir, and under these circumstances that’s not such a bad idea.
的确,科学技术(手机,汽车、电视、互联网等)在我们生活中起着越来越重要的作用,甚至可以说人们的生活已经须臾离不开它们。然而,对科技的迷信使我们在精神世界中越来越迷失,很少去思考个人与整个人类生存的意义。以往人们会说,“人类一思考,上帝就发笑”:现在恐怕得说,“人类不思考,上帝干着急。”看来,科学与上帝的斗法还远没有到画上句号的时候。
3 个人与国家:阴谋理论(1ndividuals VS,the State-Conspiracy Theory)
西方现代国家的建立是基于近代资产阶级的产生及其倡导的公民权与契约论等理论,其具体形式为代议制民主以及宪法对公民权(包括言论自由、私有财产权、政治投票权等)的保护。基于这种理论的政治体制强调公民对政府决策的知情权和监督权。作为其反面,反映在西方许多影片中的是,政府滥用权力为特权阶层谋私利,或者为了所谓的国家利益而践踏公民权,这就是所谓的“阴谋理论”。
Big Brother Is Watching You!(公民权遭到践踏)
Adrian Helmsley: Sir, you don’t have the authority.
Carl Anheuser: Who’s got the authority? You? You’ve got the authority? You couldn’t keep your goddamn mouth shut. Youbetrayed top-secret information last year. Could’ve had us all killed?
Adrian Helmsley: What the hell are you talking about?
Carl Anheuser: You told your father everything. Put this entire plan in jeopardy (危险). Good thing for you the old man couldkeep his mouth shut better than you. Oh, come on. Don’t look so shocked. We had to monitor everybody who knew. How do youthink we kept it a secret for so long?
Adrian Helmsley: So we just killed people who tried to talk?
Carl Anheuser: Anybody who tried to talk was not just an enemy of the state, they’re an enemy of humanity.
Adrian Helmsley: The Director of the Louvre (卢浮宫) was an enemy of humanity?
Carl Anheuser: After he called a press conference, he was! Jesus. What did you think?
Whose Government Anyway? (为有钱人服务的政府)
Charlie Frost: Hey. Hey, guess what? They’re selling seats.
Jackson Curtis: Put me down for three.
Charlie Frost: No, guys like you and me don’t have a chance. You’d have to be Bill Gates or Rupert Murdoch or some Russianbillionaire or something.
Fair? In a Way, But... (貌似公平的不公平)
Laura Wilson: How were all these people chosen?
Carl Anheuser: The same way your art was: By experts from all over the world. We had geneticists (基因学家) determine theperfect gene pool we need to repopulate (重新繁衍人口).
Adrian Helmsley: These people were chosen by geneticists?
Laura Wilson:Looks to me like their checkbooks (支票簿) got them onboard. Carl Anheuser: That’s right, Dr. Wilson. Without billions of dollars from the private sector, this entire operation would’vebeen impossible.
Adrian Helmsley: We sold tickets. And what about all these workers? They all get passes (通行证)?
Carl Anheuser: What, life isn’t fair? Is that it? You want to donate your passes to a couple of Chinese workers, you be my guest.
4 西方与东方:东方在崛起,格局仍未变(West VS,East--Unchanged Pattern)
和他的上一部灾难片《后天》一样,导演艾默里奇在这部集大成的灾难电影中加进了一些世界元素,例如中国青藏高原的地理优势、集中力量办大事的制造能力,以及经历了地壳变动,非洲之角崛起,成为了地球上仅存的陆地拯救了人类等等。这一方面间接反映了中国的崛起不容忽视,另一方面也是好莱坞捞取世界票房的一种手段。从影片的故事及人物来看,中国的作用仍然是次要的,人物也是简单肤浅的。西方的领袖仍然是美国。西方之所以选择在中国制造现代化的“诺亚方舟”是因为中国的青藏高原是世界海拔最高的地区,而且中国是在为西方作代工(设计和资金大都来自西方大国)。这也是现实在影片中的真实反映。
5 人性:人类的普世价值(Humanity-Universal Values)
尽管《2012》充斥着西方(尤其是美国)的意识形态,人物关系(包括冲突)也不乏人性的光芒。尽管文化各异、制度不同,由人类组成的不同社会毕竟有许多相同之处,例如爱恨情仇,英雄主义、民族自豪感等。这也是这部影片能够打动观众的原因之一——人类和人性的普世价值。
The President’s Sacrifice for His Daughter
Laura Wilson: [Onphone] Dad, where are you?
President Thomas Wilson: You wouldn’t have gotten on that plane if I told you.
Laura Wilson: Daddy, what’s happening? I thought you were coming on the plane.
President Thomas Wilson: Do you know what strength it gives me to know that my daughter is going to survive?
Bookworm Boy and the President’s Daughter
Adrian Helmsley: You know, when I was a kid, my dad was on the road a lot. He would give me a box full of books, call meevery night and quiz (测验,) me. I’d get an ice cream cone (单通冰激凌) for every book I read, so I was a fat kid.
Laura Wilson: I find that very hard to believe.
Adrian Helmsley: No, it’s true. My high school career was 2,000 books and zero girlfriends.
Laura Wilson: I didn’t even kiss a boy till I was in college. They were all too scared of my dad.
Defining Humanity
Adrian Helmsley: The moment we stop fighting for each other, that’s the moment we lose our humanity.
One World, One Dream
President Thomas Wilson: Today, none of us are strangers. Today, we are one family, stepping into the darkness together. Weare a nation of many religions, but I believe these words reflect the spirit of all our faiths...
《2012》作为好莱坞灾难电影的集大成者从侧面反映了西方,尤其是美国人的意识形态与思维方式。认真分析和解读这些西方文化因素有助于我们提高对西方电影的鉴赏水平,更好地与西方打交道,做好东西方文化交流工作。