很不錯的魔幻史詩片，值得一看，沒有特別大的效果特技，但是人物心理刻畫的很好。
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《The mists of Avalon》（《亞瑟王傳奇》/《阿瓦隆迷霧》）
不是今年那部票房慘淡的《King Arthur》（《亞瑟王》）,而是2001年，根據(jù)魔幻小說家Marion Zimmer Bradley1982年的同名小說改編的迷你劇集。是屬于目前為止，我所見到的對有關亞瑟王傳奇及其人物體系交待最為豐富和完整的影視作品了。亞瑟、桂妮蔚、蘭斯洛特、梅林、湖中夫人等等人物都有出現(xiàn)，并且如蟠龍在梅林協(xié)助下幽會伊格琳生下壓瑟、亞瑟和姐姐摩根結合生下毛德列、蘭斯洛特和湖中夫人的關系、毛德列軾父等平時罕見有出現(xiàn)的情節(jié)也一一交待，算是讓我這個準亞瑟迷過了些癮頭。

相比今年出品的《亞瑟王》，這部《阿瓦隆迷霧》的氣質要陰柔迷離的多，雖然也有些戰(zhàn)場廝殺血肉橫飛的鏡頭，但重點卻決非于亞瑟大一統(tǒng)的征戰(zhàn)過程。所有的男性角色都隱藏在了女性背后，亞瑟和蘭斯洛特因為搭著桂尼蔚的關系，還稍多一些鏡頭，其他的圓桌騎士，統(tǒng)統(tǒng)成了只會在餐桌上大塊朵頤的食客。

其實這從片名《the mists of Avalon》已經(jīng)可以了解，為什么不是《the mists of Camelot》？Camelot（卡米洛城）是亞瑟統(tǒng)一不列顛建立豐功偉業(yè)的城堡，而Avalon則是傳說中亞瑟和毛德列決戰(zhàn)后，靈魂歸處的神秘島嶼。
“岸邊，月光里駛來一艘披著黑紗的帆船；船上清一色黑衣女子，為首三人頭戴鳳冠，啼哭不止。亞瑟命伯畏將自己背上船放下，三女王迎上前來，其中個頭高高，面目皎潔的那位將國王的腦袋靠在自己懷里，稱他兄弟?！?br>
Marion Zimmer Bradley大概就是從“三女王接歸亞瑟”中得到了靈感，干脆以在傳說中“云霞明滅或可睹”的阿瓦隆島為源，把大不列顛王蕩氣回腸的征戰(zhàn)史寫成一段亦真亦幻的傳奇。

阿瓦隆，隱藏在大霧彌漫的湖中，她是湖中夫人的居所，是女神的圣地。當基督教在大不列顛島如火如荼的遍布開的時候，從前崇拜the Godness（女神）的人民紛紛投向the God（上帝），湖中夫人對未來的擔憂、焦慮一天天的增加。為了維護女神的地位，她和梅林策劃了蟠龍王和伊格林的邂逅，帶走亞瑟同母異父的姐姐摩根教授其法術，協(xié)助亞瑟取得“削鋼劍”，設計亞瑟和姐姐摩根亂倫生下毛德列……湖中夫人傾其一生乃至性命，皆是為了能讓“女神”信仰在人世間永駐，能讓傳承Avalon血液的亞瑟和摩根在中土繼續(xù)維護阿瓦隆的勢力，能讓女神的尊嚴在世間永遠歌頌。

這是一場古老神祗在新文明到臨前爭取生存的斗爭，是新舊兩個時代交鋒的一場迷霧。顯然其中隱隱象征/比喻著母系氏族的沒落（但是如果按照年份來考，又不足信），或者更加確切的說，是人類在歷經(jīng)了自然原始力量的崇拜后，隨著對未知越來越多的的掌控，開始擯棄野性的力量，崇尚文明的一番歷程。

亞瑟在之前的諸多藝術作品中，一直是以一個虔誠的基督徒形象出現(xiàn)，還有發(fā)動圓桌騎士尋找圣杯的行為。在片中，他雖然繼承著純正阿瓦隆血統(tǒng)，卻娶了信仰基督教的桂尼蔚，他是一個試圖在女神和上帝中尋找平衡的王，但這種結合原本就脆弱，甚至連他自己都無法同時對兩個神保持相等的愛和信仰！而女神祭祀的繼承者摩根得知自己中計和亞瑟結合，羞愧憤怒地和阿瓦隆/湖中夫人斬斷關系。這是湖中夫人始料未及的結果，孤注一擲的她，去依靠毛德列，卻不知道他早已在養(yǎng)母的教唆下背棄了阿瓦隆的真義。
父子倆在戰(zhàn)場上的廝殺毀滅了阿瓦隆最后的繼承人，當上帝的子民越來越多，也就意味著阿瓦隆的魔力在人世間越來模糊。阿瓦隆不可避免的消失在了茫茫的白霧中。

阿瓦隆的衰滅是片子的主線，穿插其中的，才是亞瑟王和他的騎士們：蘭斯洛特的騎士之愛，毛德列的大逆不道，卡米洛城，圓桌，戰(zhàn)爭……
這還是不是原汁原味的亞瑟王？或許，像克里夫·歐文那樣浴血疆場的才是更加貼近歷史的真實（《亞瑟王》）；或許，像肖恩·康納利那樣莊嚴凜然才是“永遠的王”（《第一騎士》）；或許……
誰知道呢，誰又曾知道呢？The mists of Avalon!


導演：Uli Edel
編?。篗arion Zimmer Bradley (novel)/Gavin Scott (teleplay)
演員:
Anjelica Huston ..... Viviane
Julianna Margulies ..... Morgaine
Joan Allen ..... Morgause
Samantha Mathis ..... Gwenwyfar
Caroline Goodall ..... Igraine
Edward Atterton ..... Arthur
Michael Vartan ..... Lancelot
Michael Byrne ..... Merlin
Hans Matheson ..... Mordred
官方網(wǎng)站：http://tnt.turner.com/movies/tntoriginals/mists/

注：根據(jù)資料，得知1998年，美國曾出品《Merlin》（《梅林》），想來是另一種視角，根據(jù)評價“瑰麗的愛與魔法”猜測，寫的應該是梅林與湖中夫人愛恨交織的一段，而布列松的《蘭斯洛特》不知道，什么時候能有機緣一睹

The Mists of Avalon
The movie “the mists of Avalon” is a very different movie to tell the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female character including his mother Igraine; his half-sister Morgaine; his aunt Viviane, the Lady of the Lake and his wife, Gwenwyfar. The film also shows the decline of people’s faith in Avalon. The film is set in the period when Christian invaded England and people’s faith in Avalon gradually declined.
The distinction between this film and others is that rather than casting Arthur as a distant, unknown person with little or no explanation but from the perspective of the female characters to show a different Arthur. On the other hand, the focus of this film is Arthur’ sister, is presented as a woman with unique gifts and responsibilities at a time of enormous political and spiritual upheaval who is called upon to defend her indigenous matriarchal heritage against impossible odds. The film stands as a watershed for feminist interpretation of male-centered myth by articulating women's experiences at times of great change and shifts in gender-power. The typical battles, quests, and feuds of King Arthur's reign, however, act as secondary elements to the women's lives.

       《阿法隆的迷霧》這部電影讓我接觸到了宗教之外的另一圣域：女神和阿法隆。摩根作為神女教的繼承人，不得不離開自己同母異父的親弟弟亞瑟而前往阿法隆。為了各自的歷史使命他們分道揚鑣，然而命運卻又戲弄搬地讓他們“重逢”，摩根被欺瞞而懷上亞瑟的孩子，但是這孩子卻被人利用來奪位。不得不說摩根的命運是悲劇的，但是她卻堅強面對，由最初的叛逆不屈服到后來的明白自己使命并擁有心靈的安寧。

       亞瑟王的故事，是一段歷史，也是一段傳奇。拋開沉重的不一的歷史與宗教學說，單從影片所展示出的故事，我們可以看到人性與宗教神學之間的聯(lián)系與沖突，看到宗教神學背后的光明和陰暗面。
全片以亞瑟的姐姐摩根的一生為線索，通過不同代表性的人物為枝蔓展開，而影片的內涵也隱藏在人的身上。
       薇薇安，湖泊女神，阿瓦隆最高女祭司。在我看來，她對神母卻有著病態(tài)的尊崇，為達目的不擇手段，甚至可以說六親不認，代表著一種對宗教的盲目崇拜。她妄圖通過控制皇室維護阿瓦隆的地位，卻適得其反，神母逐漸被遺忘。宗教，只是人們的一種信仰，是個人的事情，不是控制人們的一種手段更不是政治手段，宗教之間的斗爭其實是毫無意義的。只有人們認識到一種宗教的優(yōu)越性，從心底里信奉，才能使之永存。舉個不太美好的例子，清朝時的太平天國運動，領帶人洪秀全創(chuàng)立拜上帝教，開始時受到廣大人民群眾的信奉，就是因為它的均田思想深入人心，人們便自發(fā)支持他信仰他。后來教義改變，變成為掌權者說話，失敗接踵而至。再如基督教，傳教士向民眾傳播它的思想，從而廣為流傳。梅林臨終前對薇薇安說的話，就是想告訴她不要再妄圖以人力控制人們的信仰。時代在變化，宗教也在不斷進化演變，阿瓦隆的消亡只能說明她已經(jīng)不適應新的社會，她的思想已經(jīng)不被新時代的人們接受。那么，消亡不過是一種必然。
       摩根，亞瑟同母異父的姐姐，從小背負著母親害死父親的事實，被設計與弟弟亂倫產(chǎn)子，被設計嫁給心愛的人的父親，最后目睹弟弟與兒子的死亡，見證阿瓦隆的消亡。但命運的磨難并沒有打倒她，她的心中裝滿了對親人的愛，選擇自己承擔一切來保護弟弟，是一個堅強、智慧并充滿純真的女子。從母親嫁給烏瑟潘龍到姐弟兩個被梅林和薇薇安帶走，中間這段天真爛漫無憂無慮的時光，是摩根心中渴望的東西，是她沉重的一生中少有的歡樂，但也襯托了后來的悲劇。堅強是她留給我的最深印象，不管遇到什么事情，甚至很多在我們看來根本無法接受的，她都默默承受了。很多時候，她會哭，或默默流淚，或嚎啕大哭，但從來不曾尋死覓活，不曾放棄愛放棄自我，而是一直在苦難背后尋找道路，在打擊中磨練智慧。這種堅強，是很多男兒都不曾達到的，我甚至覺得亞瑟不過是生活在她的保護傘下的君王。她對神母的信仰才是一種真正的信仰，她曾對薇薇安大喊“我侍奉的是神母不是你！”。影片最終以“神母不過換了一個名字存在于人們心中”結束，正是揭示了宗教存在的意義，所謂宗教，所謂信仰，只是人們的心而已，她替薇薇安理解了什么叫做“all god is one god”。
       摩葛絲，薇薇安的妹妹，從頭到尾，其野心都不曾掩飾。這讓我想起了一句古話，貪心不足蛇吞象。她與薇薇安本質上是一樣的，起碼在我看來是的，只不過一個為了宗教一個為了自己。貪婪，是人之常情，是人的一種劣根性。貪婪不可恨，可恨的是為達目的不擇手段。原著中有一句話，“女神還有第四張臉，讓我們祈禱摩葛絲不要戴上”。很顯然，她戴上了。人無完人，每個人背后都有黑暗的一面，女神也不例外，就看你是否能夠戰(zhàn)勝它。有人說，人之初性本善，也有人說，人之初性本惡。其實我們本就是善惡矛盾的綜合體，辯證法不只對事還對人，只是大多數(shù)時候我們都希望光明戰(zhàn)勝黑暗，也確實需要這么做。
       最后，讓我們看看亞瑟，不客氣的說，影片中的是我看過的最不欣賞的亞瑟，透過他我認識到，我命由我。總的來說，他不過是一個傀儡，懦弱、遵從。也許正因為如此，薇薇安才選擇了他。王位是在阿瓦隆的幫助下得到的，妻子是為了維護宗教平衡娶的。他的命運一直都在由別人控制，遇到喜歡的女子也不去追尋只在心底留念。得知事情真相也只是選擇了逃避，任由兒子為非作歹，最終還是在摩根的勸說下覺醒。命運真是個奇妙的東西，總會有人控制它，不是你就會是別人，與其做一個傀儡受別人擺布，不如努力抗爭，自己選擇前進的道路。正如西漢武帝，盡管從小沒有實權一直受祖母控制，卻不曾屈服，一直想辦法抗爭，最終成功奪得實權，創(chuàng)造了漢王朝的輝煌。最近剛看了一部影片，Invictus，講述了曼德拉不向命運屈服的故事。是的，我命由我不由人，不管是高貴還是低賤的出身，命運的齒輪只能由自己轉動。
       我還是給這部影片冠以“沉重”的標簽，也許是因為它講述的是歷史與宗教，也許是因為它是一個悲劇，看完之后心里面就像有東西堵著，不禁想到自己是多么幸福，不曾被這些沉重的內容壓迫和束縛。平靜下來，會發(fā)現(xiàn)其實影片中的每個人都能給你思考，他們本身就是一部部啟示書，正如上面提到的，撥開縈繞阿瓦隆的迷霧，宗教的自發(fā)信仰，人心的堅強，貪婪的邪惡，命運的控制，純正的愛情……這些迷霧背后的內容，才是值得我們深入思考的。


      The story of King Arthur is a history and also a legend. Without regard to heavy mixed history and religious doctrines, only from this film, we can see the connection between the human nature and religious theology and conflict. We can also see the religious dark side behind the light.
       The life of Arthur's sister Morgan is the clue. And the story is stated through different typical characters and the connotation of it is hidden in the human nature.
Vivian, the goddess of lakes, the highest priestess of Avalon, in my opinion, has a morbid respect to goddess. She represents a kind of blind worship of religion, machiavellian and indifferent. She wants to control royal to maintain the status of Avalon. On the contrary, the Avalon goddess gradually is forgotten by people. I think Religion is only a kind of faith and a personal thing. Therefore, it is not a way to control people, or politics. Religious conflict between different religions is meaningless. Only the advantages of a religion was realized, can it exist forever. For example, not too good, when the Tai Ping movement burst in Qing dynasty, the leader Hong Xiuquan created a religion called “Baishangdi” and it was embraced by the masses of people. At the beginning, the Juntian thought was deeply rooted in the hearts of people, spontaneous to support his beliefs. Teachings later changed, becoming the speaking for the ruler, and failure followed. Besides, such as Christianity, missionaries spread it to the people, thus it widely circulated. Merlin said to Vivian when he died. Do not control people's beliefs by her power. Times are changing with evolution of religion. And the death of Avalon just means she has not been adapted by the new society. Her mind is not accepted by people in a new era. So, disappearance is a necessity.
     Morgan, Arthur's half sister, burdens the fact that her mother participated in killing his father since childhood, designed with brother incest, designed to marry her lover’s father, finally seeing brother and son's death, witnessing the death of Avalon. But fate doesn't beat her. Her heart is full of love. She chooses to undertake all to protect the younger brother. From my perspective, she is a tough, wise and pure woman. From mother married Uther to she and Arthur were taken away by the Merlin and Vivian, the middle period of childlike carefree time, is her rare joy in heavy life. But it is also the foil of later tragedy. Strong will is what she left me the deepest impression. No matter what things, even those we cannot accept a little, she silently bears. Most of the time, she would cry, or tears, or cry, but never attempt to suicide, never give up love or herself. She suffered them and found the future roads, using intelligence to fight. Lots of boys would never achieve this kind of strong will. I even think Arthur is a king under her umbrella. Her faith in god mother is a true belief. Once she yelled to Vivian "My service is god mother not you!" Film ends with "the goddess does not disappear but changes a name". It reveals the meaning of religious existence. The religion is just the hearts voice of people. She understands what is called "all god is one god" replacing Vivian.
       Morgause, Vivian's sister, from beginning to end, her ambition is never hidden. This reminds me of the old saying, “greed has no limits”. She and Vivian are essentially same, at least, in my opinion, just one for religion one for herself. Greed is one of human nature. And it is a deep-rooted bad habit. Greed is not a hate. But Machiavellian is. There's a phrase in the book, "the goddess has the fourth face, let's pray the Morgause will not wear it". It is obvious that she wear .No one is perfect, everyone has a dark side. The goddess is not exceptional. What is important is whether you can overcome it. Some people say that people is good at the beginning, but others say we are bad at the beginning. Actually we are the complex of conflict between good and evil. And dialectics is not only suitable to the thing but also to people. And most of the time we hope that the light can win darkness and we really need to do so.
      Finally, let's take a look at Arthur. I have to say the Arthur in the movie is the most inappreciative I have ever seen. Through him I realize that my life should be arranged by myself. Generally speaking, he is just a puppet, coward, and only following. Perhaps because of this, Vivian chooses him. His throne is with the help of Avalon, and his marriage is to maintain religious balance. His fate has been controlled by others, even won’t to pursue his lover only missing her at the bottom of heart as a souvenir. Found the truth about his son he just chooses to escape, letting the son do bad things. Eventually Morgan awakes him. Fate is a wonderful thing. Someone will control it, your will or other’s. Rather than become a puppet at the mercy of others, why not fight? Choose the future way on your will. For example, Han emperor Liuche, though real power has been controlled by his grandmother , never yielded. He struggled to find a way to, managed to obtain power, creating the brilliance of the Han dynasty. Recently I saw a film called “invictus”, telling the story of Nelson Mandela who refused to bow to the fate. Obviously, my fate is controlled by myself. Whether someone is noble or humble, the gear of his fate turns only by himself.
     I still give the film a "heavy" label ,perhaps because it tells the history and religion, perhaps because it is a tragedy. After watching it, something stuck in my heart. I can not help but think about I am how happy without the content of these heavy oppression and bondage. Calm down, you will find that in fact every characters in the movie can drive you to consider something. They produce many apocalypses, as mentioned above. Through the mist around the lingering Avalon , you can touch the spontaneous religious beliefs, the heart of the strong will, the greedy evil, and the control of fate, the pure love...Behind these mists of content, is worthy of our deep thinking.

  這是由一部小說改編成的電影，由女性的視角來描述亞瑟王這段神話歷史。從電影中我最大的感受就是人類在對神的追尋上的無力，在阿法隆的迷霧中迷失了，但神卻一直存在著在每個人的心中，在迷霧中一直望著每一個眾生，或許錯誤的只是人類自己。毫無疑問，這部電影的很多人物都走向了悲劇的結局，在與命運的對抗上紛紛受了傷，讓人不勝唏噓。
 
人物：
亞瑟：亞瑟的命運一開始就像眾多帝王之子一樣被寄托了厚望，他肩負著使王朝興旺，抵御外侵，同時聯(lián)系亞法隆的責任。年少的王子被送去郊外磨練，他單薄的身軀在時光中漸漸成長，成長為一個英勇，正義，勇猛的國王接替了自己的老父親。他深受人民的愛戴，他的一生似乎沒有主動犯過的錯誤，算是光輝的一個形象。在最后得知莫德瑞是自己和姐姐的兒子之后，他似乎在命運的嘲笑下懦弱了一陣子，勇猛的亞瑟最終在看見阿法隆之后躺在自己深愛的姐姐懷抱中去世。
薇薇安：薇薇安到最后似乎還不明白，正是自己的強力強為或許并不是神女的旨意，他破壞了他妹妹的家庭，使自己另一個妹妹蒙受不快，她的刻板使她過分地使用了自己的魔法，最終神拋棄了忠心的她，最后悲劇性地死在了自己的妹妹劍下。她沒有明白梅林最后的去世語言，神存在在我們的周圍，追求的自己的幸福也是讓神發(fā)揚的途徑，這位虔誠的女祭司，為所有的悲劇埋下了伏筆。
安妮蘭斯洛特：蘭斯洛特是一名騎士，他完美地展現(xiàn)了一個忠誠的騎士形象，卻也只能在封建時代下選擇和愛人隔霧相對，在漫長的時光中承受愛情的折磨，亞瑟在這一點上看的很開，卻也不會讓這段戀情公開，王國的統(tǒng)治需要國王的果斷和舍棄。安妮覺得是本片最大的犧牲品，她年輕漂亮，卻在姨媽的詛咒下得不到孩子，最終選擇在上帝的懺悔下度過余生，她沒有其他的路子選，在幽深的閨房中多少不能得到子嗣的王后是那么膽戰(zhàn)心驚，因為她們的底氣就存在在另王室有香火可傳。
摩根：摩根的命運坎坷，在每一段人生轉折處似乎神靈都在跟她作對，她窺不見迷霧后面神靈微笑的臉龐，作為神權的犧牲品，她顛沛流離。與弟弟亂倫，嫁給了深愛之人的父親，自己的兒子和父親火拼，阿法隆成為她內心深處唯一的寄托，那單純的祭祀生活在海的對岸吸引著她，然而神話的結局并不是完美的，阿法隆最終消失在迷霧中不為人所找到，摩根相信神母依然存在在其他的地方，等待著她的信徒們回歸。真正的神靈不應該在自己的努力下才會帶給我們希望，被壓迫的摩根的命運同樣讓人唏噓。

  電影是圍繞神秘的阿法隆展開的，這個迷霧環(huán)繞的仙境有著法力強大的女祭司們，但是顯然她們錯誤解讀了神母的神意。這些行為鼓勵了兇殺，鼓勵了專制，不可避免的悲劇就會產(chǎn)生，我們已經(jīng)看到中世紀的基督教怎樣被教會扭曲，上帝也許是最不愿意看到教會成為一個黑暗的組織剝削著社會各個階層。
  那遙遙的神意會以怎樣的形式駐扎在我們的生活間，安妮在片中說“也許我們都過于渺小，以至于無法了解神的意志”，命運無情地在生活留下傷痛?；蛟S我們都不能把握到什么，只能盡自己所能做自己能做的事情，悲劇下面的人們在悲傷中躲在上帝的光輝后面，悲切的鐘聲依舊在述說這個古老的傳說，關于神母和那些女祭司們的故事。