僵尸新娘

If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain
If you cut me with a knife it's still the same
And I know her heart is beating
And I know that I am dead
Yet the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
For it seems that I still have a tear to shed
 
If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain
In the ice or in the sun it's all the same
Yet I feel my heart is acheing
Though it doesn't beat it's breaking
And the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
I know that I am dead
Yet it seems that I still have some tears to shed

It has been a long time since I first heard of this movie and started longing for it. It has been so long that it connectted two different eras of my life(sounds serious,hehe). And the original reason to expect is just the voice of Johnny Depp.

A corpse edition of "Daughter of the Sea", the movie is a tragedy of misunderstandings, sacrifices and hopeless love. But Tim Burtons is absolutely more humane than Anderson, the fairy tale author. At least, the hero was not set to be simply happy and ignorant. He knew the martyr of love and the love of the martyr, and what's the scarcest is his willingness to take the responsibility to minimize hurt. What would you do if you fell in love with a perfect person but he was from a different world, if you couldn't give him what he wants, if YOU were the "other woman"? Maybe the only words you could say is what the corpse bride said ---- I love you, but you are not mine.

Contrasted to the sombrous tone in the lower world, the color of our world is much more sombrous. Maybe this is what Burtons really wanted to say:"everyone's longing for death". Indeed, the despairing things in our world that would make people helpless, weeping, and lost could sometimes seem greater than love. Everybody owns his own world which is built of misunderstandings of others. You can't help admitting that air is a kind of rummy substance through which every word you received is already not what has been sent. Longing for death does not necessarily mean passive attitudes, instead, it could be a result of completism. Aware of this, the grief can be even more gloomy. But you wouldn't cry because this kind of misunderstandings and this kind of regrets are the nature of everyone's life.

The most fascinating and impressive factor of the movie, in my opinion, is those piano melodies, passionate and to the moment. Unless you hear it under the context, you wouldn't catch the feeling. Also I like the appearance of their fingers.

整部電影。最喜歡的瞬間。是小新娘辛辛苦苦爬上Victoria家的陽臺，嘴里的Darling還沒叫完，掀开面纱看到那一幕时候的惊讶表情。虽然过后天真地等待Victor向别人介绍自己，得意地說自己是他的妻子。卻换来一句

She's died.Look.

没有什么能够比希望破碎的场景更让人觉得着迷。就像迷恋苏州河里的那个慢镜头一般。动人的都是那些无法再重新来过的。何况还是如此单纯地信任着她的爱人的小新娘的藏青色希望。瞬间粉碎。

不能责怪那句Hopscotch跳出口时Amily的表情有多么不可爱，她抓走她的活人新郎，又回到他们来的地方。然后孩子一样哭泣，指控她的心上人骗她上去是为了去见the other woman.

这个從一开始就是个误会的爱情故事。一直不明就里的反而是当事人。Victor终于决定娶小新娘为妻的时候，她卻微笑着。放过他。

Wait.I made a promise.
You kept your promise.You set me free.Now I can do the same for you.

转身的那一刻是小新娘最迷人的时候。从来没有觉得这个脸上有洞洞，脑袋里有蛆，甚至怀疑都不会被看动画片的小朋友們接受的小新娘这么迷人過。那种仿佛有光圈环绕的美。

是我见过最美的一厢情愿。在她离开的那刻。忽然有了这个念头。

話讲回来。Tim Burton的动画片貌似也不是为了取悦小朋友。都是一些成人童话，用并不会在小朋友那里讨巧的设计在成人这里赢得赞许。包括《圣诞夜惊魂》和《查理的巧克力工厂》也是一样。Burton是名副其实的鬼才，喜欢在他的电影里加进去歌舞，虽然不知道是不是他写的，但假使他转行去做音乐剧，怕是韦伯也未必能保证水平在他之上。而且总是灰色调，总是些许的违背常规，比如万圣镇，比如僵尸新娘。

总觉得门德尔松的《钢琴三重奏》在《圣诞夜惊魂》里有用过。但是之前看电影的时候不认得门德尔松，认得门的时候电影已经看过去好久。也一直没有力气去温习。就这么模糊着。但是可以肯定的是Burton是个把古典和电影结合得恰到好处的天才。总是用交响的感觉来做配乐，甚至小新郎和小新娘合奏的钢琴。不大，卻动听。

这点与久老头相似。那天下到久老头的《幽灵公主》交响版，以及近期的《太阳照常升起》，都没有脱离那种气势。呵呵。跑题～

Anyway.喜欢一厢情愿的小新娘。无论是开始的误会中间的投入任性以及最后的放手，都是可爱而美丽的。其实生活亦然。你觉得你独自前行孤独无助的时候，未必就没有这样一群关注你的人，默默的支持你，在你做出艰难却勇敢的抉择的时候，衷心地为你叫一声Bravo.

一开始看的时候,我还以为是一部黑白片....颜色一直灰灰淡淡的...但是后来发现新娘的婚纱是雪白的...手里的花是宝蓝的....脑子里的蠕虫是绿色的...一切都有颜色...只是饱和度很低....呈现出一种昏暗..邋遢..散发着腐烂的气味的现场效果....贴合了主题<僵尸新娘>的表象意义....
 
暗调和幽蓝是这部电影的主色调.....但在整体的暗色调中，Tim Burton总是设法让人们看到人物闪亮的边缘.....
 
就像僵尸新娘Emily.....尽管一身邋遢....已经变成骷髅的手手脚脚动不动就脱落...脑子里的蠕虫也常常从她眼睛里钻出来跟她交谈......但是她却是一个实实在在的..很善良....单纯...向往爱情和美满婚姻的鬼...
 
整部影片从头到尾都在颠覆种种传统.....
 
比如童话里已经看不到王子公主了.....取代的是一个世俗的男青年...和两个新娘...一个在人间...一个在地府.....
 
比如恐怖阴森的画面和主题竟然传递出温馨的感觉...电影里出现了所有死去的鬼魂回到人间.....然而剧情并非我想象中的混乱和惊悚....而是地下和地上的亲人大团聚....死去的老头紧紧抱住仍在人世的老太太......爷孙之间...朋友之间......重新感受彼此间的温情....画面很动人....
 
这部电影的类型是动画...喜剧...幻想..和歌舞剧....糅合了电影类别里4种重要元素.......至于恐怖...其实只是一种表面意义上的东西，我不觉得算是电影的主旨.....

桌子上有张僵尸新娘的电影海报，一扭头就能看见。一个惊恐万状而另一个羞涩多情，这情状让人看了寒心。有些女人偏就这么倒霉。我可爱的Emily同志，先遇上一个财迷心窍、丧尽天良的大骗子，后遇上一个别人的有情郎。即使喜欢。喜欢又怎样？喜欢也不是你的！

机会从你门前经过，然后对你说，你迟来了一步。因此尽管结尾处华丽唯美，但还是——怪没劲的。

终于没有背叛自己的良心，牺牲了自己，成全了他人。个人认为没有人比Emily更伟大，但也没有人比Emily更凄惨。大概从某种更加高尚及深刻的角度上说，Emily是幸福的，因为她伟大，她牺牲自己成全了他人。

所谓幸或不幸，只在一念之间，可悲的只是，这个一念得靠我们自己去掌握。忍痛割爱，又有几个人能做得到，又做得潇潇洒洒呢？

如果真的有的选择也就罢了，偏偏命运让我们貌似有的选择，但实际上别无选择。我们在各种矛盾中愈加彷徨了，我们都想做个短暂但美丽的焰火，但是实际上生命是冗长而乏味的容忍。日复一日，什么滔滔不绝而来？是跳蚤，因为生命是一袭华美的袍，上面爬满了跳蚤。

大概，我们就捧着这袭袍子，掐死一个跳蚤之后，再去寻找然后掐死下一个，日子也就这么过下去了（原来生命是挑虱子的过程）。

我的小Emily，幸运地成为被大多数人欣赏和心疼的对象，即使她像白色的百合花一样在盛开的时候迅速凋零，就因为她盛放的时候迅速的凋零！只是，在她心里，一万个某某某的怜悯也比不上一个Victor的温柔，因为这一个才是心头那块肉。正因为是心头肉，所以可以牺牲所有，让他幸福（她给他指了一条阳关大道：别死，和女鬼长相厮守不适合你！）

想起陶子的《女人心事》里边最后一句唱词“你会的，你是会幸福的”。坚信我们的小Emily也会幸福，因为通常TMD最后羽化成蝶然后升华了的人都是幸福的人（仿佛这是很高级的待遇），人们管这叫榜样。

所以他们说，“你会的，你是会幸福的”。