1. King Kong

　　《金刚》

　　"It was beauty that felled the beast." These are the final lines of dialogue spoken in Merian C. Cooper's 1933 film about a giant ape and his doomed love affair with a starlet, and they only scratch the surface of King Kong's profound depths. An effects movie in a time where effects were nonexistent, Cooper's film proved to be the Jurassic Park of its day if for no other reason than its technological innovation But it remains a classic today not because of the wonderful stop-motion animation work, but its ability to render Kong as one of the silver screen's most tragic figures.

　　电影《金刚》拍摄于1933年。在导演梅里安·C·库珀的镜头里，一只巨猿深深地爱上了一位女演员，但以悲剧收场。对于《金刚》影片的无穷深意来说，影片结尾那句“打败野兽的，是美女”只能算是概括出了其寓意的一点皮毛。对于一个还不存在特效的时代，单就技术创新来讲，该片可以算是当时的《侏罗纪公园》了。而撇开令人称道的延时影像技术不论，巨猿金刚这样一个银屏悲剧形象，也足以让该片跻身经典。

　　Banana Bonus: It's a classic.

　　看点：经典之作，无需多言。

　　Vocabulary

　　spaghetti western：意式西部片

　　quadruplegic：四肢瘫痪者

　　horrendous：可怕的，惊人的

　　英文来源：ign.com

　　译者：garywguo

　　审校&编辑：杜娟