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《心靈奇旅》講述的是，夢想成為爵士鋼琴家的男主喬伊·高納（Joe Gardner）與厭世的靈魂22相遇，一起去尋找生命意義的故事。
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Soul, review: With beauty, humour, and heart, this is Pixar at its very best
The Independent
Pixar has already tackled some of life’s great questions: why do we feel the emotions we feel? Is there life after death? Their latest, Soul, cuts right to the chase. Why not embrace, head-on, the biggest mystery there is: life itself? What, after all, is the point of all this living? The studio are certainly up for the challenge. That won’t surprise anyone. But not only does Soul live up to Pixar’s own impossibly high standards, it represents the very best the studio has to offer: beauty, humour, heart. The children will laugh and cheer; the adults will sob until their muscles ache.
The film’s soul-searching comes courtesy of two very different individuals: the first is Joe Gardner, a man who’s placed jazz music at the very centre of his existence. It’s all he talks about. It’s all he thinks about it. And life, for him, will only have purpose once he hits the big time. For now, he’s languishing in mediocrity, working as a high-school band teacher – his students only capable of creating a discordant tangle of out-of-tune notes, droning yawns, and the rhythmic tapping of phone screens. One day, Joe finally gets his big shot. Dorothea Williams, a jazz hero, is in sudden need of a pianist. As soon as he gets the news, he falls into a manhole and dies. Oh well.
His soul ends up, as all souls do, on an escalator to The Great Beyond. But Joe believes his life is only just getting started. He has to get back to his body and, in his struggle to get free, ends up in a place called The Great Before. It’s here he meets 22, a soul who has yet to inhabit a body, stubbornly refusing to leave the You Seminar. It’s the place where souls learn and develop their personalities and, with the help of accomplished mentors like Archimedes, Muhammad Ali and Marie Antoinette, are given the spark of inspiration needed to launch them into existence. 22, however, wants no part of it. She hasn’t for several millennia, despite everyone’s best efforts (she once made Mother Theresa cry).
Soul is also the story of two planes of existence. The You Seminar is a soft bed of candy colours and clouds – one of the most purely serene and beautiful places Pixar has ever imagined, as inhabited by bobble-headed infant souls and their caretakers, who have seemingly been inspired by Picasso’s famous light paintings.
The rest of the story takes place in New York City, which here becomes a breathtaking demonstration of the latest in Pixar’s computer wizardry. Not only is it a faithful recreation of a city bursting with life (one of its most notorious residents, the pizza rat, even makes a brief cameo), but of its people. Soul puts diversity, family, and community at its centre – it’s also, notably, the first of the animation studio’s films with a Black protagonist, even if a chunk of the film is spent with Joe’s soul, who’s rendered as a sort of humanoid blue blob.
Soul lands on something far more profound than the act of someone rediscovering their joie de vivre. Soul wonders if we could seek out something more simple. What if the true joy of living is that we get to do it in the first place?
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Soul, review: With beauty, humour, and heart, this is Pixar at its very best
The Independent
Pixar has already tackled some of life's great questions: why do we feel the emotions we feel? Is there life after death? Their latest, Soul, cuts right to the chase. Why not embrace, head-on, the biggest mystery there is: life itself? What, after all, is the point of all this living? The studio are certainly up for the challenge. That won't surprise anyone. But not only does Soul live up to Pixar's own impossibly high standards, it represents the very best the studio has to offer: beauty, humour, heart. The children will laugh and cheer; the adults will sob until their muscles ache.
皮克斯已經解決了一些人生的重大問題：為什麼我們會有這樣的情緒？死後還有生命嗎？他們的最新作品《心靈奇旅》（Soul）就直奔主題。為什麼不直面最大的謎團：生命本身？畢竟，這一切生活的意義是什麼？皮克斯工作室肯定會迎接挑戰。這不會讓任何人感到驚訝。但《心靈奇旅》不僅達到了皮克斯自己不可能達到的高標準，而且代表了工作室所能提供的最好的東西：美感、幽默、用心。孩子們會大笑、歡呼，成年人會泣不成聲，直到肌肉酸痛。
表示「開門見山；直奔主題」，英文解釋為「to talk about or deal with the important parts of a subject and not waste time with things that are not important」舉個🌰：
I didn't have long to talk so I cut to the chase and asked whether she was still married.
我的時間不多，所以我開門見山地問她是否已婚。
可以作形容詞也可以作副詞，此處作副詞表示「正面反對地；正面反對地；迎頭地」，如：to tackle a problem head-on (= without trying to avoid it) 正面處理問題。
1）up for sth表示「計劃要；被建議；正被考慮」，英文解釋為「intended, suggested, or being considered for something」舉個🌰：
That house at the end of our road is up for sale again.
我們這條路盡頭的那座房子又要出售了。
2）up for (doing) sth表示「願意做（或參與）」，英文解釋為「willing and able to do or take part in an activity」舉個🌰：
After a long day at work I wasn't really up for a party.
工作了一整天之後，我真的不願意參加什麼聚會了。
The film's soul-searching comes courtesy of two very different individuals: the first is Joe Gardner, a man who's placed jazz music at the very centre of his existence. It's all he talks about. It's all he thinks about it. And life, for him, will only have purpose once he hits the big time. For now, he's languishing in mediocrity, working as a high-school band teacher – his students only capable of creating a discordant tangle of out-of-tune notes, droning yawns, and the rhythmic tapping of phone screens. One day, Joe finally gets his big shot. Dorothea Williams, a jazz hero, is in sudden need of a pianist. As soon as he gets the news, he falls into a manhole and dies. Oh well.
這部電影的靈魂探索由兩個截然不同的人提供：第一個是喬伊·高納（Joe Gardner），一個將爵士樂置於其生存中心的人。這是他談論的一切，也是他思考的一切。他只想著它。而生活，對他來說，只有在他大紅大紫的時候，才會有目標。現在，他在平庸中苟延殘喘，當一名高中樂隊老師--他的學生們只能創造出一團不和諧的音符、沉悶的哈欠和有節奏的手機屏幕敲擊聲。有一天，喬伊終於迎來了他的大好機會。爵士樂大拿多蘿西婭·威廉士（Dorothea Williams）突然需要一位鋼琴家。他一得到消息，就掉進窨井裡死了。哦，好吧。
原意表示「內省，自我反省」，英文解釋為「deep and careful thought about your feelings, especially in relation to a moral problem or decision」，此處可以理解為字面意思，對靈魂的搜尋。
兩個含義，1）Provided by. 由...提供，承蒙…的允許（或好意）；
2）Due to someone or something. 類似於because of 因為，由於，舉個🌰：
Jessie J appears courtesy of Universal Records.
承蒙環球唱片的支持，潔西J應邀出席。
He got his black eye courtesy of a bloke he insulted at the bar last night.
他的烏青眼是因為昨天晚上在酒吧辱罵了一個大漢。
表示「出名，成功」，英文解釋為「the state of being famous or successful」通常說hit the big time或者make the big time，舉個🌰：
She finally hit the big time (= became famous or successful) with her latest novel.
她最終因新出版的小說而一舉成名。
表示「受苦，經歷苦難，受煎熬」，英文解釋為「to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time」舉個🌰：
After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered.
她的早期小說在沉寂多年後最近被重新發掘出來。
mediocrity /ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ/ 表示「平庸」，英文解釋為「the quality of being not very good」。
表示「（聲音）刺耳的；不和諧的」，英文解釋為「producing an unpleasant sound」。
表示「糾結的一團；糾結；混亂」，英文解釋為「an untidy mass of things that are not in a state of order, or a state of confusion or difficulty」如：a tangle of wires 一團亂糟糟的電線。
rhythmic /ˈrɪðmɪkəl/ 表示「有節奏的；有規律的」，英文解釋為「A rhythmic sound has a regular movement or beat that is repeated.」
表示「（檢查地下管道用的）人孔，檢查井」，英文解釋為「a hole in the street that is covered with a lid, used when sb needs to go down to examine the pipes or sewers below the street」。
His soul ends up, as all souls do, on an escalator to The Great Beyond. But Joe believes his life is only just getting started. He has to get back to his body and, in his struggle to get free, ends up in a place called The Great Before. It's here he meets 22, a soul who has yet to inhabit a body, stubbornly refusing to leave the You Seminar. It's the place where souls learn and develop their personalities and, with the help of accomplished mentors like Archimedes, Muhammad Ali and Marie Antoinette, are given the spark of inspiration needed to launch them into existence. 22, however, wants no part of it. She hasn't for several millennia, despite everyone's best efforts (she once made Mother Theresa cry).
他的靈魂結束了，就像所有的靈魂一樣，在通往生之彼岸（The Great Beyond）的自動扶梯上結束了。但喬伊認為他的生活才剛剛開始。他必須回到自己的身體，並在他的鬥爭中獲得自由，最終落入了一個叫生之來處（The Great Before）的地方。在這裡，他遇到了22，一個尚未投生人類的靈魂，頑固地拒絕離開「心靈學院（You Seminar）」。在這裡，靈魂學習和發展自己的個性，並在阿基米德（Archimedes）、穆罕默德·阿里（Muhammad Ali）和瑪麗·安託瓦內特（Marie Antoinette）等傑出導師的幫助下，被賦予了靈感的火花，使他們得以生存。然而，22不想參與其中。儘管每個人都盡了最大的努力，但幾千年來她都沒有這樣做（她曾把特蕾莎修女弄哭過）。
表示「才華高的；技藝高超的；熟練的」，英文解釋為「very good at a particular thing; having a lot of skills」如：an accomplished artist 有造詣的藝術家。
Soul is also the story of two planes of existence. The You Seminar is a soft bed of candy colours and clouds – one of the most purely serene and beautiful places Pixar has ever imagined, as inhabited by bobble-headed infant souls and their caretakers, who have seemingly been inspired by Picasso's famous light paintings.
《心靈奇旅》有兩個平行的時空。心靈學院（You Seminar）是一張糖果色和雲朵的軟床--這是皮克斯想像中最純粹的寧靜和美麗的地方之一，因為居住著小絨球嬰兒靈魂和他們的看護者，他們的靈感似乎來自於畢卡索著名的光影塗鴉。
1）表示「平面」，英文解釋為「in mathematics, a flat or level surface that continues in all directions」；
2）表示「水平；層面；程度」，英文解釋為「a particular level or standard」。
3）還有大家都熟知的「飛機」。
表示「（裝飾用的）小羊毛球，小絨球」，英文解釋為「a small, round ball of soft material used as decoration」。
The rest of the story takes place in New York City, which here becomes a breathtaking demonstration of the latest in Pixar's computer wizardry. Not only is it a faithful recreation of a city bursting with life (one of its most notorious residents, the pizza rat, even makes a brief cameo), but of its people. Soul puts diversity, family, and community at its centre – it's also, notably, the first of the animation studio's films with a Black protagonist, even if a chunk of the film is spent with Joe's soul, who's rendered as a sort of humanoid blue blob.
其餘的故事發生在紐約市，這裡成為皮克斯最新的電腦特效的展示，令人嘆為觀止。它不僅忠實地再現了一個充滿生機的城市（其中最臭名昭著的居民之一--披薩鼠，甚至短暫地出場），而且還再現了它的居民。《心靈奇旅》將多樣性、家庭和社區放在中心位置--值得注意的是，它也是該動畫工作室第一部有黑人主角的電影，儘管影片的大部分時間都體現在了喬伊的靈魂上，他被渲染成一種人形的藍色小球。
1）表示「巫術，魔法」，英文解釋為「the skill of a wizard」；
2）表示「傑出的成就；非凡的才能」，英文解釋為「a very impressive and clever achievement; great skill」。
notorious 表示「臭名昭著的，聲名狼藉的」，英文解釋為「famous or well-known for something bad」，如：a notorious computer hacker 聲名狼藉的電腦黑客。
表示「（名演員在電影或劇目中的）客串角色，小配角」，英文解釋為「a small but noticeable part in a film or play, performed by a famous actor」舉個🌰：
He appears briefly towards the end of the film in a cameo role as a priest.
在影片接近尾聲時，他露面客串了一下牧師。
protagonist /prəʊˈtæɡənɪst/ 表示「（戲劇、電影或故事的）主要人物，主角，主人公」，英文解釋為「the most important character in a play, film, or story」；
類似的表達還有：
📍main character 主要人物；主要角色；
📍star表示「主角，主演」（the person who has the main part, or one of them, in a film, play, show etc）；
📍hero和heroine分別表示「男主角/男主人公」（the man or boy who is the main character in a book, film, play etc）和「女主角/女主人公」（the woman or girl who is the main character in a book, film, play etc）。
chunk /tʃʌŋk/ 表示「大塊；厚塊；一部分；（尤指）大部分，一大塊」，英文解釋為「a roughly cut piece；a part of something, especially a large part」如：a chunk of cheese 一大塊奶酪，a chunk of meat 一大塊肉，a chunk of text 一大段文字，a substantial chunk of profits 利潤的很大一部分。
🎬電影《冰河世紀4：大陸漂移》（Ice Age: Continental Drift）中的臺詞提到：Now get this chunk of ice seaworthy by sundown 太陽下山前把這塊浮冰給我找來。
Soul lands on something far more profound than the act of someone rediscovering their joie de vivre. Soul wonders if we could seek out something more simple. What if the true joy of living is that we get to do it in the first place?
法語，表示「生活之樂；人生的極大樂趣」，英文解釋為「a feeling of great happiness and enjoyment of life」。
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