阮一峰的网络日志

它是根据诺贝尔文学奖得主马尔克斯的同名小说改编的。我中学里就读过，所以有很大的期待。

看完以后，我觉得还不错，没有感到失望。忠实于原著的情节、精彩的表演、异域的风光、精良的制作，这些都让我很满意，而且女主角也很漂亮。

但是，令我很奇怪的是，这部电影在美国市场的表现简直是一塌糊涂，恶评如潮。IMDB上有一个观众留言说，“如果要我在霍乱和看完全片之间做出选择，我会选择霍乱。”（If I had to choose between cholera and sitting through this movie again, I'd choose cholera, it's far less painful.）

它的全部票房只有400多万美元，而投资是4500万美元，投资人恐怕都要哭了。相比之下，《功夫熊猫》第一个周末的票房就有6000万美元。这简直让我怀疑自己的眼光了。

下面是电影预告片的视频，推荐大家观看。

原著是一个很动人的爱情故事，从题目“霍乱时期的爱情”就可以看出来，这个故事很有戏剧性：在大瘟疫流行的时期，心中却有最强烈的情感在翻腾，于是注定要经受磨难，岁月的消磨、外界的打击，可是最初的梦想总是没有办法放弃……

我是后来才意识到的，其实真正的爱情就是霍乱，都会上吐下泻、高热谵语、神志不清，做出非理性的举行，充满烦躁和幻觉。

下面是小说中我最喜欢的一段：

The music stopped after midnight, the voices of the passengers dispersed and broke into sleepy whispers, and two hearts, alone in the shadows on the deck, were beating in time to the breathing of the ship.

半夜过后，音乐停止，喧哗的旅客们散去，只听到入睡时的窃窃私语。那时，只有他们两个人单独坐在黑暗的甲板上，两颗心在一起跳动，两个人和轮船行驶的节奏在一起呼吸。

After a long while, Florentino Ariza looked at Fermina Daza by the light of the river.

过了好一会儿，他借着河水的反光看了她一眼。

She seemed ghostly, her sculptured profile softened by a tenuous blue light, and he realized that she was crying in silence.

她在出神，表情神秘，河水微弱的反光照在她雕像般的侧影上，显得柔和而甜蜜。他发现她在无声地啜泣。

But instead of consoling her or waiting until all her tears had been shed, which is what she wanted, he allowed panic to overcome him.

可是，他没有象她希望的那样去安慰她或等着她的眼泪流尽，而是吓得慌了神儿。

“Do you want to be alone?” he asked.

“你是想一个人呆着吗？”他问。

“If I did, I would not have told you to come in,” she said.

“要是那样，我就不会叫你进来了。”她说。

Then he reached out with two icy fingers in the darkness, felt for the other hand in the darkness, and found it waiting for him.

于是，他在黑暗中伸出指头，摸索着寻找另外一只手。他找到了，那只手正等着他。

电影《霍乱时期的爱情》个人评分：7.5 / 10

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