Battle of the box office 電影賀歲檔引發票房PK戰

歲末來臨，二十多部影片輪番上映(hit cinema)。而今年的賀歲片大戰隨着《龍門飛甲》和《金陵十三釵》的上映而硝煙四起，一場票房PK戰也隨之拉開帷幕！

December is a golden month for films. This year, the holiday season has attracted more than 20 rival movies. The most eagerly awaited among them are poised to be Flying Swords of Dragon Gate by Hong Kong director Tsui Hark, and Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers of War, which both hit cinemas on December 16. Both movies are big-budget blockbusters from directors with box office successes. Which one do you anticipate more? After reading the chart below, you may find your answer.
十二月是電影的黃金月。今年歲末有20多部影片激戰賀歲檔。而其中最令人期待的便要數香港導演徐克的《龍門飛甲》和張藝謀的《金陵十三釵》，兩部影片都於12月16日上映。兩部重金打造的大片都出自曾打造票房神話的導演之手。那麼你更期待哪一部呢？讀過下面的文章，也許你自會找到答案。
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
《龍門飛甲》

Background
影片背景

This film is based on the story of 1992’s New Dragon Gate Inn, a work by Tsui Hark. Although Tsui denied that it would be a remake, but more of a reimagination, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate in a way builds on past glories.
該片延續了1992年徐克舊作《新龍門客棧》的故事情節，雖然徐克否認該片是重拍經典，但《龍門飛甲》更像是一部建立在過去的輝煌之中的二次創作。

Director and cast
導演及演員陣容

Tsui is known for making good wuxia films. His last wuxia work in 2010, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame got rave reviews.
徐克，以擅長拍攝武俠電影而聞名。他上一部作品是2010年的《狄仁傑之通天帝國》，該片曾廣受好評。

The cast of the film is full of stars, including kungfu master Jet Li, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Kwai Lun-mei, and singer-turned-actress Mavis Fan and Li Yuchun.
影片《龍門飛甲》可謂是全明星陣容，包括功夫大師李連杰、周迅、陳坤、桂綸鎂以及歌而優則演的范曉萱和李宇春的加盟。

Quite apart from the story, the cast list alone would attract filmgoers.
撇開故事情節，單看演員陣容便會吸引影迷無數了。

Production
電影製作

Have you heard of a 3D wuxia film? No, because Flying Swords of Dragon Gate is a first of its kind. The film is shot entirely in 3D, and it comes out in the form of 3D and IMAX.
你聽說過3D武俠片嗎？肯定沒有，因爲《龍門飛甲》是該類型電影的開山之作。整部影片完全用3D手法拍攝，以3D和IMAX的電影形式上映。

Tsui has tailored his direction to take full advantage of the technology, in the action scenes and even in the more static application of 3D.
徐克調整了自己的導演方式，爲的就是充分利用科技優勢，將3D技術應用到武打甚至靜態場面中去。

Tsui also invited Chuck Comisky, the visual-effects supervisor of the film Avatar, as the 3D director to manage the special effects.
他還特邀《阿凡達》視覺效果總監查克•康米斯蓋，擔任該片的3D視覺特效攝影指導。

Story
故事概要

Set in the Ming Dynasty, former general Zhou Huai’an (Jet Li) is determined to take down evil eunuch Yu Huatian (Chen Kun), to restore order in the palace.
明朝年間，前朝廷名將趙懷安（李連杰飾）決心誅除邪惡官宦雨化田（陳坤飾），以便重建宮廷秩序。

Meanwhile, a new gang of marauders have taken over the Dragon Inn: innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumored location of a lost city with hidden treasure buried under the desert.
同時，一夥新劫掠者重新接管了龍門客棧：白天是酒店老闆，晚上則化身爲尋寶者。傳說中，該客棧所在之處的沙漠下有一個藏有寶藏的失落之城。

As several groups cross paths at the Dragon Gate Inn, an epic confrontation is set to happen.
隨着各路人馬齊聚龍門客棧，一場激戰即將展開。

The Flowers of War
《金陵十三釵》

Background
背景

December 13 marked the 74th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre. This film, which is based on a historical novel by Yan Geling, is set to pay tribute to the historical event–an element central to The Flowers of War.
12月13日正值南京大屠殺74週年祭。該影片根據嚴歌苓的歷史小說改編，旨在向這一歷史事件致敬，這也是該片的主旨元素。

Driector and cast
導演和演員陣容

Every time Zhang Yimou produces a new film it grabs headlines. The criticism of his last two films, A Simple Noodle Story (2009) and Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010), didn’t stop him making different types of films.
張藝謀的每部新片都會登上報紙頭條。外界對他前兩部作品（2009年的《三槍拍案驚奇》和2010年的《山楂樹之戀》）的爭議之聲並沒有阻止他拍攝不同風格影片的腳步。

As usual Zhang has picked a bunch of new actors and actresses for this film, such as Ni Ni. The biggest name is certainly Oscar-winning star Christian Bale, who is known for playing Batman.
與以往一樣，張藝謀在選角時挑選了一批新人，比如女演員倪妮。最大牌的演員當屬以扮演“蝙蝠俠”而聞名的奧斯卡影帝克里斯蒂安•貝爾。

Production
電影製作

Zhang likes to play big. With an estimated production budget of 600 million yuan, The Flowers of War is China’s most expensive film yet.
張藝謀喜歡大製作，《金陵十三釵》耗資約6億元人民幣，是目前國內投入最大的一部電影。

The film is also aimed to take the international market. It’s set for runs beginning December 23 in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with a wider release to follow next year.
同時，該片也旨在進軍國際市場。12月23日，該片登陸紐約、洛杉磯和舊金山三地影院，明年將會在全球更多地方上映。

And the film will represent China for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards next year.
該片也將代表中國參加第84屆奧斯卡最佳外語片的角逐。

Story
故事概要

Begins in the rubble of Nanjing after the fall of the city to the Japanese on December 13, 1937. This film is a conscious bid to make the horrors of the Nanjing story dramatically accessible to a wider audience.
1937年12月13日南京淪陷到日本人手中，故事在一片瓦礫廢墟中開始。該影片試圖用一種清醒的方式將南京大屠殺這段慘痛的歷史，用戲劇的形式呈現給更多的觀衆。

It places a politically unaligned American mortician John Miller (Christian Bale) in the middle of a desperate group of local civilians comprised of convent schoolgirls and courtesans.
影片將一位當時無政治陣營的美國入殮師約翰•米勒（克里斯蒂安•貝爾飾）置於一羣絕望的南京平民中，這些人中有教會學校女學生，也有風塵女子。