阿法隆的迷雾

       这部电影会吸引你一直看下去，但是看完之后却有种压抑的感觉蔓延在身上每个神经...你不知从何说起，却又觉得整部电影引人入胜。
       电影由起初的缓缓铺叙，从摩根离开avalon开始，倒叙回故事的源头，再慢慢描绘整个故事，电影时长3个多小时，才讲完所有情节。虽然是以亚瑟王为故事蓝本，但电影主线却是围绕在与Avalon息息相关的几个女性角色身上，最终以Avalon这一圣地在人们信仰的灭失下逐渐消失在迷雾之中收尾。
       就我个人感觉而言，在还没看过这部电影的时候，其实我对亚瑟王的故事并不了解，所以一开始并不能很好的理解电影所要传达的意思。但随着电影的铺开，一个个鲜活的形象才逐渐展现在眼前，有为了终生的使命而不惜一切代价的戏码，也有为了爱而宁愿牺牲自己的戏码。虽然我觉得故事中主人公之间的关系有点过于复杂且有些混乱，但整部电影来说还是可圈可点的。毕竟电影里面的配乐就是吸引我的其中一点，悠扬的音乐配合电影情节有种引人入胜的感觉。
      总体来说，我认为这是一部很值得看的电影，人们总说艺术来源于生活却高于生活，电影也是如此。无论你了解或者不了解这段真实的历史...这都是一个很好的参考。

The movie “the mists of Avalon” is a very different movie to tell the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female character including his mother Igraine; his half-sister Morgaine; his aunt Viviane, the Lady of the Lake and his wife, Gwenwyfar. The film also shows the decline of people’s faith in Avalon. The film is set in the period when Christian invaded England and people’s faith in Avalon gradually declined.
The distinction between this film and others is that rather than casting Arthur as a distant, unknown person with little or no explanation but from the perspective of the female characters to show a different Arthur. On the other hand, the focus of this film is Arthur’ sister, is presented as a woman with unique gifts and responsibilities at a time of enormous political and spiritual upheaval who is called upon to defend her indigenous matriarchal heritage against impossible odds. The film stands as a watershed for feminist interpretation of male-centered myth by articulating women's experiences at times of great change and shifts in gender-power. The typical battles, quests, and feuds of King Arthur's reign, however, act as secondary elements to the women's lives.

细雨朦胧，水色迷离
神秘的大陆自雾气中浮起
一切仿佛都在梦幻里
古老的殿堂，神圣的祭司
历史的轮盘悄悄转动
预言了大地的毁灭，英雄的逝去
广阔的帝国分崩离析
伟大的君王沉睡在湖水里
……

看过片子已经两三年多了，似乎每隔一段时间就会想重温一下，然后总是会无可避免地再次陷入那个世界，无可自拔地沉迷，，仿佛那是自己心灵的一个圣殿，在层层的迷雾之下，能够找到自己的所在。一遍一遍听着音乐，特别是MEILIN的逝去，Viviane的死，Morgaine的绝望和无奈，AVALON的消亡与冥冥中的重生，一次又一次被打动，仿佛与身同受。
我想每个人看这个故事的时候，感动之处都不一样吧，有人看出的是女权主义，有人看出的是反基督教的颠覆，而我看到的却是神话的终结，因消亡而达成的美。MEILIN死去的时候，白雾漫上AVALON的神殿，就像NINIANE一样感受到了害怕和无措，这个世界的消亡似乎是无法改变的了。Viviane倒下时，日月侵蚀，天地变色，那种永劫的黑暗覆过AVALON的时候，发现自己也哭了。神话的世界从此和人世永远断隔了，人们只是在想象中追忆传说中的幻境，那是多么悲哀的一件事……
因为喜欢电影，于是去啃E文原著，慢慢回味其中的语句，总有些想过和不曾想过的东西浮现在脑海中：Viviane一直说：“ALL GODS IS ONE GOD。” 。她告诉小小的Morgaine，女神有三张脸，少女，母亲，智者，分别由她，Igraine，和自己代表，Morgaine好奇地问，那Morgause呢？Viviane神秘地说，女神还有第四张脸，我们一起祈祷Morgause不要戴上那张脸吧……
而故事的最后，Morgaine登上AVALON的驳船驶往现世，接回濒死的Arthur，她的弟弟，她的爱人……
 
“我独自站在驳船里，却感觉似乎有其他人与我并立，披着长袍，高高在上，少女时的摩根，指使亚瑟与群鹿奔逐并挑战鹿王；成为母亲的摩根，在莫德里出生时几乎神形俱毁；；北威尔士王后，召唤日食，派遣阿克龙给予亚瑟沉重的痛击；还有暗精灵女王……抑或是死神站在我的身侧么？船靠岸的时候，我听到他的随从最后的呼喊，“看啊，看啊，就在那里，旭日中载着四位女王的驳船，阿瓦隆的仙灵之船……”
 
（如果熟悉这个传说的原始版本的话，真的会很佩服作者的诠释，这样的宿命感的悲剧……）
 
无可自拔地喜欢Morgaine，那样的女子，仿佛每个人都会在她身上触到自己根源性的一些东西，只属于自己……她对亚瑟说的最后那番话，已仿佛是女神借她之口说出的——
 
“摩根，难道一切都仅仅是徒劳么？我们所做的这一切……为什么我们失败了呢？”
“你没有失败，我的弟弟，我的爱人，我的孩子。多年来你守护了这片土地上的和平，撒克逊人没能摧毁它……你阻挡了整整一个时代的黑暗，直到他们开化，也有了知识和对神的信仰，成了懂得珍惜失落的美好事物的文明人……”
 
谁也不会真正明白女神将怎样实现自己的心愿——只是，她一定会达成的。也许她的消亡，也是她意志的体现。因为她从来不曾真正的消亡，在每个人的心里残留着。走在绿树丛间中，秋天飒爽的风从碧蓝的天空吹灌而下，呼吸着大自然的气息，也是大地母神的气息，AVALON依然与我们同在，每一个人的心中。作为男性，他看到的是永恒的女性：少女，恋人，母亲，智者……以及带来生也带来死的女神。而作为女性，我看到的是自己。有人曾说过，女权主义注定不会有结果，因为它想摧毁一种文明却不曾带来另一种文明的建立。错的。并不是很喜欢女权主义这个词，似乎有种以之代替男权的倾向。我认为女性运动追求的平等应该是一种自然的和谐，同样作为人，不是谁主宰谁的问题，就像AVALON中所说的，在大地女神面前，生来的时候我们是兄弟和姐妹，而最终都是她的牧师和祭司。被那个可以感受到自然脉搏的世界，神话的世界所深深吸引，又因那种消亡的无奈更加深了我对它的迷恋。
神并没有遗弃人，可是人类……是否有此自觉呢？

1.
Uther-Did l do something to disturb you, lady?
Igraine- l felt unwell, sir.
U- You left the moment you saw the dragon on my wrist.
I- l have no fear of dragons. l'm a child of the old world myself, sir.
U- Why do you call me ''sir'' in such a manner... when you know that we are on familiar terms?
I- We have not met before.
U- Not in this life...but like all of us of the old ways...you must believe this is not the only life where we could have met. There is something between our souls already. You felt the power of it...and that's why you left the hall. Am l right, lady? There's nothing to do but give in to it. lf you do not come with me, then l will come for you...

2.
Vivianne- The Goddess is everything in nature...and everything in nature is sacred. Look. That is her face. Listen. That is her voice. She's in everything that is beautiful. And everything that is harrowing as well.

3.
Morgaine- Your motives may be nobler than hers...but you still move us around like pieces on a game board. What has my mother given up for your Avalon? My father died at Uther's hands because of you. My poor, innocent brother, Arthur...

4.
Gwenwyfar- God does not reward sinners.
Arthur- We are all sinners, my love.

5.
Merlin- We had a long fight together...you and l. You have been a worthy partner.
Vivianne- I've learned everything l know from you, Merlin. We shall fight for many years to come.
M- No, l won't see any more wars. But you will continue. You have always...sacrificed everything for Avalon and done so gladly.
V- Merlin, do you think l've wasted my life?
M- No. We gave everything to Avalon because we had no choice.
V- But we failed.
M- No, we didn't fail. We did what we thought was right every single moment. Sometimes we were headstrong but we lived our lives with passion and commitment. We should be grateful for that. Viviane...find some happiness. Just a small moment of happiness that belongs only to you. l think the Goddess lives in our humanity and not anywhere else.

6.
Gwenwyfar- For many years, we prayed to fashion life within me. But it seems that God has not heard those prayers.
Lancelot- Perhaps He has heard but did not will it.
G- But what did He will instead? That a bastard child sprung from an incestuous bed should triumph over our tireless devotion.
L- They say His ways are unknowable.
G- Of course. l am too small to understand the will of God. Do you think I'm being punished for the night we spent together?
L- l don't think it's God who punishes us. l think we punish ourselves. Would it not be a comfort to believe just for a time that we create our own heavens and our own hells?
G- it would be a comfort. it would, Lancelot.
L- Maybe God does not grant you all the comforts you ask of Him but offers you others which you refuse to see. Maybe you should find the comforts He does offer you my dear lady, and accept them.

7.
L- How could l forget?
G- So innocent we were.
L- l pray there is a heaven and that you would be an angel in it so when l die, we can be together at last.

8.
Vivianne- l was behind you much of the way. l was proud and unforgiving.
Morgaine- l may have turned my back on you but my heart never turned.
V- l destroyed something between us in the name of the Goddess. Now l fear l have destroyed something else in her name.

9.
Morgaine- Though Avalon had already rejected me l felt its strange power as it drew the dying king and l back towards its sacred shores. l began to doubt we would ever reach Avalon. Perhaps, for our disobedience we would be lost in this limbo of mist forever. Or perhaps, with Viviane's death it had simply disappeared......
Avalon faded from the world of men and only Glastonbury marked where its wonders had been.

血统论，宿命论，这种论调是特别低级的，是人没有从动物进化到文明所本能持有的思想，是平等的敌人，是自由的敌人。
而且，本片还体现了我所厌恶的一种特征：人物的缺心眼。一些人物（比如阿瑟的母亲）往往听到一个消息，或者听到一种说法，或遇到一件事情，就无限的惶恐和哀伤，丝毫没有任何思考能力，没有精神战斗能力，遇到事情动的是感情而不是头脑，这种愚蠢我一直最为厌恶和最不能忍受。
所以，无论电影从情节上多么曲折，无论从细节上看多么动人，无论从表现上看多么华丽，都是金玉其外、败絮其中的垃圾。
本来看这部电影也是冲着魔法和异域看的，现在来看，看看它的魔法和异域也就算了，也不算是白看一场。

没看过原著，不过相信原著比电影好，因为电影无法超越原著已成为定律。
原著的作者是女性，又是通过大湖女神祭祀继承人摩根视角来叙述亚瑟王时代的故事，所以电影处处弥漫着女性忧伤哀愁的情绪。电影前三分之一是宿命论论调，中三人之一充满偶然性论调，后三分之一又是古希腊式弑父的悲剧。从头到尾，你不是在看电影，仿佛是慢饮一杯苦酒。心情不好的时候千万别看，让人情何以堪～～～

我看电影从不喜欢人物始终被感情所左右，虽然我承认人类是感情动物，但是人除了感情，还有责任。无疑这部影片感情是故事发展的主线，主要人物情感交错犹如蜘蛛网般错综复杂，各自要承担的责任义务通通不见踪影，所以我给三星。总之电影可看，但不推荐。