ヴァン・ヘルシング |
先週末、たまたまWOWOWで録りためていた映画の中で『ヴァン・ヘルシング』を観ていたら、その話の中でハロウィンのシーンがあることに知った。「そうなんだ」と、観るのは初めてじゃなかったんだけど、それを知って今週はヴァン・ヘルシングをお送りすることにした。
ヴァン・ヘルシングは、2004年のアメリカ映画。今からもう7年前になる。ヒュー・ジャックマンとケイト・ベッキンセールが共演したアクションファンタジーホラーの大ヒット作だ。
ヒュー・ジャックマンとケイト・ベッキンセールと言うと、ヒューの方は『X-MEN』シリーズ、ケイトの方は『アンダーワールド』シリーズと、SFアクション映画の代表作を持っているが、このヴァン・ヘルシングはそんな二人の共演作とあって、貴重な作品と言える。
内容も面白い。ドラキュラにフランケンシュタインそして狼男と古来のモンスターが登場。派手なアクションが繰り広げられる。監督は、『ハムナプトラ』シリーズも大ヒットしたスティーヴン・ソマーズだ。2009年にはアクションアニメの実写版『G.I.ジョー』もある。
今週もハロウィンに関連した映画を特集。ヴァン・ヘルシングを英語で見て行こう。
SUMMERY
Van Helsing is a 2004 American action film directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious.
The film is an homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and '40s (also produced by Universal Studios which were in turn based on novels by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley), of which director Stephen Sommers is a fan.
The titular character was inspired by the Dutch vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from Irish author Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film includes a number of monsters such as Count Dracula, the Frankenstein's monster and werewolves in a way similar to the multi-monster movies that Universal produced in the 1940s, such as Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man and House of Dracula.
Despite mostly negative critical reviews, the film grossed over $300 million worldwide and was one of the biggest blockbusters released in 2004.
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1 | vigilante | vìdʒəlˈænṭi | 名 | 自警団員 It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious. |
2 | homage | (h)άmɪdʒ|hˈɔm‐ | 名 | 敬意、尊敬 The film is an homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and '40s (also produced by Universal Studios which were in turn based on novels by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley), of which director Stephen Sommers is a fan. |
3 | tribute | tríbjuːt | 名 | 1.貢物、年貢 2.賛辞、贈り物 |
4 | titular | títʃʊlɚ | 形 | 1.名だけの、名義上の 2.タイトルの、題名の a titular character 題名の人物 The titular character was inspired by the Dutch vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from Irish author Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. |
5 | werewolf | wíɚw`ʊlf | 名 | 狼男、狼人間 |
6 | Dutch | dˈʌtʃ | 形 | オランダ人の |
7 | Irish | άɪ(ə)rɪʃ | 形 | アイルランド人の |
8 | biggest blockbusters | 連 | 最大のヒット作 | |
9 | Dracula | 固 | Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. | |
10 | Count Dracula | 固 | Count Dracula is the title character and primary antagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. | |
11 | Frankenstein | 固 | Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. | |
12 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | 固 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, released in 1943, is an American monster horror film produced by Universal Studios starring Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster. | |
13 | House of Dracula | 固 | House of Dracula is an American horror film released by Universal Pictures Company in 1945. It was a direct sequel to House of Frankenstein and continued the theme of combining Universal's three most popular monsters: Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange), Count Dracula (John Carradine) and the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr.). The film was a commercial success, but would also be one of the last Universal movies featuring Frankenstein's monster, vampires and werewolves. |
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