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Notting Hill (1999) Comedy | Romance
Every man's dream comes true for William Thacker, an unsuccessful Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott, the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop. A little later, he still can't believe it himself, William runs into her again - this time spilling orange juice over her. Anna accepts his offer to change in his nearby apartment, and thanks him with a kiss, which seems to surprise her even more than him. Eventually, Anna and William get to know each other better over the months, but being together with the world's most wanted woman is not easy - neither around your closest friends, nor in front of the all-devouring press.
《新娘百分百》是一部現代貴族與平民的愛情電影。也像現代版的灰姑娘cinderella
求愛的場景上只能說...Here is only a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her.
當 Anna Scott 付款離開一陣子,William Thacker 按照往日的生活步調,外出買飲料,不料,冥冥中似乎注定的一段情緣,William Thacker 與 Anna Scott 在街上不期而遇,撞個滿懷,也將飲料灑在 Anna Scott 身上,William Thacker 連忙陪不是,並請求 Anna Scott 到自己對街的公寓換裝梳洗。
William Thacker 在公寓裡依然盛情地招待 Anna Scott 飲料點心,態度誠懇,典型英國紳士的口氣,在 Anna Scott 心底的好感更為濃郁,就在離開公寓之際,忘情地深吻 William Thacker,留下一臉錯愕的 William Thacker。從此,一段貴族與平民的愛情故事,就此轟轟烈烈地展開。

威廉·薩克(William Thacker,休·葛蘭飾)是一個典型英國人,文質彬彬且言語機伶,在倫敦諾丁山開了間專賣旅遊書的獨立書店。某天,大紅大紫的好萊塢女明星安娜·史考特(Anna Scott,茱莉亞·羅勃茲飾)進書店買書,兩人機緣巧合下建立了一段友誼,最後更墜入愛河,並終成眷屬。
電影中的劇情其實也十分簡單,但也許是愈單純的故事,有時反而愈容易觸動人心

仔細分析一下,這部電影的為何這麼有魅力!?
1. 男主角 Hugh Grant 與女主角 Julia Roberts 演出精采,個人魅力發揮到極至
2. 房客 Spike 小丑式的精采演出,增添了許多的笑料
3. 劇情敘事的轉折恰到好處,觀眾能夠充分體會男主角的失意、沮喪、期待、快樂
4. 陪襯患難與共的朋友情誼,豐富了敘事主線的故事性,也使得配角人物鮮活了起來
5. 配樂太精采了,無論搭配流行歌曲或純配樂 (Music Score),都耐人尋味
最感動的片段]
Anna Scott 帶來夏卡爾(Marc Chagall)的原版名畫"La Mariee",跟 William Thacker 深情告白,希望經過幾次的風風雨雨之後,William Thacker 還能接納她,這段感人肺腑的告白全文(原文)如下:
The fame thing isn't really real, you know?
And don't forget I'm--
I'm also just a girl... standing in front of a boy... asking him to love her.

| Julia Roberts | ... | Anna Scott | | Hugh Grant | ... | William Thacker | | Richard McCabe | ... | Tony | | Rhys Ifans | ... | Spike |

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