【影评】《万物理论》：霍金的《爱情简史》（有文稿）

更多关于霍金那些神秘的事儿请关注俺们今天的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWS Plus Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. There is one point missing in William Shakespeare's romantic tribute to great persons, they are not always immediately appreciated. Some historical figures like Vincent van Gogh wait for decades, patiently in their deaths, before their names receive world acknowledgement. Stephen Hawking is lucky in this sense, the scientist's best-seller "A Brief History of Time" has allowed us - his contemporaries - to realize his brilliance as he continues a life-long struggle with motor neuron disease. But the greatness of his ex-wife, Jane Wilde, is yet to be explored in the movie "The Theory of Everything". Inspired by Jane's memoir "Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen Hawking", the biographical romance is told from a female perspective. It is true director James Marsh's film describes how Stephen Hawking achieved international fame in the world of science. Screenwriter Anthony McCarten's story is not about archaic laboratories or indecipherable formulae on dusty blackboards, it is about the love story of Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde. He is a science dude who studies cosmology - which he calls the religion for intelligent atheists, and she is an arts student who goes to the Church of England. It is extraordinary the two young students so different from each other could hit it off, but even more extraordinary is their life together, during which Stephen developed his famous theorem about time while Jane took care of his needs in the family. They tried to live a normal life and be a normal family for two and a half decades, until the debilitating disease became an insurmountable obstacle for the union. Unlike director James Marsh's previous work on the thriller "Shadow Dancer" which is full of suspension and foreboding, "The Theory of Everything" takes on a lighter tone, all the while stressing the loving aspects of their relationship and flowing smoothly in warm-colored shots and emotions. Eddie Redmayne as the wheel-chaired professor is charged with the task to reproduce Stephen's good sense of humor and the progressive symptoms; he is very effective in making the audience feel for the victims of the ALS disease: certainly more effective than the ice-bucket challenge. Felicity Jones shows strength in a quiet way and proves Jane's devotion and perseverance in everything the couple has achieved jointly. When Stephen was diagnosed with the terminal disease, he was given two years to live. Now half a century has passed the cosmologist is still exploring the universe at Cambridge; he owes that at least in part to Jane Wilde. "The Theory of Everything" is a recollection of the happy moments in Stephen and Jane's relationship, and the filmmakers have done a great job sharing these moments with a greater audience.