Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
有亮点，但太夸张，不合理，比起兵临城下差距还是大
如果两个美国人只是想把这个小孩带走，偷偷走目标最小，为什么要特意搞一台坦克，生生把自己变成这么大的靶子？
老谋子以小见大的拍法很考验功力，五班在无名山坡遭遇的无名狙击战是整个抗美援朝时期冷枪运动中的一个小案例，却足以惊心动魄、荡气回肠
没有铺天盖地的人马乱飞，简单的场景、几个人，确勾勒出控人心弦的战场，紧张、悲愤、感动交织。最后只想说，我爱你，中国！
很不错 第一次【个人】看到细节表现一场小规模战场
这部电影讲述的是在大战事背景下的小故事，用以激励当下年轻人的爱国情怀，更需要牢记历史，居安思危的前瞻意识。或许，只有年轻人们越来越爱国，才会压下来自外部的“和平演变”，需要一个强大的国家作为后盾，没有武力作为支撑，何以保家卫国，无国，何以为家。
好看好看 节奏紧凑 不拖沓 一个半小时意犹未尽 第一句四川话出来味道就正了 完全是心目中川军的形象 喜欢胖墩抗铁板那段 唱军歌 以及班长安慰那句“脚板还在 雀雀还在 还雄得起”四川话yyds 打仗交流起来都特有力量
小切口视角战争，老谋子还是很高明的，没有大场面不煽情却把大小格局都抓稳了。个人成长+战争关键在不到100分钟里都展现完整了，一对比，同期的长津湖真的不行。
以小见大的视角，非常考验导演功底。节奏的把控亦是，故事情节固然模式化，在有限的框架里填充厚实的内容，用细节来丰富这个框架，聚焦狙击手这个独特的角色，让戏中每个演员都充满个性魅力，最后高燃的结尾亦让人感动，张艺谋导演类型片这张卷子依然答的漂亮。
班长觉得自己打不中绳子，还是觉得对面打不中？
老谋子不愧是老谋子，以小见大，小成本也能拍出经典，看了闭幕式好精彩，我要再去刷一遍
在战争或者和平的年代，总有人接过前辈的旗帜又成了他的模样，都值得铭记的英雄。
本谋吹觉得吹起来有点费劲。美军拍得太差，时常给人《鱿鱼游戏》变态白人既视感；以及可能要模仿老电影的观感，总有突然的变焦镜头，每次都觉得出戏。但这次get到了章宇，爱了。
以小见大，节奏紧凑的雪地狙击战，明面上是狙击，暗地是充斥着见招拆招的斗智博弈，煽情的点也是点到为止。相比起隔壁不顾逻辑的火烧活人，无脑牺牲挡子弹卖惨，天降卡车玩自爆，愚蠢美军隔岸笑呵呵。最起码狙击手是做到尊重志愿军，同时也是尊重对手。我是极其反对用天马行空的艺术形式去表现战争片，但狙击手处理的很好，文本剧情是单薄，毕竟非国师的长处。唯一的槽点是机械降神的第三方势力（美军），前戏完全没交代他们的存在，可能主创团队想要营造一种意外转折的戏剧效果，但他们匆匆出现，还匆匆退场，就感觉很刻意，给我的感觉就好像擂台双方在比武，突然，裁判跳到擂台里宣布一方输了，另一方懵逼。其实完全可以这样写—美军狙击手突然收到情报，指士兵身上有重要情报，然后狙击手就马上改变计划，章鱼看到美军改变主意，马上冲到美军阵营中。
大永，班长，胖墩，绿娃子，小徐呜呜呜每一个人都让我记得。每一个生命都被尊重。
气氛和情绪都特别好，角度也好，不拖沓，一点点步入高潮，很感人。比另一部同档期电影好很多。
精气神，基本都有。观影体验不错，只要忽略一些硬伤，比什么刘关张、KMT仓库强一百倍。（片名不用冷枪手，改狙击手比较好）
有限的篇幅和狭窄的空间内，国师非常精准地展现了自己非凡的调度能力、短短一个半小时里每个角色都颇有着墨，尤其是色彩和节奏方面的把控，和上一部《悬崖之上》有异曲同工之妙，冷冽的色调、快节奏的调度。只不过，这部明显更凝炼、也简洁干净得多。
看过长津湖后绝对可以用狙击手洗洗眼，干净简单却悬念十足，更爱章宇了，看到美军射击了背亮亮战士的腿后，义无反顾拉响腰间手榴弹跳进美军战壕的时刻，可以被称为2022年春节档最心痛的时刻，虽然看过很多冲向敌人的镜头，但是章宇还是让人动容啊。
从我个人的观影体验来讲，这部可以媲美红海行动和功勋-李延年单元，是非常高质量的战争片。用几句话高度总结：有笑点有泪点，就是没尿点；剧情好节奏棒，国师品质有保障；小战斗制作精，素人演员也很行；实景拍效果真，白璧微瑕可原谅。
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