Name: 你為什麼應該要去電影院？ (Why You Should Go To The Movie Theater)
Uploaded: 2026-01-26T17:15:12.000Z
Duration: 7 min 35 s

By now, everybody can see that the pandemic accelerated some worrying trends in the movie industry.

大家都看得出來，疫情加速了電影產業一些令人擔憂的趨勢。

情態副詞

Namely, that increasingly the only films that actually get exhibited on a big screen are tentpoles, blockbusters, sometimes called event movies.

也就是說，越來越多真正能在銀幕上看到的電影，都是 tentpoles、blockbusters，有時也被稱為 event movies。

基礎被動語態

While independent and mid budget movies are increasingly relegated to streaming services, watched by people in their homes on their TVs.

相較之下，獨立電影和中預算電影越來越被限制在串流服務上，由大家在家裡的電視觀看。

This change has been a long time coming, and it's not total.

這個改變醞釀已久，而且並非完全如此。

You can still find indies or Oscar movies or the occasional rom com at a local cinema, usually a specialty or independent cinema.

你還是可以在當地的戲院找到 indies、奧斯卡電影，或是偶爾的浪漫喜劇，通常是特色影院或獨立影院。

But it's harder than ever to catch a non blockbuster at your nearest multiplex.

但要在離你最近的多廳影院看到非 blockbuster 已經比以往都難了。

And for many, these corporate theater chains are the only big screens within reach with so much great content available on your tv.

對許多人來說，這些連鎖影院是唯一能接觸到大銀幕的地方，而且電視上還有這麼多很棒的內容。

Where you can watch in Mac comfort without the need to put real clothes on.

你可以在 Mac 舒適地觀看，不用穿上真正的衣服。

Or risk having a giant sit in front of you or withstand the rage inducing noise of people chit chatting during a movie or chewing popcorn open mouthed at a volume you never thought possible.

也不用冒著前面坐著一個巨人，或是忍受電影播放時，有人哈拉或張大嘴巴嚼爆米花發出你從未想像過的巨大聲響。

Many people, I think, have begun to deem the movie theater worth it only when the film requires a giant screen to be appreciated.

我想，很多人開始覺得只有當電影需要大銀幕才能欣賞時，電影院才值得去。

When the bigness, the booming surround sound is essential to the experience.

當電影的宏大、環繞音效是體驗不可或缺的一部分時。

The pandemic only made that calculation more stark.

COVID-19 疫情讓這個計算變得更加嚴峻。

With COVID you weren't only risking a popcorn muncher assaulting your ears, but your health.

遇到 COVID 時，你不僅要冒著被爆米花咀嚼聲攻擊耳朵的風險，還有健康上的風險。

What kind of movie is worth a risk like that?

什麼樣的電影才值得冒這樣的風險？

Especially when a lot of these movies were premiering on streaming the same day as theatrical release.

尤其當這些電影很多都跟戲院上映同日串流服務上線時。

Now it looks like the day and date releases have come to an end.

現在看來，同日上映的模式似乎已經結束了。

But the pandemic reinforced a mindset that was already finding purchase among moviegoers.

但疫情強化了一種心態，這種心態在影迷之間已經開始站穩腳步。

And that mindset, I think will persist beyond Covid if that ever happens.

而我認為，這種心態即使在 COVID 結束後，如果真的會結束的話，也會持續下去。

But there's an assumption here that I think is worth scrutinizing.

但這裡有個假設，我覺得值得仔細檢視。

We all implicitly understand what's meant by the term big movies.

我們都心照不宣地知道「大片」的意思。

When I say movies that require a big screen to be appreciated, there's probably a certain kind of film that pops into your head.

當我說需要大銀幕才能欣賞的電影時，你腦中大概會浮現某種特定類型的影片。

And these days superheroes dominate action movies.

而現在，超級英雄主宰了動作片。

In the domestic box office for 2021, the top 13 movies were action movies.

2021 年的國內票房中，前 13 部電影都是動作片。

And yes, I'm putting A Quiet Place, Part two in that category.

沒錯，我把《噤聲二部曲》也歸類在其中。

The top four movies were superhero movies, with number one being, of course, no Way Home.

前四名都是超級英雄電影，第一名當然是《無家日》。

Spider man moviegoers believed was worth it.

And as one of those moviegoers, I can tell you it was.

而身為其中一位影迷，我跟你說，確實很值得。

But is action the only thing made better by a large screen are explosions and guns and superpowers?

但除了動作片，大型銀幕還能讓什麼變得更好？是爆炸、槍械和超能力嗎？

The only things a 30 foot tall projection can make more immersive.

大型投影才能讓什麼變得更具沉浸感。

I was thinking about this question and then I watched the Hollywood Reporter's annual directors roundtable and Kenneth Branagh said this.

我一直在思考這個問題，然後我看了《好萊塢報導者》的年度導演圓桌訪談，肯尼斯·布萊納這麼說。

The other thing that I think, and these films will do it is you get the.

我認為，這些電影還能帶給我們另一種感受，那就是。

You know, just seeing in close, close ups of faces, massive close ups of faces in the cinema, that makes me feel different about the human condition.

你知道嗎，在戲院裡看到臉部特寫、巨大的臉部特寫，這讓我對人類的處境有不同的感受。

And this in turn made me reflect on what was possibly my favorite performance of 2021.

而這也讓我回想起 2021 年我最喜歡的一場表演。

You come here trying to be all pretty for me, but really you remind me I'm a dog.

你來這裡想討好我，但其實你提醒了我，我是一隻狗。

I'm an English pit bulldog with sex appeal and a very Jewish nose.

我是一隻英國鬥牛犬，有著性感魅力和非常猶太人的鼻子。

That's Harriet Sansom Harris in a movie, stealing one scene cameo in Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza Harris.

那是 Harriet Sansom Harris 在 Paul Thomas Anderson 的《甘草披薩》中客串演出，搶盡風頭。

And it's at this point in the video when I realize it's futility, because you're probably watching this on your laptop or your phone and on screens of that size, you can't possibly capture the subtleties of Harris's demented performance in this extreme close up.

這時候我才意識到，這根本是徒勞無功，因為你可能正在筆記型電腦或手機上看這段影片，而在這麼小的螢幕上，你絕對無法捕捉到 Harris 在這個極近特寫中瘋狂表演的細膩之處。

All the twitches and adjustments, the unhinged intensity.

所有的抽搐和調整，那種失控的強度。

But in the theater where I saw this, the effect was overwhelming.

但在戲院裡看這部片，效果是壓倒性的。

The audience was wrapped by this giant, crazed face.

觀眾被這張巨大、瘋狂的臉給深深吸引。

Massive faces emoting on massive screens is as epic, if not more epic, than explosions and battles.

巨大螢幕上，巨大臉孔的情感表達，跟爆炸和戰鬥一樣史詩級，甚至更史詩級。

Action can be compelling, but only in as much as it serves a story.

動作場面可以引人入勝，但前提是它必須服務於故事。

And stories are fundamentally about people and people.

而故事的本質是關於人，關於人們。

People reveal themselves through their faces.

人們透過他們的臉來展現自己。

The face is where the most important, most impactful, most intense parts of a story occur, in dramatic outpourings of emotion or the tiniest micro expression.

臉部是故事中最重要、最具影響力、最激烈的部分發生的所在，無論是戲劇性的情感宣洩，還是最細微的表情。

And the chance to see these small, momentous events on a big screen should be as much of a draw as any action set piece.

而能在銀幕上看到這些微小卻意義重大的時刻，應該和任何動作場面一樣吸引人。

It even sees faces in places where they aren't.

它甚至會在沒有臉孔的地方看到臉孔。

We are constantly and involuntarily reading the faces we meet, trying to understand what the person behind it is feeling.

我們不斷地、不由自主地解讀遇到的臉孔，試圖瞭解臉孔後面的人在感受什麼。

In the movie theater, we get the rare opportunity to see faces with more detail than at any other time in our daily life.

在電影院裡，我們有難得的機會比日常生活中任何時候都更詳細地看到臉孔。

We see things there that can't even be seen in person, let alone on a tv, computer or phone.

我們在那裡看到的東西，即使是親眼見面也看不到，更不用說在電視、電腦或手機上了。

I think the worrying trends, the pandemic accelerated will be hard to reverse going forward.

我認為疫情加速了這些令人擔憂的趨勢，未來將很難扭轉。

I imagine we're going to see fewer movies at a theater than we used to.

我猜我們去電影院看電影的次數會比以前少。

But maybe our idea of what a big movie is can change.

但或許我們對「大片」的定義可以改變。

Maybe when we say you need to see this on the big screen.

或許當我們說「這一定要在大銀幕上看」。

It won't be because the action was so energetic and explosive, but

並不是因為動作場面有多麼精彩爆破，而是

because stories were told on the faces that are impossible to see in your living room.

因為故事是透過臉部表情說出來的，這是在客廳裡不可能看清楚的。

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嗨，大家好，謝謝收看，本集節目由 Squarespace 贊助播出。

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如果你不知道，你可以用 Squarespace 來製作任何你需要的精美網站。

You might need a personal site, a wedding website site for your business or portfolio, and

你可能需要個人網站、婚禮網站、公司網站或作品集網站，

in just a few clicks you can have that website up and running.

只要點幾下，你就能架設好網站並開始運作。

Their design team has crafted beautiful templates that work on computer browsers and on mobile, switching perfectly between the two.

他們的設計團隊精心打造了漂亮的範本，可以在電腦瀏覽器和手機上使用，並且能在兩者之間完美切換。

You can integrate your own photos and videos with just a few clicks, and

你只需要點幾下，就能整合自己的照片和影片，

you can even link your social accounts all from within Squarespace.

你甚至還能直接在 Squarespace 裡連結你的社群帳號。

So you can auto post to Twitter and Facebook.

這樣你就可以自動發文到 Twitter 和 Facebook 了。

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快到 squarespace.com 申請免費試用，

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當你準備好要上線時，到 squarespace.com nerdwriter，首購享 8 折優惠。