beautyleg 白丝
A roundup of the year's "best" domestic films will set you on a collision course with those with different tastes and yardsticks. This is especially true when the year's best vary widely from the year's best-selling. In other words, a cinephile's picks are bound to diverge from one who focuses on the bottom line. 因为每个东谈主的试吃不同，忖度圭臬也存在各异，是以要是你想对国内的年度“最好”电影进行盘货，就一定会激发涎水战。又因为“年度最好”与“年度最卖座”之间的严重错位，是以涎水战更是不免了。换句话说，影迷的遴荐一定会与那些敬重影片质地的东谈主产生不合。
So, here are some of the Chinese-language movies that I feel represent 2015's height of artistic achievement. 是以，接下来列举的是一些我认为不错代表2015年最高艺术树立的华语电影。
Hou Hsiao-hsien's Assassin is the only one that made it into some prestigious international lists. Yet it was very polarizing on the domestic front. Its elliptical narrative left many audience members scratching their heads. 侯孝贤导演的《刺客聂隐娘》是独逐个部入围了多个盛名海外奖项候选名单的国内影片。干系词它在国内的口碑却呈现南北极分化。它的过于蒙胧的故事情节让许多不雅众以为“烧脑”。
For me, it is ambitious but falls short of the standard of Shanghai Flowers, an early work by the master with a similar stylistic approach. The dense plot distracts from the texture of the visuals, where the brilliance definitely lies. 在我看来，《刺客聂隐娘》天然自利自为，却不足侯孝贤用相同手法创作的早期作品《海上花》。它紧凑的情节淡化了东谈主们对视觉遵守的追求，这恰是电影出色之处。
Jia Zhangke's Mountains May Depart is neatly divided into three time periods. The first two, set in 1999 and 2014, find him in familiar territory, but it is the last one, set in 2025Australia, that is jaw-dropping in both positive and negative ways. 贾樟柯的《江山故东谈主》碰巧根据时间节点被分为三个部分。设定在1999和2014的部分，主东谈主公还待在熟悉的梓里，2025年的部分却跑到了澳大利亚。岂论从正反哪个方面看，这个设定王人令东谈观念目结舌。
The twist is audaciously conceived, but testifies to a fundamental lack of understanding of the Chinese diaspora, and the May-December relationship is shallow in its Freudian implication. 情节革新构想勇猛，但也暴露了对中国离合不雅念的领略不够，以及对忘年恋在性心思层面的领略过于名义。
The year's most satisfying work belongs to Deep in the Heart, the directorial debut of Xin Yukun. It was titled The Coffin in the Mountain when it first ran on the festival circuit in 2014. 本年最令东谈主自得的作品当属忻钰坤的处女作《心迷宫》。其实这部电影领先是以《殡棺》为片名于2014年出目前电影节上的。
Made with a paltry budget of 1.7 million yuan ($269,800), the dark drama takes on crime and punishment with a verve and aplomb befitting a veteran. 这部惊悚剧情片只是用了170万元的资本，就让老奸巨猾的主东谈主公给你千里着演绎了一出罪与罚的戏码。
As a matter of fact, one of its early champions was Cao Baoping, whose film The Dead End has an overlapping theme yet leaves several narrative holes in the story. 其实曹保平才是犯罪悬疑类电影的早期前锋之一。他的电影《烈日灼心》即是这方面题材的代表作，他还挑升在情节中留住了许多未解之谜。
Cao's crime story has a stronger drive, and at its heart it attempts to plumb the depths of the human psyche. More significantly, it broke several taboos, including a passionate male-on-male kiss. 曹保平的犯罪片悬疑感更强，能直击东谈主的灵魂。并且，他的影片不避禁区，比如充满脸色的男男之吻。
The Dead End won an acting award for its male ensemble at the Shanghai International Film Festival, but the year's most eye-opening male performance belongs to a renowned director. 《烈日灼心》男演员凭借该片在上海海外电影节得到了最好演出奖。不外beautyleg 白丝，本年度最让东谈主目前一亮的演出却是来自一位盛名导演。
Feng Xiaogang's cameo appearances have been so memorable he ranks among the best character actors in the nation. 冯小刚在电影中客串的变装令东谈主印象太深切了，他不错称得上是中国最有秉性的男演员之一。
In Mr. Six, he turns his formidable acting chops into a character study so immersive it blew me away when I first saw the film. This is a portrayal that goes beyond technique and into the innermost part of his soul. 在《老炮儿》中，他对东谈主物变装的演绎如斯到位，以致于我初看影眨眼间被惊到了。他对这个变装的揣摩如故不行只用演技好来表情了，那种嗅觉是从骨子里散漫出来的。
Ostensibly about a former good-for-nothing, it is imbued with a quiet heroism and evokes a way of life that is fast receding - echoing the somewhat cruel generational shift that is happening in today's film industry. 这个故事名义是在说一个被时间覆没的东谈主，但本体上蕴含了一种无声的英豪观念，能唤起东谈主们对上个时间的挂念，也从侧面反馈了当下电影业正在发生的代际转化经过中的狂暴。
Not since Zhang Yimou played the male lead in 1986's Old Well has an ace director trumped actors of his profession with such on-screen and off-screen poignancy. 自从张艺谋在1986年的《老井》中担任男主角以来，再莫得哪个大牌导演能像冯小刚这么对变装主办如斯到位，让专科演员汗颜。
Xu Haofeng's The Master seems to be a scaled-down version of The Grandmaster, which he co-wrote. It is certainly different from the norm, but his familiarity with the material could be holding him back from a full filmic vision. 徐皓峰的《师傅》就像是精缩版的《一代宗匠》（后者的脚本徐皓峰也有参与）。这天然是一种剑走偏锋，不外，正因为他对选材细节的过于精好意思，反而窒碍了他对影片的全体主办。
Hongkongdoll sexWhile I applaud his innovation, I was not emotionally involved or thematically curious. 我援助这种革命，但本片无法勾起我的情谊共识，影片主题也不是我感兴味的领域。
12 Citizens, a Chinese remake of 12 Angry Men, resolved the biggest conundrum - that China does not employ a jury system - with a stroke of genius. But it was marred by several clumsy touches, such as the eventual certainty of the suspect's innocence and the secret identity of the Henry Fonda character, here played by stage veteran He Bing. 《十二公民》改编自好意思国电影《十二怒汉》。影片让一群精英惩办了中国最大的穷苦——莫得陪审团轨制。不外影片对个别细节的处理如故差少量意旨真谛：比如细则嫌犯无罪的经过，以及对亨利·凡达（由舞台警戒丰富的何冰饰演）机要身份的处理上。
The moral of the story, in my opinion, should be: There is not enough evidence to convict the guy, not that he was the wrong target. 我个东谈主以为这个故事应该这么：莫得满盈笔据阐述阿谁东谈主有罪，而不是他是子虚的蓄意。
Other art-house offerings that I have missed but may be worthy of mentioning include: Wang Xiaoshuai's Red Amnesia, a revisit to the "cultural revolution" (1966-76), Li Ruijun's River Road, Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden's Tharlo, and the work of a possible whiz kid, 26-year-old Bi Gai's Kaili Blues, which won several cineaste-circle awards. 其它我没看过但我以为也许值得一提的文艺片：王小帅的“文革”题材影片《闯入者》；李睿珺的《家在水草丰茂的场合》，藏族导演万玛才旦的《塔洛》，以及来自26岁天才后生导演毕赣的《惶然录》，该片已斩获多个电影奖项。
Not a single one of the aforementioned output grossed more than 100 million yuan at the box office. Their cumulative takings may not have reached this figure either. Which makes this year's blockbusters all the more astounding. 上头提到的电影莫得一个票房过亿，以致把它们的票房王人加在沿途也没达到这个数。这让咱们对其他票房大丰充的影片越发好奇了。
Monster Hunt, a family film in the fantasy genre, set a new box-office record at 2.4 billion yuan. It was bankrolled by Bill Kong, of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame, and directed by first-timer Raman Hui, who hasHollywoodexperience. 奇幻题材的《捉妖记》安妥全家沿途不雅看。它创下了24亿元的票房新记录。该片由曾监制《卧虎藏龙》的江志强出资，由曾闯荡好莱坞的新东谈主导演许诚毅执导。
Monkey King: Hero Is Back was the sleeper hit of the year when it became the best-selling animated film in the Middle Kingdom. 《西纪行之大圣转头》是本年的黑马，成为最卖座的动画电影。
Although the subject matter was from the classical novel, which has always been a treasure trove for adaptations, the treatment was more inspired byHollywood. 中国古典演义是改编电影挖不完的矿藏。尽管该片主题源自《西纪行》，但影片的制作却颇有好莱坞风姿。
Pancake Man and Goodbye, Mr. Loser are the twin winners with Internet genetics. The screwball comedies feature newcomers who are more plugged into the sensibilities of the millennials than the practices of the film community. 《煎饼侠》和《夏洛特苦恼》的到手得益于它们的互联网基因。这两部无厘头笑剧收受的王人是新形貌。与老一辈电影东谈主比拟，这些东谈主更懂千禧一代的口味。
Their boffo success (1.16 billion and 1.44 billion yuan respectively) marks the emergence of the new filmmaker generation, who may hail from anywhere but the film academy. 这两部片子的风行（别离拿下11.6亿元和11.4亿元的票房）意味着新一代电影制作主谈主的出现——他们可能来自任何领域，但绝非锻真金不怕火有方。
Lost inThailand, at 1.62 billion yuan, was about the only franchise movie that climbed over the billion-yuan bench. That, of course, is not counting Mojin: The Lost Legend, directed by Wuershan, which is hot in release and has just exceeded the billion-yuan benchmark by the time this article goes to print. 《泰囧》票房16.2亿，险些是独逐个部拿下“十亿”级票房的系列电影。天然，这不包括由乌尔善执导的《鬼吹灯之寻龙诀》。这部电影刚一推出就广受接待，到本文付印时票房已逾越十亿大关。
Mojin is adapted from the eight-volume Internet best-seller, which has a huge built-in fan base. The first four volumes were sold to another director, Lu Chuan, whose Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe debuted just three months earlier to 680 million yuan and general critical panning. 《寻龙诀》改编自集会畅销书《鬼吹灯》八部曲，有强劲的粉丝基础。头四卷改编权卖给了另外一个导演陆川。他的《九层妖塔》三个月前刚刚上映，票房6.8亿元，口碑欠安。
It is worth noting that 2015's best-selling movies received mostly decent (if not stellar) reviews while the terrible movies that made lots of money, in terms of return on investment, tended to fall into the range of 100 million to 500 million yuan. 值得把稳的是，2015年最卖座的电影大部分王人成绩了口碑，而那些相对投资而言得到了遍及收益的烂片，总体票房只在1亿至5亿之间。
An uptick in maturity for Chinese cinema can be detected from the commercial side of the business, with more diverse genres and higher production values. But for the time being, artistically ambitious fare is still swimming in the danger zone of the sharks. 中国电影市集的练习度，能从影片的买卖化进度暴清楚来——片子类型正越来越万般化，投资申报率也越来越高了。但就目前而言，文艺片想要追求更高的艺术性，仍然是一件很危境的事情。
Vocabulary yardstick：忖度，评价的圭臬 cinephile：影迷，电影兴趣者 diaspora：(任何民族的)大移居，大迁徙 boffo：风行一时的
英文开头：影评东谈主周朝晨 译者：Jogible 审校&剪辑：杜娟beautyleg 白丝