Posted on July 25, 2015. Written by Jeremy Lefebvre
Fires are burning bright, dogs are barking, and armies are marching, ravishing the land with one end goal: to eliminate what they fear, the wooden robot named Arti-C. One old man has found the source of life in an object called “The Origin,” which gives Arti-C move-ability and functionality. He is not just your traditional wooden puppet but a real fighting machine. Having given his life for this machine, father passes the gift on to his son Mo. Aided by his cocky sister Tong, they search for the legendary city of Loulan, in hope of finding the source of The Origin. A mysterious tribe fighting the royal family and our hero’s create the perfect threesome of conflict.
燃燒正烈的火光，狗正在狂吠，還有士兵在田園上行軍、搶奪，那些士兵最終的目的，就是要消滅他們所畏懼的木製機械人─「奇人」阿西。一名老者發現一個叫做「萬鵲」的能源，賜予阿西機能以及活動的能力。阿西並非只是傳統的木偶，還是一個活生生的戰鬥機器。這名老者將自己的一生投在阿西身上，還把這份禮物過繼給他的兒子─張墨。在張墨他那驕縱的妹妹張彤的協助下，他們找到傳說中的樓蘭城，那是尋找「萬鵲」的希望之城。而一個神祕的部族正在攻打樓蘭的王室家族，締造出一場完美的「三人行」英雄角力。
The last time I saw a puppet movie was way back, with Team America… but this here is on a whole new level. Glove-puppet is an old Chinese tradition that’s apparently well conceived in Taiwan. The team that went behind Arti is incredible. The film is worth watching until the very end, and you should watch the credits roll as they show you how they go about creating every image you see on screen.
記得我最後一次看的木偶電影是《美國賤隊：世界警察》（2004年美國動畫電影）……但我卻在《奇人密碼》這片上看到一個全新的水平。「手指木偶」是台灣一個有關中華傳統文化的好構思。《奇人密碼》背後的團隊是讓人歎為觀止的一群人。這部電影很值得一看！而且看到最後，你應該去看片尾，他們為你展示出他們如何去創造每個圖像。
The puppets are well crafted and the outfits they bear are simply stunning. From the fabric weaves to the scenes and era which they represent, it all makes for a beautiful and fantastic fantasy, reminding me of Yoshitaka Amano’s art style. You would think that the idea of puppets on screen would limit movements or even the possible turn of events. But everything is pushed to extremes with Arti, with fights choreographed as well as the Colosseum fights and armies facing each other. Not only that but cities of such magnitude and a subterranean forest! This has all the right elements to a great Fantasy film. And we are not disappointed!
這些木偶被精巧地製作，他們所裝飾的全套衣裳簡直令人震撼。他們所編織的構造，描繪出當時的年代，創造出一個美麗且奇異的幻想，使我聯想到天野喜孝的藝術風格。你或許會認為，這些在螢幕上的玩偶會限制住活動，甚至改變一些事的可能性。然而每件事都發揮到極致，像是奇人，像是精心營造的打鬥場面，以及羅馬競技場般的搏鬥，還有將士們彼此間勇於面對。不只是如此巨大的城市與地下森林！所有好的元素都在這個精采的奇幻電影當中。並沒讓我們失望！
單字
1.bark(v.) （狗）吠叫
2.march(v.) 行軍
3.ravish(v.) 搶奪
4.eliminate(v.) 消滅
5.functionality(n.) 機能
6.cocky(adj.) 傲慢的
7.tribe(n.) 部落；種族
8.royal(adj.) 王室的；高貴的
9.conflict(v.) 矛盾；衝突；鬥爭
10.conceive(v.) 構想；設想
11.incredible(adj.) 難以置信的；驚人的
12.outfit(n.) 全套裝備
13.stunning(adj.) 難以震驚的
14.fabric(n.) 布料；織物；構造；建築
15.weave(v.) 編織
16.era(n.) 時代；歷史時期
17.represent(v.) 描繪
18.limit(v.) 限制
19.movement(n.) 運動；活動；動作；變遷
20.turn(v.) 旋轉；翻轉；改變
21.event(n.) 事件
22.extreme(n.) 極端；末端
23.choreographedl(adj.) 精心安排的
24.Colosseum(n.) 古羅馬圓形大競技場
25.magnitude(n.) 巨大；重要
26.subterranean(adj.) 地下的：隱密的
27.disappointed(adj.) 失望的
創作內容
【翻譯】《奇人密碼：古羅布之謎》在「Montreal Rampage」的影評
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