"Welcome to Paradise": reviews of the film. "Welcome to Paradise 2: Reef": reviews

Currently, a large number of foreign films are imported into the Russian Federation. Their original names are subject to translation, since they are presented in a foreign language. The name of the picture plays an important role in understanding the film and stirring up interest in it, translators should be responsible so that the Russian version of the translation was very sonorous and significant as the original one. Sometimes there are situations where the title of the film does not correspond to its content, or when the translation is lacking genre adaptation.

Adaptation strategies

When translating names, a significant number of so-called adaptation strategies are used. The most elementary is a verbatim or direct translation of the name of the film, which is used in the absence of untranslatable socio-cultural realities and a clear conflict between content and form, for example, the project Welcome to Paradise (1984), which was released in the domestic film entitled "Welcome to paradise!". The reviews called the translation of his name - by tracing.

There is another strategy: Change in the name due to various factors - functional, lexical, pragmatic or stylistic. That is, the translation is accompanied by a semantic adaptation, in which the genre or semantic insufficiency of the exact translation is compensated by the addition or omission of individual lexical elements.

Another strategy that translators actively use is the complete replacement of the name of the movie because it is impossible to reproduce and convey the original meaning of the source text. A vivid example will be the names of the films: Vice (2014), Ins Blaue (2012), Into the Blue (2005), which came out in the domestic rental with the same name - "Welcome to Paradise". Reviews about them were different, however, like the genre and the semantic load.

Adventure thriller 2005

The national rolling title of the project directed by John Stockwell and screenwriter Matt Johnson sounded quite tempting and in the beginning justified itself completely. The first minutes of the picture "Welcome to Paradise!" Were described by spectators as an excellent opportunity to admire the wonderful views of the depths of the ocean of the Bahamas, to appreciate the figures of the main heroines - half-naked beauties-divers Amanda and Samantha, who, in the company of their fellows, search for the ancient Brig. However, further the emotion of the beholder gives way to anxiety for the fate of the protagonists, because young people manage instead of the treasures of antiquity to find a sunken modern plane with a huge lot of heroin.

Do not relax

From now on the film "Welcome to Paradise!" Fully justifies the stated genre policy of an adventure thriller. It starts a completely different movie with shootings, explosions and fights. It's not until the contemplation of the charms of nature and tanned bodies of the main characters. The pearl of the picture was the performer of the main female role of Jessica Alba. The girl was so good that, fearing excessive criticism, the studio resorted to the help of computer graphics and corrected a number of frames so that her bikini slightly more concealed the figure. This fact did not escape the attention of viewers who looked "Welcome to Paradise!". Their responses were unanimous: "Jessica in a bikini is good, but the film is not very good." Maybe that's why this opus in the US box office did not reach 20 million box office, but it was very good in other countries.

Sequel

The film directed by Stephen Jherek and screenwriter Mitchell Kapner, entitled "Welcome to Paradise 2: Reef" (2009) has nothing to do with the original, except for water themes and problems lurking in the depths of the sea. The first thing that caught sight of the viewer during the viewing of the project was the mass of elastic and tanned female bodies against the background of the affectionate beauty of the beaches, the clear ocean water and the magnificence of the insanely blue sky. For only one such beauty, the tape could be watched. No wonder the film "Welcome to Paradise 2: Reef" testimonies dubbed "movie nice cute faces and pumped torsos." However, the stars in the cast have diminished. Among the more famous in the filming was attended by Laura Vandervut ("Competitors"). But what could you expect from the project, which immediately came out on video?

Yielding to the standard of the original

Most often the sequel of the famous project, coming out immediately on DVD, does not meet the standard of the original and the expectations of the viewer. But the film "Welcome to Paradise 2: Reef" kept the average result and pleased the viewer with a good story line, performers of leading roles and good camera work. It's difficult to find fault with the technical side of the picture, everything is done perfectly: both plans under the water, and on land. The musical accompaniment also organically fits into the canvas of the film. The plot of the criminal thriller "Welcome to Paradise 2" critics' reviews were called moderately interesting, although the outset seemed somewhat too tight for some. In the film, there is intrigue, it can also be regarded as an argument for viewing.

The same names, but not evaluated

According to statistics, 40% of foreign films in the Russian box office have names that do not bear a literal translation. The procurers tried to use more intriguing titles to attract a larger audience to view. However, this trick was not justified in two films with the same title "Welcome to Paradise." Reviews about them are extremely problematic, and they are too restrained.

• The drama produced by Germany's screenwriter, director and producer in one person Rudolph Thome, released in 2012, is a film in the film. The plot tells about the beginning director who tries to shoot his first full-length project. But the fact is that the episodes played in front of the camera begin to influence the real life of the participants in the filming. Gradually there is an explosive mix of fiction and reality. This is the intrigue of the drama "Welcome to Paradise." Reviews about the film among film critics are mostly positive, although the world popularity of the picture never got.
• The American TV project of 1984 was shot by director Daniel Haller under Stirling Silliphant's script. The plot line of the film tells about the adventures of three girlfriends, who, oversaturated with everyday routine, go in search of pleasures to the legendary beach resort. And it was on him two decades ago they had the most vivid love stories in their entire life. Whether they manage to change their lives or the heroines will find themselves in trouble, the picture "Welcome to Paradise" will tell. Reviews of the film do not contain spoilers.

Low-budget thriller

Quite a low-budget thriller of 2014 Vice director Brian A. Miller, shot in the scenario of the creative union of Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore, critics call an ill-considered attempt to mix in one bottle episodes and styles of science fiction paintings that have become cult: "Matrix", "Western World" , "Remember All", "Runner on the Blade" and "Robocop". Trying a priori, a failure and also cheap, so "Welcome to Paradise 2", the viewer certainly will not see. Although it might look like the same "Blade Runner", if it was not created by Ridley Scott, but by some unknown Hollywood studio, stamping in the 80's paintings of category B.

Plot

The film "Welcome to Paradise" (2014) tells the story that happened in a futuristic resort town. The local population of the city is comprised of androids, apparently indistinguishable from humans. It is on this builds its business respectable businessman Julian (Willis). He represents a unique service - the fulfillment of the dirtiest, forbidden and vicious desires of people. Androids in fact all endure, and after the procedure they erase the memory, and happy perverts, having paid for the embodiment of their desires, leave the resort. Once the girl-android Kelly (Embir Childers), having kept in memory all atrocities, escapes. Julian sends to her search and capture a whole army of armed robots. The cost of the massacre of the hero Bruce Willis does not bother at all.

Waste of time?

In order to dilute the android action with a bit of human emotion, the creators introduce the story of the engineer who created Kelly (Brian Greenberg). A man created a robot in the image and likeness of his wife, so she tries to help her. To exacerbate the conflict, the writers are following the fugitives of the battered, experienced detective Roy (Thomas Jane), who is eager to destroy the shameful business of Julian. Bruce Willis does not save the situation, although in another less predictable and superficial film, his appearance as the main antagonist would give the viewer a real pleasure. By the way, this is not the first Miller project, dubbed by critics, in which Willis took part. In August last year, went into the rental, but sank into oblivion the movie "Prince", over which also worked Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio. Perhaps this creative team will decide on the third attempt, and the viewer will soon see "Welcome to Paradise 2".