天才反击

　　Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up. 　　This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine). 　　It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about? 　　译文(3): Siskel和Ebert曾举办过一场名为“”的特别节目；我不好意思承认自己喜欢的电影"；我想，如果我列出这样一份罪恶的快乐清单，这一份就是其中之一。但仔细想想，这真的比这好得多。15岁的科学天才米奇（Gabe Jarret饰）被雄心勃勃的大学教授威廉·阿瑟顿（William Atherton）招募来从事教授的获奖激光项目，但他并不知道这位教授真的在研发政府武器。一路上，米奇得到了克里斯（瓦尔·基尔默饰）的朋友，克里斯比米奇大几岁，是另一位神童，他教米奇如何放松。