如果你正在犹豫要不要看，我可以告诉你：这是一部靠实打实道具设计和身体调度撑起来的默片喜剧，巴斯特·基顿亲自上阵完成各种潜水、爬桅杆的危险镜头，光看他如何在失控的轮船上用摇椅和滑轮“自救”就值回票价。基顿与联合导演克里斯普并未依赖字幕卡推进剧情，而是通过长镜头和实景调度，将船舱的楼梯、走廊、厨房等物理空间转化为喜剧的物理实验场。有一段他俩被困在旋转餐厅，盘子刀叉随着船身一起滑动，基顿为了稳住她自己却被盘子砸中脚趾——这种“想帮忙却越帮越忙”的窘迫，看得人又急又乐。 ;)。 这部默片喜剧最妙的是基顿那种“面无表情卖力搞事”的风格，他把船舱、甲板、厨房每一处都变成了闹剧舞台。基顿本人的表演延续了“石脸”美学，每一个跌倒、攀爬、险险落水的动作都经过精密计算，与弗雷德里克·弗鲁姆饰演的糊涂水手形成冷热反差。

　　Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.
　　Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.
　　The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away.
　　Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.

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