March's cinema is destined to dominate the world of Hollywood blockbusters, "Wolverine 3", "Resident Evil 6", "Beauty and the Beast", "King Kong: Skull Island" and other visual effects blockbusters have struck, in March when imported blockbusters are piled up, this warm and funny pet movie "A Dog's Mission" can be described as a clear stream in a mudslide.
"A Dog's Mission" was released nationwide on March 3
Audiences who like to watch pet movies must be familiar with "The Story of Hachiko the Loyal Dog", this Douban score of 9.2 points, the film ranked 13th in the Douban TOP250 can be said to have earned enough tears from the audience, and "The Mission of a Dog" is the latest masterpiece of The director of "Hachiko the Loyal Dog".
As early as 1985, Russ made a dog-themed film" called "The DogFace Years", which was nominated for an Oscar for best director. Now in its third dog production, children and animals are known to be the most difficult subjects to shoot, and Russ has been called "the director who knows best at making dogs."
Directed by Russ Holstrom
【Four Lives of The Four Lives of the Dog】
"A Dog's Mission" is different from the traditional narrator dog love film, he gives the dog the function of reincarnation with a unique conception, telling the story of the dog's experience of four lifetimes and four lives from the perspective of a dog, and finally returning to the original owner.
Bailey's "Four Lives and Four Lives"
When Bailey was a little golden retriever, he met little Ethan, and from then on he slept in Ethan's bed, ate Ethan's meal, and prodded Ethan's sister, accompanied Ethan to grow up, witnessed Ethan's joys and sorrows, and even saved the life of Ethan's family.
Bailey and the Ethan family
This is the longest part of the film, focusing on Bailey's relationship with the first owner. When Bailey inevitably died of old age, some deeply experienced pet lovers began to cry, but warmth and not indiscriminate affection are the director's usual style.
Before he could dry his tears, Bailey reappeared as a handsome man, and in this life he was reincarnated as a German Shepherd, seemingly majestic, but in fact his daughter had a good girl named "Ellie".
Handsome Ellie "Officer"
Like Bailey, who still did not like to sleep in his kennel, climbed into his master's bed five times and exchanged his poor eyes for his master's consent. She is a police dog who was tragically killed on a mission to bravely pursue gangsters, in Bailey's own words, a short but interesting life.
Ellie bravely went into the water to save people
Bailey's reincarnation is a lively and funny corgi named Tino, who likes to bite his tail and circle around as much as before, even if he doesn't have a tail.
Tino without a tail
And his new owner Maya is an unsociable foodie girl, she uses fragments of thoughts to dissolve loneliness, with a variety of foods to comfort herself, the cute little short-legged Tino is undoubtedly her most intimate playmate, always able to guess her preferences. While the little short leg pursues his dog's biological companion, he pushes Maya to meet the fateful other half.
The daily life of Tino and Maya
Compared with Bailey's fourth life, Bailey's first three lives are super good, and there is a master who loves him and cares for him.
The fourth Bailey was a St. Bernard dog, adopted by a poor hostess to sleep in a small courtyard, a chain from small to large, the cruel man has refused to keep a dog and eventually abandoned him on the road. Free Bailey used his usual spirit nose to find his original master Ethan, who was already an old man in his old age.
Bailey back to Ethan's side
He tries to get Ethan to know that he is Pele through various skills, and helps Ethan find his first love, Hannah. Ethan, who washed away the lead, finally gained the same pet and lover as ever.
The first and fourth
【Dog Eyes See Life】
On the surface, the film is telling the story of dogs and people, but in fact, it tells the tragic and happy lives of people of different identities, ages and classes from the perspective of dogs.
The audience watches Ethan's growth through Bailey's eyes, the once happy family, which gradually falls apart because of his father's alcoholism and decadence; the once beautiful future, because of the jealousy and playfulness of his friends, causing Ethan's lifelong disability; the once sweet love, because of his inferiority and stubbornness, can only gradually drift away.
Ethan is a representative of childhood and adolescence, and his life is full of ups and downs and drama. But happy childhood, growing pains, unstoppable first love, this is not our life.
Ethan stared at his drunken father
Bailey's second master, criminal police officer Carlos, lives in the loneliness of losing his lover and still loves his work and fulfills his duties. When Ellie was unfortunately shot, Zheng Zheng's iron bones shed male tears, but this kind of person who does not easily show his feelings in daily life is actually very soft and loving in his heart.
Carlos trains Ellie
Maya, who is also a lonely heroine, is hot in heart but not sociable, and under the promotion of Tino, Maya found love, established a family, and lived a happy life.
These two owners are the embodiment of middle age, born lonely, life with dogs gives them sustenance and short happy times, and only family is the end of loneliness.
Maya's happy family
Not every dog can become a pet, just as it is different from birth. The little couple living at the bottom of society and living in difficulty have their troubles and unbearable, even if the hostess likes dogs, but she can't afford to keep dogs, and finally agrees to send him away.
Bailey's life takes us to peek into the lives of those at the bottom. Although contrary to the spicy treatment he once had, Bailey did not complain about anything, just like the hostess, just live.
Abandoned by the hostess
The fourth paragraph returns to Ethan's side, which is a continuation of the first period of life. Young Ethan lacks courage for love, and when he is old, he finally knows what is most important to him. When Bailey brought Hannah back for him again, this time, he didn't let go. His bravery and true affection have won him a belated marriage and twilight happiness.
Bailey's return and Hannah's return are similar, no matter how many times they are reincarnated, no matter what they experience, they will return to the original favorite and most cherished person!
Bailey finds Ethan's first love, Hannah
After several lifetimes of reincarnation, Bailey concluded that "the meaning of living is not to think about its meaning, to live in the present moment." It's not so much Bailey's thinking about dogs as bailey's admonition to life: you never know what tomorrow will face, enjoy the present, cherish the people you love, and be responsible for those who love yourself. Love must be brave enough to speak out!
【More People and Dogs】
Dogs have always been people's most loyal playmates, there are many films with dogs as the theme, if you watch this film has not been abused, then Xiaolang also recommends a few of the most touching films with dogs as the theme that I have seen, and dog friends must not miss:
1． The Story of Hachiko the Loyal Dog
(2009 American remake, Douban score 9.2)
Tear Index: 5 stars
Director: Russ Holstrom
Starring: Richard Keele, Joan Allen, Sarah Romer
Synopsis: Parker, a university professor, picks up a small Akita dog at the station and names it Hachiko, and the wife is strongly opposed at first, but seeing the joy that Hachiko brings to her husband and daughter, she eventually accepts Hachiko, who will go to the station every day to wait for the professor to come home from class.
Parker had always wanted to teach Hachiko to pick up the ball, but Hachiko just wouldn't pick it up, and suddenly one day, before the professor was going to class, Hachiko picked up the ball and gave it to the professor, as if it was some kind of retention. On this day, the professor died of a sudden myocardial infarction in class. Hachiko still went to the station every day to wait for the professor, waiting for 9 years, rain or shine, until he died.
2． "The Adventure of Man and Dog"
(2006 Korean film, Douban score: 8.3)
Directors: Park Eun-hyung, Oh Dae-jun
Starring: Yoo Seung-ho (Yoo Seung-ho won the Child Star Award at the 1st Korean Film Acting Awards for this film), Kim Heung-ki, Ahn Ji-keung, Kim Dong-young, Seo Young-hwa
Synopsis: The brothers and sisters abandoned by their parents depend on each other for their lives, and on their sister's birthday, their brother stole a puppy to give it to him, and the sister thought it was a gift from her mother, waiting for her mother's return.
The brothers and sisters grew up with the dog, until the sister fell into the cracked ice and drowned, the brother thought that the dog was the fault, decided to abandon the dog and leave the empty home, and the dog began to look for the owner of the wandering life.
3. "Lacey the New Greyhound"
(2005 British film, Douban score: 8.5)
Tear Index: 4 and a half stars
Director: Charles Streidge
Starring: Peter Dinky, Gregor Fisher, Edward Fox, John Lynch, Kelly Macdonald, Samantha Morton
Synopsis: Set on the eve of World War II, Sam's family lives an extremely difficult life, and after losing his job, he can no longer afford to live as a family. In order to make ends meet, he sells his son's beloved shepherd, Lacey, to the Duke of Rudlin, and Lacey, who misses his master, sneaks out of the Duke's house several times, but Sam sends him back again and again. Until the Duke's family took Lacey to live in Scotland, Les began the journey home.
4． The Ten Covenants
(2009 Japanese film, Douban score: 8.0)
Tear Index: 4 stars
Director: Katsuyo Ben
Starring: Mayuko Fukuda, Etsuji Kashikawa, Reiko Takama, Shota Sato
Synopsis: Akira Saito adopts a stray dog, names it Sox, and makes ten pacts with it. When his mother died and his father was busy at work, only Sox accompanied Mingli.
As she herself went abroad to study and graduated, she gradually lost time to take care of Sox, and when she felt lonely or in need of help, Sox always came. When Mingli remembered one of the ten pacts: Dogs can only live for ten years, so please try to be with it, Sox has already lived ten years.
5． Guide Dog Q
(2004 Japanese film, Douban score: 8.2 points)
Director: Choi Yoo-il
Starring: Kobayashi Ryo, Shiina Kohei, Kagawa Teruyuki, Koda Keiko
Synopsis: The film is based on the true Japanese biographical story "Goodbye, Koru", which tells the story of the guide dog Q Xiao who served Mr. Watanabe for his life. Under arduous training, Little Q becomes a guide dog and meets the first owner, Mr. Watanabe. Watanabe initially refused to accept a guide dog, but gradually developed a deep affection, and Little Q accompanied him throughout his life until Watanabe's kidney failure died. The film was nominated for Best Asian Film at the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards.
6． "Marley and Me"
(2008 American film, Douban score: 7.9 points)
Tear Index: 4 stars Director: David Francol
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Hayley Bennett, Alan Akin
Synopsis: The Jerrogans wanted a child shortly after their new marriage, but they were afraid that they would not be able to cope with it, so they planned to get a dog to experience it first, so Marley, a Labrador, entered their family.
Mary is a particularly active dog, running into trouble everywhere and even being expelled from the Pet Academy. But over time, Marley's innocence, kindness, and loyalty gradually made the Jerrogans realize that he had become the most important part of the family.
7. Antarctic Adventure
(2006 American film, Douban score 8.6)
Director: Frank Marshall
Starring: Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Brad, Goodwindy Gooson, Jason Biggs
Synopsis: The film tells the story of eight sled dogs struggling to survive collectively in the cruel nature. These eight dogs who were left in the ice and snow antarctica were not afraid of ice and snow, still bravely surviving in the same place, this survival race is a race against time, the dogs overcame the test of wind and snow, and reunited with their owners.
8. "The Miracle of a Dog"
(2007 Japanese film, Douban score 8.7)
Director: Ryuichi Inogi
Starring: Eiichiro Funakoshi, Akiko Matsumoto, Ryohei Hatada, Maki Sasaki
Synopsis: Based on a true story, the film tells the touching story of an adopted abandoned dog who helps his owner trapped in an earthquake escape.
Tips: To watch the above movies, please bring your own bucket of facial paper!