Benji is a well-known god dog in the United States. The story of it dates back to 1974, when Joe Camp created the first "Dumbo" film. The clever and cute, witty and brave puppy in the film instantly conquered the vast audience.
That year, Benji won the Golden Globe award and was even nominated for an Oscar. The American "People" magazine listed the film as "one of the top 20 must-see family movies"
In the following 44 years, there were more than 7 films, televisions, and documentaries based on the story of Benji. In the eyes of Americans, it is a well-deserved "all-American group favorite".
This time, "Detective Dog Benji" still continues the previous warm and cute comedy, telling the story of the homeless little BenJi who was lucky enough to get a pair of brothers and sisters to feed them warmly, and when the two were in danger, the super smart Stupid Ji incarnated as a brave little detective, and the robbers began to carry out various witty maneuvers, and a warm story of laughter and love and warm hearts began.
This drama has laughter and tears, love and hate, although the plot is somewhat clichéd, but it does not prevent this film from becoming an excellent commercial film.
Many people will analyze this film from the perspective of warm and cute, but I want to look at this film from the perspective of director creation. Therefore, in this article, I will analyze the charm of this film from three parts: "plot color, lens construction, and realistic thinking".
Plot color: Based on pets, it presents the heroic color in the plot
Lens construction: Use super high camera construction skills to guide viewers to interpret the plot from different perspectives.
Realistic Thinking: Based on the film content of "Detective Dog Stupid", I will combine real-life pets and talk about the significance of pets to the family
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The heroism in the play is just right, not as colorful and multi-skilled as the American blockbuster, but everywhere reflects the "little heroes" in life. This kind of plain and loving heroism is easier to penetrate people's hearts and move people's hearts.
The director sets up such colorism, showing that the status of pets and humans is equal everywhere, and each sincerely loves each other. Next, I will talk about how the director uses two different kinds of heroism.
(1) Benji: Benji guards the Carter siblings and becomes the little hero of the family
In the play, Benji, who is a stray dog, cherishes the family affection of the Carter family, although they only get along briefly at the beginning, but protect every child. The director is different from the past, adding heroism to the pet, presenting its anthropomorphism and emotion, and narrowing the distance between the viewer and the stupid ji.
Benji is loved by Carter and his sister, even though her mother has not accepted it, but in the end she was completely touched and accepted by Benji because she almost died in order to save the children from going deep into danger. Carter's short stature and single-parent family were often bullied and teased by his classmates pig-faced. In the end, it is Bonji who becomes a little hero who influences Carter and allows Carter to overcome his cowardice and fight against the robbers.
In order to rescue the kidnapped Carter siblings, Benji begins to unlock the "Detective" attribute, walking ropes, fighting vicious dogs, and guiding the police with wit. Even though Benji only ate a few strawberries from Carter, he spent a short time with the Carter siblings but was willing to give his life to help the Carter siblings.
In my opinion, this may be the deeper meaning that the director wants to convey to the viewers by depicting the heroism of Benji: I hope that everyone in the family can really treat the pet kindly, even if he gives it a moment of love, he will return your unexpected surprises and gains.
(2) Carter's family: Carter finally smashed the robber and became his hero.
Carter was often threatened and bullied by classmates because of his single-parent family and his frail health. At the beginning of the film, Carter was bullied by his classmate Pig Face, who let him take the test for him, and the result was too good to blame Carter for not the pig face level, and even beat Carter. The sister knew that this matter told Carter to fight back, and her mother did not dare to say it when she asked Carter during dinner. At this time, Catono did not dare to resist, and the film began with Carter's cowardice laying the groundwork for the robbers to fight later.
At the end of the film, when Carter sees Thatggy desperately trying to save him and his sister, Carter can't stand it anymore. He bravely picked up the tin can next to him and smashed the robber, and finally crossed his inferior and timid self and became his hero.
This is the typical heroism, the director's use of heroic commercial films, in the current can be said to be very popular, just suitable for the audience's unanimous expectations, but also suitable for entertainment under pressure.
In my opinion, under the heroism embodied in this pet film, it is more full of delicate emotions, and the inner world of Benji and the protagonist is presented at the same time, reaching the core idea of the whole movie
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As a well-known classic pet comedy, I think pet stars are indispensable. It is their high degree of cooperation with the protagonists of the characters that makes the film so popular.
In this film, in addition to their superb acting skills, it is more important that the director uses two very different lens structures. The high and low shots with wide gaps show the different colors of the world to the viewer. And see how the director divides:
(1) Character perspective: The director shows the height of the character's line of sight as the lens, deconstructing the main plot
The film has produced a total of 7 films, each of which is a classic in pet films, and all of them without exception have a relationship between Benji and humans. Therefore, when the director shoots the protagonist of the character, he presents the picture that normal people see in their eyes.
For example, Carter and his family, who appear in the movie, close-ups of them are mainly based on their realization, or third-person shots. Carter's sister is hugging and touching Benji; bathing Benji in the sun and playing together; her mother and police rush into the robber's residence under the leadership of Benji; everyone thinks that Benji's dead mother is holding it and crying is filmed from the perspective of the height of the character.
The director's technical display is actually to promote the main line development of the plot, to promote the characters, and to intersperse with pets. It is unlikely that the whole play will be performed by pets, so the protagonist of the character is the key point of this movie, without the background of the Carter protagonist's family, many viewers may not feel the cuteness and intelligence of Benji.
For example, without his mother's dislike of Benji, how can he see His true feelings for his children; without the deeds of the villain robbers kidnapping his brothers and sisters, how can he see the courage and wisdom of Benji?
Therefore, in my opinion, the film can lack pets but can not lack characters, and pet comedies like this need more control of the main line of characters. The combination of the two makes the audience's heart extremely soft and warm. In this way, the director is also warning the audience that it is necessary to treat pets sincerely and kindly in order to usher in a good ending.
(2) Pet perspective: Advancing the development of the plot with the height of Benji's line of sight is a highlight of the movie
The other perspective is the pet perspective, which is presented in many places in the film, whether it is when Benji was a child or when he grew up, the director presented a completely different perspective world to the viewer.
From the perspective of lens language, although pets cannot speak, the unique pet perspective can allow people to observe the emotional changes of pets. This is also one of the reasons why this pet movie is so popular, as Benji was sad to see his mother and little friend being caught when he was a child, so that the audience felt its pitiful life and highlighted its desire for love and home.
At the beginning of the film, After Carter accidentally discovers Benji and tracks Benji to buy strawberries for Benji to eat, Benji begins to open his heart and secretly follow Carter. Outside the pawn shop, you can't sneak in and stand outside the window to watch the Carter brothers and sisters, and follow them home, and if you can't get in, you can find a way to push a garbage truck as a ladder to climb to the balcony. The brothers and sisters were surprised and even more excited to see Benji. These shots are all based on Benji, which can highlight Benji's love and trust for Carter's brothers and sisters.
Carter and his sister are worried about being discovered by their mother, cautious, Stupid Ji seems to understand the little master's heart, at night Carter's mother falls asleep to help cover the quilt and turn off the lights, in addition to being well-behaved, sensible, and smart, we also see that Ben Ji is eager to get her mother's approval.
Later, Benji was still driven out by his mother, it was raining outside, there was sad music in the film, Benji hung his head and walked slowly in the rain, Carter cried sadly, and the director further strengthened Benji's homelessness again, making the audience feel helpless and sad for Benji.
In addition to showing the bravery and cleverness of Stupid Ji, the later part of the film is also a selfless love for the little master, and he is desperate to pay for the little master. In order to save his brother and sister, Ben Ji went back to the pawn shop owner, in order to open the door for him, Ben Ji could not reach the door, so he pushed a chair and even used the key to open the door, which was not easy for it, and the attempts were finally successful.
When he first took Carter's mother and the police to rescue the Carter siblings, because the police negligence did not find the Carter brothers and sisters, Benji was blamed by his mother and ridiculed by the police. Ben Ji did not give up, and suddenly thought of the stray dog who had grabbed food with it before, and the stray dog's sense of smell was unusually sensitive. With the help of stray dogs, the Carter siblings are finally found, and in order to save them, Benji is violently thrown down by the robbers. Seeing this, the audience's emotions were once again mobilized, and no one burst into tears, and for the bravery of Benji, it was even more moved by Benji's selfless love for his master.
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First, pets, like people, crave love
Originally a stray dog, Benji grew up in various corners of the city to survive. It is a stray dog without home and love and the same as in the film where Carter's dad died and his mother was busy at work and lacked family warmth. The same situation brought them closer, and they all longed for the warmth of love.
In addition to expressing the concern for stray dogs, the film is more of a desire for love. A stray dog who grew up without a home, a boy who has no parents to care for, longs for love to let them meet, gives love to keep them warm to each other, and gives love to make them happier.
Second, pets are good helpers for healing human emotions
Dogs, cats and other animals are healing pets, and every look and action of their eyes revolves around you, such as these plots in the movie:
The first time Ben Ji sees Carter, the big cute eyes defuse the unpleasantness of Carter having just been bullied.
After taking a bath, Benji lay down in the arms of the little master to comb his hair
Bonji lay on the bed and listened to the little master tell stories to get names
There are many plots about The Emotions of the Protagonist healed by Benji, and if the pet identified the owner, it would give everything and never regret it for the rest of its life. The same is true in real life, every pet I see, they look at their owner's eyes are always so hot, full of love, in their eyes, you are the whole world.
Pets are not only good helpers in life, but also emotionally and psychologically. Please be kind to these angels in your lifetime, and don't wait until death comes to find that you love them so much.
Third, to a certain extent, pets can become the protectors of human beings
In the film, I was most impressed by two things: the first was that Benji saw the little master being taken away by the bad guys, frantically chased after him, and ran for a long and long distance. The second point is that at the end of the movie, Bongie and Carter's mother fight together, although the mother misunderstands Bonji for the first time, and the second time, although the police do not believe Ingi, she still chooses to believe Bongie and goes to the place where Bongie originally took to find Carter's brothers and sisters.
The director created these two plots, not only to output the plot, the pet as a member of the family, in my opinion, it is also the protector of the family. Pay all the price, just to keep you safe.
In real life, I have seen many dog protection owners, especially large dogs, who are specially trained to protect humans. It can be seen that pets can become protectors of god is well deserved!
In my opinion, pets can not only become physical protectors, but also spiritual protectors. They guard everything behind your back, whether you are happy, sad or angry, all in your pocket. As a moviegoer, that's what fascinates me the most about the film.
To summarize:
"Detective Dog Stupid" is generally a simple plot, but the shooting skills are superb, with Irish soft hair terriers
Dogs are the highlights, some warm and touching movies. So today I interpret it from an alternative perspective, presenting a different healing charm to the viewer.
In my opinion, the audience will be in tears after watching the film, and their hearts will be full of warmth. It's not easy to have relatives like Benji in cold real life, and the true meaning conveyed by this movie is not as simple as it seems: only by treating pets with sincerity can you get their lifelong love.