"Hachiko" is another remake of a localized adaptation of a Japanese classic. With the addition of the American version of Zhuyu before, the creators should be under some pressure. But speaking of such a theme, the story foundation is excellent, the dog actors are well chosen, and the pure friendship and bond that can be aroused naturally between humans and animals is hard to remain unmoved.

There are many friends around me who love dogs and animals. Speaking of this movie, the general reaction is that knowing it will be very touching, but because I know it, I still don’t watch it, because I’m afraid I won’t be able to cry.

But the posters and trailers are so cute, who can resist such a cute Xiu Gogou? So I decided to suck it first and then talk!

Stills of "Hachiko the Faithful Dog"

Facts have proved that "Hachiko" is really easy to cry, even though the director has avoided being too sensational most of the time, even if this well-known man has already been spoiled by spoilers, even if most of the clichés are too clichéd. I knew what the scene was going to do at the beginning, but the dog's eyes and the character's sigh would still make tears flow uncontrollably.

On the weekend night of watching the movie, the attendance rate of the movie hall was not high, and there was a lot of crying. Immersively sucking a dog and then crying like a dog with people in the same space is also a different experience in the cinema.

The adaptation of the Chinese version of "The Faithful Dog Hachiko" is, in all fairness, better than expected. The homonym change from "Bagong" to "Batong" is wonderful, and it has won the essence of local culture without losing its cuteness. A pet movie, while satisfying the cuteness, healing and touching that should be given, also uses the dog's life to string together the separation and separation of a typical Chinese family and the development and changes of the city.

"Hachiko" poster

If you want to act opposite to the dogs with pure and innocent eyes and no hidden thoughts in their bodies, human performances may easily appear artificial. Finally, the actors in the movie can still "receive" the scenes given by the dogs, but how? Everyone felt that Feng Xiaogang's mouthful of Beijing movies was a bit abrupt in the peaceful Chongqing dialect. Logically, there is nothing wrong with an outsider entering the country and coming to the Sichuan-Chongqing region and becoming a "scratcher". But starting from the character itself, this background did not bring richer layers and benefits to the character, but only strengthened Feng Xiaogang's original Personal characteristics. Shanghai actor Chen Chong's Chongqing dialect 6 in the film is very popular, but director Feng Xiaogang, who seems to have "unchanged his local accent", is not so "dedicated" as an actor.

The first half of the film is a very ordinary life. Professor Chen met Batong by chance and quietly brought it into his life. A good-talking old man, "people rely on dog power" to be tough at the report meeting, and then "righteously" practiced some generous statements about "like" after forbearance at home.

Stills of "Hachiko the Faithful Dog"

All kinds of cooking scenes where you can smell the aroma of pepper and hemp across the screen and the cannon fire on the mahjong table are linked to the fireworks of urban life. in the details. In the relationship between humans and dogs, the father's cold-hearted and hot-tempered stubbornness, the mother's knife-mouthed and tofu-hearted tenderness, and the son's desperate stubbornness all gradually and clearly present the portrait of a Chinese family. Professor Chen's daily relationship with his family and dogs is narrated in detail. In the small frictions of life, Batong has a coquettish and cute expression, and he feels the warm yellow gentleness in the picture in front of him, which makes people melt in place. .

Stills of "Hachiko the Faithful Dog"

As the daughter fell in love and got married, and the son left home to develop in a big city, Batong witnessed the important moments of each family member. The lively family of four turned into a deserted old couple. Separation from their children is probably the homework that most Chinese parents have to face. Fortunately, Professor Chen and his wife are always accompanied by Batong.

The "dog picks up the dog" of commuting to and from get off work every day is a well-known plot in the story of Hachiko. The film is set in Chongqing. The unique 3D urban landforms make the dog's running route dynamic and twists and turns. The visual picture is "out of the film", and the cableway station across the river is also reasonable and unique as a squatting position.

It is also because the story of Hachiko has long been familiar, and the parting of humans and animals has long been psychologically prepared. Unlike most narrators about the fetters between humans and animals, in Hachiko's world, people go first. And the one left behind will spend his whole life missing and waiting.

Stills of "Hachiko the Faithful Dog"

After Professor Chen left, all the warmth created in the first half of the film came to an abrupt end and turned abruptly. To be honest, the movie-watching experience in the first half was a bit lengthy and bland, and it would not be easy to attract people's full attention if there is no cute dog sucking the adjustment. After entering the second half of the journey, instead, I felt that the time that was paved indifferently before created a sense of reality of life and companionship, and the heartache of loss was even more tearing in the heart in the "one-man show" where the eight tubes were tossing and turning to search for the figure waiting for the father.

The ten years of waiting for Batong are also ten years of rapid urban development, the construction of the cross-river bridge, the relocation of immigrants from the Three Gorges, the disappearance of Bangbang, the rise of the Internet... Fortunately, it finally waited for the returnees. On the pile of old newspapers, it sleeps peacefully. The newspaper, like the ruins of the city, is a carrier that is gradually fading out. As the outside world changes and the stars change, even the closest relatives gradually accept the reality and leave their hometowns to start a new life. There is only one dog, guarding the purest sincerity, day after day, only looking forward to the return of people. It is also under such a contrast that this insignificant love that no one cares about is so shining and precious in the midst of traffic.

Stills of "Hachiko the Faithful Dog"