No, don't worry, it's not the kind of family popcorn you're thinking of, full of warm, happy, puppies that are always cute.
I'm actually wondering why I'm writing this review, I'm wondering why I picked such a movie to kill my morning.
Although I watched all 10 seasons of Friends seriously, I didn't become a fan of Rachel, so Aniston was not the driving force behind me watching this film; Owen Wilson made me say "Okay" several times in the film. man", but I've never seen any of his work before, so he wasn't what motivated me to watch it; I have respect for people who support pet rights and make real efforts, but I don't like dogs. As long as I see something related to puppies, I don't hesitate to look for it, so Marley, a Labrador, is also not the reason why I watch this movie.
In conclusion, the choice of this film was an accident of my empty film week.
This chance made me consider how to describe the feelings that the film aroused in my heart all afternoon.
Again, this is not a family-friendly popcorn movie, the way it tells the story is not very clever, the rhythm is basically the same from beginning to end, the story is so bland, there is basically no story. The puppy has never been the protagonist. It came to the family, it left the family, will all this change? Could it be that the lives of the male protagonist and the female protagonist have a huge tremor in the slightest? No, never, it's not an angel from heaven, it's not the root of all happiness, it even brings distress, trouble, and even a couple quarrels at one point, but it's still so small that it's barely worth mentioning .
This is what resonates with me. This is their life, the life of John and Jenny, but so ordinary that they can almost think of themselves.
The older I get, the more I am forced to admit that "I'm nothing more than this". I always reminisce the glorious self-confidence of my childhood. It seems that I will always have a firm place in the world. In the end, I find that you and I are so ordinary. Ordinary is not a bad thing, but ordinary is not the state everyone wants, at least not me. Since I was a child, I have deliberately strengthened "I am different" in my memory. I still remember my various behaviors when I was a child with secondary illness, and I am not ashamed to this day. John and Jenny's marriage started at an extraordinary beginning, in the sudden heavy snow, so the two drank wine and soaked their feet, and decided to move to a warmer area to start anew - this decision was so easy, and it was realized. It's not difficult either. A new job, a new house, a new baby, so in order to avoid having a child, which is really impossible to decide, John brings back Marley to Jenny. An overly energetic Labrador puppy who destroyed an infinite number of pillows, blankets and boxes from start to finish.
Marley has never been cute, except that his puppy shape is enough to deceive most girls who are close to him, and everything he does after that can only make people feel "fortunately there is no dog at home". Its only effect is to make people reluctantly move their eyes from the puppy to the couple John and Jenny, as if they are special because of the seasoning, but their lives are surprisingly ordinary because of Marley. The direction I expected was different, and my friend went all the way up the line I hoped, but I unexpectedly turned into a different field. The wife wanted to get pregnant, but the first child was stillborn; after giving birth to a child, she was still in a hurry, and the second child came suddenly. The quarrels were inevitable, and even to the point of throwing the dog away, the work became a bottleneck; finally calmed down and reconciled, and Marley continued to exist as a member of the family.
You keep choosing, you keep changing, and you can't even tell if you're at fault.
The turning point between each event is very sudden, but it is also natural. Before you know it, two years have passed, five years have passed, and ten years have passed. Before you know it, John and Jenny have three children. , while Marley is old.
Seeing this, I have a sense of confusion as time flies, stunned, stunned, whose life is this? Why is it so full of choices, but never full of ups and downs full of climaxes.
The last puppy, the most misbehaving puppy in the world, panted and closed his eyes calmly. I didn't cry, I knew I wasn't moved by it, what struck me was the time it witnessed, and what struck me was the story it couldn't tell. Do you regret your life? Do you regret your choice? Have you ever realized that no matter what you choose, you may have irreversible losses in the future? Have you ever thought that the puppy you picked may not bring you peace and rest in your life, but is it just endless trouble? Have you ever thought that maybe every decision you make is like this puppy, a part of your life, can't you get rid of it just because you make a choice? This film is so realistic at this moment, even though it has been painted with the radiance of happiness and completeness. I looked at Marley and thought, I'm not afraid of the future.
I don't want to be afraid of the future.
If my life has been so ordinary, would I be willing or would I be able to overwhelm the joys and sorrows of a puppy, so that its life trajectory will be merged into my own life?
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