Among the relationships between humans and many animals, those between humans and dogs are always the ones that produce the most stories. Most of the movies about people and dogs are warm-hearted. The reason is that most of the roles dogs play in human life are limited to joyful companionship and touching of people or families. For example, "Faithful Dog Hachiko," "I'm Waiting for You in the Rain," "A Dog's Mission," "Guide Dog Q," etc.
The film "Togo" focuses on sled dogs, which have received little attention. Although there are some themes about sled dogs, such as "The Call of the Wild" in the same year, it uses another way to describe warmth, but the focus is still on people and dogs, and the workmanship is a little embarrassing, but it is still moving, and you can watch it if you are interested (ps: I miss it in particular by Harrison Ford).
Returning to the main film "Togo", the storyline should not be unfamiliar to students who have read every read story in Chinese in their junior high school self-study class. The story of a sled dog team delivering vaccines to save the town when a storm comes. The story adopts the method of interlude, telling the story of the main line team's childhood lead dog, Togo, and the dog trainer, Seppala, while the transportation task is hard and cruel. The two are ice-cold and warm. While depicting the dog's contribution to "everyone", there is also a conventional "small family" warmth, and the tacit understanding and mutual attachment shown by the people and dogs during the transportation task are also What the warmth part lacks and is being cultivated, the two parts are involved and achieve each other, and the description methods are complementary and neutral, which is just right.
In terms of my own movie viewing experience, the half-opening of the plot makes the content more substantial, and the cheerful and humorous parts of the warm part are enviable. The interpretation of this part can be said to be the pinnacle, while the performance of the difficult part of the task is unsatisfactory. I felt every time I gritted my teeth to see the difficulties they experienced during transportation, but every time I gritted my teeth because of subjective expectations. This part is in six words: the process is not enough. So the main line of transportation has been overshadowed, but it has not been surpassed. And the whole dog ran wild, and Dafoe Willem's strong acting skills and the sound of "Hike Togo!! Good dogs" gave the main line another reason to turn up.
The change of mentality before and after the characters in this film is also the highlight of this film. From the dog trainer's using the dog as a means of transportation and making money to the change of attitude from bad to good because of Togo’s love for the dog, dog training The change in the teacher's cognition of Togo's thoughts makes the rhythm of the whole film from calm to passion, and the convergence of returning to calm is really comfortable, and the touching point is also Togo's persistence in creating miracles and the unlimited contribution to the master; the open-mindedness that contributed the most but did not leave a name in the end; and the perseverance that did not forget the original intention even in his twilight years! (Moving points vary from person to person, but it is worth crying once).
When I was a child, I often heard that "dogs are man's best friend." As I grew up with my self-knowledge, I gradually understood the special meaning of these words. I remember a living creature in "Teddy Bear 2". Whether you have a clear judgment as a person, that is, whether you are self-aware, capable of acting independently, have a human mind, understand human language, and are able to communicate with others, I think Togo should be called a person.
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