Don't let the complexity numb you (including spoilers, be careful)

Ervin 2022-01-16 08:02:13

In fact, I am a person who has no interest in dogs and pets. I usually avoid far away when I meet dogs on the road, because I don't have so much love and I am afraid of trouble. But today this movie changed me. Suddenly something in my heart became hot, and I stopped turning a blind eye to dogs.

Many times we think about what happens when people have reincarnation. Mo Yan wrote "Life and Death Fatigue". The protagonist turns into a different animal to observe the world every time. This is a human experience and extremely complicated. And this time it’s a dog. This dog named Bailey reincarnated three times and was born in the fourth generation. Its reincarnation is much simpler than human beings. It accompanies the owner, guards the owner, and makes the owner happy.

In the second life of Bailey, it turned into a little bitch named Molly, who spent his lonely childhood and youth with CJ. When CJ needs her mother’s love and companionship, Molly is by her side; in the rainy night of wind, rain, lightning and thunder, Molly comforts the scared CJ; when CJ is unhappy and sad, Molly plays with her, let She forgot her troubles. The childhood sweetheart Trent and Molly’s dog brothers are also a glimmer of sunshine in the teenage years when CJ is uncertain. In this life, its mission may be to accompany CJ who needs family affection. There is also a hint of irony that the biological mother does not care about her daughter as much as a dog. In the third generation, it was called Big Dog. It met CJ in a convenience store and shook hands with CJ. Unfortunately, CJ did not recognize him. In the fourth life, it became a cute dog Max again. It took CJ to find his childhood playmate Trent. With Max’s help, CJ recognized his heart and found his own happiness.

The actors in the movie perform very well. Little CJ longed for mother’s love but was disappointed again and again. It was distressing to hide in the bed with the dog when he was scared. As an adult, she wandered around because of her childhood growth experience. She did not dare to look directly at her inner dodge. She lacked the courage to try and take the first step, which also made me see her shadow. I saw a familiar face in the movie, Henry Liu Xianhua, who played Trent. There is a very impressive shot, that is when Trent handed CJ a promotional leaflet for participating in a reality show on the bridge and was ridiculed by CJ’s boyfriend at the time, and CJ rejected his kindness, the kind of anxiety from trying to persuade CJ to The faint anger reached the expression of loss and then became calm. He wanted to stand on the bridge and watch CJ leave him. It conveyed the psychology of a crush. Also, when he encouraged CJ, it really made me feel how difficult it is to meet people who know and enlighten themselves so much. Dahua posted this role very much. He was ashamed to express his feelings. He was very "Oriental" and felt like a nerd. He also played very well. I saw a different Dahua, one who didn’t let go. Introverted him. The overall performance is pretty good. When Dahua appeared on the stage, a sister in the cinema said that she thought it was very handsome hahaha.

CJ, Molly and Trent

When I was watching a movie, I kept thinking that when CJ’s mother thought Ethan and Hannah were going to keep CJ for their son’s insurance money, she had a big fight with them, but in Bailey’s eyes, it simply thought CJ. Mother's food was taken away by others and was unhappy. Yes, in the eyes of a dog, life is that simple. It only needs to eat food every day, and it will be very happy to have fun with its owner, because their desires and needs are very small. Because of its simplicity, Max can bravely rush to Trent. He knows CJ and knows that Trent can respond and help CJ very well. I often feel that the more I grow up, the more lonely, the more annoyed I get as I grow up, and I often lose the courage to speak to others. In fact, going around, maybe sometimes simpler, you will find out what you need in your heart. For comparison, maybe my selfish desires are too great. In this materialistic world, I want to be myself slowly, but I have to be like a marionette, struggling not to be left behind in the fast-moving crowd. I don't want to be a blind follower. I think it's good to be a maverick pig. In the end, I really become a pig. A pig that goes with the crowd, even people's feelings begin to lose and become numb. Seeing the dog Bailey in the movie, it is simple and happy. There is nothing in its world that cannot be solved. It is happy every day. It can distinguish its own heart, know its mission, and look at it cute I suddenly fell in love with dogs. I remember that Bailey's first death was lying peacefully in Ethan's arms. Ethan told him to protect CJ, and he did. After three reincarnations, I finally brought CJ back to Ethan. Ethan also recognized that it was Bailey. In the last life, it accompanied Ethan through the last years. The end and the end echoed, and I saw my nose. acid. You sent me away sadly before, but I will reincarnate, I can come back to find you, but this time you left, but won't come back to find me. "Every time I leave, he will accompany me, now I am with him." Compared with humans, the life of a dog is really short. There may be more than one dog in the life of a human, but the life of a dog is There may only be one owner who is willing to give his life to your dog. We should cherish it.

At the end of the movie, Max also passed away. It may not have reincarnation again. It helped CJ find family, friendship and love. It changed from Max to a big dog, to Molly, and finally to Bailey, and returned to its Ethan, playing with Ethan forever in the wheat field.

When the movie came out, the theater happened to be playing the promotion song of the movie. When you are alone, you will think of who, will you find someone to accompany you. In the long sea of ​​people, when I was alone, I really couldn't think of anyone, but I really wanted to find someone to accompany me. Think about it, who is willing to give me this time cost? Maybe raising a dog is really a good choice. Raising a dog that will accompany me when I am alone, play with it, forget my daily worries, and let myself Be simple, no longer indifferent.

PS: I saw a lot of people walking their dogs on the way home. Are there so many people walking their dogs? Hahaha, maybe the dogs are starting to be different in my mind, so I don’t usually pay attention to these. They are lovely.

It becomes a happy play of Bailey and Ethan again

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A Dog's Journey quotes

  • Bailey: On days like this, I feel like the luckiest dog in the world. I got the sun on my back, I got the wind in my face I get to ride in this car where the windows are always rolled down.

  • Bailey: I had a lot of lives, all different. Sometimes I was big, and sometimes, I was small.