Finally watched "The Call of the Wild" and was not disappointed. The whole film gave me a very strong sense of vicissitudes.
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Some film critics said that compared to the original book, "there is no cruelty", but I think the film is cruel enough, but it is just a little modified, just leaving the wreckage enough for the audience to associate with. Careful people can see it by staring a little outside the picture. complete corpse.
While at the judge's house, the carefree Buck's relationship with his master is more like a child's with a parent. It was my first tear when Buck was lured into the cage, maybe because my family had the experience of losing a dog. Even if you can guess from the title that this was Buck's first step in his adventure, I still couldn't. Remains indifferent to his sudden separation from his master. In particular, I can't help myself thinking from the owner's standpoint. The judge who lost his dog on his birthday, how will he spend every birthday in the future? Will he and his family continue to think "what if that day" Didn't keep Buck out"...
They are not the audience of the movie, and they have no way of knowing whether Buck's ending is lucky or unfortunate, and they can only suffer the loss of it.
Fortunately, Buck was not so clear about the meaning of parting at this time, and he was attracted by the new world in front of him.
Buck, who was delivering letters with the dogs, was more like a wage earner who entered the society. He went through some hardships, but finally found his way to shine. If it wasn't for the birth of the telegraph, maybe he would send letters for a lifetime? In this way, he has become a punctual star in a remote town, transporting people's "life" day after day.
Those two messengers might remember Buck for the rest of their lives, and there was that time, that dog, who was our most trusted companion. But when the parting came, they still did not stop. Maybe they've seen too many partings as human beings, so they've gotten used to it. That is, from here, Buck gradually became familiar with the concept of parting.
The messenger rushes to a more convenient tomorrow, and the fired dogs can only be put back in the dog pen, waiting for their own creation to come again.
As for the villain's little episode, there's nothing worth talking about, he's a complete tool man, and his death is a sign of Buck's complete return to the wild. In the human society, Buck, who wants to punish the bad guys but is always held down, returns to nature, the plot of pushing the villain into the house of fire seems very natural-this is the wild world, the death of humans and the death of bugs are not too much The big difference, there is no law, there is no longer a hand that can hold Buck, and no rope that can hold Buck.
And the old man. When I realized that the human with the most roles was an "old man", I guessed that he would probably die.
Buck was really important to him, more than gold, no doubt. Why do people want so much money? So it's a pleasure to pan for gold, throw it into the river after panning, and take a few pieces with you to arrange your old age. There may have been a few moments when the old man really thought he and Buck were family, and lonely people were prone to think so much. And Buck, who understood the true meaning of parting from human beings, was the one who left first this time - it was not the old man who clearly told Buck that I was leaving, but that Buck forgot his promise with the old man again and again. A late return.
The old man is gone. In the future, Buck will no longer be loyal to human beings, but Buck will be loyal to himself. Buck's story is over.
But I wouldn't be so sad if I thought the main character of this movie was Buck. At the end, the voice-over starts—
"At that time he was just an ordinary dog, accompanying a man."
For a self-love, there's nothing more sad than being aware of one's self-love. Maybe we've all had (think) Buck at one time too, and we've been happy and happy during that time. Later, Buck was going to meet his own destiny. In order not to look embarrassed when we were not ready to separate, we had to say, it doesn't matter, in fact, I just happened to be going to the next theater of life.
Compared with the original book, by adding an old man's human perspective in the film, Buck's image has more symbolic meaning at once. It is like a symbol full of metaphors, and it is too easy to remind people of too many things they have lost. thing. Buck, who disappeared in the human world, has been reborn in the wild world, which also gives us a kind of comfort: someone who has left a precious memory in my life and disappeared must live a good life in a place I can't see ; The precious company that I have received must be warming the days and nights of others now.
It is a privilege to be with you, no matter which fate call you ultimately choose to follow, for me, the time we once spent together is more precious than gold in my heart, and it will never change.
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