be your own master

Fabian 2022-03-23 09:02:39

An extraordinary dog, this is probably the best interpretation of Buck. And because he came from a novel and was adapted into a movie, the plot in it was somewhat dramatic in my eyes. In addition, after reading the film reviews before, I learned that the motion capture of this dog still comes from real actors, but the effect presented is a little blunt. The above two points make the whole movie look less natural. When I watched it, I couldn't help but think of "Antarctic Adventure". It always felt similar, but it seemed to stop.

In terms of the plot, the small climax from time to time connects the whole movie. The spoiled Buck starts out as a farce, and then his fortunes take a turn for the worse. Fortunately, living a life with a mission is much better than being bought by gold diggers as a coolie. The only person who did his best to Buck was the white-haired old man, one person and one dog, who accompanied him to explore the world outside the map. This is fate. In nature, I was looking for a small wooden house, which is not big enough for one person and one dog to survive. Make a charcoal fire, spread the bedding, and spend the day and night. But in such a large environment, Buck began to be released, and he found more interesting things in the world. Playing with each other and chasing each other with his fellows is a lot of fun. But he couldn't let go of his feelings for his benefactor, so he had the last climax. The ending is good, and the message is that a dog has found his true owner, which is himself.

After reading it, I have a little urge to read the original novel, maybe I can arrange it later.

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Extended Reading
  • Dolores 2022-01-07 15:53:47

    The first reaction is "Fenton~~~~~~~!" (Old Terrier) //This is the last novel I read when I was a student, so the pictures on the screen can also correspond to the words and sentences in memory, such as dogs The dog saw snow for the first time, such as the danger on the glacier. Of course, the breed of dog is different from what I imagined. When I saw the big screen, I realized how anthropomorphic this novel is—in fact, human beings, that is, the author's fantasy of nature and wildness, were placed on this dog. //Harrison Ford’s voice is indeed appropriate: "When Buck returns to the valley every summer, he remembers those warm hands."

  • Melyna 2022-03-27 09:01:14

    The first half of the sled dog is beautiful, but the second half makes people sleepy.

The Call of the Wild quotes

  • John Thornton: This is a map of the Yukon. My son was always reading adventure stories, crazy about the news coming out of the Yukon. Wasn't the gold, he didn't care about that, it was the mountains. He spent all day looking at maps and pictures of the mountains, dreaming about was on the other side, places no one had been, wild places. We could go, you and me, see what's out there. What do you think?

  • John Thornton: [narrates] There's a place in these mountains where a new breed of timber wolf roams, wiser than men or wolf, because of the dog that runs at the head of a pack. Now... they live without fear, raise their young and flourish.