was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. In the 26 days after its release, the domestic box office was only 15.513 million yuan. It was beaten by more than ten movies released in the same period. This is exactly the movie "" written and directed by Luc Besson. Dog God".
is inversely proportional to its box office performance because of its reputation. For 26 days after its release, the Douban score has remained stable at around 8 points.
However, although the film's reputation is not low, some netizens still think it is a difficult film to review. On the one hand, we can see Luc Besson's sincerity and his depiction of good and evil in the film. On the other hand, the story is a bit old-fashioned, which makes people slightly disappointed.
So is the video really as good as netizens say? Let us follow the footsteps of the movie and discuss it together.
"Dog God"
If children are divided into two categories, then one type is the children who thrive under the nourishment of happiness; the other type is the children who are tortured and need to spend the rest of their lives to heal.
Doug, the protagonist of this film, belongs to the latter.
Doug's father is a man with a violent temper, and it is common for his mother to be abused by him. They live in fear caused by their father every day. Even though they know that what their father does is wrong, they dare not speak out.
On this day, Doug, who had been suppressed for a long time, finally summoned up the courage to resist his father's behavior.
Because of this, his father was so angry that he locked the young Doug in a dog cage and lived and ate with the dog.
Although the mother on the side wanted to stop her father's crazy behavior, her cowardice forced her to succumb to her father's power. In this way, Doug spent a long time in a dog cage in isolation and helplessness.
During these long years, his mother's love for him was like the warm sun in winter, giving him warmth. But with his mother's departure, his life began to be shrouded in darkness.
However, fortunately, he owns a group of puppies, which accompanied him through the difficult childhood and gave him the ability to love and be loved. At the same time, it also taught him the truth that dogs are more loyal than people and they will never betray.
Especially after experiencing emotional setbacks, he firmly believed in this truth.
An accident caused Doug to be separated from his native family, which had no family ties at all, and came to an orphanage. In the orphanage, he met a woman who fell in love with him. From her body, Doug felt the long-lost sunshine and vitality, and because of this, Doug became obsessed with her.
However, this love ended before it even began. When Doug met her again, there was someone beside her who loved her. This made Doug lose his trust in people and gain more trust in dogs.
And his great trust and care for dogs resulted in their eternal loyalty and the title of "Dog God". Relying on his seamless cooperation with the dog, he helped his neighbors deal with a local snake, which also paved the way for his imprisonment.
Unlike "Hachi", this film uses an alternative way to show the loyalty of dogs. At the same time, the screenwriter also used the dog's loyalty to show Doug's pain and misfortune.
When Doug was treated cruelly and mercilessly by his father as a child and abandoned by his cowardly mother, it was the dogs who always guarded him.
At the same time, it was the dog that took him away from his bad native family. When he was injured by his father and fell to the ground, unable to get up, it was the dog who found the police and was able to expose the evil deeds of his father and brother to the public and let them receive the punishment they deserve.
After suffering a broken love, the dog stayed by his side silently to accompany him through the painful time.
But what frustrates him more than losing love is the sense of failure brought about by real life. When the government announced the closure of kennels, he had to sit in a wheelchair and go around for interviews in order to support his small family with the dogs. However, no one was willing to accept a disabled person.
Only one bar is willing to accept him, but the meager salary cannot support his huge expenses.Looking at his useless status as a biology graduate student, and then looking at the luxurious life of the rich, the huge psychological gap caused him to fall into the abyss of crime. He used the dogs' loyalty and intelligence to instruct them to steal the rich's belongings.
The screenwriter uses these plots to depict the psychological journey of the characters and show Doug's life full of tragedy. When we are young, we always think that when we grow up, things will get better and the pain will disappear. This is not the case. Some pain will not fade away as time goes by, but will open up a new wound under the ravages of life.
"The God of Dogs" is another masterpiece of Luc Besson. The first impression after watching it is indeed a bit old-fashioned as netizens said, but after careful reading, I found that the story is full of stamina, and it is really worthy of its high level. word of mouth.
