Hachi - a great family movie.

Hachi - a great family movie.

I am an avid movie watcher.  I am not sure if my watching excessive amount of movies is because I am lazy or I just find them easy way to keep myself occupied.  I have seen movies that have critically acclaimed, critically panned, and some movies just loved by movie geeks.  I have seen movies because of the actors starring in them, director directing them, or just the writer who wrote the screenplay.  I have also seen movies that someone had recommended because I have valued their opinion.  Sometimes, the movies are made to entertain, sometimes are made as an art piece and sometimes, movies are made to make us think.  I will admit that I don’t care for movies that pretend to be art pieces but then lack the other ingredients that make a movie entertaining.  Example of high art movie will be like most of the Stanley Kubrick or David Lynch movies.  Their movies might be critically loved by the critics but I find their movies to be inaccessible.  And the only reason I have seem most of their movies is because the critics has praised their movies to the maximum.  Recently, someone on the web recommended certain movies that will make men cry.  One of the movie mentioned in the list was a movie about a loyal dog named Hachi.  The movie is titled “Hachi: a Dog’s tale.” 

The movie has a great casting and major stars of the movie are breed of dogs (Akita) that play the dog’s character at various stages of the dog’s life.  The thing about dogs is that they have many wonderful facial expression and mannerism that translate really well on to visual media.  This movie touches you even with its high melodrama.  Anyone who ever had a dog will love this movie.  We all know how the stories on loyalty of dogs are legendary.  Many movies have been made about the dog’s loyalty to their human family.  Hachi is also such a story; a story of a dog yearning for his master when his master passes away.  I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a touching story of dog’s love for his human friend.  Also, here is a bit about the movie source of inspiration from the movie’s producer.