i cried my eyes out

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 16:08

"Hachi a dogs tale" - 2009 film staring Richard Gere and of course, Hachi..



Best film i've seen in ages...



At a DVD shop near you....





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachiko:_A_Dog%27s_Story

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 16:14

move review:



"Just a warning, do take many tissues. I am a grown man and can honestly say that I have never really cried during a movie. I think the score of the movie plus the dog being so adorable made me lose myself. When I looked around the theater though, every single person was crying and I saw a lot of red eyes as I left the Men's restroom. Any movie that can make me do that deserves a 10/10"

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 16:21

"First time, first time in my life I have really cried after and during the movie, I cried like a baby almost all the film's second part. I had never cried because of the film before I watched Hachiko: A Dog's Story.



I can't imagine the person who would not cry watching this movie. And first time I give 10/10 to a movie, because it has left a lot of emotions that I had never felt before because of the film. Don't watch it if you don't want to cry hardly, watch it if you are not afraid to cry and wanna see a really extraordinary drama. Green mile, Titanic or something like that are absolutely far away from movie. The best movie I have ever seen! 10/10"

BillyB


Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 436

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 16:27

NN, Is there any sex in the film?

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 16:39

BillyB



Do you like watching dogs at it?

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 16:52

Billy B gets the Neg Nick Nobb of the week award - well done..

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 17:54

hiya nick, i cant wait to see it but having to brace myself as i will cry buckets xxxxxxx

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 18:05

Not as much as I will missing out on the "Neg Nick Nobb of the week award"..



I had my acceptance speech all ready too!

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 18:12

keep trying groucho im sure he has an award with your name on it. xxxxxxx

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 18:20

Just checking out the film... I wonder if it is really based on Greyfriars Bobby... I know they say 1920's Japan but I think the Scottish story is older and very similar.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 18:33

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby



sounds just the ticket... the film used to make me weep

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 18:38

Groucho - you are more likely to be getting a life time achievement award....

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 19:15

Whereas you've already got the 'lifetime under-achiever award'...



You're not very good at this - are you?

BillyB


Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 436

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 22:22

Groucho message 5, Loved it in my younger days.



negativenick message 6, Are you sure you can spare it?

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 23:08

It's a true story just google HASHIKO.



Although Hollywood transplanted it to the good old USA.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 23:24

Newscoop,



So is Greyfriar's Bobby... and it's much earlier. All I'm saying is there are remarkable similarities and there are at least two Greyfriar's Bobby films. One as recently as 2006.



Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh after reportedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner, John Gray, until he died himself on 14 January 1872.



Whenever you are in Edinburgh you should go and see the Greyfriar's Bobby statue.

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 23:48

If i gave out awards NN would get the Big Jeese award, what a cry baby.!

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
16/03/2010 00:10

Groucho;



I know all about Bobbie, been there, seen it, bought the T shirt.



Obviously there are similarities but they are two different canines from two different countries.



And both true. Therefore Hashiko is not "based" on Greyfriars Bobbie.

gillken


Joined: 25/05/2008
Posts: 521

Message Posted:
16/03/2010 00:45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaS37E3gKOU

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
16/03/2010 06:50

Newscoop, OK there are more than two faithful dogs in the world...



If you look at the Wiki entries for both the similarities are absolutely striking. double take on the bronze statues!



I've download Hachiko: A Dogs Story and I'm sure we will love watching it, so I appreciate the plug from NN, I was only trying to point out the almost uncanny likeness of the stories. and wondered if Bobby's story had been influential in the US movie version... wouldn't put it past them. The Yanks, if it's worth writing it's worth nicking first.