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They should have brought the dog to the grave + problem solved!

posted 12 years ago by In_Theaters
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That way he would have smelled what was up. What I found stupid in this story is they show us the dog warning the master not to go to work. I was sure the train was going to crash. Dogs can smell cancer in fact they use them in hospitals to detect both cancers and death. So then the dog knows his master died. He knew before it happened. They should have brought him to the grave and just let him smell and figure it out for himself.

Anything less is dog cruelty. Joan Allen's evil face and her character's demeanor towards the dog kinda killed the movie for me. Couldn't they find someone less despicable? And no, not Marcia Cross, her evil twin, someone who can actually convey "caring". Allen's frozen face at the end got a lot of help, not from botox this time but from the cello, violin and piano.

[–] chiluvr1228 12 years ago

I agree, someone in the family should have thought to bring Hachi to the wake or the funeral or something. The thought that he waited 10 years for his master had me sobbing. I'm crying again as I type this. :-(

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[–] icyharris-539-169904 12 years ago

To your point, if you watch the Japanese version of Hachiko (1987), the dog DID come to the funeral and he did chase after the car that the body was in, but yet he still continued to come to the train station. Maybe he wasn't as much looking for the master as continuing his ritual that he had established for the past couple of years. I'm sure he also enjoyed getting attention from the food vendor, bookstore owner, train station employee and all the passengers over the years. Maybe he preferred taking that daily stroll than being chained up in a backyard almost all day. Dogs certainly have their own reasons for things and maybe this was his own way of grieving and honoring his master.

[–] BethW88 12 years ago

They were too busy grieving to worry about the dog unfourtunately.

[–] Heisenberg991 12 years ago

They should have had a scene where Hachi is digging up Richard Gere and dragging his ass back to the train station.

[–] In_Theaters 12 years ago

They should have had a scene where Hachi is digging up Richard Gere and dragging his ass back to the train station.

With or sans gerbil?

[–] mlaiuppa 11 years ago

This is actually important for animals to have closure.

I've told my parents that if anything happens to me, they are to let my dog see my body so he will know I have died and have closure.

Too often dogs are left out. A companion dog leaves for the vet and never comes back and they spend weeks depressed, looking for them. Same with owners who leave and don't come back (from the hospital or whatever).

At the very least they should have brought Hachi to the funeral or graveside. But the wife seemed like a cold fish when it came to the dog and I totally get this would never occur to her. I don't think the daughter and son-in-law knew enough about dogs to understand how Hachi needed to be a part of the "family" grieving process either.

I don't think the dog knew his master was going to die. But I do think he sensed something was wrong and he shouldn't leave.

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