Kenichiro Ikari Blog#2: Marley & Me

Have you ever had a pet? I do. I have a dog. People buy pets for many reasons, like for exercising, nurturing children, or simply just wanted to have friends. My family bought a dog, because we all like dogs.

Today, I would like to introduce a movie "Marley & Me".

This is a comedy-drama made by David Frankel, on 2008. It is based on a memoir of the same name by John Grogan. Main characters are starred by Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.

As you can see by the picture, it is a story about the couple and their dog. You probably would know that there is a some kind of trouble with the dog. This movie's subtitle is " life an love with the world's worst dog", and you probably would understand why after watching the movie.

The Story starts when Grogan couple escapes from Michigan's brutal winter to Florida. They both are hired as reporters of competing newspaper company. While John is only assigned only obituaries and two-paragraph articles at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, his wife Jenny receives prominent front page assignment at The Palm Beach Post. 

Soon, John senses that Jenny started wanting a child. He asks his friend Sebastian (acted by Eric Dane) for an advice, and Sebastian suggests the couple to have a pet to check if they are ready to raise another family member. The couple adopts a newborn yellow labrador retriever, and names him Marley. Marley immediately proves his incorrigibility by "destroying" the garage. John takes him to dog trainer, who believes that any dog can be trained, but gets expel because he refuses to obey commands.

Marley makes lots of trouble; swallowing Jenny's necklace, and had to wait for Marley to poop out, chews up sofa, runs away braking the filter door, etc. But along with it, John realizes that Marley might be the best topic about his column he receives later on, and it happened to be a great hit. Then Grogans and Marley's funny life goes on.

I can't say the whole story because it will spoil the movie, but I can say that movies about animals ends with the animal's death. Marley dies at the end. This movie makes you laugh and smile, but also sad because of it.

Since the story covers fourteen years, 22 different labrador retriever is used for filming. They all act silly, but they all are smart, because they all acted the whole silliness. 

Do you think you would have a pet in the future when you have your own family?