While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
虽然显而易见的是，《芬奇》隶属于科幻片的范畴，但我很难以此对待，我更愿意将它视为一部家庭亲情片和公路片的混合产物。所以当我们随着汉克斯这位美国良心漫游整个旅程时，会感到阵阵暖意。你会发现，不管是那条需要呵护的小狗，还是机器人杰夫，亦或者那个只会运输的小机器人，都给人一种治愈的能力，这是好莱坞拍摄这类影片百试不爽的绝招，总能让人为这些看似不起眼的小角色饱含深情。
尽管不是所有故事都会结束在恰当的地方
末世题材。给狗狗做了个机器人 还配了个开罐头的零件 机器人从没名字到慢慢有了自我意识 狗狗慢慢接受了Jeff 一切都好温暖 最后一机一狗还真有画面。
最后那部分给我整感动了。忽然就感到一种巨大的孤独压迫着你。人的生命是脆弱而短暂的。把自己带入到那个机器人身份，看着自己熟悉的人离开，放眼望去，只剩下你，还有一条狗，从此连个说话的人都没有。
好像最后还差那么一点点 一点点（加州果然宜居…
食之无味，Don McLean歌好听，临终关怀何必苟活我大概会查“无痛苦自傻”吧 Jeff只是另一个汉克斯，连脸都一样长
以为是阿西莫夫式的，结果是雷布拉德伯里式。包含隐喻的温情诗篇。这是面，里子反而有点对标科马克麦卡锡的《路》，都是父子的末日公路之旅，午夜熄灯逃亡也极像。想我们家狗子。
一面说着不要相信任何人，但又总说“trust me”。即使没有太阳耀斑大爆发，很多人也是一人一狗一机器终老。《超能查派》+《火星救援》，一部很棒的旅游宣传片。最后一幕应该是在绿棚里拍的，一个裹着动捕服的人牵着一条狗在绿棚里的一块木板上大喊“世界太美了，快出来体验吧！”人总是这么自相矛盾。
Welcome my son welcome to the machine
老汤的独角戏，很巧的小品，废土流世界观，有人工智能、机器人，但没有很深的探讨，平平淡淡，无甚回味。
你会遇到各种事，你无法控制的事。你会有原始的情绪。在这种时候，你如何应对，采取何种行动，将定义你是谁。
电影的故事和手法一点都不新鲜，但汤姆·汉克斯的精湛表演和影片细腻的情感刻画让《芬奇》感人至深。
当一朵花一只蝴蝶成为奇迹一般的出现时，畅快呼吸享受日光浴变成了恩赐福祉时，🤖成为了最完美的存在！
很复古很复古的软科幻，当现在关于机器人和AI的话题已经沦为爱死机2式的陈词滥调的时候，大概需要回归一点这种讲述温情和希望的故事。其实我觉得Jeff被设定为机器人，牵扯出一堆人对科幻背景的怀疑，只是因为这部电影不能出现其他人类罢了。只有一个高智能的新生的机器人，才能在不同于人类的同时那么单纯和真诚，让一个人的临终愿望显得那么沉重但又可以实现。
2. 瓦力也没有那么坚牢，一跌就散，遇不到他的EVA。
其实真不能算是科幻片，或者算软科幻吧，不过无所谓，我也没太纠结这些。片子也真没有太优秀或者太有想象力，不过胜在对，一切都做得挺对的，应该就是整个工业和创作体系都水平高，所以完成度高。而且我是汤姆汉克斯老影迷了，他独角戏确实太牛了。看到最后还是非常感动的。扎扎实实把一个创意表现好，真的很不错。
因为Human Contradiction吗
整体相当的平庸无趣，全是套子活儿，没提供一丝惊喜，给三星纯粹是给汤姆汉克斯一个面子。
一人一狗一机器人，末世的温情、人性和爱，竟然看到泪目。
一个简单的故事却拍得挺戳人的。里面有一个桥段真的有扎到我，就是本来小狗有名字叫Goodyear，但是芬奇说因为只有他们俩在，所以有没有名字没关系，真的是一种极致的孤独了。联想起来牛老师的二姑妈，二姑夫去世后她就养了猫，猫也没有名字，一下就破防了。
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