War Horse

[California Dreamin']

I went to War Horse and loved it.
I know some people who said they didn't want to go if the horse dies... Well, horses break legs, get shot, and there are many dead horses. It's a war movie, and horses were used in war. I'm a huge animal lover and I *still* loved this movie, for the history, war, etc. It is a very touching movie.

 

[SparkyMaddie]

It was so wonderfully made and filmed I am STILL talking about it after 4 days.

 

[SparkyMaddie]

...and still teary when I talk about it...

 

[California Dreamin']

An animatronic horse was used for the scenes with barbed wire. This movie received "Outstanding" for the way it cared for animals.

 

[religious&reasonable]

It was not well done IMO. Cinematography was beautiful, but everything else was lackluster.

Characterization was sub-par, and I don't think this movie even had a plot. Everything happened at random. The film lackd an anatagonist of any kind, giving us nothing to rally behind or against. It was impossible to get emotionally invested, so I began not caring what happened to the horse.

Never make your main character an animal. makes it impossible for the typical movie-goer to relate to your protagonist.

Also, did anyone else find the scene where they are charging in on horses towards the machineguns unintentionally hilarious? They'd show a shot of them riding towards it, then they'd show the rider-less horses running past the germans. It was like something out of a well-edited youtube video. I could barely stifle my laughter.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows was movie of the year IMO. Not much competition, except maybe Hugo.

 

[California Dreamin']

My boyfriend's in the military so he had a bit of a different perspective on some scenes, but we both still really enjoyed it. We didn't see the first Sherlock Holmes nor had any interest to, so there's no point going to the second one. And didn't want to see Hugo either.

 

[jannikitty]

I went to War Horse and loved it.
I know some people who said they didn't want to go if the horse dies... Well, horses break legs, get shot, and there are many dead horses. It's a war movie, and horses were used in war. I'm a huge animal lover and I *still* loved this movie, for the history, war, etc. It is a very touching movie.

Absolutely! I loved it too!

 

[California Dreamin']

That's great!

 

[SparkyMaddie]

Hope it gets an Oscar for film of the year. I doubt it will because they rarely give it to these type films--

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

War Horse was an absolutely amazing movie. Definitely made for the big screen- it was so beautiful.

 

[SparkyMaddie]

Fingers crossed for my fav film of the year at tonight's Oscars!!

 

[4ujesus]

Great Movie! Loved it!

 

[SparkyMaddie]

Yet gets no recognition. Buying it anyways!