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This looks like my kind of film…
War Horse
29 Thursday Dec 2011
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29 Thursday Dec 2011
Posted in Videos
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This looks like my kind of film…
The film does not quite fit what is advertised. It is entertaining but not the kind of heroics and heart tugging one might expect. Speilberg has issues with Germans that is for sure. The book was written from the horse’s perspective so the movie could have used some narration to help with this effect.
To my view, no horse has really cut the mustard since Mr. Ed.
I thought it might have potential. But have you seen the Hobbit trailer yet?
Yep. http://5ptsalt.com/2011/12/21/the-hobbitan-unexpected-journey/
It is nice to see a current treatment of the Great War which is now largely forgotten but yet so formative for the 20th Century. The juxtaposition of horses and 19th Century tactics with mechanized warfare was haunting. From the soldier’s point of view, dead horses behind the lines were a great source of extra food if they were not contaminated with gas: http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/somewhere-in-france-7101918/
Nice musical score.