still sincere

Armando 2022-03-24 09:01:45

I like War Horse. A bit long, two and a half hours. Audiences who don't like it will say it's old-fashioned, unrealistic, and slow, but for some reason, this movie moved me, although I admit it's old-fashioned and slow. On top of all the sophisticated techniques, beautiful pictures, and stylized characterization, I can feel that the creator still has passion, and the film's condemnation of war and praise of life are still sincere. At the climax, the horse Joey escapes from the battlefield, crosses the trenches, and finally gets tangled in barbed wire, which is exciting. Of course the music of old John Williams played a role. Don't you ever miss John?



The lineup of this film is very gorgeous. If you don't like the plot, go watch Cass. BC ran a trick, how to look like Sherlock Holmes put on makeup to solve the case, chased to the military camp and pretended to be an officer. Watching him keep wanting to laugh, he is miscast. Tom Hiddleston is actually a trickster, and he has a sense of time travel, but he is so beautiful, those green eyes look at him, and immediately let you throw all the sense of disobedience to the sky, in fact, all judgments are thrown away Cloud Nine is out. Lupin teacher David Thewlis is a bad squire this time, but I still like him a lot (not too bad actually).


The protagonist is the unknown young actor Jeremy Irvine. His appearance and acting skills are not the kind of newcomers who are dazzling, but they are good enough and perform well. There are many other actors who are familiar. I know that I have seen their plays, and my memory is getting blurry, and I can't call those works. When I came back and checked, it turned out that they were all powerful old actors or rising stars.



And those horses, of course, are beautiful. The portrayal of horses in this film is between reality and fantasy, and the performance of spirituality is just right. Horses are also the main thread of the narrative. Once the horse changes hands, the previous owner fades out, and the story advances all the way to the depths of the trenches, which is a classic and comfortable narrative technique.



Although the film is long, it is suitable for children to watch, which is rare. Warm but not original, cruel but not bloody.


Score: 8/10

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  • Elouise 2021-11-30 08:01:25

    Too disappointed, it was all that St. Director blindly used his shocking music and magnificent photography to constantly sensationalize, except for the lack of technology. Don't tell me about miracles or fairy tales, do children's films have to be illogical to make the handsome guys hang inexplicably? Let's talk about the classification PG-13. Also, do Germans have to speak English with an accent? Do you really speak German if you don’t speak German? ! After turning over the subtitles, I have to play Samsung and think I am willing~

  • Allison 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    A spiritual horse, strung together with the love of a father and son, the warmth of a family, the cruelty of a war, and an unforgettable reunion, a real life should be an unyielding history book!

War Horse quotes

  • Base Camp Officer: [capturing Maj. Stewart and his soldiers in their attack on a German camp after its thick defenses defeat them] What? You think a garrison on open grounds would go UNDEFENDED? Look at yourself! Who do you think you are?

  • Ted Narracott: There are big days and there are small days, which will it be?