146 minutes of horse love, horse talking, horse riding, horse bearing: too much.
Last week I went to see War Horse... but I had gone to the theatre to see the Artist which was sold out. War Horse was there, staring at us and we went for the so acclaimed movie, with handsome protagonist and animal love and tenderness.
Can you imagine 146 minutes of horse talk and adventure? I couldn't, but now I know how it feels. Don't get me wrong War Horse is a good movie, there is good acting, good direction and also a good score. It's just that talking about one horse, despite the many stories intersecting, for this duration is a little forced. It was indeed touching at moments, but you could feel that people's emotions and reactions were skilfully manipulated by expert story tellers and this is hard to get unnoticed by people like me, who always like to dissect audience's reaction.
The thing that put me off the most was the final scene. I wasn't the first to notice a resemblance between the tones of Gone with the Wind and War Horse. Not that there is anything bad about it, both stories have this historical aftertaste and it's not difficult to spot similarities. Yet the last scene of War Horse, with the rising music and the orange filter placed upon the image strikes me for lack of novelty and also as a desperate move to fire emotions. Can you spot the differences?
In honesty War Horse is a good movie, nothing astounding, which I think could be great for kids. Oh wait, in Ireland it was rated PG12: What?
Last week I went to see War Horse... but I had gone to the theatre to see the Artist which was sold out. War Horse was there, staring at us and we went for the so acclaimed movie, with handsome protagonist and animal love and tenderness.
Can you imagine 146 minutes of horse talk and adventure? I couldn't, but now I know how it feels. Don't get me wrong War Horse is a good movie, there is good acting, good direction and also a good score. It's just that talking about one horse, despite the many stories intersecting, for this duration is a little forced. It was indeed touching at moments, but you could feel that people's emotions and reactions were skilfully manipulated by expert story tellers and this is hard to get unnoticed by people like me, who always like to dissect audience's reaction.
The thing that put me off the most was the final scene. I wasn't the first to notice a resemblance between the tones of Gone with the Wind and War Horse. Not that there is anything bad about it, both stories have this historical aftertaste and it's not difficult to spot similarities. Yet the last scene of War Horse, with the rising music and the orange filter placed upon the image strikes me for lack of novelty and also as a desperate move to fire emotions. Can you spot the differences?
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In honesty War Horse is a good movie, nothing astounding, which I think could be great for kids. Oh wait, in Ireland it was rated PG12: What?
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