Review of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) by Logan G — 22 Feb 2016

This is my childhood and I am very grateful that it is. Though not necessarily unique or surprising, this film tells a overcoming all odds story in works with a bit of an environment message, as well as a story of loss and duty in a masterfully done way, basically the perfect animated inspirational film. Basically I'd call it typical, yet wonderful. As the critics consensus says it is visually stunning and has incredibly lovable animation in every part of the film, from the beginning when we first see our hero, the point where he first encounters this huge new enemy (humans) for the first time and the faster pace scene that follows, all the way to the end, every type of shot is directed in such incredible coherence with the style of art and the ways that beautiful art can be best utilized. Now for possibly the most important Pro to this movie, the score/soundtrack. Hans Zimmer doesn't just bring this film to life, he takes it and brings it right into your heart flawlessly. His music captures the feeling of the themes and feeling of the movie so well and the songs sung by Bryan Adams can just make you completely forget all the bad in the world and wonderfully compliments what our hero is going through. Also, it's easy to let yourself become extremely invested in every character even the smallest ones you only see twice, each and every character has an amazing amount of attention in making them believable and real which is not a particularly common thing to see in animated films. And of course being an animated film, it allowed them to put beautiful child-like humor, not in an immature way, but in an innocent and lovable way.

There is more to this film than that of course, but those are the main reasons why I feel that this is a 'perfect' animated inspirational film.