Review of War Horse (2011) by Allystew — 09 Jan 2012

A surprise for me that I really liked this movie. Yes it may be a "family" movie about a boy and his horse but you would need a heart of stone not to feel a soft spot for it. Its almost like an art film in that it is so gorgeous to look at from the green English country side to the brown trenches of WW1.

I was not expecting much from Spielberg after the disappointment of Tintin but I'm so glad I was wrong and its more like the heart of E.T crossed with the scale and scope of Saving Private Ryan. My only downers is that it was a little too long and the human performances while good are not stand out.

However don't let that put you off a great night at the cinema and a return to form for one of cinemas great story tellers.