War Horse release date Friday 13th January 2012.
Cine-Addicts review of film is on Tuesday 7th August 2012. Thats
right it’s up to date and current as I could get it! Enjoy the belated review
and sorry for the delay.
An introduction to the film to get your mind through
potentially one of the most artistic films at beginning of 2012 in my opinion.
As the title suggests the film involves a horse whom finds itself in a war, but
this is not the story over and done with. From the outset the locations really
bring you into the time of World War 1England. With the countryside of England
being cottages, market towns and fields you are quickly thrown into the life of
farm boy Albert, Jeremy Arvine, who is trying to help save the farm and house
from taken. This is where the Horse comes in... Young Albert takes it on board
to train what was labelled an untradeable horse which quickly stirs emotions
when he succeeds however as World War 1 comes around Joey, the horse, is taken
to serve in the army as a War Horse. However this is not the story of the war,
the story is within how Albert manages to find his way to Joey during the war
after being separated for so long.
The shots themselves prove
artistic for every angle they were taken with colours in mind from the deepest
reds to the rolling greens to create a theatrical feel and to accompany Joey on
his journey. The film, previously in Book form and stageplay, has managed to
give an artificial look to the way the locations feel for the audience this may
be due to the lighting and the filters but these only help create the mood
throughout.
The emotions go from happy, sad and some slight comedy
during it but these are cleverly executed by S. Spielberg, director, to which
he used trigger scenes that were created to make your emotions switch
drastically. *SPOILER* as an example the scene to which the horse is stuck out
in no man’s land and both sides to the army set out to help him get out of a
trap. *SPOILER END*
I can easily say that
this film is a family film and S. Spielberg has accomplished exactly what he
set out to do and that it is to send you, the viewer, on a rollercoaster of
emotions for a couple of hours. However – as much as I have used this before –
this film was great in the cinema but I think a family outing there would be
better films to see so save your money and wait for release date on DVD and buy
or rent this movie and watch on a lazy Sunday Afternoon.
For a film which moved me and the others in the cinema viewing I can give this a 4* Rating.
For a film which moved me and the others in the cinema viewing I can give this a 4* Rating.
