Movie Review - "War Horse" 12/25/11

Another review!  This time "War Horse", released Dec. 25, 2011.

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.

1/5 – Barely worth any time.

2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.

3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.

4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.

5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.

War Horse

First off, I must say that this movie had a good soundtrack.  Very wonderful and instrumental.  I have a thing for instrumental songs. :-P  Good use of trumpets, strings, etc.

Anyways, this movie is about a horse.  Yes, the main character is a horse.  We see the movie start off with his birth and then continues to how he grows up.  The second main character is Albert Narracott, who is the horse's owner.  He gives the horse the name Joey and then proceeds to train him - harness, saddle, plowing (with the plow harness), to come, to stay, etc.  However, Joey doesn't like jumping but that's fine for an English farmer boy.

World War I starts and, since the family is low on funds for paying the landlord, father sells Joey to the military.  What happens after that is Joey's travels through the war and Albert trying to find Joey.  Spoiler: They do reconnect, though Albert had to join the military to do so.

5/5 - I thought that this was a very good movie.  Definitely a tearjerker at times.  I liked one character's comment on bravery - there are many forms of bravery, not just those that go to war.   I also liked the fact that they gave the horse some character, learning as he went through his travels.  I'm not going to say anything more, since I gave a slight spoiler already.  If you are okay with movies during war times, watch this!  If you can't stand fights and guns and death and all that dramatic stuff that comes with wars, you might have a problem with this movie (slightly).