Day 262: War Horse

Directed By- Steven Spielberg

Writer(s)- Richard Curtis, Lee Hall; Based on the Book By- Michael Morpurgo 

Starring- Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Eddie Marsan, Toby Kebbell, Niels Arestrup, David Kross

Critics Review- "War Horse-- novel and play -- is now a Spielberg symphony. War Horse is part reality and part fantasy, and Spielberg has to do a risky balancing act. It is a gallant film."- Tony Macklin "tonymacklin.net"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 77% Audience- 74%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 5 stars 

My Review- 

I do not even know where to begin with this movie. First off its Spielberg so I already knew it was going to be amazing, and it was. Steven Spielberg can do war movies really well and he knows how to pull the heart strings with the characters and how they all in a way intertwine and such is the case with War Horse,  I have never seen the play or read the big and just by seeing the movie I can tell that both the play and the book must be amazing. This movie had a great cast from Cumberbatch to Hiddleston, and even though they had small parts their characters still stood out in the movie. Now you would think a movie about a horse would be boring and not that great and I thought the same thing when I reviewed Seabiscuit  for my list and with both these movies that was not the case. Set during World War I the movie is half about the horse aand the people he comes into contact with along the way. The way the movie is shot and told both visually and with the score makes it stand out from Spielberg and I believe that is back to top form with this movie after a few that did not do so great in my opinion. Right from the start of the movie I could tell that this movie was going to be visually amazing, and I was right, I was into the movie right from the start, I think it is because I like period pieces like this one and probably because of Spielberg was in the director's chair.The war scenes were shot really well and because of that they were visually amazing and I could tell that he took some of those ideas probably from when he did Saving Private Ryan. One actor who stood out for me even though he was part was really small was Tom Hiddleston, this is the second movie I have seen with him where he is not trying to destroy the world, and he is a really great actor outside of that element, and I want to watch more movies with him. I can see why at some points some critics and viewers may have found this movie a little off, but to me I really liked this movie every minute of it. Well okay not every minute there were some parts here and there that I did not like and some actors as well but other scenes made up for it and other actors as well. This movie was also how just one horse that had seen and been through everything could make a country stop fighting for most likely 10 minutes and make a person change or bring hope to somebody because of the way it raised and probably because it knew it was different. War Horse should go down as Stephen Spielberg classic, because he has a certain way of doing things with his movies that make them astonishing and memorable, and for me this was one of those films I would love to own from him. Watch this movie if you are a fan of Spielberg or any of the actors in the film and see what you think about it, and hope you will not be disappointed.