Maybe it was the epic, old-fashioned storytelling, or the touching bond depicted between man and animal. Whatever the reason, Steven Spielberg’s War Horse worked its way into my heart and I enjoyed it purely as a simple, fulfilling story. Thinking back on it, I smile because this is the type of film many people of various ages and backgrounds can enjoy together.
War Horse adalah lakonan Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, David Thewlis and Niels Arestrup. That tone is established in the movie’s earliest scenes, in which an irresponsible and impoverished farmer (played with an uncharacteristic heavy hand by Peter Mullan) purchases a horse he can ill afford at auction. His son (Jeremy Irvine) adopts the animal as his own, names it Joey, and vows to train it, against all odds, to plow their rock-laden land. He and the horse develop a real rapport. That makes it all the harder for him when Joey is conscripted by the British Army to serve his country when war breaks out in 1914. Joey endures more hardship than any horse ought to, but everyone who encounters him over the next four years is immediately impressed with his beauty and indomitable spirit.
Because the material itself is absorbing, and inherently emotional, and because it’s a handsome production, War Horse is a very watchable. Good actors like Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch, fill the cast. But for the most part, they are called upon to approach their parts in the most transparent way possible. Nothing is left for us to discover on our own.
This movie is a tear-jerker for everyone. It is a story about hope and triumph over adversity. It is a story about a love that endures over the worst of circumstances. This movie is a family film classic that must be seen during the holiday vacation. Only one word of caution, take a box of Kleenex along, family size preferred, because War Horse will melt your heart.
I comment this movie (3) ★★★only.
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