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When Albert, bandaged and broken, whistles for his horse in the field hospital, and Joey limps toward that familiar voice... get the tissues ready. It doesn’t matter if you are a 12-year-old girl or a 50-year-old lumberjack. You will cry. War Horse is old-fashioned storytelling. It is sweeping, sentimental, and unapologetically emotional. In an age of cynical blockbusters and ironic reboots, this film dares to be sincere.
This is where Spielberg’s genius shines. He doesn't shy away from the horror, but he filters it through Joey’s perspective. The horse is sold to the cavalry, and suddenly we are thrust into the chaos of the Western Front. war horse.movie
★★★★½ (4.5/5)
A British soldier raises a white flag. A German soldier emerges with wire cutters. For five minutes, the enemy becomes simply men trying to save a horse. They share tools, they share jokes, they flip a coin for the horse. It is a scene so powerful and so human that it reminds us that wars are started by politicians, not soldiers. When Albert, bandaged and broken, whistles for his
When Albert, bandaged and broken, whistles for his horse in the field hospital, and Joey limps toward that familiar voice... get the tissues ready. It doesn’t matter if you are a 12-year-old girl or a 50-year-old lumberjack. You will cry. War Horse is old-fashioned storytelling. It is sweeping, sentimental, and unapologetically emotional. In an age of cynical blockbusters and ironic reboots, this film dares to be sincere.
This is where Spielberg’s genius shines. He doesn't shy away from the horror, but he filters it through Joey’s perspective. The horse is sold to the cavalry, and suddenly we are thrust into the chaos of the Western Front.
★★★★½ (4.5/5)
A British soldier raises a white flag. A German soldier emerges with wire cutters. For five minutes, the enemy becomes simply men trying to save a horse. They share tools, they share jokes, they flip a coin for the horse. It is a scene so powerful and so human that it reminds us that wars are started by politicians, not soldiers.