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Author Topic: Warhorse Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-22-2011 05:01 PM                     Pretty damned good. Photography is excellent. Prob. won't be one of Spielbergs greatest but a take on WWI from a different perspective, see it.  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-27-2011 03:16 PM                    Looks like Flicka met Saving Private Ryan  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 12-27-2011 05:03 PM                        Speaking about SAVING PVT RYAN, the sound mix for WARHORSE during the battle scenes reminded me of the 'Ryan' film. It was just as dynamic as the WW2 film. The music score by John Williams was very lovely and I would like to get the sound track cd. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Carol May Film Handler Posts: 48 From: los angeles, ca, usa Registered: Nov 2006 posted 12-27-2011 08:21 PM                     Not Flicka, but Lassie Come Home. Lassie taking a really, really long time to get home. The scenery was indeed beautiful, but so many scenes could have been cut without losing any of the story, this should easily have come in under two hours.  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-27-2011 09:17 PM                    quote: Carol May Lassie taking a really, really long time to get home. Carol- that was hilarious !  |  IP: Logged Keegan O'Brien Film Handler Posts: 39 From: Eugene, Oregon, United States Registered: Sep 2011 posted 01-01-2012 05:40 PM                     CINEMA: Regal Valley River 15 & IMAX (Eugene, Oregon) AUDITORIUM: 8 PRESENTATION: NEC 2K DLP PROBLEMS: None. RATING: 91/100 The music, the set pieces, the cinematography... a fantastic spectacle. The story was heartwarming and well crafted, albeit still cliched and sometimes too sappy. The ending was the only thing about the film that I can say I really disliked.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-01-2012 08:28 PM                        I saw a trailer for this movie and I was not interested because I don't care about horses. The dialog was mostly stuff like "Wow, that horse ran through a battlefield and didn't get shot. That horse must be extra special! Let's base our entire story around it!" Suffice it to say I have no desire whatsoever to see this movie. They did a very poor job selling it to me with the trailer.  |  IP: Logged Keegan O'Brien Film Handler Posts: 39 From: Eugene, Oregon, United States Registered: Sep 2011 posted 01-01-2012 10:37 PM                     Joe, I wasn't sold by the trailer either, but it ended up as one of my favorites of 2011.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-02-2012 06:35 PM                     I don't think it's even close to being the best of the year, just better than average in a year of fairly lackluster pics.  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 01-02-2012 07:04 PM                     Looks great in 35mm! May be the last New Speilberg film I ever handle.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 01-02-2012 09:04 PM                     I saw this over at Landmark Bethesda on one of their smaller screens and even though I was too close to the screen for my taste, I was very impressed, the movie was better than his 'Tintin' Would like to see this again and hear it in 7.1 (if any theater in the DC area is in fact playing it as such).  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-15-2012 09:19 PM                        It's doing great business here, as will just about any good movie with a horse in it. We liked it a lot. The war scenes were impressive. I'd like to know how they got horses to do some of those stunts...or was it CG? Either way, pretty amazing. The sound mix was very good, great use of surrounds and low end. The story was a little predictable but Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle I loved the "way out" they devised for the horse when he was about to get 'put down.' Cinematography was beautiful, as it is on any Spielberg film. Four out of five for me. My wife liked it just as much.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-18-2012 08:31 PM                        One thing I'm curious about: Why do some movies (including this one) have the title at the very beginning of the end credits of the movie? I remember "The Lion King" having this and I seem to remember it on some other Spielberg movies too. Why do they do that when the title has already been shown at the beginning?  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 01-18-2012 09:23 PM                        It's the same reason some movies have similar scenes between certain points (commonly the beginning and the end, but not necessarily). It's a psychological trick that's supposed to make you unconsciously (and quickly) review everything that happened since the last time you saw that same scene.  |  IP: Logged Melanie Loggins Expert Film Handler Posts: 154 From: Wayne, NE, USA Registered: Aug 2011 posted 01-19-2012 08:11 PM                        My 8 year-old wants to see this. She's a pretty sophisticated movie-watcher, but she is, after all, 8. Is this okay for a kid?  |  IP: Logged

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