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War Horse (2011)
A disappointment
To me it is pretty obvious that Spielberg is trying to re-create the touching emotions and sentiments films like Schindlers list and A.I. gave us. Well, this failed completely. This is not touching, there's no depth. The characters are empty and the only thing they actually do possess are glittering eyes and cheesy expressions. I am watching maudlin dramas all the time. Sometimes they reach my heart, and sometimes they simply don't. Most of the time the actors are a huge part of that. Now, I don't really blame the actors in this film, it's not easy to act like a Russel Crowe when you get a script full of clearly melodramatic dialogues and monologues, but still I have to admit; I don't really understand the thinking behind the choice of actors. Maybe there's a sense to that which my star-actor-fanatical-mind simply doesn't understand.
The only slightly impressive ingredient in this movie would be the fundamental idea to the concept and plot, even though it may be something we've all seen before. Also, I can't deny the photo and music obviously are very beautifully made, so that's of course always a plus.
So, to sum up: clishè and cheesy but the concept is pretty okay,, though that's not nearly good enough. All in all; Not really a good movie, and not something I would recommend, though it goes from 3/10 to 4/10 only because of the photo, and a bit because of the music.