While having the right approach for Tintin, director Steven Spielberg misses a great opportunity with this film. A young boy befriends a horse which is sold to the cavalry during WWI where it changes hands as the war goes on. Overproduced, directed and acted that takes away the power of the story. The best scenes are with the horse and without any dialog which the film should have emphasized more instead of focusing the human characters that are full of cliches and saturated with a heavy dose of sentimentality. Spielberg could have made a masterpiece like Robert Bresson's "Au Hasard Balthazar" with this film which is a real shame. 1001 Films' coverage of current releases.
Monday, December 19, 2011
War Horse
While having the right approach for Tintin, director Steven Spielberg misses a great opportunity with this film. A young boy befriends a horse which is sold to the cavalry during WWI where it changes hands as the war goes on. Overproduced, directed and acted that takes away the power of the story. The best scenes are with the horse and without any dialog which the film should have emphasized more instead of focusing the human characters that are full of cliches and saturated with a heavy dose of sentimentality. Spielberg could have made a masterpiece like Robert Bresson's "Au Hasard Balthazar" with this film which is a real shame. 1001 Films' coverage of current releases.
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