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| Green Rosie |
War Horse - The filmHas anyone seen this? The boys have read the book and both said they cried. SiL saw the stage play and said the whole auditorium was blubbing, herself included. Is the film good or too Spielberged? |
| alison |
My kids loved it.
They cried too. Eldest has seen the stage show, and the film stood up to it. |
| Green Rosie |
Thanks Alison - I may read the book first though. I do prefer my own idea of how things look before I see a film.
Must remember to take a hanky if I do go. |
| chez |
I've made a conscious decision not to go and see it because it seems really traumatic. Does it have a happy ending? I could probably cope if it does. If not ... 
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| Green Rosie |
The boys said it had a happy ending but I'm not sure how much crying I could cope with in order to get to the end 
On an aside apparently my Grandfather refused to let some of his thoroughbred horses be sold to go to the front and he hid them for the duration of the war. I have no idea how true that story is and as he is long dead (and so is Dad who told me the story ) so I will never know for sure. |
| alice |
You couldn't pay me to watch it. I'm still having Bambi flashbacks. |
| sean |
It's just a horse. |
| chez |
*ducks whilst a million horsey people throw sharp things at sean* |
| sean |
Nah, it's downsizer. If we were discussing War Chicken I'd be in trouble. |
| Green Rosie |
Or War Cake 
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| Mithril |
My daughter has read the book (which she loved - she's 13 though...) and assures me the ending is good (plus there is a sequel). All the same, I'm sure we are going to blub through the whole thing
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| Went |
Disappointed with the film really - left not really caring about any of the characters. Each to their own I suppose... 
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| chez |
Hmm. I think I might not watch it then. It doesn't sound very *uplifiting* 
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| gardening-girl |
We both enjoyed it,and yes,we both snivelled. |
| alice |
My niece (grown-up, not pony-mad child) said the show was absolutely stunning, but she felt the same as gawber about the film. |
| Liz in Ireland |
I've seen it. If you were young and pony mad it'd scar you for life. There's lots of dead horses, but no blood.
I cried 
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| woodsprite |
I've read the book, seen the play and the film and I think the play stands head and shoulders above the others. The music in the play, not to mention the amazing puppetry, sets it apart. |
| Nicky cigreen |
I've only seen clips of the play and the puppetry looked amazing
I liked the book - and i cried. it does have a happy ending.. in the only way you can have a happy ending by the end of a war. I think highly of Morpurgo, and think he writes great kids books about real life things instead of all that cobblers about wizards etc. my favourite is the Amazing story of Adlophus Tips, partly because it is set locally. The books are fairly readable for adults too. Dunno if i shall see the film... I worry that it wont stay true to the book. But the clips i have seen look true. |
| Ty Gwyn |
Is this film based in the 1st WW or the Boar war?
And is the story line similar to the old Black Beauty series? |
| Hairyloon |
Is this film based in the 1st WW or the Boar war? |
WW1
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| And is the story line similar to the old Black Beauty series? |
Horse goes to war.
Meets some people, people die. Repeat a few times.
Horse comes home.
I forget what happened in Black Beauty.
