War Horse has morphed from a Young Adult novel to a stage play to a Steven Spielberg film nominated for an Oscar for Best Movie. War Horse starts with a young colt bought by a drunken farmer. The farmer’s son, Albert, falls in love with the colt and takes care of it until the farmer sells the horse to the British Calvary when World War I begins. The horse’s experience in battle is grim. Much of the book made it into the play and much of it made it into the movie. But some details were left out and I enjoyed reading the original source material. GRADE: B+
Calvary? For shame. See what watching Scientologists does to your brain?
Oops, I meant cavalry, Bob. My spell checker didn’t catch the mistake,either!
I didn’t even catch that one, Cap’n. Good eye.
We might see the movie in the next couple of weeks though I think I’d rather read the book.
Although the film follows the book, the book has an entirely different level of consciousness, Jeff. I don’t want to say more or I might spoil it for you.
Been debating seeing the movie but the time put us off.
WAR HORSE is worth seeing, Patti. But bring some Kleenex.
Barbara refuses to see it (“something bad might happen to the horse”) so I’ll wait for it to be on DVD. If I see it at all, that is. It better have a happy ending or I don’t want to see it either.
“Happy” is a fluid concept, Rick. In order to get to the ending, you have to share the horse’s experiences in horrific WWI battle scenes. I found the scenes more graphic than the war scenes in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.
Oops, I think I’ll skip this one then. Thanks, George.
I’ve corrected hundreds of people on eBay who misspell cavalry. I consider it a mission in life, along with my bitching about Scientologist scum.
I appreciate your eagle-eye correction, Bob. I’m still upset my spell-checker didn’t catch that mistake.