jupitersterrain four

Monday, 24 December 2012


epic splendor, sweeping drama and heart-stopping passion
Turning a beloved play into a movie is a job for either a fool or a daredevil
a visionary with unflinching faith in his own instincts
a boy’s unshakable love for his horse
life-size puppets with real feelings and expressions that moved like Tinker Toys



2.40am, 25.12.12.

sold to lug the cannons through the trenches
whose career is already reaching rocket force

Finder is a four-legged superstar who can do everything but talk, even though he has a way of communicating

What he goes through in War Horse is so rending that never before has the disclaimer “No animals were harmed in the filming of this motion picture” carried so much badly needed reassurance. the best and most beautiful horse on the screen

an elegiac film that clocks in at two hours and 20 minutes, but I treasured every single second

a boy in love with a horse I didn’t miss the puppets at all
result is a personalized experience that inspires the same kind of love audiences used to have for Lassie
The vast and sprawling screenplay by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis respects the story enough to leave it unchanged, without embellishment

The next hour is told from the horse’s point of view

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