tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post439286386463741043..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: BOOK/MOVIE: War HorseWar Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-7361823785804565872021-01-08T12:29:47.918-06:002021-01-08T12:29:47.918-06:00Im 13 and i need more answers for my ELA work :DIm 13 and i need more answers for my ELA work :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954553143610526689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-20473274333073906682019-08-01T13:31:13.544-05:002019-08-01T13:31:13.544-05:00Anything Spielberg does is to make the film more s...Anything Spielberg does is to make the film more schmaltzy.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-2171209039048897392019-07-29T02:52:52.864-05:002019-07-29T02:52:52.864-05:00Your analysis is informative because I just watche...Your analysis is informative because I just watched this film today and is planning to read its play adaptation by Nick Stafford very soon. I guess the novel will be closer to the theatrical version. Spielberg's film is too long, digressive and sometimes difficult to watch. As you suggest, in the novel the part about Albert's father's ownership of Joey is less dramatic than that in the film. Maybe Spielberg wants to emphasize how miraculous Joey is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483132427407992445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-15184596285097471292016-06-26T22:53:15.782-05:002016-06-26T22:53:15.782-05:00Mawkish is a good analysis.Mawkish is a good analysis.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-81203137386992301712016-06-25T21:28:29.254-05:002016-06-25T21:28:29.254-05:00The movie has an old-fashioned feel that's dis...The movie has an old-fashioned feel that's disconcerting: Spielberg wants to depict a muddy, bloody conflict while eliding the actual blood (there is a fair amount of mud). Hated the long opening with the farm, which seems like a cut scene from a bad John Ford flick. The war scenes vary from effective to mawkish. Not one of my favorites.Groggy Dundeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14990254767008162244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-17328527205373197192016-06-19T08:07:06.188-05:002016-06-19T08:07:06.188-05:00I have always believed soldiers have potty mouths ...I have always believed soldiers have potty mouths based on my reading. I would have to go with Ambrose on this. I am willing to entertain the theory that WWII soldiers swore a lot less than Vietnam grunts. I do feel that post-1960s movies have made it a point to up the cursing. Not for more realistic banter, but to be "modern". I suppose the true language is somewhere between John Wayne and Tom Hanks.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-75192366055069741492016-06-19T07:56:26.475-05:002016-06-19T07:56:26.475-05:00Totally agree. Spielberg can be great, but too of...Totally agree. Spielberg can be great, but too often he dumbs his movies own. Which considering the intelligence level of target audience is probably smart profit-wise.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-56136289313547553502016-06-18T00:15:51.278-05:002016-06-18T00:15:51.278-05:00On another subject, Ever since "SPR" and...On another subject, Ever since "SPR" and "When Trumpets Fade" there is so much profanity in WW2 movies. I have seen interviews with WW2 vets and they claim that they never used that type of language. However, in the book "Citizen Soldiers" Steven Ambrose writes that every other word the soldiers used was f@@k. Do the vets just not remember themselves cussing all the time? Or, do movie makers put in the profanity for today's audience?Edward Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144080492484213286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-31454119121416172392016-06-17T23:58:01.628-05:002016-06-17T23:58:01.628-05:00The movie was so uneven. It had the sappy parts su...The movie was so uneven. It had the sappy parts such as the duck and Albert blubbering over his horse. But, it also had scenes which I think would be disturbing to children such as the 2 kids getting shot for desertion. I thought after SPR and Schindler's List Spielberg was past manipulating his audience. The only scenes I liked were the British attack when the Colonel yells "Be Brave" and when the British and German soldiers cut the horse from the barbed wire.Edward Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144080492484213286noreply@blogger.com