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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 9:07 am 
DH and I took the girls to see this movie yesterday. I had read them the book. It really doesn't follow the book close enough for me, but the idea is the same. Being a horse person, parts of it were VERY hard for me to watch. Overall it's a little long, but it was good. I recommend it.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:00 am
I want to see this one...glad to know that it is a good book. (I still haven't recovered from the opening scenes of The Horse Whisperer myself...and that was 14 years ago!)
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:01 am
There are parts in the Movie that will get ya, too then.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 12:57 pm
I was pregnant with my daughter when I saw it, and even though I had read the book seeing the scenes enacted on the movie screen were tough (and I am and was a horse lover but right at that moment I wasn't sure that I would ever let my daughter touch a horse, much less ride one!).
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 2:33 pm
My husband wants to see this but I dont like movies where the animal dies. Never have seen "Marley and Me" for that reason. Watched "My Dog Skip" at the theater and made a fool out of myself sobbing.Does the horse die?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 6:46 pm
Spoiler for Lakecat:
Spoiler
Click below to view spoiler | | The horse lives, but you will still need tissues for other sad parts. |
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 5:51 am
Thanks Naja.
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 8:55 am
I don't want to because it a sad movie
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 9:48 am
It's a good mix of both sad and happy and it has some humor tossed into it as well.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 12:08 pm
There's not enough money in the world to make me see any sad animal movies.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 1:33 pm
I just came home from seeing the movie. I was almost afraid to watch it but I definitely enjoyed it. Spielberg does it right! I was anxious for the movie to start and we had to sit through 25 minutes of coming attractions.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, January 06, 2012 - 1:05 pm
My friend saw this movie and she said the only disturbing part to her was how beautiful and healthy the horse stayed throughout the movie, even when they should have used a "horse double" because obviously the horse went through some stressful times, if that makes sense (in other words she said the horse should have looked thin and yucky towards the end). But then again she's a horse person, so she probably would have noticed this more than the average viewer.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Friday, January 06, 2012 - 6:30 pm
I found the deaths of the soldiers more disturbing than anything animal related in this film. They way they fought -- running straight into fire -- just gives me the chills.
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 10:35 am
Glad I'd read the book before seeing this movie, which didn't follow the book as much as I'd have hoped for. Still, war is hell on men & horses alike and it eventually had a happy ending for Joey and Albert.
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Kaili
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, June 24, 2012 - 9:59 am
I liked the movie, but I felt it was like Black Beauty with a different backdrop (sort of).
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Monday, October 07, 2013 - 1:33 pm
I watched this movie on an airplane.
Finally got to see the stage play.
Just amazing how they did the puppetry for the horses. And the slight differences between the play & the movie didn't bother me.
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Kellee
Member
07-07-2004
| Monday, November 25, 2013 - 10:53 pm
It will be on the screens through National Theatre Live in the new year//the play version..I look forward to seeing it
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 20, 2013 - 11:08 pm
I finally watched this and don't know why I waited so long. I am a blubbering mess! I didn't think I would cry throughout the whole movie but I did.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, December 21, 2013 - 7:17 am
I've been avoiding it fearing violence.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, December 26, 2013 - 4:10 pm
There isn't enough money to make me watch this movie.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, January 01, 2014 - 7:12 pm
I still regret seeing this movie. Anybody who thinks they "might" cry during the entire movie surely will. I did. Do NOT see this movie. I couldn't believe when I saw ads for it again recently. What gives? Has it been reissued?
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