The Horse God

I just watched 'War Horse' yesterday.

Though it is a Steven Spielberg production,it somewhat seems contrived and too coincidental. But it had many moments of excitement.

The love of a young foal by a boy became a reality when his father foolishly bought it at a horse auction,outbidding the landlord who wanted to foreclose the farm if rental was not paid before summer was over.

The event of World War 1 and a crop failure forced the boy's father to sell the horse to the military.

From then on, it was the saga of the horse as it worked both sides of the trenches during the Battle of the Somne. There was a slight interlude when, along with another horse, it was used by two deserting German lads who was later shot for desertion. It then came into the possession of a young girl called Emilie until the horses were taken away by the German army to pull artillery.

Then there was a surreal moment when both sides in the war stopped the battle to help Joey, the horse to get out of the barbed wires that entangled it.

The movie also had one over dramatic scene when the boy who was wounded in the battle and could not see momentarily and his wounded horse met. His journey home on his horse to the farm after the war, seen in orange hue silhouettes, was visually artistic.

It is a good production,though, and one can surely enjoy such a movie as we root at the edge of our seats for the survival of all those good characters in the movie. Some do die in the movie, of course.