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whether or not the horse lives or dies is important in my
decision of whether to or not see it. so anyone familiar with the play or book
please share.
I've only seen the Broadway version.
Joey doesn't die. Other warhorses do die, such as Topthorn,
so Joey experiences the loss of a friend (to the extent that horses have
friends, I guess).
thanks for posting this, I came here to say the same thing!
I don't want to see it if its too sad.
Yeah couldn't have this cynically 'heartwarming',
'emotional' film being a bit too challenging, could we?
I'm not gonna see it anyway. I don't like movies where
animals die. Dances With Wolves (accidentally watched it as a very young child)
scarred me for life.
You, ^^^ why can't you let this particular thread be, the OP
just had a question and You butted in with an irrelevant response. You already
have your own thread that's still on the first page of this board, where you
indulge your hatred for this movie. You disparagingly describe War Horse as
"cynically heartwarming" and yet it's becoming obvious to me you're
the one who is full of cynicism ... bitching against a movie that is several
month's away from being released, you've seen the trailer only and the
vitriolic campaign you're conducting against this movie in this board (and
probably elsewhere too) is too ridiculous.
Yes, it's very possible you can be the Leader of those
fanatical haters of this movie in this board or if not the movie, then perhaps
Spielberg, but I don't think there's anything Glorious or laudable in that kind
of effort.
I'm not a fan of Spielberg, but I do like some of the films
he had directed.
And learning from those who've seen the play that Joey
didn't die makes me more eager to see the movie come December ; even if it
hadn't been Spielberg, I'd still watch
it. I won't care if it doesn't become popular with critics and with those with
film savvy and the casual moviegoers, I'm just interested to see the story
unfold in the big screen.
Truth inexorably,inscrutably seeks and reveals Itself into
the Light.
I just asked this on another thread. I'm like you,I don't
like movies where animals die,thats why I hated Walt Disney,Old Yeller scarred
me for life. I wouldn't see Super 8 until everyone assured me the alien didn't
eat the dogs. I'll wait until this is on TV so I can watch it alone and cry for
the dying horses. Glad there are still some compassionate people like you left.
P.S. I saw Dances with Wolves in the show and was upset that the wolf was
killed,didn't feel it was necessary and have never watched the movie again.
I'm not laughing about Old Yeller dying, but the fact that
when we watched it fourth grade, I was crying like a ba in class and thought it
was cruel to be showing it to young kids. Am like the rest of your guys here,
don't like seeing animals die on film. I came to look to see if the movie was
based on the play, which I heard was sinply amazing, but lately, too much
sadness around me, can't watch more. And my mother likes to tell me that there
are happy endings in these movies, but it's the middle part of the movie that
gets to me. Thanks for the question and the spoiler!
Whenever you look up, there I shall be -- and whenever I
look up there will be you.
Thanks for answering my question.
I simply didn't want the War Horse to turn out like Pippit.
Thanks for asking this question, I came looking specifically
for an answer to it myself. There's too much cruelty and too many things to
grieve in reality, I don't need to watch a film for it.
"Uin lith naur echuiatha..."
(From the ashes a fire shall be woken... JRR Tolkien)
Yeah couldn't have this cynically 'heartwarming',
'emotional' film being a bit too challenging, could we?
Well, we could, if it wasn't for the fact that it's based on
a play which is based on a book which is told from the horse's point of view.
Joey can't die in the book because he's the narrator...if he did, we wouldn't
have a story. Hence he doesn't die in the film either. As others have pointed
out though, Topthorn, the secondary horse character in the book and play, does
die. And if they portray it as it is written in the book (can't remember what
they did in the play), it may well be very distressing.
Gene Hunt: She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin
shoot
It looks great but I too can't see this film either. I still
refuse to watch 'Marley and Me' because of the ending. I hate seeing animals
hurt.
"I always pretend to root for Gryffindors but,
secretly, I love my Slytherin boys."~ Karen, W&G
Well no one LIKES seeing animals get hurt. Unless your sick.
But not seeing a movie simply because 5 second scene of the animal actually dying
is silly. ESPECIALLY in movies, where no animals like horses ARE EVER killed.
Unless you are 11 years old, act like an adult.
No but lots of dead horses and humans in this.
novalich, i could have written every word that you did, so
just in case you ever thought 'you were the only one', you are not. i BEGGED 4th grade teacher to NOT read aloud the part
where old yeller dies; she went right ahead;and i feel the pain to this day.
whatever you do, do NOT see The Yearling. I refused to watch it, and my mom and
brother cried and cried, and i never saw or will see it.
some of us are very very tough in some ways and very very
sensitive in others.
The way to have what we want
Is to share what we have.
I saw the Yearlng when I was young,I never watched it again
and I'm now an old woman. I think films for children should be fun and carefree
so they can have a few hours of pure fantasy. They will learn the harshness of
the world soon enough,a sad and cruel movie will not help prepare them,thats up
to their parents. Those kinds of movies just made things worse for me when I
was a child.
"I will never let you part,for you are always in my
heart" Michael Jackson
The horse ends up in a glue factory. End of story.
^^Maybe I AM like an 11 year-old but I don't think I'll be
able to see this film. Well over 200,000 horses died on the Western Front alone
so, even if the "star" horse doesn't die, there will be a lot of
others that do.
I never forgave Walt Disney for Old Yeller and I don't think
I've changed much over the years in that way.
That may not even be a bad thing.
the horse is elected president of the united states. it
legalizes marijuana, taxes corporations into bankruptcy, and ends all war.
This is just my opinion.
thank you guys for doing this post. my thoughts and feelings
exactly.
about the horse. about old yeller. about the wolf in dances
with wolves. and the yearling. man!
Yep, I came to this board also just to find out about this.
Anyone ever see The Plague Dogs? Man, that was brutal.
My grandfather fought in WW1 and he told me horses were so
valuable that they would rather have a human die then a horse. SO I just assumed
the horse lived, thank god. I hate movies where they kill off animals even
though you know they are still alive. I was looking at this movie the other day
about this boy who lived in the swamps of Louisiana and his pet raccoon. Well I
was devastated and mad when the raccoon was killed a alligator and the boy goes after the
alligator for revenge. Well at the end of the movie, guess who shows up? The
pet raccoon who he thought was dead. That is when I stopped crying.
But listen up! Here is a warning to all of you folks who get
upset when something happens to a animal. Do not see this movie called Umberto
D. It is one of the best movies ever made, but I still get upset just writing
the name of the movie down. Be warned. The ending is the most heartbreaking
movie I ever saw, ever.
I was upset when Bambi's and Dumbo's mothers were killed
too.
I've always wanted to see Umberto D but avoided it because I
was afraid something bad happens to the dog. Uh-oh.
The dog was the focal point of the movie IMO and it doesn't
end like you think it will, but it is a heart breaking actions involving Flick,
the dog goes on all through the movie. The dog should of gotten a Oscar.
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