Supertrooper
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Just booked tickets for next friday. How many tissues am I going to need?
Saw it when we were just in the States. It was pretty terrible. Beyond cheesy. The lack of believability in the core characters - the boy and his horse - ruined the rest of the film. (War scenes well done).
Really.... how to teach a young Thoroughbred to plow a field.........sniff, sniff... please Joey... you can do it! Never before harnessed, haltered or otherwise broken youngster now standing stockstill, hitched to plow, refusing to go forward. Please Joey...we must plow the field or lose the farm... come on boy... Finally with trembling hand... boy lifts the ....wait for it... the boy lifts the WHIP! Gasp! Tears flow.... Rest assured... Joey the young and valient Thoroughbred plows the field and saves the farm. Phew!
By the end, I wanted to shoot both boy and his horse... really the misery needed ending. lol!
Nicely filmed, and I'm sure there will thousands who love it,... but not for us.
I really wasn't that impressed with the book (I've just started reading the book about the original horse warrior), I am hoping the film will be better.
We had the pleasure of watching Mr Spielberg and 600 others filming the farm scenes up here on Dartmoor, as soon as I saw the ye old split chestnut fencing going up in the middle of the moor I knew we were in trouble.
Things only got worse when over the hill came 3 Argentinian horse trainers with there charges who were following like poodles ready to plough, lie down, stand 'on point' act dead, look interested, look angry, give birth or just stand there being made-up.
i was in tears at the trailer, dont think I would make it through the film
Saw it when we were just in the States. It was pretty terrible. Beyond cheesy. The lack of believability in the core characters - the boy and his horse - ruined the rest of the film. (War scenes well done).
Really.... how to teach a young Thoroughbred to plow a field.........sniff, sniff... please Joey... you can do it! Never before harnessed, haltered or otherwise broken youngster now standing stockstill, hitched to plow, refusing to go forward. Please Joey...we must plow the field or lose the farm... come on boy... Finally with trembling hand... boy lifts the ....wait for it... the boy lifts the WHIP! Gasp! Tears flow.... Rest assured... Joey the young and valient Thoroughbred plows the field and saves the farm. Phew!
By the end, I wanted to shoot both boy and his horse... really the misery needed ending. lol!
Nicely filmed, and I'm sure there will thousands who love it,... but not for us.
Please explain, why did things get "worse"?We had the pleasure of watching Mr Spielberg and 600 others filming the farm scenes up here on Dartmoor, as soon as I saw the ye old split chestnut fencing going up in the middle of the moor I knew we were in trouble.
Things only got worse when over the hill came 3 Argentinian horse trainers with there charges who were following like poodles ready to plough, lie down, stand 'on point' act dead, look interested, look angry, give birth or just stand there being made-up.
We spent most of the time looking up to see when ET 2 was going to come and tell us it was all a dream.
Probably great for Cream Tea sales this summer, but I think I will wait for it to be free with the Sunday Mail in a couple of months!