The film 'The Horse Whisperer'

[DragonSlayer]

Can't read or watch war horse either!

The movie Warhorse is naff....the stage-show however, had me in tears...first time ever had I cried at a live show....

 

[siennamum]

must be alone, thought the book was very badly written, sentimental tripe with the most stupid ending evah-I can only imagine the film is worse

It rises to that challenge. Like War Horse it is sentimental tripe.

 

[vieshot]

I hate the ending. She should stay with him instead of going back to her husband to live a lie.

 

[GlitterPup]

Saw the beginning a few years back and had nightmares. The rest of the film is good though

 

[Highlands]

Yep I agree... Book is better then the film, but neither are great. However Nicholas Evans has written some good books, Smoke Jumpers was my favourite...

Yes and The Loop , the Divide is really hard going....

 

[NZJenny]

One the worse books ever written and the film is terrible too. Re-read National Velvet during the winter - very different book to read as an adult and just fabulous. Best film - still The Black Stallion. Beautifully made.

 

[southerncomfort]

I am with Motherofchickens I'm afraid - utter load of tripe

Me too. Like a bad Mills & Boon romance with horses in it. Not for me I'm afraid.

 

[Love]

Am just reading the book for the first time so didn't want to watch it and ruin what happens! Am about 3/4 through it and loving it. Very sad in places though

 

[Crugeran Celt]

The book is a lot better but that doesn't really say much as the film is poor. My favourite horse book I read as a child was 'My Friend Flicker' I loved it and cried almost all the way through reading it. Saw the film of it as an adult and thought it was the worst film I had ever seen. Will have to read the book again to see if it's as good as I remember.

 

[Meems]

The book of The Horse Whisperer is 1,000 times better than the silly film. The book concentrates a lot on the horse, the film just seems to concentrate on Robert Redford. They missed a load out of the film. I thought it was a complete letdown. The film of War Horse was really cheesy in places, I was very disappointed considering it was Steven Spielberg.

But then, books are always superior to films!

 

[Holly Hocks]

I enjoyed the book and the film, although the film only very loosely resembles the book - but that can be said of most films. One of the best books I ever read was The Da Vinci Code, followed by Angels and Demons....if those films were supposed to be of those books, then they didn't read the same books as I did! The films were absolutely atrocious!

 

[PolarSkye]

IT'S STILL ON nearly 3 hours later!!
Just leave Robert Redford to get on with his life and sod off home!

And leave that poor flipping horse there too!

This .

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[p87]

Well if I was that horse and my owner was a spoilt wee brat I'd probably behave like that as well in a bid to get away from her!

Too harsh? She did lose a leg or something didn't she? Ok...