'War horse' is a historcal, fictional and a family movie which all
aged people are able to enjoy watching. Steven Spielberg who is the director of
this movie has fashioned Michael Mourpurgo's best-selling novel, which also has
the same name 'War Horse'. The cast include Jeremy Irvine as Albert Narracott,
a young teenage boy who is the son of a tough West Country farmer Ted, played
by Peter Mullan and Rose is a tough-minded mother played by Emily Watson and
Tom Hiddleston as Captain James Nicholls who is the British officer who has a
wide heart for Albert and Joey as the horse, which is a leading character even
though he's not a human.
This story begins from Devon, England where the
Narracotts family lives. There is a horse auction in the village where Ted's
eye faces on a horse called Joey. He buys Joey, a Throughbred as much as 30
guineas even though he doesn't need him. He brings Joey home and was
immediately drawn to the animal. Albie (Ted's son) also witness the birth of
the foal. However, Rosie (Ted's wife) is outraged and she asks Ted to take him
back to the auction where he bought Joey. After hearing this, Albie refuses and
offers to train Joey. Albie was able to plough the field. The Narracott family
needs money and has plans of planting turnips in their rocky bottom field. Ted
promises the landlord, Lyons that the debts will soon be paid. So Albie works
hard training the horse and finally Joey is able to plough the whole field. But
because they can't afford to pay all the debts, Ted makes up his mind to sell
Joey to the captain soldier who is Captain Nicholls. Will fate bring Joey and
Albie back together again?
This movie has lots of dramatic scenes between
Albie and Joey. They made those scenes more emotional and tender by their great
acting. The actors in this movie were all able to move people's heart. Due to
their fascinating acting skills, some of the actors from this movie won awards
as the result. The behind reasons of their heartfelt and marvelous acting
scenes were also helped by the camera angles. The camera angles create
different kinds of effects in a situation, which may tell a story into various stories.
By different types of camera angles, we are able to communicate in various
expressions through our vision. For example, there was a scene using the
extreme close up shot, which showed the details of what the director wanted the
viewers to focus in that scene. The actors are able to create scenes with more
powerful expressions according to the situations through the help of the camera
angles.
This movie is really worth seeing. Some people
may say that this is a childish fictional story but they wouldn't be able to
stop the movie because even though it is a fictional movie, it will still touch
the bottom of your heart. You shouldn't miss it because the bond between human
and animal, which the production treats so movingly, is bound to touch our hearts!
