Victoria Janssen recently watched and reviewed War Horse, the movie, for the WWI Reading Challenge in 2012. Here’s a sample:
I’ve never read the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo; all of my comments are based on the Spielberg movie. I imagine the novel is a much different experience, because it allows for narration from the horse’s point of view. In the movie, the horse is not given a voice.
As someone who’s done a lot of reading about World War One, I really enjoyed the visuals of this movie, particularly the trenches and No Man’s Land. Some of it looked so familiar, I suspect I’ve seen some of the research photos that were used. In particular, I liked how accurately the British and German trenches were differentiated. In general, the German trenches were larger, better-constructed, and more comfortable; this is clearly shown in a scene during the Somme offensive when the lead character, Albert, makes it into a German trench before being gassed.
Read the full review.
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January 17, 2012
Categories: WWI . Tags: Movie Reviews, War Horse, WWI, WWI Reading Challenge . Author: sagustocox . Comments: 4 Comments