As the only Oscar-nominated film to be released in China this year, Spielberg's "War Horse" has attracted much attention. This film, which failed this year's Oscars, lacks overall thickness. The film is busy creating tears and completing the portrayal of characters. The theme does not touch the soul of the audience too much. Its reflection on war is on the surface. The perspective of the war horse is expanded, but it is still not strange. This may be related to the original work's emphasis on "loyalty" and "moving". If you compare "Schindler's List" with it, in terms of shock and depth, "War Horse" obviously cannot match.
In the past ten years, war-themed films have been falling out of favor with the Oscars, focusing on human survival in the context of globalization and in-depth discussion of what human nature has in common, and have gradually become the mainstream of Oscar-winning films. In addition, the great war movies are already famous in history, and local conflicts between countries can no longer provide much inspiration for film creation. All of the above have resulted in "War Horse" not winning even a small award at the Oscars. I hope Spielberg will not be sad about this.
I remember that Spielberg said that as soon as he saw the original novel of "War Horse", he had the idea of making it into a movie. Therefore, "War Horse" became a wish, and every director has such a film It may not be the director's representative work, but it can become a kind of emotional sustenance of the director's childhood or adolescence. For audiences who like animals, especially horses, "War Horse" is not to be missed. You can feel the tenderness that Spielberg poured into this film and feel that you have a heart with the horse.
It's not a movie that pays attention to war scenes, but several episodes that show the horror of war are unequivocal in terms of their level of excitement, the British cavalry rushing out of the grass above their heads to fight the Germans, and the British and the Germans in their last stand. The group leader shot is enough to shock the audience who likes scenes. On the battlefield, Joey has become a strong warhorse. It is a dreamlike figure galloping alone in the no-man's land where the two armies exchange fire. At that moment, the soldiers and bullets all become the background, and it becomes the war. The biggest protagonist, Spielberg portrayed Joey as a symbol of strength and beauty, the kind of heroic appearance that only the brutal fire of war can bring out.
The most important scene in the movie is when two British and German soldiers temporarily gave up their confrontation and walked out of the trench to jointly save the war horse that was entangled in steel wire. The soldiers of the two countries temporarily gave up their prejudice and hatred, and came together for a horse. Also shook hands. The screenwriter gave this story wonderful lines, humorous dialogue, and the release of inner friendly emotions, which made this horse rescue action full of warmth. It's just that the two people who can communicate so easily, why do they raise their guns at each other's heads because of the war? Spielberg should make a more profound criticism on this issue, but the theme of the film and the pattern of the story determine that he does not have enough space for discussion in the deepening of the film.
"War Horse" has many moving details, because those details touch the soft part of people's heart, whether in times of war or peace, the relationship between people is indifferent, and the relationship between people and animals is indifferent. The emotions between them remain original. Therefore, "War Horse", known as an epic war movie, brings the audience the biggest gain, but it is not about war but about emotions. After watching this movie, if the audience can increase their love for their homeland and pastoral life , Knowing how precious loyalty is a kind of emotion, then the value of "War Horse" is truly realized. Although the old and sturdy Spielberg did not win the award, he did not disappoint us.
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