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A very good two-dimensional movie, with plot, action design and soundtrack, far better than some giant-screen IMAX movies.
The vast western grasslands use sunshine, blue sky and wind to give birth to a free-spirited and majestic Spirit. His eyes are sharp, he is brave and fearless, his body is well-proportioned and graceful, his body is strong, and every muscle is full of wild power. As the leader of the new generation of the tribe, he is full of vigorous power. But his youthful pride led to his unfortunate arrest, which began a fateful journey of blood and tears.
At first, Spirit struggled to reach the British camp. He looked at his compatriots in training camp in disbelief—their manes were trimmed to a uniform length, the soles of their feet were nailed to horses’ hooves, eyes full of fear and obedience. In the face of complacent humans, Spirit never bowed his proud head. He used intelligence and strength and perseverance against everyone who tried to tame him. With the help of the Indian boy, Spirit made a scene at the training ground and managed to escape. Among the Indian tribes, Spirit met and fell in love with the charming little mare, Rain. Just as Spirit was free, the Indian tribe was invaded by the British army, Rain was seriously injured, and Spirit was unfortunately arrested again. It turned out that the British army wanted the horse group to pull the locomotive, and the destination was Spirit's hometown. After some struggle, Spirit managed to destroy the British army's plan and escaped successfully. At the last moment, the colonel in the training camp reappeared, and Spirit and the Indian boy worked together, and finally returned to the prairie. (It's hard to tell the plot synopsis)
I like the protagonist Spirit so much. He is fat, strong, handsome, galloping and galloping (I was actually handsome by a horse!) He is well-deserved for his vigorous vitality, clear love-hate character, and unremarkable wildness. Son of the Prairie. As an animal movie, many characters cannot be expressed in words, but with vivid gestures, emotional eyes and expressions, you can feel and figure out what the characters are thinking.
The soundtrack is great. The beginning is the unrestrained and free running gesture on the vast grassland, the four hooves tossing, the long mane flying, like the wind, like electricity; on the steam train, the belief is rebuilt in the pain and despair; the last is the excitement of returning to the embrace of the grassland. (It really shocked me at the beginning, the famous scene!) Brandy Adams's smokey voice is low and penetrating, and the passionate and uplifting natural declaration reverberates in my ears for a long time.
Every time I watch various animal movies, I can't help but feel that "human beings are really bad", and the evolutionary process is full of records of eating "people". The movie has a happy ending, but in the history of Western European colonial aggression, how many creatures and aboriginals of the primitive continent were wantonly killed, plundered and enslaved. The price of revolution is plunder. Natural lamentation, may history never repeat itself.
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