Came across this unique film on a video site and regretted why I didn't watch it when it came out in 2012. When I saw the title, I thought it would be a good horse savior or a story about following the master on the battlefield to fight the enemy bravely. However, as the plot unfolds, what you see is a war movie that reveals a literary atmosphere. There is not too much killing and bloodshed, but it allows the audience to see the lives of ordinary people, soldiers, and enemy troops in the war, and understand what war is. Berg did it.
In the film, I liked the scene where the North Somerset Volunteer Cavalry and the Germans exchanged fire. When the cavalry formed the formation with long knives in their hands, hundreds of war horses passed through the reeds and rushed to the German army camp to fight with the German army. As a result, they were ambushed by the German army and almost wiped out. The cavalry battalion underestimated the strength of the German army and launched a contest of cold weapons and hot weapons with the German army. In this battle, the director did not use bullets flying, bloody images, but only through the eyes of the second lieutenant to express what should have been a tragic shooting scene. The flesh-and-blood campaign was rendered a little more aesthetically pleasing, but equally shocking.
When Joey escaped from the German barracks and was entangled by thorns, the helpless squeaks beat the hearts of the British and German sergeants. Some British soldiers flew out from the German trenches when they felt sorry for not bringing their tools. The pictures of seven or eight pliers made people laugh. At this time, the two sides were originally hostile, because Joey was drawn together. At this time, there was no war, no bloodshed, and everyone was ordinary people.
There is no absolute protagonist in this film. A war horse is like a thread connecting the civilians, the British army, the German army and the prisoners of war in the war, so that people can see the situation of these little people when the war comes, and see the war. Ruthlessness and desire for peace.
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