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Summary: Great movie for horse lovers
Review: My daughter is an avide horse lover and has watched this movie at least 20 times. The horse movements and sound are authentic to real horses. This movie is about not giving up to reach your goal, The spirit cannot be broken. If your child loves horses this is a great movie to buy. If you don't love or understand the ways of horses ignore the negative comments of others and decide for yourself.
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Summary: Horse is hero when he burns down forest
Review: Although there were many things I liked about this movie-- the animation and the horses not talking, the personality of "Spirit", the drawbacks were more than distracting. Several sections were offensive, such as the scene where Spirit is the hero for killing people and setting the forest on fire when he sabatoges a railroad camp. I admire freedom and "the spirit that can't be broken" and the Native American way of life, but that doesn't mean we should celebrate destruction, even when done by a horse character, or villainize all of the American settler heritage.
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Summary: great movie for the family a must for horse lovers
Review: This dvd is loaded with extras. There are mimi games you can play on the tv. If you have a dvd rom on the computer there is even more game and things to do with the kids-like make a calander. I am going to have to upgade my new computer so I can get more out of my dvd. The music and artwork on this film is wodnderful. The movies is not the normal horse talks like a person. The horse is a horse there is a voice now and again you hear sprits thoughts and bran Adams songs/other music tell the story as well. Our familys favoite thing is the learn to draw the spirit and in the movie-my five and nine year old loves the part where every one whats to ride sprit. So buy this dvd and find out who if any one will ride spirit
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Summary: Misleading Movie
Review: I took my daughter to see this movie at the theater. I thought the horses were going to talk, all they did was neigh & whinnie. You have to more or less figure out what the neighing & whinnineing is supposed to mean. It would've been a great movie if the horses would've had voices of their own.
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Summary: A+ for Animation and Drawing; D+ for Story
Review: Spirit-Stallion of the Cimarron had the potential to be a first rate animated feature. First rate animation, breathtaking drawing and backgrounds, and Matt Damon voicing the "mind" of the title character.Unfortunately, the achilles heel of this movie is a weak, heavy handed story that seems more bent on political correctness than on telling a tale. There's nothing wrong with a storyline that exposes past injustices but this movie uses it as an offensive weapon in the finest tradition of propaganda films. Ultimately this renders the picture inappropriate for younger viewers, which is a shame because it's an otherwise an excellent movie. The animated feature Ice Age also takes a swipe at the way mankind has treated animals in the past, yet unlike Spirit it manages to do so without getting bogged down in its own sense of self-importance. My suggestion? If you're an older viewer with a strong feeling about animal rights this is the film for you. If you're looking for something to entertain your kids, pass this one up for Monsters Inc. or Ice Age.
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Summary: Not overly impressed
Review: This movie was so hyped up as a kids movie. It isn't for kids. My 6 year old does not like it and my 3 yr old runs out of the room. It's okay for adults and older children but too intense for a younger crowd. And for pete's sake, give poor ol' Sprirt a break! It's disaster after disaster for this poor horse. And everytime you turn around, there are the soldiers again and again. Not enough happy and care free moments but the animation and scenery are great. And kudos to no talking horses! Augh. I was going to buy it for my kids but I'm not gonna waste my money. Maybe in a few years they may like it.
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Summary: Spirit-Stallion of the Cimarron
Review: Very exciting movie-I watched it with my granddaughters who are avid horse fans. The girls range in age from 3 to 7 and they not only love the movie, but act it out. Spirit is a hero.
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Summary: beautiful animation but not completely realistic
Review: - SPOILERS - Two stars taken off because of the unrealistic aspects of the film. I have been riding horses since I was seven years old, and I was frankly disgusted by some parts of it. For one thing, horses are not physically capable of leaping such a distance, from the top of that canyon precipice to another. Also, I never understood why the military felt it had to pursue this one horse continuously because he refused to be broken. If you asked me, I'd say the cavalry should have found something better to do with its time. Three stars are given for the parts that WERE realistic. People DO use horses like they used Rain to lure the wild mustangs to capture. They were also given for the BEAUTIFUL animation. The colors and lines were very nice and it flowed prettily. The DVD had some nice features on it, too. I never got to explore the "make your own video" feature, but the part about how to draw Spirit was VERY helpful and also very interesting. ***
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Summary: LOVED IT!
Review: I purchased this video for my 2-1/2 year-old twin boys and they absolutely love it. I was surprised to find that I love it, too...everything about it is wonderful...the animation, the music, the storyline, etc. I can't think of one bad thing to say about this film. We watch it over and over and they always ask to watch "the horsey movie". Highly recommend it for adults as well as children!!
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Summary: Good film for families with children under 10 years old
Review: This is one of my 7-year-old daughter's favorite films, and is also a hit with the rest of my children (ages 5, 10, 12). It holds their interest throughout, has a positive storyline with no nightmare-inducing scenes, and (as our 10-year-old informed me), "no one dies." It also produces more than a few delighted laughs from all of them, even upon repeated viewings. For my part, I find that my attention wanders (the story is a bit slow), but the music is good and the animation attractive. Bottom line is that I recommend this film for anyone looking for a good, entertaining family film.
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