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Summary: Best Movie of the Summer!!
Review: I think this movie is great, and funny too. I am very proud of the people that made this movie, because they did an excellent job. I must have taken a lot of hard work to produce a funny and movie like this. I think it's great and funny because the characters did funny things.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE!!!
Review: I have seen this movie 3 times now and I must say that I absolutely love it!! In fact I would go see if every single day if I had the money and someone to drive me to the theatre. It has everything a good movie needs. It has love, action, drama, everything a good movie needs!! When this movie comes out I'm going to buy it, and I'll definently watch it almost everyday until I have it memorized. It defenently deserves more than a 2.5 star rating, it deserves a 4 or 5 star rating!!!!
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Summary: Spirit Stallion of the Cimmaron
Review: I am a lifetime horse owner/lover/fanatic and was expecting to be able to pick apart this movie and point out the flaws in the animations compared to real horses. I was wrong (well I did chuckle at the colt lapping water). They did an excellent job of making the horses look real...better than real...more lovable than real...I want one:) I was not expecting to absolutely LOVE this movie and want to go see it again and buy it when it came out. Being a pediatric nurse I have to stay up on all the animations, you know, and I was assigned the job to see if it was suitable for my nephews. This one is going to go down as one of the best--it is less violent than Lion King and has much more of a story line and educational impact. I watched it with a horse trainer friend of mine and we were not the only adults watching this movie without kids. I found it hilarious and entertaining. We found ourselves laughing and chuckling, "I want that horse." I wished it could go on longer, but I guess it is a kid's movie. The animation is second to none. The characters really had expressions. I was not the only one being drawn it and getting misty eyed in the theater. The bad guys were bad (but not as bad as Lion King, Aladin, etc.) and the Good guys were honorable. They did a wonderful job telling the history of the west without making it real, I mean scary, for the kids. I'd have to disagree with the amazon guy. Think about it. This movie is designed for kids, oh, about 5 years and up. Most of their parents rocked out to Bryan Adams in the 80s and will welcome the music since they will be hearing it over and over again once this movie can be purchased! The music fit the movie and helped make a real emotional impact for the viewers. I already bought the sound track! This movie had it all for me: Action, comedy, suspense, drama, a story line, and a love story suitable for kids and simple enough that made us adults wish it was that easy. I haven't felt that good walking out of a movie in a long time. Now I only have one question: Where can I buy one of these horses!!!
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Summary: A great, entertaining adventure
Review: This was a great movie. I'm really glad to see someone other than Disney not only put forth this kind of effort, but critically succeed as well. All I had to do was log on to the dreamworks web site about this movie and hear the soaring music by Hans Zimmer to know the movie would be great, and I wasn't disappointed. The movie has a lot of social commentary, about slavery, pride, loyalty, friendship, breaching racism, history (skewed or not) and etc. It was a lot of fun, it was an adventure. You can tell the filmmakers reached for an adventure because Spirit explicity tells you "thus started my adventure." And off we went, to meet many interesting people and see far away places. My wife cried through a lot of the movie...that's got to be a good thing. The story proceeds forth with a minimum of dialog and monolouges. Much of the story is masterfully told with subtle nuances, facial expressions and body language. I gave this 4 stars because it still does not reach the stratospheric heights of "The Little Mermaid" or "Hercules."
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Summary: Very Beautiful Animation Wasted on Cliches and Absurd Action
Review: I don't normally see many animated films but the previews of this movie showed such wonderful animation that I had to see it. The animation was truly great. The sweeping vistas of the West and the scenes of the galloping mustangs were everything I expected and more. I also liked the creative and interesting way the creators used the body language, facial expressions and non-verbal vocalizations of the horses rather than human speech to convey conversation. I think kids will enjoy this for the most part, but there is a lot of trauma for the hero mustang to get through. I thought that Bryan Adams soundtrack detracted from and intruded on the movie. The lyrics were corny and the 80s sound of the music made a discordant note each time it surfaced. There were several awful cliches that I'd prefer not to see anywhere, least of all in a children's film. We see a female brown and white pinto using her feminine wiles to tame the rugged wild mustang. (We know she's a hotty because of the long blonde mane, forelock and tail, the big blue eyes and the coquettish postures and facial expressions.) He can't escape her charms and he gives up his "masculine" freedom for her. When the Native American hero character first comes on the screen he is dragged up to the post commander at the fort who says something to the effect of, "Not as tall as the Cheyennes, not as fine of bone as the Crow...a Lakota." If that isn't bad enough, pretty much everything else concerning Native Americans is either exaggerated or false or cliche. I won't reveal the ending because it would spoil the story but I will say that it is totally absurd and paints a very untrue resolution to the "taming" of the West. This movie is after all, a children's movie and so of course I didn't expect realism or anything like it, but falsity is another matter. The action sequences were all completely and totally impossible which would be okay for a truly cartoonish plot, but this is portrayed as semi-realistic, quasi-historical. I do not recommend it even though the artwork is beautiful.
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Summary: Spirit is full of spirit!
Review: Spirit is one of the best movies I have seen this year! It has great animation, a great soundtrack, and though it has a simple story it is beautifully executed and will keep you entertained.
Another great aspect is that there are no talking animals which adds to the real like effect of the movie, instead thoughts and emotions are expressed through body language, horse sounds(like nays and whinnies), the narration of Spirit's thoughts by Matt Damon (Which didn't seem necessary, but adds to the movie none the less), and the music and their lyrics. This movie is great and I advise you to at least see it I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised and thrilled at the masterpiece which is "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"!
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Summary: Four and a half stars
Review: I very much enjoyed this movie. I am a thirty-something with no kids, but I very much enjoyed this animated western love story. It had something for everyone: suspense, action, romance, and of course, great music. I've always liked Bryan Adams and these songs were right on target with his style of music. The expressions these animals showed through their facial features and gestures were very humanistic and you could relate to what they were feeling. This has to be one of the better movies I have seen this year! And one of the few summer movies I have been anticipating seeing.
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Summary: "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron" is way better "Shrek"
Review: I thought Spirit had good humor, showing childern respect and but not least but last it was telling kids things not to do what. Spirit is one favorables of myn. I think Shrek is number 89 on my favorite movies. Thank you also to DREAMWORKS beautiful work in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron.
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Summary: Stallion of the Politically Correct...
Review: Since most reviews of this film are by default 5 stars (The kids loved it) I will begin with the positive elements. The animation is beautiful. The color pallete of the West translates well to the animated feature. The animators were also impressive in their approach to drawing horses, a very muscular and detailed animal. You can draw 680 Pikachu's in the time it would take to draw one detailed horse. And the resulting animals are deservingly beautiful and strong. Without spoken dialogue, the horses' expressions are also a testament to the artist's talent. The musical score by Hans Zimmer was appropriately soaring to help enhance the landscape. But the songs by Bryan Adams left me cold and wondering. The lyrics are trite and baffling. How can the song "You Can't Take Me" contain "If you can't catch a wave then you're never gonna ride it"? Unless I missed the surfing horsey scene. But even that is excusable; after all, the kids are not going to mind that at all. What bothers many about the film is it's skewed political correctness. Thematically, the villain of the film is the United States and all Indians and Horses are victims. Not all Native Americans were peaceful and not all white men were warmongers, but that is the world of Spirit. I guess the old political "Get them while they're Young" is in full force at DreamWorks. Still, and as most people would say, the kids loved it. And that is true, the kids I saw it with thought it was so cool. But as a student of film, I know the kids would love it as much or more if it were a better film.
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Summary: It was great!
Review: This is probably the best animated movie I've seen in a long time. Dreamworks animaters captured the spirit of a horse beautifully. The story is excellant and it shows the other, not so glamourous, side of westward expantion. I would recomend this movie to anyone, young or old, horse lover or not.
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