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Summary: Whinny the Poo
Review: A wild mustang in the Old West is stolen from his herd and presssed into service, first in U.S. Cavalry, then on the transcontinental railroad, but he remains defiant and unbreakable. The simplistic, predictable story and numerous anachronisms are balanced by the truly stunning animation, a fine score by Hans Zimmer, and good songs from Bryan Adams.
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Summary: An Excellent 5 star movie!!
Review: My Daughter was 10 years old when she recieved this movie as a Christmas present from her aunt. Not ever seeing the movie before she watched it on Christmas eve. The next morning not even wanting to open her presents she watched the movie over and over. This movie was about one of the best movies she and I have seen since the Lion King. It's so realistic!!
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Summary: Great!
Review: LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved it so much, i saw it the first day it went out in the movie theatres, then i bought the video the first day it came out, then i got the dvd for Christmas, then i got a bunch of Spirit and Rain stuffed animals and a huge poster and everything! Ok so I'm 14 and alittle old for that kind of stuff lol but the movie is absolutely AMAZING! it's one of those movies i could watch over n over again on the same day and not get bored, lol. The music goes awesome with it, yea i have the soundtrack too lol. GREAT songs, they help me fall asleep sometimes, their very soothing and go well with the movie. Overall an AMAZING movie. Even alil better than the Lion King I'd say ha ha.
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Summary: loved it!
Review: I absolutely loved it, yes there was a semi vomit makingly happy ending (well it is a kids film) yes I know hoses can't have twins (those there are - e.g. 'Romulus' & 'Remus' - are created, and born to different surrogate mothers), yes I know head of herd isn't a hereditary tittle, his father would have to have gone just as spirit was coming of age (certainly possible), yes I did spot a couple of continuity glitches, yes there are a couple of shots were the animation somehow isn't quite right and yes there's a slightly new age message, nature/native peoples right and settlers/industrialisation wrong, but unless you're a total nitpicker or you just can't stand Brian Adams, you just don't notice. It all just works really well. A brilliant film.
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Summary: Totally Disappointing
Review: It has been a long time since I have been so completely disappointed in a movie. The trailers for this film made it look stunning. And the western landscapes are the one positive thing about the movie. But I was flabergasted as the scenes shifted from Yosemite to Yellowstone to Monument Arch as if these were all in the same neighbhorhood. I found it annoying.Byran Adams has written some good songs . . . elsewhere. The tunes in this film are insipid and all sound alike. The concept of having the animals not speak was an interesting one. Except that then Spirit speaks to the camera in voice over. What were they thinking?!!!! And as some one with a little experience with horses, the horse sounds were ludicrous. The minimalist plot will bore children and adults alike.
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Summary: How ya like them apples?
Review: This film tries hard to be better than it is. The animation is striking, although a little too digital for my taste. The casting of Matt Damon as the voice over for Spirit was a TERRIBLE idea. This emblem of Western freedom shouldn't have a slight Boston accent. Despite my complaints, the movie isn't the worst thing ever, and my son (2.5 years old) loves it.
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Summary: Beautiful art work
Review: My 4 year old begged to buy this film, and we spent a good two weeks in the Old West every day! While his fervor has diminished (we watch this about two to three times a month now), it is still one of his all-time favorites. The art work on this film is incredibly beautiful, the story engrossing, the music wonderful... . There are also a number of computer games included on the disc, a segment that teaches you to draw Spirit, and a program that allows you to make your own mini-Spirit movie. My son loved these extras. All in all, a good addition to your DVD collection.
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Summary: Spirit Soars: A Great Movie
Review: With beautiful scenes and backgrounds along with wild mustangs roaming the land, Spirit was a great movie. I found it exciting and enjoyable, even if it wasn't "The Lion King".
Starting as a young colt, Spirit grows into a stallion and becomes leader of his herd. I like the theme and the way Spirit learns to trust his friend, Little Creek, despite the cruel treatment he recieved by men before. Although it is a little unrealistic when he jumps that huge gap, it is exciting and at the end as he runs back home, you think "I knew he could do it."
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Summary: Only for the very young
Review: Most modern animation understands that the audience consists of a range, from the four-year-old to the forty. Unfortunately, Spirit doesn't. While the animation is professional, the plot and especially the music is excrutiatingly contrived and summarily uninspired. As soon as I heard the voiceover by Matt Damon, with its portrayal of an idyllic (and unrealistic) West, I knew we were in trouble, but it was the raspy singing of Brian Adams accompanying the playful antics of the young Spirit that moved this film from the category of being not just a bad idea, but simply bad. Perhaps a young child might be enthralled by this movie, able to ignore the inane lyrics and the predictable story. The animators did their anatomical and behavioral research, and the horses actually act like their live counterparts, for the most part. They rely a little too much on the eyes (portrayed slightly enlarged and with much more white around the eye, which is simply wrong) and the mouth (seeing the colt smile grated on me as much as Adams' voice), rather than trusting the body language. And, sure, they don't have the animals speak, but there's that narration that undercuts the whole point of not ascribing human communication to the horses. We had successfully avoided this at the theater, but Jill received it as a gift and we thought, "well, how bad can it be?" It's that bad. Go get Shrek, or The Prince of Egypt, by the same studio instead of this stinker.
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Summary: One Of The BEST Kids Movies!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is a wounderful kids movie! The music is so cool and fits into the movie perfect! I could see it over and over again. If you are looking a good clean kids movie or just for yourself get this one!=) Now about the movie, it is about a horse named Spirit and he is the leader of the herd. When soem army men come and take him away he is sad but can't overpower the men. He gets taken to a army camp and the men there want to train him, but he wont let them. Then he meets Little Creek and they run away. Little Creek takes him to his home and Spirit falls in love with his horse, Rain. I would tell anyone to see this movei!
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