A LOVE STORY BETWEEN A BOY AND HIS HORSE
Quickie Review: The advent of World War One forcefully separates a British farm boy from his horse. Through the course of the war, the horse changes "ownership" until Fate reunites the two of them near the war's end.
The audience liked this movie. And it got a "Hands Clapper" ending.
I liked this movie, too, especially the Wire Cutters scene. Go see this movie if you're into Inspirational Dramas. But it was an emotionally Sad & Sweet experience for me. Many of the characters that I rooted for met their untimely deaths--such is the reality of war: "The war takes everything from everyone."
Here are the things that I found wrong in this movie: Mind you, these have less to do with the script writer or the director, but they have a lot to do with antiquated/ineffective battle plans and strategies that were hard-headedly used for centuries! The Cavalry Charge, with sabers drawn, was practically invented thousands of years ago and is of no use in today's battlefields. In fact, it became ineffective shortly after Rifles and Cannons were invented. And even more so when Explosives ( i.e. Dynamite and Grenades ) and Machine Guns came into use. Do you remember Tom Cruise's THE LAST SAMURAI ( 2003 )?
If I were the British officer in charged of that surprise attack on the Germans, I would have employed the primary use of the Infantry in concealment, with well-placed Snipers for support; and I would have used the Cavalry--with pistols drawn, not sabers--to flank the enemy. It looked to me like those German machine gunners didn't use their machine guns in a sweeping motion. The Cavalry officers just went past the machine gunners when they could have struck them with their sabers or had their horses trample them to death.
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