Went to see War Horse. It’s beautifully filmed, but unbelievable and sappy and much too long.
To each his own.
ya I also hate horse stories ,maybe the horse will win an Oscar ,PETA would be proud
My husband and I saw that with a friend tonight, and felt the same way. It certainly was a beautiful film, and had some wrenching scenes, but it was signature Steven Spielberg, i.e. there were the usual emotional signposts scattered throughout the film alerting you to a "moment".
I blame modern technology. In the old days, the editor had to carefully consider what to cut out, because they literally cut the parts out. With the advent of non-linear editing, they can fidget with a movie until they find a way to include every minute part of it. The result is that most movies are about a half hour too long. If find myself wondering why they left that dialog in, or why didn't they cut that scene out.
An example of a tightly edited movie is Romancing the Stone. The whole thing fits together like a puzzle. You may not care for the movie or the genre, but it was done right. If they made it today it would probably be 150 minutes long.