World War I, known then only as the Great War or World War, was one of
the most brutal and utterly miserable periods in mankind’s history. In War Horse
director Steven Spielberg, because the script is based on a children’s
book, sets out to make war a family friendly affair. You won’t see a
single battle wound in this war movie. The worst horrors of war are
largely hidden by a camera that cuts away at all the right moments, and
by focusing instead on the life of a horse.
After an interminably...
