miamizsun wrote: 
that is specifically why i won't see the movie. i will cry. don't need that.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
i cried

 HoneyBearKelly wrote: 
i liked ai

What was the last good movie Speilberg made?

Close Encounters?

I always felt he pulled his punches.

Haven't seen the film, or the play, nor read the book, but we, as in Nancy, as Warhorse is a children's book, are going to try and start with the book and try and see the play. But I think the book might be a bit old for N as she's only 8, so we'll have to put everything on hold for a couple of years, which is difficult as the full Hollywood hype is being unleashed around its opening.
 
But Micheal Morpurgo is a great author, and lives up in North Devon - apparently the British bits of the film were filmed around where he lives, and where the true stories the book was based on happened, which is nice for us.

 Proclivities wrote: 
I think if viewed exclusively in the context of the books, it might not be as enjoyable - it's very different from them.  If you look at it as an action flick, it's a hoot.

 ptooey wrote: 
I'm curious about the Tintin film.  I really liked those books when I was a kid.

 rosedraws wrote: 
Hain't seen War Horse, and don't intend to, but Sr. Spielbergo done Tintin up right.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
2nd that. At least with lucas you know you are going to get that same damn story repackaged again with slightly varying visuals. With Spielberg, you know he can be good, but you have to be on the lookout for the metaphorical Jar-Jar. 

 rosedraws wrote: 

He died to me after that last Indiana Jones travesty. It was funny how the Southpark boys made a whole episode about how bad that piece of crap was. Evidently they were thinking the same thing as they watched it no doubt jaws dropped in disbelief as mine was.

 Antigone wrote: 
good point.

 rosedraws wrote: 
There are some stories that need the illusion of the theatre. Equus comes to mind.

 dave_porter wrote: 
I'll bet it was an amazing play.  I've seen stories about the puppetry.

Read the book. And learn a little about the history behind it. Maybe even see the play.

 rosedraws wrote: 
whoa.

War Horse.

Talk about your ridiculous smarmy melodrama and utterly unrealistic story details...

It took me many hours and 3 margaritas to get over the feelings of trauma I experienced.

Spielberg?  you are dead to me.