A few days ago I went to
the theatre to see War Horse, a film by Steven Spielberg based on the
novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. It's written for children, but
the film is defiantly not fir for children.
I was really surprised
that the film was so harsh and cruel. The book isn't that hard in my
opinion.
I cried a lot during the
film and I don't think I ever want to see the film again, even
thought it was very very good and touching. I hope the film gets
rewarded with an oscar, it really deserves it.
Besides the very harsh
subject, there was room for some humor in it. It came on some very
unexpected moments and that made it even better. It was supposed to
be a Christmas film, but it came out pretty late here in Belgium and
you really get a bit of Christmas feeling while watching it( or at
least, I did.)
What I hope is that when
people watch this film, they realise how much horses have done for
men. Now they are pets. We keep them because we ride them as hobby.
While a lot of people try to give them a horse worthy life, a lot
don't bother about it. I hate people who keep their horses in a too
small stable 23 hours a day. I would never ever do that, expect if
it's needed for a medical problem. Horses deserved a good life shared
with friends and enough food and water. Their ancestors brought men
to battle. To the danger, while horses normally run away from danger.
In those battles they died beside men or won victories with them.
Isn't that brave? They worked for us, so we could have food. They
transported us through the cities so we didn't have to walk. They
provided us with food. They pulled our cannons, while they were way
to heavy for them to pull. How noble is that? How brave is that? And
still loads and loads of horses are being neglected and abused.
In my opinion, there is no
truer friend to men then a horse, no braver and more noble animal
then a horse.
