This film was recommended to me by my best friend. She knows I love animals but
I typically don't watch films with animals because you never know if animal abuse is really happening and being covered up.
There are plenty of horror stories you can research for yourself (like Arnold Schwarzenegger punching a camel).
Non-humans have no choice in what humans do to them or what they're made to do (like acting).
My friend told me that absolutely no horses were harmed in the film and sent me a link to a PETA article with all the details.
I was still apprehensive but wanted to give it a try because most of Spielberg's movies are fantastic.
Well, this one was just too much for me. I guess there is some kind of happy ending but I wasn't about to stick around for two hours to find out.
It felt like scene after scene of endless horse abuse. Yeah, sure, the humans have it bad too, but they can leave if they want to. The horses literally have zero choices in the matter. ZERO. People forget that the other animals who live on this planet suffer the consequences of humans' decisions.
I had to turn it off at about 45-60 minutes in. Kept waiting for it to be somewhat happy.
The level of depression and trauma I felt was similar to what I felt when I watched "Precious". That's another complete bummer of a movie. Why oh why?
Damn, who goes to movies wanting to be completely bummed out and depressed? Real life is already hard enough, why pay money and/or choose to subject yourself to emotional trauma?
Five stars because it looks pretty and maybe someone will view this film and decide to dedicate their life to helping animals (go vegan).
There are plenty of horror stories you can research for yourself (like Arnold Schwarzenegger punching a camel).
Non-humans have no choice in what humans do to them or what they're made to do (like acting).
My friend told me that absolutely no horses were harmed in the film and sent me a link to a PETA article with all the details.
I was still apprehensive but wanted to give it a try because most of Spielberg's movies are fantastic.
Well, this one was just too much for me. I guess there is some kind of happy ending but I wasn't about to stick around for two hours to find out.
It felt like scene after scene of endless horse abuse. Yeah, sure, the humans have it bad too, but they can leave if they want to. The horses literally have zero choices in the matter. ZERO. People forget that the other animals who live on this planet suffer the consequences of humans' decisions.
I had to turn it off at about 45-60 minutes in. Kept waiting for it to be somewhat happy.
The level of depression and trauma I felt was similar to what I felt when I watched "Precious". That's another complete bummer of a movie. Why oh why?
Damn, who goes to movies wanting to be completely bummed out and depressed? Real life is already hard enough, why pay money and/or choose to subject yourself to emotional trauma?
Five stars because it looks pretty and maybe someone will view this film and decide to dedicate their life to helping animals (go vegan).