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the most beautiful film about a horse

posted 17 years ago by sophiai
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1 of my fav movies of all time. beautifully shot-caleb is probably the best dp in hw. i cant think of a better movie about the love between a person and a horse

[–] jaybabb 17 years ago

I agree with you-this is one of the best horse movies-the best IMO.

Kelly Reno started to ride horses at the age of 4. That may explain why there's great horemanship between Alex and the Black. Most actors go to a horse riding school before filming a movie of them riding horses. It sometimes takes years to learn horemanship. It came naturally with Reno since he already knew how to ride horses when they filmed this movie.

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[–] jerkyshaw 17 years ago

This is indeed an excellent movie.

[–] sinunponi 17 years ago

Yeah, this really is. And the sequel is also wonderful.

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[–] xxassessment 16 years ago

This and black beauty are both my favorites.

I'm kind of a stickler for films about what I know-because alot of times they're inaccurate, and I realize-yeah-yeah-yeah it's just a movie, but it's so annoying at the same time!

Me and my other friend who rides rented a horse movie and watched it with her little sister(who rides as well) - Lightning the Silver Stallion. OMG. As a showjumper, I don't think I've ever been so annoyed in my life to see such sloppy filming(they used multiple horses in shots-and you could SO tell, one had socks, one was braided, one was not braided). Watching a girl who just SUCKED at riding(the actress I believe rode in the beginning and god, it's awful) go from 2' fences, to the big eq.(using a stand-in horse, hahaha)to grand prix showjumping in a YEAR.

OMG.

okay. I'm rambling. but seriously. I don't think it's POSSIBLE to go from knowing next to nothing to Grand Prix in a year-you can have the best horse in the world, but it's just unrealistic to think that core strength, and muscle memory and the coordination just comes in a year.

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[–] sweetj9 14 years ago

I would have to agree. I absolutely love this movie I'll even watch the credits. It just shows the beauty between a human and a horse.

[–] TheLittleSongbird 14 years ago

I'm also going to agree with you. As much as I loved Black Beauty(1994), The Black Stallion was just amazing, so touching and one of the most visually beautiful films I've seen.

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