I am so glad that you folks aren't the only
ones to critique a horse movie! When we went to see "Bite the Bullet" many
years ago, I howled with laughter to see Gene Hackman galloping his buckskin
Quarter Horse all through the movie (supposedly from Cheyenne to Denver) and
then at the end, he dismounted and led the horse across the railroad tracks to
the finish line. The horse was staggering (2 cc of Rompun, IV), exhausted and covered with foam
(shaving cream all over his haunches), and when Hackman stripped off the
big heavy western saddle, the horse's back was absolutely bone-dry. That's
when I broke down laughing. Some of the audience turned around to see what
this crazy lady was laughing at.
Hi ! Yesterday we went to the IMAX theater to see "The Young Black
Stallion". It was a beautiful movie. Very nice filming. I should go to
IMAX's more than once a decade. I wonder where those horses came from. I
wonder if anyone knows? I liked the Chestnut that was ridden by
the villain, the best.
We were sitting there, and my husband, who manufactures specialty
lightbulbs was all pumped because that was his light bulb in the projection
booth. He tells the ticket takers and they don't know what the heck he is
talking about. "I finally got my lightbulbs in here!", "Oh". ha ha
ha.
But he was all bothered because the projection filters were dirty and
we kept seeing specks on the screen. I was all bothered, because a
non-pregnant grey mare, laid down and had a black foal in one second. "Grey,
black. hmmm. What are the genetics of that. Nobody even knew she was pregnant,
and there had to be another black stallion around to sire that foal, and
nobody mentioned that either. Why didn't they use chestnut?" hmmm, I kept
my mouth shut though. We were both bothered by the long distance they were
galloping up and down hills. Even my kids said, "Dang, that's a steep hill
that they are running up mom". I told them. "Don't you go jumping on the
mares at home with no bridle, and don't you run them up a hill like that".
They rolled their eyes at me. My husband thinks that they tilted the
camera for the downhill galloping sequence with the girl, because he says that
the stirrups were not far forward enough for her to actually be going down
that steep. It's hard to say. We are probably not fun to go to the movies
with, because any time there is a scene with an airplane, my husband will
dispute it, and I will notice any problems with medical and horse scenes and
we drive our kids out of their minds!
Plus that movie cost us $42, plus $15 for parking.
But I'd give it a thumbs up.
Beth Glover
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