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war horse

mw0njm.

mw0njm.

A Brummie Dude
hi.all the story of the war horse was on bbc 4 extra on at cristmas.i listend to it,it was so very very sad. i would not like to see what i heard.
 
Saw the film last night. It's brilliant but a few weeks ago I watched a film with Sean Bean in called "Black Beauty" based on the original book. Not one of these glossy tales that were made into TV series or embelished for Holywood. It seems to me that the story is the same accept War Horse goes to war and black beauty does other horrid tasks. Maybe a coincidence who knows?
 
I guess it's not easy to write something original about a horse, but it's still a good film and it does show us the horrors that animals had to endure during wars. Let's hope the lessons we've learnt from WW1 stay with us.....
 
l must tell you that my g/father Wm Barr who had a corn shop in Park Road Aston had a horse to fetch and deliver his goods, when WW1 came along his horse was taken for the war effert,thinking he would never see his horse again...at the end of the war the whole family was delighted the horse was one of the few that was returned, from what we heard the neighbours had a celebration and a little parade for the horse after that my g/father said the horse would never have to work again and put to pasture in Fillongly.......Brenda
 
.........and of course the fantastic scenery of Devon and in particular Dartmoor has and will continue to extol the beauty of this area. We look forward to a goodly number of visitors.

Incidentally, for many years after the Torrey Canyon wreck on the Seven Stones Reef, off S.W. Cornwall, a great number of visitors from the Low Countries were here every summer. They still come. Apparently they had no idea of the beauty to be experienced in S.W. England: the Torrey Canyon disaster showed them.
 
thanks alan. i was wonderd why you was (being off thread).telling about the Torrey Canyon.now you have made it clear.now i know
about the filming.i will look at that later. all the best
 
Its a strange relationship we humans have with animals, my dad was a boy soldier in the RA and he still talked about his first horse "127" 1931, right up till the 1990's, I knew another "old boy" from years ago who had served with the "Life Guards" in the 1914/18 war his horse was shot out under him, and he still spoke of it with tears in his eyes.
paul
 
Been to see the |London show (Puppets is a silly description), and just been to see the film. Both absolutely brilliant. Yes I had a cry , Spielberg can do that, but there are no fancy tricks, just a good story well filmed. You must see it.
 
mw0njm said:
loverly story brenda. 10/10
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My Dad worked with horses all his life, in the 1914/18 war he was
a COs groom, they doubled up as bodyguards in those days, and
afterwards worked as a carter for the GWR.Working from Moor
Street station they conveyed all the fruit a nd veg to the market, (Smithfield). The stables, I believe were under the arches in Park
Street, nowadays a car park. ps. nice to be back Bernard
 
I went to see War Horse last weekend - a great film - the horse deserves the Oscar (not the dog in The Artist) - I've also read the book. But (having a little moan) the film was slightly spoiled for me by the constant rattle of popcorn bags - it was a small cinema and there were 3 people opposite, 1 in front and the worst was the 1 behind who decided to screw up her bag at a crucial moment - can't they find something quieter???? as I said a little moan.
Sheri
 
When we went to see film (Odeon, Sutton), some silly noise and giggling at the back, manager was called and noise stopped. At the end as we exited the culprits (Lads about 12years) were being harangued by all the "more mature" cinemagoers, and being told how silly they were. They were V embarrassed. It does raise the point whether it is worth going to see "Family" films as some people dont know how to behave in cinemas and think they are at home. Went to see "Mary Poppins" a few years ago at Bham Hip, and a fanily infront of me had come equipped with a take out picnic...KFC, Coke, the lot. The smell and noise was awful.
 
I know what you mean Leonard, I was at a cinema in London to see the Sherlock Holmes film just after Christmas and there was two girls, about 13 or 14 throwing popcorn at each other and it was going all over the floor.

I'm afraid I couldn't resist mentioning to them that someone else was going to have to clear that up - their attitude to that was that "they get paid to do that". They were well spoken girls too, so no excuse for coming from a disfunctional family.
 
Lovely story Brenda!
A friend of mine (an elderly gent) who's had horses all his life went to see War Horse said he sat with his jacket over his head and his fingers in his ears during the horrible parts. It put me off from seeing it!
 
This is a film I could never go and see either. I hate to see any animal suffering or hurt. I can't even watch the Grand National.
Even in Western's I have to turn away when the shooting etc starts, I am sure a lot of horses in these films must have had to be destroyed through injuries. I sympathise with those of you whose trip to the cinema was ruined by bad behaviour, it seems to be the way of things these days sadly. Whatever are these people like in their own homes. In our day, we would have been thrown out of the cinema for bad behaviour. I wonder if Human Rights come into it these days ???
 
I was looking at things related to the Boer war recently and became aghast at the slaughter of horses in that conflict. I thought that the statistics might be of interest here....300,000 horses died. The average lifespan of a horse from it's arrival at Port Elizabeth was 6 weeks. In the relief of Kimberly the cavalry rode 500 horses to their deaths in a single day.
Missmanagement of horses was widespread because of the lack of training in their wellfare...it was a horror story seemingly and something that you only happen to come across as a byline. We still torture them though IMO.

Ref...https://www.bwm.org.au/site/Horses.asp
 
How very very sad Rupert. Those poor animals only had 6 weeks of life left after their arrival at Port Elizabeth. It's definitely a horror story... a by line indeed, its shocking.
 
I have watched the film War Horse and didnt think it was so bad with regards to animal cruelty. They used 5 different horses for the film, and most of the scenes that were a little awkward they used 'pretend' ones. Please dont be put off by what you think will be cruel, because its not so bad. Its a tearjerker though.
 
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