Warhorse-the movie

**Blupiper** · 27th September 13, 08:33 AM

Was watching Warhorse on Showtime last night. When the action switches to the trenches of WWI, there are plenty of kilties in the trenches on the British side. There was one scene, which was labeled "The Battle of the Somme," with a date. The men are preparing to go over the top, tucking away mementos and posting out last letters, getting ammo and psyching themselves up to face the German guns. The commanding officer walks up with a piper. The CO checks his watch, sounds the whistle and nods to the piper. The men are up the ladders and into the fire as the piper strikes in and begins playing Bonnie Dundee. War ensues. What was odd, though, was the reaction of our german shepherd pup. When the piper struck in, Izzy jumped up, cocked her head at the TV and stared at it with great intent. As soon as the scene cut away from the piper, she lay back down. My playing out in the back yard never garners that reaction from her. Hmmmmm. Overall, I enjoyed Warhorse and spent the second half of the movie picking out Black Watch and Seaforth Highlander soldiers in the British soldier scenes. Check it out if you get the chance.

JMB

**Tartan Tess** · 27th September 13, 08:39 AM

Ooh, another good reason to watch it besides the horses!

**Grizzly** · 27th September 13, 09:43 AM

Interestingly the exterior street shots near the beginning of the film when yer laddies horse was bought for war service is the same village that they used to film the original Dr. Doolittle film with Rex Harrison, which is about 4 miles from where I grew up. So I was concentrating on what changes they had made to the village rather than what was going on in the film. Still a good film though.

Sorry forgot to mention the name of the village it's Castle Coombe. Not far from Badminton where they have the three day event. Oh also that's where the racquet sport also comes from.

**EagleJCS** · 27th September 13, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Blupiper

What was odd, though, was the reaction of our german shepherd pup. When the piper struck in, Izzy jumped up, cocked her head at the TV and stared at it with great intent. As soon as the scene cut away from the piper, she lay back down. My playing out in the back yard never garners that reaction from her. Hmmmmm.
JMB

Maybe she was trying to figure out how you got into the little box with those flashing lights and colors...

Good flick...

**Liam** · 27th September 13, 03:35 PM

I have seen it and enjoyed it as well....

Cheers...Bill

**Heartbeat2k9** · 28th September 13, 01:09 PM

I own the movie.. have yet to watch it.

I did, however go see the play. Loved those horse 'puppets' the whole show was extremely well done!
I'll get to the movie eventually lol

**John_Carrick** · 29th September 13, 12:12 AM

Spielberg gets better and better as a director, mature and measured, as evidenced by Lincoln recently as well. I feared this film would be somewhat hard to take and over emotional but it was not. While it deals realistically with WW1, the horror and tragedy, I was completely absorbed in the story and was glad I watched it.

**James Hood** · 8th October 13, 02:30 PM

'Sounds like a well-made film.

However, "cannot" watch that subject; perhaps history's most pointless, preventable mega-holocaust.

If only Kaiser Wilhem II had a pair AND SOME SENSE and declined to get into the whole mobilization and marching and committing "triggered by" a singular political assasination in a relative's family.

"The War of European Vanity"...cost him and two imperial relatives, their dynasties...and set the world stage for continuing horror for much of the rest of the century.

Continuing prayers for all souls who perished then and those who suffered from "The Great War" until their final breath. As a child, 'lived near a VA long term care facility and there were so many 1917-18 men with no arms and legs and gas-blinded and lung-damaged, who were never allowed to live lives, because of that insane, pointless war.

**Blupiper** · 9th October 13, 10:30 PM

James:

Too true. November 11th is coming soon and we should all take a moment to remember. In trips I have taken to the UK and Scotland, I was struck by that everyplace I stopped there was a monument to those lost in the Great War. Each monument was well tended, in a central place of honor and all had poppies on them. A great senseless loss and a lesson not learned.

JMB