what? the horses don't talk???
when i went to see it, i thought the horses were gonna talk. they didn't and this made the movie boring. DON'T MAKE AN ANIMATED MOVIE ABOUT ANIMALS IF THEY DON'T TALK!!!!!
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Actually, I thought that's what made the movie so great. It gets confusing when all you hear is talking and this really gave you a chance to read their body language. I thought it was incredibly powerful how just a simple voice-over every now and then was perfectly okay. It lets you focus more on what's actually happening with the music, gestures, etc. I loved it! I mean, do you seriously want Spirit to be yelling to his mother and the rest of the herd," NO! Get out of here! You have to get out of here or they'll catch you too! GO!" the first time he got caught? Don't you think the movement of his mouth like a human's would be a little stupid? The paniced and forceful neighing sent the message much clearer and so much better - you could tell exactly what he was "saying" to them. I think this movie was very well done - it's one of my all time favorite animated movies.
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The fact that the horses didn't talk is what really made this film so amazing. This wasn't supposed to be a typical, cutesy cartoon for kids. It was trying to portray horses as real animals instead of fantasy cartoon creatures.
And you have to have such high respect for the amazing animators who not only got horse anatomy perfect (as an artist I can agree with the fact that horses are the hardest things to draw due to their complex anatomy), but they also animated that difficult anatomy perfectly AAAAAAANNNNNDDDDDD used real horse noises and movement to get the story across without words! You knew exactly what the horses were saying, thinking, and feeling just by their movements and noises. Very hard task for animators. They didn;t need to break out in a song and dance routine every time the plot changed. Every emotion the horses felt whether it be happiness, fear, sarcasm, love, etc. was perfectly clear without dialogue.
Having the horses talk in this kind of movie would have changed the whole mood completely. These horses were wild and REAL. That was the feeling they needed to keep.
When animals talk & sing in cartoons you don't really see them as the real animal they are portraying. This movie made you feel emotion for real horses. Not a singing and dancing horse, but real horses living in the wild fighting for survival and freedom- cartoon horses living as real horses.
I would hardly say the animation was perfect. In several shots there were major anatomical flaws. But, yes, generally, the animation was pretty accurate.
I'm anespeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericumbobulations...
Yes excelent movie, and it was more superb as the horses didnt talked, understanding only by gestures. Incredible, and for me, one of the best.
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