I hated this movie from the start. The acting is so bad I can't stand it. And don't even get my started on the horses. They used a different horse in almost every scene, one moment the horse has a blaze face and the next, no markings at all. When the actor (zac) was riding it was completely unrealistic. A trained horse will not just buck you off for no reason. And overall it was just an insult to the horse world.
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Yes, I agree!! It's a really bad movie, the filming, the story, the acting. Everything is so silly! It was emberessing to watch...
"Hey poor tard! How's your two moms you big gay-mo?"
This movie was incredibly cheesy. Who ever directed it, did a terrrible job. Haha
Thunder only happens when it's raining.
Yes, it is pretty funny. I liked it though. Zac looked really cute in it, he was really starting to grow up there. Plus that douche Randy looked good in his tight beige riding pants.
I did get a kick out of the not so "special effects." It was really funny to see Zac riding in that derby...oh wait, was that a stunt double or was it animated??? LOL That filming was atrocious.
I kind of feel sorry for Zac, in thirty years when they look back at his career, people are going to tease him about this one. Kind of like teasing Tom Hanks for doing that t.v. show where he dressed like a woman in order to get cheap rent. Yuck!
All in all though, I will watch The Derby Stallion a few more times while it is on Demand for free through Comcast. I love Zac Efron movies.
I completely agree. I saw this post is already a couple of years old, but I just watched this movie. There were too many scenes where they were "talking serious" about growing up and being what you want to be and stuff like that. What stroke me at the most awful though, was that the ones who made the movie didn't seem to have a clue about horses.
How did this guy have a talent? If he did he would be able to keep himself in the saddle every once in a while. He hadn't even sat on a horse his intire life and then he suddenly decided to try for the derby? And you don't just stop taking care of the horse just because you're grieving. He stopped training it as well, and they didn't seem to train his condision at all, plus they "didn't have time" to warm up the horse before the race. It's not a good moral when you make it seem that it's unrealisticly easy to become a champion, and you don't take care of the horses. Talent will only get you this far, about 95% of what you achieve comes from strong will and years of training.
Oh, and I love Buffy too :)
I couldn't agree more. I watched it because IMDB gave it a high rating and it had Zac Efron in it. What a mistake. This movie had no continuity of any kind - different horses, different Zacs! and no plot ending. What happened to the spoiled kid at the end? He disappeared. (maybe he had to get his hair color redone!)
I wish they could have had different actors, especially the actress who played Zac's mother. could she overact any more? The father and the trainer were good, as was Zac when he was in it. And what's up with the spoiled kid's hair? Did he get it streaked especially to do the part that sucked? And no ramifications for the damage those kids did to any of the property.
UGH.