The War Horse BBC1 9-10pm

8-10 ffs

Very good.

You couldn't pay me enough money to watch this.

It would be far too upsetting.

Thanks for the warning MD. I can't handle really upsetting scenes either.

Yes seeing a horse owned by Geordies is very upsetting

listen to Chester Manifold

Yes seeing a horse owned by Geordies is very upsetting

The cinematography on this so far has been stunnning, it should have won an oscar, I might switch off at sad bits though

Well that will probably be most of it then.

I've just been crying my eyes out at Judy leaving Strictly.

I think War Horse would destroy me.

Me too...I'll never fly a kite again

Crisp

I don't get that. What do kites have to do with anything?!

Quite a few spoilers here but I've not seen it before.

So I'm guessing the first sad bit is when they get to market at harvest and they realise no one likes turnips

I must be the only person who thinks this fillum is overhyped nonsense...

All I know is that it wouldn't be suitable viewing for myself and Kenny.

He said he'd plant a field of turnips, that looked like cabbages to me.

Refused at the first

That's an unfortunate turnip for the books

M_D, have you not seen it then? If you haven't, it's probably not as bad as you think it might be, if that makes sense? If you want a proper sad animal fil, try ring of bright water, which unlike war horse was actually a true story.

It changed to turnips after the rain though.

*film

Looks like the Tina turnips can't stand the rain

Horses are beautiful creates, i want one.

Would never watch Ring of Bright Water either, Mr B.

War Horse would be every bit as bad as I think.

The thought of the army turning up to force me to sell my beloved horse (when he was alive) to them, to go to war, is the stuff of nightmares.

I believe some people shot their horses before the army could take them. I would have done the same.

Horses and other animals are suffering in war zones today. It's heartbreaking.

Probably won't sleep tonight, thinking about it

I like horses to. I've no interest in riding one though. Maybe I'll get a couple Shetland ponies someday. "Back and Lay" I'll call them

I don't think I could bare to watch this either tbh Kenny























Mainly as the entire cast are most probably dead

Look away now

The safest place to be when attacked by cavalary is clearly to just stay in your tent.

Or the forest full of machine guns

I still dream about buying Spirit River and retiring him, he has been tailed off in sellers so the dream is still alive.

Jolly decent of the boche to aim for the riders not the horses though.

Looked like a draw to me

This has just reminded me of something AP McCoy once said.

He said if he had to choose a horse to go to war with it would have been Gloria Victis.

RIP Gloria Victis

Jeez I'm having an upsetting evening all round, here.

Night night

I didn't realise Dartmoor was so hilly, I always imagined it as flat, it looks more like the Yorkshire dales or something.

Albert's mother looks like Jim Kerr.

Are you guy's for real?...This movie is embarrassingly bad ffs.

its awful

high fives acey, signing in 

The german in charge looks like Donald Pleasance.

Wont go in the heavy ffs.

If Spielberg had done Blackadder goes forth, this is how it would have ended.

Stupid German was shouting run in German, everyone knows horses only speak English.

The british calling the horse sounded like the creature in Alien!

yozzer hughes gets everywhere

I appear to have something in my eye.

quickest end to an auction ever

Walofb.

Still, it was probably safer to run through no mans land under fire than enter the Grand National.

Statistically speaking.

typical american tripe, bit like avatar.

I quite enjoyed it actually. So THERE!

Haven't seen it. Put off by critics I respect who say it's sanitised nonsense. Shot through a soft focus lens, with overpowering music telling you when the sad bits or dangerous or exciting bits were happening.
A Disneyfied  movie. The stage play much more aligned to the drama of the battlefield.

But you only enjoyed the fact that the horse was the star, i didnt mind it but over acting and cliche was atrocious

The overacting was terrible, you'd think the horse had never had a lesson in its life, it's delivery was wooden, I just wasn't buying into the neighrative.

The film is gash

The stage play is superb

I saw this at the cinema and hated every minute - surely the target audience had to be 8 yr olds

it's delivery was wooden



definitely not troying

Apparently there were 15 horses used for the part of Joey

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