I would have wanted to see more of a mixed picture within all sides of the war and try to give more depth to the characters. Compare it to the British officers who are noble, if a little arrogant or cocky, but there are hints in one of the officers that behind his eagerness that in reality he was scared of the prospect of going to war for the first time. There is some success in that in the German army privates are show to be decent caring people to the horse, but the officer core and sergeants were very harsh and cruel. It is a great opportunity to show that they are good guys and bad guys on both sides of the war. It was a great idea of using a horse to show the horrors of war and the different perspectives of war. I think the relationship and love between Albert and Joey could have easily have been done in half the time.
The film is too long and many scenes could have been shorten or cut, particularly in the beginning. I would not be surprise if Richard Curtis was partially responsible. But at the same time there are also some problems, particularly Spielberg's reliance on cutesy humour, from a goose who chases people to a scene in the trenches. It is a film that is rich in period detail, showing the brutal nature of World War I, from the effects of chemical warfare and you feel the muddy, dirty environment as horses pull a giant artillery battery up a hill and Spielberg knows how to make a mundane scene of a horse ploughing a field exciting and emotional (it must be the most boring village in the world for watching a horse ploughing to be considered entertainment).
War Horse is a solid film rather then being a great film. Spielberg has a good track record making historical films with Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and Empire of the Sun. they say she is dying but seems perfectly healthy), as a German work horse and in no man's land. But when World War I breaks out, Joey is sold to a British office, Captain Nicholls (Tom Hiddleston) and during the course of the conflict the horse see all aspects, from a Calvary horse, in rural civilian life for a French girl suffering Hollywood's disease (i.e. Albert is able to break in the horse who he names Joey and he shows to be a very special horse, strong, determined, loyal and intelligence. His father (Peter Mullan) buys a thoroughbred horse when he should have plough because of his rift with his landlord (David Thewlis). Albert Narracott (Jeremy Irvine) is a young man living in Dartmoor in 1914.
Steven Spielberg set out to redress the balance giving us War Horse, an adaptation of a children's book and the play of the same name. World War II has been put to film a number of times in many different countries, but there are not nearly enough World War I films.
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