‘Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron’ Download and Reviews

December 25, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Adventure, Animation, Family

“Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” Movie Details

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron tagline: The spirit of the Wild West lives on
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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron DVD Cover

Actors:
Matt Damon Spirit
James Cromwell The Colonel
Daniel Studi Little Creek
Chopper Bernet Sgt. Adams
Jeff LeBeau Murphy/Railroad Foreman
John Rubano Soldier
Richard McGonagle Bill
Matt Levin Joe
Adam Paul Pete
Robert Cait Jake
Charles Napier Roy
Meredith Wells Little Indian Girl
Zahn McClarnon Little Creek’s Friend
Michael Horse Little Creek’s Friend
Donald Fullilove Train Pull Foreman
Directors: Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 7,911 votes

“Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” Movie Review

“Spirit” Plot Summary

As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.

Great.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is an overall wonderful movie. The blending of animation types is unique, the storyline is amazing, and the music is wonderful

The drawn animation is a special thing about many animations. How they expressed the characters, especially the horses, through their animation are spectacular especially. While the way horses communicate through body language is easy to understand, many young children and people who haven’t studied horses might not understand. Without words, I would imagine it would have to be challenging to express them through the features. Because of this, I understand the ‘eyebrow’ they added to the horses (while real horses don’t have those thick lines). One of the few things I noticed about horse habits that might have been portrayed strangely is that Spirit lead his mother’s herd. In wild horse herds, the lead stallion usually chases the young colts out

Also, while some people might think portraying the white army officers as the ‘bad guys’ is stereotyping, think of all the movies in which the Native Americans have been portrayed as that. Sometimes back then; they did treat mustangs very poorly. For example, in real history, the Appaloosa breed was almost wiped out due to the Army officers. Imagine what would have happened to one of the worlds best loved riding breeds if the Native Americans had not saved them

I think it’s amazing how the realism wasn’t subtracted by making the horses talk to each other. Spirit’s feelings were expressed by a little bit of narration, but mostly through the music (by Bryan Adams). The songs express the story really well, and Hans Zimmer and Bryan Adams did a great job telling the story through melodies and lyrics

The emotion I got when watching the movie, whether the first time or the twentieth (yes, I’ve watched it that much), you wouldn’t believe. Some of the scenes take your breath away, while others seem to force tears into your eyes. The opening sequence, showing Spirit’s homeland, puts you right into the spectacular action right away

I don’t understand at all why some people are so hateful of this brilliant movie. Overall, I rate it a 10/10 – a must watch.

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