2 January 2012. This family oriented, feel bad and good movie in the spirit of Spielberg presented in mixed, uneven tone. Beginning in a rather comedic, light-hearted fashion, the movie descended into a more Saving Private Ryan (1998) mood even as it retained oddly its G-rated violence factor until midway through the movie and then more authentically reverted to a PG-13 violence depiction even though at least two earlier scenes were emotionally stunted by the overt exclusion of the more darker scenes of violence. The movie editing was also mixed in that important several character developments and plot lines were omitted leaving the audience to jump in time with important gaps in the storyline. Even the dramatic high point in the movie seemed counter-intuitive from how the War Horse was trained and the feel-good nature towards the end seemed to be less than consistent in tone with the absence of an important female character. The glossy, immersive experience occurred at various times that also didn't seem consistent throughout the movie and the black and white characters seemed to be somewhat at odds with the more seemingly balanced characters found in such movies as Secretariat (2010).
