Spirit? Help?

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Yes, I know I am late on this one, where is discussion on Sperit, Stallion of the Cimarron. I saw it yesterday, some truly great animation and a wonderful story...I have been looking thru the archives, can't find a discussion. Where is it? I can't believe I am the only one who loved this film...

[James]

Originally posted by oldtoonguy
Yes, I know I am late on this one, where is discussion on Sperit, Stallion of the Cimarron. I saw it yesterday, some truly great animation and a wonderful story...I have been looking thru the archives, can't find a discussion. Where is it? I can't believe I am the only one who loved this film...

I'm moving this to animation - you may find a thread there - if not, then there is one now - yours.

[The Penguin]

I can help you here Stuart This subject may belong in Gen Animation, but the answer is at the top of the Entertainment Board. I went through the threads awhile back and posted Summer Movie Talkbacks. There you will find all the threads started for the summer movies including Spirit. It is located here on WBC, right here.

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I saw your post and went to the discussion and vote..I appreciate your going back and finding it, I tried, and couldn't...Tme is very important., and again, thank you for yours......I noticed there were only 8 votes, including mine which was very late. today 7/14. I guess very few of us on the board saw the movie which is a shame...It is a wonderful movie, so much more than horses...I saw, and I may be wrong, the first time when any kind of animal talks to another in its own langage., for the entire film..You get only occasional background thoughts in english from Sperit.....The music was very good, but the backgrounds and animation ,I think, were great.(If you see it, note, the arches, and Monument Valley, of Utah and New Mexico- the same place where the Road Runner is always being chased) As Jim pointed out, the train wreck was super, but to me the great open spaces of the mountains and the west, and the future, which we knew was coming, made this a very special movie...It's symbolism, and fortelling of change and closing of the open spaces, makes this more than a story about horses...finally, what does that future, which is now, mean to all of us...We know what happened to many Native Americans, but what about all of us. Fortunately, you can go out there, and see much of the west...But the waterfalls and many of the mountains are now overdeveloped and crowded..Even the national parks most of the time are hard to navigate...I think this movie poses these questions in a quiet way, and I thougt it was outstanding...Thanks to The Penquin, and anyone who reads this...Stuart

[TuffyCatt]

I got the chance to see Spirit pretty soon after it came out, and I really enjoyed it. The animation and story were really well done in my opinion.

Two weeks ago I went to Arizona to work on a Navajo reservation during a mission trip with my church. It was a spectacular experience, and it was incredible to see the land in Arizona...it's really different from Virginia! We got the chance to go to Monument Valley and Canyon De Chelley National park, and I kept thinking about the scenery I had seen in Spirit. They really did a wonderful job on capturing the splendor of the Midwest in the movie...and I loved being able to experience that firsthand. Unfortunately, as oldtoonguy mentioned, I also was able to see how the land there has changed since the time period that the movie was set in. Many areas are overdeveloped, overgrazed, or just have trash laying all over the sides of the roads. It was also heart breaking to see some of the Navajo's living conditions. They don't have many things that the most of us take for granted. Anyway, to get back on topic, I wish I could get the chance to see Spirit again after I've actually been to Arizona...but all the theaters in my area have gotten rid of it by now. I'll definitely have to catch it again on video.

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Originally posted by TuffyCatt
I got the chance to see Spirit pretty soon after it came out, and I really enjoyed it. The animation and story were really well done in my opinion.

Two weeks ago I went to Arizona to work on a Navajo reservation during a mission trip with my church. It was a spectacular experience, and it was incredible to see the land in Arizona...it's really different from Virginia! We got the chance to go to Monument Valley and Canyon De Chelley National park, and I kept thinking about the scenery I had seen in Spirit. They really did a wonderful job on capturing the splendor of the Midwest in the movie...and I loved being able to experience that firsthand. Unfortunately, as oldtoonguy mentioned, I also was able to see how the land there has changed since the time period that the movie was set in. Many areas are overdeveloped, overgrazed, or just have trash laying all over the sides of the roads. It was also heart breaking to see some of the Navajo's living conditions. They don't have many things that the most of us take for granted. Anyway, to get back on topic, I wish I could get the chance to see Spirit again after I've actually been to Arizona...but all the theaters in my area have gotten rid of it by now. I'll definitely have to catch it again on video.

Having been out west a number of times, that is exactly the same feeling I had about the film....There is a distant sence of loss there, not only about the open spaces, but the Native American's
way of life might lose out too.. This film deserves a better box office than it got....But we do not determine that at all...Stuart. If you can still see it in a movie theater, please try, I think you will enjoy it a lot...Thanks.