Bah~ Humbug!!!

Rating: Null/10 (1 February 2004)

What a bunch of scrooge~type bashing in some of the comments I've seen here regarding a truly fabulous flick! It's a MOVIE folks ~ made for entertainment purposes... If you're disappointed in the lack of docudrama~ catch it on PBS ~ not the theatre... So, I've seen comments ranging from, " It should have focused more on the horse"..... "more on the depression,"......"more on the training..." blah~blah~blah... What did you want? A 12 hour cinema~TRIP? Personally, I thought the movie got all of these things across in a delightful blend of human/animal/country/sport in the form of a very tasty cinematic buffet.... Even my 10 year old got a better understanding of the depression, sportsmanship and human struggle than some of the critics on here....Although from a film~making standpoint, I did intially agree that the beginning was somewhat 'choppy' & took a little too long to finally 'introduce' Seabiscuit {I kept asking "Is that Seabiscuit?" about the dozens of horses shown before his final debut} I understood the beginning better at the film's end when I realized the importance of the attention to bring focus on each of the main character's backgrounds. So the editing could have been better.... There's always danger in re~enacting a real life drama ~ danger over overdramatizing or underplaying events ~ look at Titanic..... For the most part Seabiscuit if anything, underplayed a fantastic story about a fantastic animal & group of salt~of~the~earth people... I even saw one poster bash the casting of the Seabiscuit himself!! Talk about 'beating a dead horse'!!!! It's a great tale of a mane & tail & an educational, inspirational flick for the kids as well. Lighten up!!!