Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (Widescreen) [Animated] | Matt Damon, James Cromwell

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (Widescreen) [Animated] | Matt Damon, James Cromwell | LOVE IT!

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	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (Widescreen) [Animated] Matt Damon, James Cromwell Dreamworks Animated, 2002 average customer review:based on 311 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

My kids love this movie

We rent 95% of our kid's movies. This is one of the very few movies I just had to come to Amazon to buy. Both my 3 year old son and 5 year old daughter just can't get enough of it. I got it at first because so many movies out there are "girl" oriented and I wanted something for my son to watch that was a little "rough and tumble" but didn't include violence. This one does have a female horse that Spirit comes to care for, but no gushy love stuff. I also really appreciate that the animals don't talk, though you hear Spirit's thoughts as narrative.

The gist of the movie is that Spirit is a wild stallion captured by Union forces while they are building the first railroad track across the country. Through sheer will he escapes (with some help from a captured Native American man). He then is captured by his Native American tribe who treat him kindly, but Spirit will not let himself be broken. Out of respect for his spirit (pun intended), the Native American man lets him go free. Unfortunately, the Union soldiers attack and, after some (kind of sad) adventure, Spirit is once again captured by the soldiers. The Native American man sets out to free his "friend"...but arrives a little late. Spirit has escaped again, but does need the man's help to survive his escape. In the end, the Native American man brings him home where Spirit finds the mare he thought had died after the attack. Spirit is overjoyed to not only find her safe but that her "two legged" is willing to let her go with him back to the Cimarron herd. (Actually, she could have gone earlier but wouldn't go because her "two legged" needed her.) In the end, Spirit never gives in to letting the "two legged" ride him, but they part with friendship, dignity and respect on both sides.

I have to say, I think I love this movie more than the kids! I fully expected Spirit to let himself be rode as a show of friendship at the end, but he still doesn't. This is my favorite part I suppose, the moral that even if you care deeply for someone it is important never to compromise your principles no matter what they may wish you to do.

Just so you know, there is some shooting when the soldiers attack, but all you see are the Native Americans running, no blood or anything really scary. There are two scenes where the Captain point blank attempts to shoot first Spirit (the gun is knocked away as it shoots by the Native American man) and then the Native American Man (Spirit knocks the gun away as it shoots), but no one is shown hurt by gunfire. These scenes started some interesting conversations with my 5 year old about how Native Americans were treated when "we" took over this land.

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LOVE IT!

Love it! Love it! Love it! Great story. Suspenseful and riveting and a wonderful story. Oh...and my 3 1/2 yr olds son likes it, too. Actually, many of his friends of all ages like it!

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron

Great movie! I bought it for my two year old daughter and she can't get enough of it. We have horses and so she loves them and this movie was a perfect fit.

Spirit is a Favorite

My two granddaughters, aged 3 and 4 love this movie, watching it over and over again. However, they were joined whenever possible by their mom, dad, uncle, and grandparents very often - we all loved it. It has got the girls interested in all things Indian, a topic they had not been familiar with before. An A++ for this well-produced movie!!

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This was an excellent movie. I am in my mid twenties and I loved it. My 3 year old watched it about 6 times I watched it 3. My 2 year old loved it too. I would like to adress all of the people that hated this movie. Get an education. If you don't know this when the "white man" tried to break that horse that is exactly how white men do it. Minus the lack of water and food. In fact I still think some people break a horse that way. They jump on it's back and try to break it's spirit. Sorry to tell you there is no santa. Did you also know in order to break elephants they are beaten and subjagated and treated incredibly inhumane. Those sticks that trainers carry around have sharp hooks on them to keep the elephants at bay. They are in fact trying to break it's spirit (and this is happening today). Also Native Americans broke their horses by putting something on the horses back ie.. a blanket then they would slowly try to gain the confidence of the horse before getting on it's back. White man way ... inhuman. Native American way... humane.. By the way the white man was the enemy back than read a book. Just cause your white that does not make you right! And this movie is not saying Native Americans are better it is trying to depict what a horse could have gone through. Its not like someone in the army is going to have time to spend with the horse. The native american had plenty of time to bond with his animal. And they did capture native americans and torture them for information. I didn't see too many native american 1800 pictures where any living native americans looked too happy if any white man was around.
Great movie!!

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