Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron [DVD]

My son watch this movie as a child a lot is a good movie with Brian Adam’s as the singer and is emotional, mental and spiritual movie. Love it is a good movie if you love or like horses my son loves horses and this one was his favorite movie even now he is 14 and still wants to see it again. So I got it as a Xmas present for holiday for him.

This is a cinema masterpiece.

Great gift.

A thrilling adventure with great songs

Good value

Such a great movie from my childhood and now my kids enjoy it too!

Spirit may not have been the box office success that the Lion King was, but it gives it a run for its money in terms of music and story. In fact the music composer for both films is indeed Hans Zimmer. And as usual he does a fantastic job. The songs by Bryan Adams are also great and really go well with the story. The real magic of this movie is the fact that the horses are not as anthropomorphic (meaning they don't talk or sing). Their neighs and whines and facial expressions are enough to create their own dialogue in a way that you don't need words to know what they are saying. If Disney had made this movie, the film would be ruined. Overall this is a really beautiful movie and is extremely underrated. The story is timeless and the soundtrack is fantastic. For me its in my top three with the Lion King and Finding Nemo. This is a must own.

The blu-ray version of this movie maintains a widescreen aspect ratio, but it does not fill the entire screen. It features bonus features from the DVD release, thought it lacks the animated menu screen which has now been replaced by a still image. The movie itself relies heavily CG-2D when it comes to generic background characters or pivotal characters in certain animated shots. This usage of such cg becomes more apparent given the higher resolution. The story itself is how I remember it. A horse gets arrogant, then endures a long ordeal filled with pain, sorrow, and happiness in the pursuit of a large conflict resolution. The movie alludes to a theme of freedom symbolically represented by an eagle and further emphasized by imprisonment. The main character serves as a liberator of his brethren who have suffered fates of repression. It feels like an allegory for slavery and colonization. Slavery represented through the suffrage of the horses and colonization shown through native american people. Parallels are drawn between both the horse and his bipedal ally of freedom. Both possess long pristine hair, untouched. Both display playful arrogance towards their captors. Both desire freedom.