Sylvester
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Movie Reviews of Sylvester
Movie Review: at least they could ride
Summary: 4 Stars
The story is pretty forgetable BUT the horses can move and the people can ride. The libery jump over a pickup is hard to beat. The cross counrty at KY Horse Park is well done and the stadium jumping is well presented.Movie Review: A Lovely Seat
Summary: 4 Stars
A very good video for teenage girls and boys.There is always a point in a young life when the world seems to be going to hell in a hand basket. But goal and ideals and of course, determination can see you through.Movie Review: Excellent Horse Movie for Young Girls
Summary: 4 Stars
Melissa Gilbert and her all-star cast are as excellent as ever in this believable tale of a young girl and her horse.Movie Review: why producers hire script consultants
Summary: 3 Stars
This is one of those infuriating movies: most of it is splendid--five stars (the parts involving the horse and the girl who learns to ride). The rest stinks--one star (the "love" story).
There's nothing wrong with putting a love story into a movie like this. It could have made the movie better. But you don't put in any love story into any script in which one of the characters is repulsive. Any script consultant could have told the producer that. (And every screenwriter of any worth should know it.) The screenwriter did everything she could think of to make this guy obnoxious and she succeeded. Is she serious? Would you advise any friend of yours to marry a creep like this? I kept thinking that it was going to be alright because she was eventually going to tell him to take a hike, so when--with no understable motivation--she gave herself to him sexually, it was revolting (and I like a good love scene). If we believed such an outrageous turn of events, we would have to say that this girl has serious psychological problems (even though there is no other evidence of such problems). In the end, we can only hope that she wises up during her coming year and finds a man worthy of her.
And we can hope that other producers and screenwriters learn from this huge mistake and write only love stories in which both characters are lovable.
Movie Review: Not Great, but Very Enjoyable
Summary: 3 Stars
I doubt I have anything to say about this movie that hasn't been said already, so I'll keep this short.
I caught this on TV a while back and, equine junkie that I am, I enjoyed it. It *is* a little soapy and a little pie-in-the-sky, but if you come from an eventing background (or just enjoy watching eventers), you won't notice. You'll be too busy drooling over the beautiful footage of The Gray Goose (the horse who played Sylvester) and his fellows strutting their stuff. It's a great movie to watch when you can't ride because it's been raining for two weeks straight and even the indoor ring is flooded, you're on vacation away from the barn, or you have the flu -- any time you need a nice, horsey pick-me-up.
And did I mention the horse footage? Yes? Okay, I'm sure you get the picture.
Note to parents of young children: this movie does deal with some pretty mature themes. If you're thinking about showing it to your kids, you'll want to watch it yourself, first. I would say it's probably intended more for a teens-and-up audience.