The Lighthorsemen (Import)
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Movie Reviews of The Lighthorsemen (Import)
Movie Review: one of the best war movies ever
Summary: 4 Stars
The capture of Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse was a spectacular, if little known, feat of World War I. Finally, it is documented on the silver screen. Unfortunately, this Chinese edition is not quite up to par in terms of quality, but in the absence of better alternatives...Movie Review: One of my husband's favorite movies.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a "war" movie of a different kind. It is mostly about the men involved. Very moving, I bought it for my husband's bithday as it is one of his favorites, but I enjoyed it too.Movie Review: terrific
Summary: 4 Stars
i wish cecil b demille would have produced the event. the book describes it with more detail.Movie Review: Seldom seen
Summary: 4 Stars
A part of WWI history that very few people know of outside of Austrila a great story.Movie Review: Cliched, but impressively mounted
Summary: 3 Stars
The Lighthorseman was a film I hated when I saw it years ago, but which I was overly harsh about. It's not a great film by a long shot, but it is extremely well directed by Simon Wincer in the days when he was the go-to guy for anything with horses, extremely well edited and quite beautifully photographed by Dean Semler in vivid colour. Retelling the Australian Light Horse's famous charge on Beersheba in WW1, the subject of the earlier and generally superior propaganda picture 40,000 Horsemen, it desperately wants to be another Gallipoli, but despite lavish production values is let down by a script that covers the history well enough but doesn't give us particularly well-drawn characters to care about - the mates the film focuses on may well be based on real people, but they play as pure stereotypes. As a result there's not much emotional pull. Indeed, the most touching scene is when Sigrid Thornton fakes a letter to a non-existent soldier to add a touch of credibility to some false documents to be 'captured' by the Turks. However, the pre-CGI carnage of the final charge is genuinely impressive stuff and well worth waiting for. The remastered PAL Australian disc, though only coming with text extras, is the best transfer available at the moment.