Film Preview: The Water Horse
"The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" opened in theaters on December 25, 2007 and looks like a promising family film. Even Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took their kids to see it. For some reason, however, I was unable to drag my children (14, 10 and 4) to see it. I’m happy that more family-oriented movies are being made but I wish they didn’t seem so recycled. Aren’t there any original movies anymore?
The film is about a "lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend." Does it remind you of anything? What about "Mee-Shee: The Water Giant" which was released in 2005? Or how about the 1995 flick, "Magic in the Water?"
Oh well, it’s Christmastime and if it is making families happy then it really doesn’t matter, right? Besides the critics have been very kind to this film - Roger Ebert gave it 3.5/4 stars and Rotten Tomatoes gives it 79% (reviews from other sites were not readily available at the time this post was written).
WATCH THE TRAILER FOR "THE WATER HORSE"
Watch the "Mee-Shee" trailer after the jump! (I wasn’t able to find the "Magic" one)
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1 opinion for Film Preview: The Water Horse
Liz
Dec 29, 2007 at 5:18 am
It’s cute that they’re dealing with the Loch Ness legend this way, but I’m just not sure how good it’s going to be. I’ve seen the trailer a million times, but it just never struck me as being very memorable.
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