Yesterday's post had me thinking of the movies I CAN watch to satisfy my horsey needs without being afraid some poor horse will be suffering as part of the plot line. These mainly amount to ....drum roll......MEDIEVAL MOVIES! A genre dear to my heart; 2 years ago I studied Medieval History in Dublin and so I am a serious medieval nerd... I even do some medieval consulting work here in Slovakia, for your rare medieval research emergency lol!
Anyway, here are a few I've seen recently:
-Lord of the Rings: great scene near the beginning where Frodo is hiding and the black horses come walking by snorting and steaming in the night forest. awesome awesome scene! Lots of horseback chases! intense movie.
-LadyHawke: actors are on horseback for much of the movie. chases, runs through the forest etc. Also? Falcons! if anyone is into Falconry. silly movie.
-Sleepy Hollow (with Johnny Depp): another movie with great horse chases, supernatural black horses with the added benefit of haunted forests and crazy trees! scary (but not too scary) movie.
-The Brothers Grimm: speaking of crazy trees, this movie has an enchanted forest where the trees move around confusing travelers. so cool. plenty of horse action here also. silly movie.
That's all I can think off at the mo. Obviously, almost any medieval movie will have lots of horsey action, these are just the ones I've seen in the last year or so. If anyone has any recs, please, please share them....I think I will make a separate category for movie/tv/book recs.
wow so impressed that you know the name of the stallion!! I looked him up online. Friesians are so so beautiful; I would really love to have one. I have to say that I really like LadyHawke, such a good movie
ReplyDeletei LOVE sleepy hollow!
ReplyDeleteI love Sleepy Hollow too! Have seen it a bunch of times and may have to see it again soon!
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