Buck is a fascinating documentary which describes the relation between horses and human.Buck Brannaman who, along with his older brother, were physically abused by their father. The boys were forced to performed roping acts of cowboy shows on stage when they were very little. Luckily, a school teacher discovered their woods and later they were sent to a good foster home. Buck have developed his own method on training horses. The key to of this method involves empathy to the horses. The way we treat horse is actually the way that the horses react. Buck understands how horses read humans, how they interpret the body language by the horses.There was a wild horse which was born without mother and grew up in a house. Grew up in a house may sound nice, but something went wrong. The horse became very aggressive and sometimes attacked people. It can applied to Buck's experiences in his childhood. When his mother died, he lost his protector and therefore brutally treated by his father. But he treated the horses gently and passionate. When the horse owner came to Buck, he gently touched the horse's neck and tried to comfort him. At first, the horse was very gentle.But still the horse didn't change much. Therefore, he tried to whip the horse, but the horse just became much more aggressive and attacked him in the head. This scene indicated the mirror effect. The reactions from others totally depended on what we treated them. Buck totally mastered this skills and finally became the horseman that his father wanted him to become. This documentary not only showed the relationship between people and animals but only relationship between people. The most important thing I saw in the documentary was Buck's childhood. He got abused by his father, but he overcame his start, which could have destroyed him, became a wise and influential model role in this world.
... View MoreBuck Brannaman is your go-to guy for horse training. He is one of very few people who can help train your horse with absolute respect for it. If you want to see how a single man can train horses of all kinds and how he became the horse whisperer, then this is the movie for you.Throughout this documentary, you get a glimpse of Buck's life and how he became the horse whisperer. His past does not define him because he completely changed his life around. This man goes across country to help so many people with any horse problem. He teaches them to respect the horse like you would respect another human. "A horse is a mirror to the owner." All of his teachings really pay off, and it only take a few days at the most before he is on the road to another teaching.Every person this man comes across all have mixed feelings about how he is able to train so many horses. After spending time and watching him do his work, they all come to love him. Every person sees how much respect he has for these horses and change their whole perspective on him and on these horses.
... View MoreAlong the lines of a documentary, the movie "Buck" explores the life of well-known horse trainer, Buck Brannaman. The film is told through the vantage point of Buck, his close friends and family, and the individuals who have been influenced by his teaching.I believe that the most interesting part of the film was Buck's passion for horses. He viewed horses in the same manner as humans, with feelings, pains, personalities. His chemistry with these fascinating creatures was so admirable that he was hired to consult on the movie "Horse Whisperer". Buck's ability to train horses in a humane way has established trust between him and the horses as well as their trainers.Overall, this film was thoroughly inspiring. Buck's life is a testimony of how one's past can be overshadowed by their future. He experienced harsh abuse as a child, overcame it, and lived to tell the tale. The cruel way he was raised has given him all the more drive to be a better man and to be a good husband and father. His story is not only inspirational but opens the audiences eyes to a new level of understanding between man and horse.
... View More"Buck" is glimpse into the life of the often enigmatic horse-trainer Buck Brannaman. The film explores the former child star's dark past and the horse training genius he has become. Despite the darker themes of Buck's past, the film is pretty lighthearted. Director Cindy Meehl manages to tell a fantastic story, and though the film runs a bit lengthy at 88 minutes it never fails to keep the audience entertained as Meehl paints a near-masterful picture of a man and his troubled past. Buck's no nonsense attitude shines through and he truly steals the show (though I guess it is his show). The only gripe I have is that I didn't get to see more of Buck; an hour and a half left me wanting to learn more about Buck. I guess that's a product of a job well done.
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