This movie made me laugh, and it made me cry. I love it sooooo much and I recommend it for anyone. Spirit is a favorite for everyone!!

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. This film was animated very well. The blending of 2D and 3D look spectacular. Spirit however does have it's moments of embellishment to the extreme.Spirit is a wild and carefree mustang who lives free on the plains with his family. One day he discovers something new that has come upon his homeland. He leaves, despite the warnings of his mother, to solve the mystery. He winds up in a camping site of strange two-legs. The humans find him amazing and go after and eventually capture him. Leading him into unknown waters. No worries, always a happy ending of course.Some of the biggest complaints I have with this film is the background art. While at times the scenes with the 2D painted sky and the 3D blades of grass are gorgeous, the backgrounds keep changing throughout the film. There's really no good explanation of timeframe in this movie. When it begins, it's spring. When Spirit is mature, it's presumably a year or so later. Later on the backgrounds stay nearly the same or change completely. Continuity is important people. At one point it snows heavily, then the next morning the land is completely free of powder. Makes no sense. And of course you have your moments of suspension of disbelief. Believe me it's hard to ignore it in this movie, but you have to because it's still a decent film. Some viewers have said it reeks of Political Correctness, and I agree to that to a certain extent. Again, it doesn't defect me away from the story itself.The film itself has a good enough story. I honestly wish they hadn't used a narrator to voice Spirit's thoughts. But it is what it is. If you can get past the occasional Bryan Adams song that pops up here and there, believe me, most of them are forgettable. I actually love, "Sound The Bugle:" and "Brother Under The Sun", which the latter unfortunately wasn't used. Most all the songs were just bland. You at least get to care about the characters. Spirit falls for a Paint mare named Rain. All well and good, but nothing as touching or emotional as the parting of ways with the Lakota, Little Creek near the end of the movie.Not the greatest animated film ever, but certainly worth your time.

This has to be one of the earliest movies i saw in a movie theater as a kid, and probably why i remember it so well is because of my dads accident. He was doing construction work in the backyard when he landed hard on a nail, he rushed into the house, took off his shoe, and a river of blood started happening, probably the first time i ever saw blood, anyways my mom was able to get the nail out, and we took my dad to the clinic that very day to get a shot, he was in pain for the rest of the day, but he saw how much my sisters and i wanted to see this movie, so he actually still went to the movie theater with us, after seeing this movie, he said it was worth the pain and discomfort! This movie is great in so many ways, its animated beautifully, just the opening alone is something to be in awe about, the film gives great angles that just make the movie so much larger, it will instantly grab you as soon as you start watching it! The music by Hans zimmer can only be described as mesmerizing, as for Bryan Adams songs, it feels as if the songs are telling the story, also each song is extremely nostalgic to me, and every time a song plays it makes the scene twice as emotional. This movie is very mature, because there's no talking animals, but the humor is good, also this taught me a lot about native American culture and the spiritualism involved. In fact the relationship between little creek and spirit has got to be one of the best animal friendships Ive seen, when little creek finally rides spirit it is if they are one. This movie is seen through the point of view of the horse, and that make the relationships very interesting, the horse and his villain have a silly but intriguing rivalry, the native American and the horse grow into being best friends in a very mature way, as they constantly save each others lives, and spirit and his love interest, Rain, have a very sweet romance, that is done very realistically.Despite no talking, the expressions of the horse are very clear, barely any movies tell their story using just facial expressions and body language, now usually people having to guess a characters thoughts can be a little frustrating and sometimes boring, but not in this movie, you actually want to know what hes thinking and you feel more involved. however i would be lying if i didn't cringe once in a while at how human like the horses expressions are. But let me just say by the last 20 minutes of the movie its an emotional roller coaster; starting with a intense action sequence, followed by a breathtaking jump over a canyon ( done very realistically i might add), followed by a very tearful goodby that leaves my entire family a emotional mess; little creek lets Rain leave with Spirit, almost exactly as a father would let his daughter leave, and then the heart wrenching goodby hug between little creek and spirit, with mesmerizing guitar music and a awesome 180 degree angle shot ( dream works did this perfectly), that scene gives me manly tears every time, not even other sad animal movies, like old yeller, warhorse, or even how to train a dragon make me that emotional. This is still one of the few movies that leaves me with a wow face after watching it. Its a mystery why this movie is so underrated and hardly talked about by anyone. i will admit this movie might not be as accessible to kids as other cartoon films, because of its maturity. but let me tell you the action scenes are intense, every background is gorgeous, and the story is beautifully told, even to people who might not like animals too much, (like myself) will love it. This movie has a spirit that cannot be broken and will live forever in my top 10 favorite cartoon movies. the degree angles shots of the camera revolving around the character is amazing to watch, dreamworks is really good

This Movie is so overrated and is like another version of The Silver Brumby! It is so basic! Stop all this nagging about it being the best movie ever when it's actually not. I So what happens is a Horse gets captured and then it tries to get tamed but then it escaped and then it got captured and then it broke free and then there was a fire and then spirit wins, blah blah! So predictable! Can't I see once in a life time and unpredictable Horse movie for god sakes? I mean the animation is... the same as Disney's. All they did was make the Horses 3D in the background! The Lion King is way better for kids and DOES NOT have any graphic scenes like spirit did when they showed rain's wound! Your kids will ball their eyes out! Go think about what you didDreamworks!Here are my top ten recommended Horse Movies:1. Black Beauty 2. The Silver Brumby 3. Seabuscuit 4.Phar Lap 5. War Horse 6. National Velvet 7. Man from Snowy River 8.Man from Snowy River IIHere are my Top 3 recommended Horse Shows:1.Heartland 2. The silver Brumby (animated series) 1993 3. Mr.Ed