Oscars 2011 – War Horse

One of the upcoming films that will most certainly make early pundits’ list — rising expectations unrealistically high and giving it no place to go but down — is Spielberg’s upcoming War Horse. It sounds like a moving, heartbreaking story that I really hope has a happy, non-True Grit, ending.

I almost can’t bear the trailer for the Broadway show. So, yeah, it seems to have everything a Best Picture contender needs. But after all of these years we know that one must lower expectations in order to fully appreciate a film in hopes of not destroying what is great about it. War Horse currently has a December 28th release date.