Honestly, they COULD have made a tragic modern black beauty highlighting everything horses have to deal with in the modern world and stayed in theme with the original being essentially an expose on horse abuse, but they just HAD to make another horse girl movie...
THIS! The movie was so frustrating to watch for me because there were like... tiny hints of an original/properly modernized interpretation of Black Beauty's themes, but they just didn't go for it. You could have used this movie to address mustang management in the US, or you could have made it about the abuse happening in the competitive horse racing, jumping or dressage scene, you could have made Black Beauty into a police horse as Abigail suggests... and in every such circumstance, there would have been interesting topics to address with regards to horsemanship and correct treatment of animals, all without falling back onto the plough horse/carriage horse stuff which barely works for the modern setting, and all without the utterly cliché magical horse girl bond.
True, but every horse when bonding with people are different. Besides, there's SO many horse bonding movies/shows/books that has stuff tragic like stables on fire, or horses getting taken away from there owners. Like for example Heart land, Free Rien (Raven) and Spirit riding free. If all of them where the same then it won't be as interesting. If you really have watched or read spirit riding free, heart land, or Free Rien (Raven) you will notice that some sense or even half on the movie is the same. So conclusion that will make all the horses the same but just different colors and breeds.
This probably was before your time, but Disney pulled a similar dirty one with the movie adaptation of the "The Young Black Stallion". They turned it into a girl and horse story, when it was supposed to be a prologue to the Black Stallion series, and had nothing to do with a little girl or the "plot" they gave it for the movie. While it didnt have quite the literary importance of "Black Beauty", it was still pretty disgusting. What makes me sad is that "Black Beauty" was actually very important for animal welfare as a cultural revelation in English society. It is such a significant and beautiful, timeless story - and this is the introduction that kids are going to get to it. Its going to ruin "Black Beauty" for them by being a piece of garbage. I have a copy of the original unabridged version, beautifully bound, and I highly recommend it to anyone with interest in the story to read it as it was originally written.
The Black Beauty movie that I grew up with was the 1994 version. Although I’ve never read the books, I could tell you that movie was probably much more accurate than this one. Also I’m sick and tired of equestrian movies always being about some girl moving to the country and despite having no experience with horses, manages to tame the extremely wild horse that nobody else could.
@@karmaforsyth7128 And Ride (Nickelodeon), which is either a copy of Free Rein or Free Rein is a copy of Ride (can’t remember which year the shows started being filmed). I swear, there is _way_ too many similarities for there to be another reason-outside of maybe having the same writers or something? I didn’t check. Girl moves from city to some place in England. Girl who has practically never even seen a horse in the flesh joins an equestrian school/stable. Girl meets an unrideable horse and manages to be the only one who can tame them-oh and look, the horse just so happens to have a black coat in both series. Shocker! Girl becomes involved in love triangle with two boys. But then again, this is practically every horse girl movie as a whole, just in episodes instead, lmao
Yea so am I but for some reason HeartLand is good 😂 and it has the same thing. Abused horse, girl who never rode a horse before and moved to country, teen drama and romance, girl rides abused horse and somehow learns how to ride. Like why is it so good but so annoying at the same time😭
It’s annoying, all horse movies have been like “A girl has a special bond with a wild horse” and then a snob is abusing the horse or competing against her, Some horse movies/Tv shows actually have a good storyline and it’s different like heartland is a bit similar but it works, then there are more original movies like the silver brumby which is based off the books like black beauty is supposed to be but the whole story was changed!
I’ve been imagining a story where my main girl gets a thoroughbred jumping mare from someone who decides she’s too much to take care of, and she wants to take her to competition. BUT, instead of there being a big bad rival in the competition, her rival is the horse. Basically, she could be a really good jumping horse if she wasn’t such a hothead. The mare misbehaves much more than your average thoroughbred, so main character has to work with the worst problem horse known to man. Eventually they do meet eye to eye and manage to get along and get to compete with little problem. See my concept here? It’s sort of like a self discovery journey except with the assistance of a horse. It shows that you can do more than you’d expect yourself to.
Make a horse movie where the main character is a young boy who's older sister is a horse rider, his mom and dad are horse riders, grandparents were horseriders, and he deeply wishes to be just like the rest of his family. He is not allowed to though, because he is disabled with his legs. He starts attending horse rehabilitations though (it is common nowadays for upper class families to rehabilitate through horses. And the main character comes from a rich family). He gets from a disabled boy with broken dreams to a horse racer. Realistic, motivational movie that no matter how difficult things are, there is always a way.
This series is absolutely necessary. Hollywood needs to be called out on their BS of romanticizing horse movies and repeating every horse trope we see in all horse girl movies. I'd love for you to tackle the Flicka remake next!
@@caril.9384 They mean the more modern one where flicka is a black mustang who bonds with a teenage girl. There was an older film series that takes place sometime between the wild west and industrial revolution, idk when specifically, where flicka bonds with a pre teen boy and she's a chestnut mustang. It was based on a book series called "my friend flicka".
I feel like if they wanted to modernise Black Beauty they could have done something like having an OTTB (or STB if they wanted to include carriage related things and have it make sense) that finishes up on the track, is retrained as a riding horse and goes on to have various other careers of varying quality. That would be something that actually looks at the journey many modern horses go through in a way similar to the original that isn't just turning it into another "horse girl movie".
At long last! We're finally getting a criticism of this movie! I've said it before and I'll continue to say it: Black Beauty has always been a gelding and mostly a thoroughbred! The book was written in 1877, why change it now?! Especially because the horses playing Black Beauty in this movie are ALL thoroughbreds of some kind, not mustangs in any way?!
Black Beauty was a gelding. While his grandfather was certainly a Thoroughbred, Beauty himself was probably only part TB. It's very likely he was part Norfolk Roadster or Hackney as we was used primarily as a carriage horse.
Horses CAN’T understand human words but, horses CAN understand human emotions therefore Beauty could understand that Jo was “sad” when Beauty was sold to Terry.
I think in some versions of the book black beauty can kinda understand what they are talking about based on emotions and some words but merrylegs can understand more English because he was around humans for longer? I don’t think that this was the original book though so I could be wrong…
Ah, I remember reading Black Beauty as a child and having my little mind blown by that story. I hadn't watched Spirit or many other horse focused stories yet, so this was the first story I read that was told from the animal's perspective. It really did make me cry at the end and actually got me into writing my own horse stories (of course, for a girl raised in a metro city in India, my story ideas were nonexistent). Ginger was my favorite character in that book and I just loved her so much. I loved that Joe in the book was a boy who made a mistake and ended up giving Beauty a fever. And that he grew up and learned at the end of the book when he reunited with Beauty. For me, the story really showed just how many people Beauty met, some good, some bad, yet always gave his very best because that's his character. Not gonna lie, even though I don't remember the entire story now (been over 15 years since I read the book), the impact the story has had on me has lasted till now and even into my irl interactions with horses. To see such an iconic character from my childhood turned into...this...is truly... unsettling. The movie was just out of place. It just felt like they grabbed things from popular horse media and shoved it into a single movie and slapped Black Beauty's name on it. The storyline was inconsistent and all over the place, and there was no real purpose in the end. I'd hate to think this is Black Beauty's legacy since I love that fictional horse so damn much. I'm quite unsettled by the current trend of making any horse related media essentially the same story.
@@cha_hoe Yep! I love Spirit so much as well! However I read Black Beauty before Spirit and that book made me want to watch the movie xD Two horses intensely close to my heart!
Black beauty didn't need remaking, we can just watch the original, I don't remember it but I remember enjoying it and it having some very moving parts to it - no remakes needed. I LIKE the idea about a movie on 'Terry' and his search and rescue horse and the adventures/misadventures they have in the wilderness.
This so annoying to watch I can’t believe they ruined this book they really could have done WAY better this is a big no for me it feels likes there is no emotion in the story, this story made me cry when I read it but this is just making me cry from how bad it is and the fact that it’s a mare. You pointed out all the facts great videos keep it up💕
9:00 I completely agree. If they wanted to make a horse movie, they should have just made a completely original story, which would have been amazing if it was about a rescue ranger and the horse. That is actually a new idea and Disney could have done so much more with that. But obviously Disney had to make a cash grab while tarnishing the name of a classic… complete bullshit lol.
Omg I love movie sins! You did such a great job on this and it's an awesome idea to use this concept but make it into your own with horse-themed sins and movies 😄 Would love to see more! Tip on what to sin next: Flicka!
Watched this with my friends a while back on a sleepover, spent the entire thing insulting the movie 💀 Like if you changed the characters names and the movies name it would be a good, average horse girl movie but why must they have butchered such an amazing novel.
This is actually heartbreaking. I read Black Beauty as a child about a million times. It was one of my favorite stories ever and to see it turned into some bad cliché horse girl movie just hurts. And the effort they put into actually sticking with the story were so minimal its awful... I really wish they would've put some effort into making a true modern version, or don't make a modern version at all. A Black Beauty film based on the original would be so cool...
Before this video I didn't even know Disney made a remake of it- I don't even think you could call it a remake, more like a knock off Walmart version that is for some reason combined with every other horse girl movie out there.. 😶
Disney: let's take this classic novel about the abuse of working animals and turn it into another horse girl movie. Everyone: screw that i'mma watch the 94 version.
You should do Flicka 2. The characters so unlikable compared to the first movie and most horse fans that watch it and never watch it again including myself
I remember seeing this movie come out and was immediately turned off by the 'city girl meets horse' vibe which is so overused. 'A girl and her horse' movie wouldn't be bad at all if they had done it right, but 90% of the ones that exist are just garbage and it's such a shame that this movie actually had a decent cast with SO much potential. Plus it's just frustrating that she suddenly knows everything about horses after spending a few days with Black Beauty. Overall I wish they would've stuck with the original story line and made some improvements or touch ups (As if it needed it, tbh.) It's the same problem with the new 'Spirit'. Movies such as War Horse, Black Beauty(OG), Spirit: SOTC are WONDERFUL examples of a friendship between human and horse. That's another point I'd like to make.... there's not enough movies for kids that involve a young boy and his horse! We need more of it for sure. But even movies like Flicka(2006) are really good and involves a girl as the main character as well. It definitely can be done, but it wasn't done well here at all. My ranting aside, this was a wonderful video. Well said.
Black beauty (1994) is my favorite movie of ALL time. The music composed by Elfman and the fact that they stayed as close to the book as possible makes it a heart-breaking masterpiece. So...WAHT THE F*CK IS THIS SH*T ???!
I expect the final scene was just because they wanted to have something that looked like The Black Stallion. If you haven't seen that movie, you definitely need to watch it. I know people love Spirit but I honestly couldn't, the horse acted so unhorselike. Check out The Black Stallion, absolutely beautiful. But I love Cinema Sins and it was great fun watching your version! Thanks :)
The Black Stallion is an absolutely beautiful film and one of my all time favorites. And I hope that no one Ever tries to remake it because they will ruin it!
Well, I can accept your opinions over Spirit not acting so very horselike. It is a cartoon fictional movie that had been taken with a lot of fictional liberties. It's my favorite DreamWorks Movie and horse movie as well while Black Beauty is my second favorite. :)
Seems I was not the only one who was confused when the movie started. I was like, the black beauty story I read was certainly not a mustang mare in America 😂 it's just another unrealistic you can always connect with a horse and therefore keep it horsemovie 😜nice review though, love it 💕
I kinda want to know how you go from being distracted on a phone, to the whole barn going up in flames 😆 I know it wasn't just a jump-cut in the movie but it was pretty funny!
I hate that almost all of the horse movies there are so unrealistic and "horse girly". Why can't they be about something else thats horsey. Thanks for making this lol.
Honestly. The only horse movie I can think of that isn't about a horse girl and her "wild" horse is Spirit. And they even managed to turn THAT movie into a horse girl movie!
This is...funny and sad. The dead Ginger scene got me. Like, really? Do you think we're that stupid, Disney? Good review! Thought it was informative and hilarious XD
This is a good video. Black Beauty is one of my favourite books, so of course I'm a bit biased. When I first heard there were plans for a modern Black Beauty, I thought it was a good idea. The themes of the book are very relevant to everyone who wants to work with horses in my opinion, but the examples are a bit "outdated", so why not adapt the story in a way that people can learn something about how they should be treating horses today instead of how people should have done it 150 years ago. It's not like there's a shortage of things that still go wrong in stables, riding schools and of course the whole show jumping, dressage, racing etc industry. One thing that always captivated me with the book and that makes the story even more tragic is that Black Beauty is a horse born in a save haven, trained with love, strong, kind, trusting. Whatever could go wrong? His new owners of course want him to work, but they are good people and he enjoys the work. When they have to sell him, they do so thinking they have found good new owners for him. Black Beauty doesn't get fucked up by humans because of some mean plot or villain, but because those that are responsible for him, that should take care of him, don't care enough, don't have the means to do it right or just don't know better. That's something that should be possible to be translated into a modern era. Don't own a horse without informing yourself thoroughly about what it needs. Don't push a horse beyond it's limits for your own ambition or profit. Don't own a horse if you can only afford to have it stay inside a very small stable with one hour on the pasture once a day. The horse will endure, like Black Beauty, and may still be kind and obedient with you, but it needs more to be happy. The love of the horse girl will not be enough, no matter how romantic it might sound. Black Beauty isn't a wild horse that "magically" falls in love with a girl. Black Beauty is a horse with all the best starting conditions that should have ensured a happy and healthy life. Black Beauty could be your favourite horse at the local riding school, the one that's kind and calm and great with kids. I think it is an important part of the book that while Black Beauty is of course special for the reader, he is in fact one of so many carriage horses that were trotting down the street back then and that had to endure the same torment. It may not sound as flashy and romantic as "tamed mustang", but that's kind of the point for me, you don't just have to bemoan the bad conditions at racetracks and the starving mustangs that are losing their grazing lands (but of course those too! Definitely those too!). You need to look at what you are doing, and how, and ask yourself if you are doing it right. When I was a kid, I went to the riding school at my town and learned to ride. The horses lived in small-ish stalls with very little times at the pastures, doing multiple lessons a day, and showed Weaving. I loved all the horses and riding and enjoyed my time there, I thought it was all normal and just how it was supposed to be. When I got a bit older, I started questioning the way the horses were kept, and at other horse farms I saw horses being way more relaxed, mostly living in herds, having real social contact with other horses. That is something that every "horse girl" could do - look at how their horses live, and ask themselves if it is a good way or if it should be improved. And that are some parts that I think an "educational" Black Beauty movie could have shown: things that can cause the audience to try and be better themselves. Sorry about the rant. Back to the story. I recommend the 1994 Black Beauty movie, although the pacing is sometimes a bit weird, it captures the story nicely. On a final note, while Black Beauty is really close with some of his humans and gets found and saved by Joe, the final moments of the book and of the 1994 movie (that always have me in tears) are him dreaming that he was still back at Birtwick Park, dancing on the pastures with his friends Ginger and Merrylegs...
I personally loved that movie. And here is my reason why: We’ve all read/watched the original so remaking the SAME movie would’ve been boring in my opinion. Yes some things didn’t make sense in the new movie but I did love that the storyline was changed up quite a bit because it made it interesting and intriguing for me to keep watching. I found your criticisms interesting and I’ve been subbed to you for a long time. I’m definitely going to have to rewatch both the original and the newer movie again. Love your vids! 💜
I disagree. The book was breathtaking and this was just cliché. Also, I hate the other movie as well LOL I recommend read the book, it's beyond amazing. But it's great hearing different opinions!
@@ms.horselover2569 I have read the book. Multiple times. And I agree that it is AMAZING. I haven't watched this movie, and I'm sure its not that bad, but it just doesn't fit Black Beauty. Black Beauty isn't a "horse girl" story. They just took parts of the book and threw it in with a completely different story. Anyways, like you said, it's great hearing different opinions.
They could have made a movie about abusive things about horses nowdays, they have literaly many themes to honour the original story. This movie is just meh, just another horse girl movie.
I love this!! You've said everything we were all thinking 😂- a really well put together video too!! One thing you did forget though - Beauty's star kept changing shape, and the horse keeps changing and gains a sock or two through the film - I do not understand why they can't keep the horses consistent, or maybe I just notice too much 😂
I'm not sure how easy or safe it is to dye horse markings to make them all match, or if that would even have been in their budget anyway, but although I understand why there's that inconsistency (generally speaking horse movies have to have several horses that look similar, even if there's only one horse in the whole thing, for reasons like not overworking the horse, having stand-ins in case of illness, etc etc) it still bugs me, too.
It would have been a really good movie if they stuck with the original storyline. To non-Equestrians too, because it’d just be more interesting and highlighting what bad things can truly happen. But, I could never imagine they’d ever make a tragic abuse movie or a movie that’s not- girl that’s never ridden + wild horse = Grand Prix Showjumper liberty Dressage bareback pro. Or perhaps at this point they could have gone for another storyline, like the police horse, or another horse rather than Black Beauty with Terry or another character on a rescue team.
Don’t forget to add another sin because the movie creators couldn’t even be bothered to use a real Mustang. like that’s clearly a thoroughbred. Also why would she die so young she couldn’t have been old like she was probably around like 15 years old or something, like they could’ve at least shown beauty like growing old and then dying. But instead it just went straight from her coming back to Birkwhick and then her dying. This movie just left me with so many questions
You could do A Champions Heart(or whatever title it has. All I know is that the horse is called Tux) Or Moondance Alexander Or Ready to Run I think they're decent if you don't think about them too much lol
Add 50 sins just for the point that ONCE AGAIN teen girl gets sent to uncles house after parents are killed!!! SERIOUSLY literally flicka with slight book references 😑
Someone needs to do an adaptation where BB is a gaited horse and at one point is a Big Lick horse (and at some point an Amish carriage and plow horse - do they use them for multi purpose?), Ginger is a mustang, and Merrylegs was once used for pony rides at the fair. They can use BB as a nickname as part of modernizing.
Also I think the "farmer that still used old tools" is meant to be an amish person. Which is probably meant to point out the abuse horses go through at the hands of the amish.
Oh my gosh... that moment at 10:16 ''What's next is she gonna be a carriage horse'' I burst out laughing because 1: that was a thing and 2. Your reaction was spot on XD ♥ I am gonna be honest. I liked this movie, tho it did not feel like Black beauty to me. Good movie but they probarly should have named it differently maybe just ''Beauty'' XD ♥
I'm having a flashback to when they tried to continue Spirit... That had pissed me off too.. I still have the original Black beauty movie, and the original Spirit Stallion of the cimarron. They were my favorites as a child. Watched each no less than a hundred times... Gotta love the modern world right? No. No you don't, that was sarcasm
I have read the book and I love it! When Ginger died, I cried. When Black Beauty dreamed of Ginger and Merrylegs out in a field, I cried. The book had a sad, but happy ending. Joe got to be the groom of Black Beauty again. (Joe Green, the groom who literally almost killed Beauty.) There's so much wrong with this movie, they went so off course on the plot, too. Like, why even bother making this movie? Why call it Black Beauty when only 20% of it is correct? Gee, I'm disappointed. Watch the original movie, and read the book, y'all.
The old black beauty will always be one of my favorite horse movies I still have the DVD and was so excited when I saw disney was making one till I saw the trailer heart breaking
Please do more of these videos! ❤ Flicka (2006) deserves its own video. There are so many horse girl movies out there that would make great content for your RUclips channel.
This is the first I've ever heard of this! Black Beauty was one of my favourite books growing up and this... this is just so awful! Your commentary made my day:)
okay but i liked it!! It made me cry lol there were a lot of things wrong with it though, but to be fair it was a rendition . However i do agree that it is pretty messed up. They really should have exposed stuff about all the abuse and the struggle that horses experience, and they sort of just turned it into another horse girl movie. Much love abi!
Loved this! Would love it more if Disney made a horse story that was actually about horses. lol Would you be up to review Simon Wincer's "Flash," or Greg Beeman's "Horse Sense"?
The 1994 adaptation is so much better. I can't believe how long it's been since I last watched it. When I was a kid I would watch it, then rewind the VHS and watch it again.
This adaptation is not only a really poor adaptation, but also glosses over the orginal purpose of the book. The original book was intended for adults not children. It exposed the abuse and mistreatment of horses that was common back in the 19th century in a sometimes very gruesome way. It basically taught people that horses could feel pain and werent machines. It was like the Uncle Toms Cabin but for animals. This book had the biggest impact on not only for the welfare of horses but the welfare of most animals as well. The impact of this book is one of the greatest in history. It's just depressing to me that we went from a book that exposes animal abuse and promotes the proper treatments of animals to a movie that is just another horse girl movie that was clearly just made for money.
I watched the movie last week and the amount of horse girl movie stereotypes in it actually is impressive. They really were on the grind here. I've never read the books, but it did feel off. Too much going on. ;; BUT the section with Terry was quite lovely.
First things first Black Beauty was bred on a farm, and wasn't named until he got sold for the first time. I think thats what bothers me most, cause he is a stallion not a mare!
You should do the movie Flicka, I remember first watching the movie with my dad back when I needed to go to my orthodontist. Don't ask me why they had the movie playing in the office, they just did, but I thought it was a good movie at the time. Even if I find out the movie didn't age well it'll still hold a special place to me since it was one of the movies both my dad and I enjoyed watching to the point we went out of our way to buy the dvd the year lol.
I actually wish I could see the original Black Beauty, but this is just such a disappointment. They turn every horse movie into one of these. And there is no chance any of this is real. And what if a little girl watched this movie, and went up to a horse who was in pain and lying down, got on it’s back and then got bucked off, because it seemed okay on the movie? Bad influence Disney
I’m sensing cinema sins vibes . Okay but seriously this is pretty good. I remember watching the movie a bit back and thinking that It was good it’s not good.
What the f does this movie have to do with Black Beauty?! I haven't read the original book, only seen the movie, but this is so far away from the plot. It's Spirit, a horse girl movie, teen romance and others, but not Black Beauty. And those awkwardly shoved in moments from the original just hurt...
Lol i was watching this with my non equestrian friends and the whole movie was me complaining and my friend ps constantly telling me to shut up Here’s a few movies that you should do: Flicka Flicka 2 Flicka 3 The newer Spirit movie (EVERYTHJNG IS WRONG WITH IT) Walk Ride Rodeo Ready to Run
It's the same with the new spirit movie, they switch the perspective from the horse to the humans which wasn't what the orginals were going for. I loved back beauty, spirit and the silver brumby. They took the horses and made us see what they went through their eyes, it was much more meaningful.
I was so excited when it came out, and honestly im kinda sad that they transformed the story... *this is my opinion* I prefer the older Black Beauty movie.... T-T
All of Beauty's jobs could have been broken up into different horse movies. I've never seen the movies, but I've played some games based off of some German movies called Windstorm/Ostwind. Maybe you could review those?
For some reason this reminds me of not only Spirit, but also has many qualities of Flicka! a young girl with no prior experience with horses, somehow tames a "wild" black horse. I haven't actually watched this version of the movie because no movie will EVER compare to the original (same goes for Spirit) but watching this has made me 1) happy i never watched it and 2) offended that this was even released!!! Black beauty was born on a farm with HIS mother, then sold to Lady Gordon and her family where he met ginger and merrylegs. when Lady Gordon got sick, he and ginger went to this abusive home. After another abusive home, he went to jerry and after that was found and bought by joe from the first family.. Like the original movie doesnt have any little girls, and is extremely different from what is shown on this video. was considering watching this for my intense love of the original movie/book but thank you so much for this video, i will never watch this crappy rentidition
if you want a kind of dark horse movie where it's actually the horse in focus then "war horse" may be for you. it was a great movie but warning it is sometimes brutal because ... yeah war
I love the 1994 Black Beauty film. It's a lot better than the 2020 one, though I did enjoy the 2020 tbh. The "it really does feel like flying" absolutely made me bawl.
This movie is so confusing,, my brain cannot, it's like a fever dream to me. It's feels like a jumble of Spirit, Black Beauty and the Black stallion all in one mess of a plot and I can't unscramble them in my head fast enough. Like just looking at the movie in disney+ was like "okay so Joe Green like in the book but it's a girl, the horse is also a girl, the horse is a mustang like S:SC and we're focusing on her speed for some reason like in the black stallion?" AND THE HORSE IN THE MOVIE LOOKS LIKE THOROUGHBRED TO ME. Or at the very least, not a wHoLE LoT LiKE a mustang. The imagery and the character names are painful cause they just seem like a rip off of movies we already know. For example the scene on the beach at the beginning reminds me of many similar scenes from the Black Stallion. I haven't even watched it but I don't want to.
I only discovered there was a 2020 remake/Disney version when looking up the original 90s movie- which is pretty decent. Just reading the description for this one though I was like 'wtf' what have you done to this story. Especially cause part of it the whole point is that it's told from the perspective of the Horse (I love how they handled the short bits of narration in the original
oml I've made it four minutes in and I can't. They obliterated the heart of the story already. I was just watching clips from the 1994 movie and crying all over again and that led me here, and I am outraged. "It's dressage. Get her head up." I CANNOT.
this movie was shot in south Afrika and there was three horses that played ginger and 7 young thoroghbreds and 2 Frisians. At the end of the movie it says no horses were harmed but 2 horses were put down due to agression issues and some horses were badly handled two being my horses. I worked on a few seans due to how i know all this.
Sorry to hear your horses weren't handled well. I think they could probably dispense with that disclaimer and nobody would notice. I can't remember the name of the film, now, but there was another horse movie where horses ended up dying in preventable accidents (like stepping on long ropes that were tied around their necks, with the long ends trailing on the ground, while stampeding). That was denied, too.
The original Black Beauty film was so amazing and beautiful and Disney just had to make another horse girl movie while ripping off Spirit Stallion Of The Cimarron which is one of my favourite films
I don't think people that think Abigail is being a hater have understand her vision or many of us. The problem is not the movie itself, but the name it carries. Black Beauty (i only have seen the movie) was shocking, sad and realistic. It talked about how a true horse's life is, the exact way that the book was. It was amazing like that because the story was serious, have amazing characters that are great. Another exemples of how good realistic movies is Seabiscuit, Secretariant, War Horse... Specially this last one. This movie is only made for getting kids attention and just money. There is no love in this movie. You can have fun with it, but it is just cliche, cringy like many other movies. They could have put "Flika" or another movie horse Common names that will be the same. If they Really wanted to make a Black Beauty reboot, they could have worked more and make a nowdays version. We have literaly many themes that could have worked on.
2:35 the girl that played as bellas daughter in twilight, renesmee😭 is actually that actor. how ironic
her name is Mackenzie Foy
@@pjhams2654 Omg that is PRICELESS. Thank you so much for blessing my day with that information!!! 💗
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this is the 'What if' to renesmee not being a vampire
@@millyboop2047 lol yes!
Honestly, they COULD have made a tragic modern black beauty highlighting everything horses have to deal with in the modern world and stayed in theme with the original being essentially an expose on horse abuse, but they just HAD to make another horse girl movie...
THIS! The movie was so frustrating to watch for me because there were like... tiny hints of an original/properly modernized interpretation of Black Beauty's themes, but they just didn't go for it. You could have used this movie to address mustang management in the US, or you could have made it about the abuse happening in the competitive horse racing, jumping or dressage scene, you could have made Black Beauty into a police horse as Abigail suggests... and in every such circumstance, there would have been interesting topics to address with regards to horsemanship and correct treatment of animals, all without falling back onto the plough horse/carriage horse stuff which barely works for the modern setting, and all without the utterly cliché magical horse girl bond.
True, but every horse when bonding with people are different. Besides, there's SO many horse bonding movies/shows/books that has stuff tragic like stables on fire, or horses getting taken away from there owners. Like for example Heart land, Free Rien (Raven) and Spirit riding free. If all of them where the same then it won't be as interesting. If you really have watched or read spirit riding free, heart land, or Free Rien (Raven) you will notice that some sense or even half on the movie is the same. So conclusion that will make all the horses the same but just different colors and breeds.
This probably was before your time, but Disney pulled a similar dirty one with the movie adaptation of the "The Young Black Stallion". They turned it into a girl and horse story, when it was supposed to be a prologue to the Black Stallion series, and had nothing to do with a little girl or the "plot" they gave it for the movie. While it didnt have quite the literary importance of "Black Beauty", it was still pretty disgusting.
What makes me sad is that "Black Beauty" was actually very important for animal welfare as a cultural revelation in English society. It is such a significant and beautiful, timeless story - and this is the introduction that kids are going to get to it. Its going to ruin "Black Beauty" for them by being a piece of garbage. I have a copy of the original unabridged version, beautifully bound, and I highly recommend it to anyone with interest in the story to read it as it was originally written.
@@TheBurrito171 I‘m aware, I even mentioned that in one of my articles on The Mane Quest 😊
Everyone : *Writes long messages in reply’s*
Me : Yup
The Black Beauty movie that I grew up with was the 1994 version. Although I’ve never read the books, I could tell you that movie was probably much more accurate than this one.
Also I’m sick and tired of equestrian movies always being about some girl moving to the country and despite having no experience with horses, manages to tame the extremely wild horse that nobody else could.
*Cough cough* free rein
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And Ride (Nickelodeon), which is either a copy of Free Rein or Free Rein is a copy of Ride (can’t remember which year the shows started being filmed). I swear, there is _way_ too many similarities for there to be another reason-outside of maybe having the same writers or something? I didn’t check.
Girl moves from city to some place in England.
Girl who has practically never even seen a horse in the flesh joins an equestrian school/stable.
Girl meets an unrideable horse and manages to be the only one who can tame them-oh and look, the horse just so happens to have a black coat in both series. Shocker!
Girl becomes involved in love triangle with two boys.
But then again, this is practically every horse girl movie as a whole, just in episodes instead, lmao
OH YES! Finally someone who knows it! I love that movie.
@@karmaforsyth7128*cough cough* HeartLand
Yea so am I but for some reason HeartLand is good 😂 and it has the same thing. Abused horse, girl who never rode a horse before and moved to country, teen drama and romance, girl rides abused horse and somehow learns how to ride. Like why is it so good but so annoying at the same time😭
It’s annoying, all horse movies have been like “A girl has a special bond with a wild horse” and then a snob is abusing the horse or competing against her, Some horse movies/Tv shows actually have a good storyline and it’s different like heartland is a bit similar but it works, then there are more original movies like the silver brumby which is based off the books like black beauty is supposed to be but the whole story was changed!
Heartland is a great show
Heartland is honestly an amazing show
I’ve been imagining a story where my main girl gets a thoroughbred jumping mare from someone who decides she’s too much to take care of, and she wants to take her to competition. BUT, instead of there being a big bad rival in the competition, her rival is the horse. Basically, she could be a really good jumping horse if she wasn’t such a hothead. The mare misbehaves much more than your average thoroughbred, so main character has to work with the worst problem horse known to man. Eventually they do meet eye to eye and manage to get along and get to compete with little problem.
See my concept here? It’s sort of like a self discovery journey except with the assistance of a horse. It shows that you can do more than you’d expect yourself to.
@@Alu_kardd it sounds pretty good though
Make a horse movie where the main character is a young boy who's older sister is a horse rider, his mom and dad are horse riders, grandparents were horseriders, and he deeply wishes to be just like the rest of his family. He is not allowed to though, because he is disabled with his legs. He starts attending horse rehabilitations though (it is common nowadays for upper class families to rehabilitate through horses. And the main character comes from a rich family). He gets from a disabled boy with broken dreams to a horse racer.
Realistic, motivational movie that no matter how difficult things are, there is always a way.
Fun fact Black Beauty was the only book Anna Swell ever wrote
Yes she was very sick when she wrote Black Beauty and died short after publish it
@@raptorblack2269 That's sad
This series is absolutely necessary. Hollywood needs to be called out on their BS of romanticizing horse movies and repeating every horse trope we see in all horse girl movies.
I'd love for you to tackle the Flicka remake next!
there's remake?
@@caril.9384 They mean the more modern one where flicka is a black mustang who bonds with a teenage girl. There was an older film series that takes place sometime between the wild west and industrial revolution, idk when specifically, where flicka bonds with a pre teen boy and she's a chestnut mustang. It was based on a book series called "my friend flicka".
I feel like if they wanted to modernise Black Beauty they could have done something like having an OTTB (or STB if they wanted to include carriage related things and have it make sense) that finishes up on the track, is retrained as a riding horse and goes on to have various other careers of varying quality. That would be something that actually looks at the journey many modern horses go through in a way similar to the original that isn't just turning it into another "horse girl movie".
At long last! We're finally getting a criticism of this movie! I've said it before and I'll continue to say it: Black Beauty has always been a gelding and mostly a thoroughbred! The book was written in 1877, why change it now?! Especially because the horses playing Black Beauty in this movie are ALL thoroughbreds of some kind, not mustangs in any way?!
Black Beauty was a gelding. While his grandfather was certainly a Thoroughbred, Beauty himself was probably only part TB. It's very likely he was part Norfolk Roadster or Hackney as we was used primarily as a carriage horse.
@@Bindi342 wow i didn't know that :0 thank you :D
Black Beauty was a gelding but yes!
@@ms.horselover2569 ah my bad! its been a while since i read the book!
but where in the book does it say the Black Beauty was a gelding?
Horses CAN’T understand human words but, horses CAN understand human emotions therefore Beauty could understand that Jo was “sad” when Beauty was sold to Terry.
Actually… some horses CAN understand words. Just not every word.
I think in some versions of the book black beauty can kinda understand what they are talking about based on emotions and some words but merrylegs can understand more English because he was around humans for longer? I don’t think that this was the original book though so I could be wrong…
Ah, I remember reading Black Beauty as a child and having my little mind blown by that story. I hadn't watched Spirit or many other horse focused stories yet, so this was the first story I read that was told from the animal's perspective. It really did make me cry at the end and actually got me into writing my own horse stories (of course, for a girl raised in a metro city in India, my story ideas were nonexistent). Ginger was my favorite character in that book and I just loved her so much. I loved that Joe in the book was a boy who made a mistake and ended up giving Beauty a fever. And that he grew up and learned at the end of the book when he reunited with Beauty. For me, the story really showed just how many people Beauty met, some good, some bad, yet always gave his very best because that's his character. Not gonna lie, even though I don't remember the entire story now (been over 15 years since I read the book), the impact the story has had on me has lasted till now and even into my irl interactions with horses. To see such an iconic character from my childhood turned into...this...is truly... unsettling.
The movie was just out of place. It just felt like they grabbed things from popular horse media and shoved it into a single movie and slapped Black Beauty's name on it. The storyline was inconsistent and all over the place, and there was no real purpose in the end. I'd hate to think this is Black Beauty's legacy since I love that fictional horse so damn much.
I'm quite unsettled by the current trend of making any horse related media essentially the same story.
Spirit is also told from the horses perspective, and not the spin off ones, spirit: stallion of the cimarron actually focuses on the horde
@@cha_hoe Yep! I love Spirit so much as well! However I read Black Beauty before Spirit and that book made me want to watch the movie xD Two horses intensely close to my heart!
@@ennuiwolf yep, I love them both, especially Joey from war horse haha
Black beauty didn't need remaking, we can just watch the original, I don't remember it but I remember enjoying it and it having some very moving parts to it - no remakes needed. I LIKE the idea about a movie on 'Terry' and his search and rescue horse and the adventures/misadventures they have in the wilderness.
I'd totally watch that
This so annoying to watch I can’t believe they ruined this book they really could have done WAY better this is a big no for me it feels likes there is no emotion in the story, this story made me cry when I read it but this is just making me cry from how bad it is and the fact that it’s a mare. You pointed out all the facts great videos keep it up💕
9:00 I completely agree. If they wanted to make a horse movie, they should have just made a completely original story, which would have been amazing if it was about a rescue ranger and the horse. That is actually a new idea and Disney could have done so much more with that. But obviously Disney had to make a cash grab while tarnishing the name of a classic… complete bullshit lol.
That fact that a remake exists is infinity sins in itself
Omg I love movie sins! You did such a great job on this and it's an awesome idea to use this concept but make it into your own with horse-themed sins and movies 😄 Would love to see more!
Tip on what to sin next: Flicka!
So glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the suggestion :D
Yes yes yesss Flicka was painful to watch, the books are amazing. The movies? Not so much. Again, just another horse girl movie, ugh
Watched this with my friends a while back on a sleepover, spent the entire thing insulting the movie 💀
Like if you changed the characters names and the movies name it would be a good, average horse girl movie but why must they have butchered such an amazing novel.
This is actually heartbreaking. I read Black Beauty as a child about a million times. It was one of my favorite stories ever and to see it turned into some bad cliché horse girl movie just hurts. And the effort they put into actually sticking with the story were so minimal its awful... I really wish they would've put some effort into making a true modern version, or don't make a modern version at all. A Black Beauty film based on the original would be so cool...
“Hmm a mustang, out Running. Doesn't sound like anything familiar.” Lol my fave line
I recently watched the one made in 1946 for some reason, it explains the book a lot more than the one made in 2020
I watched the original before making the video and it is truly fantastic!
I much prefer the older film of black beauty it is amazing and such a beautiful story!
i was forced to watch that stupid 1994 movie about a stallion i hated that movie called black beauty i dont like horses
@@dariaharruff7025 I didn't ask tbh
@@dariaharruff7025 so why did you click on this video, on a channel that's all about horses? I think you're just trolling.
@@ShintogaDeathAngel idk I thought it would be a nice movie with same actors so whatever
Before this video I didn't even know Disney made a remake of it- I don't even think you could call it a remake, more like a knock off Walmart version that is for some reason combined with every other horse girl movie out there.. 😶
I never realized how similar it was to Stallion if the Cimarron until this video!
I realised the very first time i watched it and this is why i enjoyed it. But Yeah it's very different from the original story
Disney: let's take this classic novel about the abuse of working animals and turn it into another horse girl movie.
Everyone: screw that i'mma watch the 94 version.
You should do Flicka 2. The characters so unlikable compared to the first movie and most horse fans that watch it and never watch it again including myself
I adore the book. The movie is terrible, I cried the whole way through 💀
Better yet, do Flicka
I remember seeing this movie come out and was immediately turned off by the 'city girl meets horse' vibe which is so overused. 'A girl and her horse' movie wouldn't be bad at all if they had done it right, but 90% of the ones that exist are just garbage and it's such a shame that this movie actually had a decent cast with SO much potential. Plus it's just frustrating that she suddenly knows everything about horses after spending a few days with Black Beauty. Overall I wish they would've stuck with the original story line and made some improvements or touch ups (As if it needed it, tbh.) It's the same problem with the new 'Spirit'.
Movies such as War Horse, Black Beauty(OG), Spirit: SOTC are WONDERFUL examples of a friendship between human and horse. That's another point I'd like to make.... there's not enough movies for kids that involve a young boy and his horse! We need more of it for sure. But even movies like Flicka(2006) are really good and involves a girl as the main character as well. It definitely can be done, but it wasn't done well here at all.
My ranting aside, this was a wonderful video. Well said.
Black beauty (1994) is my favorite movie of ALL time. The music composed by Elfman and the fact that they stayed as close to the book as possible makes it a heart-breaking masterpiece.
So...WAHT THE F*CK IS THIS SH*T ???!
3:47 that- no way- Made a lot of sense :o
I expect the final scene was just because they wanted to have something that looked like The Black Stallion. If you haven't seen that movie, you definitely need to watch it. I know people love Spirit but I honestly couldn't, the horse acted so unhorselike. Check out The Black Stallion, absolutely beautiful. But I love Cinema Sins and it was great fun watching your version! Thanks :)
The Black Stallion is an absolutely beautiful film and one of my all time favorites. And I hope that no one Ever tries to remake it because they will ruin it!
spirit riding free? yea the horse was unhorselike. the 2002 one, i disagree.
Well, I can accept your opinions over Spirit not acting so very horselike.
It is a cartoon fictional movie that had been taken with a lot of fictional liberties.
It's my favorite DreamWorks Movie and horse movie as well while Black Beauty is my second favorite. :)
Seems I was not the only one who was confused when the movie started. I was like, the black beauty story I read was certainly not a mustang mare in America 😂 it's just another unrealistic you can always connect with a horse and therefore keep it horsemovie 😜nice review though, love it 💕
4:57
Distracted groom ? wonder where this will end.
(few seconds later)
Oh..
This part got me🤣
I kinda want to know how you go from being distracted on a phone, to the whole barn going up in flames 😆 I know it wasn't just a jump-cut in the movie but it was pretty funny!
I hate that almost all of the horse movies there are so unrealistic and "horse girly". Why can't they be about something else thats horsey. Thanks for making this lol.
Honestly. The only horse movie I can think of that isn't about a horse girl and her "wild" horse is Spirit. And they even managed to turn THAT movie into a horse girl movie!
This is...funny and sad. The dead Ginger scene got me. Like, really? Do you think we're that stupid, Disney? Good review! Thought it was informative and hilarious XD
This is a good video. Black Beauty is one of my favourite books, so of course I'm a bit biased. When I first heard there were plans for a modern Black Beauty, I thought it was a good idea. The themes of the book are very relevant to everyone who wants to work with horses in my opinion, but the examples are a bit "outdated", so why not adapt the story in a way that people can learn something about how they should be treating horses today instead of how people should have done it 150 years ago.
It's not like there's a shortage of things that still go wrong in stables, riding schools and of course the whole show jumping, dressage, racing etc industry.
One thing that always captivated me with the book and that makes the story even more tragic is that Black Beauty is a horse born in a save haven, trained with love, strong, kind, trusting. Whatever could go wrong? His new owners of course want him to work, but they are good people and he enjoys the work. When they have to sell him, they do so thinking they have found good new owners for him. Black Beauty doesn't get fucked up by humans because of some mean plot or villain, but because those that are responsible for him, that should take care of him, don't care enough, don't have the means to do it right or just don't know better.
That's something that should be possible to be translated into a modern era. Don't own a horse without informing yourself thoroughly about what it needs. Don't push a horse beyond it's limits for your own ambition or profit. Don't own a horse if you can only afford to have it stay inside a very small stable with one hour on the pasture once a day. The horse will endure, like Black Beauty, and may still be kind and obedient with you, but it needs more to be happy. The love of the horse girl will not be enough, no matter how romantic it might sound.
Black Beauty isn't a wild horse that "magically" falls in love with a girl. Black Beauty is a horse with all the best starting conditions that should have ensured a happy and healthy life. Black Beauty could be your favourite horse at the local riding school, the one that's kind and calm and great with kids. I think it is an important part of the book that while Black Beauty is of course special for the reader, he is in fact one of so many carriage horses that were trotting down the street back then and that had to endure the same torment. It may not sound as flashy and romantic as "tamed mustang", but that's kind of the point for me, you don't just have to bemoan the bad conditions at racetracks and the starving mustangs that are losing their grazing lands (but of course those too! Definitely those too!). You need to look at what you are doing, and how, and ask yourself if you are doing it right. When I was a kid, I went to the riding school at my town and learned to ride. The horses lived in small-ish stalls with very little times at the pastures, doing multiple lessons a day, and showed Weaving. I loved all the horses and riding and enjoyed my time there, I thought it was all normal and just how it was supposed to be. When I got a bit older, I started questioning the way the horses were kept, and at other horse farms I saw horses being way more relaxed, mostly living in herds, having real social contact with other horses. That is something that every "horse girl" could do - look at how their horses live, and ask themselves if it is a good way or if it should be improved. And that are some parts that I think an "educational" Black Beauty movie could have shown: things that can cause the audience to try and be better themselves.
Sorry about the rant. Back to the story. I recommend the 1994 Black Beauty movie, although the pacing is sometimes a bit weird, it captures the story nicely. On a final note, while Black Beauty is really close with some of his humans and gets found and saved by Joe, the final moments of the book and of the 1994 movie (that always have me in tears) are him dreaming that he was still back at Birtwick Park, dancing on the pastures with his friends Ginger and Merrylegs...
Very well said!
You said absolutely everything from the bottom of my heart! :)
This movie feels like a mash-up of all the popular horse movies that have been released in the last 20 years.
13:00
Everyone else hears: Horses disappearing
I hear: A horse is disappearing
I personally loved that movie. And here is my reason why: We’ve all read/watched the original so remaking the SAME movie would’ve been boring in my opinion. Yes some things didn’t make sense in the new movie but I did love that the storyline was changed up quite a bit because it made it interesting and intriguing for me to keep watching.
I found your criticisms interesting and I’ve been subbed to you for a long time. I’m definitely going to have to rewatch both the original and the newer movie again. Love your vids! 💜
I mean, the thing is that they could have just made a completely different movie, and people would probably hate on it less.
I disagree. The book was breathtaking and this was just cliché. Also, I hate the other movie as well LOL I recommend read the book, it's beyond amazing. But it's great hearing different opinions!
@@ms.horselover2569 I have read the book. Multiple times. And I agree that it is AMAZING. I haven't watched this movie, and I'm sure its not that bad, but it just doesn't fit Black Beauty. Black Beauty isn't a "horse girl" story. They just took parts of the book and threw it in with a completely different story. Anyways, like you said, it's great hearing different opinions.
@@gingerskyyy exactly!
They could have made a movie about abusive things about horses nowdays, they have literaly many themes to honour the original story. This movie is just meh, just another horse girl movie.
I love this!! You've said everything we were all thinking 😂- a really well put together video too!!
One thing you did forget though - Beauty's star kept changing shape, and the horse keeps changing and gains a sock or two through the film - I do not understand why they can't keep the horses consistent, or maybe I just notice too much 😂
I'm not sure how easy or safe it is to dye horse markings to make them all match, or if that would even have been in their budget anyway, but although I understand why there's that inconsistency (generally speaking horse movies have to have several horses that look similar, even if there's only one horse in the whole thing, for reasons like not overworking the horse, having stand-ins in case of illness, etc etc) it still bugs me, too.
Just that one scene with Terry and beauty already had me crying I don’t know why Disney is so afraid to make good movies anymore!
good movies cost money, and currently Disney would rather just make junkfood movies and nostalgia bait.
@@NightEyeStudio1995 true, though this movie still looks like it had good production values. Not seen it but the story itself looks like garbage.
That scene must have been the writers fighting tooth and nail to actually have something original
This was a really good video Abigail! Hope you do more like it 👍👍
It would have been a really good movie if they stuck with the original storyline. To non-Equestrians too, because it’d just be more interesting and highlighting what bad things can truly happen. But, I could never imagine they’d ever make a tragic abuse movie or a movie that’s not- girl that’s never ridden + wild horse = Grand Prix Showjumper liberty Dressage bareback pro. Or perhaps at this point they could have gone for another storyline, like the police horse, or another horse rather than Black Beauty with Terry or another character on a rescue team.
HI
Abi
Edit: love your videos you inspire me and i have been watching your vids for years
Don’t forget to add another sin because the movie creators couldn’t even be bothered to use a real Mustang. like that’s clearly a thoroughbred. Also why would she die so young she couldn’t have been old like she was probably around like 15 years old or something, like they could’ve at least shown beauty like growing old and then dying. But instead it just went straight from her coming back to Birkwhick and then her dying. This movie just left me with so many questions
Loved it! It was amazing how honest you were and everything that you said was true!
You could do A Champions Heart(or whatever title it has. All I know is that the horse is called Tux)
Or Moondance Alexander
Or Ready to Run
I think they're decent if you don't think about them too much lol
God I hate how they turned a beautiful tale into a random horse girl movie? Ah yes Beauty understands that people can die in a car crash
Add 50 sins just for the point that ONCE AGAIN teen girl gets sent to uncles house after parents are killed!!! SERIOUSLY literally flicka with slight book references 😑
I am a very big equestrian and this made me freak out and my mom just rolled her eyes. But you healed my broken hear :)
Someone needs to do an adaptation where BB is a gaited horse and at one point is a Big Lick horse (and at some point an Amish carriage and plow horse - do they use them for multi purpose?), Ginger is a mustang, and Merrylegs was once used for pony rides at the fair. They can use BB as a nickname as part of modernizing.
Also I think the "farmer that still used old tools" is meant to be an amish person. Which is probably meant to point out the abuse horses go through at the hands of the amish.
Gorgina- I kept hearing Regina in the movie and the video so I was like " Regina George why you riding horses" 🤣 (love ur vids!)
Oh my gosh... that moment at 10:16 ''What's next is she gonna be a carriage horse'' I burst out laughing because 1: that was a thing and 2. Your reaction was spot on XD ♥
I am gonna be honest. I liked this movie, tho it did not feel like Black beauty to me. Good movie but they probarly should have named it differently maybe just ''Beauty'' XD ♥
I'm having a flashback to when they tried to continue Spirit... That had pissed me off too.. I still have the original Black beauty movie, and the original Spirit Stallion of the cimarron. They were my favorites as a child. Watched each no less than a hundred times... Gotta love the modern world right? No. No you don't, that was sarcasm
I have read the book and I love it! When Ginger died, I cried. When Black Beauty dreamed of Ginger and Merrylegs out in a field, I cried. The book had a sad, but happy ending. Joe got to be the groom of Black Beauty again. (Joe Green, the groom who literally almost killed Beauty.) There's so much wrong with this movie, they went so off course on the plot, too. Like, why even bother making this movie? Why call it Black Beauty when only 20% of it is correct? Gee, I'm disappointed. Watch the original movie, and read the book, y'all.
Can we please just call this a new movie I used to like it but now I can’t yet I love your channel😭
The old black beauty will always be one of my favorite horse movies I still have the DVD and was so excited when I saw disney was making one till I saw the trailer heart breaking
Please do more of these videos! ❤ Flicka (2006) deserves its own video. There are so many horse girl movies out there that would make great content for your RUclips channel.
This is the first I've ever heard of this! Black Beauty was one of my favourite books growing up and this... this is just so awful! Your commentary made my day:)
okay but i liked it!! It made me cry lol
there were a lot of things wrong with it though, but to be fair it was a rendition . However i do agree that it is pretty messed up. They really should have exposed stuff about all the abuse and the struggle that horses experience, and they sort of just turned it into another horse girl movie. Much love abi!
This is genuinely the most real thing ive ever watched that i can relate to. This was my entire thought process whilst watchinh this movie 😂
Loved this! Would love it more if Disney made a horse story that was actually about horses. lol
Would you be up to review Simon Wincer's "Flash," or Greg Beeman's "Horse Sense"?
We truly need more videos like this!
The 1994 adaptation is so much better. I can't believe how long it's been since I last watched it. When I was a kid I would watch it, then rewind the VHS and watch it again.
This adaptation is not only a really poor adaptation, but also glosses over the orginal purpose of the book. The original book was intended for adults not children. It exposed the abuse and mistreatment of horses that was common back in the 19th century in a sometimes very gruesome way. It basically taught people that horses could feel pain and werent machines. It was like the Uncle Toms Cabin but for animals. This book had the biggest impact on not only for the welfare of horses but the welfare of most animals as well. The impact of this book is one of the greatest in history. It's just depressing to me that we went from a book that exposes animal abuse and promotes the proper treatments of animals to a movie that is just another horse girl movie that was clearly just made for money.
The guy falling off and getting is food caught had me dying 😂😂😂
I watched the movie last week and the amount of horse girl movie stereotypes in it actually is impressive. They really were on the grind here. I've never read the books, but it did feel off. Too much going on. ;;
BUT the section with Terry was quite lovely.
First things first Black Beauty was bred on a farm, and wasn't named until he got sold for the first time. I think thats what bothers me most, cause he is a stallion not a mare!
You should do the movie Flicka, I remember first watching the movie with my dad back when I needed to go to my orthodontist. Don't ask me why they had the movie playing in the office, they just did, but I thought it was a good movie at the time. Even if I find out the movie didn't age well it'll still hold a special place to me since it was one of the movies both my dad and I enjoyed watching to the point we went out of our way to buy the dvd the year lol.
I actually wish I could see the original Black Beauty, but this is just such a disappointment. They turn every horse movie into one of these. And there is no chance any of this is real. And what if a little girl watched this movie, and went up to a horse who was in pain and lying down, got on it’s back and then got bucked off, because it seemed okay on the movie? Bad influence Disney
reminds me a lot of flika, i loved that film as a child
I’m sensing cinema sins vibes .
Okay but seriously this is pretty good. I remember watching the movie a bit back and thinking that It was good
it’s not good.
What the f does this movie have to do with Black Beauty?! I haven't read the original book, only seen the movie, but this is so far away from the plot. It's Spirit, a horse girl movie, teen romance and others, but not Black Beauty. And those awkwardly shoved in moments from the original just hurt...
They really couldn't handle a stallion being called beautiful 😭
Me and my dad have realised that when Terry cut his head he got the smallest padded plaster ever! See for your self😂
Lol i was watching this with my non equestrian friends and the whole movie was me complaining and my friend ps constantly telling me to shut up
Here’s a few movies that you should do:
Flicka
Flicka 2
Flicka 3
The newer Spirit movie (EVERYTHJNG IS WRONG WITH IT)
Walk Ride Rodeo
Ready to Run
It's the same with the new spirit movie, they switch the perspective from the horse to the humans which wasn't what the orginals were going for. I loved back beauty, spirit and the silver brumby. They took the horses and made us see what they went through their eyes, it was much more meaningful.
This rlly made me laugh and entertained me so thanks! I hope it doesn’t get demonetised!
Don't forget that she actually put the halter on backwards when she was putting it on her head.
I was so excited when it came out, and honestly im kinda sad that they transformed the story... *this is my opinion* I prefer the older Black Beauty movie.... T-T
Honestly can’t we just get a horse movie of a girl that actually knows what she‘s doing/ realistically learning?
Mom: darling you want a thoroughbred
Girl: yes mum everyone has a thoroughbred
Abigail: that’s breedist 🙄
Me:🫡
8:37 you can see the whip theyre using to make ginger rear in the right top corner LOLLL
I like these styles of videos!! i hope you do more of these!!
I love the book, what they make movies into from serious topics and things that are meant to be serious and important NOT A DARN HORSE GIRL MOVIE!!!
All of Beauty's jobs could have been broken up into different horse movies.
I've never seen the movies, but I've played some games based off of some German movies called Windstorm/Ostwind. Maybe you could review those?
I watched every old Black Beauty movie (1974) and the cartoon movie... and this is just- I have no words for that.
Same, this new rendition of the classic story is just so bad!
For some reason this reminds me of not only Spirit, but also has many qualities of Flicka! a young girl with no prior experience with horses, somehow tames a "wild" black horse. I haven't actually watched this version of the movie because no movie will EVER compare to the original (same goes for Spirit) but watching this has made me 1) happy i never watched it and 2) offended that this was even released!!! Black beauty was born on a farm with HIS mother, then sold to Lady Gordon and her family where he met ginger and merrylegs. when Lady Gordon got sick, he and ginger went to this abusive home. After another abusive home, he went to jerry and after that was found and bought by joe from the first family..
Like the original movie doesnt have any little girls, and is extremely different from what is shown on this video. was considering watching this for my intense love of the original movie/book but thank you so much for this video, i will never watch this crappy rentidition
if you want a kind of dark horse movie where it's actually the horse in focus then "war horse" may be for you. it was a great movie but warning it is sometimes brutal because ... yeah war
The original black beauty was so amazing..im terriffied to see what they have done to it now
I love the 1994 Black Beauty film. It's a lot better than the 2020 one, though I did enjoy the 2020 tbh. The "it really does feel like flying" absolutely made me bawl.
This movie is so confusing,, my brain cannot, it's like a fever dream to me. It's feels like a jumble of Spirit, Black Beauty and the Black stallion all in one mess of a plot and I can't unscramble them in my head fast enough. Like just looking at the movie in disney+ was like "okay so Joe Green like in the book but it's a girl, the horse is also a girl, the horse is a mustang like S:SC and we're focusing on her speed for some reason like in the black stallion?" AND THE HORSE IN THE MOVIE LOOKS LIKE THOROUGHBRED TO ME. Or at the very least, not a wHoLE LoT LiKE a mustang.
The imagery and the character names are painful cause they just seem like a rip off of movies we already know. For example the scene on the beach at the beginning reminds me of many similar scenes from the Black Stallion.
I haven't even watched it but I don't want to.
I got one for you to do next!!! It’s called Champion heart! Omg I actually wanted to cry because of how cringy it was, please please do that one
this made my day 100000000000000000 (i don’t know what that number is either) times better
Oh my goodness this is priceless I prefer the other black beauty!
I only discovered there was a 2020 remake/Disney version when looking up the original 90s movie- which is pretty decent. Just reading the description for this one though I was like 'wtf' what have you done to this story. Especially cause part of it the whole point is that it's told from the perspective of the Horse (I love how they handled the short bits of narration in the original
oml I've made it four minutes in and I can't. They obliterated the heart of the story already. I was just watching clips from the 1994 movie and crying all over again and that led me here, and I am outraged.
"It's dressage. Get her head up."
I CANNOT.
"It's dressage. Get her head up" that... is amazing. Most horses doing dressage wouldn't have a really upright head carriage while working 😆 my lord!
@@ShintogaDeathAngel ikr? Get her head up. I can't even with how insane a thing that is for someone to say lol
this movie was shot in south Afrika and there was three horses that played ginger and 7 young thoroghbreds and 2 Frisians. At the end of the movie it says no horses were harmed but 2 horses were put down due to agression issues and some horses were badly handled two being my horses. I worked on a few seans due to how i know all this.
Sorry to hear your horses weren't handled well. I think they could probably dispense with that disclaimer and nobody would notice. I can't remember the name of the film, now, but there was another horse movie where horses ended up dying in preventable accidents (like stepping on long ropes that were tied around their necks, with the long ends trailing on the ground, while stampeding). That was denied, too.
@@ShintogaDeathAngelAre you refering to Flicka ?
The original Black Beauty film was so amazing and beautiful and Disney just had to make another horse girl movie while ripping off Spirit Stallion Of The Cimarron which is one of my favourite films
I don't think people that think Abigail is being a hater have understand her vision or many of us.
The problem is not the movie itself, but the name it carries.
Black Beauty (i only have seen the movie) was shocking, sad and realistic. It talked about how a true horse's life is, the exact way that the book was. It was amazing like that because the story was serious, have amazing characters that are great.
Another exemples of how good realistic movies is Seabiscuit, Secretariant, War Horse... Specially this last one.
This movie is only made for getting kids attention and just money. There is no love in this movie.
You can have fun with it, but it is just cliche, cringy like many other movies. They could have put "Flika" or another movie horse Common names that will be the same.
If they Really wanted to make a Black Beauty reboot, they could have worked more and make a nowdays version. We have literaly many themes that could have worked on.
I do think Disney made a mistake, black beauty was supposed to be a Stallion not a mare. And BB is supposed to be a carriage horse not a mustang.
Great review!🐎