WAR HORSE

I was watching "WAR HORSE" and I realized I had seen this film before  -- in 1952 at Public School #44 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant
section of Brooklyn. 
"BAMBI" showed me that someone we love
passionately could die, that no one is above the reach of death. "WAR HORSE" teaches a similar lesson about the cruelty and nobility of war.  It shows the best and worst of the human spirit. 
A person's rising to the highest standards of virtue under fire is contrasted with the evil spirit that is just below the surface when only one side can survive / win.  There is no second place in war.
Forget the regular items we normally discuss in reviewing a film - just focus on this -- it is important for children to see this film - it is a great 
teaching tool to prepare them for an element of existence that we 
must all encounter at some time. 
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THE film does not show much graphic bloodshed, so most
children will be able to handle the violence.