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| The Water Horse - Legend of the Deep (Two-Disc Special Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Jay Russell
Actors: Alex Etel, Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, David Morrissey, Brian Cox
Studio: Columbia Tri/Star
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.96
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (98 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1518
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 112 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: COLD18456D
UPC: 043396184565
EAN: 0043396184565
ASIN: B0012IWO0I
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Annoying...Boring...Don't Waste Your Money! June 18, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The movies okay I guess...not one of the best. At first the water horse is cute but then it grows bigger and ugly. And sometimes I can't even understand what they're saying...because they're in another country or something and because of that I can't understand it very much. It's boring even if you know what's happening. Spend your time on another movie
 Boring boring movie June 17, 2008
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
This was an incredibly boring movie. Good for kids, thats about it.
Some really bad points:
It was sooooo predictable. Examples are: The rock would be Crusoe, the water horse. The army man would be a nuisance the whole movie until the end when he saw the water horse. The handyman and the woman would fall for each other. The old man in the beginning telling the story is actually the boy that found crusoe. Crusoe would escape to the sea. These are just the main things, everything in the entire movie you knew would happen minutes before it did. Thats just poor story telling.
Typical characters and characteristics. The only interesting character was the handyman because he attempted humor (and failed miserably) and he had some history to him, which, of course, they didn't develop.
So the story and the characters were horrible, can it be any worse?
Some good points:
Cast was good, they did a descent job. They sounded realistic so thats good enough for me. The music was good, I love scotish music. And I liked the accents, love scotish accents.
If you like the typical family movie with a cutsie story then this is the movie for you. If you do not want something that you can watch for ten minutes and know the whole story, then don't get this. Simple as that.
Good family movie June 15, 2008
Good family blue ray DVD, based on legend of the Loch Ness Monster. Themes of loss, trust. Funny but no belly laughs. English with Schottish accents, so english subtitles helped our American audience.
a legend becomes real June 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well done children's story with enough depth for adults. The fanciful beginning for the legend of Loch Ness. Very suitable for even young children.
A Heartwarming and imaginitive Tale for the whole Family June 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a big fan of the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, the new film "Water horse" brings the spirit as well as the excitement of the time honored legend to life like never before. Set in the era of World War II, the story takes place in the highlands of Scotland where a lonely young boy named Angus discovers a mysterious egg that turns out to hatch into a spunky and mischievous waterborne dinosaur known as the ancient Water horse named Crusoe. With his beloved father gone at sea fighting the German U-Boats and his mother and older sister not paying any particular attention to him Angus takes the orphaned Crusoe in and raising him as his pet. But Angus quickly realizes very early on that doing so and trying his best to keep the little creature a secret brings with it some rather unusual problems as well as, some comically outrageous misadventures along the way. For example, when baby Crusoe escapes from his water filled bathtub and encounters an aggressive Royal Army bulldog named, "Churchill" who chases him around the house and then eventually ends up wrecking a lavish evening dinner party hosted by the lady of the house and some promptly dressed British soldiers. However, the film is not without its tender moments and adventurous scenes of peril as the cold realities of a bitter war come to prey on the people and the isolated beauty of such a spectacular place.
Inspired by the children's book by Author Dick King Smith, the film's director Jay Russell whose past credits include such films as, "Ladder 49 and Tuck Everlasting" goes to great lengths to bring this wonderfully imaginative story to life. The DVD comes with some impressive behind the scenes documentaries and one of the things that I found most interesting was that Russell actually visited Loch Ness in order to get an idea of where to shoot the film. At first glance he didn't think too much about the famous legend but as he got closer to the water's edge he found himself looking at the pristine water with an opened mind that just maybe there could be something big and mysterious swimming the depths of the Scottish lake. The film and DVD features are definitely worth checking out. If you're a fan of fantasy films or just like a story that let's you're imagination run wild, this movie is for you.
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