Hidalgo

Viewed: 1.2.05 Rented
Anyone in it: Nobody that made me want to see it because they were in it. Staring Frank Hopkins, Directed by Joe Johnston (Jumanji, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The Rocketeer, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)Plot: Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier (Mortensen) who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world.Comment: This was the first movie I saw in 2005, and it was good. Sometime the year before I tortured myself by watching the awful Tobey Maguire horse flick “Seabiscuit.” So, I dragged my feet before I watched this one. I wanted to, and I had been hearing good things about it…and I was not let down.
Score: A