War Horse gallops on to Sky Movies

Stephen Spielberg's War Horse arrives on pay TV in the UK today, on Sky Movies.  The movie split critics on its release, with some decrying its improbability and sentimentally. What these critics seamed to miss, was that this is one of the few modern war films that is accessible to children. In my opinion the movie's main deficiency, is the episodic nature of its storytelling.  By quickly moving from one set of characters, to another; it makes it very difficult to empathise with them, because they are on screen for so little time.  However,  because the movie is so beautifully crafted and well acted, it more than manages to make up for the shortcomings of its structure.