HEARTBROKEN! - FIRST TIME WATCHING Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Movie Reaction 

As an indigenous person I always loved this movie because I never had a lot of representation that wasn’t a mockery or pushed stereotypes.spirit has a lot in common with indigenous ppl during western expansion and the oppression my ppl faced throughout U.S. history and even still today

Not once have I watched spirit and got through the entire movie without crying. It's so beautiful, everything, animation, soundtrack, dialogue, expressions, storyline. It's criminally underrated istg, I'd even say its close to if not on par with the HTTYD trilogy.

I love this story of a Mustang that meets 3 different types of humans. First he gets captured by the army and is being treated awful, then he meets people that treat him and other horses like they are kinda a family, and after that he gets captured by people that just use him as a slave. I also love the way how they did the communication between the horses in this movie, they didnt need to talk like in other kids show, you can literally understand everything without them actually talking, the facial expression the body language the sounds they make is just beautifuly done for us to understand what they are actually tryna say! Such a good movie man :')

I absolutely love this movie! One of the best and most underrated animated movies of all time!

It's not based on a true story exactly, but is based on the history of the western expansion in the US. In recent years, they took Spirit and put him in a girls-and-horses TV series, and recently came out with a new movie based on the series. I'm afraid to watch them, because they seem totally opposed to the whole message of the first movie.

It’s such an incredible film. The fact they made an animated horse film that wasn’t about young girls or have talking animals and really made it into a piece of art is so incredible to me. Like Spirit narrated it but it wasn’t really about talking animals. It was about the settlement of the West from a wild horse’s perspective that used a rock singer as the voice of the horse. ??? Like how do you even pitch that idea?? But it’s so good! Show me another animated musical or horse movie like it

When it comes to equines, you can either brute your way into gaining obedience or you can gentle your way into gaining trust. Having a horse or mule truly trust you is an amazing feeling.

When I was little my grandmother took me to the theater to see this movie. I still remember the feeling of awe that opening gave me, watching the horses arch over the hill. One of those moments that just stay with you.

When it comes to native American medicine, the Lakota has it down to an art. That's the only reason I can think of for how Rain survived

what I love about this movie is how it shows the difference between training styles. The americans use force, fear and such to 'Break' horses. Where as Little Creek's relationship with his horse is built on trust, love and mutual respect.

Spirit and Balto, two of the most beautiful movies with animals!! Big love

When I was little, I was obsessed with horses, so needless to say, I wore this movie out. ❤

To give Spirit more credit than "It's his first encounter with humans", I think it's a little deeper than that. Think about what he's use to dealing with in the wild. He doesn't understand what humans are capable of at that point, or how they think. He's use to mountain lions that hunt for food, but will leave and pursue easier prey if Spirit and his herd prove too difficult to catch. Physical prowess was the only thing that mattered out in the wild. Up to that point, if he could out fight it or out run it, he was fine, because the thing he was dealing with would give up. Humans don't give up, and even if you can out fight or out run them, they can still beat you by out smarting you. Spirit was wildly unprepared to deal with a threat that doesn't give up once you're out of sight or you've done a bit of damage to them. "Mustang, that's it's name, Mustang." No. Mustang is the name for the type of horse it is. "Is this based on a true story?" Putting aside the fact that this is a Dreamworks movie and the closest thing I can think of to "based on a true story" that Dreamworks ever did is the two movies they had based off religious texts, I'm pretty sure if this were based off a true story, they would have had some text on screen at the start that said "based on a true story".

This movie will always be my favourite, I watched it constantly as a child. And frankly, I believe it to be a must-watch for kids. Not only cause it's wonderful, but because it brings a new perspective and helps you to understand that animals are just as alive and full of emotion as we are and that they should be treated with respect.

Another fave. Underrated but magnificent. Also recommend Prince of Egypt.

Seeing the unalterated joy in your eyes when Rain comes back is amazing, the face of love. The soundtrack for this movie is an absolute banger, the scenery is drop-dead gorgeous, I always cry when I watch it.

The Hans Zimmer music always gives me goosebumps, no matter how many times I've seen this movie. The animation for 2002 is really good in my opinion, the story is fascinating and they did the talking animals in such a great way... The sense of freedom with no one there to control you or dictate your life... Do what you want and must ... Timeless classic for me.

This is not just one of my favorite movies, but my most favorite movie of all time. I was 6 when this movie came out, watched it for 20 times ever since. The message, the artistry, the soundtrack, how they all changed my life and made me who I am today. I am not the same spirited person I am today without this movie. Just incredible how art has so much power to change one's life.

My two horses are treated better than anyone in my family and they eat better than me sometimes, they are my baby and are spoiled rotten. Now a days we don’t break horses we gentle and work with them to earn and give respect and love. Every time I go out to see them I let out a whistle and they instantly call back and rush to the gate.

Me and my wife love this movie!! She cries everytime she sees this movie. Your our favorite reactor to movies. If you love horses, I recommend you should start watching a Canadian show called HEARTLAND!!!! That's a show worth watching about building trust and a relationship with horses!!

Always cry when seeing this movie, it's just that good.

In terms of horse racing it has its good sides and ofc with the good there’s always a bad. I did horse racing for a few years (specifically barrel and jumps) and my family and I always treat our horses like they were royalty even before I did racing. My moto for anything to do with horses, is to treat them with respect and care because that’s your partner, this isn’t a one man show, you need them no matter what you doing wether it’s racing or just riding on a dirt road. We all retired early due to multiple reasons but they are still very happy now. We still casually do a few little races within our own stable with others who also have horses here. Trust me when I say once a racing horse always one 😂 I think they miss it especially my jumper, I’ll let her into the paddock with our jumps and she’ll do it on her own without a second thought but it’s just not worth the mental toll it takes on you to see everything that goes on. In those short years the amount of abuse that went on behind the scenes is horrific, it’s one of the big reasons I quit, I hated seeing it. I love my horses and I couldn’t understand how some of those riders did the those things to their horses. Their horses didn’t do the jumps or go faster because they wanted to, they were forced to or they’d get punished. Seen it happen way too many times after a race sadly. The industry is filled with horrible riders 😒

Love this movie, it was a childhood classic. I really like how the music is Spirits voice.

this movie made me a fan of Bryan Adams. before, i didn't even know who he was

They began production in 1994, they created the "tradigital" animation technique to pair CG with traditional animation in order to allow the "camera" to more easily and smoothly move through the world. The soundtrack is Hans Zimmer and Bryan Adams, since Spirit doesn't talk much they used the music to give him his voice and tell his story, it's masterful. The shot following the eagle through the canyon alone took 9 months to create. The horse the animators based Spirit off is still alive, his name is Donner, and he's a Kiger mustang (a very handsome boy). Oh, and Spirit is voiced by Matt Damon. This has been my favourite film ever since it came out. The final goodbye is honestly one of the most powerful moments I've ever watched. Sound the Bugle (the song from the train ride) in combination with my own pony have gotten me through the roughest times in my life. Horses are just special like that, they bring out things in us we never knew existed.

Bryan Adams is an amazing singer and the fact that he does the whole soundtrack of songs is incredible.

Some race horses are treated like kings and queens.. some are absolutely abused..

I remember when this movie came out asking my aunt to take to baskin robins to get the special flavors they had for this movie and watch it over n over again

when he started rubbing his face as spirit laid down with rain i was whispering "there it is haha" seriously, even after watching it at least 20 times now, that scene will always get me

The mothers reaction to her son getting captured. She was willing to try and save him. If Spirit didn't explore they all mightve been captured tbh. They would've traveled deeper and caught them unsuspected. So......

Also spirits hair growing shows how much time passes absolutely love this movie

Drawing eyebrows on horses, one of the hardest things ever. They have no eye arch where the eyebrow would be drawn.

I still do and forever will shed a few tears when watching this masterpiece of a movie, your laugh makes it ten times better though XD

Movie: sound the beaugle now Me:*immediately starts crying*

I have always loved and always will love this movie even though it makes me sick because of the horrible human beings that treat animals like slaves and they think they don’t have feelings! I love animals so much and cry when I see or hear anything hurting animals! And I love your reaction and your heart especially towards animals! Please keep up your reactions ! You are a wonderful human being! ☺️❤️

I think there was a concept that Spirit was meant to be a tamed horse but they changed it to him being a wild stallion

Also interesting fact horses have the biggest eyes out of all land animals

Like Phil Collins for Disney’s Tarzan, Bryan Adams didn’t have to go this hard for this soundtrack. Hans Zimmer as well has a direct line to my tear ducts with his film scores. Knowing what happens during the “settling” of the American West, I consider this film a bittersweet comparative tale of the spirit of indigenous America.

Great reaction. And yeah that soundtrack is like none other. I just hear that song from the train ride sequence and I’m sniffling 😢

Not based on the true story but it's a very beautiful movie ! Thanks for this reaction

This movie is so underrated, those who know it adore it but so many great films from this era are shadowed by Disney and somehow people have missed them. It’s great to see some of these amazing movies being discovered by new audiences now!

I watched this movie when I was about 11-12 and it RUINED me. I was bawling like halfway thru the movie and my mom felt bad 😂 afterwards it became my fave movie!

To this day, this is absolutely one of my favorite movies. I don’t often rewatch movies but I could watch this movie over and over again. It made such a vast desolate landscape so incredible beautiful. They way they framed some of the shots. Absolutely breath taking. The visual with the black screen and then the sudden flash of lightning. Absolutely brilliant. I don’t think I’ve see something else quite like it anywhere else in animation. I’m sure the story has it flaws. It could be seen as all over the place or to ambitious but i think they pulled it off well. Like it always amazes me how in such a short time I feel like I’ve see 4 different movies. Like it divided up into 4 separate chapters that have their own unique style and tone and sometimes I left thinking how did I get this far. It feels like such an incredibly long journey in such a short amount of time and I love it. I always find it refreshing to see a movie like this after all the colorful, hyperactive, child humor you see now a days in animation. Not that today they aren’t making great movies but this too me is such a stark difference to the story telling we have today. And maybe I’m not the one who can properly be a judge on this. I’m sure this movie has a tone of inaccuracies. Like the spirit as a horse probably has more than one mate. But I found the native Americans to at least be one of the least offensive representations I’ve seen specially from this time period. Again I’m probably not a great judge of that. But I didn’t feel it was forcing on me some of the heavy stereotypes a lot of Native American portrayals have. Not that it was void of stereotypes. It just came off very neutral not heavily leaning on some of the big flashy stereotypes. And I at least appreciated that. It didn’t feel like it was screaming in my face native Americans. Please correct me if you feel this is wrong. Also interesting how the colonizing frontiersman white man were the ones most portrayed as villains but even towards the end it didn’t feel like it lean so much towards big and guys that need to be stop but ended with respect that one side had won. But yes these are reason why I love this movie so much. Not a huge fan of what they ended up doing with the series in most recent year. Maybe it not that bad if it was a stand alone product but I feel they took something. Notice girls liked it. And made it more girly. And the reason why me, a girl, liked it was because it didn’t feel like it was so focused on being girly. It had a story with depth, emotion, stakes, and was dramatic and you know what a damn good friendship. Not girls in a horse club.

When I was a kid at the part when spirit made the jump to their freedom. Was the first time I longed for freedom myself....seeing a animated horse jump and earn his freedom inspired me to find my own freedom....this movie is on the very first I ever watched, easily one of my top 5.....top 1 is lion king ofcourse 🤣🤣🤣.....

This movie was a childhood fave for me- Such a good story, and whoever decided there would not be a single talking animal is genius ♡

Ugh, I always start bawling during Sound the Bugle. That song just hits me right in the feels.

I like how in the end the soldier realizes and acknowledges that Spirit cant and wont be broken and that to keep chasing after him was a futile effort.

The amount of people seeing this incredible film for the first time astonishes me but also makes me appreciate the fact people get to experience a childhood favorite of mines. I would always watch this film every chance i get and never once was i bored. Still my all time favorite film of mines.

I watched this movie when I was little and I remember how much I loved it. To see other people loving it as much as I did is awesome.

This movie is how I love horses bow,I cry just seeing them go through that and just like he said animals can make our lives so much better if we just treat them right

Spirit, Balto, Prince of Egypt, Joseph king of dreams, and How to train your dragon (the first one) are always going to be some of my favorite pieces of animation

I haven't watched this movie in over a decade but I still cry my eyes out every time. I love this movie so much.

This video made me so happy.. One of my absolute favorites growing up, amazing soundtrack and awesome reaction. I was grinning the whole way. Thank you! Glad you liked it ☺️

in regards to the visuals of the movie, i watched the Behind the Scenes when i was little (i grew up around horses and have always absolutely LOVED this movie). The visual artists went to actual locations and painted the scenery. If i'm not mistaken, it's watercolor paintings.

This movie tugs at my heartstrings every time. I love it so much!!

32:21 and 39:55 Your genuine feelings and perspective on human and animal coexistence and our relationship with nature truly took the words from my heart. ☺️ Your view and mind on animals and how we treat them is just amazing and I respect you for seeing how special and incredible animals really are and they deserve all our love and respect! Well done my friend

I love this movie! So glad you're finally reacting to it! :D

This movie is so underrated. I've loved it ever since I was 5 and I still love it today

I love how this movie you can understand the movie even if you cut off the voice of Spirit. The animation is gorgeous, can feel the passion putted the movie, it's heart and all

Ahaha, the look on your face when Rain return. All I could say was ‘I know. I know.. yeah. Yeah there it is, come on, just let yourself feel it. God knows I am gonna’

YES! I have been waiting forever for a new reaction of this movie to come out! It's one of my favorite underrated movies!

This makes me want to cry!!! Thank you for reacting to my most favorite movie since I was little, this means more than you know!

I worked at a horse racing track for many years and i can tell you those horses LOVE to run. That ALL the love to do. We had 1 escape and helped break out his friends to run around the track for about 45 mins till they let us catch them.

Narrated by Matt Damon. Spirit-the stallion Esperansa-his mother Rain-romantic interest I listened to soundtrack on repeat when I went into the military. Bryan Adams is an amazing composer and vocalist. It got me through those 4 years and it's wonderful to see people enjoy the film too. Domesticating (breaking) horses was hard work back then, but I'm glad that it's an abandoned practice. Never forget when dealing with horses they'll spooky easily because they're prey animals, and to always let them know where you are. If all else fails, remember, the front legs will hurt you, but the back legs will kill you.

You r reacting to my childhood!! Thank you :000

It hit me pretty hard just watching you listening and taking in the train song. Thank you so much. You get it. Love your reactions!!

Now I remember why I love this movie so e-fing much

Different kind of freedom, that was so nicely put! Love it!

This movie seems so special and great to me. The beautiful way in which values ​​such as freedom, pride and willpower are represented in the form of this horse is truly inspiring

Just like in this film there's 2 ways to get a horse to obey your commands. Sadly the 1st ways to force it into subjugation by making it believe that you are more powerful than that it must fear you. Secondly and much much better by developing a relationship with a horse and getting it to trust you.

This movie will always have a special place in my heart. My grandfather adored movies about the wild west and when this came out it was something him and I could watch together and bond over, fourteen years later whenever I watch this movie I always look back on the good times my grandfather and I had together when we watched this. My dad and I made it tradition to at least watch this movie once ever year to honor my grandfather

This movie was my childhood! I watched it so often, always rented it on VHS from a video store. I walked down the aisle to 'I Will Always Return' and our first dance was 'Here I Am' 💙 The soundtrack, the visuals, everything is incredible. I always cry when Rain gets shot and Spirit says with her. I absolutely love how much emotion is conveyed through winnies and neighs, even without subtitles, as a child, I knew what Spirit was conveying at the beginning of the film. The pain in his warning when the soldiers catch up to him and he tells the herd to run, and again when his mother starts coming to him, give me goosebumps. I blame this film for my love of animals and it sparked my journey to becoming a veterinarian 💜

I watched this movie so much as a child! I’m so happy to see your reaction!

this movie was one of the most of my favorite movies of all time its a masterpiece i hate the fact that not that many ppl know of this movie

This movie was part of my childhood. Also what you said about the background being like an oil painting, the creators actually wanted people to get that feeling.

This is BY FAR one of my favourite movies. It's amazing, and I really don't understand some of the hate it gets. The soundtrack is absolutely incredible, and also one of my favourites! I wasn't planning on commenting at first, but I just wanted to say that you have a fantastic laugh ;)

I don't know if you have seen it, but there is another movie that Spirit reminds me of. Hidalgo is a movie about a man named Frank Hopkins and his horse Hidalgo, and they are winning horse races all across the USA. They eventually do a race across the Arabian desert called the Ocean of Fire. I hope that you enjoy this suggestion.

while watching this, its so good to hear someone understand the connection between humans and animals. its so refreshing.

I just finished watching this and realised that it was uploaded on my birthday. Thank you very much for reacting to one of my favorite childhood movies and bringing back memories.

When I saw that you were reacting to this movie I grabbed a handful of tissues! Bring on the tears!! 😭😭

27:04 I love how they show one of the people in the army talk, that show that not all of them are evil and some of them are actually care about the horses

I used to be obsessed with this movie and I still am

also this movie isn't technically based on a true story but it IS based on the cruelty that horses faced in those days. wild horses really were captured and stolen from their homelands and had their spirits broken to make them tame. in the original script, spirit was actually going to be broken by and become the colonel's mount. the movie would have followed a lot more darker story.

This movie always makes me cry. Love the soundtrack too.

My absolute favourite childhood movie.. 💓

I'm so glad you enjoyed this movie. And I loved what you had to say about it in the end. This is one of my favorites from my childhood. The animation and backgrounds are gorgeous, the music is breathtaking, the messages and heart of this movie never fail to make me cry. This movie means a lot to me. I actually wrote a paper about it for college last year, and it's been one of my favorite papers to write.

God this movie has had such an impact on my life. I saw it in theater when I was 3 with my dad. It kick started my love of art and animation and horses. I'm 24 now I'm graduating with a bachelor's in digital arts so I can make films as beautiful as this. I also have plans to go see the real life horse model they used for the movie this summer. I can't even describe how much this movie means to me.

Glad you loved the movie. I find it impossible for myself to watch the full movie without crying either out of sadness or joy. This movie is also so great at the message it brings. Truly a masterpiece.

This is one of my favourite animated movies. No matter how many times I watch it it still makes me cry. First saw it when I was about 12 years old.

I cry at the soundtrack every time I hear it

I watched that movie sooo many times when I was a kid over and over again ahhh brings back memories 😭🤧

My parents told me that this was the very 1st movie I ever watched in a theater. This movie is probably one of the best movies I've seen when I was younger, I'm older now, but it's still to this day my favorite horse movie, right there with classic Black Beauty.

The horseman Rick Gore of the Think Like A Horse youtube channel exposes the cruelty of horse sports. Jumping, racing, barrel racing the pain caused by bits, spurs, whips and tie down's and how people treat their horses. He is blunt and comes off strong but he is genuine sweetheart, who cares about horses and how we should communicate with them. 😌❤️🐴

Even though I'm growing up and I'll be 20 in a few days, it's still my favorite childhood movie❤❤❤

This is my favorite movie of all time! I'm so happy to see people watching!

This was my favourite childhood movie, truly a masterpiece as I still regularly watch and enjoy it as an adult. I don't watch much anime but I highly recommend Violet Evergarden, that would be interesting to see your reaction, it looks gorgeous and the storytelling is really good, definately will pull on the heartstrings.

The process of training horses is called 'breaking' it can be done like you see in this movie, but a much gentler way is to have your hands on them from birth, throwing empty sacks over their backs from birth and adding weight as they get strong. And slowly as teaching to follow directions. One way teaches an animal to obey through fear, they other way builds trust in humans.

This one of my absolute fave movies Especially the soundtrack I used to sing get off if my back all the time in school

Fun facts from a major spirit movie fan The horse noises are actually horses Bryan Addams made the soundtrack with Hans zimmer Their is actually a horse named sprint he was a 1995 baby and he’s at a horse sanctuary called returned to freedom The opening scene took about 9 months to create The movie itself took about 4 years to create because it was a blend of hand Drawn and computer animation so it was released May 24 2002

Spirit : Stallion of the Cimarron is one of the best movies!I first watched it when I was five and now years later I'm still crying in some scenes!❤️