Steven Spielberg's War Horse gets a very Steven Spielberg-y trailer.

As amazing as it is to believe, this the once-prolific Steven Spielberg's first pure drama since Munich six years ago.  At worst, this feels like a Steven Spielberg trailer made by someone spoofing or aping what conventional wisdom says a Steven Spielberg movie is supposed to be (hmm... did J.J. Abrams's cut this spot?).  I'm a little iffy on the whole 'millions are slaughtered in World War I but the horse perseveres!', but that may be my problem.  Still, the film looks gorgeous and will surely be well-acted by the likes of Neils Arustrup, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, and Tim Hiddleston, among others.  I'll likely convince my wife to see this the same way I'll get her to see Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy... the presence of Benedict Cumberbatch.  My wife is a big fan of the BBC Sherlock series, and she 'digs' Cumberbatch in the same way I 'dig' Tina Fey and Allison Brie.  In the end, it's good to see Spielberg is still tackling ambitious material like this, as well as the motion-capture adventure The Adventures of Tin Tin, which opens just a week prior.