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There was much anticipation. Waiting for months for the film to be shown, purchasing a ticket without knowing whether there would be enough people to make it happen... then a main stream, big theater here in Madison full of horse people! Trail riders, dressage buffs, horse people and their curious friends and relatives, all with big expectations. What we got: Swiping, incredible vistas; real adventure; a look at the human side; great background about the REAL mustang situation (not the Facebook version...); funny situations, and more. The audience laughed out loud, gasped, sighed, 'awwed' and clapped in the end. What better testimonial? Do yourself a favor and go watch this.

Never got bored. Amazed at what these guys were able to accomplish.

Saw this tonight in a theater full of horse people, and we all loved it. Scenic, accurate in terms of back country riding, well produced and filmed. I was pleasantly surprised, expecting a much rougher go-pro kind of thing, but this was slick, well edited and a lot of fun to watch.

Not much to say about it plot-wise, but you do get a little deeper look at the human dynamics of almost six months on the trail than you'd expect, not to mention a balanced look at the politics of preserving the Mustangs.

This is a documentary straight out of today's west, showing a lifestyle that's unfettered, offering a welcome relief from all the urban blow-em-ups and superheroes in movies now. It's authentic, even to the cowboy poet singing his own song about the ride. It's well worth seeing, and is one you could take kids to.

Told in complete chronological order, this trail ride is a 16x9 presentation of our mass-population's ignorance, and a very small portion of the rest of us who will get off of our half-moons and participate in a solution.

Its not a popular solution, it may not even BE a solution, but it is a trip on the way to MANAGEMENT. Like the trail ride, the experience of the trip creates its own progress. No one should expect a silver bullet bringing the problem of over-grazing by horses to a close in 30 days. It just will not happen. Maintaining a balance by a long-term management of resources, curtailing herd sizes, rehabilitation of some horses into markets needing pleasure riding or breaking horses for the experience, they all come together to MANAGE.

If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. If any one component of the solution is criticized, the critic becomes the problem.

I have already viewed this film multiple times & I, personally was impressed. Yet I see multiple other written reviews from clearly soft handed city folk.

As stated in the film, wild mustangs are always moving, the only difference is the encroachment of modern society which inhibits their natural migration not to mention horses also are meant for traversing hundreds of miles. The amount of complaints from non-horse people is laughable.

Their plan was not 100% perfect, nor was the terrain a smooth, leisurely ride but it wouldn't have been 300 years ago.

I understand the concern for the horses, & it goes without saying that they do deserve to be treated & handled properly but their journey wasn't "unnatural" by any means.

For those of whom lack the ability to apply logic & reasoning, as well as realizing horses are built for tough work & long journeys. I have owned horses since I was a youngin' & nothing I seen in this film was bad enough for me to denounce their actions.

Calm down you scrawny nags.