May 14, 2008
The Water Horse DVD
I love to watch movies with my kids. Since going to the movie theater is so expensive, and because we’re lazy homebodies, we generally prefer to watch it on DVD. We pop some microwave popcorn, change into our pajamas, dim the lights, and we’re ready to go. These days you can even buy the DVD for less than the cost of two movie tickets.
One of our recent favorites was the Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. Finding a movie that is appropriate for both of my children is difficult (Kyle is almost 4 and Amanda is 9). Finding a movie that is okay for both of them to watch and doesn’t bore my husband and me to tears is even harder. The Water Horse fit the bill in all of these categories.
The movie takes place in Scotland in World War II. The cinematography is beautiful. The story is told at a gentle, old-fashioned pace, yet still held the interest of both of my kids. The movie is essentially a drama–a coming-of-age story about a boy coming to terms to life without his father–but is told with humor, suspense, and adventure. I will say that although my son enjoyed it, if your child is sensitive to scary drama, I would hold off on this one. There is a part when the Water Horse turns on men (due to being scared and provoked), but it’s pretty intense for younger viewers, thus the PG rating.
But really–can you resist this?
For about a week after watching this movie, Kyle had a perfect Water Horse impression. He screwed his mouth up just right and did something with his eyes and got that same lovable look on his face.
If you think your family would like this movie, please leave a comment to win one of 5 Water Horse prize packs including
- the Water Horse DVD
- a blue Water Horse t-shirt
- a cool egg that hatches the water horse, and you can watch him grow just like in the movie (my kids loved watching this, even though I accidentally cracked the egg first, spoiling the cool hatching feature)
We will post the winners on Wednesday May 28.
Filed under Contests, DVD, Entertainment, Family by Jennifer
710 Comments on The Water Horse DVD »
#1 - Jenny Swan @ 9:25 pm
I think we’d all love this too!
#2 - Kara @ 9:25 pm
Cool, I’ve been wanting to see this, but we hardly ever go out to movies anymore
#3 - Ashley @ 9:30 pm
I’ve been wanting to see this-we are big movie watchers! thanks!
#4 - Angela @ 9:34 pm
This sounds great! I’d love to win. Thank you for offering!
#5 - Jill @ 9:36 pm
THis looks like a real quality movie. Thanks!
#6 - Courtney @ 9:44 pm
Awesome giveaway!
#7 - Jeni @ 9:51 pm
Sounds great! This movie looked really interesting!
#8 - Kelly D. @ 9:52 pm
My boys loved this movie as well, cool prize!! We would love to win!!
#9 - Michelle Rosborough @ 9:52 pm
Sounds like a cool movie
#10 - Kellyn @ 9:55 pm
I want to see this one! The ticket prices just kept us away. Thanks
#11 - R.L.Scovens @ 9:58 pm
This movie looks like something my son and I would definitely enjoy!
#12 - Susan P. @ 10:00 pm
The trailer for this movie makes it look interesting but didn’t hear much about it from regular people. Would love to win it, though!
#13 - Mom to 2 Boys @ 10:14 pm
My boys would LOVE this movie! Thanks!
#14 - Jen @ 10:26 pm
Can you believe we haven’t seen or purchased that one (yet)! Thanks for the chance!
#15 - Jen @ 10:30 pm
My daughter wanted to see this, and we never got out to do it. I know she’d love to have the DVD and the other gifts! It would make her day!!!
#16 - Robyn @ 10:34 pm
My family loved this movie. Ithink they’d enjoy having a DVD of it!
#17 - Tracy @ 10:35 pm
I love this movie. My 18 month old sat and watched it with me and she never watches tv. I would love to own it!
#18 - Jennifer @Chronicles of a Night Owl @ 10:37 pm
We rented this and LOVED it. My daughter (3) keeps asking if she can watch “little baby waterhorse” and I keep having to tell her we had to take it back. I would be thrilled to win this for her (and the rest of us) and the egg - oh how cool!!!
#19 - daycare girl @ 10:39 pm
We’ve been wanting to see this!
#20 - Rachel @ 10:49 pm
I’ve been watching to see when this one was on the movie store shelves, but I’m behind I see. lol We’d LOVE this!
#21 - Sandy - Em's mommy @ 10:55 pm
very cool. this movie looks great!
#22 - Andi @ 11:03 pm
This movie looks so cute. I’m sure my son would love it and the cool egg!
#23 - brandy w @ 11:24 pm
my kids would lov this
#24 - Amanda Daybyday @ 11:33 pm
I didn’t realize this was so good for kids. Would love to see it with my 5 and 3 year olds.
#25 - Starr @ 12:02 am
My daughter raves about the Water Horse and that’s only from the commercial! This is a definite must see with the kids.. looks like adventure a plenty! I’d love to be able to give this gift to her.
Thanks for having the giveaway!
Starr
#26 - Buhtafly @ 12:15 am
very cool my kids loved that movie! thanks!
#27 - Tosha @ 12:18 am
Very Cute!! My family would love the Water Horse dvd. We are a movie watching family!!
#28 - Laurie @ 12:18 am
We just rented this and now the girls are begging us to buy it. We definitely will
#29 - Tanya Moyer @ 12:31 am
We totally missed seeing this in the theatres and I know my girls would really enjoy this! Thanks for offering this!
~Tanya
the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com
#30 - Tyler @ 12:34 am
We just rented this and my kids loved it! It would be great to own.
#31 - Karen (Simply A Musing Blog) @ 12:35 am
We just rented this from our local Redbox and my kids LOVED it.
#32 - AmandaA @ 12:38 am
AWW< my Samantha has been begging me for this movie! please enter me thank you
#33 - Hazel @ 12:47 am
I think my family would LOVE this. Completely into animal/fantasy movies right now.
#34 - misty @ 12:51 am
My daughter would totally enjoy this. Thanks for the opportunity.
mistchlo[at]hughes[dot]net
#35 - Jawan @ 12:57 am
Oh, my four year old son would be ecstatic if I won this package. He loved seeing the Water Horse in the theatre and would think he was so cool if he had a t-shirt and a cracking egg! Thanks!
#36 - Stephanie @ 1:17 am
Our neighbors were just telling us about this movie. We’d love to watch it after our daughter’s bedtime. And I’m curious about that little hatching egg…
#37 - Noreen @ 1:39 am
I know my girls would love the movie and the egg
#38 - Jenn in AZ @ 3:13 am
This looks like a great movie! Thanks for the opportunity!
Jenn
#39 - Myra @ 3:48 am
This sounds like a really fun movie..I would love to enter
#40 - Laura H. @ 3:59 am
Would love to win this neat movie package!!
laura_licious101(at)hotmail(dot)com
#41 - cheri @ 5:57 am
We would love to have this package! My son really wanted to see this movie, but we missed it the only day it played at our overseas military post!
#42 - Briana @ 6:06 am
That would be fun, please enter me in the contest!
#43 - Michelle @ 6:10 am
My kids have wanted to see this. It would be great for our family movie night.
#44 - Amanda C @ 6:42 am
my daughter has been wanting to see this movie. We have a ritual that, every Saturday morning we get up early (just the two of us) and we watch a movie together. This would be a great addition to out collection.
#45 - Debbie@ Loving Advice For My Teen @ 7:06 am
I would love to win this.. please count me in. thankyou!
#46 - Mama Zen @ 7:20 am
My daughter would love this!
#47 - Steph Elias @ 7:25 am
Looks like a great movie my kids would enjoy.
#48 - Nichole @ 7:30 am
We loved this movie and would love to own our own copy!
#49 - Rose @ 7:32 am
count us in!!!!
#50 - Gay Tillman @ 7:38 am
Great contest!
#51 - Honest to YaYa @ 7:50 am
I’m a Nanny (grand “mommy”) and I like to keep DVD’s to watch with my grandchildren!
Thanks for this contest!☺
#52 - deb c @ 7:50 am
My grand-daughter would love this!
#53 - Saph -Walk with Me @ 7:54 am
Cool, I wanted to see this when I first saw the previews!
#54 - Angela @ 7:56 am
My daughter loved the Water Horse! Great giveaway.
#55 - Sheree Warner @ 8:00 am
I love spending quality time with my family and this sounds like a very enjoyable movie and “prize pack”. Thank you for the offer!
#56 - Beth/Mom2TwoVikings @ 8:02 am
Count me in!
#57 - randi @ 8:02 am
Great family movie! Thanks for a great giveaway!
#58 - Gary Emes @ 8:05 am
this movie looks wonderful
#59 - Tracey Byram @ 8:15 am
Nevermind the kids, I’m the one that wants to see this movie. I guess I’ll let the kids watch too.
#60 - Shannon @ some fine taters @ 8:16 am
count me in!
#61 - Barry Gentry @ 8:27 am
I heear that this movie is a great movie for the whole family sense E.T. I hope that I win this movie to add it to my collection.
#62 - Louise A Brouillette @ 8:29 am
I love Scotland, so this movie is on my list!
#63 - Ali Gutierrez @ 8:30 am
My daughter and I can’t wait to see this movie!
#64 - Katrina (Callapidder Days) @ 8:33 am
Please enter me! We rented and enjoyed it and I’m sure my son would love if we had the DVD in our collection.
#65 - Bridget @ 8:34 am
I know my family would love this movie!
#66 - Shannon Asbell @ 8:38 am
Have not seen this movie yet but would love to win it!!!!
#67 - Denise @ 8:40 am
Oh, we have not seen this yet but I bet they would love it
#68 - Tami @ 8:42 am
We wanna win!!
#69 - Karen M @ 8:48 am
Please enter me!
#70 - Yvonne Butler @ 8:53 am
I would love to watch this with my family when they come over for a movie night. Thanks for the great review and giveaway!
#71 - Kori @ 8:55 am
How awesome is that. I would love to win it for the boys.
#72 - Tonya Keener @ 8:58 am
My daughter and I want to see this soooooooooo bad
#73 - Amanda Dobarro @ 9:02 am
I have 4 kids aged 4,6,8 and 9. Trying to find a movie we can all watch together is hard to find. This movie truly entertains. Any movie that can keep a rambunctious 4 year old girl in one spot for the duration of it is the perfect movie to me.
#74 - Cory @ 9:05 am
We would love this movie. We have kids 9yo twins, 10, 15, & 16 so I completely understand the difficulty in finding something appropriate for everyone. Thank you for offering this prize package. Take care, Cory
#75 - Tara M. @ 9:07 am
My daughter would be so thrilled. I hope I win! Thank you.
#76 - Roseann Kies @ 9:12 am
I’d love to win this. Thanks.
#77 - CRAIG YACINSKI @ 9:24 am
THIS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT MOVIE! I WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS!!
#78 - Heather @ 9:28 am
I wanted to see this but didn’t have a chance. I hope I win!
#79 - Cathryn Patrick @ 10:00 am
Count me in for this one! Been wanting to see this movie. It looks like a cute one!
#80 - Laura G @ 10:05 am
been wanting to see this for so long.
#81 - Eileen Burke @ 10:05 am
I’ve been looking forward to seeing this movie for the longest time!
#82 - Knitting Queen @ 10:08 am
my boys would love to have this movie!!
#83 - LOIS PAYTON @ 10:12 am
my grandkids would love this movie and so would papaw and I
#84 - carol @ 10:16 am
would love to win this dvd…looks very good
#85 - Nodins Nest @ 10:16 am
We would enjoy this as well!
#86 - linda @ 10:16 am
I love to win this prize.
#87 - Michael Capp @ 10:17 am
I want to win!
#88 - Rebecca Snodgrass @ 10:21 am
my kids have been wanting to see this
#89 - Mya Brooks @ 10:23 am
Looks sooo cute! I want to see this soooo bad!
#90 - melissa @ 10:53 am
Thanks for the contest! We would love it.
#91 - brandy @ 10:55 am
My brothers love this movie!
#92 - Demetra @ 11:05 am
Movie Night is always fun!!!!!
#93 - Ginny @ 11:06 am
Hope I win
#94 - Joseph Fuchs @ 11:07 am
loved it
#95 - Belinda @ 11:08 am
We love our movie nights! My son has been wanting to watch this movie and I would love to surprise him with it. Thanks for the great giveaway!
#96 - Ann @ 11:10 am
My kids would be so happy if we win this! Thanks for the great giveaway!
#97 - Linda White @ 11:11 am
sounds like a fun movie night to me!!!!
#98 - Melissa Waters @ 11:14 am
My daughter saw this movie at daycare and has not stopped talking about it since.
I know she would be truly blessed to have the DVD or any prize.
M
#99 - Heather & John @ 11:14 am
Hello, my 3 kids would love this! My oldest are 3 & 5 so probably the perfect ages.
#100 - Mary H @ 11:16 am
I would love to win these prizes…Thanks!!
#101 - Ellie @ 11:18 am
My son LOVES Bob the Builder. We haven’t seen Fireman Sam yet, I bet he’d like that, too.
#102 - Genevieve @ 11:18 am
Great movie!
#103 - Ellie @ 11:20 am
Oops, the response was to a different giveaway! LOL!
#104 - Sharla @ 11:25 am
My kids have been wanting to see this movie so bad but we haven’t had a chance yet! I’ve heard it’s great though so we’d love to win it! Thanks!
#105 - Cindi @ 11:28 am
Hi, It kind of reminds me of “Pete’s Dragon!” I love that movie. This type of movie is so magical. Please enter my family in your delightful giveaway. It is a wonderful prize package contest. Thanks very much
Cindi
#106 - Chase Siebert @ 11:29 am
Please give me a waterhorse DVD!!!
#107 - Piseco @ 11:33 am
My son is dying to see this one! Thanks for a great contest.
#108 - Sky @ 11:35 am
I think my son would really enjoy this movie. Thanks for the chance to win!!
#109 - Kimberly Cook @ 11:37 am
Awesome
#110 - Leeanthro @ 11:38 am
I think this is one the whole family could watch together!
#111 - Kellys Krazy Kids @ 11:39 am
Can anyone afford to go to the movies anymore?!? I would love to win this!
#112 - Debbie @ 11:40 am
Nice
#113 - Sandy @ 11:41 am
i think my family would really enjoy this. count me in…thanks!!!
#114 - 13rubberducks @ 11:49 am
Enter me, please.
#115 - Debbo @ 11:54 am
This is a great movie!!! Good recommendation!
#116 - Erica @ 11:55 am
I saw the previews for this and thought it looked cute and family-friendly. I’d love to try it out with my family; thanks for the review! gumbi1313 at msn dot com
#117 - Crystal B. @ 11:58 am
I would love to win this. The movie is great.
#118 - Dena @ 12:01 pm
I’d love this package to share with my stepgrandchildren. Looks like a captivating movie!
#119 - Gail Zambie @ 12:10 pm
I would love to add The Water Horse to my family’s DVD collection
#120 - Jennifer Barnett @ 12:13 pm
We missed this movie when it was in theaters. It looks soo cute and family oriented.
#121 - JessicaB @ 12:17 pm
I can’t wait to see this movie.
#122 - Denise @ 12:26 pm
I’d love to see this movie!
#123 - Mad Squirrel @ 12:36 pm
This would be a great addition to our collection. We use NetFlix to watch before we decide to buy and I can buy form them for less than a new one would cost.
#124 - peppylady @ 12:37 pm
I’m still a kid at heart does that count.
Please put my name in the hat for the drawing.
#125 - Roxanne @ 12:39 pm
Thanks for the giveaway!
#126 - Belinda A. @ 12:40 pm
This sounds like a great family movie we missed, count me in please.
#127 - Rita M @ 12:42 pm
This looks like a really cute movie!
#128 - Wendy @ 12:47 pm
I love this movie:)
#129 - Anne @ 12:50 pm
A really heartwarming movie to watch with my grandaughter is hard to find! She would just adore this film!
#130 - Shilo Beedy @ 12:52 pm
This would be a great movie for my daughter to watch on a rainy day during her summer vacation!
#131 - Sara@Sarandipity @ 12:59 pm
My son is sitting on my lap while I’m reading this and he points to the picture and says “Water Horse mommy!” Guess he wants to see the movie, too.
#132 - mannequin @ 1:09 pm
This looks like such a good movie for family night! I don’t even think I would fall asleep. It looks that good!
#133 - Jennifer C. @ 1:09 pm
My girls really liked this movie. Thank you!
#134 - Emmaline Kuebler @ 1:10 pm
I want to see this.
#135 - Rick Tucker @ 1:12 pm
Sounds like a great adventure, count me in.
#136 - Michele @ 1:17 pm
Sounds wonderful…this movie is on our Netflix list!
#137 - Betty King @ 1:17 pm
I would love to have this movie. My grandkids would so enjoy watching this anytime they would like to. This is one of their favorite movies.
#138 - Beth Y @ 1:23 pm
Can’t wait to see the movie. Thanks for the chance to win!
#139 - Perky @ 1:24 pm
I’ve been meaning to see this movie with the family, but we havne’t gotten around to it yet. Glad to hear it’s actually enjoyable!!!
#140 - Kat Bryan @ 1:26 pm
It sounds like a great movie for young and old. Thanks for having the contest.
#141 - Rhonda Wetherell @ 1:26 pm
Ooooh! I’ve been wanting to see this movie. I was going to buy it last week, but at $19.99 at Walmart, it was still to much for my budget. We enjoy watching movies together & often invite friends over for movies & popcorn. Please enter me in the drawing.
PS: I just found your blog. It’s awsome. I can’t quit reading it.
#142 - Hannah @ 1:30 pm
I’ve been wanting to see this!
#143 - Barbara Baker @ 1:43 pm
I know for sure that everyone in my family has been dying to see it. I personally have been wanting to purchase it, but sometimes money keeps us strapped from everything at all except bills.
Would love to win…it’d make some really happy people in our home.
#144 - charline s @ 1:47 pm
I have heard so much aboutt his movie.Sounds really interesting and would love to win it.
#145 - Colleen Jensen @ 1:56 pm
We would love to own this movie.
#146 - kelleythejewelrylady @ 2:04 pm
YOu had me at cool hatching egg! We would love to win this…thanks again for your great giveaways
#147 - Nicol @ 2:15 pm
How fun! I have been wanting to see this movie and I haven’t yet. I also like to watch movies with my dd. I know it will be far more enjoyable once she is older, but until then we still love it.
#148 - Rosa Bartolucci @ 2:19 pm
Cool the kids didn’t want to go see this movie,but I did
#149 - Shelly @ 2:28 pm
Looks and sounds like fun - thanks!
#150 - Alicia @ Experiencing Each Moment @ 2:34 pm
Always up for a new movie!
#151 - Stephanie V @ 2:36 pm
fingers crossed
#152 - Patricia @ 2:49 pm
This looks like a lot of fun! We haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’m sure my son would love it!!
#153 - Alex G @ 2:56 pm
Me and my Dad would really like this. I recently watched a movie with him similar to this one–Mitchie or Mickey or something or other. We both enjoyed that one (Though it was a liiiiiittle bit corny!) so I think we would love this one, and I know my niece would like the little extras!
#154 - melody is slurping life @ 2:57 pm
Me! I’d love this, so would he kids.
#155 - Krystal Deblasio @ 2:57 pm
I would love to win this!
#156 - shellie @ 2:59 pm
count me in!!! I love a good movie!!!
#157 - Natalie Hartford @ 3:01 pm
Oh this movie looks fun!!
#158 - Lee R. @ 3:14 pm
This looks like a fun movie for family movie night. Sign us up!!!
#159 - Cynthia @ 3:36 pm
This was such a good movie!~
#160 - Rachel Fox @ 3:37 pm
I’ve been wanting to see this movie! Thanks for the offer!
#161 - Holly Brewer @ 3:38 pm
My daughter would love this!
#162 - Kari @ 3:40 pm
Yay, we liked this movie too! Add me to the list!!
Thanks, girls!
#163 - Evelyn @ 3:41 pm
oh my sons really want to see this movie
#164 - Marion @ 3:46 pm
I’d love to see this. Thanks!
#165 - Margaret Smith @ 3:53 pm
What a wonderful giveaway. My kids would really love this. Thank you.
#166 - Karen Gonyea @ 4:08 pm
Great Prize !!
#167 - Cassidy @ 4:14 pm
What a great giveaway!!
#168 - Mandy Kirk @ 4:24 pm
My son loved this movie when he went and saw it with his dad, would love to own it!
mandykirk@hotmail.com
#169 - you da mom @ 4:25 pm
oh, i’m sure my 10 year old AND my 2 year old would love this movie. thanks for the contest!
#170 - michael woods @ 4:33 pm
Please count me in!
#171 - Kim @ What's That Smell? @ 4:39 pm
My son wants to see this and so do I
#172 - Jennifer Mowers @ 4:48 pm
my daughter would love this!
#173 - craig varney @ 4:49 pm
would love to see this
#174 - Tracey @ 4:59 pm
I would love to win! Thanks
#175 - Ann Fantom @ 5:10 pm
I would love to win this! Please enter me
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#177 - Faye @ 5:11 pm
I’ve watched this movie with my grandkids and we all LOVED it!! I would love to win this package.
#178 - Sheri F @ 5:21 pm
We haven’t seen this yet!
#179 - Melanie B @ 5:26 pm
I know my nine year old daughter would love this package and it would be fun for us to watch the movie together.
#180 - Nora Scott-Platt @ 5:29 pm
This would be such a cute movie.
#181 - Shannon Baas @ 5:42 pm
COol movie.
#182 - Mary @ Adventures in Mommyland @ 5:51 pm
Great giveaway, thanks!
#183 - Kristin @ 5:53 pm
This is such a good movie. My mom’s been saying she wants her own Crusoe ever since she saw it.
#184 - Raymond Isadore @ 5:54 pm
I MISSED THIS ONE IN THE THEATERS—
#185 - Laura Goodson @ 6:01 pm
I wish I could of watched in theaters but if I win this then I will be able to then.
#186 - Heather @ 6:11 pm
Oh, my youngest loved this movie. She’d be way excited to own it AND a t-shirt!! (not to mention the egg. . . )
#187 - Scott @ 6:16 pm
Excellent movie that both my 12y.o. son and 10y.o. daughter enjoyed, not to mention dad and stepmom! The interesting thing is that my daughter wouldn’t go to bed after the movie until she had watched all the extra features on the DVD. We bought the Blu-Ray version which was filled with excellent features about the “making of”, etc. Thanks
Scott
#188 - Dan Smith @ 6:27 pm
My kids wanted to see this.
#189 - Susan @ 6:28 pm
Please enter me
#190 - tracy heyer @ 6:35 pm
the kids would love this movie!
#191 - Tina Palmer @ 6:39 pm
Would love to add this movie to my dvd collection..
#192 - Madam Pince @ 6:41 pm
My granddaughter is a little young for this (just turned two), but my hubby would love this. He’s been eyeing it longingly whenever we go shopping.
#193 - Adrienne Gordon @ 6:48 pm
saw it in the theaters, the kids loved it!
#194 - Erica C. @ 7:05 pm
so cute!
#195 - Linda Moeller @ 7:25 pm
A terrific movie!
#196 - Kristie @ 7:29 pm
I think we would really enjoy it-we haven’t seen it yet, but would like to!
#197 - Gina @ 7:29 pm
I so want to see this! I hope I win!
#198 - Maja @ 7:31 pm
we love this movie
#199 - Angel @ 7:32 pm
great family movie
#200 - Maja @ 7:32 pm
My sons’s favorite movie.
#201 - Christine @ 7:33 pm
I really want to see this; it looks like such a sweet movie. Thank you!
#202 - Catherine Gosart @ 7:51 pm
It is a wonderful movie and would love to give to the grandkids to enjoy. Thanks for entry.
#203 - Rebel V @ 8:04 pm
my niece and nephew would love this.
#204 - Toby @ 8:05 pm
Sounds Great!
#205 - Albert @ 8:05 pm
Wonderful contest!
#206 - Dawn @ 8:08 pm
We’re huge movie fans and would love a movie pack!
#207 - jules @ 8:15 pm
wow! a lot of guys want to win…well I hope we are the lucky ones.
3beez at bellsouth.net
#208 - Karin C. @ 8:16 pm
This is a great movie to have in my home collection. I only keep the best children’s and family movies. This is a great giveaway. Thanks.
#209 - Diane @ 8:32 pm
We have seen this movie twice, and we love it! What a great giveaway idea!
#210 - Phyllis@Aimless Conversation @ 8:39 pm
We’d love to win this. We have heard that this is a great family movie!!
#211 - Tammy Darling @ 8:53 pm
My kids & I really want to see this. Thanks for the contest.
#212 - fan @ 9:09 pm
Sounds great. we would love this,
#213 - Susan Snyder @ 9:23 pm
This looks like a wond