Captain Phillips

I only saw the end of the film when Captain Phillips had already been captured but from what I saw the movie was okay. From what I could tell the reason for the pirates capturing the ship was to get ransom money. I feel as though if I would have saw this movie from the beginning I would have enjoyed it a bit more.

United 93

I enjoyed the United 93 movie very much! I had seen it 3 or 4 times before, but it had been awhile. Seeing it again brought back a lot of emotions and made me very thankful for a lot of things. The movie does a great job of portraying the confusion that existed that day. And the follow up with the George Bush interview brought the movie to reality. It also gave me a better understanding on the presidents role in 9/11. In the past he was criticized for how he handled it, but hearing him explain the events that day gave me a new outlook. I believed that he handled the situation the best he could and did what he could with what he had.

After watching United 93 it filled me with hope more so then despair. It filled me with hope because I watched the fight that the passengers had. That fight is something that every American has. I also saw the care that people had for each other. They knew that they weren't going to live so they fought to save others. In my opinion their are many things that should never be forgotten about 9/11. We should never forget the people who lost their lives as victims and those who tried to save lives but ended up losing their own. We should also never forget what could happen when we put our guard down. The last thing that we should never forget is the unity that we had as a nation.

The Hurt Locker

The movie was very good! I liked the fact that it wasn't a "shoot em' up" war movie and actually got into depth about the relationships of the soldiers and the emotions that they go through on a day to day basis. I knew about the bomb squads but I never knew that there were so many bombs in Iraq. I was unaware of how common the bombs were. The job in itself is crazy but being in enemy territory is frightening. Not knowing who people are, not knowing their intentions, and the possibility of every report of a bomb being a set up is mind boggling. The content is quite significant do to the relevance and how recent these events occurred. The main character was obviously the most interesting. He became detached from his family and found it near impossible to survive in the regular world. I think a powerful scene was when he was in the grocery store. He had problems finding food. And when he had to get cereal, he was overwhelmed by all the choices. He was used to the same foods and same choices. This is one movie that I would definitely recommend to others! The way it is filmed is different and keeps you interested throughout the movie. The actors are very good, and the plot was as well. I had no idea what the term "hurt locker" meant, so I of course looked it up. Many different things came up, but the one that I think represents what is trying to be portrayed in the movie is what GI's consider a severe injury. This makes sense because of all the injuries and deaths that occurred as well as the possibly injuries that could have occurred.

Apollo 13

I thought the movie Apollo 13 was a pretty good movie. Even though it lacked some accuracy, I still believe that it provided a lot of historical information. This movie had a very positive outcome, and it was good seeing a movie with a happy ending instead of another death or etc. I don't know if NASA's budget should continue. Their $9.928 billion dollar budget isn't really necessary. That money can go to so many other things. I think that there should be a lot more focus on domestic problems and things that we have going on down here, instead of trying to spend so much money on research of space. I don't think that the United States should be to concerned about space travel. I feel like at the time of all their trips to the moon and space that they were trying to establish themselves as a superpower. Now, I feel like the United States is a superpower and every other country knows that.

Parkland

I enjoyed watching Parkland!  It does a great job of raising questions and make you second guess your government. The movie shines a light on the inconsistencies with the Warren Commissions findings and other information that was recorded on the day of the president's assassination. The conspiracy of JFK could be true. The difficulty of the shot was quite high. There were many things that were done differently then the protocol. Information either disappeared or has been kept from the public. All of this was discovered by one of the best in ballistics, Howard Donahue. Honestly, we may never know. It's a topic that can be talked about forever until the truth comes out. Aside from the conspiracy I believe Oliver Stone did teach his viewers in the movie. He taught them to never be satisfied. To keep our government honest by staying educated and involved.

The Pianist

The Pianist was actually a good movie. It gave you a different look on the Holocaust kind of like Defiance did. Usually in school we watch movies about people who are in concentration camps, who make it to the end and live. This let us see how people who were able to avoid getting killed or sent away survived. One thing I did not like about the film is that they didn't tell us what became of his family. Were we suppose to assume they died because they went away on the trains? Other than that I enjoyed watching the film and would rather watch Holocaust films like that instead of ones that you know the outcome of the individual it's about.

The Godfather

Vito Corleone was the moral center of the film in a few ways. He was the patriarch of the Corleone family and even when he went into retirement, his wisdom and prior knowledge was stilled valued. Many decisions and choices were made with the thought of how the "Don Corleone" would handle. it. I don't necessarily think that the mafia is glorified in this movie. I think that you get a better understanding for why they did what they did. You see their motivation for killing and committing the crime that they commit. You see social darwinism. The mafia families are all trying to survive, and the strongest of those families will survive the longest and thrive the most by showing their strength. That strength isn't necessarily just physical strength. It also includes mental strength and emotionally strength.Vito's death was a big loss. Though he was a criminal, he was also a leader. Someone who had strong beliefs and was stern with those beliefs. He optimized "Organized Crime". Everything he did, he did with good reason. He didn't believe in senseless deaths. He had a hand in politics as well. While the other leaders of the families were ruthless killers. They did what they wanted, when they wanted. Not caring about who they would hurt or effect. All of Vito's decisions were very well thought out. Something that wasn't seen from the other families.