United 93

This movie was great.  It showed all of the tragic events that happened that everyone knows about, but then it also showed you what happened behind the scenes.  I thought that this part was very cool to see because you saw how the people reacted whose job it was to react.  I thought they also did a good job of showing how the citizens on the plane heroically acted to overtake the plane back from the terrorists.  It was a great movie, and I would definitely recommend it to anybody who asked about it.

This movie filled me with hope because of how the people on the plane acted.  Once they realized what was going on, they took it upon themselves to save many more people.  They knew what they had to do and they did it.  They were truly heroes.

I think that we should never forget how bravely U.S. citizens acted on this day.  Everyone helped out everyone in trouble and tried to stay strong.  I think that everyone that helped should be extremely proud of themselves.  Although it was a horrible day in our history, we all came together as one and showed why we are the strongest country.

Lone Survivor

I really enjoyed this movie.  I thought that it was one of the best put together war films that I have seen.  The way that they displayed the actions scenes were phenomenal.  It kept people in suspense, and kept them hooked all movie.  I thought it was great.  Mark Wahlberg and the other main actors did a great job of showing how hard it really is over seas where they are fighting.  It's no easy task and men do crazy things to try and protect our country.

Well I think that if it's not being portrayed accurately, then average citizens will have no idea what is really going on over there.  We have such small media coverage on the situation, and don't actually get to see the secret missions that go on.  So really, people just rely on movies to fill their heads of what really happens.  It can just be bad because if it is portrayed as gruesome or not good, then citizens could easily turn on the military.

The Hurt Locker

I really enjoyed this movie.  Right from the beginning I was hooked when the squad was trying to disarm the bomb.  I thought it had a lot of good action scenes, along with the emotional part to keep you fully engaged.  I thought that the movie did a good job of showing you the emotions that go along with doing risky things like this, and how it affects all of the people who love you.  It also showed how hard it is to come back home and try and act normal.  It definitely taught me more about the subject of war.

This had the impact of showing me what really can go on during the war.  At times it was hard to imagine doing that on a daily basis.  It really puts things into perspective and makes you appreciate the people who are fighting for us.  My favorite scene was when Sanborn and James were talking and James was saying he didn't even know how he had the guts to do the things he did.  I thought it was a very powerful conversation.

I think the hurt locker is the locker all of the dead soldier's possession goes in.  I think this because at the beginning when the first guy died, Sanborn put all of his stuff in a locker.  So I think it's basically a dead man's locker.

Apollo 13

This movie was just okay for me.  I think that the space race is very interesting and I usually really love Tom Hanks, but I just wasn't really feeling this movie for some reason.  I thought the people playing the crew did well, and it was an interesting story, but for some reason I wasn't very connected to it.  It is a very crazy thing because I didn't know much about Apollo 13, so seeing the events that happened were pretty cool, and it's great that they made them back.

I would say that the main theme that I picked up on was teamwork.  Throughout the movie, all of the crew members had to rely on each other and the people back in the US to make it back home safely.  Even when one crew member couldn't go, they relied on the new one with teamwork and all made it.  This movie really showed that the power of teamwork can accomplish anything, especially if you can use it off of this earth.  I thought it was a pretty powerful message.

Parkland

I thought that this was a pretty decent movie.  I really enjoy the topic of the JFK assassination and I like the different ideas of what happened.  It is something that is overlooked what actually happened after, so it was kind of cool to gain a lot more insight.  I thought they directed it pretty well to keep everyone interested and keep the mood intense.  I thought the character of the Mrs. Oswald portrayed her character very well to show how crazy she really was.  I would really only recommend this movie to people interested in the whole situation with JFK.

Interviewing my grandma:
-She was at home.
-She had the house to herself at the moment, and when she found out her heart dropped.
-It just shocked her when it happened, she didn't know how to react.
-She doesn't believe that it was a conspiracy.  She believes Lee Harvey Oswald just did it because he was unhappy.  Simple as that.  No governement involvement.
-Just that a man got shot for trying to make positive change in the world and speaking his mind.  It's not right.