Captain Phillips

I loved this movie. Actually I loved this movie so much that I watched the documentary on netflix on it. I think it was completely different from the other movies that we have watched throughout the class, but I enjoy mixing things up and I really loved this movie just because I was into it the whole time and able to watch it and understand it unlike some of the other movies we have watched. I have heard around about the pirating and how intense it actually is but I have never seen anything about it and was excited to watch about it. I think Captain Phillips did an amazing job handling the situation and was able to know what to do about it and everything, if I was in that position then I would not know what to do and probably be a terrible captain and freak out and cry. I think all the characters that were in the movie were portrayed as how they actually were. After all that is said, I really enjoyed this movie a lot, and would recommend this movie to anyone because it was amazing.

Apollo 13

I really enjoyed this movie. I was able to follow what was going on throughout the story. During the film I thought that the shuttle would make it to the moon and I was shocked that it didn't. When all the issues happened on the shuttle it shocked me and I was worried that something was going to go wrong. I would recommend this movie to others because it is a very good movie.

I think the budget is worth it for NASA. To be able to find new evidence from people going into space and finding new things is worth the money I think.

I feel it was a bad thing that the retirement of the space program happened. Going into space and exploring what is around and finding new things is needed for our country. Since we have the technology I don't see a reason why we shouldn't use it.

Parkland

I thought that this movie was okay. It was accurate about the events and what happened. I can't imagine what is must of been like to be there at the time and partake in it. I would of been terrified and so caught up in what was happening I wouldn't even know what to do. I thought this movie was well made and got the events right and the movie was realistic.

The Pianist

Overall, I enjoyed the movie The Pianist. Some of the times the movie was hard to follow. To make it through the Holocaust and come out  as a new person is incredible and  very inspiring. This movie impacted me greatly and I think made an impact on others. I would think that not all of the Nazis were horrible people and that some of them had good intentions in them. As shown in the movie, they all did horrible things, but some of them were forced to do that and did not mean to be as cruel as they make themselves be. Hosenfeld was one of those who had an incredible heart and wanted good things to happen to people. Just like Szpilman, he was another human being. He was able to see Jews how they really were. Hosenfeld was one of the good ones that existed at the time and not many people were able to see that by his actions but inside he truly meant good things. Szpilman had no choice I think in trusting Hosenfeld. Hosenfeld had asked him to play the piano and he listened. If Hosenfeld really wanted to kill him he would have with no hesitation. At the end, Szpilman had no choice but to trust him even if he thought it was not the right decision and towards the end of the movie, Hosenfeld truly showed that he can be proven that he can be trusted.

Defiance

Tuvia and his brothers are some of the most inspirational survivors in history. How they took so many people under their wings to provide them with a chance to live is something special and inspirational. At some parts of the film I thought that I was in the forest with the group of fighters. I also liked how the forest marriages gave people a sense of hope.
"Our revenge is to live" is a very important quote. People discriminating against the jewish race did everything did everything they could to wipe out the jewish population. In order to prove these people wrong, they had to live and work through it. Humanity and revenge are huge powerful themes that stand out in this movie. Revenge may not be positive but it is something that we must live through and battle through. Humanity on the other hand is positive.

The Godfather

I had always wanted to watch the Godfather and finally in your class I got to see it. I really enjoyed the film and wanted to watch the second one. I liked the character Michael he seemed real, and people could relate to him. He tried to escape his families legacy but he ended up getting caught up in it all. I really enjoyed seeing the movie from the bad guys perspective and how they were able to feed themselves and do what they needed to do and how they greatly valued family.
The person that is portrayed as the god father like is Vito Corleone. Nothing could get done in the community without him approving it or helping. I think the world was able to escape anything because Vito was replaced in full by his son Michael.
From the previous movies of organized crime that I have seen, the Godfather is extremely different. From this families point of view it was the only way to live. I think the classic feeling is just because of the perspective that the movie was in.

Miracle on Ice

This movie inspired me greatly. This movie is the movie i have enjoyed the most in the class, there was not one thing I didn't like about it. I play a bunch of sports and it made me think that no matter what i can be the best.
This event I would describe it as a group of men who have little to none experience playing hockey are thrown on the ice and have to compete against a bunch of teams that are really good and expected to fail against the teams they were playing. The team that everyone thought was amazing and no one could beat, they beat them. This relates not only to hockey to the country itself. At that time it happened to be the cold war. With what was going on between the countries and the relationships, they were able to defeat the commies.
One event that comes across my mind that relates to the movie is when the seal team took down Osama Bin Laden. He was an enemy of the United States for years and thought he was never going to be caught. Thanks to the seal team, Osama Bin Laden is no longer alive and not able to harm us anymore.