Zero Dark Thirty
By: Elise Adcock
"Zero Dark Thirty," is a movie based off of the U.S attack to kill Osama Bin Laden. The film is an overview of one woman's studies over 10 years in attempt to assassinate Bin Laden, and finally being successful. After the attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001, killing Osama Bin Laden was top of the U.S's to-do list.
Maya is a CIA operative who's first experience in al-Qaeda interrogation set her up for a long time of wanting to kill Osama Bin Laden. For several years, she did not speak of her searches for Bin Laden and his partners, but they came into use many years later. It appears that her work will pay off, and a U.S. Navy SEAL team is sent to kill or capture Bin Laden. But only Maya is confident Bin Laden is where she says he is. This action-thriller is based off the real capture and assassination of Osama Bin Laden.
I liked the realness of this movie. "Zero Dark Thirty," was based off of a true story and it was portrayed well throughout the entire movie. The scene of actually capturing bin Laden and Abu Ahkmed was very realistic and was made as accurate as possible. I'm sure there were some differences between the legitimate history of this, but overall it was a good interpretation of the historical moment.
The lesson I learned from this movie is to never give up. Throughout the entire film, Maya never gave up on trying to find Bin Laden. No matter how many people doubted her throughout the 10 years of searching, she never doubted herself and was confident on the position of Bin Laden. When he was finally killed, she didn't know what to do with herself because she had devoted her life to finding him and now that she had, her work was done.
Rate: 8.5/10
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
Glory Movie Review
Glory Movie Review
I just watched the movie "Glory," and would like to state my opinion on it. The movie was very realistic and a convincing account for how the war was accurately represented. The actors of the film portrayed the time period and struggles of an African American man very well.
"Glory," is a movie about the first all black infantry of the US Civil War lead by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw was a 26 year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. He went against laws and regulations about having a colored regiment and made his men one of the most well-trained regiments in the war. At Battery Wagner, Robert and 281 of his men were killed or unaccounted for. Throughout the movie, Colonel Shaw fought against the prejudices of both his Union army and the Confederates.
In my own personal opinion, all the actors from this particular movie did a really good job of portraying the cruelty and racist attitudes toward the 54th infantry. Morgan Freeman, who played Sgt. Maj. Jon Rawlins, did a remarkably good job at his role. He made me feel the harshness of being one of the only black regiments and understanding their struggles. Jihmi Kennedy, who plays Pvt. Jupiter Sharts, was also nominated for many acting awards for his contribution to this movie. Overall, all of the actors in this movie were Grammy deserving, in my opinion.
I liked this movie because it was very historically accurate. Most of the scenes were realistic and would not contradict any history site or any historian who would watch this movie, would not be disappointed.
This movie would receive an 8.5/10 for me. I enjoyed the movie, but I'm not into history movie, but overall it has a good effect on me. "Glory," would get. A thumbs up from me because of the accuracy.
Elise Adcock is a junior at Sterling High School. She works at Cinemark movie theater in Somerdale and plays volleyball for Sterling and Quandomania. Besides those, she participates in theater outside of school and singing. She works hard in her honors and AP classes in school and maintains a 95 point average. Overall, she is a hardworking student and always participates in school events.
I just watched the movie "Glory," and would like to state my opinion on it. The movie was very realistic and a convincing account for how the war was accurately represented. The actors of the film portrayed the time period and struggles of an African American man very well.
"Glory," is a movie about the first all black infantry of the US Civil War lead by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw was a 26 year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. He went against laws and regulations about having a colored regiment and made his men one of the most well-trained regiments in the war. At Battery Wagner, Robert and 281 of his men were killed or unaccounted for. Throughout the movie, Colonel Shaw fought against the prejudices of both his Union army and the Confederates.
In my own personal opinion, all the actors from this particular movie did a really good job of portraying the cruelty and racist attitudes toward the 54th infantry. Morgan Freeman, who played Sgt. Maj. Jon Rawlins, did a remarkably good job at his role. He made me feel the harshness of being one of the only black regiments and understanding their struggles. Jihmi Kennedy, who plays Pvt. Jupiter Sharts, was also nominated for many acting awards for his contribution to this movie. Overall, all of the actors in this movie were Grammy deserving, in my opinion.
I liked this movie because it was very historically accurate. Most of the scenes were realistic and would not contradict any history site or any historian who would watch this movie, would not be disappointed.
This movie would receive an 8.5/10 for me. I enjoyed the movie, but I'm not into history movie, but overall it has a good effect on me. "Glory," would get. A thumbs up from me because of the accuracy.
Elise Adcock is a junior at Sterling High School. She works at Cinemark movie theater in Somerdale and plays volleyball for Sterling and Quandomania. Besides those, she participates in theater outside of school and singing. She works hard in her honors and AP classes in school and maintains a 95 point average. Overall, she is a hardworking student and always participates in school events.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
The Patriot Movie Review
Title: "The Patriot" will make you proud to be an American
By: Roland Emmerich
I've just watched the movie, "The Patriot," and would like to talk about the historical accuracies and inaccuracies of the movie. The overall effect of the movie makes the audience understand the harshness of war, but gives false advertisement for the cruelty of the British soldiers. In this review, I will develop a lot of facts and exaggerations throughout the film.
The movie takes place in Colonial South Carolina during the 1776 Revolutionary War. Benjamin Martin, a retired soldier, wanted nothing more than to just live peacefully with his kids. When the British decide to declare war with us and his son, Gabriel, joins the army and is wounded, Benjamin decided it was his turn to get involved. An awful British Colonel William Tavington, is responsible for the invasion of Benjamin's home, and Ben begins to plan his revenge against him.
Mel Gibson, who plays Benjamin Martin, did a very good job with the role overall. Benjamin Martin is based off of Francis Marion aka The Swamp Fox, a militia leader in the Revolutionary War. The historical inaccuracies with Ben are that he has no children, and was not involved in the actual battle of Cowpence; whereas in the movie Mel Gibson is in the battle and has 7 children. Overall, Mel Gibson portrayed his role well and was very convincing.
In "The Patriot," I liked the effect that it had on me, but the historical inaccuracies would make a person who was not informed of the war, think it was true. Because of this, the movie is hard for me to have a strong opinion of. For example, the scene where Colonel Tavington and his soldiers were setting Benjamin's home on fire, would never happen in the real war. The British were harsh, but would never burn down a home. Another scene is the church burning scene. Colonel Tavington locked a small village in the church and lit it on fire, was way too cruel to even been true. There was a lot of historical inaccuracies, but the overall effect of lives lost and weaponry.
The moral or lesson I got from this story is that you need to fight for your country no matter what. The only black man in the army, fought against the prejudice of others and stood up for his country. The moral was to stand up for your country and do what you know will help the country in the future. Fight for independence and fight for freedom, no matter what.
The group of people I think would like this movie is a freshman history class. Learning while you're younger about historical inaccuracies and accuracies will help you to determine them in the future. A lot of historical movies have inaccuracies and knowing what you know, you will understand the movies more in depth and understand why the directors included those scenes. I wouldn't recommend it to a historian. The MPAA rating was R. My final word on the movie was that it was good, but inaccurate.
Rating system: I'd give this movie a 3/5.
Elise Adcock is a junior at Sterling High School. She works at Cinemark movie theater in Somerdale and plays volleyball for Sterling and Quandomania. Besides those, she participates in theater outside of school and singing. She works hard in her honors and AP classes in school and maintains a 95 point average. Overall, she is a hardworking student and always participates in school events.
In "The Patriot," I liked the effect that it had on me, but the historical inaccuracies would make a person who was not informed of the war, think it was true. Because of this, the movie is hard for me to have a strong opinion of. For example, the scene where Colonel Tavington and his soldiers were setting Benjamin's home on fire, would never happen in the real war. The British were harsh, but would never burn down a home. Another scene is the church burning scene. Colonel Tavington locked a small village in the church and lit it on fire, was way too cruel to even been true. There was a lot of historical inaccuracies, but the overall effect of lives lost and weaponry.
The moral or lesson I got from this story is that you need to fight for your country no matter what. The only black man in the army, fought against the prejudice of others and stood up for his country. The moral was to stand up for your country and do what you know will help the country in the future. Fight for independence and fight for freedom, no matter what.
The group of people I think would like this movie is a freshman history class. Learning while you're younger about historical inaccuracies and accuracies will help you to determine them in the future. A lot of historical movies have inaccuracies and knowing what you know, you will understand the movies more in depth and understand why the directors included those scenes. I wouldn't recommend it to a historian. The MPAA rating was R. My final word on the movie was that it was good, but inaccurate.
Rating system: I'd give this movie a 3/5.
Elise Adcock is a junior at Sterling High School. She works at Cinemark movie theater in Somerdale and plays volleyball for Sterling and Quandomania. Besides those, she participates in theater outside of school and singing. She works hard in her honors and AP classes in school and maintains a 95 point average. Overall, she is a hardworking student and always participates in school events.
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