Review: Restrepo

 http://restrepothemovie.com/ 

Finally, the way a war documentary should be, no narrator asking pointed questions,  just stick your nose out there with them to watch and listen.

Movie Rewiew: World Trade Center

It makes you think about:
*The officer workers that choose to jump instead of burn.
*The first responders that were trapped alive under the rumble
*The wives of the police officers wondering if her husband is ok.
*The fire fighters morning the lost of the friends.
*The rescue workers that refusing to give up.

It's amazing that only 2,974 innocent civilians were murdered that day and we can thank those first responders.

I recommend soldiers watch before shipping off to war. I recommend military family members watch while their loved ones are off at war. I recommend voters watch before heading to the polls. Look it's not the best film, it's not fun to watch, and everyone knows the story. We don't want to think about that day, but we should.

Our soldiers are doing their job over seas but on the homefront we need more big name directors like Stone and actors Cage to tell their stories and help Americans remember and stay united as we continue to fight our enemies. Why aren't there more movies like this?

Favorite Quote:
"You kept me alive"

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http://citizenandsoldier.blogspot.com

Movie Review: The Kingdom

First 10 minutes are some what useful to get the American general public to think for a moment and face the reality and savagery of the terrorists we fight today. The rest of the movie turns into CSI meets Die Hard with Jamie Fox leading a special secret squirrel rogue FBI team which takes away from the seriousness that was established from the start of the film. The closing scene really showed the movie's true aim to persuade the average lazy American that hasn't been informed of their real motive. There is a line at the end where someone one asked Jamie Fox "What was it that you said to (some lady on the FBI team) to get her to stop crying when we found out one of our own was killed in the terrorist attack?" Jamie Fox replies with "We'll kill them all" this is paired with the grandson of a Saudi bomb-making terrorist who was killed in the end in front of him. His mother asks him, "What was it that your grandfather whispered in your ear before he died" and he replies with "We'll kill them all." I don't understand how in the end the movie tries to portray Americans as just as bad as the terrorist. What the writers and most Americans fail to realize or remember is, it's not the same, they attacked our Innocent civilians first, we do have moral authority over them. This is strike 2 for Jamie Fox, Jarhead was strike 1, playing action hero and in an ant-war movie, I am loosing respect for him. Another thing I don't understand is why they had to use a fictional terrorist attacks because their has been plenty, see List of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom is an anti-war irresponsible film with an agenda for lame uninformed average Americans. I wouldn't recommend you wasting your money to support them. To get your action fix just watch the trailer:

Movie: United 93

Just finished watching the DVD United 93. Part of my process to get myself motivated to put the uniform back on in 4 days after 2 years of a leave of absences from the Army Gaurd since I returned from Baghdad.

It helped.

I ended up watching the movie by myself. Tried to watch with pops since my wife wouldn't watch with me. Didn't work. Suprisingly my mom sat in at the end.

It was a needed reminder with sharp details (like flight attendants getting executed) that created a sharper picture of that unforgettable day, but I would argue has already become a forgotten day to most.

Amercians need to remember.

To those who fought back. I start this blog in honor of you.

Favorite Quote:
"Let's Roll"