Do you think that they were accurate? Did they help you expand your knowledge of that time in history? Were they too Hollywood? Explain in a few paragraphs.. You can choose one or both movies
i thought that Flags of Our Fathers was a good movie for the class. the movie is historically accurate because it is based on a book written by James Bradley. James Bradley's father was John "Doc" Bradley, who served in WWII and had been one of the men who raised the flag. James Bradley than sought out the other 4 veterans to write his book.
i think this movie gives a great view of America during WWII and how it treated the veterans. it tells the accurate store of how three surviving flags-raisers were used by the united states government to raise money for the war by buying war bonds and to lift their spirits. it also shows how the veterans felt about the after-effects of the war and losing their friends. The movie was not Hollywood at all, i think it was just perfectly great the way it was.
The movie hotel Rwando was an excellent movie to show the class. Even though we had only saw some parts of it in Saturday school, it was interesting to actually see the movie. The movie Hotel Rwanda was of course a movie about the happenings in Rwanda in the early 1990s. Genocide was happening during this time. Just like the lesson, the movie was about how the Europeans were in control of Rwanda and made the Tutsi's elite and above the Hutus. Even though the Tutsis were made elite, most of the population was the Hutus. After the Europeans had left, Rwanda was left to be governed themselves. The Hutu extremist were beginning to kill the Tutsis there. The United States And Nation really did nothing about and many people died in Rwanda because of this. The movie was historically correct and gave us a clear view of what was really going on in Rwanda in early 1940s. Finally, the genocide had ended when Tutsis were able to hold back the Hutu extremist. The genocide in rwanada was not called genocide until 2005, about 11 years after the genoice had occured.
I think that the movie Hotel Rwanda was historically accurate. It showed the hatred between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda in the year of 1994. Many of the things in the movie were similar as it was in the real genocide, like the killing of the Tutsis, and a Hutu man saving innocent Tutsi people. The movie overall was mostly based on a true story. The movie wasn't very Hollywood overall. The actors in the movie acted as if they were in part of a real genocide, which was very exciting to watch. The movie Hotel Rwanda helped me expand my knowledge of that time in history, since because of that movie, I had a visual perspective of how the Rwandan genocide looked like.
In my opinion, Hotel Rwanda was completley historiclayy accurate. (Does that even make sense? [: ) Well, i believe that the movie wasn't all "Hollywood". It was very accurate. It was based on a true story and in watching it, it really got you caught up. The movie showed the truth of the genocide in Rwanda. It truly was a shock. The conditions were terrible and innocent people, men women and children, were kiled just for being who they are. Hotel Rwanda brought a reality to all thsoe who watched it. I stil find it hard to believe that the true genocide was taking place in Africa while i was alive! The situation of the genocide in Rwanda was ignored and denied for so long, i find it cruel how no one was willing to help out the Darfurians. It shows you how evil and selfish people can be, you know? Imagine if it was you? Then it would have been differnt right? Rediculous. I enjoyed the movie emensely. (:
I do believe that FLags of Our Fathers was somewhat historically accurate. It was based on a book and the men in it were true men, real. But the way in which the movie was presented, it did seem a tad bit Hollywood to me. The war scenes were likely to be the most accurate. they were truly amazing and interesting. those scenes brought the truth about and made you undersatnd what the war was like for those men and what they wnet through. But as for the majority of the movie, it just seemed, to me at least, that it was a little story like or fictional like a random normal movie. It was more like a vague reenactment with an embelished storyline than a movie based on completley true events. d:
5 comments:
i thought that Flags of Our Fathers was a good movie for the class. the movie is historically accurate because it is based on a book written by James Bradley. James Bradley's father was John "Doc" Bradley, who served in WWII and had been one of the men who raised the flag. James Bradley than sought out the other 4 veterans to write his book.
i think this movie gives a great view of America during WWII and how it treated the veterans. it tells the accurate store of how three surviving flags-raisers were used by the united states government to raise money for the war by buying war bonds and to lift their spirits. it also shows how the veterans felt about the after-effects of the war and losing their friends. The movie was not Hollywood at all, i think it was just perfectly great the way it was.
The movie hotel Rwando was an excellent movie to show the class. Even though we had only saw some parts of it in Saturday school, it was interesting to actually see the movie. The movie Hotel Rwanda was of course a movie about the happenings in Rwanda in the early 1990s. Genocide was happening during this time.
Just like the lesson, the movie was about how the Europeans were in control of Rwanda and made the Tutsi's elite and above the Hutus. Even though the Tutsis were made elite, most of the population was the Hutus. After the Europeans had left, Rwanda was left to be governed themselves. The Hutu extremist were beginning to kill the Tutsis there. The United States And Nation really did nothing about and many people died in Rwanda because of this.
The movie was historically correct and gave us a clear view of what was really going on in Rwanda in early 1940s. Finally, the genocide had ended when Tutsis were able to hold back the Hutu extremist. The genocide in rwanada was not called genocide until 2005, about 11 years after the genoice had occured.
Ricardo Hernandez
Period 7
I think that the movie Hotel Rwanda was historically accurate. It showed the hatred between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda in the year of 1994. Many of the things in the movie were similar as it was in the real genocide, like the killing of the Tutsis, and a Hutu man saving innocent Tutsi people. The movie overall was mostly based on a true story. The movie wasn't very Hollywood overall. The actors in the movie acted as if they were in part of a real genocide, which was very exciting to watch. The movie Hotel Rwanda helped me expand my knowledge of that time in history, since because of that movie, I had a visual perspective of how the Rwandan genocide looked like.
Vlad Shrayman
Period 4
In my opinion, Hotel Rwanda was completley historiclayy accurate. (Does that even make sense? [: ) Well, i believe that the movie wasn't all "Hollywood". It was very accurate. It was based on a true story and in watching it, it really got you caught up. The movie showed the truth of the genocide in Rwanda. It truly was a shock. The conditions were terrible and innocent people, men women and children, were kiled just for being who they are. Hotel Rwanda brought a reality to all thsoe who watched it. I stil find it hard to believe that the true genocide was taking place in Africa while i was alive!
The situation of the genocide in Rwanda was ignored and denied for so long, i find it cruel how no one was willing to help out the Darfurians. It shows you how evil and selfish people can be, you know? Imagine if it was you? Then it would have been differnt right?
Rediculous. I enjoyed the movie emensely. (:
Nicole Kwoka
I do believe that FLags of Our Fathers was somewhat historically accurate.
It was based on a book and the men in it were true men, real.
But the way in which the movie was presented, it did seem a tad bit Hollywood to me.
The war scenes were likely to be the most accurate. they were truly amazing and interesting. those scenes brought the truth about and made you undersatnd what the war was like for those men and what they wnet through.
But as for the majority of the movie, it just seemed, to me at least, that it was a little story like or fictional like a random normal movie. It was more like a vague reenactment with an embelished storyline than a movie based on completley true events.
d:
Nicole Kwoka.
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