War Movie Reviews Samples For Students

Movie director Oliver Stone’s 1989 film “Born on the Fourth of July” is a vivid screen adaptation of antiwar activist Ron Kovic’s autobiographical account of his idealistic dreams of war to becoming the damaged bitter war veteran. This film review follows Stone’s story line of portraying the evolution of Kovic from a young boy playing war with his friends in 1950s Massapequa, Long Island, to his eventual recognition and acceptance as an articulate and respected antiwar activist. For many of the people today, references to the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s are little-known history because this generation wasn’ ...

Introduction
The movies, Beowulf and The 13th Warrior had their setting in the ancient days where technology was not yet established. They were the times of swords, arrows and bows. Both movies have got characters that are not somewhat fully human. Like in Beowulf, there is a monstrous creature called Grendel while in the 13th Warrior, the antagonists are half men and half bear. This personality of being is what stimulates these two films. Both represent wars between the ordinary man and a creature that is definitely much stronger. However in both films, despite the, despite the physical advantage, the ...

Part 1

In the movie 13 days, one can identify ten skills and behaviours of leadership amongst certain characters. The first skill of leadership that can be identified in the movie is, in some parts, certain leaders seem to take upon themselves to encourage others when situations get out of hand. Through direct eye contact, they relay a friendly message and warm response to the other within the group. One can identify a unique skill of leadership that some characters seem to portray in influencing courage within the groups. It is important for leaders to take into account others feeling, and in the ...

The year 2014 marks the 28th anniversary since the movie Platoon was first released. It is one of the most honored and best movies of all time. It was released on 24th December 1986. It was directed and written by Oliver Stone, while Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen were the people starring. Upon its release, it took moviegoers, critics, and audiences by surprise as it took home four academy awards including best director and best picture, Oscar awards in 1987. In 1997 and 2007, it appeared in top 100 films of all time in American Film Institute ...

In Susan Hayward’s summary of David Bordwell in “Classical Hollywood Cinema,” the author relates how the dominant ideology of American culture in the 1930s and 1940s was often conveyed in the films of the era. This particular genre of film follows a narrative tendency towards literalism and dramatic formula over nuance and complexity: “The narrative of [classical Hollywood cinema] reposes upon the triad ‘order/disorder/order-restored,’ also known as disruption/resolution” (Hayward 82). Through these styles of filmmaking, a consistent, accessible reality is created in which to impart the dominant ideology of the time. In the case of The Best Years of Our ...

Movie Review- Stalingrad (1993)
Movie Review – Stalingrad (1993)

Introduction

Stalingrad is a 150-minute war drama movie that was directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and released on 21st January 1993 in Germany. Stalingrad was produced by Hanno Huth and Gunter Rohrbach and written by Jurgen Buscher and Johannes Heide. Starring in the movie is Thomas Kretschmann, Dominique Horwitz, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vavrove, Martin Benrath and Sylvester Groth .

The movie has its background in the actual battle of Stalingrad, a fight that took place in Russia for two years claiming millions of lives of civilians and soldiers. The invaders, Hitler’s army ...

Lions for Lambs is an American fictional film written by Matthew Michael and released in 2007. Robert Redford directs the film. Arian and Ernest, two determined students at the West Coast University, are being advised by their idealistic professor to do something imperative with their lives. They commit themselves to fighting in the army, in Afghanistan after school valediction as a way of showing their patriotism. Another student, Todd, listens to the professor to learn why Arian and Ernest are in Afghanistan. In Washington, a captivating Republican presidential candidate, Legislator Jasper Irving calls journalist Janine Roth to his office where he ...

The film Red Cliff was directed by John Woo and released in 2009. The historical event depicted in the film is the Battle of Red Cliffs which took place at the Red Cliff in 208-209 AD (Woo, 2010). Historically, the Battle of the Red Cliffs was fought at the end of the rule of the Han Dynasty, which formally ended in 220 AD. The war had been fought 8 years earlier (208 AD) between the numerically superior forces of Cao Cao, who was the Northern warlord and the southernly allied forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan (Woo, 2010).
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The Iwo Jima Island is the setting for the movie. These islands are located between the American forces and the home islands of Japan. The Japanese army is desperate to protect the islands from falling into the hands of the American military forces. This is because once they fall they will be used as a base to attack the home islands. The movie is based on the Japanese perspective and is supposed to counter flags of our fathers, which is the American story of the same battle.
The Japanese army suffers heavy losses when the Japanese combined fleet is ...

Hotel Rwanda is the portrayal of a violent disagreement between the radical nationalist Hutus, who waged war on the Tutsis. The Tutsis were considered a minority but had still been granted power over the area by the Belgian colonies when they departed. The film follows this disagreement in power and how it brings about discriminations and prejudice, eventually leading to ruthless acts of violence such as genocidal massacres. The film also follows one man, Paul Rusesabagina. He is a Hutu and a successful hotel manager who is doing well for himself and his family. His wife, Tatiana, is a Tutsi. She spends parts of ...

The 1970s was a decade of the public’s disappointment with the government and its policies, domestic and foreign, social and economic. It was the time of counterculture and various movements and protests that followed the example of the civil rights movement. The most important topics for the American people were the distrust for the government after the long-lasting Vietnam War that weakened not only the United States, whose economic situation was already devastating, but other countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia and their neighbors; the Watergate scandal that made Americans doubt that the county is in fact a democratic one, the state ...

Generation War is a 2013 German film directed by Philipp Kadelbach and starring Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein, Ludwig Trepte, who play the five central characters brothers Wilhelm and Friedhelm Winter, Greta, Charlotte and Viktor. The movie is a historical drama attempting at providing a non-conventional view on the Germans, Poles and Russians and their behavior and beliefs during the World War II. The movie has caused controversial reaction throughout Europe, the United States and in Israel. The main reason for that is a perceived attempt of the German director to reconstruct the history and somewhat justify non-Nazi Germans, ...

Movie Review of La Jetée Film and Analysis of the Theme of Obsession

Initial impressions

The film has made me feel sad on how radioactive substances used during World War III caused damage to the human race. The bad experiences in life bring sorrows and suffering that the mind usually “rewinds” over. I perceive the film as an open edge in science in the need for solving the present problems using the past and the future. As I watch it, I can recognize from the still images that the movie is about a man who was a victim of war during his ...

The documentary movie The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It is about the American soldiers who denied shouldering weapons as their thoughtfulness supported humanity, and their consciousness did not agree to gun down another human being. These soldiers are known as conscientious objectors as they refused to fight. As the present generation feels weak and disloyal towards their nation when faced to war situations, there were similar people even during WWII who were not patriotic and fainthearted. To avoid joining with other fellow soldiers in war, many of these conscientious objectors changed their career paths to ...

The movie is a juxtaposition of the modern and abstract, industrialization v/s modernization and has themes of the Second world war and Hitler’s enforced opinion of art to the modern abstract painting that cam by more so influence by architecture and all having deeper meaning of life connected with it.
Art of Rome and Greece was a pure reflection of the view of Gods that divinity lies in man, his shape and form reverberated throughout their architecture and various statues that dot this ancient city. The story of civilization is slowly woven though art wherein it is expressed that ...

The film Of Gods and Men begins with a quotation from the Bible "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes." This neatly sums the theme of the film – everyone is a child of God - and also offers an ominous foreshadowing of the ending. Set in an Algerian monastery, nine Catholic monks live in a Muslim area, where they are accepted by the peaceful and friendly community. However, as the true story develops the safety of the monastery is threatened ...

‘The Patriot’ is a movie based on the American revolutionary war of 1776. The movie circles around the life of Benjamin Martin, a single parent of seven children. He is a man with strong military training and a sharp character. He is very keen, and a true patriot of the country. He had a very bad experience of the previous war that he had been a part of. Still, with his struggles, he manages to care a lot about his children. The movie was loosely based on the real happenings of American Revolution war against the British in 1776. Especially, the cities of Boston, New York and Philadelphia. ...

Movie review

Narco Cultura is a 2013 documentary film describing Mexican Drug War in the borderland city of Juarez, directed by Shaul Schwarz. The following documentary focuses on two main story lines: fragments of life and career of Edgar Quintero, American singer, songwriter, and the member of Mexican folk style band named “Buknas de Culiacan”. Another story line portrays daily routine of Ricardo Soto, a crime scene investigator and the member of the police unit investigating numerous drug-related killings in the city of Juarez.
The documentary shows a depressing picture of the city of Juarez struck by the ongoing war on drugs, as ...

Movie Review

Like the movie states, “No one in 1744 ever would have thought two Scottish ministers would have created a financial milestone.” Wallace and Webster were two Scottish ministers just as the above sentence declares that established the Scottish Widows Fund, which was the first insurance company. It only became possible after they deduced the exact calculations for how many widows and orphans would remain after their husband’s deaths. They went over and over the formulas until they determined the exact number. Also, they developed the idea of a premium and a pay-out plan from a fund of the premium payments that was ...

The movie is about the history behind the foundation of Islam. It recounts the events that initiate the first steps in introducing Islam in the subconscious of the people. The film presents Muhammad’s early beginnings in Mecca. The film also follows the story of several important battles in the region. It can be considered that the movie is filmed with great adherence to facts and documented history. This is insured in order to receive permission from the Islamic community to produce a film about Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Not only does it recounts about the formation of Islam ...

One of the parts that one can recognise in the film is mid-town Manhattan. The Chrysler building can be recognized. One of the differences that one notices in the film is the lack of light during the night, especially the parts it shows Wall Street. New York City in the 21st century is full of lights, the streets are full of lights and seems as though the city never sleeps. However, one can spot a similarity in the morning and evening haste to get to the train terminus in order to go home or to get to work.
The ...

Ernst Lubitsch (1942): To be or not to be
Ernst Lubitsch, a Jewish-German, directed the film to be or not to be in 1942 together with Jack Benny, and Carole Lombard, who act the couple Torra. This is a couple of actors who had led a theatre team in Warsaw and were busy in rehearsing an anti-Nazi play a time when Germans had invaded Poland. In the film, the group becomes an active secretive participant and through their costumes they manage to deceive the Nazis together with their cooperators. The film illustrates the Nazis racism and violence instead of the military ...

Synopsis

The movie ‘Casablanca’ is set in the World War II setting. One of the main characters Rick owns a makeshift café in the northern Africa town of Casablanca in Morocco. He refuses to take sides in the war despite his long standing opposition to the Nazis. The movie revolves around Rick and his relationship with a young woman named Ilsa. His short association with her causes him great resentment, even derailing his insurgency against the Nazis. The story runs from a time they were having a good time in Paris. The lived and chose not to reveal too much about each to one ...

No man’s land is a movie made during the Bosnian war era. It was the first movie made by Bosnian. This movie starts showing two soldiers one from Croatia side and other from Serbs who fell into the trench when there was crossing firing from both sides of armies. In the trench both introduced their selves and started arguing that we are best. Both were shown fighting like small boys. In this conversation, one had a gun while other had not, so the one with a gun pointed to other and said that I am more powerful than you. It was ...

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010), Divine Comedy of Dante
It is a common knowledge that this movie is adapted from Dante Aligheri’ called The Divine Comedy. This movie is animated from the country of Japan. The story is really simple. Dante had apparently gone to the Crusades for spiritual nourishment. However, when he came back, he found that his wife, Beatrice had been slaughtered. The Dark One, the name Dante gives to grim the reaper, was nonetheless present to take to hell, the girl’s soul. Dante did not know the reason for this. He therefore followed the ...

Flags Of Our Fathers has accurately concentrated on the pain, trepidation, and disaster of combat, and the challenges confronted by the three surviving flag raisers as in Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II photograph, which the government sent on tour over the United States to sway individuals to back the war exertion. The men incorporate Navy corpsman "Doc" Bradley, Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon. In addition to the enduring, horrific impacts of war felt by the men, the film uncovers the incongruity behind the photograph itself, and how the flag raisers feel misused by the gathering pledges process. ...

1. The most important man of the twentieth century, according to Charles Kaiser was Martin Luther King Junior. He was important for spearheading the civil rights movements that were advocating for social justice between the blacks and the whites.
2. The Diggers were a group of radical activists where were considered as left wings and operated from Haight-Ashbury within the proximity of San Francisco, in additional they were also improvisational actors who had guerrilla kind of a group that was referred to as San Francisco Mime Troupe. The original founding member was Peter Coyote (Perry 284).
3. At Monterey ...

Film Studies

The movie, Farenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore is a documentary which tries to critically view America’s ‘War on Terror’ when George W. Bush was the president. The movie was released in the year 2011 and mainly investigates the aftermath and the reasons for this terrorist attack.
The movie targets the then U.S. President, George W. Bush and the Iraq war. The movie has investigated the manner in which the lives of ordinary American citizens have been impacted as a result of the Iraq war. It investigates the class inequities which always puts pressure to the lower class to ...

For many years, between 1964-1974 the people of the US were awakening by imaginations, this was when people started forming the movements so that they can protest against the injustices imposed to them by the whites. The following movements were formed, The Free Speech Movement, The Anti-War Movement, The Counter-Culture Movement (Hippies in SF) and Women's Movement. Each with its objectives and methods of achieving them for instance: The Free Speech Movement
The university students to protest against the abolishment of the no-campus political activities and allow free speech formed this movement. This movement had an impact on ...

The film Full Metal Jacket was directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1987 (IMDB), 20 years after the events described in the movie. It depicts several crucial moments of the Vietnam War, the Battle in Hue and the Tet Offensive, and trainings before. First of all, soldiers’ training does not seem to be realistic because of its cruelty and sarcasm from Hartman, the Senior Drill Instructor. Hartman treats soldiers in a way that hardly can be called humane. Yet the main aim of these episodes is to show that training is not a holiday and that soldiers should be prepared to all ...

Introduction

1979’s Apocalypse Now is one of the most significant films which emerged from the Vietnam War period. The movie is based on Heart of Darkness, a book by Joseph Conrad (Syn 1). The story revolves around the character of Benjamin Willard, who is tasked with the duty of killing Colonel Walter Kurtz, who has gone rogue in the Cambodian jungles. The accuracy of the movie in depicting the actual happenings of the Vietnam War has been a subject of extensive debate. Francis Ford Coppola, the producer and director of the film asserts that Apocalypse Now is not just about Vietnam ...

The weather underground is a documentary that outlines the violent protest aimed at overthrowing the United States government. The general set up of the documentary is up to standards. It vividly shows the brutal violence of the protestors opposing the injustices performed by the government. The document is very informative on matters touching on the Vietnam War and how the weatherman got frustrated from the SDA (students for a democratic society). After I did deep review of the subject matter of the movie it is clear that it has captured the important elements of the Vietnam War and the factors that ...

This is an apocalyptic horror movie that was produced following a compilation of personage accounts in which the narrator represents the UNPC i.e. united nations postwar commission, several years after Zombie war which was fictional. The individual accounts in this movie also describe the political, religious, social and environmental changes that came to be as a result of the war. From the look of things, this movie must be as a result of an inspiration of the Good War as well as zombie films by George Romero. There is a possibility that this movie depicts ineptitude on the government’s side, isolationism of ...

This film depicts the suffering that followed the bombing of Hiroshima. Analyzing the people and situations that Gen comes across, it is evident that the Japan citizens suffered a lot. It feels one with pity to see the dead bodies of the victims and the continued deaths that occur along the way in the hope of sooner recovery.
The fact that Gen is rejected and criticized in every family, social and cultural setting that he and his mother attempt to establish themselves indicates that their suffering is widespread and social and political lives have been affected massively. Throughout the ...

Little Background on the Cinematographer

American cinematographer George Walton Lucas Jr. is producer, director, editor and screenwriter; he was born in the town of Modesto, located in the state of California. George Walton Lucas, Jr. (May 14 of 1944, Modesto, California, United States) is a filmmaker States, creator of the hit film of Star Wars and later Indiana Jones, president of Lucasfilm, LucasArts Entertainment Company, and Lucas Digital Ltd, Lucas Licensing, and Lucas Learning Ltd LucasBooks. He was considered two consecutive years as the number 4 of the most powerful in the entertainment industry, just behind the owners of Time Warner, Turner and Steven Spielberg ( ...

War dance is a documentary that highlights the plight of children and families affected by the war in northern Uganda. The most affected group are the Acholi’s who are currently still under the threat of war. It is rather unfortunate that various families were forced to flee their homes and are now in government guarded refugee camps. Some years back, bandits attacked their homes, killed their parents and took young men and women captive. Children were never spared in the abduction as many were also taken to the bushes to serve as child soldiers. The movie highlights some of ...

In the 2007 film Charlie Wilson’s War, US Representative Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) finds himself working to increase funding and support for the mujahedeen freedom fighters battling the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, often through underhanded and clandestine means. The film presents Wilson as a champion rallying behind a cause, idealistically hoping to help the mujahedeen defeat the Soviet Union and give them the help they desperately needed. Charlie uses substantial political bargaining and maneuvering to get the funding for CIA agent Gust Avrakotos’ group, something that places his actions in a bit more ambiguous area with regards to political ethics. In ...

Twelve O’clock High Pressure Point (1964)

Introduction

“Twelve O’clock High” is actually a war film. It is about the aircrews in U.S Eight Air force Army who actually flew in daylight bombing operations against the Nazi Germany and also occupied France in early days of the American involvement in the WWII. It is a world winning film since it has been nominated for 4 academy Awards and out of them it has won 2. This film has essentially been utilized as a case study in a variety of civilian and military leadership training seminars for a number of years. For that reason, this ...

The “Lincoln” movie written by Tony Kushner and directed by Steven Spielber, starring being Daniel Day-Lewis. The film covers Abraham Lincoln’s life for the term of four months before meeting his end. It captures the president’s efforts in getting the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution which successfully passed by the United States House of Representatives. The purpose of the 13th amendment was to lead to end slavery in the United States. President Lincoln was not an equal rights advocate, but since he was a thoughtful and an intelligent man, he continued to insist on the abolishment ...

Question 1

Yes, I believe the words highlighted though I find a lot of symbolism used to describe the technological tension between china and Japan

Question 2

The title is derived from the need of either of the countries to gain recognition of power across the world. Jim is a representation of a dream that grows from its conception to becoming a reality.

Question 3

Even though the plot is all about the war and how Japan surrendered to china, in reality, it is all about the prevailing competition of power and economic growth of china, which Japan could no longer resist

Question 4

The survival of Jim irrespective of the ...

Journalism

The movie that I am reviewing is referred to as Forrest Gump. The movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis and was released in 1994. Forrest Gump highlights the life events of a male individual who was born with a below average intellectual capacity and was still able to accomplish tremendous things in his lifetime. The main actor, Forrest is able to get a place in the school’s football team and the army despite experiencing challenges with his legs and using leg braces. In addition, he sets up the shrimp trade.
I chose to view the Forrest Gump because it highlights ...

ABSTRACT/INTRODUCTION

The French film Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (Mister Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran) tells the story of a Muslim shopkeeper befriends a lonely Jewish boy named Momo (or Moshe) in Paris during the 1960s, and adopts him after his father commits suicide. They make a trip to M. Ibrahim’s homeland of Turkey, and the boy learns all about his adoptive father’s religion and cultural, which is the mystical or Sufi version of Islam. Both Momo and Ibrahim are members of minority groups that faced great discrimination in France at the time, and in fact Momo’ ...

Full Metal Jacket, produced in 1987, is a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick, which highlights the experiences of Vietnam War soldiers. The title of the movie depicts the metal jackets worn by foot soldiers. Through the film, the director seeks to showcase Gustav Hasford’s novel (The Short-timers) by following a platoon of U.S marines. New recruits undergo a rigorous training under the command of a drill instructor, Sergeant Hartman, who prepares them for grueling combats ahead. Full Metal Jacket earned rare plaudits from the Academy Award after its nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, and after the American Film Institute put the movie ...

Moonchildren

The play moonchildren are a comic play in two acts by Michael Weller. The play is produced by Zelda Fichandler and directed by Alan Schneider. The play is acted in the Royal Court theatre. The play qualifies to be a successful movie as evident in its stage production; Marjorie selection of costumes is excellent, and the play lighting done by Vance Sorrells is appropriate and is used in an appropriate manner which makes the play more comical. The work of Weller is perceived to be “seminal work” it is an attractive work which have stood the test of time. Although, the ...

‘Restrepo’ is a documentary that depicts the Afghanistan war. Sebastian Junger, an American journalist along with photographer, Tim Hetherington has made this documentary. The duo has recorded the movie while accompanying a platoon in a very dangerous warfare, korangal valley in Afghanistan. This paper discusses the documentary, Restrepo and other related aspects of the movie.
Junger and Hetherington have a good experience of war zones and known for their excellent works as well as bravery. This documentary was made by duo while they stayed with the American troops in the Afghanistan. There they sensed life death emotions, and several other things related ...

Control Room was a very powerful documentary made by Al Jazeera television in 2004 about the early phase of the Iraq War and the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime. Almost off of it takes place in the Coalition Forces Media Center for Central Command (CENTCOM), where the journalists are attempting to get real information about what was happening in the war. One problem with the film is that some parts are in Arabic and not translated or given subtitles, so English-speakers can only guess at what they are saying. Its point of view was clearly opposed to the war ...

The 2004 Oliver Stone film Alexander tells the tale of the titular young conqueror, played by Colin Farrell, as he grows up, invades the Persian Empire, proves himself to be one of the greatest military commanders in history, and dies. In the film, we see young Alexander growing up in Greece; here, we see the difficulty he has relating to his parents, particularly Philip II of Macedon, his father. After Alexander is suddenly made King of Macedonia following the assassination of his father, Alexander soon takes his armies and starts his campaign against the Persians. For eight years, he ...

Captivating is the word I would describe the movie, Saving Private Ryan. The movie is a masterpiece that lacks adequate words to describe itself. The movie is indelible and searing leaving an imprint on every soul that get a chance to watch the movie. No one can ever forget the work of Stephen Spielberg on this movie. Spielberg leaves a memory that we cannot forgot. The first thirty minutes in the movie are one of the finest cinematic forces capturing the audience. The movie shows how soldiers encounter the deadly Normandy invasions. The beginning is brilliant in technique and generating viewers’ reaction. ...

Deviance is a behavior that is thought to go against the common known standardized social norms which makes the behavior be disapproved by a majority of the people in the society. Norms do vary across different groups, places and even times but and therefore there is no standard way of gauging whether an act can be termed as deviant or not. In the case of Ron Kovic, an anti war activist, writer and veteran who was once a law abiding citizen, was socialized into a deviant member of society. This can be clearly seen through the movie Born on the Fourth of July.

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Introduction

Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo produced the Godfather. It is indisputably the definitive movie ever made. It has inclined to the commencement of multitudes of sequential mafia pictures that have provocatively influenced the motion pictures business. Michael Corleone is a disastrous protagonist in the logic of his conversion; his collapse from what is understood as candid, diligent, to schemer, and criminal.

Review

The aged paterfamilias of an organized crime empire hands over authority of his covert realm to his disinclined son. The son comes back home after the war however is reluctant to get drawn in organised crime which is ...

There are many books and movies that are dedicated to commemorate the World War II and the Holocaust, but “Au revoir les infants” is an exceptionally great story with a valuable moral behind.
The story opens in January 1944 in nazi-occupied France, right after a short Christmas vacation. A mother is having a farewell for her children who are returning to Catholic boarding school.
This cultural aspect is similar to the US, because at that times boarding schools were also famous and quite spread, as they ensured quality education and were also often based on theological thought. The priest who ...

Control Room

The feature-length documentary, Control Room is a gritty and realistic presentation of the media’s role in modern warfare. The film’s premise is to demonstrate the contrast between the perception of the Al Jazeera news network in comparison with its reality. Released in 2004, Control Room was filmed, on the ground, during the American 2003 invasion of Iraq in an attempt to overthrow the Saddam Hussein regime and liberate the Iraqi people. The complaint regularly made by western broadcasters and indeed, the U.S. government and military, is that Al Jazeera is sympathetic to the causes of men like Osama ...

The White Ribbon in a German-Austrian film released in 2009 and directed by written by Michael Haneke. It is a black and white film depicting a fictitious society just before the First World War in a Northern Germany. The village is a protestant village named Eichwald and the event takes place between July 1913 and August 1914 and depicts the village being led by a pastor, a doctor and a baron. (Grundmann 3)
The pastor has puritanical tendencies and is wont to making children feel guilty over trivial offences. The name of the film comes from the fact that he hands the children white ribbons to ...

Judea Declares War on Germany is one of the famous antifascist films. This film presents a critical look at the WWII. It explains how the Jews at one moment in time declared war on the Germans. Having declared war, the Jews were captured and incarcerated in different prison camps. According to this film, this move led to a situation whereby the Jews were viewed in Germany as insurgents. Because of this, the Jews were detained in the concentration camps. Before the time of the Holocaust and Second World War, the movie explains that the Jews were ready to crush the Germans ...

Created in 1993 this movie is considered to be one of the greatest modern works about World War II. The director of the film is a talented German director Joseph Vilsmaier, known for “Autumn milk”, “The last Train” and other movies. The producers are Hanno Huth and Günter Rohrbach.
The cast includes Thomas Kretschmann (as Lt. Hans von Witzland), Dominique Horwitz (as Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser), Jochen Nickel (as Manfred Rohleder ) ,Dana Vavrova (as Irina) and others.
The story of the film depicts the bloody events of the wartime that took place on the Eastern Front with a group ...

This movie challenges the way I feel about civil responsibility and its absence in the war against terrorism because every member of the society should do something all in the aim of fighting terrorism. The movie depicts this through three stories that unfold simultaneously all showing the roles played by different members of the society during the era of Iraqi war. The first story is about a republican senator (Tom Cruise) giving a hour-long interview to a sceptical reporter (Meryl Streep) about a strategy of fighting terrorists in Afghanistan through possessing spots in the mountains before terrorists approach them. The second story is ...

Daughter of Danang, a film by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco, may be ranked amongst the greatest documentaries of this century. Unlike most Hollywood movies, this is a real, absolutely true harrowing story that takes its beginning from the Vietnam War. There are no stunts or special effects, outstanding actors or hackneyed phrases – there is just a real life with all its problems, misunderstandings, pros and cons, love and pain.

Being abandoned (let us call things by their proper names) by her Vietnamese mother, Heidi, the mixed-race girl whose father is American servant, flies to the US with other American-Vietnamese children due ...

The 1968 film The Green Berets, starring and co-directed by John Wayne, presents a very pro-American and jingoistic view of the Vietnam War, sugarcoating the more violent and abhorrent aspects of the US Army’s activities during the war in favor of a more benevolent, patriotic mindset. The film follows Colonel Mike Kirby, leader of a Green Beret Unit, as he fights in South Vietnam and defends his men against actions taken by the North Vietnamese. In this essay, several aspects of the film will be critiqued, comparing the viewpoint explored in the film with the truth of US Army actions during ...

Introduction

In 1998, Steven Spielberg directed a World War 2 film showing the events that happened during the Normandy invasion. The film was called “saving Private Ryan” and was based in Normandy and some parts of France. Screen play for the film was done by Rodat Robert with main actors being Tom Hanks as Captain John Miller, Tom Sizemore as Mike Hovarth, Barry Pepper as Daniel Jackson, Adam Goldberg as Stanley ‘Fish’ Mellish, Vin Diesel as Adrian Carpazo, Giovanni Ribisi as Irwin Wade, Jeremy Davis as Timothy Upham, and Matt Damon as Private James Rayan. The movie was produced to depict a ...

Introduction

The American Revolutionary War was a turning point in the history of the United States of America. It signified the independence of America from the British colonizers. The war surrounding this independence of America has been featured in films such as The Patriot. Through such films, everyone can learn about historical wars that shaped the future of the United States (Ansen 58). However, the questions that arise from such movies as The Patriot is if they are truly historically accurate in their character depiction, scenery and weapons that were used, what the film got right and what it got ...