Hoosiers

Along with my last post, Glory Road, Hoosiers is also a movie based on a true story about basketbal. In a rural Indiana town, the high school has barely enough plays to fill the starting spots on the team. A new coach from the New York area is brought in and is known for his highly disaplined teams. With the hard work of the coach and the players they make a run for the state title. Despite being the under-dog, the team wins and shows that hard work can and will pay off even when you may think there is no chance.

Glory Road

This movie is based in the 1960s when racism in athletics was at it's highest. The movie is about a basketball team that consists of seven black players, and seven white players. The team, from El Paso,Texas, gets past racism, and begins winning every game. They make it to the NCAA Finals, to play an all white school Kentucky. The coach's thought is to only play the black players to end the racism and descrimination. El Paso wins, and prooves that there is no diffence of play between races. This movie is based on a true story, and shows that it's possible to do anything even when you think your given the short end of the stick.

The Last Samurai

The other night I decided to watch The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise as the main actor. He plays a captain that is eventually captured by the Japanese Samurai. After getting past his shame of being caught he beings to love the Samurai's ways and discipline in the ways in which they live. After being released, he goes back to the American forts where he decides to fight with the Samurai till the death against the americanized Japanese Army to the death. One of the best movies I've boughten because after he sees the ways to live other than American ways, he loves them.

Behind Enemy Lines

For the next four weeks, I will post blogs about my favorite movies. I feel this project should be very "benefical" to my collegiate career. Anyone should feel free to read these eight blogs. This week's movie happens to be John Moore's Behind Enemy Lines. I find this movie to be one of my top favorites because it is very action packed, and has links to foreign affairs. The movie is based upon a down pilot in southern Bosnia. The movie creates a sense of urgency to get to the designated "rendezvous point."