History is a subject in which people learned of their culture and lands back round. Most people learn about history from textbooks and or oral traditions. Other had a passion to present history in a different way. A way that others would appreciate more and still others would appreciate less. Movies...

In recent research, I've found that Pearl Harbor and In Love and War are two very similar films. They both portray an injured soldier from either World War I, or World War II, who falls in love with a nurse, while competing against a friend for her attention. Although Pearl Harbor received be...

Pearl Harbor (movie) I have always enjoyed watching action/love movies. I have been scouting out for these kinds of movies for the last 4 years. It was early morning, December 7, 1941. As the sun was just beginning to rise in Oahu, Hawaii, a fleet of Japanese naval air forces were taking off ...

Last year was a year which was described by many as a disappointing year for film, with very little of significance coming from the film industry, in terms of ground breaking or memorable movies. For me last year was the year that Hollywood decided to make some interesting (The Insider), un-conventi...

True Lies Some argue that movies such as, "Saving Private Ryan", and "Schindler's List" that are loosely based on historical fact provide an inaccurate account of history. Others say they provide people of the present with a look into the past. Whether or not the histo...

The film industry has been greatly increasing over the years. Comedy, action, horror, love stories, etc. have been the basic themes in the movies shown today. Yet, like "Pearl Harbor", "The Patriot" or "Shindler's List", some films also are based on the historical events that have taken place. Ma...

Saving Private Ryan The movie Saving Private Ryan is not your typical World War II movie. It is about the triumph of the United States over Germany but rather the focus on how horrific the effects of war are on those participating, not only physically but also mentally. What I liked about t...

I think one of the most significant strengths of Casablanca, one of the few universally canonized films, is its simplicity. Adapted from a stage play that was never produced, it's not commonly known for its Great Cinematography, a term usually (and erroneously) applied only to movies with wide, exp...

June 6th 1944 is known as the day that turned the tides of World War II. Allied troops both Para dropped and landed on French occupied territory via the English Channel. For Captain John Miller, the beach was enough, but after only three short days of recovery, Miller and his squad of men are sent i...

"All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way–if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy." Gene remarked. (p.196) A Sep...

The film "The Pianist" chronicles the story of a musician named W³adys³aw Szpilman and how he, like many others, survived the Holocaust. The movie, directed by Roman Polanski, was based on the best selling book by Szpilman. Polanski himself survived the Holocaust as a young child and was...

I read \"All Quiet on the Western Front\" and viewed the movie. Both the film and the novel show the horror of trench warfare and the drawbacks of unquestioning patriotism. Both the film and the novel follow the same plot but emphasize different aspects. The beginning of both the movie and the novel...

The film industry of the 20th century has done all that it could to manipulate the viewers of the world. Wheter good, or bad propaganda in film has been a major source for molding the publics minds to fit the politicaly correct way of thinking at that particular time. Saving Private Ryan...

A Bridge to FarIn A Bridge to Far the Allies try to end World War II by dropping soldiers behind enemy lines and cut off supply lines. The movie goes into great detail of the confusion and power struggles amongst the leaders of the allies. In 1944, the German armies were being pushed back across t...

The article, What Really Happened, was written by Robert Sullivan and published in theJune 4, 2001 issue of Time Magazine. It is an analysis of just how true to the facts therecently released movie Pearl Harbor really was. The article attempts to prove its thesisthat while the movie does get some of...

Silence Kills \"Okay class,\" an authorative voice sounds out, \"today we are going to talk about the Vietnam War.\" A sea of dumbfounded faces stare the teacher down. \"Does anyone know anything about the Vietnam War?\" the voice continued to ask. The sea of faces is motionless, no true sign o...

As I was watching Baraka a noticed a striking comparison to my favorite movie and book, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the novel it states: "Man had been re-made by his own tools." Man has come to depend on his tools so completely that he is a slave to them. Without his tools,...

Sunshine follows three generations of a Hungarian Jewish family, the Sonnenscheins ("Sunshine") through three generations of men all played by the same person. It is narrated by the youngest of the three men who tells the story of his grandfather and father before he tells his own. The t...

Propaganda is a term used to describe the deliberate spreading of ideas and rumors in order to gain what one wants. It is most commonly used by governments and big businesses in order to get the public to believe what they desire. There was a great deal of propaganda taking place in the United State...

World war II and the Holocaust, two terms that that go hand in hand. They are remembered as some of the most inhumane years in human history. Neither can be forgotten and in the minds of some they are as vivid as just happening yesterday. For those who were there, the deplorable, hopeles...

Schindlers list, it is one of the many historical films, like Titanic which impressed audiences world wide. It received record gate reciepts throughout America and the rest of the world and undoubtly owes its success of particularly the western world in the horrific events concerning the treatment o...

Which taught me more: Patton v. The Victors? Before this class began I can honestly say that I did not know much about World War II. I learned about the wars throughout history class in high school, but never really took an interest. I have never been a huge fan of war; I believe most prob...

The classic anti-war, anti-establishment, anti- (insert current debatable issue/action here) novel, Catch-22, follows the life of Yossarian, the main character, and his fellow Army Air Corps officers, stationed on an imaginary island off the coast of Italy, through a period during World War II. The...

Vietnam was between 1661-1975 tom Davis was the first solider to be killed in action on dec.22, 1961. When the conflict ended 2.5 million died Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, French, and Americans. The Vietnam was the only war we have ever lost thus the United States seizes to make an acknowled...

Question: How were the majority of Americans affected on the Home Front? The majority of Americans were greatly affected on the Home Front. Almost every family lent out a father or brother to the army, and a mother or sister to the work force. Every one contributed all that that had and then som...