Its Christmas time as everyone knows, its time for cold and snow. Its also time for ridiculously over priced sweaters that make your eyes bleed just from looking at them. Not to mention the dozens of classic Christmas movies that plague television screens from the end of Thanksgiving to the start of the new year. Every one of the cheesy Christmas movies generally follow the same guidelines. The character usually takes things that should be held dear for granted. Then usually a supernatural figure takes these things away from the character. Then the have to learn a life lesson in order to restore what has been striped from them. These films inevitable end up becoming pretty similar. Like the movies The Family Man and It's a Wonderful Life. The only difference that I really noticed was the supernatural figure that took the family's away. In The Family Man it a black guy that was trying to rob a convent store. In the movie It's a Wonderful Life its an angel that jumps from the bridge right as the main guy is about to kill himself. Instead of killing himself he jumps in to save the angel. I know that they are so similar because we watched both movies in reading the movies with Mr. Bowser. The life lessons that are presented in both films are that you should appreciate who you have because you might not like it without them. It is a respectable message that I agree with. The only problem with this message though is it is so used now a days. Just like in the movies if you have something constantly you start to not appreciate it. So just like in the movie we all need to learn a lesson and appreciate what we have before its too late.

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Trying to understand the unknown is often what people try to do in tragedy. These movies try to show the proses of trying to understand. The reason they attempt too is because people feel empty when they loose loves once and friends. This is especially true for 9/11 because of the horrible way in which many passed away that day. They search for the answers or someone to blame because of the emptiness they feel inside. They just want it to go away and some feel understanding it more will help them. Some are right like in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Oskar gets a form of closure from his quest. The films I believe are trying to show people that is ok to feel sad about things but it is not ok to shut people out. Its not ok to shut people out, that's not what your loved ones would have wanted. Neither of the movies resonate with me as you probable guessed Mr. Bowser because I believe the government had something to do with it. I'm not saying it didn't happen I just believe the Gov. knew more then they said they did. I think that they knew in advance with time to plan and counter the attack. Second I believe they put thermite in the twin towers in order to make the attack more lethal so that people would be on bard for war more. The reason Bush wanted people to want to go to war is because he wanted to make money for him and his buddies through military contracts. It makes sense because when I tell people I think the government had something to do with it they look at me like I'm insane. They ask how could you be so insensitive toward the people who passed. The government most likely knew people would have that reaction. If people think that way then no one is going to question it anymore because they don't want to get yelled at by people who believe it did happen. Which is the perfect cover for them Just saying.

1941 and Saving Private Ryan are both war films that have a deeper message then just entertainment. Most films through out time have a deeper message but non like these. 1941 was made to show the paranoia of ww2. He choose a funny way of showing it so that the message might be absorbed more. The comedy helps show the stupidity that some had towards the U.S. being invaded. Back then people were hysterically afraid of being invaded by the Japs. Pearl harbor had just happened so an invasion wasn't so far fetched to imagine for most people. Turning on the other side of war movies, the movie Saving Private Ryan takes a more serious approach. He did this so he could attempt to make the audience feel the sacrifice and bravery that they showed. They wanted you to feel the sweat blood tears and fear that they felt trying to cross that wall of lead on D Day. The serious method is used more to have a sympathy effect but in Saving Private Ryan it gives a hero effect to the film. That film is sometimes the best way to show others who have not experienced war what it is like. He made the movie to do just these things. He realized what they went through and wanted us to have a tool for understanding their pain and sacrifice. If I were Spealburge I wouldn't have changed either one because I believe it is necessary to have multiple methods and views to get a better picture.