9/11

Last English class we watched a documentary about the terrible event of 9/11. In my opinion, it was the best film ever made of the incident. The two brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were behind the film, and had no idea what they were about to create until they were done.

The documentary was originally supposed to be about a young firefighter, and his life as a trainee. The ironic part about the story is that this young boy was so excited about his job, and all he wanted to do was help people. So he waited for his first big fire, but it didn’t come, not until September 11 2001.

Suddenly the story takes a whole new turn. What had just happened? No one knew. All they had seen were the planes hit the towers and shortly after fell one after the other.  People were running around the streets, crying, shouting, most people in utter shock. The one brother, Julian, who was at the time filming was inside the towers after the plane had hit. When it came rushing down, him and some of the other firefighters managed to get under the building and were not killed. There were unfortunately many people who were not as lucky, and a number of shockingly 2759 were killed as a result of the terrorist attacks.

The most amazing parts about the film was the amount of credibility. This was it, this was exactly how it had been, how people had reacted, and how it all happened. They actually filmed as the plans hit the towers and when they came crashing down, they were inside the towers as the fell, and all the reactions all the people, it was all real.

The fact that this documentary happened on such random terms, makes it even more intriguing. It’s so extremely strong and vivid. Everything is caught on tape, and it gave me an entirely new perspective and insight of 9/11.

Narnia

Before Christmas we watched the movie Narnia in class. The movie is based on the book The lion, the witch and the wardrobe, and is written by C.S. Lewis.

The movie is very good, and the story is well written. Even so, it’s not really my kind of movie, probably because I’m not really a fan of the “fantasy” genre.

The story is set to the 1900s during World war 1, all children are therefore forced to move to safer places in the mean time. The 4 main characters and siblings Peter, Lucy Susan and Edmund are put on a train with all the other children and sent to live with Professor Kirke. Already the first nigh while playing hide and seek, Lucy, the youngest, finds a closet to hide in. She goes further and further into the closet, and suddenly she steps into an entirely different world, Narnia.

Continuing throughout the story, all four siblings finds themselves in the magical world of Narnia. They are apparently the “chosen ones” and the entire country is counting on them to defeat the white witch and set them free from their misery.  The movie has a happy ending and the children are crowned kings and queens of Narnia.

Although I don’t like the movie particularly well, I think the story is pretty good, and how Lewis has managed to create this magical land, and all the aspects to it. I also find it fascinating how the war near the end of the movie, has certain similarities with world war 1, going on back in the “real world” at the same time. I’m thinking about the battle strategies in particular, two storefronts war.

To sum it all up, I think I can say the movie is very well written, and filmed, just not my favorite pick.