Commentary On The Film Hamburger Hill

End: At the end of the story the soldier was talking about the story of how the memory sometimes comes back to him and he can see the guy coming out of the fog in the morning and smiling and walking back into the fog.

The movie is mainly about a group of men going into war in order to fight for their motherland, “Germany”. The setting mainly takes place between the warfront and the camp where Paul Baumer, one of the main characters, stays.

For this summer reading, I chose to read Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flag. The book is set in Alabama; it is mostly set in the early 1900s to the late 1980s. While in the early 1920s, this was the time of the Great Depression, a time where poverty and racism were well known. The story is told in both present, from the 1920’s - 1940’s, when the events were occurring, and past tense, when Ninny Threadgoode retold the events to Evelyn Couch, in the 1980’s. Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe begins with “The Weems Weekly” introducing the opening of the cafe ran by Ruth Jamison and Idgie Threadgoode. Then, Ninny Threadgoode and Evelyn Couch meet in the visitors lounge in a nursing home. Mrs. Threadgoode

The battle at Bunker Hill was faught on June 17, 1775 on Breeds Hill instead of Bunker Hill. There were two hills that the British wanted to take in order to be able to bombard the Americans from a distance. These were Breeds Hill and Bunker Hill. The Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place mostly on Breeds Hill. It's only called the Battle of Bunker Hill because the army thought they were on Bunker Hill. This battle happend in the Town of Charlestown, Boston. The Battle at Bunker Hill was faught against the British and the patriots. The British were under the command of General William Howe and General Robert Pigot and marched to Breeds Mountain.The British side had about 2,400 troops defending Britian. The Patriots had about 1,500 troops

“Holy shit we’re not ready for this” Aaron HijarTim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger 2010 award -winning documentary film Restrepo: One Platoon, One Valley, One Year, chronicle one year of the Second Platoon, Battle Company branch of the United States Army ; during their station at the Korangal Valley and the impact it had on them. The film opens with a bunch of joyful soldiers a week before deployment and attitudes within the plane are ecstatic and full of youthful naivety and optimism but as the film progresses and as we are introduced to the Korangal Valley, those bright smiles are soon replaced with frowns. This is the effects of war, the one that is not often talked about nor acknowledge.“Nobody going to help you, you’re in no man land” JonesThe films itself was difficult to watch, because you read so much about the war in both print and digital media but at the end of the day it’s all words. Hollywood depiction of “war” is often over-glamorized, and doesn’t show the real nitty-gritty and the emotional strain that soldiers face. This film was brutally honest and refreshing because it was shot from the POV of soldiers as they went about their daily life. The film is candid and doesn’t pull its punches it showcases real footage of soldiers handling automatic weapons, quasi-problem solving and just lying around relaxing. It isn’t a thriller that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat nor is meant to be. Its real life and sometimes it can be disturbing, amusing and violent. The films also address the language and culture barrier that exist that often time isn’t present in literature or Hollywood movies. There are a few subtitles shown throughout the film , and there isn’t any Hollywood makeup artist on standby to smear dirt on the faces of the troops to give them a more “harden” look; this is real and it’s unsettling. It forces us to analyze the impact of war on an individual and the necessity of war and our definition of “security threat”, if we apply that definition too haphazardly we risk turning friend into a foe and increasing underlying animosity but if we loosen our definition it’s a sure death.“I’m going to die here” CortezThe most poignant scene in the documentary was “Operation Rock Avalanche” which

During patrol duty, their squad takes out a Vietnamese man and they all agree he was one of the enemies. Upon later inspection however, Perry discovers that not only was the man that they killed was innocent, but their company commander marked the situation for killing three enemy soldiers instead of only one. Throughout the days there are many horrific situations that involve confusion and death. With a different company, Perry and his squad encounters what they think are the Vietcong. After the attack, the squad comes to realize there was a miscommunication, and that they just attacked another squad of American soldiers. He meets back up with his squad later on to “pacify” a nearby village and convince the residents that “the Americans aren’t the bad guys”. A few days after the pacification mission, the same village was attacked by Vietcong because the villagers got help and supplies from the Americans. To retaliate, Richie’s squad set up to ambush the Vietcong in the village. His comrades were fairly close by, but not able to communicate during the ambush. After hours of waiting, the squad hears gunfire and shoots aimlessly in the general direction of the enemy. The aftermath of the ambush resulted in the loss of their honorable and tactful leader Lieutenant Caroll. Distraught over the death of the bravest soldier in the squad, Perry begins to question the purpose of the war and his role in it. He wonders if the war is really about freedom and what

Without a doubt the Battle of Hamburger Hill is a heard of and will never be forgotten battle that took place in a war lost by politicians. Then Major General Melvin Zais, commander of 101st Airborne Division utilize his prior leadership skills to meet requirements to seize key terrain and bring the fight to the enemy. From containment mission to attrition mission, it meant to find, fix, and destroy the enemy and their installations. Hamburger Hill dubbed by the Soldiers who trenched up the mountain for the carnage it placed on those who fought for it. Hamburger Hill or Hill 937, Dong Ap Bia located in the A Shau Valley served as a vital supply route and escape route into Laos for the North

The movie begins with Solomon Chandler (Rip Torn) riding across the road on a cart. British soldiers stop the cart and inspect the cargo. As they inspected, they found stolen weapons and ammunition.

It all started on a slow dreadful day on earth in a different dimension where a young man got dressed and grabbed his rifle and ran out of his barracks to begin his first day of active duty in his military practice drills in a far off country

The Men at War is somewhat similar to the movie American Sniper. In The Movie The American Sniper the main character almost had to shot a child. One of the stories on the Men At War talked about how he watched as a little girl got ran over and no one stopped. In Both of the stories it shows how difficult it is being a service member. Some man come back with nightmares, Flashbacks and they be paranoid.

In Wyoming, a mailman delivering mail to the Burchill home is suddenly shot and killed. In California, ANDREW BURCHILL (27), a former sniper in Iraq, teaches his high school class, showing them a documentary of the Iraq War. The film is violent and bloody.

Then, Kyle sets out to visit a recruiter and they tell him to join the Navy Seals and he does. Chris goes through hard training with swimming, shooting, and physical exercises. On the other hand, Chris meets a woman named Taya and eventually they get married and Chris learns he will deploy to Iraq on their wedding day. The movie cuts back to the first scene with the boy in his scope with the grenade, and Chris kills the boy. Then, the woman picks up the grenade, and Chris shoots her too because the woman and boy were trying to blow up U.S. citizens.

In the beginning is leads you to believe it is a case of betrayal the soldiers having pitted with one another to kill their leader who they all immensely disliked but as the movie continues it starts to show secrets one by one being uncovered and multiple possible conclusions that they could lead you to believe. The story gives twists that are predictable, it then follows with plot twists that were not predictable. Overtime you think you would have the movie figured out it would throw another twists at you that would once again leave you confused. The ending result is a plot twist not many would’ve expected and leaves the viewer shocked and surprised, though not displeased, as it ties together the story very well. All in all, Basic is a very good movie and was produced well with good plot twists and good storyline, with good highs and

You don’t know where the next shot is coming from and you can never relax because the pacing of the movie comes like a tidal wave of dread. An interesting creative decision here is that even though this is clearly WWII and we know who the enemy is, you never see a single German soldier, not even a Nazi Germany flag is present. The closest you get to an enemy is the aerial assault from many jets fighter. The absence of a physical enemy, it doesn’t affect this survival film one bit, if anything it strikes up more paranoia keeping the audience uneasy the way through.

These young soldiers are usually in their late teens and early twenties. For the first few weeks or months they talk of their girlfriends and the going-ons back home. The stories are all the same, “When I get home I am going to marry her and we will run our own business.” Correspondence with the outside world is very important to each of the characters. Hearing about their hometowns often gives the men a feeling that there is something worth fighting for. An example of this type of correspondence comes from Corporal Michael Alan McAninch: