my 16th essay will be about a movie i just saw yesterday. BROTHERS
BROTHERS! Thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill and his younger brother Tommy Cahill, are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace, with whom he has two young daughters. Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who's always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam's farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie and Hank Cahill, a retired Marine. Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.
so basically, Tobey maguire leaves for the army. Jake gylenhall (younger brother) come home from jail. takes care of family. Jake starts to fall in love with Natalie Portman ( tobey's wife) and then tobey reporter dead in afghanistan and then he comes home! DUm dum dum! DRAMA you know?
well, this movie is VERY intense. only some scenes of course. acting was good. but i felt that natalie portman can't really act as a mother. she still too young. i'm still used to her as queen amidala! and the way they cut from scene-to-scene. its like one scene is quite intense and your still drenched in that thought of the previous scene and then suddenly CUT next scene which has a different emotion. so it's quite potong. but overall tobey maguire was quite a suprise! he did well. Quite a versatile actor. i'm impressed ;) 3-thumbs up. watch it pa. 7.5/10
2 comments:
I have seen it and I agree with you on the intensity of the movie. Tobey showed his mettle as a good character actor in his role as Sam Cahill.
Jake did ok because his good looks carried him well in his role of wit and charm. As for dear Queen Amandala, I just thought it was a miscast as she had to fight very hard to play down her 'superficial' image. They could have casted a new,face or a young hopeful such as Ellen Page or even Amanda Seyfried for her role.
On a more serious note; the movie tells the terrible tale of how America's involvement in places they don't belong, destroys the very fabric of human decency and sanity.
When you asked if I liked the movie, and what would I have done if were Sam. Yes I liked the movie..the answer to the 2nd is - I would have killed myself coz I wouldn't, couldn't be able to live with killing another to save mine. When you think about it, it's a double edged sword kinda choice, either way I am dead already. Wasn't Sam a living dead?
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