Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Exploration 7: Restrepo
The thing that struck me most from this film was just how dangerous this area of fighting was. I was terrified for the soldiers the entire time. I was interested in how the mountains affected the fighting as well as how the fighting affected locals. The scene that stayed with me from the film was the scene where one of the soldiers died. The dead soldier's friend learns about his death and us grief stricken and terrified. I think that this scene really illustrated how the soldiers must have felt terrifed every day. I think that this affected me becuase I could feel the soldier's pain. I would reccomend this film to any of my friends who are interested, however, I am from a military family and my aunt is on her second deployment to Iraq so I'm not sure if I would reccomend it to anyone in my family because it would most likely terrify them. I know it terrified me.
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I like the point you made about how the fallen soldiers friend was crying. I hate seeing men cry and this mad me very sad for him. If you get a chance tell your aunt thank you for all she is doing for us. I hope she is doing well.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your observation about the friends learning of their comrades death. I was surprised that not more of them were as upset and distraught. Some just kept carrying on without even thinking of it. Must be pretty rough
ReplyDeleteI like your first line of the blog because thats how I felt. My cousin explained o me the other night about how one of his buddies is at that valley right now and it has not hanged at all since 2007
ReplyDeleteI couldn't imagine what the soldiers experienced when they found out one of their fellow soldiers/brothers were killed in battle. I agree with you, i could feel their pain! So sad. But have to appreciate their bravery!
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