freedom writer

I watched the freedom writers last night and I loved it. The last time I watched it was in 8^th grade for our English class. I forgot how good it was and how much I liked it until I watched it last night. It’s about this class of kids who all live troubled lives. They live in the ‘projects’ which is a poor community. Most all of them are involved in gangs and have seen things that scarred them. Such as someone being shot in front of them. Or parents being abused and them see it. And this teacher, Mrs. Gruwell, is a new teacher at their school. It’s her first year and she has no idea what she’s getting herself into. There school is very poor. They don’t have computers and they don’t even get books because the school knows they won’t get them back. And if they do, they’ll be damaged.  So they get thin paperback books. There reading level is the same as elementary students.  Mrs. Gruwell is interested in these students so she gets really into her job. She went out and bought all of them notebooks with her own money. She told them they had to write in it every day and she wouldn’t read it unless they wanted her to. She left a special cabinet open for those who wanted her to read it. And at the end of the day, she checked the cabinet and the entire class put there journals in it. She started to read them and they all wrote about something that has happened in their life that wasn’t good. Like being abused, homeless, and involvement with gangs. She cared for all her students and was willing to do anything to help them. She even got 2 more jobs so she could pay for their books. They all felt close to her because she was the only one in their lives willing to help them. She raised money to take them on a field trip. Everything she was doing for them affected her marriage. She ended up getting divorced. But she kept teaching these kids and helping them until they graduated. This movie is on my top 5 favorites because it’s so inspirational.

Dear John

I went and saw this movie when it first came out. Some of my friends had read the book before the movie came out. They all said the book was better because it gave more detail then the movie showed. I haven’t read the book so I don’t know which I like better. I thought the movie was alright. The beginning was really good then just kind of fell. I was disappointed when she got together with someone else while he was away at war. They met over a summer at the beach. They fell in love over that summer. Then, he had to go back to the military. While he was gone, they barely had any contact except some letters. She married her neighbor who was older than her because he got sick with cancer. she said he was a father figure to her so they were close. He had a son who was about 11 or 12. When he found out he was sick, he asked her to marry him because he wanted her to take care of his son if something were to happen with him because of the cancer. this part didn’t make sense to me because he could have left him to her in his will if he did die. So she told john that she had married someone else in a letter. John was crushed. When he came home he went and visited her. Then both of them went to the hospital and visited her new husband and his son. It was awkward of course but john wasn’t mad at him. A couple months later, her husband passed away from the cancer. So she and john could finally be together. There’s more detail but that’s the main point of the movie. I wasn’t expecting her to marry someone else. I didn’t like that part. But they were together in the end so I guess it was okay. Not a favorite of mine but it was an alright movie.

The Notebook

The notebook is such a cliché- but I love it. I would say it’s in my top 10. I’m almost positive everyone has seen it at least once.  It’s pretty much about this couple that falls in love young. There from two totally different backgrounds. She’s rich. He grew up sort of poor. Her parents didn’t approve of him. So, when she went away to college, they promised to write each other every day. But her mother kept the letters from her so they wouldn’t have any way of communication. It took place a while back so they didn’t have phones yet. So when she went to school to become a nurse she was drafted to be a nurse in war for the soldiers.  A guy that she was taking care of because he was seriously hurt from the war, had asked her out. She said no at first. But after the war was out he went and found her and she said yes.  Needless to say, they fell in love. Then she saw the guy she use to date in the paper. She went and found him. They reconnected and she called off her wedding to be with him. There is much more detail to the movie but that’s the main parts of it. I recommend it.

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Hop

I went and saw the movie hop on thursady over break. It just came out recently about a week and a half ago. I went with one of my friends who really wanted to see it. I didn’t so much want to see like she did. But I actually thought it was cute. It was from the makers of alvin and the chipmunks. And I thought you could tell because they were similar and had similar concepts. Hop stayed with a single man probably in his late 20’s just like alvin and the chipmunks did. And at the start of both stories neither ‘owners’ wanted them. I only saw two big differences between the movies. One being that hop was obviously a rabbit and alvin and his brothers were obviously chipmunks. The other was that alvin and the chipmunks sang. Hop didn’t. He was suppose to be the easter bunny but didn’t want to. Over all, it was a good movie.  Although, I don’t think I would want to see it again for awhile.