Final blog

          The media influences our movies and daily lives. Hollywood 

produces films that are more popular in the media. History

repeats its self and if people are uninformed of the past then it will

reoccur. Some films that portray the past make it look bad. for 

example, the movie the Patriot made the English look bad and look

like murderers and savages. The movie Top Gun made the United 

States Navy look good. It made it look  better than it really was. 

Some people say the pentagon helped them and made their movie 

glorify the Navy so people might enlist and become sailors. Others

are accurate films, like Platoon. It did not glorify war as Top Gun

did. It showed the brutality of war and did it accurately with no 

help from the pentagon. The majority of people tend to get their 

information from films or TV shows, and most of those are not 

historically accurate. Many people believe false things or lies from

movies. This is how the media and Hollywood have an effect on 

our films and our society. I don't think you should believe 

everything you see in a movie because most of the time it will 

have 

the film maker's spin on it. We shouldn't let the Media or 

Hollywood have this much effect on our society or the facts we

tend to take for granted. 

I liked this class and I'd take it again if I could

http://johndrewhistoryvshollywood.blogspot.com/

Apollo 13

               The movie Apollo 13 took place in 1970. Three men had mission to go to the moon but there were problems with their spacecraft. the ship had an explosion while in space and was losing oxygen. also, they were breathing in carbon dioxide which is toxic if you breathe in too much. also they were running out of fuel and power for the space ship. They couldn't use the heat because they had to save the power to get back to earth. 

               I thought the movie was very boring. I thought the picture was bad also. I thought the actors did a good job but the movie was just uninteresting. I'd give it 2 our of 5 stars.  

Top Gun

 Top Gun

         The movie Top Gun was a movie about two pilots in the Navy. The Movie depicted an American pilot who was a good pilot but he was inexperienced. In the movie he learns how to be the best pilot in his class. The movie depicted the United States military as good and how they always win. Personally I thought this was a horrible movie and not exciting at all. I felt. Like there was no point in the. Movie and it was poorly made. I wouldn't recomend this movie. I give it one star. *