In the life of an average American, I'd probably say that we see over 300 different movies in our lifetime. Some of these movies are just to get a laugh, while others may just be taking out that special lady to see what she's been waiting for.
Then there's that special movie that changes the way we see things in life. Not all of us may find this "special" movie in our lifetime, and others may find it sooner than others. There's no doubt about it though, when you find this movie, it touches you in places you never even knew you had (get your minds out of the gutter people!!!).
For me, one movie describes this all: Miracle at St. Anna. The tagline for this movie was: "World War II has its heroes and its miracles."
A few reviews on the movie from imdb state:
"Christmas, 1983. A New York postal clerk, a Buffalo Soldier in Italy in
World War II, shoots a stranger. In his apartment, police find a
valuable Italian marble head, missing since the war. Flashbacks tell
the story of four Black soldiers who cross Tuscany's Serchio River,
dodging German and friendly fire. With a shell-shocked boy in tow, they
reach the village of Colognora. Orders via radio tell them to capture a
German soldier for questioning about a counteroffensive. In the
village, a beautiful woman, partisans that include a traitor and a
local legend, the boy, and the story of a recent massacre connect to
the postal worker's anguish forty years later. And the miracle?"
and
"In the fall of 1944, four African-American soldiers find themselves
caught behind enemy lines and surrounded by German soldiers. They take
refuge in a small Italian village that has been temporarily vacated by
the Germans. In their company in a small boy, obviously shell-shocked
and feverish, who seems only to speak to his invisible friend Arturo.
Tensions rise among the four men not only because of their
life-threatening situation but also because two of them become rivals
for the attention of an attractive young woman. When they manage to
make contact with their unit, they are told to capture a German soldier
for questioning and with the aid of the Italian partisans, have a
candidate. What they don't realize is that there is a traitor in the
partisan group, one that will have major repercussion on one of the men
40 years later."
This movie taught me many things about the way we live our lives today compared to the way we should live them. I will say no more about it. Hopefully you guys will watch it for yourselves.
Until then.......
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