We Are Marshall
In recent years, movies based on actual events have led down the Oscar road.”We are
football team, family members and fans stepped onto a plane
unsuspecting of what might come to pass.Just short of the airport in
the plane crashed killing all 75 passengers.The film opens with the
tragic story, but the more inspirational part is how a school and town
can heal from such a tragic experience.It focuses on how Coach Lengyel
(Matthew McConaughey) volunteers for the job that no one wants.Who
would want to coach a team that has such ghosts?Coach Lengyel helps to
rebuild a team and inspire the town to move on from their grieving.The
town will never forget their tragic losses, but now they are able to
move on and feel alive again.
Other
actors in the film include Ian McShane, who plays a Board Member Paul
Griffen who lost his son in the plane crash.Matthew Fox plays Coach Red
Dawson who lives with the fact that he was suppose to be on the
plane.There is also David Strathairn who plays President Donald Dedmon
who decides that it is best to keep the football program alive after
such a tragedy.Kate Mara plays Annie Cantrell who was engaged to Chris
Griffen, the son of Paul Griffen.All of these people learn to heal from
this experience.
I think that director,
McG did a great job with honoring the lives of these people.He did it
with style and this was a surprise to me.I am use to him being very
flashy and MTVish.It was nice to see him do this with respect in mind.
I
do not think that this movie, like other recent films based on actual
events, will lead down the path to an Oscar, but I do feel that this
movie was entertaining.It made me cry, laugh, cheer, and cry again.I
think that sometimes entertainment and a good story are more important
than an Oscar statue.
