The Lone Survivor

This is a must see movie. Today I am going to review "The Lone Survivor." This is based on book written by Marcus Lutrell who was a Navy Seal. This is the account of Operation Red Wings and of the 4 Navy Seals that went into the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan. They were after Shah who was the head of the Taliban in that region and had killed 20 Marines the week before. The 4 Seals were Lt. Michael Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), Matt "Axe" Axelson (Ben Foster), Danny Dietz (Emile Hersch) and Marcus Lutrell (Mark Wahlberg). While in the mountains they run across three goat herders. Because of the Rules of Engagement they let the goat herders go which one of them ran to the Taliban. A fierce firefight ensues where they are climbing down or falling down the mountain trying to protect themselves. They were all shot multiple times but kept fighting until they couldn't anymore. Lt. Murphy put himself in the direct line of fire so that he could get a call to base for help. He was promptly killed. Lutrell still wounded and all the others dead continued down the mountain where he was rescued by a villager. There is a fight among the villagers and the Taliban regarding Lutrell and then he was rescued. The firefight is pretty close to the book and the stuff at the end is for dramatic affect but didn't happen that way. I highly suggest you watch the movie then read the book. I couldn't put the book down. But this is a must see just to see the sacrifices these men made plus the 16 men that were on the helicopter that got shot down during the rescue mission. If you watch it bring plenty of kleenex. I give this movie 5 popcorn tubs out of 5.

Frozen

Sorry I was gone for over a year but now I am ready to get back to reviewing movies. I have had people tell me that I should get back to it. So for my first movie I am going to review the movie Frozen. Frozen is an animated movie that came out at Thanksgiving by Disney. It is loosely based on "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Anderson. The story is about two sisters Anna (Kristen Bell) and Elsa (Idina Menzel). As girls they were very close and Elsa had the ability to make ice or snow. When one of her zaps hit Anna her parents separated them to protect Anna and the part of Anna's memory of her sister's abilities was wiped from her mind. Their parents die and Elsa is now about to become queen but when Anna pushes her and takes Elsa's protective glove, Elsa accidentally sets off an eternal winter and runs off to be alone. Anna sets off to talk to Elsa and runs across Kristoff and his reindeer Sven. She gets them to help her get to Elsa where they run across a talking snowman named Olaf that was created by Elsa and was from their childhood  After confronting Elsa and telling her about the deep freeze, Elsa loses control and accidentally strikes Anna freezing her heart. Only an act of true love with thaw her heart or she becomes frozen so Kristoff and Sven set off to get Anna to her "true love" Hans. Only Hans doesn't love Anna and was only going to marry her to gain a kingdom leaves her to freeze to death and sets off to kill Elsa. Olaf finds Anna and tells her that Kristoff is on his way back. Realizing that Kristoff loves Anna she sets out to meet him only to find Hans about to kill Elsa so she runs to protect her sister and turns to solid ice. When Elsa realizes that Anna sacrificed herself and cries over the frozen Anna, Anna begins to thaw. Elsa lifts the ice and snow, Hans is sent back to his kingdom and its happy ever after. 

This was such a good movie and the music was fantastic. Even though it came out at Thanksgiving it regain the number one box office draw last week. This is a great family movie and even adults with no kids go to this movie. It is a movie that people will watch over and over again. I give it 5 popcorn tubs out of 5.m