Clash of the Titans

I just got done watching “Clash of the Titans”. It was a great show that was full of fighting and all kinds of action. This is the story of the demi-god Perseus and how he was to defeat the Kraken. As the story goes Hades is trying to overthrow Zues and take over the world for himself. The humans have started to disobey the gods and try to put themselves in control. Hades convinces Zeus to let him release the Kraken on the humans to regain control over them.

The demi-god Perseus is the only one that is capable of defeating this beast. However Perseus hates the gods for what they did to the family that raised him. Even though he is half god and half man, he cannot stand his real father Zeus or any of the gods. Throughout his journey he keeps denying that he is part god and will not accept Zeus’s help with his quest. He tries to do everything on his own but eventually realizes that he has to embrace the god side of him. He uses the tools Zeus gave him like a special sword and a Pegasus. In the end Perseus defeats the Kraken and saves the humans.

I think we can take away a good lesson from this movie. And that is that we should embrace other’s help and not try to do everything on our own. Without the help of friends or mentors we can hardly accomplish anything. But if we do come together and use each others strengths we can overcome anything.

How to Train Your Dragon

Recently I watched to show “How to Train Your Dragon”. It was a good show that within contained many lessons and morals we could learn from.

The story was about a young Viking named Hiccup. He was never as big as the other Vikings and no matter how hard he tried he could never kill the dragons that repeatedly attacked his village. Everyone thought he was useless and pathetic. One day he found a dragon and helped it with its broke tail and eventually became friends with it. Because of this he rode on the dragon and helped destroy the dragon’s evil leader.

We can take away a lot from this movie. Many times today we underestimate people or judge them just by their appearance. We don’t take the time to get to know some one before we automatically put a label on them. It might be the smallest of us that one day go on to do great things and make the biggest impact on this world. We can also learn from this movie that maybe some things that we see as bad could be used for a good cause. Like the dragons in the movie were always seen as bad, but then young Hiccup used them for good. We could do this with many things we encounter today. We need to open our eyes a little wider and maybe get a different outlook on things and even life. If we try these things I believe we could make this place a little better.

The Blind Side

The movie “The Blind Side” is a very inspirational story. It is about the life of Michael Oher and how he got to be the NFL player he is today. It is truly inspiring to sit back and watch how someone with so little can become such a great leader.

The movie starts of by showing Michael Oher when he was in high school and basically homeless. He would stay where he could at night and do everything he could just to keep him self alive. He had nothing until he met his new family. After he got used to his new home he began to fit in and become involved in other things. Football was the one thing he excelled in. He played so well in high school that just about every college wanted him to play for their team. He eventually signed with Old Miss and then went on to the NFL and played with the Baltimore Ravens. This movie had such great morals and values but one lesson stood out to me the most. This was the fact that it never matters where u start or where you come from, you can always be successful no matter what. Even though Michael Oher started off in the dumps he slowly rose to the top. No one ever said it would be easy, but we all need to strive to be the best we can be and never give up on our dreams. We need to be inspired by the life of Michael Oher and never settle for a normal or average life.

Battlefield LA

A few weeks ago me and a couple of friends went to go see the new movie “Battlefield LA”. This movie was set in modern day and dealt with an alien invasion that was taking place all over the world. However, the movie focuses on one basic unit of marines that were stationed in LA at the time. They are sent on a mission to retrieve civilians that might be trapped in an abandoned police department. Along their mission many things happen and it seems nothing can go right for the marines. They do eventually find one of the aliens command centers and end up destroying it. Their accomplishment is relayed all over the world and soon everyone knows how to win against the aliens.

The movie was truly great and left me with real respect for everyone that serves in our military. Throughout the movie there was one recurring theme of never giving up. No matter what happened to the marines, or how many losses they had they always pulled themselves together and kept marching on. We need to learn to never give up and not accept defeat. The best things in life are going to be hard to obtain. If we just give up and never try hard for these things, then we will never have anything in life that is worth much. We are becoming lazy as a society and have become accustom to just giving up. We need to break this habit and fight for what we love and accomplish what no others have.