Movie The Patriot example essay topic

The Patriot Movie Review The Movie, The Patriot, was a rousing and vigorous Revolutionary War epic from the view point of a family full of revenge and strong wills. This movie began with the majority of colonists angered. This part of the movie caught my attention and intrigued me to keep watching until the last minute. I especially enjoyed the heartbreaking moments and the realistic war scenes in the movie. Although I liked those aspects of the movie, the storyline was exceptionally good as well. To understand this historical fiction movie, a historical background is needed.

If a person does not understand what is meant by "Taxation without representation", then the subject of conflict will not be understood. The plot of the movie began to develop when Benjamin Martin's son, Gabriel, was captured by British troops. Benjamin Martin was a former hero of the French and Indian War, but he renounced fighting so that he would be able to raise his family in peace. Attempting to save his brother, Benjamin's other son stood up to the British soldiers, but was killed in the process. Benjamin, only wanting to save Gabriel, ended up fighting in battle, rescuing Gabriel, and killing the murderer of his other son. After all of this happened Benjamin realized the importance of being involved in the war, so he sent his other children to live with their aunt in order for he and Gabriel to join the army.

Once they became part of the army, Benjamin became a general and lead his colonial militia, including Gabriel, into trifling battles. During battle Gabriel was killed, which deeply depressed Benjamin and made him so distraught that he does not feel like fighting anymore. His feelings stayed this way until (while at the camp) he saw the Brit that killed Gabriel. Benjamin then killed that man and understood at that moment why so many men had been die ing.

Because of this, Benjamin became extremely patriotic and decided to move on with the Americans because he then had something to fight for. Everything that happened kept me on the edge of my chair wanting to know what was going to happen next. Overall, I thought that this movie was very moving and vigorous. Although I enjoyed the main portion of the movie, there were some obvious likes and dislikes in my opinion.

I believe that I learned from this movie and it helped me understand more of what the people of that time were feeling. I also learned why someone might not have strong feelings towards fighting in battle. The characters played out their roles incredibly and really made the viewer feel as though they were there. I would have liked to have seen more points of view during the battles rather than just the glimpses through the eyes of one character. Overall I had several more likes than dislikes in the movie The Patriot. Although I do not know a lot about specific historical wars, this movie taught me a few things.

It taught me some of the, "Rules of war". Also it showed the effigies of the tax collectors being hanged during the arguments over, "Taxation without representation". Finally, I learned that in numerous families there were differences in opinion, which often resulted in fathers and sons fighting on opposite sides of the battlefield. While watching this movie I learned about various historical details.