Title: "The Patriot"
Lexi Fiore
Just recently I watched the movie The Patriot. It interested me in many ways and i feel as though i should state a few opinions i would like to state. This movie was an interesting one because it was a war time movie. They're great thrillers and really cause a lot of suspense on the viewers. It was revolved around the Revolutionary War. Farmer Benjamin Martin and his family go through a roller coaster throughout the movie, and it really caught my eye.
This movie is about a farmer named Benjamin Martin and his seven children. Benjamin was forced into leading the Colonial Militia. In 1776 in colonial South Carolina, another war is brewing, and Ben in right in the middle of it, He was a past French and Indian war survivor and is still shaken up from his past with it. He want absolutely nothing to do with war, and especially doesn't want his family involved either. However his eldest son, Gabriel Martin, feels as though its his duty to go into the war and fight for what he believes in. He goes against his fathers will and enlists himself into the war. The rest of the movie is a path of ups and downs explaining their journey through the war and their family as well.
The two major characters in this roll are Benjamin Martin played by Mel Gibson, and his son Gabriel Martin played by Heath Ledger, They both did a phenomenal job in the movie. They're facial expressions, especially in combat, couldn't have been better! They both showed great emotion and really played out the part excellently. Probably the person i felt was the best actor was Jason Isaacs, who played Col. William Tavington. He was the evil guy in the film, and he did just an AMAZING job doing to! He was super serious throughout the film and sold his part one hundred and ten percent. I personally couldn't find someone who did a bad job in this film. The cast did a swell job!
The movie as a whole was very good. Not talking about all the inaccuracies, but the whole movie. The story, the suspense, and the characters. However, speaking about the inaccuracies, there was a lot of them. For one, Benjamin Martin did not have a single kid in real life... in this film he has seven. SEVEN. That was a bit of an overstatement for me. Another one is how this war expanded over a five to seven year span. In the movie it covered all of this time, but not one of Ben's kids aged a day. They all looked the same. I understand if there was a problem for recasting an older cast, but it was extremely inaccurate.
I believe that the theme of this story is that you should always fight for that you believe in. Even though Gabes dad told him not to go into the war, he did so anyways. It was way to important for him to not go into the war. It made him persevere. It also changed his father too. I think people will know that fighting for what you believe in is the greatest thing you can do. Fight for family, love, and for yourself.
I would definitely think that an older group of people will enjoy this movie. Since this is war based, and very graphic i might add, the age group should be 16 years and older. I wouldn't recommend this to a younger age group because for one it is very graphic, and two the concept of this time period would be confusing for them to understand. The rating is R, and i find it fits best. All in all, the movie was very good. I enjoyed it greatly and would love to watch it again.
Rating- 4 stars out of 5 stars
However history is not my forte, I love some war time slaying movies.
