I saw a movie called Troy which was released on May 14, 2004 based upon the Trojan War. Sparta and Troy are allies that were neutral with the Greeks at first. Agamemnon of Mycenae, Greece tries to maintain power over Sparta and Troy. During the reign of Menelaus of Sparta, his wife Helen cheats on him with Prince Paris of Troy. A war simply breaks out because of an affair.

Another film that depicts war is Forrest Gump. In this film, the main character which is Forrest enlists into the Vietnam War. As a child, he was always picked on and teased about. After enlisting into the war and going through training, look-out procedures, assembling their equipment in a little bit of time and scrubbing floors. He does not seem like he knows what is going on around him and the fact that they are at war. When his best friend Bubba dies in the middle of combat he saves most of his platoon. In this film, I did not see much action of gun shooting but mostly about his love life with Jenny. He is discharged from the war due to a bullet to that hit his butt-tox.

In a recent movie watched in class called Platoon was also about the Vietnam War. Characters were expressed as “back-stabbers” rather than allies. Chris Taylor played by Charlie Sheen seemed as though he was the only one with a soul to save the little girl from getting shot by Barnes. Another thing that this movie shows about war in general does not happen most of the time. This is the first movie I’ve seen where villages are torched, innocent civilians are killed, and soldiers from the same side are killing one another.

Wars are created because of power, money, and property. Soldiers are also shown in these films as potheads, killers, and a no-hearted person.