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     Im not too sure how accurate this movie was, but it was defiantly entertaining. I heard a lot of good things about it but this was my first time actually seeing it. I think what Jackie Robinson did was not only good for the country, but for the world. He showed people that the color of your skin doesn't matter when it comes to playing sports. With him doing what he did, it gave young minorities something to look up to. Before him the thought of a black man playing pro baseball was crazy, but after accomplishing so much kids everywhere knew that if they had the talent to play in the big leagues they could. His values were and still are something everyone should use to help face barriers faced in life, being black in baseball his faced more criticism in that one season then some people do in their whole lives. But he never fought back with his fist, or insults. Just his skill, I think thats pretty cool how he always just kept playing ball and let that do the talking.

A Cinderella Story

         I really enjoyed watching this movie, its a great example of a man who was at the end of the road. The depression was in full effect and he was struggling to just keep food on the table let alone roof over the heads of him and his family. But with preserving and dedication, he rose from the ashes to become a champion once again. This movie took a lot of criticism from Max Baers family because of the way he was portrayed, although they were unethical by making seem like he was a complete monster, every good cinderella story has a villain. In this case is happen to be Max Baer, in my opinon I dont think this is a big deal, its hollywood so everything is going to be exaggerated. With that in mind the family should cut the filmmakers a little slack. My favorite part of the movie was when he went to Maddison Square to ask his former friends for money. Some might think its pathetic, but I think this shows how much he wanted to provide for his family. He humbled himself so much to go and ask a group of men who shunned him, for support. 

Tombstone

   I really enjoyed this movie, after seeing it a second time I looked at if a different way. When I first saw it sophomore year, it was just ok to me. But now with a little more background information on the topic it was more enjoyable. My favorite character is Doc Holliday he was pretty cool, he was a sick drunk but still one of the best gun slingers in the wild west. 

  Honestly I don't really know what makes an event legendary, or a person. It would have to be on the decisions they made I guess or the way people looked at them after the decision. The biggest thing that appealed to me about the wild west is the way people could go with nothing and leave very rich. 

Glory

          

    Since Morgan Freeman was in it I automatically knew it was going to be a decent movie, but it was better than I had anticipated. Before this i had heard about the 54th and knew a little about them but not much. Even though the movie wasn't 100% accurate it gave me a much better idea of what those men did. 

   U.S. history contains the stories of many men and women who served their country at great risk to their own lives and who died as a result.  Those people are heroes in my book, in my opinion I think it would be a honor to die for your country. To be so passionate about freedom that you would be willing to sacrifice your life to just obtain it says somethings about a persons character. In my opinion I think the men of the 54th and Shaw are heroes, as well as all the other people who lost their lives during battle. 

   The significance of the 54th is huge, it showed people at that time that African-Americans weren't inferior to he whites and are capable of fighting with proper battlefield technique. 

My Introduction

•  Corey Thomas
• In one word I would describe myself as entertaining 
• My interest include sports, and history. 
• One of my favorite things about school is seeing my friends everyday. 
• I dislike taking test and homework.
• For a teacher to be considered my favorite they are usually pretty nice people who care a lot about the success of their students
• Pretty high level of interest in history

My take on Humanity 

        In general I would say I'm proud of humanity, there is deff a lot of room for improvement but I think everyday people are changing for the better. Of course there are those people out there who set us back a few decades by some of there actions, but for the most part I think those who want to better society and make positive changes outweigh those who want to do the opposite.