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I was fortunate enough to see We Are Marshall on Wednesday evening and I have one word- riveting! To say that this film exceeded my expectations would be the understatement of the year and here is why. As someone who was born in 1975, I have grown up amidst stories of the 1970 plane crash, but had no personal ties to it. Thus, I’ve always been able to imagine how those involved might have felt, but remained somewhat ambivalent due to a lack of emotional engagement. That is no longer the case. We Are Marshall so vividly portrays the events of that somber period that I felt as if I were there experiencing the events myself. Matthew Fox and Anthony Mackie provide performances that draw you into their roles, roles that actually happened. I could feel the pain expressed by Red Dawson and Nate Ruffin in the pit of my stomach. My wife and I lay awake at the close of the evening and, for the first time, asked each other what it must have been like to be there. For the first time, we had an emotional intimacy to the crash that was made possible by the film. As tears rolled down my cheeks, I could feel her crying and I knew that we were both coming to terms with the reality of the horror that gripped those who lived through this time. The chant that I have heard so many times before, now had a completely new meaning: We are……Marshall. Review by Shane Adkins / Huntington, WV Thanks Ana! |
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