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Alaska: The Last Frontier (2011)
Why I like Alaska's Last Frontier
I love this program about Alaska. It is wholesome family entertainment with a real human side to it. I know Homer is close by and there is a Safeway there. However I feel that the ethos of the show is to convey how Yule Kilcher carved a livelihood as a pioneer over 50 years ago. His children and grandchildren continue that tradition.
It is my belief that we need that in this world, old family values and traditions. Our children sit glued to mobile/cell phones and tablets. I would love to take them and my grand kids to see the Kilchers in Alaska's Last Frontier.
American Sniper (2014)
A deeply moving war film
This film about deadly American Seal Sniper Chris Kyle is a deep look into the psyche of a trained legal killer. In an Iraq plagued with ambushes and IEDs the US forces are often sitting ducks for the ISIS militia operators. Kyle sets about providing cover for the army patrols.
Bradley Cooper executes a convincing role in this very realistic film. He shows a deep understanding of the pain suffered by men experiencing war memories.
Since this film is based on a real life experience the ending is a though it has been written into the screenplay. Kyle is helping a PTSD sufferer adjust to civilian life when he is gunned down at a rifle range. One of America's greatest heroes id taken from us too early. This makes me as a viewer reflect on how fragile our hold on life is.
This is one of the best war movies about Americans at war that I have seen.