The movie Lone Survivor is a portrayal of a mission four Navy SEALs were sent on after the Taliban leader, Ahmad Shah had over twenty United States Marines killed. The Navy SEALs were sent in to perform a counter-insurgent mission. The four-man Navy SEAL team was sent into a mountainous region of Afghanistan know as the Hindu Kush region. While hiking through the mountains, the team stumbles upon young goat herders. This occurrence leads to a debate on whether or not they should kill the herders or not. Marcus Luttrell believes if they kill the herders they will receive great backlash, so they release them and attempt to abort the mission as a whole. Unfortunately, as the team tries to abort the mission, they are ambushed by Taliban forces.
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Being able to watch an event changes the learning experience because it makes it more realistic. Watching this specific mission rather than just reading about it made the picture more clear. It is easy to read about how brutal war is, but it is hard to understand without seeing the devastating events of being outnumbered and in a crisis. The blood and gore also make the event feel more real. Another thing this assignment helps with is critical thinking. This assignment makes us dig into the specific event our movie focuses on and analyze it for inaccuracies. Inaccuracies will be found in all Hollywood movies because even the smallest of embellishments can add a little more intensity or appeal to the event.
Overall, Lone Survivor enhances learning by giving a realistic approach to the event the four navy SEALs encountered. It also hits the emotions by showing how brutal and gory war actually is. This film makes a viewer think twice if they have a loved one in the military and it is very difficult to watch at some points. The end might actually be the worst because it is a slideshow of pictures of all the men that were actually involved in the mission. These pictures make the reality of the situation very clear and
Being able to watch an event changes the learning experience because it makes it more realistic. Watching this specific mission rather than just reading about it made the picture more clear. It is easy to read about how brutal war is, but it is hard to understand without seeing the devastating events of being outnumbered and in a crisis. The blood and gore also make the event feel more real. Another thing this assignment helps with is critical thinking. This assignment makes us dig into the specific event our movie focuses on and analyze it for inaccuracies. Inaccuracies will be found in all Hollywood movies because even the smallest of embellishments can add a little more intensity or appeal to the event.
Overall, Lone Survivor enhances learning by giving a realistic approach to the event the four navy SEALs encountered. It also hits the emotions by showing how brutal and gory war actually is. This film makes a viewer think twice if they have a loved one in the military and it is very difficult to watch at some points. The end might actually be the worst because it is a slideshow of pictures of all the men that were actually involved in the mission. These pictures make the reality of the situation very clear and