As an individual, I believe that history retold through the use of cinematics proves to be efficient. By watching historic events occur right before your eyes, it puts it all into perspective. This can help someone understand, why or how certain affairs took place. The John Adams miniseries depicts well-known Founding Father,John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770. Throughout the series, we are shown the steps taken to reach independence of a nation. In my opinion, I liked the visual representation of John Adams’ journey towards the creation of the Declaration of Independence.
One thing that I really liked about the movie is John Adams’s wife. She is played by Laura Linney. I loved the influence that she had on her husband. This referring to all the times when John had resorted to her for guidance. I thought this was very powerful. In a time where women were uneducated and essentially invisible, she helped make a path for John Adams. She was a woman way ahead of her time. There is a scene when John Adams is sitting at dinner with a group of delegates, his wife and one of the delegate’s wife. John and the rest of men are talking politics in Latin. The woman is eating, unincluded in the …show more content…
There's a great scene where John Adams and Ben Franklin are reading Thomas' first draft of The Declaration of Independence. they're editing it, beginning with the first line. This scene really portrays the feeling of how our independence came to be. Men came together and decided that we needed this. They decided that the country needed independence to prosper. The scene captures that independence was not a forgone conclusion. They were standing up for something they believed was right, they were defying the odds. This scene I believe was also very
One thing that I really liked about the movie is John Adams’s wife. She is played by Laura Linney. I loved the influence that she had on her husband. This referring to all the times when John had resorted to her for guidance. I thought this was very powerful. In a time where women were uneducated and essentially invisible, she helped make a path for John Adams. She was a woman way ahead of her time. There is a scene when John Adams is sitting at dinner with a group of delegates, his wife and one of the delegate’s wife. John and the rest of men are talking politics in Latin. The woman is eating, unincluded in the …show more content…
There's a great scene where John Adams and Ben Franklin are reading Thomas' first draft of The Declaration of Independence. they're editing it, beginning with the first line. This scene really portrays the feeling of how our independence came to be. Men came together and decided that we needed this. They decided that the country needed independence to prosper. The scene captures that independence was not a forgone conclusion. They were standing up for something they believed was right, they were defying the odds. This scene I believe was also very