This weekend I watched the movie Unbroken. This movie was about a boy named Louis who was an Olympic athlete for the US right before WWII. He was then stationed in the air force over the Pacific. The plane that he and his crew were shot down landed in the ocean while 3 of the men including Louis survived and were stranded on a raft with no food (because one of the survivors ate it all for himself without telling anyone). I think that they were on the raft for around 50 days just waiting for a plane. At one point a plane spotted them, however, I believe that it was a Japanese plane which started shooting at them while they had to dive into the shark-infested water. 

    One thing that stood out to me in the film was during Louis running. Running is a big part of the movie because of him being one of the top runners in the country. During the race scenes in the movie, the film editors needed to put in every sound effect to make it sound like we were actually watching a race and putting us into the perspective of the race up close. Probably the most important and tiring part for the sound editors was to put in all of the effects for the battle scenes during the war. 

    Another aspect of the movie was the acting involved. This movie had amazing acting in it. For example, the Japanese camp leader had a really tough role, I think by being the "villain" of the film. This actor really convinced me that he was evil. The way he brought terror into the prisoner's eyes when he was yelling or punishing them took me away from this just being a movie. It made me look at this as more than just an actor in the film. 

    The most powerful moment and my favorite moment in the movie was when the Japanese leader at the camp took Louis in front of everyone and had him hold up the very heavy stone for hours and hours struggling to stand up straight. The pain that that man went through with the Japanese man was unbelievable and very hard to watch at times. I was preparing myself for the harsh scenes. The harshness really escalated after the Japanese found letters from spies about the updates of the war in someone's bed. I didn't even think about the spies that were there and how they really did receive information. I do however wish this movie showed what actually happened to the spies.

    Overall, I really enjoyed this movie, they left nothing “too harsh” out so that the viewers could get the full effect which really brought me into the perspective of how Pacific fighting and prisoner camps were during the war. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in World War 2 because of the in-depth scenarios that are covered in the film. Before watching the movie I knew almost nothing about Japanese camps during the war, this film was educational but almost extremely​ engaging as well.