2013 Summer Movies: #13 Braveheart

Braveheart is rated R for brutal medieval warfare.  How much is freedom worth?  Daisy and Mica thought it was good and Hedgehog added it to her list of favorite movies.  If you wish to learn more then there are a number of sites that discuss the history of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and other notable historical figures of the time.

2013 Summer Movies: #11 Schindler's List

Schindler's List, rated R, released in 1993.  Mica had seen Schindler's List before and said it was good.  Hedgehog echoed the good  but both agreed it's not the kind of film you want to see over and over again.  Daisy will have to wait to see it since she was away at camp when we watched it this time.  At 3 hours and 17 minutes, it is a long film and it is emotionally draining.  The film also shows the power of black and white in a day and age where many things are over-saturated.

You can read more about Oskar Schindler at: http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/schindler.asp

2013 Summer Movies: #8 United 93

Released in 2006, rated R for some intense sequences of terror and violence and language. United 93 is not a documentary but feels like one because of the way it was made such as details on passengers given by friends and family and some people actually portraying themselves in the film.  See more info at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475276/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv  It was rated R but didn't feel like an R.  We stopped this movie several times to discuss how 9/11 changed the way we travel, communicate, and the chain of command.