Freedom Writers

You know, summer holidays? Bored and depressed? In my case I had been through a… rough patch, shall we say, following me almost throwing a brick at the computer when, once again, I failed with chapter one. Anyway, I was so close to giving in. Last night I was on the verge of tears thinking of a new plot–but, I haven’t been put off yet.

Anyhow, to prevent this becoming another of my boring, personal blog entries I will go in-depth with the film I was watching yesterday morning, Freedom Writers. I had heard about it but, I thought it was just about some sad, old people trying to stop some melodramatic contest again. Yes, say imagination. Anyway, I had come to believe that the 21st century Hollywood was incapable of making anything worthwhile, that perhaps all the half-decent actors were either dead or had retired to Canada. I was pleasantly surprised. Although I missed the start I came in on an inspiring part where a class of students were inside this… museum to remember those subjected to the horrors of the holocaust.

We can take away a fantastic message from this film, something that I have been trying to acheive for a long while. We are not always who we choose to be, and so we can change. I felt not only shocked by the empireonline verdict of two stars but a twinge of sadness that this film is not as recognised as I feel it ought to be.

Film conclusion? Remarkable story, but Hollywood’s adapation has failed to recognise the powerful truth and potential.