Little Big Man

Little Big Man

Starring Dustin Hoffman. The beginning of the movie, Dustin Hoffman playing as little big man and Jack, being a 121 yr old man, tells his life story that goes way back to the 1800's when the settlers were heading west to settle in to make a new life and the battle of Little Big Horn. The movie starts out when Little Big Man was a boy with his family. His family gets attacked by Pawnee Indians and both Jack and his sister, Caroline, gets taken by the Cheyenne Indians to be raised. Later, Caroline leaves because the Cheyenne thought that she was a boy not a girl. Jack then grows up, makes friends with the Cheyenne. Shadow adopts him, and Old Liveskin becomes his adopted grandfather, played by Chief Dan George. His grandfather tells him a story of Little Man, through a story of Little Man who was attacked by the Pawnee. Then, while he was at a Pawnee camp about to attack the Pawnee, he saves Younger Bear's life. Here, he gets his name as Little Big Man for his bravery.

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Babel

Babel

Different cultures, different languages, 4 groups of people experience difficulties of what it is like with the current age of societies. The first setting takes place in Morocco where a couple who are tourists gets victimized by 2 boys who were believed to be terrorists who shot a rifle by accident. The wife gets shot in the bus and a language barrier for her to get the necessary help. Their kids, who are left in the US being taken care of by a Hispanic housekeeper who brings the 2 kids along with her to her own child's wedding. They celebrate in happiness at the wedding in Mexico, they travel back to the US and gets stopped at the border crossing. The vehicle gets searched and then the officers asks for the note from the parents of the 2 American kids. The driver, drunk, panicking, and scared, speeds off into the US with his mother who was being very helpful with the border patrol and the two kids. The Hispanic mother and the two American kids gets dropped off in the desert by her son and left alone. When daylight came, she seeks help and gets arrested for being an illegal Alien. Another setting is an Asian teen who is deaf and being mistreated by her father. She tries to get a boyfriend, but fails. So she tries desperate to find a lover and gets herself in trouble along with her father. Her father is the man who gave the rifle to the man in Morocco and that was given to the kids who used it to shoot the wife of the tourist. It was assumed that the rifle was in the black market when apparently not. It is a movie based on a lot of miscommunication and drawn assumptions. Innocent people getting hurt and being torn apart in a world of where language and culture is the barrier. At the end of the film, everything gets explained the right way and it makes the viewer feel like this is what happens in the real world of lost confusion.

It is a very nice movie with drama, some action, and can teach society of what happens when culture clashes in confusion.

143 min runtime, available on DVD, rated R. I give this movie a thumbs up with a 4/4 star rating

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The Prince and Me

The Prince and Me

The movie that is enchanting and that can set anyone's fantasy of being in love with a royal.

This movie is about Prince Eddie who's role as a Prince is going downhill in the country of Denmark. He is a woman chaser who seeks the fun of being with women while his royal family views are being demolished by his actions. Paige, a student at a Wisconsin University studying to be a doctor and setting her goals in life gets her life turned around while Eddie comes to the USA and goes to the University of Wisconsin, winds up becoming Paige's lab partner, then falls in love, and does not tell her that he is a royal Prince of Denmark. During school break, she takes Prince Eddie to her home and gets him to meet with her family who lives on a farm in Wisconsin. He discovers what life is like as a farmer in a farming community and what life is like in a small community. Then when they go back to college after break, propaganda discovers where Prince Eddie is located and finds him with Paige. Paige gets mad about the lies and Eddie goes back to Denmark to be with his family. Then Paige gets a change of thought and discovers that she is in love with Eddie and wants to be his Princess. She goes to Denmark and meets with Eddie and his family and lives in the Castle of Denmark with the Royal Family living the royal life.

It is an excellent movie for the entire family to watch and share the dream of royalty. It will make any person's dream to be in love with a Royal. The movie is also funny, drama, and enchanting.

Next time when you are movie hunting and looking for a wonderful movie to watch with your family, friends, or by yourself, rent or buy The Prince and Me.

110 min runtime, available on DVD, rated PG. I give this movie a thumbs up with a 4/4 star rating.

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