We Are Marshall

“We got football back,” A famous quote by the lead Anthony Mackie. We Are Marshall ever watched that movie? If not, you need to get to Blockbuster rent the movie, pop some popcorn and sit down. We Are Marshall is a movie about a football team flying home during a lightning storm, and unfortunately the lightning storm strikes the plane causing the plane to crash, killing all the staff and football players aboard. This movie starring Anthony Mackie is a great family bonding type of movie, which I believe deserves 20 out of 10.

After the Thundering Herd had crashed (the name of the football team that crashed), football was banned from Marshall College. That was until all the students of the college were outside the teachers board room chanting “We are… Marshall” repeating the chant over and over again until finally the head of the school allowed football again. And so the new Thundering Herd was born from the shadows, rose above the dark pit they were in and found light of the situation.

I believe that this movie deserves 20 out of 10, and can make family bonding easy, because it shows the determination of a ragged group of farm boys, a senior who couldn’t attend the football game (which on the flight home the team crashed) because of injury, and a group of coaches can have. This football team has proven to live to its reputation of not giving up when all seems lost, and even today The Thundering Herd has proven to be one of the best football teams ever, maybe not in ability but in spirit. Please don’t just take my word for it rent, record, or just buy the movie, and see how much determination can be shown from a beaten down, kicked around, football team can do. So I give my Kudos to the movie director, producer, and writer for making such a thrilling, suspense building type of movie which was based on a true story.