A True War Film

While on the internet, I came across a CNN article entitled, “Prisoner of War” that greatly reminded me of the movie, “Born on the Fourth of July”. In this article the United States solider being interviewed states, “I am not the same person [after going to war]. I don’t know how to come home” (Ware). This quote immediately reminded me of Ron Kovic, in that the war experience had completely changed him.

Michael Ware, this solider fighting in the Iraq War, recently made a three-minute movie of an actual experience he had at war. He held his video camera one night at war. The camera supposedly only filmed darkness and the sound of footsteps. However, suddenly, a bright flash appears on the screen, this is the light of an explosion. Ware claims that unlike many Hollywood war films that are exaggerated or overly patriotic, his brief film captures the actual painful experience of war. Ware is planning on showing his movie in a theatre with surround sound so that the viewers can get the true feeling of war for a brief three minutes. Michael Ware also encourages citizens to see his film because he feels that the majority of Americans are unaware of the emotional effects of war that soldiers experience. He claims that if people support the war or know soldiers partaking in the war, the film must be seen so that they can experience this true war scene.

I think that Michael Ware’s film idea is very interesting and could potentially change a lot of American’s views on war. Ron Kevin’s view on war was completely transformed after his experience, so I believe that some war supporter’s views on war may completely transform after seeing a film that is apparently emotionally straining. I also think that Ware’s film is a good idea because for the first time, Americans who choose to, will be able to know what war is actually like without actually going to war.