My First Movie Review

Brainstorming - Miracle

-the beginning of the movie was creative in that it gave viewers a background on what was going on in the world

-Kurt Russel as Herb Brooks-realistic portrayal of him

-amazing film angels

-incredible sound effects

-follows the true story of what happened, tells a story but shows the historical side of things as well

-won Best Sports Movie at the EPSY's

-includes Herb Brooks famous quotes

-skating scene

-Gavin O'Connor - fantastic job with directing

-Noah Emmerich (Coach Craig) - side role

-funny moments

-good choice of filming locations

-connections

-a few factual errors in regards to how the games went, but not significant enough to ruin the film

-new actors/hockey players

-Mark Isham-music

-emotional film for some

-"Great moments...are born from great opportunity"

Review of Miracle:

Miracle is about the US 1980 Olympic Hockey team led by a new coach, Herb Brooks, who finally helped his team beat the Soviets and win the gold medal, a miracle. The beginning of the film starts off with a creative introduction of events happening throughout the world whether they were political or sports related. I thought Kurt Russel did a fantastic job portraying Herb Brooks. Not only did Russel look like Brooks, but he had the same mannerisms such as Brooks' way of speaking to crowds. The film angles were incredible. My favorite one was when there was a camera underneath the center face-off dot and it pointed up to have the puck coming at you when it was dropped. Not only that, but the sound effects during the games in addition to Mark Isham's classical soundtrack made for an overall great film.

Unfortunately, Herb Brooks died in a tragic car accident before the film was finished, but as the end of the movie quotes, "He never saw it, he lived it". A great ending to an inspiring story.