We Are Marshall

Rating: 8/10 (25 December 2006)

Nearly every possible angle to recreate how people felt then is used. It comes off as sincere, not tear jerking for the sake of tear jerking. Being from the area and being 14 at the time of the incident I remember how tragic it was. I think for a lot of people it was framed by Vietnam and the loss of life there. Almost every person who died in Vietnam was the age of the boys on that team. That spring the kids were killed at Kent State, Two years previous Dr. King and Bobby Kennedy were murdered, in that same area the Silver bridge collapsed, I think 3 years prior. The Marshall incident was just a really heartbreaking end to a really bad year. I remember thinking 70 some died in that plane crash and 50,000 plus had died in Vietnam. I think for a lot of people that crash was a way for everyone to grieve together the loss of their family\friends who had died in Vietnam. I realize that is a lot to pack into a movie but framing it from that perspective might have fixed it more firmly in time and in people's minds. Of course the plaid jackets and tight pants did a pretty good job of that.