The Two Perspectives of The Butler

    I thought that The Butler was a great movie. This film was about Cecil Gaines, a man who was born into slavery. All he ever knew what to do was to serve. He served people at the hotel as a waiter, but then he became a butler at the White House. He served Presidents Reagan, JFK, Johnson, Nixon, and Eisenhower. The film had shown two different perspectives of the Civil Rights Movement, one of which was how Cecil Gaines fought it and the other was how his son, Louis Gaines fought. Louis chose to fight for Civil Rights by using violence. He did a lot of violent protests and riots. He also joined the Black Panther Party and the Freedom Riders. Cecil Gaines fought segregation in an undercover type of way. He talked to each of the Presidents about how his son was out there fighting for their Civil Rights and how African Americans were being treated differently by the way color of their skin. The film needed these two perspectives because both of these things were happening during this time period. There were a lot of people that were using violence to end segregation, while there were others that were trying to talk to people to see if they can end this. By using both of these perspectives, it proved that they were able to end segregation together. The director did do a good job portraying both of the perspectives because it gave us a general idea of how the fight for Civil Rights went. The reason why was there tension between Louis and Cecil was because Cecil did not want his son to be killed by doing these protests, but his son was very stubborn, so there were a lot of arguments between them, which caused the two of them to have a lot of tension between them.

Remember The Titans Post

   I found Remember the Titans to be a really good movie. The film was about an African American head coach that had to coach a mixed football team during the 1970s. During that time period, many people were against integration of schools, but Coach Boone didn't let that stop him from coaching the undefeated team known as the Titans. The characters that I shadowed throughout the movie were Louie Lastik & Blue Stanton. Louie was important to the film because he showed that he cared about African Americans more than most white people do. Louie lives in a lower class than most Whites, which is why he feels empathy towards Blacks. Blue was important to the film because they probably wanted someone to do the singing in the movie (JK). The real reason why Blue was important to the film was the friendship that Louie and Blue showed. They proved that race doesn't matter and that everybody should just get along. Coach Boone wanted everyone to get along and Louie and Blue were the first people that became friends on the football team. Louie got along with every African American that was on the team. Louie and Blue was the best pair of friends that the film showed.