Taking Chance

The lessons I learned from watching this movie include how it portrayed how people in our country pay respect for our fallen soldiers. It brought an entirely new reality to how I think about soldiers and what they have done to our country. Those men and women pay the ultimate price for our country everyday of their lives. I also would like to share with you a phrase I saw on a shirt the other day that has a lot to do with soldiers risking their lives for us and what traits help them do it. The shirt had a picture of Mount Rushmore on it and it said America the land of the free because of the brave, this shirt is the perfect example of why we have our freedom and it helped me respect soldiers more.

The movie Taking Chance was full of inspirational moments and I could not even try and list every one of them but I’ll do my best with my favorites. First off I enjoyed at the beginning of the movie when it showed Lieutenant Michael Strobal family life and how he loves his two kids and his wife. Then that night when he was looking at the casualty lists and he noticed a name from his hometown was on it. He didn’t even know this man in during his life but he showed respect and wanted to take him home out of the sheer goodness of his heart and he felt that it was his duty to take him home. That showed me just how much respect military servicemen have for each other whether it’s your best friend or just a kid that came from your hometown the level of respect for each other is something most people will never understand.

Now onto the way this movie portrayed how people showed respect not only on the military level but how civilians showed respect for the fallen and other servicemen.  As the soldier was being taken on and off of the airplanes at airports it touched many people’s lives. I have never been at an airport when this has happened but I know if I ever am I will show the utmost respect for the fallen soldier. Like many of the people in the movie showed how they cared and showed sympathy for the fallen’s family members. I know that even though some of them did not say anything to the escort they were showing some type of respect. I noticed in the movie a small child looking through the window at the airport toward the casket and escort, by showing this child looking at the casket I believe the movie was trying to show how even the most innocent of all human beings can show honor and respect to the fallen. I learned that people who also don’t know who the fallen member is or weather he/she was in the military or not they will show respect to them. This is something I intend to do for the rest of my life.

Now onto the last thing I noticed many people during Michael’s trip came up to him and told him to tell the family that the soldier was in their prayers and they thanked him for his service. One thing I do on occasion is walk up to a soldier and tell them thank you for what they have done for our country, whether they served or sit in an office and help our country in other ways no matter what they are helping our country and I thank them for it.

This movie has shown me a lot of very good life lessons. It showed how to respect people, and how to show respect for people. I loved how the movie made everything seem extremely touching and it helped me learn the lessons it was teaching with more integrity and emotion making me grasp the lesson better. I would recommend this movie to anyone.