The Butler

Cecil Gaines is waiting at the White house to meet the first colored president of United States, Barack Obama, something he couldn’t believe. That’s how The Butler starts. The movie is directed by Lee Daniels, written by Danny Strong, and featuring an amazing cast, including Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines.

I liked this movie because it shows what African-Americans have been through. They couldn’t sit next to a white guy because the white people thought they had diseases and that they were less important. They saw them as just immigrants “in a white country”.

Cecil has a son who is part of the “rebels”, a group of black people who fought against racism in America. He was my favorite character because all his life he believed in a world with black and white people living in peace.

I completely recommend the movie, I learned a lot with it and I thought it was amazing. I leave you with the trailer, if you are interested in watching the movie, and an article about Barack Obama`s opinion.

Obama’s opinion on The Butler

Jorge Espitia 8C

The Conjuring

This movie was very good, not only because of the way they tell the story but because the director has a real view of what Lorraine wants. This is based on a real life story. Lorraine is a strong girl who’s capable of talking to “another world” and fighting to save her family. At the beginning of the story, the cop didn’t believe there was a curse until the end, when he realized that it wasn’t “the air” that had scratched him… However if you don’t know enough about the topic, about how bad this is, that it is real and that you could get hurt, or panic, watching the movie could be a dangerous experience.

For example: a boy sees the movie; after, he gets interested in demons so he goes to play with a ouija board. He starts playing, he meets zozo (One of the most “powerful” demons) and then, gets hurt and goes crying to tell his mom. I don’t want to make a big discussion about you believing or not in demons and ghosts. However, I did this because I like the topic and because I do believe in them.

Jorge Espitia 8C

Path

Jorge Espitia 8C

Have it our way

Anonymous threat

Jorge Espitia 8C