
Last night I went to the movies and saw Brothers. Don't. If you have a cousin or relative overseas, in my case my cousin is in Iraq, this movie is devastating. I don't watch military related movies anyways because of this, but I clearly had a severe lapse of judgement. Anyways, I'm awful with character names so I'll just use their real ones. Toby Maguire is a Marine and is being deployed to Afghanistan for the second time. He leaves his wife Grace, played by Natalie Portman, and his two daughters at home. After a few weeks there he gets captured after a helicopter crash he's in, but news is sent home that he died. Toby's brother Tommy, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, has just gotten out of jail and is the black sheep of the family. Tommy starts to care for Grace and the kids, builds them a new kitchen, etc. Then Grace gets a phone call that-just kidding- her husband is still alive. He comes home and is wicked psychotic because of things that happened in Afghanistan which I won't tell you because it'll give away the end. Anyways, the movie is sad, the ending is sad, the whole thing just makes you want to rip your hair out. I suggest going to see The Blind Side instead.
And that's all I have to say about that.
 
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