The Lucky Ones

The film I went to see last week came as quite a surprise to me. I was assuming that the film would have been more a documentary-style film, but instead it was a regular movie. After seeing it, I was shocked with the reasons these people were driven to go to war and what kept them there. TK, Cheever and Colee were all people who thought they had such a promising future, but in actuality, they were all doomed to be let down for one reason or another. I found one of the most moving parts of the movie was after TK finds out that his wife wants a divorce, and his son needs $20K to insure that he will get into Stanford. He drops Colee and Cheever off at the airport, and once they leave, I think it hits them that he is alone. The two decided together that they didn't want to leave him suffering, so they join him to Las Vegas  where he hopes to get money for his son. Of course there are always parts of movies that are "cliche" and I was almost happy when TK chose to re-enlist in the Army to raise the $20,000 for his son, instead of taking the easy route and accepting Colee's guitar offer. As a whole, I found the amount of lying that was part of the film was devastating, and everyone somehow was let down throughout the movie, however in the end, I was glad to see them all together, heading out to different locations, serving their reliable country in the army: together.