Three Influential Films

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Three Influential Films The three movies that are influential upon my life are “Love & Basketball”, “The Wood’ and “Good Deeds’ I chosen these specific films because they point out actual traits that are going on in my life today, these films motivate and helped me deal with certain aspects I deal with in my everyday life. These movies greatly influenced me to engage difficult obstacles in life, and to have full control of the decision I make in life no matter where anyone come from or how they was raised , I learned I can give myself a better life if I set future goals and achieve them anything is possible. I always observed love is a skill, between a man and woman they have to evolve and elevate like a person learning a sport to succeed and understand the true meaning of love. “The Wood’ is a 1999 romantic comedy about three teenage boys living in the city of Inglewood CA, the home of a large amount of African American middle class people. The film shows the growing pains of being a teenager in the city of Inglewood and how easily influenced teens can be because of their surroundings dealing with gangs, violence and drugs. But these three particular young men did not let the negative actions that surround them influence themselves. They remained above the influence and focused on school and their normal daily actitivies, the three men eventually grew up to become very successful men. Occasionally the men visit their old neighborhood and talk about the old days and flash backs on their childhood growing up in Inglewood, California. ‘Love & Basketball” is a romantic drama about two young children between the ages eleven – thirteen years old, they meet after moving next door to one another, as kids they have a volatile relationship but become friends later in high schools. They both share the same love for basketball and are competitive basketball athletes.

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