The 15:17 to Paris

It's a cool idea to cast the real life heroes. It's a bad idea if you want to make a good movie. They obviously aren't trained actors so this movie being bad isn't all their fault. The script is terrible. The part in the middle school infuriated me, it made no sense why the teachers were that big of assholes. And Spencer just had a shotgun in his closet? Then going to the training part was ok but then the European trip part was pointless. Just watching them go around Europe wasn't entertaining. Clint Eastwood dropped the ball on this one and was trying to manipulate you into feeling something by using the real heroes.

***As close to real life as it gets.*** Real people don't have acting coaches, real life isn't one dilemma right after another, and real fights don't have choreographers. I am so glad I didn't look at the ratings on this film (as I usually do) before going to see it. I haven't read the reviews and probably won't, as I think they might make me mad. If you want to see invisible heroes with superpowers, go see an Avengers film. This is about real people and their real reactions. Does "Real" mean "imperfect"? Absolutely. What I loved most about this film is that it doesn't get into the motives or life of the terrorist. Who cares what his motives were? His actions are what mattered. The message I got from this film was this: When the time comes, will you have courage to make a difference, or will you hunker down and hope someone else does it for you? Go see this with an open mind.