- Quote from Slaughter-House-Five - Wednesday, October 11, 2006 "You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be played in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. And they'll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs" (Slaughter-House-Five, p. 14). War is not cool but in some movies through the characters and plot the end result produces a cool and wonderful thing. But in others there are some that are heartbreaking and sad. Some movies are braveheart and enemy at the gate they both have a sad story of revenge and pain. I believe that these are anti-war because the people fighting really don't believe in war or want to fight for there own different reasons. I am not saying war is fought over pain or revenge but they are great influences and can have a lot of power on people. I think that this quote is true because most wars are started because of an insult or a killing like in Braveheart. The reaction that is given is a simple child's reaction and then the actual war is fought by kids or young adults that are only 19 or 20. I think that other movies help promote war in different ways like Forest Gump he says the one good think that is good about war is that you can get all the beer and BBQ you want(I think). The violence and the killing attracts the younger generation and they think it is cool. As for movies promoting war in the olden days, I think that the threat of other countries and/or the insult of another country towards a country is more powerful back then. And that respect weight more then media.

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