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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

magilroy Simshar, directed by Rebecca Cremora, as the official submission to the 87th Academy Awards from Malta. The movie takes place in a fishing village that is controlled by the European Union in Malta. The fisherman of Malta face many challenges when fishing for their coast is over fished and they have to go farther out to catch any fish. Not only is there a lack of fish, but a license is required to be able to fish, which is the main problem the owner of the Simshar faces when trying to fish. Mixed in with the fisherman in this movie is people immigrating from Liberia by boat. I was very intrigued while watching the movie because it was full intense cinematic moments including the struggle to survive that our main characters face after their boat blows up in the middle of the ocean. I think this movie is a must see as it shows a different global perspective that I have not seen in any American films. It enlightened me to one of the reasons why a boat owner may not rescue a person drifting in the sea. I gave this film a 7/10 because it was a joy to watch and taught me a few things.

Cameron Crawford This movie was very eye opening. I had no idea the amount of immigrants that go from Africa to Europe, but this movie really showed me how often it does happen. I enjoyed how the movie had a two separate plot lines that lined up. The boat that had all the refugees was very interesting, especially when the Red Cross shows up. When Alex first got on the boat, he was very upset that he was made to stay there by the lieutenant, but over time, he learned about the struggles that the people went through, and coped with them. Any movie that shows a progression of a character over time is very interesting, and this movie was no different. The other plot line of the movie was based around the Shimshar ship. Simon, his father, and his son Theo went on a fishing trip, but it all went wrong when the freezer started an electrical fire. They then all get stranded on a raft, and have to survive for three days. This is when the lieutenant shows up, and helps Simon's friends to get a search party together. The lieutenant is not allowed to do this, so he gets punished, but the rescue crew finds Simon. The movie ends on a sad note though, because Theo and Simon's father both die. Overall, this movie summarized the struggles of the African immigrants and fishing in Malta.

Jack This movie really gave some great insight into the perspective about immigrants. What struck me most about the film is how when one boat had a chance to save the lives of three people, one of which was a child, decided to not save them. They must see so many immigrants to the point where if they stopped to save them all that they wouldn't make any money. It is hard to imagine being out at sea and completely ignoring people who you could have saved. It also was interesting to see the struggles the fishermen were having. It made me want to look into why they weren't able to just go out and fish. Nautical borders popped up which made me wonder why in the end of the movie the men who wanted to go look for the three people stranded at sea could not. I could see having restrictions on fishing, for whatever reason, but it is hard to think that these people can't just go out anytime they want to on their boat. I decided to look deeper into the real story of Simshar. Simon had a role as an extra in the movie, which I thought was interesting. The director has known him for 6 years. Simon and his wife are back together now. The cargo ship that was focused on that did not save the characters in the movies actually saved some people later in real life. I think that is very interesting. They decided to not save one group of people but then later decided to save others. There were five people in real life, with only one of they surviving. There was an investigation and there is little evidence that the events actually happened the way the lone survivor described them. It seems that there is not many remains and there is nothing to discredit the survivors account.

thmurphy-37414 Simshar is a very amazing movie that really makes you think about the immigration that is going on in Malta. There are many different opinions that look into the immigration, yet many of them are very biased. As everyone in Malta hates anyone that comes into the country on a boat or however they make it into the country. The story starts off with the Red Cross and they eventually travel out on boat to a fishing boat that went and picked up many different African immigrants that are trying to make it to Europe. They have to stay on the boat until the decision has been made as to where they will be placed, either in Italy or Malta. The decision was eventually made and they were transported to Malta, where there was an outrage outside of the camp, but throughout that whole experience the opinion of the Red Cross man was changed completely. He realized that the immigrants do nothing wrong, and they have to suffer throughout it all. This is not even the main story, as the main story focuses on the fishermen and their life. They illegally fish for tuna, and eventually sneak out with the dad, grandpa, son, and worker on the boat and go very far out. A fire starts in the engine, and the boat explodes. The grandpa is killed, and the others make it in the water. There are many rescue opportunities that occur, but none are successful until the end, where the son and the worker have died, and the dad is the only one left alive. Before this, an insane thing that completely changed my mind on immigration, is when a boat saw them in the water, but turned around as they didn't want to pick up any immigrants and stop their fishing operation. To me that is amazing, yet I understand. I recommend you see this movie.