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Ladder 49 Movie Review

When we see movies we often expect a happy ending with the conflict of the movie to

be resolved. Ladder 49, however, doesn't end with a happy ending. In my mind I wanted

everything in the end to be ok. As Americans we are so used to seeing the "happily ever after"

endings. So when we see bad endings, they leave us uncomfortable, replying in our minds

what had just seen. My expectations before I saw the movie were that I was going to see

firefighters in action with a few conflicts that they would resolve, someone may die or get hurt

in the middle of the movie, and in the end everyone would be proud and happy. This is how a

movie of this kind typically is, but I was somewhat wrong.

In the 2004 film Ladder 49 Joaquin Phoenix stars as Jack Morrison a firefighter going

through the different stages of his life. John Travolta stars as Chief Mike Kennedy, throughout

the movie he aids Jack in his career as a firefighter and his personal......


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