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In the movie The Alamo, the whole movie focuses around the battle of the Alamo and the fight for Texas against Santa Anna’s Mexican army. In the beginning of the movie everyone thinks that the Mexicans have been defeated and will not return to the Alamo. They think that the Alamo no longer under the threat of Santa Anna’s army. However when Lt. William Travis takes command of the Alamo within days Santa Anna’s army comes upon the fort. Travis asks for help form the north to help protect the Alamo but it does not arrive. Two hundred men are to fend off thousands of Mexican soldiers. Included in these two hundred are David Crockett and James Bowie. All two hundred know there fait. It is either to flee or stand and fight to the death. The men courageously stay and fight in which all two hundred die, however Santa Anna’s army does suffer a crippling blow. In the end the Alamo is taken by the Mexicans. The movie concludes with Sam Huston’s army fighting Santa Anna in the flat open planes. The battle takes less than twenty minutes, in which Santa Anna’s life is spared as long as he turns Texas over to the Americans.

In all I thought the movie was good. I liked how Billy Bob Thornton portrayed David Crockett. I though his character brought a little humor to the movie. I also thought that the movie brought about a romantic theme to the plains. During the part when the men were writing letters to there families they said how the landscape was beautiful and was worth fighting for. Also many of the scenes looked across the plains showing off the landscape. There was also the part when Sam Huston said that they would have to fight Santa Anna’s army in the open and that would be the only way they would win. Over all I thought this was a good movie, definitely one I would watch again.