Man On A Wire

This film was interesting because of the act itself. I have never seen the event itself and only heard about it from other people, but i was interested to learn the full story about the people behind it and what inspires this level of thrill-seeking behavior. 

I was moved by their story from the beginning, and the way that they were all selflessly supporting their friend's dream and sacrificing a lot to help him achieve that goal. His achievements themselves, being able to focus so hard that he can flawlessly walk across a wire without so much as a second thought. 

That said, his easy going nature about walking across a wire so far above a major city, illegally, blows my mind. The operation was seemingly impossible and yet they all seemed to pull it off with barely a flaw, in fact with flare, i can't believe how many times he went across and how he even lay down in the middle. I'm not sure i could stand on the top of a building that tall and feel comfortable. 

I was surprised how easy it seemed for them. After they were captured, i was touched by how many people were touched by his one action, like he was some god of a higher consciousness. After he had completed this fantastical achievement, he forgot all about the friends that got him there, and his girlfriend and got lost in the fame of it all. This sort of ruined the feeling for me, i wished that he was a more respectable person, and that there was a happier ending, but in the end he was just as full of himself and egotistical as he always was, he never planned on bringing his team along for the ride because he believed only in himself and thought only about his own achievements. Maybe this is the personality it takes to walk across a wire from one world trade center to the other. 

I was on edge for this entire movie. It made me uncomfortable, moved, sad, frustrated and nervous at times, and therefore i felt was a major success because it evoked emotion in me, and as I'm sure, the other people in the audience who saw it.