October Sky

October Sky is a movie about a boy, called Homer, who was inspired by Sputnik and wants to build a rocket with his friends. As Homer starts creating rockets, his father becomes upset because he thinks rockets aren't important and that Homer should work in mines. Homer didn't want to work in the mines and continued to make rockets. Homer and his friends all get arrested because one of his rockets supposedly started a forest fire. Homer and his friends use math to prove to everyone that his rockets could not have possibly started the forest fire because none of his rockets could have landed near the start of the forest fire. People then found out that the fire was started by a flare from an airport, which wasn't too far away from the fire. Homer goes to a national science fair (as his teacher recommended him to) and wins first place for explaining how his rockets worked. After that, Homer got more respect from his father because Homer proved his dad wrong. Homer's dad thought that rockets wouldn't help Homer at all in life and since Homer wasn't good at football (unlike his friends and/or family), he should work in mines. This movie was fun to watch because it shows us how determination can lead you to success in real life (because it was based on a true story).