Saving Private Ryan

[Rudee]

TBS must show the movie Platoon about 100 times a year. Nice to see something different every now and then.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
Yeah I just finished watching it on TBS, had forgotten how amazing this movie was.

TBS? That's still alive? We got some "Peachtree TV" now in its place.

Oh, and great movie, especially when they don't censor it.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

I saw the history channel's special on Band of Bloggers... that was pretty good.

oh and ya, I saw Saving Private Ryan on TBS yesterday. great depiction.

 

[Sunner]

Am I the only one who didn't like We Were Soldiers?
It felt so damn corny, in a typical Hollywood fashion...

Hey, look, that guy has his guts hanging on the outside, yet he's telling people to tell his wife/kid/dog/grandma that he loves them or whatever.
Oh, another guy, his flesh is burned off his bones, same deal.

What's what I "liked"(using the word quite liberally here) about SPR, The Platoon, etc.
Like when...what's his name, the soldier than Giovanni Ribisi played, when he's dying, he doesn't go on talking about that hero stuff, nor do the guys at Normandie, they freak out, one way or the other.
I haven't been through any wars, but I imagine that's quite a bit more realistic, it's not glorious, brave, or anything of the like, it's just ugly, horrible, and the person suffering through it won't have any coherent thoughts, he won't be talking about his family, he'll just be screaming in pain, or at best he'll be shell shocked.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Regs
I've seen it so many times.

It's was a righteous war which we were victorious in. Why for some reason do I get more emotional over war movies when we were victorious in, than movie films based on Vietnam?

North Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afgani, and all the little mini-wars inbetween. So many have died for no cause at all. I can't seem to make myself cry over it.

I have a sense I'm not the only one who suffers from this ailment.

it's not that your not interested, it's that its ultimately how the filmmaker and script go about setting different scenes up, that if they don't do it right, will have very little emotion.
We Were Soldiers was a great movie regarding the Vietnam War.

if the filmmaker doesn't put heart into it, then there won't be any heart. So for movies of the wars you mentioned, it's not that you have no reason to get emotional, just that the filmmakers did not put any heart into the films, or the script writers failed at that.

Check out Rescue Dawn. Pretty emotional Vietnam movie.

o i completely agree. Watched it over the summer (free movies ftw!) and plan on making it a BD purchase upon release.

i love Werner Herzog...but was unable to catch this during its brief respite in theaters. I'm planning on making it a BD/HDDVD purchase as well.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Sunner
Am I the only one who didn't like We Were Soldiers?
It felt so damn corny, in a typical Hollywood fashion...

Hey, look, that guy has his guts hanging on the outside, yet he's telling people to tell his wife/kid/dog/grandma that he loves them or whatever.
Oh, another guy, his flesh is burned off his bones, same deal.

What's what I "liked"(using the word quite liberally here) about SPR, The Platoon, etc.
Like when...what's his name, the soldier than Giovanni Ribisi played, when he's dying, he doesn't go on talking about that hero stuff, nor do the guys at Normandie, they freak out, one way or the other.
I haven't been through any wars, but I imagine that's quite a bit more realistic, it's not glorious, brave, or anything of the like, it's just ugly, horrible, and the person suffering through it won't have any coherent thoughts, he won't be talking about his family, he'll just be screaming in pain, or at best he'll be shell shocked.

I felt the same way about We Were Soldiers. though, you'd expect it anytime American Pie dude shows his face

 

[Goosemaster]

The opening scene of Saving Private Ryan in DTS is indescribable.

 

[Xstatic1]

Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, We Were Soldiers....all great movies.

for all the veterans who lost their lives. :beer::wine: for all the living veterans.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

War movies are great.

No matter how much I loved Saving Private Ryan. Silmido, and Tae Guk Gi will be the best war movies ever created.

Silmido may be the only time I have ever started to tear up.

Tae Guk Gi's entire premise is just heartwrenching.

 

[Bumrush99]

I remember walking out of the theater after watching SPR feeling shell shocked. The beauty of the film is that it showed the absolute horrors of war, not super-human, buffed heroes with no fear. It was just a bunch of little kids trying to survive in almost unimaginable circumstances. I'm not ashamed to admit that it still makes me tear up every time I see the movie.

 

[MyThirdEye]

This thread gives me chills thinking of how many people died to give us our freedom, and how people at this very second are risking their lives for the sake of us.

Thanks

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

We Were Soldiers is another.

General Moore is a tough old bird but his wife runs that household.

I met him a couple years ago (he keeps a house in Auburn, AL). Got ahold of him through his son and General Moore agreed to let me come to his house to get 3 copies of his book signed for my brother (Army ROTC at the time), Father-in law, and Father (both Vietnam vets).

 

[chcarnage]

Sorry for digging this thread up...

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
My Grandpa fought in WWII and came up through Italy, Switzerland, through southern Germany and into Berlin... he saw some crazy stuff, lost a lot of his good friends.

But God has seen fit to give him a great family and a long, healthy life. He is 90 and still plays tennis.

He probably fought his way around Switzerland (or did he get stuck as a POW here)?

And yes, Saving Private Ryan is one of the best war movies in my opinion

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
Yeah I just finished watching it on TBS, had forgotten how amazing this movie was.

Was it edited?

Heh, Steven Spielberg is the only director able to sway the TV networks to air his movies unedited. I remember Schindler's List was aired unedited back when I was in High School.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Regs
I've seen it so many times.

It's was a righteous war which we were victorious in. Why for some reason do I get more emotional over war movies when we were victorious in, than movie films based on Vietnam?

North Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afgani, and all the little mini-wars inbetween. So many have died for no cause at all. I can't seem to make myself cry over it.

I have a sense I'm not the only one who suffers from this ailment.

it's not that your not interested, it's that its ultimately how the filmmaker and script go about setting different scenes up, that if they don't do it right, will have very little emotion.
We Were Soldiers was a great movie regarding the Vietnam War.

if the filmmaker doesn't put heart into it, then there won't be any heart. So for movies of the wars you mentioned, it's not that you have no reason to get emotional, just that the filmmakers did not put any heart into the films, or the script writers failed at that.

Check out Rescue Dawn. Pretty emotional Vietnam movie.

o i completely agree. Watched it over the summer (free movies ftw!) and plan on making it a BD purchase upon release.

i love Werner Herzog...but was unable to catch this during its brief respite in theaters. I'm planning on making it a BD/HDDVD purchase as well.

Rescue Dawn is not that good, honestly.

 

[Rogodin2]

There has been only one war in our national history that passes the litmus test of good/vs/evil; WWII was this war. Both of my grandfathers fought in that war. Grandpa Vik in occupied France and Papa Shelton on Okinawa.

I've only heard 3 stories from them.

Grandpa Vik passed away two years ago.

I won't ask Papa to watch this movie.

Rogo

 

[daveymark]

This never gets old.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: daveymark
This never gets old.

:thumbsup: Quite a bit different than the welcome we got when we returned from Vietnam...