Saving Private Ryan

[destrekor]

Saving Private Ryan is one of the few movies I can admit that I definitely get choked up while watching. The graveyard scene at the end, when I was watching last night, my eyes definitely welled up.
I need to go and re-watch the Band of Brothers series. Been awhile since I've seen both SPR and BoB, so now that I've accomplished re-watching one, gotta go re-watch the other.

 

[ognabor]

Originally posted by: lokiju
I really want to see Band of Brothers also but if the gore is as much as this movie, then it'll be hard to find the time to see on my own.

make the time. it's worth it.

 

[Leeroy]

Love the movie, but I find it hard to get past the scene where the German's slowly driving his bayonet into Mallish's chest.

 

[torpid]

Band of Brothers gave me deep and unyielding respect for WW2 vets. SPR was intense, and probably the best battle scenes I've ever seen. Certainly more powerful battle scenes than BoB. But BoB when taken as a whole is unequalled. I cried during the interviews at the end, well, specifically when a certain person came on screen.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Agentbolt
There's no way TNT could show the scene with the guy on the beach with his intestines hanging out and crap.

I missed the beginning of the movie, so not sure how much they cut in terms of gore. But after each commercial, they kept displaying and saying something along of lines of "due to extreme graphic violence and intense situations, please do not let little ones watch". Can't remember how they said it, but that's pretty much the meaning. They did replace fuck with freak, and that made me laugh in one scene.

 

[ThePresence]

My grandfather, may he rest in peace was a medic during WWII. I still have his uniform. I never knew him but I know him from the stories I heard from my father. :thumbsup: to all who served.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: torpid
Band of Brothers gave me deep and unyielding respect for WW2 vets. SPR was intense, and probably the best battle scenes I've ever seen. Certainly more powerful battle scenes than BoB. But BoB when taken as a whole is unequalled. I cried during the interviews at the end, well, specifically when a certain person came on screen.

The most realistic battle scenes I've seen on a movie are from Black Hawk Down.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic

Originally posted by: LAMONTBURNS
The scene that always gets me is where Ryan(as his older self) asks his wife to tell him he led a good life. That one always gets me...

Ditto.

Ditto'ed

 

[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.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: lokiju
This is one of my all time favorite movies but my wife refuses to watch it

She can't handle the gore.

For me, that's what drives home the reality of what went on there.

My (now gone) grandfather served and was part of the invasion at Normandy beach and his stories he told my brother and I are put to visualizations in this movie.

I really want to see Band of Brothers also but if the gore is as much as this movie, then it'll be hard to find the time to see on my own.

Gore or not you have to see it. Suck it up, like they had to do , and watch it. They lived it and you can't even watch a reenactment. Shows just how much it was the greatest generation.

You're doing yourself a disservice by not watching BoB. Its flawless. 11hour long version of SPR

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: 911paramedic

Originally posted by: LAMONTBURNS
The scene that always gets me is where Ryan(as his older self) asks his wife to tell him he led a good life. That one always gets me...

Ditto.

Yep, even if you make it through the bridge scene Spielberg hits you with the graveyard scene.

Same thing in Schindler's List. If you manage to get through the scene where he breaks down by the car you get the knockout punch at the grave.

Damn you! ....SPIELBURG!!!

*shakes fist*

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: K1052
Same thing in Schindler's List. If you manage to get through the scene where he breaks down by the car you get the knockout punch at the grave.

I don't know too many people who made it through the scene by the car in Schindler's List.

 

[Regs]

BTW. AMC on cable is running a marathon on war movies. Last night was Platoon and one other with sean pean.

Tonight they have "The Great Raid", "The Dirty Dozen", and "Heartbreak Ridge".

 

[alchemize]

A good movie, but pales next to Band of Brothers.

 

[homercles337]

Odd. I found SPR to be a worthless big hollywood flop. god bless you all, even the dumb ones.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Regs
BTW. AMC on cable is running a marathon on war movies. Last night was Platoon and one other with sean pean.

Tonight they have "The Great Raid", "The Dirty Dozen", and "Heartbreak Ridge".

I must've watched Platoon 100 times. Say what you will about Oliver Stone, but that guy can freaking make movies.

 

[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.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Regs
BTW. AMC on cable is running a marathon on war movies. Last night was Platoon and one other with sean pean.

Tonight they have "The Great Raid", "The Dirty Dozen", and "Heartbreak Ridge".

I must've watched Platoon 100 times. Say what you will about Oliver Stone, but that guy can freaking make movies.

Watching platoon, I noticed how well he captured the humanity theme. Not just from the American side, but from the Vietnamese side too.

We Were Soldiers, destrekor, was another movie that did this well. And Mel Gibson like always playing the hell out of the heroin.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: lokiju
This is one of my all time favorite movies but my wife refuses to watch it

She can't handle the gore.

For me, that's what drives home the reality of what went on there.

My (now gone) grandfather served and was part of the invasion at Normandy beach and his stories he told my brother and I are put to visualizations in this movie.

I really want to see Band of Brothers also but if the gore is as much as this movie, then it'll be hard to find the time to see on my own.

Gore or not you have to see it. Suck it up, like they had to do , and watch it. They lived it and you can't even watch a reenactment. Shows just how much it was the greatest generation.

You're doing yourself a disservice by not watching BoB. Its flawless. 11hour long version of SPR

I think you missed what he was saying. His wife is the one that dislikes gore and he's saying he'd have a hard time finding a moment to watch an 11 hour show because he's most likely with his wife quite often. ATOT rants are so strange sometimes.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: homercles337
Odd. I found SPR to be a worthless big hollywood flop. god bless you all, even the dumb ones.

So people are dumb because they have a different taste in movies than you? Do name some movies you enjoyed oh mighty critic of the silver screen.

 

[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.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

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.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Gore or not you have to see it. Suck it up, like they had to do , and watch it. They lived it and you can't even watch a reenactment. Shows just how much it was the greatest generation.

You're comparing fighting the Nazis to watching a TV series

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: torpid
Band of Brothers gave me deep and unyielding respect for WW2 vets. SPR was intense, and probably the best battle scenes I've ever seen. Certainly more powerful battle scenes than BoB. But BoB when taken as a whole is unequalled. I cried during the interviews at the end, well, specifically when a certain person came on screen.

"Grandpa, were you a hero?"
"No, son. But I fought among heroes"

 

[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.