movies/tv Saving Private Ryan

[Scootalove 10,689]

Today in school, for Global History we finally finished seeing the movie called Saving Private Ryan. It is a movie based on World War II, starring Matt Damon and Tom Hanks, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Pretty much a really good movie, really helps you understand the bloody battlefield in Europe at the time. But it basically showed, Germany and the United States fighting in the war.

 

Has anypony else, seen the movie before?

[Aaramus 449]

Yeah I've seen this several times, absolutely awesome film! I think this has to be the best out of all of the Tom Hanks films, maybe with the exception of Toy Story.

 

Something I do find interesting however, is the amount of people that were introduced to this film from some sort of History lesson at school. That was where I first saw it as well. 

 

Great film though, The final battle scene is stellar screenplay and I cannot find a fault with any part of the film at all. Plus it probably has one the most memorable scenes in film history.

[BuckeyeBrony 21]

Saving Private Ryan is easily one of my favorite movies. That beginning scene is perfectly done. It really shows how horrifying the battlefield really was. Plus, I cry every time I watch the ending. It's actually one of the very few movies that can actually make me cry.

[Wardaddy 470]

Ah, Saving Private Ryan.......for me it wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. Twas a good war film, but I just felt it wasn't great. I'll tell you what though, it helped give birth to my interest in the Second World War. And you can't deny; Hanks put in a great performance. You get to really understand the pressure field commanders can come under when faced with critical decisions thanks to him.

[Celestial Sloth 369]

This entire post might as well be spoiler'd because it's just my favourite scenes, usually at the end.

 

 

 

The entire of the Normandy invasion, especially with the soldiers that were calling out to go home, really got me.

At the end, that moment when the tank spots the sniper and turns the cannon slowly... god that is tense and then heartbreaking.

When Upham lets the skirmish go on upstairs and the knife is slowly plunged into Mellish, but eventually gets revenge.

And of course the conclusion; I always tear up when Hanks says, "Earn it."

 

 

 

Y'know what, the whole movie is perfect in my opinion!

Edited March 2, 2013 by Celestia's Scribe

[Princess_Molestia 1,460]

like most war movies it is rather historically inacurate in its detailing (the US didn't have as many men in D Day as the movie would have you believe)

little things like that, I remember when it first came out, it was on CBC uncut the first time I saw it as a kid

[Yes-Man 597]

I've seen a part in he beginning, and strangely enough, me being the big Fallout fan I am, I simply could not sit through all the gory details.

Probably because in Fallout, most of the people you kill deserve it, but in the movie, it was sad to think that those people had families waiting for them.

 

(Although, I will admit the part with the guy picking up his arm was rather cruelly funny.)

 

And for whoever said it, Tom Hank's REAL best movie was Forrest Gump, hands down.

Edited March 2, 2013 by ~Lonesome Dovahkiin~

[USMCav8r 106]

I saw it. The sad thing about it is, is that war has changed very little. Sure, we marines no longer charge up beaches and are massacred like in the D-Day scene, but it is still as ugly ever.

[GrauWitz 1,010]

Its easily one of my all-time favourite movies. An absolute classic. Although, it has way too much of them bruting dialogue scenes that go on forever. The opening battle on Normandy Beach is perfectly done and is an epic scene in general. This and "A Bridge too Far" are my favourite war films