Saving Private Ryan

[The Swanton825]

Has anyone else watched it? I loved it, in my opinion it is the greatest war movie ever made. Also, what was your favorite part? Mine was the final scene where Ryan as an old man asks his wife if he's a good man, I found that moment to be very touching.

[Franchise22]

i dont think anyone else has ever seen it or mentioned it before. was in theatres?;) jk awesome movie. my favorite parts are the sniper scenes with barry peppers character.

[The Swanton825]

Those were cool too, especially the one where he shot the German sniper straight through the guy's scope.

[WrestleManiac]

Good movie. I don't know if I'd say it was the best war movie ever... Three Kings was better. Best war movie ever, in my opinion, is a russian movie called Come and See. Shocking and thought provoking. Letters from Iwo Jima was also a great film... watch it after Flags of the Fathers as they are the same story from different sides. Downfall is another great one... a German fiolm about Hitler's last days hidden in a bunker while Berlin crumbles around him. After watching them Saving Private Ryan, while a good film, is simply an action film in comparrison. If you like Private Ryan I recommend Band of Brothers. A TV series made by Tom Hanks.

[W3LSHY]

Personally, I don't really like Shaving Ryan's Privates. Bit too much hair for me. EDIT: Oh, [B]Saving Private Ryan[/B], now i understand :o

[Tyler Gadzinski]

This movie is pretty old so yeah of course I've seen ... Haven't seen it for awhile though so I couldn't even tell you my favorite scenes. Putting this out there ... I think Black Hawk Down is one of the best war movies.

[BlueStar]

Get the "Band of Brothers" series. It's a bit less "patriotic" and a bit more realistic. I liked the movie, just not the part about Ryan who says "these are my brothers now"....that ruined it for me. Everything before that is okay though.

[BluePrint83]

One of my favorite war movies. Jarhead was another good one as well.

[ubernoob]

[QUOTE=BlueStar;417576]Get the "Band of Brothers" series. It's a bit less "patriotic" and a bit more realistic. I liked the movie, just not the part about Ryan who says "these are my brothers now"....that ruined it for me. Everything before that is okay though.[/QUOTE] Why didn't you like that bit? If you think it's cheesy... it is true. I'm not enlisted yet due to not being at home(I leave for bootcamp either late May, or June most likely though) and I feel that the Marines I talk to every day are my family already. The bonds forged by battle, and the obstacles you have to overcome in Boot Camp/training are stronger than most things families have had to go through. *edit: Flags of our Fathers... I haven't seen this movie yet, but I have read the book. The Navy Corpsman that was with them that assisted in the flag raising went to the same high school as myself, and I have read the book/done plenty of research about Doc Bradley. I also work in the summer with a man that was in Mogadishu as part of the mission "Black Hawk Down" chronicled. When it came out, he could not watch it, and when he finally rented it he had to send his family to his mother's house due to the emotions that it would bring back. Wars do bad things to good men sometimes. Oh yeah, get Band of Brothers.*

[Sons of Kohral]

This movie was great, but Vin Diesel ruined it for me. I half expected him to take out a horde of ****s with a tea cup. My favorite part was whenever they showed the New Yorker character's back. (He had "Brooklyn" written on the back and that's where I'm from!)

[Self]

I'm not a huge war-movie guy (more of your typical one-man-against-thousands-of-vampires... from space action lover) but Band of Brothers is ace. Damn fine programming. Does the forum censor the word ****? Seems weird.

[BlueStar]

[QUOTE=ubernoob;418979][B]Why didn't you like that bit? If you think it's cheesy... it is true.[/B] I'm not enlisted yet due to not being at home(I leave for bootcamp either late May, or June most likely though) and I feel that the Marines I talk to every day are my family already. The bonds forged by battle, and the obstacles you have to overcome in Boot Camp/training are stronger than most things families have had to go through. *edit: Flags of our Fathers... I haven't seen this movie yet, but I have read the book. The Navy Corpsman that was with them that assisted in the flag raising went to the same high school as myself, and I have read the book/done plenty of research about Doc Bradley. I also work in the summer with a man that was in Mogadishu as part of the mission "Black Hawk Down" chronicled. When it came out, he could not watch it, and when he finally rented it he had to send his family to his mother's house due to the emotions that it would bring back. Wars do bad things to good men sometimes. Oh yeah, get Band of Brothers.*[/QUOTE] I'm not going to go into a discussion here as you are closely attached to this but WW II has many accounts of soldiers deserting (for good reason btw), wetting their pants, etc. To be realistic: I think if anyone offers you a chance to get out of there, you'll take it. Which is what I like about Band of Brothers and what nags me about Shooting Captain Miller (I mean, saving private ryan). I've got 2 friends, both being paratroopers and having been in Somalia, who could tell you realistic (and frightening) stories. And there's no idealism involved there....just plain survival. But don't take this post "negative"...