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Saving Private Ryan.

84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 11,109 ✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
Gonna make me Cry now.


God Bless our Veterans who gave all.


If you've never seen it, you should.
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    84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 11,109 ✭
    edited November -1
    On now. Watching the beginning, landing on the beach scene.

    Anyone thinking War is glamorous should watch this movie.

    Utterly terrifying.
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    TfloggerTflogger Member Posts: 3,286 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Seeing it once is enough.
    I like war movies, most are good one time.
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    shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,815 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just watched it again, along with several episodes of band of Brothers. Watching Where Eagles Dare now.
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    mark christianmark christian Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 24,456 ******
    edited November -1
    The opening sequence on Omaha Beach was probably the most gripping ever filmed. After that, the film got began to lose direction and became something like a squad of guys on a scavenger hunt in a war zone.

    I'll ask our veterans: When the Captain (Tom Hank's) orders an assault on a machinegun position, is his order open for discussion by the squad? I could picture the Top Sergeant taking the Captain aside and giving an opinion, but the privates second guessing the Captain...to his face? Would that ever happen?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fByRLOM8WQw
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    Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,597 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mark christian
    The opening sequence on Omaha Beach was probably the most gripping ever filmed. After that, the film got began to lose direction and became something like a squad of guys on a scavenger hunt in a war zone.

    I'll ask our veterans: When the Captain (Tom Hank's) orders an assault on a machinegun position, is his order open for discussion by the squad? I could picture the Top Sergeant taking the Captain aside and giving an opinion, but the privates second guessing the Captain...to his face? Would that ever happen?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fByRLOM8WQw


    It was a different service than nowadays.

    Those were citizen soldiers. Capt. Miller was a schoolteacher. The private worked in a department store. Neither of them identified themselves as career soldiers

    And the Salty NCO got involved and threatened to shoot him for insubordination. Personally, I thought the interaction rang true.
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ....the problem with any war movie, is its a movie...nothing like the real experience.....no music, no cameras to tell you where the enemy is...just fear...
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