Saving Private Ryan

[jimmy22]

The greatest travesty in the history of the Academy Awards. I get hot just thinking about it!

Also, glad to see there are so many Band of Brothers fans out there! It is the greatest mini-series ever. Second place goes to From the Earth to the Moon, which also involved Tom Hanks as producer/director/narrator.

 

[LZclone]

The opening 15 minutes, really shows the sacrifice that was made. I had a hard time watching it at the theater when it came out. Freedom's we enjoy really has it's price.

Historically speaking the movie does NO justice to the sacrifice. The movie shows men moving 20 to 30 yards with heavy fire in about 10 to 15 minutes...

Reality is the 20 to 30 yards was more like 200 to 300 yards (in some cases half a mile) under fire on the beach. 10 to 15 minutes was 5 to 6 hours for most, under the heavy fire the entire time.

D-Day was the most massive military expedition... EVER!

 

[Phaedrus]

Now Band of Brothers...that was IMO the best WWII film to date. It just seemed like Spielberg and Hanks took what they learned from SPR and perfected it with BoB. More realistic, based on history, and with interviews from the actual soldiers prior to each episode. Just carries SO much more weight than SPR. To me, the actual history was dramatic enough. No need to add any additional fiction.

You know, I forgot about the interviews. They are what really get me choked up.