SpunkyJones
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Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
My wedding video.
I kid, I kid.![]()
Originally posted by: Pocatello
Blade Runner. Roy Batty's last words, "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain. Time to die." The replicants showed more traits of humanity than the humans who created them.
Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
There are a lot of things wrong with that statement. First off, SPR Ryan is inspired by a true story; and specific details aside, we all know that WWII was real, veterans are real, many events depicted really happend. Second, boiling it down to "it's just a movie"...well, anything can be boiled down to its simplest form and seem irrelevant. The Constitution's just some words on a piece of paper. Beethoven's 9th Symphony is just a series of pitches. Not comparing SPR to either of these things, but just demonstrating my point.
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
There are a lot of things wrong with that statement. First off, SPR Ryan is inspired by a true story; and specific details aside, we all know that WWII was real, veterans are real, many events depicted really happend. Second, boiling it down to "it's just a movie"...well, anything can be boiled down to its simplest form and seem irrelevant. The Constitution's just some words on a piece of paper. Beethoven's 9th Symphony is just a series of pitches. Not comparing SPR to either of these things, but just demonstrating my point.
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
So you have no soul.
got it.
Originally posted by: Dangerer
NPH dieing in Guantanamo Bay had me going bawls to the walls.
Liam Neeson receiving a ring from the Jews in Schindler's list was a very moving scene for me as well.
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
So you have no soul.
got it.
Originally posted by: BoomerD
I still can't watch Mel Gibson's "We Were Soldiers" and stay dry...
Originally posted by: Danwar
oh my... quite a few
Forrest Gump
Glory
Braveheart
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Last episode of Band of Brothers.
Cinema Paradiso
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
So you have no soul.
got it.
stop feeding the troll
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
So you have no soul.
got it.
If the only way you can have a soul is to bawl at some movie, then I guess you're right.
Originally posted by: glenn beck
I forgot Life Is Beautiful is very hard to keep a dry eye
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
The only movie I have ever cried tears of sadness in was the Sugarland Express. Interestingly, this is Spielberg's first and best film and the one nobody has ever heard of.
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
So you have no soul.
got it.
If the only way you can have a soul is to bawl at some movie, then I guess you're right.
yeah, I don't think anyone is trolling here. JohnJohn explained it well, though it seems you glanced over it. It isn't "just a movie" when you take into consideration the reality of these events. Try to stomach what the kids who served in this war did--the things they went through, obstacles overcome, etc.
That aside, the ending scene drives home the point throughout the entire movie: Does one man really matter? is the sacrifice of this platoon worth the effort to save one man's life? Here you have older Private Ryan, his wife, children and grandchildren. All of that is possible only b/c of the sacrifice that Hank's character makes. He gave his life so that Ryan could live his. His men gave their lives to follow this order.
Ryan is certainly grateful, but I think his expression conveys that he will never be able to show enough gratitude for the sacrifices that so many made for only him.
Ask a veteran who served with men like this and have similar stories if they can watch a film like SPR and say "it's just a movie."
when you watch it and you realize you'll never get real poon?Originally posted by: ELopes580
Debbie does Dallas
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OdiN
nothing really
Old man at end of SPR doesn't make you misty?
have you no soul?
Nope. Good scene, but it's just a movie.
So you have no soul.
got it.
If the only way you can have a soul is to bawl at some movie, then I guess you're right.
yeah, I don't think anyone is trolling here. JohnJohn explained it well, though it seems you glanced over it. It isn't "just a movie" when you take into consideration the reality of these events. Try to stomach what the kids who served in this war did--the things they went through, obstacles overcome, etc.
That aside, the ending scene drives home the point throughout the entire movie: Does one man really matter? is the sacrifice of this platoon worth the effort to save one man's life? Here you have older Private Ryan, his wife, children and grandchildren. All of that is possible only b/c of the sacrifice that Hank's character makes. He gave his life so that Ryan could live his. His men gave their lives to follow this order.
Ryan is certainly grateful, but I think his expression conveys that he will never be able to show enough gratitude for the sacrifices that so many made for only him.
Ask a veteran who served with men like this and have similar stories if they can watch a film like SPR and say "it's just a movie."
It's not that I don't have a great respect for those who served (my grandfather served in WWII and I still have his field manual) - and yes this movie is about real events, but it is still just a movie. While real events happened, the movie itself is not real. This is perhaps why I have never seen a "scary" or horror movie which I thought was actually scary.
