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Saving Private Ryan (1998) - FIRST TIME WATCHING (Patreon)

Published:
2021-03-02 15:04:05
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2023-03

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Watch it here with me

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1znac2c2IQefzNZ-IZ-uJIKnry6uZeyEi/view?usp=sharing

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Tingeling

Apologies in advance for another long comment... Perhaps the best war movie of all time, along with 1917 and Dunkirk. Another contender for the top war movies of all time is Das Boot, which is a German movie based on real events (though I can't recall to which degree). If memory serves it follows a German journalist who goes out on a U-boat mission to write about their experiences, and the men who serve on that submarine. It's very long but absolutely fantastic, and it's from the POV of the Germans. Definitely recommend it. It's a common misconception that the soldier who kills Mellish is the same one they released earlier ("Steamboat Willie"). It's not though, two different actors. If I recall correctly, Spielberg wanted an unknown actor to play Ryan so that he would feel like an everyman to the audience. He cast Matt Damon, but before this film was released he made Good Will Hunting and won an Oscar for the script and he was becoming a celebrity. That story he tells Miller about his brothers in the barn? Made up on the spot by Damon. You can see Hanks looking over at Spielberg, getting a signal to go with it, and nodding before looking back at Damon again. One thing that stuck with me is that Miller's last words to Ryan are really kind of terrible. Ryan never wanted the rescue mission and only got it because all of his brothers died, then most of the soldiers who went to find him die and then Miller tells him to earn what he never wanted in the first place. It's clear that Ryan has lived with enormous survivor's guilt his entire life. He mentions that he wonders whether or not he is worthy every single day of his life. I think Miller did an awful thing by saying that to Ryan, though I don't think it makes the movie (or the character) worse in any way. It's realistic, even the best of us have moments where we do questionable things. One thing is for sure, this is the biggest snub of all time for the Best Picture Oscar, losing to Shakespeare in Love. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg teamed up after this and made Band of Brothers, possibly the best mini-series of all time (along with Chernobyl). If you haven't seen it I hope you will and that you'll put it on this channel.

JIM SCHMITZ

Never saw this before. I thought it would be interesting to check it out with you. It was. We learn so much about you, Dillon, through these experiences, and that keeps me coming back. If you're of a mind, another Spielberg WW2 film I personally love is: "Empire of the Sun". As you've discovered, he's a consummate cinematic story-teller.