"...for trouble is near; haste Thee to help me."
-Private Daniel Jackson quoting Psalms 22:19 (Saving Private Ryan)
Of course, he left out "O LORD" and "O my strength;" most likely for Hollywood purposes, but anyhow. This is a great movie, and I can never tire of it. A well-done yet frightening depiction of what WWII was really like. It's horrifying to think what it was like to stand in the middle of all that chaos and mayhem, and at the end wonder how you survived...or why you survived and not the others standing next to you. In this case, question the reason of why you should live and be sent home when your comrades have fought just as hard as you did; falling behind the reason that your three brothers have died seems quite unreasonable.
I'm not quite sure what my opinion is for this issue. Saving Private Ryan is an amazing movie that addresses a number of things that happened in the war. Comment if you like on what you think, I would love to hear other's ideas on this movie.
Friday, June 25, 2004
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If you, oli, and rachel died in a war, i get a ticket home!
Well seriously, I think it was the U.S.'s idea of having mercy on the family--instead of killing off an entire family line (assuming the other Ryans weren't fathers yet). Just some thoughts...
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