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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sat Nov 29, 2003 12:39 pm

Hmm this movie hasn't gottan much credit hera as far as i can tell. It's really an awasome movie and Tom Hanks made a good soldier. I don't think anyone will every dare to make such a realistic WWII movie. It's my all time favorite. If you can handle this, you can handle almost anything.
Then there's Band of Brothers witch is kjust as good and made by thr same people. But there is a sexual seen in episode ten I believe. I don't think they hide anything. (As soon as it came on I panicked, but it's not supposed to be pornographic.)

Well I'd strongly recommend these to anyone who can handle it. This is WWII history at it's best. (Now they gotta make one about fighting in Japan. That would be interesting.)
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Sat Nov 29, 2003 12:40 pm

This is on my 'must watch' list... I just haven't gotten around to seeing it yet.
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Postby Shinja » Sat Nov 29, 2003 1:08 pm

while the movie is cool, and i like it, it is not very realistic in any way except for the grafic nature of its violence. i havent seen band of brothers yet, i want too. but im sure its similar to saving private ryan as far as historical accuracy. if you want to see realistic war movies "the longest day" is very well done and probaly the most accurate account of what really happend at dday. the second would be "batle ground", though its not as historicly accurate as "the longest day", the way the soldiers lived and fought was very similar to their real life counterparts.
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Postby Michael » Sat Nov 29, 2003 5:06 pm

It's a good movie, I enjoyed the realistic view of sniping.
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Postby Tet-chan » Sun Nov 30, 2003 3:21 am

I watch it this year in my english class.
Its pretty good,i like it
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Postby LorentzForce » Sun Nov 30, 2003 3:29 am

saw it plenty of times. it's so beautiful... yet violent. not the most accurate, but accurate in terms of how battle went.

not suitable for younger audiences. way too much blood for anyone who don't like blood to take in.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:18 am

i think it would be called historical fiction like the dear america books
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Postby Solid Ronin » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:28 am

I Must See This Movie
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Postby cbwing0 » Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:21 pm

I've seen "Saving Privaty Ryan," but not "Band of Brothers." I liked "Saving Private Ryan," especially the sniper ;) .

I thought it was a really inspiring movie...

[spoiler=ending] ...despite that fact that most of the characters died. The line "earn this," was very powerful for me. [/spoiler]
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Postby Mithrandir » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:52 pm

While I admit it's an interesting spin on war, I most definately could NOT recommend this for anyone who isn't old enough to handle some very gory portrayls of death. Like any war movie, people die. Unlike most, they try to make it look as, er, realistic as possible. It's highly intense and the language is very strong. This film very definately earned it's rating.

That being said, tom hanks played the role very much as I suspect it was written. :evil: How's that for wiggle room?
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Postby Bobtheduck » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:42 pm

The main portion of the movie was fictional, but I have heard that the D-Day portrayal caused many vets to go into flashbacks and caused a lot of problems because it WAS THAT authentic...
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:55 pm

oldphilosopher wrote:While I admit it's an interesting spin on war, I most definately could NOT recommend this for anyone who isn't old enough to handle some very gory portrayls of death. Like any war movie, people die. Unlike most, they try to make it look as, er, realistic as possible. It's highly intense and the language is very strong. This film very definately earned it's rating.

That being said, tom hanks played the role very much as I suspect it was written. :evil: How's that for wiggle room?


Violence I don't mind, but exactly how bad is the language?
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Postby Bobtheduck » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:16 am

There is repeated (like 50 times) use of the F word and quite a few GD's

It's WAR... If they didn't talk like that, at least SOME of the characters, it would not be realistic...
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:55 pm

yeah its violent and gory and that language is strong.... but i think any teenager SHOULD watch it... to know what it was really like for those brave men that died for us... especially now a days when history is so perverted in public schools... i cry almost every time i see that movie. i thinks it's imprtant for people to know what war is really like
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Postby Mithrandir » Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:25 pm

Well, I can't say that I would recommend this to 'all teenagers.' In my experiance, (note: I don't mean to start a debate here, or to hurt anyone's feelings. I was probably the single most guilty example of this.) not all teenagers are ready. A few (like me) wouldn't have been able to grasp the true meaning of it. In fact, they wouldn't have got much out of it at all. It would have been, 'cool' and 'deep,' but that's pretty much it. I've noticed a good many of the teens we have on CAA are probably mature enough to get the point, but it doesn't really mean they should see it. Facing the reality of war FORCES you to grow up. Of course watching a movie is different from being in a war, but the idea is the similar.

(warning, oldphil is gonna tangent here and philibuster) I'm discovering more and more that reality is bad enough with being forced to deal with it when you are young. I think one should never, ever force a child to grow up before they are ready. I'm not refering to discipline. I'm talking about things like making them face the reality of death or war. Most of the gut wrenching episodes in my life have been watching kids (8-14) deal with the loss of a parent. I lost my own mother after a 3 year battle with cancer, which she lost because an insurance company wouldn't fork out the money for a bone marrow transplant. I was forced to grow up then, because I had to do my own cleaning, cooking etc. I just can't stomach watching that happen to other kids. I guess I'm too much of an old softie. But it's not just death. There are so many areas of life that are bad enough when you have to deal with them; you don't need to embrace them early on. (OK, that's enough philibusterin' for now.)

I guess my point is that, I just can't feel comfortable, showing something to people that will steal a litle bit of their inosence away. It'll happen eventually. When they start getting cynical, perhaps then something like this movie would be helpful in putting the 'human element' back into it.

But who knows, in 20 years I may change my view on this entirely. Perhaps my 'idealism' here is unwarrented. I don't know.

Hope I didn't offend anyone there. It's just my opinion.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:18 pm

okay maybe not a teen, but anyone mature enough. ot if someone thinks that war aint all that bad or that fighting for the country is wrong (anti war protesters)
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Postby Shinja » Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:49 pm

Bobtheduck wrote:There is repeated (like 50 times) use of the F word and quite a few GD's

It's WAR... If they didn't talk like that, at least SOME of the characters, it would not be realistic...



my grand father landed on utah beech 8 days after d-day, and fought in some of the worst fighting in the war, though the hedge rows, and the breakout at St. lowe. he told me they didnt swear hardly at all, "they were trying to get right with the Lord too much to swear."
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