I watched Saving Private Ryan this weekend. Basically, it starts with the invasion of Normandy, France in a rather violent war scene. It shows really well how D Day was. At the end of the scene it shows the bloody waves from all the men killed before even getting to the beach. Next, Tom Hanks is commanded to take a group of men on a rescue mission. They're supposed to rescue Private James Ryan (who's from Iowa) and get him home, because all three of his brothers were killed in the war. During their mission, they get into multiple firefights, they lose Vin Diesel in one and their medic is shot in another. At one point, they think they find Private Ryan and tell him what's happened to his brothers, but it turns out to be a different Private James Ryan. When they find Private Ryan, he doesn't want to let down his fellow soldiers and convinces Tom Hanks to let him stay and fight. During the fighting scene, Tom Hanks gets shot and dies. After the fight, Private Ryan goes home to his mom. He grows old with his own family, and remains eternally grateful to Tom Hanks' character.
I thought this movie was awesome. The battle scenes seemed very real. It shows how much easier it would be to find and rescue someone like this today. The communication back then was just so bad, today you probably wouldn't have to send a group out on search mission, you'd more or less have the coordinates of the person you're trying to save. This movie also shows the loyalty some people have for their country. I thought this movie was long, but it was so good, that it didn't seem like it was three hours.
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Good but no pictures!