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Pastiche · 03-10-2010, 10:48 AM

I respect the achievement of Saving Private Ryan but look at my post in this thread about Letters from Iwo Jima and draw your own conclusions about why I didn't like SPR. Basically, the entire premise of the plot was idiotic and poorly contrasted with the attempt to make the movie very realistic in its action sequences. If the story and details aren't realistic then nothing is. There is NO WAY a mission like that would ever happen. SPR fell into tired war movie cliches that were laughable. It was jingoistic displaying the Germans as truly bad instead of being just the same young men on both sides. Meh, I'm ranting.

I understand why alot of people liked SPR but when stood up next to BoB where they truly show that war is hell it just looks like a summer action movie, which is essentially what it is.

03-10-2010, 10:48 AM	#76
Pastiche Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Enil Angus Exp:	I respect the achievement of Saving Private Ryan but look at my post in this thread about Letters from Iwo Jima and draw your own conclusions about why I didn't like SPR. Basically, the entire premise of the plot was idiotic and poorly contrasted with the attempt to make the movie very realistic in its action sequences. If the story and details aren't realistic then nothing is. There is NO WAY a mission like that would ever happen. SPR fell into tired war movie cliches that were laughable. It was jingoistic displaying the Germans as truly bad instead of being just the same young men on both sides. Meh, I'm ranting. I understand why alot of people liked SPR but when stood up next to BoB where they truly show that war is hell it just looks like a summer action movie, which is essentially what it is.