... of the audience but the scenes of war and the interactions and dialogue of the soldiers involved. From this movie we get as close to a first hand portrayal of what took place for those whom participated in World War II. We also get a aspect of war that has never been portrayed on film before ... an account of an actual real-life battle. The fact those men went through this hell and gave up their lives in order to accomplish the task at hand has to go through the mind of many an audience member when watching this action take place. The imagery of this movie, in particularly the D-Day scen...

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... film whatever his imagination wants to, the same applies to Gary Rydstrom, the Sound Designer. By recent standards, Steven Spielberg directed the most visceral portrayal of war to hit the silver screen - Ryan has set the standard and style of war films made since its release. Its influence can be seen in the following films - Gladiator (2000), Band Of Brothers (2001 ... ...

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... " are both brave and witty or braver and heroic. The definite line between good and evil encourages us to root for the spunky Americans. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, on the other hand, makes an effort to portray its characters as realistic as possible. The soldiers are ordinary guys some likable, some not, most reliable, all believable. While Benjamin "The Ghost" Martin is ... invincible, Miller, with his shaky hand, is homesick and tired. Take Corporal Upham (Jeremy Davies), for example. Upham, without a doubt, sees the war as we see it, as Speilberg sees it, as it is. The comfort ... ...

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... night at about 11pm I was getting the core action of how safe rides runs and operates. First there is always a phone person who sits by the line with paperwork on hand to write details of where, when, how the person(s) are to be retrieved and dropped off. "It sometimes gets really busy and out of ... hand that we"re backed up for a couple of hours before we can pick up some people, it helps to have a lots of volunteers especially on nights that we know there ... ...

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... because clothes from the 1940's had a distinctive flavour. By scouring vintage boutiques all over Europe, the costume designers managed to have enough for the civilians. The soldiers' on the other hand, finding uniforms was a more difficult task. Not only today's fabrics, cuts and manufacturing different from then, its very difficult to duplicate everyday wear and tear. Also, men in the 1940s ... ' scenes, which were unnecessary. It's as though Spielberg doesn't trust the audience to get the message from what he shows, so he quits showing and starts telling. On the other hand, critics ha...

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This movie is about an inmate, John Coffey, who has special healing powers. He is charged with killing 2 girls. While awaiting his execution he heals some kind of cancer from Tom Hanks character and heals the wardens wife who is gravely ill. He does this by touching them and then he coughs up the illness. He even heals a dead mice. After bringing back the mice, I assumed that he didn"t kill the girls but instead was trying to bring them back to life. It ends up another inmate in the next cell killed them. He shows Tom's character this by touching the other inmates hand then touching Tom's han...

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... has a crush with the "Seattle man " so much that she fly to Seattle to meet him. Ironically, a wrong situation makes her misunderstand so she gives up him. On the other hand, Annie's letter leaves such a deep impression to Jonah that he decides to come to New York alone to meet his new mother on the top of Emprise building after failing ... ...

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... see. There is blood and gore. None of it foundationless. It's so realistic, in fact, that the VA (veteran association) has set up a hot line for veterans dealing with flashbacks. Hand-held cameras help pull us into the horror of the beach invasion--as if we're watching newsreel cameramen as they follow the soldiers. In addition, all the action is ... ...

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... award from the President. Forrest does not quite know how important it is to be congratulated by the President. He does not really seem pleased when his is shaking his hand, you can tell this from Tom Hanks" facial expressions. He acts just like his normal self and speaks to the President like he talks to anyone else. When asked by ... ...

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