... They also share small moments of Internal Sound': small scenes where we hear the sounds that a character hears. Black Hawk Down contains a hearing loss scene (similar to the one in Ryan) where the sound mimics what Ewen McGregor's character hears (or does not) when he is too close to an explosion. Band Of Brothers contains ... a small scene in Carentan' (Episode 3) when Marc Warren's character, Albert Blithe, is cowering in a foxhole unable to join the battle. His commanding officer orders him to fight. A hyper-real scene follows where ... the mechanics of the gun itself are brought to...

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... to build a rocking chair. Like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, we are introduced to the main focus of the film, but unlike SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, the focus is a character not a war. In addition, THE PATRIOT"S main character is first presented as a father and carpenter, while we first meet Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) already involved in the war. The difference between these films is that ... one uses characters to tell the story of a war, while the other uses a war to tell the story of a character. Characters are major literary elements and they, alone, illustrate the intent of each film. The British ...

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... shoes,"" Gump quips in his southern twang. Even though one could consider Gump to be a simpleton, it is his innocence and naiveté that makes his character work so well. Hanks' ability to convey that to the audience is quite brilliant. I can't think of any other actor to pull it off so convincingly ... his mother, Bubba, Lieutenant Dan, and of course; his Jenny. We learn of his decency and become endeared and compassioned for the simplicity of his character. As Ebert eloquently puts it, "The movie is more of a meditation on our times, as seen through the eyes of a man who lacks cynicism ...

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... their start as raw recruits to battle hardened soldiers, and tells it from a very personal point of view. In the television series there is a reoccurring format, every episode having a lead character where the audience sees the war from their point of view. This way the audience gets to see very different representations. Recent war films such as Saving Private Ryan and ... War II but were all put into all black regiments. The political accuracy added to the realism of Band Of Brothers, but Spielberg felt that although you have a political correct character base, its essential that they...

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