... my mispronunciations, errors of fact or other mistakes. My past, your past, our past is literally carved in stone, or in some other medium, behind me somewhere back there that I can't get to. The Soviets and Communists were often accused of rewriting History. However, even after issuing thousands of new versions ... us to . . . Number Two: There is no official checklist as to what is, or isn't, Historical. History is a personal subject. What's historical to me, could be little more than a rock pile in the way of a four-lane highway to another person. My family's history would probably ...

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... all of our men and they jumped out through this crack in the top of the building and were on fire, and one of our generals said "Don't fire, let them burn." Then later on the army had been putting brothers on the same platoons and when the platoon died the parents would get a notice that all of their ... sons had died on the same day, so they started trying not to let brothers on the same platoon. Well some family named Ryan had had 3 of their sons killed already so the army said that they would get the last brother out. ... him dig a grave for the doctor. After he's done they were goin...

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... caught the soul of war. The film begins with a half-hour sequence of the landings at Normandy on D-Day. Many films have portrayed this D-Day scene, but have failed to me in realism. In Private Ryan, realism portrayed in a nearly replica of war. To achieve this Steven Spielberg displayed the battle scenes, as the next step could be the moment of ... realistic and less Hollywood-ized, Private Ryan is often shockingly effective. There are moments in this film where I thought, what was about to happen could not happen in a Hollywood movie, let alone a Steven Spielberg movie and then, unbeli...

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... ;Bubba" and Liutenant Dan were more than supporting actors, it was their chemistry together on set that made the audience go on an emotional journey with laughs and tears. Let's not forget Jenny, his childhood love, one of the three most important persons in his life. Entertainment Weekly had an interview with Tom Hanks who described the character perfectly, "To ... audience to feel the movie. The combination of simple angles, seamless transition, movement through objects, special effects and an amazing mise-en-scene were good enough to tell the story. Let's not forget the scenes of Sini...

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... thing to witness and cannot help in the psyche of the soldier. The second conflict that may involve war related stress is the scene in which Captain Miller decides to let a German soldier go after being captured and not long after watching their colleague die. Many of the men are angered at the move and threaten to kill the German soldier ... regardless if he was let go by the commanding officer or not. This leads to the argument among the band of soldiers who are split in following the orders and letting the German soldier go ... ...

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... for some movies to capture my attention. The only one that I really do remember was Road To Perdition. This may be because it touched home for me. At its heart, Road to Perdition is a little drama about fathers, sons, and the covenants they make and break. When I was only eight years ... old, just around the same age as the little boy in the movie, my father was taken from me. Before I found out that the father dies in the end of the movie, I was thinking to myself, "I really wish my father and I had more ... eyed when it seemed like the father was not going to make it out with his son ...

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... . My grandfather was stationed in the Pacific for most of the war, when I was younger and asked him about his experience, he showed me a picture of him and his war buddies in front of their plane, but told me no more of that time. No one wants to revisit the days when their fellow soldiers, some closer that brothers, fell at their ... side, fighting for the same cause and deserving to live just as much as those who survived. The Greatest Generation had an extremely profound impact on me. I work around older people all of the time, now when I see them, it is hard to believe the normal liv...

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... . My grandfather was stationed in the Pacific for most of the war, when I was younger and asked him about his experience, he showed me a picture of him and his war buddies in front of their plane, but told me no more of that time. No one wants to revisit the days when their fellow soldiers, some closer that brothers, fell at their ... side, fighting for the same cause and deserving to live just as much as those who survived. The Greatest Generation had an extremely profound impact on me. I work around older people all of the time, now when I see them, it is hard to believe the normal liv...

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... opening scene is Omaha beach, on the Normandy coast of France, on D-Day, June 6,1944. The troops are arriving at the beach in the LCVP boats. The young boys are let out in the ocean (the boats can't go to shore because of the mines) and shooting starts. Bullets go whizzing by, and lives are being lost everywhere. For 25 minutes ... ...

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... Private Ryan there are more sound effects at the beginning when Tom Hanks has got up onto the beach out of the landing craft and has realised what he has let himself in for everything goes silent and he is looking around to see what is going on when the sound suddenly hits him with all the shelling going on in ... ...

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... lives people lead. He discussed the paradox found in leading a purposeful life, and advised us on how to listen for our calling. An interesting and thought-provoking lecture, it encouraged me to examine my own life and determine whether I was on the right track to finding my true calling. Fowler explained vocation to be the idea of calling, to find the ... traits we are unaware we possess. Part of this includes figuring out what we are NOT good at! One of the last things James Fowler said has direct ties to me and my future. He said teachers sponsor subject matter and development as hum...

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... lives people lead. He discussed the paradox found in leading a purposeful life, and advised us on how to listen for our calling. An interesting and thought-provoking lecture, it encouraged me to examine my own life and determine whether I was on the right track to finding my true calling. Fowler explained vocation to be the idea of calling, to find the ... traits we are unaware we possess. Part of this includes figuring out what we are NOT good at! One of the last things James Fowler said has direct ties to me and my future. He said teachers sponsor subject matter and development as hum...

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... above that cloud, no restrictions" is a perfect quote of what was going on inside homers head when that satellite flew over the small town of Coalwood. "Apollo 13" also reminded me of this movie. When Tom Hanks is looking at the sky at night behind his house, and is placing his thumb in front of the moon and then taking it ... away, the bright light reminded me of that satellite. Also, when his friends, and mainly Homer's father, blasted off the last rocket in "October sky", it reminded me of the rocket ship that was launched in "Apollo 13". The trail of smoke that was left behind from ...

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... the roadways safe from any fatal incidents due to alcohol." Says Babitz. Babitz, 23, who stands a mere 5"6"" is a bit plump and has wild curly hair shuffles though papers to give me a better idea of how the program runs. Being it a Saturday night at about 11pm I was getting the core action of how safe rides runs and operates. First there is always ... end up having some interesting stories after doing safe rides for a few years" says Babitz. "I think the best one was when I took this guy "Jeremy" home, he was talking to me when all of the sudden, mid-sentence he fell asleep. When we arr...

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... and fame for himself, he seeks a different destiny: dying a war hero like his forefathers. " I was supposed to die in the field with honor. That was my destiny. And you cheated me out of it- - Lt. Dan says to Gump after being saved from the battle field against his own wish. From cheerful commander Dan soon turns into a man embittered by his ... ...

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... believability of a movie when comparing it to SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Never have I seen a war movie so disturbing. When I see that high angle of Omaha Beach littered with bodies; it makes me wonder what it was all for. This is where Spielberg succeeds. By recreating World War II so realistically, his viewers see what he saw from the beginning: the inexcusable deaths ... ...

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... historical figures into the film gave a comedic yet super-realistic sense to the viewer that this mans life actually existed. The sequence in which the story was told also interested me greatly. My attention was kept throughout the movie by going from present time to flashback continuously and then staying in the present time through the end. Aside from the narrative ... ...

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... take up time as I truly think some movies are. It captures you and I believe gets you hooked more and more. Movies also have to have a great sense of humor for me to enjoy them. Scary movies are way out of the picture. They are like off the road map. Movies have to be funny or I can't sit there and watch them ... ...

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... in the moment without a sense of expectation. Jenny's advice for him is to constantly run from danger. Perhaps more practical from her point of view, but never the less, significant. "Me and Jenny was like peas and carrots."" - Forrest Gump A heartwarming aspect of Forrest Gump is the relationship between Forrest and Jenny. The common bond of purity and innocence, shared between ... ...

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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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