Who remembers this scene from Saving Private Ryan ?

[Gomig-21]

I love history what's why I enjoy the war documentaries better the the BS movies

Even though much of the movie is fiction, the premise of the movie was based on a true story, the story of the Niland brothers.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120310220526/http:/www.canisius.edu/archives/niland.asp

There was also the famous story of the Sullivan brothers which the movie depicted in some ways. Charlie Company and the Omaha beach landings and essentially the best part of the movie was all based on exact, historical accounts of D-Day.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

Platoon best war movie, hands down.

 

[Nilgiri]

Dunkirk May now have officially unseated SPR as the greatest war movie purely based on the direction and realism of war depicted as opposed to the dramatized fictional accounts.

Though the first scene in SPR at the beaches of Normandy has yet to create an equal.

Saving private ryan was way more watchable than Dunkirk imo. Dunkirk tried to achieve too much (and kept panning back and forth waaaay too much) and that became a problem for the movie quality, I only really enjoyed the spitfire scenes and a cpl other moments.

 

[Army research]

So basically you said nothing. Great insight

I'm sorry

 

[Peshwa]

Saving private ryan was way more watchable than Dunkirk imo. Dunkirk tried to achieve too much (and kept panning back and forth waaaay too much) and that became a problem for the movie quality, I only really enjoyed the spitfire scenes and a cpl other moments.

Honestly, I felt Dunkirk was way more real. I mean the fear among the soldiers was well brought out. Which is in fact very real.added a human element to war.
OTOH SPR had way too much gung ho stuff which though entertaining adds the dramatization element to it.

I thoroughly enjoyed Dunkirk.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Even though much of the movie is fiction, the premise of the movie was based on a true story, the story of the Niland brothers.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120310220526/http:/www.canisius.edu/archives/niland.asp

There was also the famous story of the Sullivan brothers which the movie depicted in some ways. Charlie Company and the Omaha beach landings and essentially the best part of the movie was all based on exact, historical accounts of D-Day.

Except the steel pole landing craft traps on the beach were backwards. Massive screw up.

poles pointing to the ocean. Incorrect.


I remember playing Medal of Honor and people complained the telephone poles were pointing the wrong way (towards the shore}. The developer had to post that Saving Private Ryan screwed it up not them. He had to repeat that to people for months.

Poles pointing to the shore. Correct.

D-Day beach 1945