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Movie Analysis : ' The Acting Of Saving Private Ryan '

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The acting in Saving Private Ryan is phenomenal and it baffles me that none of the actors received any real recognition for their performance. The film’s casting is a brilliant array of actors ranging from personality actors, character and wild card, and one of Hollywood’s megastars. These actors bring their character to life almost to the point that you believe, they are actually playing themselves on the screen. One of the film’s best scenes is when the squad maneuvers on and takes out a German manned machinegun nest. While conducting the attack they lose yet another member of their team, the Medic. His death scene is absolutely heart breaking, especially the moment right before he passes as he calls out for his mother. What entails next is absolute chaos. You can actually see the despair and madness on the actors faces as they seek revenge on the only surviving German soldier. The actors deliver their performance so well you can feel what is happening. There is not much dialogue in this scene bur rather this scene relies on the actors ability to play there part well enough for audiences to understand the inner conflicts of what is happening. The actors truly master this on the grandest scale. At the end of the scene when Edward Burns’ character, Private Reiben, tries to start a mutiny over the German captive you cannot decided whose side you want to be on. Luckily, the mutiny stops short of extreme escalation when CPT Miller finally discloses long kept secret

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