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    obstacles that countless Hollywood directors have been led to make movies about the era and American perseverance. Steven Spielberg was no exception. Saving Private Ryan, directed by Spielberg in 1998, is a two hour and forty five minute film about a group of eight soldiers during World War II who trek deep into German territory in France to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat, in order to tell him that he is being sent home. Throughout the movie, the viewer is exposed

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    the historical accuracy of Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan is an excellent movie that portrays the horrors of war in a very distinct way, but its historical accuracy leaves much to be desired. Saving Private Ryan is considered historically inaccurate because of a mixed variety of equipment some accurate and some of it hadn't been invented as well as the exaggeration and in some cases the over simplification of historical events. The movie Saving Private Ryan follows a marine captain who

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    Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is arguably one of the finest masterpieces for a war film. Spielberg took another approach when he directed this film. Unlike most war films, which have a more patriotic theme to them, Spielberg implicated a “Survive at all costs” ideology for his audience members. Spielberg’s unique tactics and tactics depict this same ideology throughout the entire film, which coincides with my own through a perspective of individualism. The film itself visualizes unbearable

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    in Film “Saving Private Ryan” Embry Riddle Aeronautical University February 08, 2017 Instructor: Dr. Sara Rogers Saving Private Ryan is a film staged within World War II, during which an incredible mission to locate and bring home Private Ryan is launched in behind enemy lines within Europe. The return of Private Ryan is hoped to increase moral in the homeland and benefit combat efforts. Captain Miller is in charge of the reluctant team tasked with the rescue mission of Private Ryan, not knowing

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    The movies Saving Private Ryan and Patton both tell the stories of heroes during World War II, but in very different ways. Saving Private Ryan focuses on Capitan John H. Miller, a fictional soldier who is given the task of bringing a Private Ryan home since his three brothers had died. He and most of his men end up dying in the search to find Ryan and then in defense of a critical bridge Ryan refuses to leave. Patton is the true story of General Patton, a brilliant strategist who, while he often

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    This movie “Saving Private Ryan” is a movie about war between U.S.A and Germany. The movie starts on 1944 in the beginning of the Normandy Invasion that the American Soldiers prepare their-selves to land on Omaha Beach to struggle against the German soldiers. Captain John H. Miller then assembles a group of soldiers to break through the German defenses. One day the United States Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall is informed that the three of four brothers of the Ryan Family were killed

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    Saving Private Ryan begins with a depiction of D-Day during World War II. I was utterly shocked that this was chosen as the opening scene, but I found it entrancing. This scene was the most realistic and raw war depictions that I have ever seen in a film. It is difficult for the movie industry to create scenes that are as gory as the one at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan, but I feel that this was one of the greatest aspects of the film. I was blown away by the harsh reality that this movie

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    In the movie, “Saving Private Ryan,” by Steven Spielburg, it begins with a veteran of WWII returning to Normandy to visit the burial ground for those Allied servicemen who were killed on D-Day. He is looking for a particular grave, and when he finds it, he takes a knee and starts sobbing. Captain John H. Miller has a flashback to June 6, 1944 in Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. Captain Miller and his squad of eight World War II soldiers are assigned the seemingly impossible combat mission to locate

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    There are many themes throughout the film Saving Private Ryan, but one of the biggest is the theme of sacrifice and we are introduced to this theme very early on in the film when we see the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. We see the sacrifice that the soldiers of World War ll gave up to protect the freedom of the united states for their generation and future generations. we see this theme again In the scene in back to back scenes when Private Caparzo is killed by the sniper in the towers

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    Saving Private Ryan Reflections 1-Yes, General Marshall should have made the decision to rescue Private Ryan because he spared Mrs. Ryan from heartbreak. She had already lost three of her sons to the war and no mother deserves to lose all of her sons in war. 2-The US made the right decision in sending men in on D-Day because in war it is necessary to keep advancing and continue on with fighting even if it means men will lose their lives. A con to the invasion was that many men lost their lives

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