Saving Private Ryan
28 February 2010, 09:38 PM
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Saving Private Ryan
It's on CH4 now.
I've never seen it before and I am dumb struck by the first 30mins.
Not a bit of wonder my Grandad didn't talk about the Army
Steve
I've never seen it before and I am dumb struck by the first 30mins.
Not a bit of wonder my Grandad didn't talk about the Army
Steve
28 February 2010, 09:43 PM
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first 30 min is an eye opener for sure, seen it many times but tonight is the first time in HD
28 February 2010, 09:56 PM
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Saving Private Ryan = Awesome
Band of Brothers = Awesome
I have high hopes for "The Pacific" coming to Sky Movies on March 14th from the same folk that brought us Band of Brothers!
HBO: The Pacific: Homepage
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28 February 2010, 09:58 PM
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Pitty Monte Casino never really gets a mention in ww2 films etc was just as brutal,my uncle les was in the paras and got dropped there.Died in 1978 so never met him but my old man told me all about him,showed me pics and some medals etc...
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28 February 2010, 10:02 PM
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I'm looking forward to the new one about the war in the Pacific.
My Grandad, at 96, has only just started talking about his experiences in the last couple of years. He was a radio operator in Churchills and then Shermans through North Africa then up through Italy, apparently he survived having 8 or 9 tanks shot from under him
28 February 2010, 10:02 PM
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I have high hopes for "The Pacific" coming to Sky Movies on March 14th from the same folk that brought us Band of Brothers!
HBO: The Pacific: Homepage
HBO: The Pacific: Homepage
looks amazing this will be recorded in hd
28 February 2010, 10:06 PM
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BoB is a must-see ! 10 hours of brilliance. SPR fades off after the D-Day landing IMHO, whereas BoB keeps plunging you back into action right 'til the last two episodes which become sombre '9-Why We Fight' and heart-wrenching '10-Points'. '6-Bastogne' is amazing with DTS surround (US R1 DVD set), as is '2-Day of Days' with the assault at Brécourt. I hope 'The Pacific' is at least as good 
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28 February 2010, 10:33 PM
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Saving Private Ryan is a film that for me was all about seeing it once and once only. It was fantastic but i know i'll never watch it again.
Band Of Brothers on the other hand is a complete masterpiece. Like all war films made by the Americans it has some Americanisms throughout it but they can be overlooked.
28 February 2010, 11:32 PM
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watched it in 98 when i was in school learning about the landings etc, went on a trip and walked the same beaches and memorial grounds as shown on that film. a trip ill never forget and always made me think twice as long about what our lads etc, went through...
01 March 2010, 02:31 AM
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SPR doesn't, but BoB does. The missuse was a blubbering wreck when they summarise how all their lives evolved after the war, and the stone in my stomach when they enter the concentration camp
01 March 2010, 04:02 AM
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It's ridiculous when you read that they considered dropping WWII from History lessons in secondary school. imo every school should have a copy of BOB.
As with SPR BOB is great through 5.1
As others have said I'm also looking forward to Pacific.
As with SPR BOB is great through 5.1
As others have said I'm also looking forward to Pacific.
01 March 2010, 07:54 AM
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In all fairness, SPR is a (semi) fictional movie and has to appeal to an audience in a 2 hours or so slot.
BOB is a real account of what happened to Easy Company and has 10 hours to show you so much more and develop the characters.
Each are brilliant in their own right for what they tried to achieve.
I have high hopes for the Pacific!
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BOB is a real account of what happened to Easy Company and has 10 hours to show you so much more and develop the characters.
Each are brilliant in their own right for what they tried to achieve.
I have high hopes for the Pacific!
Geezer
01 March 2010, 08:05 AM
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Private Ryan - i still watch the assault on the beach in silence, it never ceases to move me.
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01 March 2010, 08:11 AM
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