Watching "Saving Private Ryan" here...

[Archae]

On the TNT channel for the first time.

They just hit the beach, yeesh.

[uppityperson]

1. Realistic, isn't it?

wild. :cry:

[Archae]

2. Frightening, gory, horrible.

Like real war.

[AlCzervik]

3. that first 15 minutes is riveting. I saw it at the movies and people

brought small children with, can you imagine a 3 year old watching that?

[StaggerLee]

4. One of my roommates went to the theater to see it when it came out

She said that she cried through the whole opening sequence. She wasn't prepared for it... I don't think anyone was.

And we thought the greatest generation had taken care of the Fascists.
Sad.

[texanwitch]

5. When I saw Private Ryan at the theater 3 older men of the age to

be in WWII walked out during the opening.

Two of them were crying.:cry:

[Blue_Roses]

6. my dad was in Normandy and he wouldn't go see it...

I sat there paralyzed for the first 30 minutes. It was so rivoting.

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. I think anyone considering enlisting in the service

should be required to watch that scene to clear up any Hollyweird misconceptions they might have about war being fair and wounds and death being neat and clean.