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Summary: great souvenir coffee table item
Review: Although I give this movie 5 stars, the book only gets 3 stars. The book gives an insight into some of the behind the scenes themes to the movie (the airfield where they made the village, the Irish army, and boot camp), and into some of themes of the movie. As for the movie: there are some military imperfections, but overall a great movie which I want to watch over and over again! Another fault with the movie is that its built upon a "Macdonalds" formula that tries to hit all the right buttons. Overall, this does not bother me, since its message is that war is without glory , its just about soldiers who want to know why they're fighting, and how they can get home as soon as possible.
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Summary: Very interesting
Review: BEING A WW II AIRCRAFT HISTORIAN I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT. AT THE END OF THE MOVIE AFTER THE TIGER TANK IS BLASTED BY AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF CAPT. MILLER, PRIVATE RYAN SAYS "THAT WAS A P-51, A TANK BUSTER". A MAJOR ERROR! THE P-51 MUSTANG WAS NEVER KNOWN AS A "TANK BUSTER". THE AIRCRAFT SHOWN WAS, INDEED A P-51, HOWEVER THE TITLE OF "TANK BUSTER" IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE P-47 THUNDERBOLT OR RAF HAWKER TYPHOON/TEMPEST.
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Summary: EXCELLENT PIECE OF WORK
Review: BEING A WW II AIRCRAFT HISTORIAN I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT. AT THE END OF THE MOVIE AFTER THE TIGER TANK IS BLASTED BY AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF CAPT. MILLER, PRIVATE RYAN SAYS "THAT WAS A P-51, A TANK BUSTER". A MAJOR ERROR! THE P-51 MUSTANG WAS NEVER KNOWN AS A "TANK BUSTER". THE AIRCRAFT SHOWN WAS, INDEED A P-51, HOWEVER THE TITLE OF "TANK BUSTER" IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE P-47 THUNDERBOLT OR RAF HAWKER TYPHOON/TEMPEST.
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Summary: A wonderful book, with lots of interesting information!
Review: For anyone who has seen the movie and loved it, this is a must have!! It has a lot of interesting information and stunning pictures taken on set. If you want to learn more about the men, the mission, and the movie; this is a must have!
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Summary: See The Movie. Get The Book.
Review: I saw the movie & was blown away by it. I wouldn't recommend this book to people who haven't seen the movie or read SPR: THE NOVEL. This book isn't good for people who can't stand seeing gory pictures. Seeing them really brings back memories from the film. The horrors of war can be found in this book, the film, & novel. It also has some of the actor's feelings about the film & what they went through with the making of Saving Private Ryan. GET IT!
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Summary: "But if we could do just one good thing . . . "
Review: I think Spielberg's a genius. There, I've said it. He takes simple men, surely John Miller, Captain, 2nd Ranger Battalion is just that, a simple man, and paints a canvas of such detail of Armageddon, putting these simple men all over the painting. Hell. The end of the world. Good versus evil. Call it what you may. "I'm a history teacher," he says in the movie in one extraordinarily tense scene. "I teach history in a small high school in Pennsylvania. . . .when I'm done here I don't know if I can go back to it."I'm reminded of another 'simple man' that came from Pennsylvania in novel lore. Lieutenant Harry Brubaker, the lawyer who flies F-9 Panther Jets in Michner's brief story about the carnage in Korea, 'Bridges at To Ko Ri.' But the point is Spielberg tells us that they were all simple men and we don't believe him at first. We keep looking for Arnie Schwarznegger or Chuck Norris or The Rock. But they are and were normal guys, guys from Brooklyn New York and Brooklyn Michigan. Guys from towns you never heard of in Iowa, where Jimmy Ryan and his brothers came from. Just guys in the greatest carnage the world ever knew. And Spielberg shows us what they did. They changed the world. The five Sullivan brothers all went down with their ship in the middle of the war and after that the powers that be would not commit one brother in a theater of combat where another brother was also serving in harm's way. So here, one of Jimmy Ryan's brothers is killed in the Pacific and one brother is killed in Anzio Beach. And Sean Ryan is killed in the landing at Omaha Beach. And Captain John Miller and a squad of men he picks are asked to find him to send him home. A wonderful book to compliment a movie that should be preserved forever about an ubelievable body of men and women. "Was I a good man," asks James Ryan 50 years later? My Dad asked me the same question a few years ago. Five stars is not enough. Larry Scantlebury.
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Summary: this is a very good story
Review: I think this story is a very good story it really shows how the war really whent. my favrit character in this story was mellish well i'v seen the movie and i think he is the cutest i also like capazo he was really cool i think uhpum was a bit of a wimp but apart from that i think it was really cool.If i was to give this movie/book a raiting out of 100 i would give it 100 becaust it is so good.
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Summary: Closest to 'Perfect'
Review: It is one of the most realistic war films I've ever seen. Even better than second and third best ones - "Operation Daybreaks" and "Cross of Iron". I like every actor, extra, equipment, performance and scene in the movie except one; do we really have to see the American flag at the very end? Unfortunately, the flying flag just ruins good impressions most audience might have. Nevertheless, I'd like to show great repect for those who were in making the film. Everyone!
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Summary: Enter in the making of Saving Private Ryan
Review: Reading and watching this book, you have really the impression to stand beside the actors, from the boot camp to the end of the shooting. Very attractives black and white and color photos, interviews with the cast and a lot more.
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Summary: Very interesting
Review: Saving Private Ryan and The Triumph and the Glory have sparked an interest in me about WWII. The novel isn't quite as good as the movie but anyway this book is a great behind the scenes look at the making of a terrific movie.
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