chrispti Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Just watching the start of this on Film4.......................... forgot how good was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 the first 20 mins have been seared into my memory forever.....quality film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 one of the best film starts...He just said to the camera crew..point and shoot as you seem fit on the opening scenes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Just watching the start of this on Film4.......................... forgot how good was Watching it also .....brilliant film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 he screened it to a load of d-day veterans before releasing it....and every one of them said it was as real and shocking as it was in real life.....cinema history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 great film defo one of my top ten favs colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 That knife fight bit in the house difficult to watch . Good film . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 I wish they'd put it on earlier, I always fall asleep half way through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labstaff Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Great film!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 That knife fight bit in the house difficult to watch . Good film . Imagine what stories were taken to the graves................. Horrible times. Soldiers back then, after the war who chose not to stay in the forces, imagine the psychological problems and ghosts they have had to live with for the rest of their lives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 An old friend of mine, built like a tank and an ex soldier, burst into tears like a little girl once when we were watching this film. It's pretty full on but for him, well it obviously hit a nerve. I've never asked why and I'm not sure he'd want to talk about it anyway but it's pretty obvious he's been in a similar place and taken similar losses of people who meant a lot to him. Great film for me but I've never been there for real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Imagine what stories were taken to the graves................. Horrible times. Soldiers back then, after the war who chose not to stay in the forces, imagine the psychological problems and ghosts they have had to live with for the rest of their lives my wifes dad was in ww2 and never said a word about it till a few months before he past away age 88 colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Not a 6 month tour with 2 weeks R&R half way through was it, no Internet or mobile phones, just the odd letter to keep in contact with home Not many of the old boys left either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper3 Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Had a fantastic uncle who was a young sergent in the marines during WW2 he made 14 real battle torn beach landings, he never really talked about them, once i saw that film I started to understand why... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 a very good film the first 20 mins are some of the best in film imo i do belive it was shot on a irish beach? it makes you wonder why our grandfarthers went thrue over seas, i for one will be forever greatfull.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boromir Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 To think that many 15 to 25 year olds laid down there lives to save this country and liberate Europe while todays lot set about destroying this once great Nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imissalot Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 That knife fight bit in the house difficult to watch . Good film . very true heart wrenching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 he screened it to a load of d-day veterans before releasing it....and every one of them said it was as real and shocking as it was in real life.....cinema history. I had a film night with some of my friends from the Cricket club when it was first released on DVD. Including a 92 year old retired General who has had a long and distinguished career who lives locally and is a referee for my shotty and FAC ( you cant get much better than that ) He was moved to tears by the opening scenes and retold the stories of his experience of the Landings as a 25 year old junior officer in June 44 when he saw over 2500 young American troops, many with absolutely zero combat experience, killed in a matter of hours... harrowing stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 The Saving Private Ryan scenes based on Omaha beach were graphic but they weren't representative of the landings as a whole. Many troops made it ashore unopposed In fact they nearly all did. Omaha beach was a cock up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Whilst in no way do I wish to detract from the heroism of U.S. troops on D-Day, it is a pity that the notoriously anti British Spielberg only grudgingly mentions the enormous input of British and Canadian troops. When a British officer is encountered in the film he is portrayed as a chinless twit. He also failed to mention why Omaha was such a foul up. British General Percy Hobart had invented a range of specialist armoured assault vehicles known as "funnies", such as flail and swimming tanks,which greatly facilitated the assaults on other beaches, which the Americans declined to deploy, or used incorrectly, and subsequently paid the price. That the poor American infantry suffered as much as it did was due to the U.S High Commands` inability to take advice, especially advice from us Brits,something that plagued all three branches of the U.S. military throughout the war. A short while after the D-Day landings there was a terrible storm. Of the two British designed floating harbours that the invaders brought across the Chanel, the U.S. erected one was all but totally destroyed because the Americans had ignored the "assembly manual" and thrown it together more by guesswork than instruction.The British built harbour survived the storm intact. You just can`t help some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Also, more British than American troops landed on the first day and if you watch saving Private Ryan you would get no impression that the British were even there. By the time those troops were landing on Omaha beach my Uncle Harry had been on French soil for more than 8 hours with 9 Para at Pegasus Bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Also, more British than American troops landed on the first day and if you watch saving Private Ryan you would get no impression that the British were even there. By the time those troops were landing on Omaha beach my Uncle Harry had been on French soil for more than 8 hours with 9 Para at Pegasus Bridge. my grandad was there too - oxford bucks light infantry (hence my forum name)!! something i'm very proud of - the hardest thing i did by the age of 21 was have to prepare my own pot noodle at uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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