The Movie Saving Private Ryan

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World War II, considered by most to be the most dangerous war and according to statistics (having an estimated death toll of 70 million) it was. Because of this, and because of the United States participation in this Great War, a profusion of movies have been produced since then. While some of these films possess great studio details, they lack in historical significance. One movie in particular I want to discuss is the Oscar nominated movie “Saving Private Ryan” directed by Steven Spielberg. Does this movie depict war as it is in real life? Does its plot follow historical events as they really happened?
The movie Saving Private Ryan starts off with the main protagonist Ryan (now an elderly man) walking through the World War II memorial cemetery with his family. He stops at a certain grave and breaks down crying. The scene then changes to a flashback of the invasion of Normandy and shows the allies landing on Normandy beach commencing the attack on the Axis force. The scene then switches to Captain John Miller as he maneuvers through the war zone. He witnesses many of his fellow soldiers dying, as he tries to get to cover he drags one of his soldiers to safety only to find out he has been struck by a mortar and only has half a body. After he gets to safety Miller then assembles what’s left of his platoon after and continues pushing forward. After they complete their mission, one soldier looks at the beach and comments “What a view”. The camera then shows the backpack of a S. Ryan.
Miller then reports to his commanding officers about a mission that left half his squad dead and he is given a new assignment, to find Private James F. Ryan, The last of 4 brothers all of which were killed in war. They struggle to find ...

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..., soldiers in the movie were shown to have their helmets unbuckled, a real soldier would never be caught with his helmet unbuckled during war as this could be very dangerous and could leave to injuries and even death at times. During battle the un-fastened helmet could fall off, leaving the soldiers head exposed
In retrospect, this movie is still a movie, it’s not meant to follow how the war really went and exactly how it combat was done, now if it was similar? Yes, this movie possessed traits that were nonexistent at the time and made similar combat to that of real soldiers the norm for war movies. It followed a series of events, but nothing can be proven for sure as the mission Captain Miller carried out was not real. The invasion of Normandy was experienced in this movie with a vivid understanding of what it would be like to partake in any kind of warfare

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