"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
You know, it might have been the old vet weeping by the graveside that
did in SPR for me. That was a flag. Whoops! What's this all about! The
horror of war, one more time?

I found the scene moving. It seemed to be about a man mourning the
friends
he'd lost and perhaps his own lost youth. I never got the idea it was an
anti-war movie: Spielburg and Hanks are both known to be great admirers
of
WWII veterans. Hanks' character reminded me of the combat vet's I have
known; ordinary guys who did the job they were asked to do without a lot
of
fuss.

The whole film seemed to me to be about sacrifice--how terrible and noble
it
is to give one's life for a cause. The reading of Lincoln's letter
absolutely broke me up.

I guess we're just hopeless, Dan, because I saw it the same way.

To razz "Saving Private Ryan" because of a couple of minor nits, while
missing the depth and breadth of the effort, seems silly to me. I
found it moving and, in many ways, deeply disturbing to watch -- and it
truly made me appreciate my father's generation.

Of course, I love "Top Gun", too -- so there's just no hope for me...

Hopefully, you recognize movies for the fantasies they are. Some contain a
subtle message (SPG - the horrors of war and the costs to preserve liberty),
but the overwhelming majority are fantasies and nothing more. Many people
miss that and can't differentiate the differences.

Now, being you're a Piper driver, I'd say that that more notably
demonstrates your hopelessness :~)


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO