Movie Wars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Janszoon** · 12-27-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

John Travolta has made a lot of garbage...

Not as much as Dolph Lundgren.

Alfred · 09-24-2012, 05:16 PM

Let's revive this thing.

I'll start us off. Two long, well-recieved 1998 WWII films.

Terrence Malick's THE THIN RED LINE

vs.

Steven Spielberg's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

FRED HALE SR. · 09-24-2012, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfred

Let's revive this thing.

I'll start us off. Two long, well-recieved 1998 WWII films.

Terrence Malick's THE THIN RED LINE

vs.

Steven Spielberg's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

I enjoyed both films. SPR is just so well acted and Spielberg really nailed the scenic shots and I like the authentic feel of this movie. I gotta vote Saving Private Ryan. Yay though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. Barry Pepper was incredible and Tom Sizemore was so coked out he was almost believable in this film. LOL

Saving Private Ryan 1
Thin Red Line 0

bob. · 09-24-2012, 05:37 PM

hmmm this really is a tough one....but i think i would also go with Saving Private Ryan...if anything for the emotional impact of the first hour....i'm including and actually esp the older Ryan breaking down in front of the grave as well as the gritty taking of Normandy

Saving Private Ryan 2
Thin Red Line 0

Alfred · 09-24-2012, 05:42 PM

Saving Private Ryan 2
Thin Red Line 1

Saving Private Ryan is a pretty damn hard-hitting movie about how devastating the second world war was, but I prefer Malick's more picturesque, philosophical, and human take. I think it goes a bit deeper beyond just death, loss, and sacrifice.

Also, this will possibly go down as one of the most unpopular film opinions ever, but Thin Red Line's first battle sequence>Saving Private Ryan's opening battle sequence. Yes, The Thin Red Line's battle is much shorter, less dramatic, and less gory, but it's one of the most exhilerating, jaw-dropping, and mesmerizing scenes I've ever seen in a film. Quality over quantity.

FRED HALE SR. · 09-24-2012, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfred

Saving Private Ryan 1
Thin Red Line 1

Saving Private Ryan is a pretty damn hard-hitting movie about how devastating the second world war was, but I prefer Malick's more picturesque, philosophical, and human take. I think it goes a bit deeper beyond just death, loss, and sacrifice.

Also, this will possibly go down as one of the most unpopular film opinions ever, but Thin Red Line's first battle sequence>Saving Private Ryan's opening battle sequence. Yes, The Thin Red Line's battle is much shorter, less dramatic, and less gory, but it's one of the most exhilerating, jaw-dropping, and mesmerizing scenes I've ever seen in a film. Quality over quantity.

I think I agree with you that Malicks take on war was a bit more cerebral. I could never agree with you on the first battle sequence though. I wanted to cry like a baby for our forefathers after the depiction of that absolute hell that was Normandy. Nothing has touched me quite like that when I think of war, except for maybe Glory because the Civil War was just so atrocious.

And its 2-1 Saving Private Ryan.

bob. · 09-24-2012, 05:48 PM

you know for my decision it may also have to do with the fact that i saw Saving Private Ryan opening weekend in the theater and thus really was not at all prepared for just how moving and graphic the film would be....whereas i saw Thin Red Line when it released on dvd

i agree as far as film as art Thin red Line takes the cake and for sure the breaking of the human condition is really concentrated on much more so than it is in Saving Private Ryan

edit.

exactly when i saw it the first time i was thinking to myself "finally they make a movie showing just how devastating that war really was"

jackhammer · 09-24-2012, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

hmmm this really is a tough one....but i think i would also go with Saving Private Ryan...if anything for the emotional impact of the first hour....i'm including and actually esp the older Ryan breaking down in front of the grave as well as the gritty taking of Normandy

Saving Private Ryan 2
Thin Red Line 0

Despite my distaste for audience manipulation that is prevalent in many studio based American films, I have to agree on the older Ryan in front of the grave as a great piece of cinema in Saving Private Ryan and the first hour is truly astounding cinema but ****, does the film drag or what?

The Thin Red Line is rewarding but it doesn't have that repeat value for me.

**Frownland** · 09-24-2012, 07:12 PM

Ah finally something that'll push me to see The Thin Red Line! I'll watch it tonight (or most of it and finish it tomorrow) and place my vote soon thereafter.

**Janszoon** · 09-24-2012, 07:12 PM

I thought Saving Private Ryan was great but Thin Red Line really resonated with me on some very deep level. I still remember going to see that movie in the theater and afterwards being so struck by it that I just wandered around the city thinking about it for a long time. The part on the grassy hills has always especially stood out in my mind, particularly the moment when the plant closes itself up as the soldier touches it. I think that's one of the most poetic moments ever in a movie.

Saving Private Ryan: 2
Thin Red Line: 2

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bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	hmmm this really is a tough one....but i think i would also go with Saving Private Ryan...if anything for the emotional impact of the first hour....i'm including and actually esp the older Ryan breaking down in front of the grave as well as the gritty taking of Normandy Saving Private Ryan 2 Thin Red Line 0 __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

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Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Saving Private Ryan 2 Thin Red Line 1 Saving Private Ryan is a pretty damn hard-hitting movie about how devastating the second world war was, but I prefer Malick's more picturesque, philosophical, and human take. I think it goes a bit deeper beyond just death, loss, and sacrifice. Also, this will possibly go down as one of the most unpopular film opinions ever, but Thin Red Line's first battle sequence>Saving Private Ryan's opening battle sequence. Yes, The Thin Red Line's battle is much shorter, less dramatic, and less gory, but it's one of the most exhilerating, jaw-dropping, and mesmerizing scenes I've ever seen in a film. Quality over quantity. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM Last edited by Alfred; 09-24-2012 at 06:18 PM.

09-24-2012, 05:48 PM	#587 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	you know for my decision it may also have to do with the fact that i saw Saving Private Ryan opening weekend in the theater and thus really was not at all prepared for just how moving and graphic the film would be....whereas i saw Thin Red Line when it released on dvd i agree as far as film as art Thin red Line takes the cake and for sure the breaking of the human condition is really concentrated on much more so than it is in Saving Private Ryan edit. exactly when i saw it the first time i was thinking to myself "finally they make a movie showing just how devastating that war really was" __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Ah finally something that'll push me to see The Thin Red Line! I'll watch it tonight (or most of it and finish it tomorrow) and place my vote soon thereafter. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I thought Saving Private Ryan was great but Thin Red Line really resonated with me on some very deep level. I still remember going to see that movie in the theater and afterwards being so struck by it that I just wandered around the city thinking about it for a long time. The part on the grassy hills has always especially stood out in my mind, particularly the moment when the plant closes itself up as the soldier touches it. I think that's one of the most poetic moments ever in a movie. Saving Private Ryan: 2 Thin Red Line: 2 __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

09-24-2012, 05:16 PM	#582 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Let's revive this thing. I'll start us off. Two long, well-recieved 1998 WWII films. Terrence Malick's THE THIN RED LINE vs. Steven Spielberg's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN