Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Quote Originally Posted by CFH
Saving Private Ryan is hands down my favorite movie
A truly great film....when it came out in theaters we had WWII vets stand up and address the audience before it started.

It blows your mind knowing that D-Day was just a bunch of kids running up a beach and getting shot up....19-20 year old KIDS.

And after seeing the graves at Normandy in person it really hits home...you get a feeling of how lucky the survivors were and how brave they all were to do that for not only their country but Europe.
Yeah man, I have a huge interest military history (that's how cool I am :P), in particular WW2. I was 16 or 17 when the movie came out I was it in the theaters with a few friends. I could not fucking believe how gory the opening 20 minutes where, though now I think it could've been even more realistic... Anyways, there's a old vet beside us and after the movie the poor bastards got tears steaming down his cheeks, he must've been 80. That was shocking...