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re: Saving Private Ryan - Corporal Upham
Posted on 2/25/18 at 5:14 pm to Mr. Misanthrope
Posted on 2/25/18 at 5:14 pm to Mr. Misanthrope
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Dude should've been nominated for an Oscar. Hell of a performance.
Pretty much agree. He was over the top good in Breaking Bad.
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Posted on 2/25/18 at 5:44 pm to hg
quote:i walked out the room last time I watched. May never watch that scene again and I watch BoB once a year.
Am I the only one that thought when Mellish got stabbed it looked really really bad?
Posted on 2/25/18 at 5:49 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
He hardened after he let his compatriot die. It's not a difficult thing to understand. Never in battle before then, he froze. Then the shock wore off and shame and grief took over
Posted on 2/25/18 at 8:28 pm to Peazey
Peazey has definitely read the book " On Killing"
Great read on how society has evolved from the civil war until now on actually killing the enemy. Staggering stats in the book on how movies and video games created generation kill
Great read on how society has evolved from the civil war until now on actually killing the enemy. Staggering stats in the book on how movies and video games created generation kill
Posted on 2/25/18 at 8:39 pm to Peazey
quote:I disagree with that.
the vast majority of people would have reacted the exact same way that he did.
As creatures of nature, most of us fight when it comes to it, particularly in kill or be killed situations.
I'm a pretty soft-hearted guy. But I attended a mock attack on the USS KIDD in Baton Rouge one year. When I saw those planes coming in, I wanted to jump behind a gun and shoot those bastards down without a doubt.
Yeah, some of us aren't meant for war, which is why that point was made in the movie. But, "vast majority of people" acting that way? No.
We've had too many people die in wars for that theory to be true.
Posted on 2/25/18 at 9:50 pm to LoveThatMoney
I always took it that he hardened in time to kill "Steamboat Willie" to keep his company from finding out about his cowardice.
Might be wrong, but that is how I saw it.
Might be wrong, but that is how I saw it.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 7:47 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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This post was edited on 2/26/18 at 7:50 am
Posted on 2/26/18 at 8:14 am to terd ferguson
Terd - "Steamboat Willie" was the guy they captured and tried to send towards Allied lines blindfolded. He is not the SS trooper that killed Melish - although those cats look very similar. He IS the guy that shoots one of the squad in the back and ends up mortally wounding Miller before they recapture him.
He tried to play on Upham's sympathy again, but it backfired.
But, they're often confused by viewers - I actually thought it was the same guy first time through.
He tried to play on Upham's sympathy again, but it backfired.
But, they're often confused by viewers - I actually thought it was the same guy first time through.
Posted on 2/26/18 at 9:20 am to Roll Tide Ravens
There are definitely some Upham like people posting on the PT board.
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