Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD, I vote for James Cameron. At least there isn't 30 minutes of blood and guts all over the screen. Even when he did Terminator 2 there was less blood. For me the Private Ryan was overdone and the sensationalism of the first 30 minutes took away from the story instead of added to it. No build up. Just a let down. Similar to Amistad, and while I liked Schindler's list, the end was oo smaltzy for me. Next Speilberg movie, I will wait for the video tape. BTW, is you psychiatrist friend a vet or just treats vets. If the later, he only has a 3rd hand understanding of things. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 8:07 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica]now:B&W photography At 07:09 AM 2/18/99 -0500, you wrote: > The story, in my opinion, was somewhat lost in all of the blood and >horror. Of course, I am sure it was, in many respects just like the movie We did an article on a person here who was in that landing. He says it was dead-on accurate. - ---------- And, just FYI - My next-door neighbor is a PhD psychologist who runs the Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Center at the Roxbury VA Hospital and is literally one of the world's leading experts on PTSS...He said he was blown away by the movie, and was astounded how right Speilberg got it all...He said he was particularly impressed by the ways in which the men related to each other, and the ways in which those relationships evolved in the combat situation. His one "complaint" was also quite facinating....I commented that I had been really impressed by the fact that the "coward" wasn't redeemed and turned into a hero, as usually happens in war movies. He said that yes, that was right, but that it was highly unlikely that given his state of panic, etc., it's highly unlikely that the "coward" would have lived more than about the first 15 minutes..... And how did we get onto the trashing Spielberg theme? Who makes better movies today? Many of them may not be light entertainment, but they sure are incredible to watch.... Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.