[Auntie Mame]

I’m going to put my vote in for overrated movie on “Saving Private Ryan.”

It was pretty good up until the last scene at the cemetery where the old guy (was that Ryan? who knows, who care) said, “I was a good man, wasn’t I?” which completely ruined the movie. It made me hate the entire movie I had just watched. Blech!

[dfwgator]

“I was a good man, wasn’t I?” which completely ruined the movie. It made me hate the entire movie I had just watched. Blech!

Why? I thought that scene was particularly touching, because he knew that the Hanks character essentially gave up his life for him.

[mad_as_he$$]

Humm. I agree SPR was overrated but I disagree with you about the end. Made me cry. It is possible that it is a man/woman thing. I saw several guys give their lives for others in VN. Very noble sacrifices. I just was never in that situation. In reflection I wonder if I "was a good man" and earned the right to know them.

Two things:

"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remembered-

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother"

Child "Grandpa were you a hero in the war?"

Richard Winters "No, but I knew a few." Says it all.