I read the book in year 9 at school. It was pretty sobering and morbid to read. I loved it though regardless.

The scene was authentic because they hired veterans as advisors for the movie

My father-in-law served in the 29th Division (look for the Blue and Gray yin/yang like symbol on the soldiers arms), 116 Infantry, G Company and landed on Omaha Beach in the first wave of men. The opening scene in "Saving Private Ryan" depicted the experience of A Company 116th. All together the 116th lost 1/3 of their men on D-Day alone. Following 15 months he fought for Europe's freedom, he returned to the US, later participating in the Incheon Invasion, but rarely spoke of D-day. He did watch "Saving Private Ryan" and said it was very realistic. I wonder if there were such a need today, if millions would enlist and fight like these men fought knowing many would die. Hope we do not have to find out.

My dad was a vet of WW2 and he was drafted when he was only 18. He was in a tank battalion that took part in that siege. He started to watch it on DVD one afternoon when I was visiting my parents. He got all of a kit three or four minutes into it when he suddenly shut it off and left the room. We didn't see him again for a couple hours and he'd obviously had more than a couple beers in the garage.

My grandpa was a Marine in the Pacific theater. He never spoke about his time. I do know he once admitted to spending time in Palau. WW2 is an interesting time period, and so many things had to go right for the world to come out of it the way it did.

When I saw it in the theater, and older man, walked out at the beggining of the first scene. He lookedl like he was old enough to have fought in WWII...

My middle school science teacher was a vet (I was 13 when this movie came out), he said when he saw it, it was the first time he's cried in basically forever.

Apocalypse Now! Not long after viewing the movie at a friend's house he went and killed himself. The movie? I don't know but forever linked. Still in Saigon.

Not really related but I had the good fortune of buying Matt Damon's official documented sidearm for only $90 many years ago for my son's birthday

While a good film, this is another of those films where the USA seems to be solely responsible for saving the world.

Only two war movies that are realistic are When Trumpets Fade and either version of All Quiet on the Western Front. Even Private Ryan is too clean.

Tedious

It's absolutely THE best of all horrible movies.

What's in the box?!

Proof that no talk is required to have a powerful scene

One of the few Disney movies with an ending like that they are very rare.

I've visited Belsen, and watched this. There's a pile of shoes in the museum that belonged to the dead, and the amount of little children's shoes is heartbreaking . We must never forget.

That scene when he drops the tin and it rolls...

OMG my dad did not want to watch it. We were both sick at my sister's destination wedding, so we were taking turns choosing the movie, and I wanted to watch it. Made it all the way to the part at the end where the cat and dog change, started frantically wiping my eyes because I didn't want dad making fun of me. Then I heard... a sniffle. Did a corner-eye glance so he wouldn't see me looking. Coco made my DAD ugly cry!

Robin Williams was a genius. Follow it up with the Fisher King as a double feature and you have an unforgettable night.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale. I turned it off, silently walked out to the patio and sat down. Then I just broke down sobbing.

Brilliant movie, but definitely "one and done." I usually don't cry watching movies, but this one broke me.

What a wild ride. It's phantasmagoric.

Love this movie. The movie plays one way, then does a sudden 180°. There was a collective "gasp" in the theater. And Sam Rockwell was brilliant.

1 of my all time favorite movies!!

I've heard all memories are stored, it's the accessing part that is the problem. In 2002 I saw Clockwork Orange for the first time (I knew the plot). Afterword, a *Crystal Clear* forgotten memory from 40 years earlier burst into my mind. ... My parents had just seen 'Clockwork' and as we were driving somewhere, I asked them if the movie was good. My mom, who was usually very easy going, blurted out, "NO. It was horrible". My father, then tried to explain it was really about the Nature vs Nurture debate and whether or not somebody's experiences made them who they are (and whether somebody could be rehabilitated by controlling their experiences if they were criminal), but my mom kept making little interjections while he talked. I now realize she wanted to tell me that any movie showing people reveling in rape and murder was vile and never should have been made -- but since I was a kid, she couldn't give examples. When my dad finished answering a follow up question I had, my mom defiantly said, "The movie was BAD!" I can still see her sitting in the passenger seat, looking towards my father as he was driving, and almost daring him to say something more. My father and I made eye contact in the rearview mirror and I could tell he had more to say, but his steady gaze said now wasn't the time. ... That kind of sums up my mom who was a very caring "sensor" and my father who was a "thinker". ... If you are a thinker, this movie is worth seeing.

Excellent movie, it's almost a shame it cannot be shown to high school kids since the lesson in it would be the most beneficial to their age group, I think.

His last line is what got me.

I knew this movie was going to be great once I saw them struggling to get signal/ wifi in their dwelling. The struggle is real for those of us who rely on wireless signals for our internet needs.

Cried so hard

That was a fun movie to watch untill the end. The end was so shocking, that when I saw the movie the second time I stopped the dvd just before the end. I couldn't watch that scene again. Too upsetting.

I immediately thought of this one when I read the title of this thread. Very powerful film. I love the details, like how that entire view out the window in the background of this shot re-creates the album cover of Pink Floyd's "Animals."

No kidding. That was quite the jagged pill!

Powerful. Horrible. Unforgettable.

Apocalypse Now. I was a kid. Loved the movie, loved the soundtrack.

It's so good, and didn't get the attention it deserved because a similar movie came out at the same time with Edward Norton

The only thing scarier than Javier Bardem in that film, was his haircut. 😬

I didn't get the hype.

The novel is worth a read, and I relatively enjoyed both movies, too.

You mean trippy :D

A24 studios puts out masterpiece after masterpiece.

One of the greatest films ever

Very good film that keeps us in suspense!

It made me so sad and angry.

Same here. The theater was quiet when the film ended. Made up for it with Endgame. I remember Empire as well.

Agreed

Arrival is a beautiful movie so thought provoking

I read this before watching the series. But I must say that it was very well done, even though I knew what was going to happen, it had as much impact on me as the first time I read it.

It was so very powerful.

That movie is just so raw. So very different from the mainstream Hollywood flicks.

And the cheeseburger recipe is a damn masterpiece!

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I lost it when Toni Colette's character wept from the deepest depths of her soul. Took me back to my brother's funeral and the sounds my mother made. Couldn't watch the rest of the movie.

Can't even conceive the idea of watching this

Literally my favorite film of all time.

Hmm I still have not seen this

The book

It's been about 20 years since I watched it and I still don't know what the hell I watched. But I did suddenly realize that Donnie Darko actually does make sense, if only by comparison.