RE: Private Ryan, The Thin Line and back to Ignatius J. Reilly

Sean Draine (seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:58:26 -0800

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The Laughing Man:
> Saving Private Ryan was a typical Spielberg-movie, and the best thing with

> it was that you could leave 10 minutes into it, after the first and only 
> really good scene (it was absolutely fantastic, got to admit that), and
get 
> a new shot at another film; at least according to the Sony theater policy.

By typical Spielberg, I guess you mean straight-forward, 'un-ironic'
narrative, and, yes, this movie was typical in that sense. But it was a
great movie. The opening scene was indeed incredible. The scene that haunted
me, however, was the death by Hitler Jugend knife. There were many other
scenes that stuck with me for weeks. If you left after 10 minutes, you
shouldn't have.

-Sean

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RE: Private Ryan, The Thin Line and back to Ignatius J. = Reilly

The Laughing Man:
> Saving Private Ryan was a typical = Spielberg-movie, and the best thing with
> it was that you could leave 10 minutes into it, = after the first and only
> really good scene (it was absolutely fantastic, = got to admit that), and get
> a new shot at another film; at least according = to the Sony theater policy.

By typical Spielberg, I guess you mean = straight-forward, 'un-ironic' narrative, and, yes, this movie was = typical in that sense. But it was a great movie. The opening scene was = indeed incredible. The scene that haunted me, however, was the death by = Hitler Jugend knife. There were many other scenes that stuck with me = for weeks. If you left after 10 minutes, you shouldn't have.

-Sean

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