Re: Private Ryan, The Thin Line and back to Ignatius J. Reilly
Excordis@aol.com
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:48:36 -0500 (EST)
What's wrong with sentimentality? I think it's one of the most powerful
emotions. Is there more than one type of sentimentality?
>
> << ribisi talks about how he
> used to pretend like he was asleep when his mom would
> come check in on him at nights. to me, that was one of
> the best scenes. just my two cents. >>
>
> Good lord. This post and the one about the knife scene are bringing the
> movie back to memory more and more...and yes, both were powerful scenes.
> The
> movie veered a bit toward sentimentality at the end, but was powerful
> enough
> throughout to make it forgiveable. The sense of debt toward those who had
> sacrificed pretty well sums up our national consciousness toward WW 2
vets...
>
>
> a good movie, but I still need to see Thin Red Line :)
>
> Jim
>