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 >