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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Best Picture
There are those that say, that this movie won't play well on the small screen. It probably won't. Most films don't. Some say that it was too violent. Others say that the subject
matter has been done before. But I challenge anyone to find a
film that has ever told the story war so well. Like with Oliver Stone's "Born on the 4th of July", the truth, can sometimes be more reality than most people handle. I left the theater numb. It became one of my personal top 10's. It made my grateful to the many that paid the ultimate
price. Speilberg made, perhaps the greatest war epic ever. And, this was the best movie Tom Hanks has ever been in. Tom Hanks' may have earned his oscars for "Forrest Gump", and "Philadelphia", but "Saving Private Ryan" was a better film.
Gardens of Stone (1987)
One of the best military movies ever.
I spent 6 years in the military. And while I never saw combat, I can say, that this was a well made movie. It dealt with the issues of a war, that nobody liked. And it did so, from a different point of view. It was that point of view that made Gardens of Stone on of my personal favorites. Ever detail of this movie was authentic. From the spit shine of the boots to the characters that both James Caan and James Earl Jones played. It was truly, on of the most realistic military movies ever made. Brilliant. Truly brilliant. Francis Ford made a movie, that was true to life, A movie that didn't choose a side on one of America's darkest moments. Ever character in this movie was well thought out, right down to the last detail of each actor. I joined a movie rental store,
solely because they had a copy of this movie.