Comment Private Ryan had one serious flaw- NOT nationalism (Score 1) 227
The flaw was in the schmaltz. The ending was intended to jerk tears out of the viewers, much like the invented scene with Schindler at the end of Schindler's List. Spielberg doesn't know when to let up - the three hours of gut-wrenching cinema which preceded the ending were more than enough on their own to upset most moviegoers. But noooo, Stevie has to bang the stupid movie-going public over the head just to be sure they get it. It was completely shameless and the cloying bg music just made it worse.
Which brings me to your gripe. The movie was based on the story of American soldiers landing on a particular beach at Normandy. The film then follows these Americans around until the finale. Why must people of other nationalities pop up? This is ridiculousness fed by lingering bitterness over the Americans' late entry to the war. Let it go, dude. If you want a multi-national Normandy movie, make it yourself. Spielberg doesn't have to do things to appease hypersensitive foreigners.
Inserting token soldiers would NOT have made the movie better. "We're gonna make the krauts pay for Dieppe, eh!"...give me a break.
Which brings me to your gripe. The movie was based on the story of American soldiers landing on a particular beach at Normandy. The film then follows these Americans around until the finale. Why must people of other nationalities pop up? This is ridiculousness fed by lingering bitterness over the Americans' late entry to the war. Let it go, dude. If you want a multi-national Normandy movie, make it yourself. Spielberg doesn't have to do things to appease hypersensitive foreigners.
Inserting token soldiers would NOT have made the movie better. "We're gonna make the krauts pay for Dieppe, eh!"...give me a break.
