BICOL COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

R/F Tabuena St. Sagpon, Daraga, Albay
STUDENT: PILIIN, GYAN JOSS O.
YEAR & BLOCK: BSCRIM2 - A
SUBJECT: CHARACTER FORMATION, NATIONALISM & PATRIOTISM
PROFESSOR: MARIA MARGARITA DE ASIS, RCRIM

Movie Review: CHAPTER 2 – NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM

While the characters are fictitious, many of its events are inspired by actual historical
records.Screenwriter Robert Rodat was first inspired to craft the narrative upon reading Stephen
Ambrose’s nonfiction retrospective D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II.

Set in 1944 in France during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller
(Tom Hanks), on their mission to extricate Private James Ryan (Matt Damon) from the war after his
three brothers are killed in battle. This is one of the most original and talented screenwriters and
directors in the world is Steven Spielberg. His art frequently inspires a great deal of awe and respect,
and the countless accolades and public attention he has received may be one of the best examples of
his professionalism. His excellent book Saving Private Ryan explores the World War II events,
heroism, camaraderie, and respect, as well as love and loyalty to one's own responsibilities, faith, and
fellow humans. People stop valuing money, style, and healthy food during a war. At this point, only
a person's life or death becomes significant.This is what Spielberg intends to convey in his film, and
this is what needs to be considered and examined. Steven Spielberg's great film Saving Private Ryan
is based on a true event and depicts the conflict and its participants. It is a work of art that evokes the
most positive sentiments and feelings. One elderly veteran visits the cemetery in the opening
sequence of Saving Private Ryan to pay tribute to all the troops who lost their life for freedom,
peace, and the lives of others. This veteran collapses to his knees and breaks down in tears. These
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feelings and tears show how important those people are to him, how important their actions were,
and how proud he is right now.It is now very important to see what happened to this elderly man and
whose graves those are.

The men taking part in the Allied invasion of the Normandy Coast on D-Day, June 6, 1944, fear
what is in store for them. A hail of enemy fire immediately dispatches hundreds of soldiers as the
landing craft's doors open. There is no safety anywhere since even those who manage to enter the sea
are shot at. Men are blown to pieces on Omaha Beach, the wounded call out to their moms, and
medics are unable to move due to catastrophic gunfire that kills additional soldiers. Saving Private
Ryan's almost 20-minute opening sequence, which is incredibly harrowing and dramatic, shows the
hellishness of combat as no other movie has ever done. After surviving this ordeal, Platoon Captain
Miller (Tom Hanks in an Academy Award-nominated performance) is given a peculiar duty. He is to
locate Private James Ryan, a paratrooper whose three brothers all lost their lives on D-Day in
different theaters of the war, as directed by General George C. Marshall (Harve Presnell). The Army
wants to thank his Iowa farm family for their sacrifices by sending him home. That is not how the
soldiers selected for this mission of charity view it. Every step they take is plagued with the prospect
of an unexpected demise. Tom Sizemore's Sergeant Horvath has collected earthenware jars from
each of the combat areas he has survived. A wiseacre from Brooklyn named Private Reiben (Edward
Burns) is incensed by the injustice of perhaps losing several members of his unit to save a stranger.
Hillbilly sniper Private Jackson (Barry Pepper) is certain that God is on his side and is guiding him in
a valiant war against the enemy. A Yonkers-born Jew named Private Mellish (Adam Goldberg)
shows his reason for fighting by making fun of Nazi inmates. The fate of a young girl in a village
touches Private Caparzo, an Italian from New York. The interpreter Corporal Upham (Jeremy
Davies), who was assigned to his first assignment, tries to blend in with the group but is almost
immobilized by terror. Their resiliency is put to the test as Miller leads his soldiers across the French
countryside. The soldiers gather in a loving circle around the gravely injured doctor Wade (Giovanni
Ribisi). To prevent a rebellion, Miller must divulge his identity and personal history. When they
locate Private Ryan (Matt Damon) at last, he astounds them all with an answer no one anticipates.
Miller and those under his command lose all remaining dignity in a final fierce combat with the
Germans in a deserted village.

With Saving Private Ryan, the greatest filmmaker in the world (Steven Allan Spielberg) proves that
he is a creative genius whose movies consistently arouse strong emotions and all of the senses. The
1998 Oscar nomination for best picture went to the most significant antiwar drama ever made.
Robert Rodat, the scriptwriter, has stressed the symbolic and larger significance of Captain Miller
and his soldiers. The casting, which included some well-known actors, was excellent such as Tom
Sizemore, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel, Edward Burns, and Barry Pepper Bryan Cranston, Giovanni
Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies. A sound is played as major role in expressing emotion.
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You can hear while the title visuals are displayed Trumpets. Funerals for military personnel
frequently feature trumpets.

The significance of this movie in our subject, there is no grandeur in dying for one's nation, and
violence has no redeeming qualities. Small acts of decency are all that really matter in the destructive
rapacity of combat. Kindness is not only a habit of the heart, but it also represents the only hope
under the dreadful circumstances of war. These defining moments, as depicted by Miller and his
men's deeds, are blazing lights in the brutal night of death and destruction. In other cases, it is clear
that Saving Private Ryan is not a triumph of patriotism but rather a reminder of the history of men
engaged in armed conflict. In fact, it's important to understand that the movie shows that there are
certain Americans who don't always do things right.