Saving Private Ryan

Friendly Fire

Uxbridge-Shimoda LLC

Film, Comedy, History, War, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Saving Private Ryan, was it an honest portrayal of World War 2 or did Spielberg mesmerize the United States into feeling emotion? In today’s thrilling episode Adam, Ben, and John take on the difficult task of reviewing this 1998 epic war drama set during the Invasion of Normandy. You’ll find out when it’s ok to take the socks off a dead body, how to *hope* to do more good than bad, and why ‘hall-passes’ can really affect the way we view characters in a film. This film is available via: Amazon Video, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, and Vudu The next film, Run Silent Run Deep, is available on: Amazon, YouTube, Vudu, and your local library

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0:00.0	The year is 1998 and Stephen Spielberg is arguably at the height of his powers with a long string of box office hits.
0:11.0	He teams up with movie star Tom Hanks to make his most ambitious
0:15.3	project yet. The film follows a platoon of Army Rangers on a mission to save the
0:21.3	last surviving brother of the Ryan family.
0:24.6	The star-studded cast led by Hank's includes Edward Burns,
0:28.8	Matt Damon, Tom Seismore, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, and a young Vin Diesel.
0:35.9	The film is hailed as a watershed moment in the cinema of war.
0:40.0	Critics remark that it is harrowing and visceral, but has this film aged well or has Spielberg's
0:46.5	schmaltzy filmmaking gone rancid. The only way out is through. This is Friendly Fire and today's film is saving Private Ryan. This is friendly fire. 3. Yeah.
1:03.0	What is it good for?
1:05.0	Absolutely nothing.
1:07.0	Uh huh.
1:09.0	This is Friendly Fire.
1:11.0	Three dummies who never went to war.
1:13.7	Reviewing some war movies, right?
1:17.7	Hey, speak for yourself. I survived the psychic wars,
1:21.7	the psychic wars of 90s indie rock.
1:25.2	Adam any any joke wars in your in your rearview mirror?
1:29.2	I suppose the COLA Wars in my adolescence.
1:33.0	So this is our first time doing this show.
1:38.0	Adam, was it you that proposed this whole scheme?
1:42.0	Well, I think it started from the kernel of a video idea we had, which was your studied interest
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