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Saving Private Ryan
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When I watched that movie at 14 and I saw what those men did on d-day I was so profoundly moved by by their strength that that was that point where I was like I need to do that.
The best things said about it
Saving Private Ryan is a good movie to watch this weekend. Just the opening 10 minutes.
Then one day Saving Private Ryan had come out and he called me he said I need to see you I need to see you right away.
Saving Private Ryan was super close.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Saving Private Ryan is a critically acclaimed epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg that depicts the brutal realities of the D-Day invasion and a subsequent dangerous mission to retrieve a paratrooper. Professor Robert Pape recommended watching the harrowing opening ten minutes of the movie on Breaking Points to understand the sheer intensity of military combat. Other guests, such as Mark Boal on The Joe Rogan Experience, contrasted the film's singular, organized mission narrative with the repetitive, aimless nature of modern counterinsurgency warfare he witnessed in Baghdad. Trevor Thompson noted on the same podcast that the cinematic combat depiction was extraordinarily close to real military experiences, while BT Urruela shared on Modern Wisdom that watching the film at age 14 profoundly moved him and directly inspired his decision to enlist in the United States Army. Griffin Dunne also recalled on The Book Review how the film's release prompted his father to finally share his own personal war stories. Across these conversations, the movie is repeatedly cited as a defining cultural touchstone that vividly captures the profound sacrifice and visceral horror of modern warfare.
Every mention
Robert Pape We've got the best in the brightest here and nonetheless, that's Saving Private Ryan is a good movie to wat… 1
“We've got the best in the brightest here and nonetheless, that's Saving Private Ryan is a good movie to watch this weekend. Just the opening 10 minutes.”
BT Urruela and I also attributed to this as well Saving Private Ryan When I watched that movie at 14 and I saw what th… 1
“and I also attributed to this as well Saving Private Ryan When I watched that movie at 14 and I saw what those men did on d-day I was so profoundly moved by by their strength that that was that point where I was like I need to do that”
Griffin Dunne and and then one day Saving Private Ryan had come out and he called me he said I need to see you I need to… 1
“and and then one day Saving Private Ryan had come out and he called me he said I need to see you I need to see you right away”
Ian Crossland Saving Private Ryan 1
“Saving Private Ryan”
Mark Boal uh when I was in Baghdad one of the things I was struck by was the this ceaseless like hamster wheel repeti… 1
“uh when I was in Baghdad one of the things I was struck by was the this ceaseless like hamster wheel repetition of the war that it wasn't organized around a single Mission it was this feudal attempt to try to find all these bombs that had been dispersed throughout the country by the counterinsurgency so I couldn't organize it”
Trevor Thompson but I kind I can say that Saving Private Ryan was super close 1
“but I kind I can say that Saving Private Ryan was super close”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“this is like Saving Private Ryan territory. So, they'll try to minimize it, but the fact of the matter is the bad guys are going to know what the best approaches are, too.”
“Instead, I picture Bernie Sanders like watching Saving Private Ryan in Full”
“we watched Saving Private Ryan before we went um had to fast forward through a few scenes because they were too brutal for the kids”
“you know, the sweeping epic like a parody of Saving Private Ryan or There Will Be Blood or Schindler's List”