tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post6861503095581523985..comments2023-10-31T06:25:46.016-04:00Comments on SLANTblog: Favorite films about warF.T. Reahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-751763579391430622009-12-09T03:06:41.227-05:002009-12-09T03:06:41.227-05:00Surely Saving Pvt. Ryan belongs here somewhere. Th...Surely Saving Pvt. Ryan belongs here somewhere. The first 30 mins. or so of that film [the most violent on film, yet a simple reflection of the reality that was Omaha Beach] gives us both an "anti-war" and "heroic" war film. Perhaps that is the ultimate irony of all war: that only in our supreme attempt to trivialize life do we most clearly see our collective humanity, both its value and fragility.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942465862110182207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-45658108430443097992009-09-19T16:07:21.955-04:002009-09-19T16:07:21.955-04:00"The barbarities of war are seldom committed ..."The barbarities of war are seldom committed by abnormal men. The tragedy of war is that these horrors are committed by normal men in abnormal situations." <br /><br />An excellent piece of celluloid.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13418078381291065442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-29211543773286661402009-08-05T14:43:11.139-04:002009-08-05T14:43:11.139-04:00I absolutely love Breaker Morant. "A slice o...I absolutely love Breaker Morant. "A slice off a cut loaf is never missed." Truer words never spake...philbertnoreply@blogger.com