Ever since the prices of gasoline went sky high and all mode of transportation increased their fares, I started taking the bus home. Yes its traffic but its cheaper than taking the MRT and FX. Good thing there are new buses on the road with TV/Video to keep passengers entertained.
A few weeks back, I rode on a bus where they were playing Saving Private Ryan. I didn't pay attention since I've seen this movie already (in 1998). It was a great war movie and won tons of Oscars and was a box office hit. So i slept through my hour of bus ride.
Today, I probably rode the same bus because they were playing the same video again. The scene was a bloody shore of dead soldiers... i felt goosebumps all over me. I try to shake off the image and switched on my ipod and closed my eyes. For some reason I can't sleep so I end up reading the sub titles.
The General is talking, giving orders to look for the remaining Ryan (who is missing in action) and bring him back to his mother because all his other 4 brothers are dead. Then Tom Hanks comes to the picture and assembles his 6 rangers and start looking for James Francis Ryan.
A dialog between Hanks (Capt Miller) and Edward Burns (Pvt. Reiben) got my heart to ache and I was controlling my tears because I was in a public transportation and I don't want them to think that I'm having a breakdown.
While walking to our village, I came to reflect how selfless and heroic those men are to risk their life in order to ease a mother's grief.
I can't remember the ending so I read through wiki what the plot was. Capt. Miller died in the end and his last words to Private Ryan was , "James... earn this. Earn it." He did live a good life...worthy of Miller's and the others' sacrifice.
... we should live a good life, so we are worthy of our parents' sacrifices.
xoxo
S
A few weeks back, I rode on a bus where they were playing Saving Private Ryan. I didn't pay attention since I've seen this movie already (in 1998). It was a great war movie and won tons of Oscars and was a box office hit. So i slept through my hour of bus ride.
Today, I probably rode the same bus because they were playing the same video again. The scene was a bloody shore of dead soldiers... i felt goosebumps all over me. I try to shake off the image and switched on my ipod and closed my eyes. For some reason I can't sleep so I end up reading the sub titles.
The General is talking, giving orders to look for the remaining Ryan (who is missing in action) and bring him back to his mother because all his other 4 brothers are dead. Then Tom Hanks comes to the picture and assembles his 6 rangers and start looking for James Francis Ryan.
A dialog between Hanks (Capt Miller) and Edward Burns (Pvt. Reiben) got my heart to ache and I was controlling my tears because I was in a public transportation and I don't want them to think that I'm having a breakdown.
- Pvt. Reiben: Say Captain, you don't gripe at all?
- Capt. Miller: I don't gripe to you, Reiben. I'm a Captain. We have a chain of command. Gripes go up, not down. Always up. You gripe to me, I gripe to my superior, and so on and so forth. But I don't gripe to you. I don't gripe in front of you, either. You should know that, you're a Ranger.
- Pvt. Reiben: Well, I'm sorry, sir, but let's say you weren't a Captain, or maybe I was a Major. What would you say then?
- Capt. Miller: Ah, well, in that case, I'd say this is an excellent mission, sir, with an extremely valuable objective, sir, worthy of my best efforts, sir. Moreover, I feel heartfelt sorrow for the mother of Private James Ryan and am willing to lay down the lives of me and my men — especially you, Reiben — to ease her suffering.
- Pvt. Mellish: He's good.
- Pvt Caparzo: I love him.
While walking to our village, I came to reflect how selfless and heroic those men are to risk their life in order to ease a mother's grief.
I can't remember the ending so I read through wiki what the plot was. Capt. Miller died in the end and his last words to Private Ryan was , "James... earn this. Earn it." He did live a good life...worthy of Miller's and the others' sacrifice.
... we should live a good life, so we are worthy of our parents' sacrifices.
xoxo
S
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