Rediscover Communication

Well... I guess as far as images of war go, I didn't really like Saving Private Ryan because I got too much into it. It hit too close to home. It is impossible to remain detached from something like that. And the thing is too, that whether it was real (say in war footage) or fake (in the movies), if the depiction is real enough, the differences and the boundaries blur. Scenes that were filmed at the actual battle and scenes from the movie coexist (at least in my mind) and there is little real difference except for the high-level knowledge that the actors went home that night, but the troops didn't.
It should be remembered, too, that the same people who say that war footage is "pornographic" (not, though, in the real sense of the term) are the same ones who said that Saving Private Ryan was too graphic. It isn't really fair to extract that out to the general polulation saying that a majority, or even a significant minority think the same way.
As for me, I think that SPR was an incredible piece of film because it did make me so uncomfortable. And war footage, when viewed in moderation (too much can be too much), is necessary to make us realize just what it is that is happening.