world war 2

                 In this blog I will be telling you what Spielberg was trying to convey in 1941 and in Saving Private Ryan. These two films are very different in my opinion. 1941 is a comedy about world war 2. Saving Private Ryan was a very realistic portrayal of world war 2.
                The point of Saving Private Ryan was to show what the war was like for a foot soldier.  Spielberg didn't hold anything back in this film. He showed death, pain, regret, suffering, loss, and agony. The film was about a group of soldiers trying to track down the last son, Private Ryan of a woman that lost here other sons in the war. The group lost to men tracking down Private Ryan. When they found him he didn't want to go with them because his orders were to stay and protect a bridge. The remaining men stayed and helped protect the bridge because that meant that they deserved to go home. Many died in combat but there were some survivors including Private Ryan. At the end of the film you see that Tom Hanks says to Ryan to earn it. At the very end of the film you see Ryan and his family at Tom's grave where Ryan is talking to Tom saying that he thinks about what he did for him everyday and he hopes that he did indeed earn it.
                The point of 1941 was to show what it was like in Hollywood in 1941. The point was to show the different feelings during the bombing of pearl harbor. The emotions ranged from being scared to being happy. In Hollywood on that night you see soldiers enjoying themselves at a dance and at the movies. Then everything goes wrong and different people take different roles in stopping the bombing. Because Spielberg used comedy it was a little difficult to understand what it was really like in the eyes of the people that were there.
                I think that Saving Private Ryan really showed what it was like during the war you could feel what they felt it was almost like you were there unlike in 1941 which I think it was kind of a big joke it was just like a bunch of words and pictures with no connection between them. It didn't make you react like I believe Spielberg wanted you to.