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A 3 page paper which examines the significance of battle scenes in the films Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of violence. In other films the violence, the battle scenes, are imperative to the stories and to the plot and the power of the characters. Such is the case the
film Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King. The following paper examines the significance and importance of the battle scenes in these films. Battle Scenes: Saving
Private Ryan and The Lord of the Rings Perhaps the most important, and most horrific scene of battle, in Saving Private Ryan comes in the opening half-hour of the film.
In so many ways it seems as if this battle scene was intended to demonstrate to people exactly what this film would be about and perhaps to show anyone in
the audience that if they were not prepared for real violence and battle they should likely leave the theater. But, it is a crucial battle scene that truly depicts the
horrific realities of warfare, in this case the battle on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. One author notes that, "This sequence, a soldiers-eye view of the D-Day invasion of
Normandy, is brilliant not only in terms of technique but in the depth of viewer reaction it generates" (Berardinelli, 1998). Another author notes that some viewers "recoiled at the
graphic violence, others praised the realism, while some questioned whether war is really like that at all" (Haflidason, 2000). The point is that it likely was reality, or as close
to reality as film can get in relationship to battle scenes. It illustrated how dire their situation was, what the forces of the enemy were like, and also demonstrated mans
struggle in such situations. "It consistently explores the unpredictable and random violence that engulfs and blinds the men within it" (Haflidason, 2000).
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