Saving Private Ryan/Awesome

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  • The entire storming the beach battle. So awesome, some veterans had heart attacks!
    • Um, the beach battle was awesome, the heart attacks not so much.
  • Captain Miller reveals his background to the squad he's a school teacher, and uses it to explain why he wants to complete the mission to save Ryan.

Miller: "So, I guess I've changed some. Sometimes I wonder if I've changed so much my wife is even going to recognize me, whenever it is that I get back to her. And how I'll ever be able to tell her about days like today. Ah, Ryan. I don't know anything about Ryan. I don't care. The man means nothing to me. It's just a name. But if... You know if going to Rumelle and finding him so that he can go home... If that earns me the right to get back to my wife, then... that's my mission."

  • Jackson shoots the sniper right at his eye, a moment after the sniper spotted Jackson aiming at him.