Friday, January 28, 2011

The Queen's First Pick: Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is next up on the list. It's kind of a tough one to watch but definitely worth it. And once again it features our main man Tom Hanks. Maybe our club should just be called "The Tom Hanks Society"? Thoughts??

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We were all shocked by the amount of actors that we knew in the movie. Most shockingly... VIN DIESEL!! Who knew? Also Paul Giamatti. Quite an eclectic cast.

One of our favourite fun facts was that all the actors went through a week of grueling army training with the exception of Matt Damon. Apparently Spielberg did this intentionally so that the other actors would resent Damon- something that he wanted to come through in the film. 

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Also interesting: 40 barrels of fake blood were used in the opening scene alone. That should give you a clue as to why we found it hard to watch.

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Line of the movie: "Earn this".

·      Erin:
o   How much it made her laugh: 3
o   How much it made her cry: 7
o   Whether she would like to watch movies by the same director: 9.3
o   Is she still thinking about it: 9.7
o   Entertainment Value: 8.5
o   Overall feeling: 85%
·      Julie:
o   Entertainment value: 9.5
o   Application to life: 10
o   Is she still thinking about it: 10
o   Would she recommend this movie to others: 10
o   Quality of Acting: 10
o   Overall feeling: 95%
·      Sanjay:
o   Entertainment value: 9.2
o   Is he going to remember it: 9.6
o   Inspirational quality: 10
o   Quality of aftertaste: 9
o   Acting quality: 9.8
o   Soundtrack: 8
o   Overall feeling: 94%
·      Martha:
o   Feel-good factor: 6.5
o   Eccentricity of characters: 5
o   Acting quality: 9.2
o   Is it a smart movie: 8
o   Relevance to future life: 8.4
o   Overall feeling: 87%

·      Elle:
o   Attractiveness of Actors/Actresses: 7.5
o   Soundtrack: 7
o   Quality of Acting: 8.7
o   Did it evoke emotion: 9
o   Visual Appeal: 8
o   Overall feeling: 85%

·      Average group rating: 89.2%             Rotten Tomatoes Rating- 91%


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