Part one of term paper
Saving Private Ryan must be one of the greatest war movies of all time. Before going to watch the movie, I had heard that the first twenty minutes of the film were so breathtakingly realistic that one may not be able to finish the movie. My favorite movie genre is war movies, so I figured this would be a great film since it was directed by ...

Part two of term paper
... flag, waving in the wind. Given that we too often take images at face value, it's easy to figure this for half-ass patriotism. We must look more closely. This isn't standard-issue symbology. The flag is blasted out, bleeding of all colors. It signals that something fundamental has been lost forever. Saving Private Ryan is a patriotic film. How could it not be, possessed of such reverence for the suffering endured by so many soldiers in the defense of a nation? As difficult as ...