Saving Private Ryan. American Propaganda?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Saving Private Ryan

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billylastnight — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 09:37 AM)

(Link to Youtube video)
This was in my suggested list on Youtube, probably because I recently watched "Saving Private Ryan, making of the scene", which is basically a run down on a specific scene and why it works.
Taking a look at it I was surprised to see a lot of the comments were in agreement with the author's opinion.
I personally don't think the movie nor the portrayal of the average German soldier was propaganda, or demonizing as suggested, but I wont go into detail on my opinion just yet. Instead I was curious if anyone else had an opposing opinion to the video and why?

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Vulcans_Rule — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 01:05 PM)

He makes some valid points, but many of his points pertain more to the genre of war movies and to action movies in general than to this one film.
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austin-41291 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 05:44 PM)

Of course it's propaganda. Whether you enjoy the film or not, it is.

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Matthew T. Dalldorf — 5 years ago(January 25, 2021 08:15 AM)

Keep in mind that the captured German solider was portrayed in a sympathetic light, so I don't know where the demonizing comes in. In fact, some of the American characters are real bastards.
I think the intent was to show war in the most realistic light possible; everyone is a vicious, blood-thirsty prick, but only out of necessity.