When Tom Hanks told them to stop looking at the dog tags…
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Saving Private Ryan
jtkreis-148-306662 — 9 years ago(December 03, 2016 02:22 AM)
The scene where they stop at the camp and two of the guys start looking at the deceased's dog tags always bugged me. For one, it really bothered me how they grabbed a handful, looked at them and then threw them back into the box which they were still checking. That was such a stupid thing to do.
But the main reason that scene bugged me was how Tom Hanks insisted that Ryan's dog tags wouldn't be in there and they should keep going without even checking them all. He was in charge of the mission, and those boy's lives; he would not just do something so reckless based on nothing but a hunch. I realize that Tom Hanks really wanted to believe that Ryan was still alive but he wouldn't just not check the tags in the box. -
Movie_Buff_Brad — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 01:22 AM)
For one, it really bothered me how they grabbed a handful, looked at them and then threw them back into the box which they were still checking. That was such a stupid thing to do.
It was, which is why Edward Burns' character chastised Jackson for doing it.
But the main reason that scene bugged me was how Tom Hanks insisted that Ryan's dog tags wouldn't be in there and they should keep going without even checking them all. He was in charge of the mission, and those boy's lives; he would not just do something so reckless based on nothing but a hunch. I realize that Tom Hanks really wanted to believe that Ryan was still alive but he wouldn't just not check the tags in the box.
Miller was unraveling at this point, as we see again in the following scene when he decides to take on the machine gun nest even when everyone tells him it's a bad idea. -
justanicknamed — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 07:54 AM)
Miller was unraveling at this point, as we see again in the following scene when he decides to take on the machine gun nest even when everyone tells him it's a bad idea.
Uhhh, after he threw back the dog-tags, they found the guy who knew Ryan (the one who couldn't hear very well) and they headed off to find Ryan. That's when the were in the field and the German armored vehicle showed up and they met Ryan.