I've been watching Saving Private Ryan so much lately, it seems like it's on an endless loop. But for as good a movie as it is, there are of course many things that don't seem realistic, to say the least. I'll list a couple that bug me and maybe others can add some of their own.
First, when Jackson fires a shot where he thinks the German sniper is, how in the hell do they have any idea the shot killed him? They're not even sure that's where the sniper is located!! Then Mellish says something like "hold on, we got him" and they all come out into the open like it's perfectly safe and that there's no way Jackson's shot could have possibly missed! Not reality in my opinion to say the very least.
Second, when Capt. Miller decides to attack the MG42 machine gun position near the radar site, I would think the DUMBEST thing you could possibly do is to run across the field directly towards the machine gun nest- talk about a suicide attack!! Again, far from reality and just plain silly. I know the Japanese had their Bonsai attacks, but as far as I know, the Americans were a little more level-headed.
Another scene that bugs me is near the beginning of the movie when some of the American soldiers are under water off the beach during the invasion and you see bullets going through the water and THROUGH the soldier!! What were the Germans shooting, spearguns!! High-velocity bullets, even large caliber, don't travel through water. They are rendered useless almost the instant they impact water. They may be lethal a few inches under, but no more then probably 4 or 5, if that (yes, I watched Mythbusters). Bullets ricocheting off the water may be a different story, but that's not what was shown in the movie. That really bugs me. Even before watching Mythbusters, common sense told me a bullet would not act this way. But that's Hollywood for ya, I guess.
First, when Jackson fires a shot where he thinks the German sniper is, how in the hell do they have any idea the shot killed him? They're not even sure that's where the sniper is located!! Then Mellish says something like "hold on, we got him" and they all come out into the open like it's perfectly safe and that there's no way Jackson's shot could have possibly missed! Not reality in my opinion to say the very least.
Second, when Capt. Miller decides to attack the MG42 machine gun position near the radar site, I would think the DUMBEST thing you could possibly do is to run across the field directly towards the machine gun nest- talk about a suicide attack!! Again, far from reality and just plain silly. I know the Japanese had their Bonsai attacks, but as far as I know, the Americans were a little more level-headed.
Another scene that bugs me is near the beginning of the movie when some of the American soldiers are under water off the beach during the invasion and you see bullets going through the water and THROUGH the soldier!! What were the Germans shooting, spearguns!! High-velocity bullets, even large caliber, don't travel through water. They are rendered useless almost the instant they impact water. They may be lethal a few inches under, but no more then probably 4 or 5, if that (yes, I watched Mythbusters). Bullets ricocheting off the water may be a different story, but that's not what was shown in the movie. That really bugs me. Even before watching Mythbusters, common sense told me a bullet would not act this way. But that's Hollywood for ya, I guess.
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