Private Ryan article

The author of this article is right about how it wasn't a coincidence that Steven Spielberg made three war movies all about World War II. I think he wrote that when leaving a theater, people would probably rather leave with a sense of pride towards their country than one of doubt. I remember when I first watched Saving Private Ryan the opening scene was sort of shocking but the movie resolved itself when good came out of what these men died for. I left the theater feeling relieved that everything had a purpose. When I finished watching movies like Platoon, I kind of just wondered what all of this even happened for. Because very little good came out of the Vietnam War, there was not much to comment on about why these men died. Like Shepard says, Spielberg would have to change history if he were to make a "feel good" movie such as Saving Private Ryan about the Vietnam War instead.