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Saving Private Ryan is a pro-war movie.
Pretty much every American war film is a pro-war movie.
I wouldn't say so... The Thin Red Line pretty much bucked the trend.
edit: But I do understand where you are coming from.
It's pro war? To me it was the first depiction of the horrors of war. It made me think about my support for armed conflict and ultimately against it.
That doesn't necessarily make something pro or anti war.
To me, showing me something horrible is to be against it.
Same, it was the first war movie I watched where I was like "wow, being in a war would actually really suck".
That's unpopular?
Only one way to find out.
I personally refuse to watch the film again. Not because was bad which it is not, but because it depicts war so graphically I'm opposing war even more since I saw the opening scene.
Saving Private Ryan doesn't even begin to show the horrors of war. If that's what you want to see, watch Come And See.
No, I don't think that I will.