That's probably why I preferred _The Thin Red Line_...

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On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, David Ezell wrote:

> After seeing PRIVATE RYAN, it seemed to be no
> different  than any of the more "simplistic" earlier
> film you cited in your post.
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> The Americans were good guys, the Germans all
> bad--the same black hat/white hat mentality of any
> stock western or war film.
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> Georgia Institute of Technology
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