Saving Private Ryan: The Case Of The Black Boots
This is the movie that would become the template for all subsequent modern war films. Nobody with a beating heart could possibly deny that it had an effect on them. Having said that, the movie is not flawless.
Saving Private Ryan
The fact that Matt Damon spends the majority of the movie wearing black boots is indicative of one of the film’s many shortcomings. In the real world, such boots would not be worn by airborne troops until a decade after their introduction.
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