The movie is about alienation and dealienation. We can't expect everyone think or do the same; but we could feel the same.  When language fails to connect people, only love and the basics will bring us together.

Tom's performance is just so-so (perhaps I have too high expectations on him now!) but he is very good at making small gestures to show the character's feelings and emotions. I don't like Catherine's performance at all. I was a bit surprised by the minor characters, of those, I really like Gupta, the floor cleaner.

I know that Tom will play Charlie Wilson in Charlie Wilson's War, which is about Afghan. I don't think I'm gonna go see the movie cuz I don't quite get the background. I'm a typical Hong Konger who knows nth about what happen in the Middle East. I just know there have been a lot of fights over there for a long while.

Still, I like Tom most in Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away.... :-) 

我喜歡這部電影，在於它切切實實地告訴我人命的低賤及人性的高貴。肉體只是工具，它不恆久亦不可靠，反之，心靈是主腦，它永恆而可靠，即使失去了作為工具的肉體，只要心靈尚在，任務還是可以完成。

最深刻一幕
搶灘那一幕，隊長看見同伴受傷，聽到他們呼叫，灘上煙火連連，飄浮著無數屍骸，那一刻的疾苦，悲痛，蒼茫，無奈及無助，在隊長雙眼上反射出來。

最痛苦一幕
軍醫Wade在雷達站一戰中被擊中，他傷勢嚴重，眾人心裡知道他是救不了，但仍然努力不懈地搶救他，臨別的那一刻，他狂呼Mama, mama, mama....直至換來一片寂靜，圍住他的同僚臉上一片空白，隊長走向另一邊，從石上滑下來，用石頭擋著同僚視線，然後抑壓著聲音飲泣。究竟是為了什麼？要冒著這個險？是否值得為了救一個人而犧牲眾人的性命？

最感人一幕
當眾同僚屢屢對救人任務的目的不滿，甚至質疑，隊長雖然偶爾存疑都試圖以不同的角度及道理來說服同僚，所有愛國愛民維護自由等等理由對眾同僚甚至乎隊長自己也覺得牽強，最後隊長向同僚表白，說自己參戰前是一名知道自己在幹什麼的高校教師，他發現來到這裡，此時此刻，他已經不明白自己在幹什麼，他認為如果可以找到Ryan，將任務完成之後可以回家，那便是他認為這次荒謬任務的目標。

最悲憤一幕
在Ramelle橋上，隊長挺而走險拾起地上的手鎗，他被子彈擊中，射殺他的竟是當天釋放了的那個POW（Prisoner of War），隊長倒在地上，目光呆滯，一味向著迎面而來德軍的坦克開火，試問一隻斷臂螳螂怎可能擋住一輛鐵皮車？但他仍不放棄，他希望盡全力將任務克完成。

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A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome.