In 'Saving Private Ryan,' Cpl. Timothy P. Upham was the introverted soldier who could speak fluent German, but didn't know what F.U.B.A.R. meant.
He sympathized with the squad's German captive. Most significantly, he failed to help his comrade who was slain by an enemy soldier.
Do you hate him for being a coward, or relate to him? If you were in his shoes, would you have acted differently?
2007-03-10 17:36:28 · 6 answers · asked by Roland 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I personally sympathize with him because I think that's what I would probably be like in that situation. But I don't know. Interestingly, in an interview, Spielberg was asked which of the characters he would probably be in real life. Without flinching, he said that he would be Upham.
2007-03-11 13:19:50 · answer #1 · answered by jedisaurus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Despise him. He learned about the sad and horrifying choices of war a little too late.
He failed to help 3 comrades. Remember the two soldiers dying in the room and he's on the stairs while they're calling for help?
I'd like to think I'd be different.
2007-03-11 01:40:29 · answer #2 · answered by tranquility_base3@yahoo.com 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't detest him, but I don't respect him either. Going to war or having death in your hands is a personal matter to each soldier, and I can't imagine what I would do in the same situation outside of the "what if".
2007-03-11 01:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soldiers like that don't deserve to call themselves soldiers---nor their brother's keeper. We are also not suppose to sympathize with the enemy. WAR IS HELL. In the movie Platoon---we would "frag" his ***.
2007-03-17 23:29:54 · answer #4 · answered by unknownsoldier1st 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Despise him, and the movie too. Can't people stop making movies & video-games regarding the end of Nazi rule?
2007-03-18 09:13:00 · answer #5 · answered by thesims2addict 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
who in this big GREEN (lets hope it stays that way) EARTH r those people
2007-03-18 13:28:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋