very good movie

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2013)

When the Captain in charge of the typing pool brings the three Ryan telegrams to his Colonel, the map behind the Colonel is a Mercator Projection of the world, split at the International Date Line. Mercator Projections in 1944 would have placed North America in the center and divided the Eurasian continent equally on both sides. The decision to split the map at the International Date line wasn't officially made until the National Geographic Society decreed it in 1988.When the soldiers are at the seawall during the D-Day scene Miller explains to Horvath that Dog 1 exit is to the west. Right after that, the soldier behind Miller with the BAR leans up on him and shouts "they're killing us because we don't have chance and that ain't fair". When he is saying "chance" the camera changes angles and the soldier who was yelling is facing the seawall and not even talking, even though "and that ain't fair" is still being said