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Summary: The Academy was drunk when they did the Best Picture voting
Review: I cannot believe that the Academy chose that garbage piece of crap "Shakespeare in Love" movie as Best Picture. "Saving Private Ryan" is the greatest and most realistic war movie ever made and it deserved the award for Best Picture. At least the voters for Best Director weren't drunk. Spielberg got the award he deserved but his movie was overlooked because the Academy voters were too busy drinking their whiskey.
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Summary: THE ONLY FILM THAT SHOWS THE HORROR OF WAR.
Review: This movie has the courage to go back to every cliche WWII movie like John Wayne or the other earlier ones and show the way war really was. It shows the bravery of these men who wanted to save their contry and ultimately the world. Tom Hanks and every other talented person of that film make it a film experience that puts you in the war and it is a movie that anyone with a VHS or whatever should be without. It will make you open your heart to anyone with a war story and this movie makes you appriciate the world today a little more than what it could of been. This is the film Steven Speilberg was born to make.
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Summary: SPR will amaze your eyes and stir your heart.
Review: Spielberg has reached a level through this film that none will top. The harsh and "kill or be killed" attitude of war is brought to life through excellent cinematography and stunning visuals. The Academy Awards and Oscars presented for this film will leave you feeling let down, wondering why more were not given. In almost three short hours, the watcher is pulled mercilessly through the trenches of the D-Day invasion of World War II. Toes are stepped on and political correction flies out the window to bring the viewer a closer look at the blood that was shed to give us the freedom we so often abuse. Helpless to resist, you are witness to a gut-wrenching portrayal of the search for one solitary soldier amidst the pangs of war. This special mision, led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), is shockingly realistic and may easily cause one to wonder if those they see are actors at all. It is often easy to deny the reality of the price that was paid for our freedom but the "in your face" scenes seem to burn such reality directly into your mind. Any video collection without SAVING PRIVATE RYAN is not a collection at all. To share any more about the film would compromise the pleasure of the next audience to lose themselves and find a heart within them that has, perhaps, remained dormant.
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Summary: War hits home in this Spielberg epic
Review: I have just recently viewed 'Saving Private Ryan' and would like to praise all involved. This film is a must see for people of any age. It shows the complete sacrifice and dedication of the soldiers during the D-Day invasion and also deals with other, deeper social issues. Being someone in his twenties, I had not realized the true nature of this war until it was presented to me in this stunning visual format. These men died so that we would know freedom. They deserve our respect and our thanks.
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Summary: Not really that good
Review: This is one over hyped movie. Although the opening scenes on Omaha Beach are incredibly realistic, the remainder of the movie is ironically unrealistic and an ego trip for Tom Hanks, the lost Ranger. My advice, watch the first 10 minutes, skip the rest.
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Summary: Guts and gory
Review: Does anyone still believe WWII was the good war, and that cynicism, spin control and U.S. brutality were born in Vietnam? If so, Steven Spielberg's visceral re-creation of the Secend World War experience will be a shocker: The film's battle scenes are anarchic, bloody, frenzied and studded with atrocious acts. Screenwriter Robert Rodat's script (based loosly on an actual incident and heavily indebted to historian Stephen Ambrose), however, sticks to familiar ground. Battled-scarred Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) is sent on a special mission to retrieve one Private Ryan (Matt Damon), who merits heric efforts because he's the sole survivor of four enlisted brothers, and his safe return is conceived as a home-front morale booster. Miller's hand-picked squadron is a checklist of war-movie types--hard-nosed sergeant (Tom Sizemore); decent private (Vin Diesel); Brooklyn wiseass (Edward Burns), introspective medic (Giovanni Ribsi); tough Jew (Adam Goldberg); pious Southern sharpshooter (Barry Pepper); and bookish corporal (Jeremy Davis) with no frontline experience--whose destinies follow a well-worn path. The exception is the GI who clings to the hope that war exposes the hidden strength in men, and instead has the worst wrenched out of him in a scene that elicits scattered applause but seems designed to evoke a mixture of pity and contempt. The movie's greatest strength lies in phenomenal performances that reach from the leads right down to the smallest supporting roles: Hanks' affability is worked under Miller's hardened skin, and Damon gives Ryan a boyish determination ans convincing as it is naive. Spielberg does some of his best work (the pointless preasent-day framing sequence notwithstanding), but follows in distinguished footsteps: Among the films that should'nt be lost in the rush to praise are Samuel Fuller's harrowing BIG RED ONE, whose credo--"The only glory in war is surviving"-- could be the movie's own.
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Summary: Surprisingly impressive, stands out among war movies
Review: Most of us expect a low-rate, pointless and overall tacky war movie from today's money-hungry industry, but SPR has done well in distancing itself from our presumptions. If you've never seen it before, than you'll be surprised at how well the movie is puit together. Aside from the usual modern-day method of pumping a movie full of A-List actors, a predictable script, less-than-impressive direction, irrelevent acting, and the overall novelty that one can come to expect of supposed dramas of today's glamour industry. The story follows Captain John H. Miller and his team, including a sniper, a medic, an Arab, a surly private, and an acceptable Vin Diesel, to rescue James F. Ryan, a private in a paratrooper squad whose three brothers have been killed in action. A mission susceptible to much protest, and ultimately one that will cost many lives. Everything about the movies feels as if it was done right. The overall atmosphere feels right, and it makes you feel as if you're sitting inside the movie--you can almost feel the moisture of the air seething through your clothes or the subtle sunshine warm your shoulders and forehead. The acting is very good as well, although you can spot some parts where improvement wouldn't hurt and it at times feels tacky and stunted. The direction is done well, as the actors can easily pass as soldiers, but the aforementioned cut corners could bring you away from the total immersion and feeling. Saving Private Ryan is very worthwhile, and any war movie buff in his right mind would praise it as innovative and a revival of the genre.
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Summary: GREATEST WWII MOVIE........ NO GREATEST MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN
Review: This movie is so increadably realistic and tells an epic story, about, Cpt. John Miller and his men, taking on a task few men could take on. The task, Saving Private James Ryan. Ryan is one out of 4 brothers, all in combat, The other three were KIA'd (killed in action)leaving James as the only one to come home to his mother. Along the way, Cpt. John Miller and his squad encounter Omaha, and work there way to the Rhine River, going through hardships and doubt, wether Ryan is still alive or if they are just going for nothing.
This movie is the greatest film i have ever seen. So intense and so well made. Its Steven Spielberg at his finest.
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Summary: got cheated out of best picture
Review: i guess Shakespeare in Love and Titanic are better movies then this.....
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Summary: An Important film
Review: I am so glad Spielberg made this film. D-Day really happened and it's important for us to recall or be shown what really happened - even if we find out through a movie. It's important for us to recall the tremendous bravery and loyalty soldiers have shown so we could live free and in comfort. Those men of that generation were truly a great generation...selfless and willing to fight for what they felt was right. Even if a war is started for duplicitous reasons (and I don't think WW2 falls in this category) one must remember that soldiers, for the most part, are acting from the heart..from virtue to fight for what they feel is right.
Some other reviewer said that there was no good reason for this film...but I heartily disagree. It was real...it happened and we should know our history and the sacrifices others have made for us. Many people will never read any account of what happened. They will only learn via movies...I'd rather have a movie about it than nothing at all. We need more appreciation for the sacrifices previous generations have made. The only reason we are allowed to say "war has not solved anything" is because others have courageously gone to war. I don't like war...no one does...but we can't deny the fact that it has eradicated some evil in the world. It's just the truth and this film has shown it. Kudos to Spielberg.
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