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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: Ok lets get this said and done with. I hear one more word about it and I will flip. First of all if vet's said it was real and they had people on the set and crew who told them how it was then, by god that was real enough! Now this film was the best of 1998. Why don't people like it? Once again vet's said it was the closest thing that they ever saw on film. They even thanked Spielberg and Hanks plus the rest by giving them patches of the companys they served with. P.S.Clem for your information Spielberg did not make filed of dreams, star wars and forrest gump. Two other diretors did!
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Summary: GREAT ACTION SEQUENCES, BUT...
Review: This movie is "empty", like the great majority of Spielberg's films. (the only exception being "SCHINDLER'S LIST) He is always sentimental, defending the so-called "american way of life". He's a false sentimental man. In this movie, the battle sequences are the best ever made. It showed naive people (because I think few people needed to see this movie to know that war is hell) how it was, using sheds of blood. But the plot... it's ridiculous, extremely patriotic (it had to have an American flag in the end...), but the actor really look like soldiers. In general, much better than his last "bomb", "LOST WORLD".
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Summary: Saving Private Ryan - DTS
Review: Saving Private Ryan was a good movie. Realistic sound effects, a must for any good movie. A good story line, keeps the viewer engrossed. The battle scenes were well done, but a little unrealistic. Like the Germans constantly running directly into the American machine gun lines of fire and being killed. The Germans always being outsmarted by Captain Miller. I must say the Germans didnt shoot back very often in the movie. In reality the Germans had machine guns in World War 2 and used them. This movie doesnt give the Germans the respect they deserve. They kept the Allies box in at Normandy for weeks after D-Day and this movie portrays them as unorganised rabble which was not the case, the total opposite. Still despite some oversights it was a good movie.
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Summary: Region 2?
Review: This is without doubt the most moving, involving and graphically disturbing film I have ever seen. Poignantly, I first watched it last year just a few weeks after a vacation in Normandy. Hanks is at his best, but the supporting cast made the film unforgettable; not just the relative unknowns but also Sizemore, who has never gained the recognition I believe he deserves.One thing though - when will SPR be available on DVD here in the UK?
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Summary: The battle scenes were alright, I guess
Review: In the awful Schindler's List fashion, Spielberg creates drama the only way he knows how: killing people. Lots of them. Spielberg jampacked this movie with so much patriotism it makes you want to puke. You can feel the vomitous nationalism testing your throat. The movie is filled to the brim with so much Hallmark Hall of Fame-ish sentimentality it's hard to watch. Spielberg's new style is a bunch of cut and paste work. Ripping off much greater directors, particularly Kubrick and Lean (both have made much better anti-war movies), and processing it into a package that the mainstream will lap up. I will say that the blood, guts, and shells did make me seem like I was there (for better or worse). That's about all there is that's good about this movie. The screenwriter deserves a slap in the head. I really don't want him to work in that town again. It'd be nice if Spielberg would stop trying to win the Oscars (which are, like this film, pretty worthless and extremely overrated) and get back to making good movies like Jaws and Raiders.
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Summary: This movie will make you PUKE
Review: You see a pro-war movie like Rambo, and you think "Yeah! War is cool! You get to kill people and be a hero!" Then you see Saving Private Ryan and you start trembling at the graphic reality of war. It's the most violent war movie ever. I don't know why it didn't recieve the NC-17 rating. The scenes of mutilated flesh is painfully disturbing to behold; made even more painful by the fact that its the genuine depiction of war. The horrors therein will make you retch. Watch this movie, and imagine yourself in a soldier's shoe. Afterward, you'll have a greater respect for the generation that won WWII.
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Summary: Hi-Fi Required!
Review: Watch this DVD on a top-notch surround sound system and prepare for an amazingly stressful ride! After the first 20 minutes (D-Day), I was shaking with adrenaline and induced stress! If that doesn't sound like fun to you, then make a point to go find a WWII veteran and just say thanks that you didn't have to be there!
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Summary: A DVD review
Review: This DVD has simply the best picture and sound quality of any DVD in my collection, as close to being in the theater as I have ever seen. If all DVDs were this good everyone would be throwing away their videotapes and buying DVD. The ratings should be adjusted to add another star this DVD is so good. It would have been nice to have some more bonus features. The Director's tribute is just a fund raising pitch for the D-Day museum. Even without a lot of extras, this DVD is a must have in any collection, even if you don't like this film, just to see what potential DVD has.
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Summary: What a powerful movie!
Review: This is my absolute favorite movie of all time this movie combines a thrilling soundtrack, some amazing action scenes, a look into the nature of man and war and, most importantly a stunning tribute to the great men and women ready and willing to give there lifes for there country on those shores so far away from home. I think this is a movie not only for the veterans but for anyone. although it is a rather vivid movie, it is good for all ages who are interested in learning about our great nation's heretige.
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Summary: Simply one of the best you will own
Review: I rate this movie as one of my all time favorites just below the first two GODFATHER films. The film itself sends a message that sometimes war is necessary, no matter how horrible. The film shows the sacrifice made by Young Americans who fought for the freedom of "strangers" half a world away. The acting is top notch, with "Oscar Worthy" performance by almost the entire cast and with particularity another Great performance by Tom Hanks. The DVD itself is the best you will own for both sound and picture. I own both the Dolby Digital and DTS editions, you can't go wrong with either but there is a difference. If you own a surround set up with DTS Decoding, then buy the DTS version. While the Dolby Digital is better than any other DVD I own, the DTS still blows it away. The Dolby Digital has a muted sound to it and the sounds sometimes tend to bounce around between the surrounds and right/left fronts. The DTS version, however, creates a total 360 surround expierience. The bass is where the DTS version really pays off, at the end of Chapter 9, when bombs are exploding as the soldiers leave the church, you can feel the boms explode it in your seat; while the Dolby Digital version sounds muted. Once again, the DTS version shines, as the Panzer tanks enter the town at the end of Chapter 15 and the beginning of Chapter 16. In the Dolby Digital version, the tanks sound almost far off in the distance, while in the DTS version the tanks seem closer and you can almost FEEL the soldier's fear as they approach. In conclusion if you have the right set up, get the DTS version the audio gets 5 out of 5 stars. The audio of the Dolby Digital gets 4.8 out of 5 stars. You really can't go wron with either edition.
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