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Summary: Powerful, Moving, Memorable and Sensitive
Review: I have become patriotic in my 40's and I'm proud to live in America. I didn't realize it until I saw this movie. As a veteran, all of the things I had repressed (good and bad)came to the surface AFTER watching this movie. I finished watching the movie with little emotion until I walked out onto the street... then a rush of emotion hit that caused me to cry with such intensity that my best friend, a man, had to go back into the theater and get napkins to absorb the moisture from my tears. This movie was about the reason I joined the Marine Corps and about every other person who either put it on the line or was willing to by the very nature of being in the military. It was also about the incredible price of freedom that most people take for granted.
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Summary: Typical Speilberg blatant tear jerking, but great war movie
Review: The technical merits of this film are practically unmatched. I thought Janusz Kaminski did a beautiful job as cinematographer, with the film slightly overexposed and color enhanced to give it the "look" of an era film. And of course, Spielberg showed his incredible talent as a director. I had to stop and rewind a few times just to see a couple of scene transitions again. In particular, as the scene of the eight soldiers walking through the open field draws to an end, the camera trails them as they walk into a small stream. The last soldier swats at his neck as if feeling a bug sting, or a rain drop. Then, Spielberg cuts to a shot of some leaves getting wet from droplets of rain, then more rain, and more, then shots of water puddling, and then soldiers running through it, then on into the next scene, where a soldier gets killed trying to carry a little girl. That transition was absolutely amazing, and I watched it time and again, just those few minutes. And towards the end of the film, where the soldiers were sitting idly in town, listening to the Piaf album, that entire scene was beautiful. The simplicity of the stories shared by the soldiers, and the direction by Spielberg, beautifully showed how homesick and tired of war the soldiers were. Although as an aside, poor Matt Damon! His acting was absolutely comedic in a sad way: his telling the story of his brothers in the barn was some awful acting. But being Spielberg, the movie is a technical masterpiece, while its story is more aimed at tugging heart strings than developing solid characters. I am happy that Kaminski won an Oscar for his work at the camera, and I am happy Spielberg won for director, and the same for John Williams. But I have to say, this film was not Best Picture material.
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Summary: Not Even In The Top 50
Review: I cannot believe that this was even in the top 50. It was an okay movie, but not near the impact of the same company it is being mentioned here with. Who did this voting? What about Apocolypse Now, Hamburger Hill as far as Nam era movies?
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Summary: Good, but over-rated
Review: While the Normandy landing sequence is brilliant, the rest of the film is a run of the mill war picture. The modern day framing device almost ruins the film with it's hokey over-the-top sentiment. And the ending was so patronizingly patriotic that it would've embarrassed John Wayne. Spielberg cleverly marketed the film as a love story to WWII vets, so who would dare criticize it? To do so would look disrespectful to veterans of WWII. Even so, it's worth watching, just to find the flaws.
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Summary: A Must See!
Review: I like how the film got into specific detail. I not only learned something from it, but I also enjoyed the way the footage was well prepped for television viewing. I have seen it 5 times already and I would rate this more than 5 stars. The acting of each man was emaculately put together. Just one problem with it though, I know that there were African-Americans who fought in the war, died in the war, and were risking their lives as well as the Americans were, where were they in the movie? I just feel that the African-Americans who fought deserve some kind of commencement too for their efforts and lives. Overall, the acting, preperation, and the actors were excellent. I hope that there is another movie like this to hit the big screen.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE-MUST HAVE-GLITCHY CHAPTER 12
Review: This movie is great, I saw it in the theatre and its just as good a second time around. However there is an annoying glitch in Chapter 12. It will reach a certain point and then instantly switch back to the beginning of Chapter 11. It will really get flaky when you try to scan past it. I end up having to forward to chapter 13. I will be returning this disc to Amazon for an exchange, Amazon is always good about things like this. I hope my second copy doesnt have the same problem.
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Summary: Most impressive
Review: The dts dvd of this movie has the most incredible digital soundtrack of any dvd produced so far and is a must have of anyone owning a 5.1 system. There is constant activity in the rear speakers with bullets whizzing by in all directions and bombs exploding with deep thunderous bass. The only other dvd that comes close to this sonic masterpiece is Air Force One, which also boasts an incredible soundtrack in dolby digital. This dvd should belong in everybody's collection.
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Summary: The best DVD to date in audio and visual quality
Review: I was overly impressed with the quality of sound and audio in Saving Private Ryan. This is the new standard for audio and video on DVD. In fact, I enjoyed the DVD more than I did the movie! The colors and image quality are simply breathtaking and sound will knock you out of your seat. This is a must buy for any DVD owner. I only wish that Spielberg would have included a director's commentary along with the DVD. Maybe one day he will do this. Bring on more Spielberg DVDs!
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Summary: Awesome movie that gives you 3 hours of nonstop action
Review: If you use other words than: outstanding acting crew, superb editing, nervtickling actionscenes and one of the best movies made during 1900, you just talking nonsens!
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Summary: Your Typical Hollywood War Film
Review: Even if one overlooks the glaring historical inaccuracies in this film, Saving Private Ryan is your basic Spielberg war epic, nothing more, nothing less: John Williams' crescendos every fifteen minutes, a few ridiculous utterly unbelievable circumstances (the roomful of Germans exposed by the collapsed wall), predictable bloodshed (the troops getting butchered immediately upon landfall), on and on and on. I don't doubt Spielberg's good intentions here. And to his credit, some of the shots are outstanding. The erratic frame-rate during the beachhead was particularly well executed. But the incredible, overwhelming patriotic slant of the film itself is ultimately bogus and unrewarding. This film plods along beside the antiquated Hollywood propaganda films of yesteryear (albeit with modern gore), it achieves nothing more than its predecessors.
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