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Summary: An emotionally draining film
Review: This is one of those movies that, when it's over, makes you feel physically exhusted. One of, if not the best war film ever made. It's easy for some to say that it's a typical Spielberg film, made to manipulate your emotions, but those people don't see any deeper into it. "Full Matal Jacket" was all bravado, no emotion. "A Thin Red Line" was empty, with no direction. Maybe "Das Boot" and "Bridge On The River Kwai" can stand next to this one, but few others can even approach it's greatness. Every teen who thinks the army would be a fun life should be forced to watch this. The realism goes beyond what any normal director would consider. The only downbeat is the heroic death of Hanks, romanticised for the Hollywood crowd. Goes to prove why Spielberg is the premiere director of our, and maybe of all, time. Definitely the best film of 1998, despite what those morons in the Academy say.
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Summary: Vivid Realism
Review: As a former peacekeeper who was in Bosnia while the war was raging there, Saving Private Ryan, was finally a movie I could tell people to see if they want to have some idea as to what it was like. The rifle fire and artillery were chilling reminders of those months in Bosnia. If the world wants peace, then they must see the horrors of war....and this is the only way it can be done for the masses. I would not wish those experiences on anyone.
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Summary: This one of the most meaningful and terrorfying films ever!!
Review: Saving Private Ryan is not a film to mailny enjoy. It's porpose is to define and describe the horrors of war and the loss of WW II caused on so many. This movie I find a masterpiece of film making. It has incredible cinematography ,graphic realism , actors were amazing, and the direction is inspiringly well done.saving Private Ryan porpose was never too get a quick oscar as said by some, its porpose was to make a statement on the brutality , loss , and grief of war. This movie should be shown to all who are mature enough to handle the violent truthful display death and desparing truth of man insanity and fear in war.
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Summary: The Best
Review: The movie "Saving Private Ryan" was on of the best war movies that I have ever seen. This movie takes you to the heart of the moment where soilders came face-to-face with what they had been traing for. Steven Speilberg instead of making a movie where it gave you the idea the soilders never suffered, it showed you the pain that they went through. It showed that they wanted anything from their mothers to a cigarette. The actors in this movie did a wonderful job making it as realistic as possible. The deaths of Caparzo(Vin Diesel), Medic Wade(Giovanni Ribisi), Jackson(Barry Pepper), Mellish(Adam Goldberg), Horvath(Tom Sizemore) and Miller(Tom Hanks) was terribly tear jerking. These men gave their lives for some stranger. I might only be 18 but after seeing that movie I don't take life for granted anymore. I say the movie "Saving Private Ryan" is the best and anyone who disagrees please don't try and ruin it for the rest of us.
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Summary: The Difference Between Kubrick and Spielberg
Review: I am sorry, but anyone who gives saving private ryan anything but five stars due to the fact that they are comparing it to Full Medal Jacket is just plain stupid. It's like comparing a fruit to a vegtable. Saving Private Ryan is one of the best war movies ever made, if not the best. For those who say look at Full Medal Jacket, I also feel sorry for you. Kubrick, perhaps the best director of all time, did make a great film, I love Full Medal Jacket, but that movie does not catch the horrors of war, but instead the individual experience of training and the effects of war on man. They are both good films, but Saving Private Ryan is a better war film. I also would like to say that The Thin Red Line is also a fine picture. That movie is more difficult to comprehend, but after multiple viewings, it does show its true self. It is a great movie, about the effects of war on men, and how they see it, while they are in the heat of it. And how they long for something great, something we all take for granted these days. Peace.
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Summary: Brilliant opening, downhill thereafter
Review: Well, I've read some ludicrous comments on this site before but the viewer from Richmond, VA must surely take the biscuit with his declaration that "... the movie might offend some German audiences who might be watching it." Good Grief! What should Spielberg have done instead? Rewritten history and have Albania be the enemy?The biggest problem I, myself, have with the film are the opening and closing scenes in the cemetery. It's Spielberg at his manipulative, mawkish worst replete with mournful John Williams music. Why does Spielberg feel that he always has to indicate what emotions we should be experiencing? The final battle is also let down by Spielberg venturing into more familiar Indiana Jones territory complete with the cavalry (USAF) riding to the rescue just in the nick of time. What upsets me most, however, is that from now on this film will be taken as the definitive cinematic statement on WWII simply because Spielberg directed it, whereas a genuine masterpiece like Klimov's "Come and See" is all but forgotten.
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Summary: Honor and Glory!
Review: This is, overall, the best movie I have ever seen, and will ever see. I would recommend this to anyone. I am known never to cry on a movie, but now I can't say that any more. It was the honor of it all. I have a better understanding of what my ancestors have gone through. As for Tom Hanks, it is by far the best movie he has ever made. I hope he stays in the movie business because of his awesome ability!
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Summary: A horrorfying war film
Review: I've seen it 8 times and I still feel sick after the first 30 minutes. It's the best war film ever made and it's based on a true story. Tom Hanks is one of the best actors I've ever seen. You can wonder if the actors are soldiers. They seemed to bee soldiers for me. Private Jackson (Barry Pepper)became my favorite. See this movie once and you will never forget it.
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Summary: Hugely overrated
Review: When I first saw this film, I was stunned by the Omaha landing scene, which made be remember why Spielberg is such an influential director. However, it appeared that following this scene the projectionist started showing a schmaltzy, cliched, film that any hack director could have come up with. Cartoon Nazis straight out of a Monty Python sketch begged for their lives and then- surprise surprise- betrayed the Americans. Portraying the Nazis like this is an insult to the Allies who died fighting them; the reason Amon Goeth was so despicable in Schindler's List was because he wasn't a cipher- he was a believable human being who committed obscene atrocities, yet Spielberg (or the scriptwriter) seems to have forgotten this. This is not the best war film- Paths of Glory has a better script and better direction, All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) has better battle scenes (this is true- I didn't believe it either!) and Das Boot has far better tension and characterisation. It wasn't even the best war film of that year- The Thin Red Line was far superior. My actual rating would be 2 1/2 stars, and I'll leave you with this- I first saw this in New York, and the audience (naturally) cheered their own side on. Less naturally, they cheered every time a German died- for all the special effects, this means that if Spielberg intended to show the inhuman obscenity of war, he failed.
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Summary: Makes you appreciate life.
Review: As a 15 year veteran of the US military, and Combat Aviator veteran of the Gulf War(Air Cavalry) I was as a child, enthralled by my Grandfathers Bomber tales over Europe,My Fathers tales in Korea, and my Cousins exploits in Vietnam.Then...I had my War.Todays youth, and their "Myopic" look at life astounds me.They have NO idea how they attained the freedoms that they (we?) all take for granted."Private Ryan" shows, unabashedly, the true horrors of War, for all of you that have never seen it.The tactics, and training, and equipment have made monumental leaps in development since WW2, but shattered minds, and bodies are exactly the same. Embrace the film for its message of the importance of cameraderie, patriotism, and serving for a greater cause. Ever seen the "Iron Curtain"? The Cemeteries at Verville sur Mer(Omaha Beach? The "Wall" in Washington? If you enjoy your freedom, THANK A VETERAN!!! ALL THE WAY!
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