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Summary: It was cheated out of its Best Picture oscar
Review: Sure, "Shakespeare In Love" was great, but there's no way it should have been chosen over this film. To date, you can't find a better movie to depict the horrors of war. The battle scenes are photographed in a way that puts all viewers right there in the action. Especially during the beach landing at the beginning of the film, the shots are so graphic and realistic-looking that they may not be suitable for combat veterans to watch. Just like "Schindler's List", et al, this is one of those films not intended for entertainment purposes; the film educates us about the sacrifices the WWII veterans (and veterans of all other wars) have made. After the end, I felt deep sadness to realize that great wars and great losses of life will inevitably be repeated again in the future of our civilization.
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Summary: The best war movie ever, if not the best movie ever!
Review: Saving Private Ryan was a gruesome portrayal of war. It is avery true to life story about D-Day. It is was hard to believe that there was actually a soldier who was brought off the front because three of his brothers where dead. This movie is gory, but it is also what it would have been like on those beaches, its Speilberg and Hanks at there best.
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Summary: Great camera work, flat story and characters
Review: With all due respect, this movie seems to have generated morehype (smart marketing?) than it deserves, at least in my humble opinion. Great camera work, sound, colors, etc. but the story is as simple as it gets, geared to generate very predictable ("pre-programmed") emotions, characters conveniently black and white. There are definitely better WWII movies than this - "Come and See" is a great example, well worth it's price.
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Summary: Outsanding
Review: Saving Private Ryan is a tremendous film. I forces the viewer to see World War II as it truely was. The battle sequences is the film are amazing; and the use of hand held, low camera angles make you the viewer feel that you are in the action. The begining D-day sequence was directed and filmed to perfection by Spielberg. However, the ending battle sequence is harder to watch because of what happens to some of the characters that we followed through the film. The story of Private Ryan was done just as well as the battle sequences in the film, questioning what the value of human life is. Private Ryan really makes you see how terrible war, as it is a well constructed anti-war movie. Hanks, Sizemore, Burns, and the rest of the cast give great performances. Private Ryan should have won the Oscar for best picture.
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Summary: My outlook on war has changed...
Review: Wow. What an incredibly powerful movie. At first i thought the violence would be too much for me but its not film violence, its real. I was so driven into the story and what was going on that the violence didn't bother me. I mean, it did in the way of showing me what war is really like, but its not like cheesy film violence. The movie is one of the best movies i have ever seen. DON'T MISS THIS.
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Summary: A riveting lesson of history
Review: Saving Private Ryan is, unquestionably, one of the best movies ever made dealing with the subject of war. If you have ever read any number of history books on WWII, the opening scene teaches the viewer, pictorally, what D-Day was all about.Spielberg has created a cinematic tribute to a generation of men and women who literally saved the world. The events of that time were a fire that forged a people of iron. The Allies discovered what they were really made - ordinary men and women capable of extraordinary courage and faith. This movie depicts, powerfully and poignantly, the crucible that was World War II. Thank you, Mr. Spielberg.
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Summary: Mind-blowing! You won't forget this one.
Review: An incredable movie that you won't be able to forget - it will stay with you forever. The film work in the opening scenes makes you feel like you are there. I've never seen a movie before that brings silence as you walk out of the cinema. It's only after seeing this movie that I can try and contemplate the pain and sadness, and horror of war.
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Summary: Shocking, Staggering, Overwhelming, Realistic....
Review: Obviously the best war film ever made, and more specifically the best film about the Normandy Invasion. The footage is as realistic as the war itself, and Steven Spielberg clearly shows us just HOW a human being would react if put under such heavy psychological and emotional pressure.
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Summary: An instant classic war film depicting its true horrors.
Review: When I first saw this movie, I was shocked. At the first sight of blood, I felt like I was in the battle of D-Day. Spielberg accurately portrays true side of war in its entirety. This film is a must for any human being. It is a reminder of what those brave vets did for the country, and that we should be thankful for what we have. This movie has great war sequences, and excellent acting. Go see it. Other recommended war films: Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now.
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Summary: great Movie
Review: After reading some of the bad reviews that people gave this movie, I watched it again. and i still didnt see what these people were talking about. IMHO, the acting was excellent, especially the medic (giovanni ribisi). The one scene when he got shot and died, will live in my memory for years to come. The beginning and the end of the movie was so perfect or choreographed for lack of a better word. Ok so spielberg had some flops with his movies like 1941 (what a bomb) but he is still one of the greatest directors of the 20th century, and schlinders list and SPR put him there. I could say this movie is like any other movie, but its not. its a film.
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