Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Posted : 3 months, 2 weeks ago at Aug 2 16:19

If I hadn't heard vets say that the opening 20 minutes of the film were the most realistic movie portrayal of the battlefield conditions (i.e. the terror and hubbub), then I might have written it off as gratuitously violent. Not that the first 20 minutes had all that much to do with the overall plot, but kudos for realism. The rest of the movie is a well laid out plot. I love the way that the men work up a real hate for Ryan as they slog through dangerous territory trying to find him. Then they meet the man and he's so hard to hate. He regrets the men lost to find him and he refuses to take his easy ticket out of the war. He is going to stay and fight to hold the bridge, just like the other soldiers who were already there. I haven't seen a movie released in the last 10 years...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 11 months, 2 weeks ago at Dec 10 20:38

''He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb.''Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. Tom Hanks: Capt. John H. Miller ''That boy is alive. We are gonna send somebody to find him. And we are gonna get him the Hell... outta there.'' Spielberg continues what he does best with Saving Private Ryan, a film so graphic in its Second World War battlefield depictions that many veterans have called it the closest thing to being there. The explicit scenes of gushing arteries, severed limbs and faceless corpses come fast and furious, numbing us into the reality of the setting. In fact, if we didn't know Spielberg as a serious artis...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Dec 1 13:57

One of the greatest depictions of WWII. well made, well acted. this movie broke my heart and gave me chills. I cant tell anyone how great this movie is, you just have to see it. Even if you don't like war movies this is more than just that. Its important for people to see what these people went through for our freedom.

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 17 23:32

"The boy's alive and we're going to send someone to save him... and we are going to get him the hell out of there." The directorial career of Steven Spielberg commenced in the early years of the 1970s. Spielberg originally directed Duel before progressing onto further projects such as The Sugarland Express, Jaws, and the excellent Indiana Jones adventures (beginning with Raiders of the Lost Ark). These few years established Spielberg as an accomplished purveyor of light-hearted blockbusters and good fun action movies. It was in 1993 that Spielberg demonstrated his ability to direct powerful and mature films. Schindler's List denoted a crucial addition to Spielberg's extensive résumé: a modern masterpiece that personified good (Schindler) and evil (Amon Goeth), playing out the struggle...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Mar 30 23:44

Signifies the brutality of war. I appreciate this film because it shows the general public how real war is.

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 18 6:27

This film is definitely one of my favourite war films. This is thanks, in part, to its brutal realism, particularly from the opening scenes. The first time I watched the assault on Normandy beach I was close to vomiting. The violence is horrendous, but what makes it so difficult to watch is the fact that it is the reenactment of a true event. This isn't a laughable gore-fest cooked up in the mind of some generic horror director, normal human beings had to experience it. The landing is an incredible achievement. From then on, people from all over start to criticise the plot, for various reasons. The main gripe for a lot of people is how this is pure American patriotism at its most potent. I personally couldn't care less if the British are underrepresented in this film, American forces w...Read more

Rating : 10/10