It's realistic, it's amazing!

Steven Spielberg does a superb demonstration of great war movies with his direction in 'Saving Private Ryan' a movie that earned him an Academy Award for Best Director! This direction is his best!

Everyone says that the first 27 minutes of this movie are very, very shocking! Indeed! Blood, destructed bodies, red water! At the start of this movie, Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and his army end up on the beach which depicts the Omaha Beach assault of 6th June 1944. The shooting occurs at the start and is very unpleasant! This is bloody violent! It's realistic, it's amazing!

So, Miller and his army spend most of the movie searching for Private James Ryan (Matt Damon) who is believed to be dead at first! They do what it says in the title - saving Private Ryan! This title fits very well!

'Saving Private Ryan' features a solid performance from Tom Hanks, who proves he can carry out something as shocking as this! (it's a 15 and in fact, he's in the 18 rated 'Green Mile' movie too)

If you think it's 170 minutes of war violence, you're wrong because of the lack of shooting! The massive battles occur at the beginning and end of the movie! It's less violent than you think it will be! It's not like McDonalds where you know what it is going to taste like or how you know how awful 'Disaster Movie' will be!

This movie received 11 Academy Award nominations! It won 5 for Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Sound Effect Editing, Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing! But what about the art direction? Surely no movie of 1998 can look as amazing or shocking as 'Saving Private Ryan' is!

If this movie had been violent all the way, it probably would have received 18! This movie has no nudity but has strong bloody war violence at the beginning in particular! If the level of violence had been consistent, teens wouldn't be allowed to see it in the cinema! This movie is excellent for mature teens who are studying World War II in History! The History teacher may even show Year 10s and 11s this movie (hoping for parent's permission)! Adults, I recommend that you show this masterpiece to your mature teenage boys and girls! Definitely not for kids but it should be fine for mature teens 13 and up!

10/10