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Rating:  - A powerful film...
Although "Schindler's List" remains Speilberg's World War II masterpiece, "Saving Private Ryan" set a new standard in film making for its portrayal of the Normandy invasion, D-Day 1944. The audience is brought into the thick of the battle, with full-view of the blood and death that surrounded those who landed on the shores that day. A powerful and moving experience, the film catalogues one company's trip over the beach and into the French countryside on a mission to find a single private who's lost four brothers in the war. A good film with an unforgettable opening...
Rating: - Never Seen This Before!
I am a movie addict. I've been to so many movies it is bizarre. I am 50 years old. I want to say I've seen at theaters and rented thousands of movies in my life. I think I am pretty accurate in that statement.However, I witnessed in the summer of 1998 something I had never witnessed in ANY movie I have ever seen. I had already seen Saving Private Ryan in my hometown.
My father which was on the first wave of Omaha Beach had also seen the movie and he was deeply moved. He is still alive at 86 years old. He was captain of the medical corps and actually picked the location where the American troops would be buried in France just off the beach as depicted in the movie. He had nothing to do with the memorial but he did pick the location. After seeing the movie in my hometown I went on vacation in the summer of 1998 to Colorado. While staying with some friends in Fort Collins we went one night to see Saving Private Ryan at the local theater. This is what happened that I have NEVER seen before after watching a movie. When the film ended.......not.....one......single.....person....got up to leave while the credits were rolling! NOT ONE! The theater was packed! It was a LARGE theater. Only when the house lights came on did people begin to quietly get up to leave. I have never seen this in any movie I have ever seen in my life. I have seen many people stay for credits while some leave. But never the entire packed audience stay put in their seats. Every SINGLE PERSON stayed in their seats. I don't think I will ever see this occur again in ANY movie. This should tell you something about Saving Private Ryan.
Rating: - Most Realistic WWII Film Ever
Spielberg has done it again. Sound familiar. Yes, but this film, Private Ryan is one of his best he has made. The film opens with the bloody DDAY battle that left me with my mind boggled and my mouth open. The sounds and visions of the battle are so realistic you think you are there fighting alongside the soldiers. It made feel glad to be an American after the scene. To finish things off, you must see this film if you haven't already. I can't believe Tom Hanks didn't win Best Actor for his role as Captain Miller.
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