I will never forget this overwhelming film

Rating: 9/10 (20 July 2000)

I don't like war films. Definitely. But I definitely think "Saving Private Ryan" cannot be considered only like a war movie. I mean, films like "Rambo", "Commando" and that kind of productions have one point in common: the main character is a hero, "the strongest man on Earth", "the renegade who's escaped from the bad fellas" and "the only one who can achieve this mission".
In "Saving Private Ryan", the war vision goes one step... Not one, a bunch of steps far from the typical war film. It's not about the typical story of a "how-strong-and-brave-I-am" mercenary. The plot introduces us in the feelings, the experiences that a soldier has in a battle field: fear, agony & pain. And this message reached deeply in the audience, because you feel somehow uncomfortable when watching the film. And there's the power of the film, the way with which focuses the sensations and fearings of the character is overwhelming.
Steven Spielberg has done a masterpiece, demonstrating that he can do any kind of genre in the film industry. It's a must see. 10/10