This film completely changed my attitude toward war

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2019)

Growing up in the golden age era of war films, I have always had a 'glamorized' idea of soldiering. I remember as a child watching a soldier get hit, and his telling his buddies "go on without me" and quietly passing on. Saving Private Ryan changed all that for me. The use of sound in this movie truly puts the viewer into the action. The sounds of bullets and explosions combined with the graphic, but true to life, reactions of soldiers being hit makes the horror of war seem very real to those of us who have never served in combat. Screams of soldiers for their mothers, soldiers in shock picking up their own limbs, and soldiers being vaporized by explosions are all too real. No film before, or since, has had the same affect on a viewer. Every American should be required to watch this film in history class to be given a realistic understanding of the sacrifices that so many made in protecting our freedom.