The Movie That Shows What War Is About

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 1998)

I believe that SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was one of the best war movies ever made because it shows what war is really about. I have seen tons of movies where violence is portrayed as a cool shoot-em up blow-em up thing. This movie has a lot of violence but shows the reality of what happened a half -century ago and the horrible brutality of war. The actors were fabulous in recreating the war. Not to mention the battle scenes were perfect. Steven Spielberg has done an excellent job of recreating the events of Omaha Beach in the first 24 minutes of the film. This movie shows war in its most truthful sense. It made me stop and think just how many people died horrible deaths to save our country. It made me want to cry like few movies do. This movie is the closest you will get to seeing what life was like during WWII.