Never seen Spielberg doing such a B-movie before this!!!

Rating: 5/10 (12 January 2005)

OK, I can understand the story can grab your attention, but...
C'mon!!! Do you really want me to believe that the life of that one kid is worth a whole team of dead soldiers?!? And that the President of America himself took care of it! What kind of useless rhetoric, in the worst American B-movie tradition! That is NOT what I expect from a Steven Spielberg's movie. And what about when, after all this absurdity, they meet Pvt. Ryan (at last!), and he refuses to come back, because of "bla bla bla..."?!? If I wore Tom Hanks' character, I would have shot him at once!!! On the other hand, we must admit that the famous opening scene of Normandy Attack is one of the best of the whole movie history: scaring, rhythmic, impressive, realistic,... this is Spielberg! So, as an overall, I would rate 10 for the opening scene, but 0 for the rest (it would be 3, if it wasn't Spielberg: we can not let him waste his talent like that), so, as an average, I just give 5.
One last suggestion for everybody: rent the DVD, watch the opening scene (maybe even twice, or more...), and then bring it back to the shop.