best war movie

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2014)

I've been an avid fan of war films ever since I was a kid. I was fond of seeing movies where soldiers are holding out on their own and winning against their opponent even though the odds are overwhelmingly against them. That's why when I got to see Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, I instantly got hooked.
The realism of the movie is great and it showed me another side of the war – its gruesomeness. It made me realize that no matter what rank or whether that person is of utmost importance, it won't matter in front of a speeding bullet heading towards his head or a mortar about to land near him. The way the movie was depicted, blown-off body parts and all, was very real that it sometimes made me shiver whenever I think that I was that person getting shot – lucky me, huh?
The portrayal of each of the cast was unbelievably real, especially that part where the general was about to send that letter to Ryan's mother and his story – I really got emotional right there. Well, I'm not going to spoil you the details, especially if you haven't watched it yet. The movie is a must watch and there are numbers that can prove it. In a nutshell, Saving Private Ryan is a movie that deserves to be called "the best".