Third greatest movie ever.

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 1998)

This was one of the most powerful movies ever made. I saw it the first day it was out and my life was changed forever. In the well-publicized opening half-hour, you get a sense of the violence and heroism of WWII. The opening scenes have the best hand-held camera work ever done in film history. The low angles and the shakiness add to the feeling of actually being there.
Some of the visuals are extremely touching. I had chills for half the movie. Tom Sizemore and Ed Burns both give great performances squarring off against each other, reminesant of Elais and Barnes in PLATOON.
It may sound cheesey, but I wasn't the same after this movie. It changed me. The brutality is evident, but if you love movies it won't cloud the plot of this great story. I wish there were words to express how I felt after seeing this movie. The only thing I could do was want to write my own war movie.
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, the title can't even begin to explain the feeling you get while you see what eight men went through to save one. Thank you Steven Speilburg and Robert Rodat