What the heck's so great about this movie?!

Rating: 6/10 (4 November 2002)

OK, it's a war movie. There are lots of war movies, so what's so great about this one? The abnormal amount of blood, guts and carnage? Did that make the brutes inside people vote "10" for this movie, so that it got an 8.3 rating ?!
I just don't get why this movie is so highly rated. There's Tom Hanks in it, but Tom had much better roles, e.g. in Sleepless in Seattle or Apollo 13 or You've Got Mail or a ton of other movies.
I think that a "good" movie makes you want to see it one again some time. Well, Saving Private Ryan didn't make me feel that way. I'd rather save the time and watch something else instead.