The most grueling and realistic war movie ever made

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2005)

Saving Private Ryan has to be one of the best war movies ever made, but it is definitely the most realistic. The opening battle is considered to be the most realistic war scenes ever caught on film. The fear and tension of the D-Day invasion is so frighteningly realistic in Saving Private Ryan.
Despite the graphic and gruelingly intense violence, most kids older than 10 should see this to get an idea of what war veterans have had to fight through. Steven Spielberg once again proves he is capable of awesome directing skills through Saving Private Ryan.
Unfortunately, I missed this when it was out in the theaters, but the great cinematography and direction must have been awesome to experience on the silver screen. I hope there will be a tenth anniversary showing of this in theaters everywhere. Although the running time is a bit long, Saving Private Ryan is well worth seeing, every shot and camera angle is brilliance. See this movie on the biggest screen possible with the best surround sound possible and you'll feel as though you're actually there.