Too many special effects, too long

Rating: 7/10 (22 August 2008)

I found this movie highly disappointing. I was expecting something different. Well, If you like special effects, then you will definitely enjoy it. But if not -and that is my case, I have to admit- you will most likely find it boring and too long. The first thirty minutes of the movie are just a huge display of special effects showing the development of one of the most important battles during the II WW. Yes, it is very well-made but this half an hour doesn't add anything at all to the movie. I am still wondering what is the goal of so much time devoted to that battle- I think the best answer is: an excuse for displaying all the special effects. Once those minutes had finished, I hoped the rest of the movie would be something different, and it looked like that was going to happen, but not for a lot of time. When something interesting was finally going on and there were some interesting dialogs, once again the same: more shooting, more noise and more deaths... Anyway, my vote was a 7: apart from all those long unnecessary scenes, the movie is quite good: some interesting dialogs, as I said, an interesting plot and, above all, some great performances, especially from Tom Hanks.