Greatest film ever made? Mr Coppela is spinning in his grave.

Rating: 1/10 (25 July 2007)

This is almost on par with a Uwe Boll movie for its sheer lack of intelligence! Saving Private Ryan was, and to a degree; still is, shown as one of the finest films of the 20th Century, on a par with the Godfather, or Apocalypse Now. I'm sorry, but this is exactly what this film isn't.
Here is my list on why this film was such a disgrace...
Actors: Who the hell bit Vin Desiel in this movie? The man has no talent of any kind whatsoever! Tom Hanks wasn't the lovable Forest Gump, he wasn't doing well as the average guy and officer trying to do his best for the greater good. The other actors did little to push the roles they where given and as a result where really forgettable.
Story: Who the hell told Mr Spealburg this was a good story?!? I'm a Writer myself, and if i had written this I'd have taken myself outside and shot myself straight afterword. Not only was the basic story utter bullocks (Why would the U.S. Army care about this bloke Ryan anyway? in WW2 millions of people died, entire armies where wiped out, not just entire families) but the film is littered with inconsistencies and inaccuracies. It's Stephen Spelburg at his most Romantic (and that means bad for your I.Q. level.) The first sense, yes, it's very good, yes its gory, yes, it's shocking, but it is no where near what real war is like. No where near what combat in the Second World War was like, purely 'cos Stephen Spelburg was NOT there. No one, sides the people who fought there, knows what it was like. No one had scaled the cliff face until a full 6 hours after the invasion began... also, Utah beach was only considered bloody 'cos the defences on the other parts of the 'Mightly' Adlantic wall was an old French Farmer with three teeth and a Spade.
That's just the beginning of my list of terrible story points, if I wrote them all, the very Internet it's self would crash.
Characters: Who are they? Who cares? Not me, they where all idiots. Stephen Spealburg does not have an emotional bone in his entire body... are we really supposed to care for these poorly crafted, 2 dimensional people? The humour between them was so bad i've seen new Simpson episodes that are better, definitely better written and I for one hate new simpsons.
Special Effects: Stephen Speburg is a slave to CGI. Yeh, it is impressive, but it's also pretty poorly constructed and carried out, due to it being filmed in digital time. Stephen Spelburg's #1 student must be a German moron called Uwe Boll, he uses the same camera techniques of shaking to create the illusion of danger and tension, it does work in this film... for 5 seconds, then just gives you sickness in the pit of you're stomach that isn't good for the audiences health (Much like the story).
I could go on and on, but i think I'll stop here. It's so damn bad i think I've said everything that needs to be said.
One to avoid.