overwhelming war scenes, but...where is the movie

Rating: 6/10 (6 February 2000)

I was really impressed by that 20-minute introduction, that´s what cinema is made for. It crash-boom-bangs just from everywhere and you seem to be incapable moving from your seat. Great work, 10 points...SO FAR. But what comes next ? As it is forbidden to use spoilers in this text I can just say: what comes next is one of the most stupid stories in film history ever. Spielberg must have been of the opinion that the audience might be busy thinking about that impressive introduction until the movie is over and in this case the film doesn´t need no such thing as a sensible storyline. According to the imdb-members´ rating of 8,6 making it the 12th best movie ever, Spielberg was obviously right. And even if the story is missing there is enough patriotism in this film to make it successful in the U.S.. My rating: 6 points and far away from the being one of the top 20 movies.