A films closest portrayal of the horrors

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2019)

After playing so many video games about WW2 it is incredible how the games capture only a piece of how WW2 was in comparison to this film which is incredibly accurate of how the soldiers had to deal with both the pain and torture of the war and mentally how it affected them as well. There is a reason why this film is classed as a Rated R film.
The plot follows a group of soldiers which are ordered to locate a private and return him home, over the course of the film you see this band of soldiers form a bond between them to the point where you could class them as a band of brothers that help each other through the horrors they see.
Steven Spielberg's directing of this film shows why he is a master in film-making, If he didn't win that Oscar for best director for this film it would be an absolute crime, in my opinion I would class this film in the top 10s of IMBD top 250 films not 27. To say that Tom Hanks who plays the lead role in the film did a brilliant role in portraying his character is a sheer understatement, the emotion his character has during the film is easily seen and it hits you hard.
The battles that the film shows is not shown as winning one town after another and moving on, they are a much more accurate portrayal of the war by showing it as the soldiers winning it street by street with each one being as hard fought to gain as the last. The way the towns are shown in this film being bombed and turned into just a pile of rubble is a great way of showing what the towns during WW2 were actually like. The cinematography in this film is brilliant and the sound editing perfectly captures the fear that was felt in WW2.
To class this film as just a film about WW2 is incredibly wrong, it is the closest depiction as to WW2 was actually like, and the closest to the terror the soldiers had to face, it is a masterpiece of a film.