greatness of SPR

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 1998)

I still am unsure as to whether or not I gained anything out of the movie. True, war is horrible and absurd, but I don't need to see a half-hour gore -fest to realize this. The simple idea of complete strangers shooting at eachother is enough. In truth, if spielburg intended to bring us to a moral realization by grossing us out, it is insulting, and I highly doubt spielburg meant to do this. I think Spielburg wanted to give us a new glass with which to comtemplate war, specifically cowardice. The last half-hour haunts me the most, because it raised the question, "Is cowardice a vice or a virtue?" Or, more specifically, "Is cowardice the only sane thing in war?"