Must be seen to be believed!!!!

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2000)

When I went to the theatre with some friends to see Saving Private Ryan, nothing had me prepared for what was about to come. The opening scene on the beach of Normandy was so graphic and realistic, it was truly a sensory-overload experience. Throughout the movie, Spielberg lets action to speak for itself, instead of settling for hip dialogues that tries to sound smart.
So far, this is the most well-made and greatest war film ever made. Forget what other people have said about other war movies!! Saving Private Ryan is the only film where I almost felt pain whenever I see bullets and explosions annihilate the soldiers. It has succeeded where other war movies have tried unsuccesfully to do: to shock the nerve out of you, and to make the audience fully realize the stark reality of war.
Saving Private Ryan doesn't lecture about war. Instead, the scenes will do it without words. My friends and I left the cinema feeling so shocked and affected, and that's how I knew that this is the best war movie ever made. We get the message alright, because Spielberg is a true film genius.