Shocking, haunting, brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (12 September 1999)

"Saving Private Ryan" is one of the most unforgettable movies that I have ever seen. This is very close in that respect to "Schindler's List". "Saving Private Ryan" is the only movie that I can think of that actually made me cry in the theater. I remember almost everything about that night. I remember sitting in a Metro Detroit movie theater watching "Saving Private Ryan" with some friends on opening night. My favorite memory of that night is when the movie ended. There was an older gentleman sitting in front of me and to the left. While the landing at Ohmaha beach scene was concluding, he was sobbing a great deal. When the other soldiers were joking about the term "fubar" he was the only one in the theater who understood it and he laughed loudly. When the old man salutes the flag he cried again. He sat through all of the credits, as did I. When he finally got up, he was wearing his uniform from WWII. That is who this movie was made for. It was made so that we would always those brave men who died for our benefit. It was made to educate us. This movie should be viewed. It is too powerful not to. Steven Spielberg did a superior directing job on this film. This is the BEST movie of 1998, and possibly the best of the 90s.