excellent cinematography but slow story

Rating: 3/10 (2 April 2006)

Although 'Saving Private Ryan' portrays excellent cinematography and probably a pretty accurate sense of being in a battle in the second World War, the film failed to do anything more. This film was probably made for its battle scenes, which I cannot fault at all and for which this movie does earn some credit for. However, in terms of story and characters, the film fails. Along with the story, the film has too many slow movements; overall, it is too long and tends to drag on. If they had spent as much time on the story as much as they spent on the cinematography, then we would have had a much better film. Watch it for the battle scenes and history if you watch it at all.