The new standard for war movies

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 1998)

I'll keep this as brief as I can due length of this page and to the overwhelming responses to this truly great American movie that, now that I've experienced it, I plan never to watch again.
My review is broken into two separate parts. Part one is for those who have difficulty with violence, blood, and gore: Don't see it-----you'll be getting over it for days. Possibly weeks.
Part two is for those who can handle violence, blood, and gore: See it. You'll have the same problem getting over it, though.
This is a movie that locks the name of Steven Spielberg into cinematic history forever. The thing that makes this movie like no other ever made is that it makes us believe, without a doubt, what it is to be in the hell that is war. The shocking scenes of violence and horrific combat combined with sound editing that actually makes you want to take cover under your seat will haunt the hardest of souls long after you step out of the darkened theater and back into the normal world. A world you will be thankful to have when you stop to think that 98% of what you just saw *actually happened* to thousands of American soldiers. The story told here is one of ultimate sacrifice and deepest loss. This is not a flag-waving movie, nor is it "Kelly's Heroes". This is the truth about D-Day, the truth about those who were unfortunate enough to be there, and those who were fortunate enough to make it back alive.