One of the greatest films in the history of cinema

Rating: 10/10 (9 January 2012)

Spielberg's 1998 war movie about the story of a group of men setting out to find the last surviving brother in a family of four is timeless. Tom Hanks plays the lead of Captain John Miller, a schoolteacher and supporting roles are given to Barry Pepper, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon and Edward Burns among others who all act very well. The opening battle scene is my favourite movie scene, completely capturing the horrors of not just World War 2, but every other war as well. Furthermore, Spielberg accurately captures the soldier's emotions in the war, an aspect some war movies lack. The audience is able to put themselves in the soldier's shoes very easily, particularly in the scenes comprising of American deaths. I found this film excellent and I hope anyone else who watched it did as well.