Movie could have ended after twenty minutes!

Rating: 3/10 (25 March 2006)

Oh, come on, this flick is nothing but patriotic filth! The first twenty minutes are an accurate and meticulous portrayal of the Normandy landing, and the cinematography is just beautiful! But the story, the plot: forget it! I believe it is very unlikely that any superior in the military would send a whole platoon on such a BS assignment! And when they finally find Matt Damon aka Ryan he heroically wants to fight on and not leave the battle field! Ridiculous. This is popcorn BS for the masses and it makes me angry how Spielberg exploits an actual event in history to make some entertaining, overly corny and almost nationalistic movie out of it! I think that Spielberg displays a lack of responsibility, because this movie has the following messages:
1.Americans fought bravely against the Nazis and all of them believed they were fighting for a worthy cause. 2. American men are young and handsome, and if not, they are smart or wise. 3. All Germans are bad Nazis and ugly, too. 4. The Americans are superheros. 5. There was no anti-smut's within the American army.
Well, people believe what they want to believe, and the more simplified the message is, the more they are willing to swallow it. If you want to take a deeper look into the real character of the American army, read books such as Mailer's The Naked and the Dead, but refrain from Spielberg, who is nothing but a lowbrow trying to look smart.