One of the most incredible 30 minutes put on film

Rating: 5/10 (21 February 1999)

Saving Private Ryan had an incredible beginning. Some of the greatest cinematography I've ever seen. And much credit is due to this wonderful scene. However, the movie relies too much on this one aspect of the film. If there was as much time spent on that first thirty minutes as in the rest of the film, it would have been a true masterpiece. I admit, the ending picked up a little more, but only in a few scenes. The middle dragged, and I hardly remember it. Now, a lot of people are all talking about the great first thirty minutes and rightly so, they are great, but in ten years, I can still only see this movie being remembered for its first thirty minutes, and not the film as a whole.