Most realistic war movie I've ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 2013)

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Saving Private Ryan is about a captain in the US army during World War II, who must risk him and his men's lives to rescue a soldier who has lost his three brothers. Growing up I was so fascinated with WW2. I read about all aspects of it, so I had a pretty good idea of the horrors of combat. But I got a very clear look at war with this movie.
The 20 minute opening of US soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy, is outstanding. Steven Spielberg captures every bit of gore and and violence, with young boys crying for there mother, soldiers losing their limbs, men having to muster every ounce of courage to survive the hell that is war. With amazing cinematography and sound that puts the audience right in the battlefield, we are shown how war can make even the manliest man weep like a child and what each soldier believes in and what they fight for.
For me there are a few scenes that make the movie great. Obliviously the beach scene is one of them. After Wade dies from the machine gun nest, there is one German soldier who survives, and the men let out there hate and rage on him. Forgetting what is the right thing to do, the men have been so damaged by combat they then fight with one another whether letting the German go or not.
The other scene is in the last battle, Upham is responsible for bringing ammo to Mellish, but Upham is so frozen with fear. And when Mellish is fighting hand to hand with a German, Upham is outside and able to save Mellish, but stays on the staircase crying, and when Mellish is dead, the German wouldn't even kill Upham. This movie does a flawless in showing the terrible effects war has on humans. This movie is so realistic, that when it was released in theaters, the army had to create a hotline for war veterans with post traumatic stress disorder.......convinced?
10/10