Did not live up to expectations

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 1998)

I very much wanted to love this movie. However it left me cold. Not because of the level of realism that it portrayed war in...that I could appreciate. But for the general lack of sympathy or identity that I could generate for the characters. The most passion I could feel was for during the scene when the German is walking down the staircase. Only then was I able to feel for a character in this movie.
Hanks usually does not do this to me...with his other movies (even Forrest Gump!) I left the theatre amazed, touched, and in awe of his ability...but not in this case.