Spielberg Directs Your Eye

Rating: 9/10 (8 May 2019)

I've seen this movie, probably, a half dozen times or so. I'm a fan of the HBO series "Band of Brothers" which Tom Hanks and Spielberg were both Producers on, so, already knowing the story and setting fairly well, I figured I would put this on and get some emails done, balance my accounts, and maybe do some drawing.
That did not happen. Even the opening sequence which takes place in modern day as an old man walks through fields of graves, marked with white crosses and stars of David, drew me in, and before I knew it we were halfway up the beach, the French countryside, and eventually defending the bridge.
Try as I did to get other things done, there is something about the way Spielberg directs that captures the attention and eye of the viewer.
I love a good WW2 movie, but when Spielberg makes one, it makes every other one I've seen feel like a staged reenactment or kids playing war in the back lot of the neighborhood.