The best movie I have ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (8 November 1999)

Saving Private Ryan is the greatest movie I have ever seen. Period. Show me another movie that starts off with the most intense thirty minutes ever put on film. Show me another movie that entertains me for another two hours after that opening sequence. If you show me that, I'll show you some ocean-front property in Wisconsin. I have seen this movie several times now, and it never fails to move me.
The only thing I could possibly complain about is the sappy Grandpa frame story. It is completely unnecessary and contradicts the rest of the movie. But if that's all I've got to complain about, that's okay.
Spielberg has made THE masterpiece. But then again, every movie he makes should be a masterpiece. No one else has the funds or the creative freedom that he does. He should never, ever make a bad movie. Give me $100 million and free reign from the censors and I'll give you a watchable movie. Give it to Spielberg, and he'll give you Saving Private Ryan...or Hook (shudder). Let's hope the Hook days are behind us.