Clichés and the showing off are annoying...but a masterpiece nonetheless.

Rating: 9/10 (6 November 2006)

When I say clichés, I mean the stuff like the flag waving in the sun, an old man crying at the beginning, etc.
When I say showing off, I am specifically showing the first portion of the Omaha Beach sequence in slow motion. That was very irritating. I want a war movie that will just throw the gore and horror at you, not one that is trying to deliver it in slow motion...that is absolutely ridiculous.
Many will disagree, but that is why I am very fond of the movie Black Hawk Down...no cliques, no showing off, straight to the point.
All that being said, Saving Private Ryan is still a masterpiece, and I will go as far as saying one of the best films ever made. It is realistic, it is sad, and it does work.
The acting is great, the screenplay is great, the visual and sound effects are great, the cinematography is great...the movie is a masterpiece.
9/10, just because of the clichés and showing off...