Great opening

Rating: 7/10 (14 March 2004)

This movie has a truly amazing opening 30 minutes. We follow Captain John Miller (Hanks) and his men during the d-day landing. A lot of the techniques used during this opening sequence have inspired many other directors since.

The only trouble is the movie has a lot to live upto after the opening sequence. We get down to the main story which is Miller's orders to find Private Ryan and return him home to his mother who has lost all his brothers in the war. Whilst the remainder of the movie is ok and Spielberg shows us why he is a great director the rest of the movie never quite lives up to the opening. 8/10. (10/10 for first 30 minutes then 7/10 for the remainder)