Saving Private Ryan

Rating: 7/10 (25 October 2011)

I found this movie to be enjoyable even though there are some historical inaccuracies. I feel that this movie does an incredible job of portraying the landing at Omaha. Even though the portrayal is not exactly how it happened, it gives the audience a glimpse of what it was like to be storming the beach. I felt that Spielberg did a good job in the way that he showed the explosions. In a lot of movies when a bomb goes off its just a big fireball. When bombs and artillery hit things in this movie debris actually falls and it looks a little more realistic. Another thing that a lot of war movies get wrong is that they show people die automatically after being shot. In this movie not everyone dies instantaneously after being shot, which in my eyes is more war-like. Another aspect I thought this movie did right was the amount of ammunition. You always see guys in movies shoot constantly without reloading or running out of ammo. For example, when the one German soldier comes up the stairs a hand to hand battle ensues because the two Americans were out of ammo. You can pick any movie apart if you look for errors. The big picture is what counts and this movie is accurate in the way it depicts war for the most part.