Arguably the greatest war movie ever

Rating: 10/10 (3 August 2000)

I absolutely love this movie. It was so intense that I became emotionally overwhelmed. The camera work was superb and it was as close to being in combat as you will ever get without being a soldier. Too many war movies try too hard to grind an axe; we are the good guys, or war is bad, or war is heroic, or something. Saving Private Ryan allows us to see heroism without making war an adventure, shows us about courage while showing understanding of cowardice, and teaches us about the carnage of war without detracting from the fact that sometimes it needs to be fought.