My Personal Favorite Movie

Rating: 10/10 (1 August 2003)

No doubt about it, I'm a big fan of "Saving Private Ryan." In my humble opinion, those who don't appreciate this movie are a bit too nit-picky. Some say it is an anti-war movie. Others call it "flag waving b@llsh*t." In truth I don't think the film was trying to be either, although you could feel the respect Spielberg has towards military veterans. Also, just because the movie doesn't portray everything exactly like it happened doesn't mean it lacks realism. I believe most people who saw the movie could relate to the characters and their displays of emotion. You could feel the fear in the battle scenes, the grief when Ryan's mother fell to the porch after seeing the chaplain get out of the car. You could relate to the homesickness of the troops who had gone months, if not years, away from home fighting a war on foreign soil. I have never seen another movie that had as large of an emotional impact on me as this one did. "The Thin Red Line" doesn't even come close.