AIMHO

Rating: 9/10 (29 June 2002)

As an ex soldier who has been in 'combat' I thought at first that this film was too real at times and I was actually uncomfortable during the beach landing scenes. However, that is my psychological' problem and no reflection of the film. It makes me like and appreciate this film even more and I have watched it again and own on tape and DVD.
This is without doubt one of the best war films ever produced and it benefits from the polarity of war' as the scene and humanity' as the theme. A must watch movie if only for entertainment but we all learn something from these types of movies. And as the effects in movies get more and more realistic and perhaps over-realistic then we should force our leaders to watch them. With computer simulation power we might put an end to war? Nice thought but lets not forget that man is a natural born killer.
Anyway, I digress. The movie is excellent and should only be watched on big screen with 3D/5.1 surround sound to get the full effect. If we learn something then even better.