one of the best WWII movies

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2009)

Saving private Ryan was a great representation of the events that occurred during D-day. Some scenes were hard to watch with the realization that events shown in the movie did occur in real life. I would like to have seen more in the movie about other events in the war. I thought that the characters in the movie showed much development on how they felt about the mission they are on. I thought that John Miller's role showed leadership and courage even in times of chaos. Private Ryan showed great courage and pride as he refused to leave the battle field when his services were no longer required. I thought that Upham showed fear at the end and was a disappointment as he failed to help his comrades. Upham didn't understand the horrors of war and therefore could not accept that he had to kill a prisoner in order to keep him from returning to the military even though it didn't seem like the right thing to do.