Not nearly as good as the hype. A disappointment.

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 1999)

Another example of Hype making people think a movie is better then it really is.
This movie was clichéd in the worst ways.
My friend and I were laughing at the Beach landing scenes! I mean the guy getting shot in the helmet then taking it off and getting shot again was the most predictable, amateurish scene ever!
I mean anyone with half a brain knows that NOTHING can approach the true horror that was D-Day, or any battle in WWII. Why does spielberg get all the credit for it when Coppola and Kubrick and yes, even Stone....UUGGHHH...did it so much better, but still couldn't come close.
I would even venture to say that The Thin Red Line was a better movie then this, and I Didn't like that either!
Edit: After several years and several more viewings, SPR may not be as bad as I thought at first, but it is still nowhere near as good as it gets credit for.