My point of view...I'm not sure to cry or vomit!

Rating: 8/10 (6 January 2006)

I still remember seeing this film almost five years ago, and I was never so sickened by any film in my life! Why? Because Spielberg gave us a hell of a view of war!!! This film is not that of history, save for the opening, gore fest battle that contained more than blood and missing limbs like previous war films like Platoon or Glory. I can easily understand that war is hell, which I'm glad Spielberg revelaed to the world for a change. I'm not a gore lover, but this really caught me off guard since I'm used to such violence from films as of Braveheart and The Full Metal Jacket. However, I have to confess that all I got from this film was blood and guts.
So, after an agonizing thirty minutes of constant brutality, the film picks up with a story of about a band of four brothers, three of them are already dead, and only one remsins. So, a small force of eight men, including portrayals of popular stars such as Tom Hanks and Tom Sizemore, who didn't do much except shoot Germans with machine guns. They are to find this man, retrieve him before he is killed, which would result in the devastation of a his family. A very selfless task it is, but as the man Ryan is found, after another hour and a half of no character development with these eight men, no feeling for them, or tears and grief...at least from me, and Ryan says he refuses to leave.
I laugh and the only reason why this is so is because Spielberg wants another bloody mess, feeling he hasn't shown enough killing! So, another battle happens, with more deaths of both Germans and Americans, leaving this whole film into a usless flashback. So, that's the whole film in a way.
I may sound to hate this film, but I don't, but I'm tired of people claiming this is the best war film ever! Heck, other films I've listed above are better than this for goodness sake! However, the realism was well depicted, the music was haunting, and sad, but I had no feeling, except for wanting to lose my lunch in the pit of my stomach, and the usage of sound mixing, editing, and cinematography was truly Oscar worthy. So, since Spielberg put effort into this film, I give a generous ***1/2 out of *****.
Seriously, I got nothing accept horrible images, and yearning for a bucket in this two hour and fifty minute film.