wonderful recount of an experience in war

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2006)

Possibly, Spielberg's seminal work. I don't think that there have been any of his movies worth watching since Saving Private Ryan. This film was made at a time when Spielberg had great ideas, and knew how to utilize the camera without selling out completely to Hollywood standards. Nevertheless, Saving Private Ryan is very much Hollywood, but that being said, it's a very eloquent rendition of that.
If you remember anything about war movies, it's the anti-war ones that make a difference and are the ones remembered. I firmly believe that Saving Private Ryan is up with the best of that genre: namely Full Metal Jacket and Platoon.
Tom Hanks plays his role marvelously. He is forced to act as a liaison between his crew's demands with the orders given to him, and it is certainly isn't an easy task. This movie is probably one the most accurate vignettes of the American World War II experience yet made.
RATING: 9/10
"Please tell me that I am a good man, and that I have lived a good life"  Private Ryan