Portrait of a war

Rating: 10/10 (7 April 2020)

The film opens with the Normandy landings massacre, a crude and violent sequence that serves as an introduction to what will come later on the film.
The story tells us how a group of soldiers must save Ryan and take him home so that his mother does not lose any more children, since they have all died. The way this story progresses through the horrors of war puts characters in both physical and moral conflict, and the viewer himself must also fight this. Is it worth saving a soldier in exchange for the life of many more? This sounds almost absurd and pointless, but when the true mission is presented - that is, winning the war and saving Ryan so everyone can go home - that's when the entire movie makes sense and given a reason for the characters to continue with the mission. In this way, the film turns a situation that does not seem to make sense to something much more honorable, mixed with a patriotic feeling that takes precedence even to death.
Without a doubt a film that will remain in the history of cinema for being one of the most human portraits of the war. Spielberg shows us kindness and love for the family in a totally cruel and indifferent context.