Misunderstood

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 1999)

I have a feeling from reading all these negative messages about the realism of Saving Private that Spielberg has been grossly understood by the majority. Spielberg was not trying to make a super-violent war movie to persuade people from war..he said himself that he hopes after people are done talking about the the first 30 mins on the beach of Normandy that they would talk about what the movie is really about - those WWII veterans, and the sacrifice that they made for us so we can argue whether or not SPR is better than Thin Red Line. I have never been so affected by a movie. All I hear is people arguing that they didn't know about radar then or that the story is not feasible and so on. These people unfortunately miss the symbolism which is deeply rooted in this movie. This movie cannot be summed up as it is too complicated - like a person. Many feelings and thoughts went into this feel and they all come out. I do feel that this is a truly great movie and the best one I have ever seen.
I admit that it is a very American movie....but I do believe that the French, Canadians and English can relate.... Saving Private Ryan is grossly misunderstood in its characters. I have heard a lot of talk about how they are stereo-types and such.....hardly so but none the less these thoughts are distracting you from the true meaning of this film. And please forgive me for rambling on. =))