Comments

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 1998)

I saw SPR way back in July and I have returned to see it a few times since. I, like most everyone, seems to have had a strong reaction to the film's brutal portrayal of 20th century warfare. Being curious to see what others from around the country and around the world thought of the film, I have returned to this page from time to time to read people's comments. Upon reading some of these comments, I have a few of my own.
To those who thought the film was not perfect, but overall pretty darn good - I agree.
To those who thought the film was lousy - p*** off.
To those who thought the film didn't have good character development - get a life.
To those who thought the film didn't have a good plot - what film school did you say you went to?
To those who thought the film was not anti-war enough - hello, the sixties are over, then go back and see the film again.
To those who thought the film didn't answer the meaning of life - read the bible or do yoga, then lighten up, it's just a movie.
To those who thought the film was too violent - war is undoubtedly worse than this film or any other could ever portray.
To those who thought the film was too "mushy" - ask any veteran about his lost friends, (bring a tissue).
To those who thought the film should have shown soliers from the other nations involved in D-Day - it's an AMERICAN film about AMERICAN soldiers in the AMERICAN invasion sector on an AMERICAN landing beach looking for an AMERICAN paratrooper in an AMERICAN drop zone, enough said.
To those who thought the film was too Pro American - spend the next 70 years and billions of dollars in the country of your choice building your own film industry and then make your own film about D-Day.
To those who thought the film was too "Hollywood" - see my comment above.
To those who just want to take a poke at Spielberg - what have you done lately?
Finally, the right to freely express ourselves as we have all just done was paid for in blood. Real people died to protect this right; to all veterans...thank you.