The quintessence of epicity.

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 1998)

This movie was riveting! It's gotta be oscar-bound! I want to see it again. I can't begin to describe what you feel when you are in that theater,..when the movie is over and you are just kind of sitting there,...it's like you are in awe,...you know that stuff like this actually happened,..that this is the most true to life image of this war to date and you can't believe that it actually happened this way in such graphic detail. Throughout the movie you sit there and you watch the soldiers get killed one after another in many different ways and you want to look away,..but you don't,.. because you know that this is a part of your history,...you have to watch because if you don't it's like hiding from the truth. this movie really shows us that war is hell. the intricate camera angles and Speilberg's genius in this film make you feel like you are in the crossfire. And in the 28 or so minutes that you sit through the Omaha beach invasion all you want is for it to be over already. I felt like running out of the theater just to escape it's brutality,.. but i couldn't tear myself away. You begin to get to know the soldiers and you feel their bond as they set out to find the only remaining Ryan brother out of four. You accompany them on this journey into the depths of the war and at some points all you want to do is cry. If you haven't seen it i've done my best here to not ruin it for you so you can go see it yourself. It's well worth it and more.