How can this film be at #8?

Rating: Null/10 (22 August 1999)

Ok, Saving Private Ryan was a good film. The D-Day landing scene at the beginning could well be the most realistic depiction of conflict ever made. This was easily the film's best feature. However, after that, it just went downhill. The story was utterly unconvincing, and although it was depicted graphically and with immense skill, it doesn't (ever) excuse it. The ending of the film was probably the singly most uninspiring and cliched, for a film that deals with the epic issues that this one attempts (not very well) to grapple with. I enjoyed this film, but my question is how can it be at #8? Or even in the top hundred? Can a film that relies so heavily on it's skilled making and so little on it's depth really be among the masterpieces (mostly) in the top ten movies?