Realistic footage for sure

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2006)

I'm a high school student, and recently, before a trip to visit the D-Day beaches in Normandy, we had a vet who was a medic on D-Day come in and talk to our class. We asked him about his experiences AT D-Day, and he was disinclined to talk too much about it, but said that the first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" were like a newsreel. He even told a story briefly about trying to save a man, dragging the man behind him, only to discover after a little ways that he only had the top half of the man, and that the rest had been blown off, which was actually depicted in the movie. I really appreciated the artistic qualities of the movie as well. The muted color added a somber atmosphere to the movie, and the way Spielberg used realistic equipment and sound effects really impressed me. His set for the invasion was incredibly accurate- when I first viewed the movie, I thought it had been filmed on location. Thumbs up, Steve!