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Rating: Null/10 (2 August 1998)

I gotta say, that after reading some of the comments already posted, that i 'm amazed at how many people watched this movie and proceeded to critique it for its plot, enjoyability, etc. This, like Schindler's List, I think, is a movie to be absorbed rather than just plain watched. After watching this movie, i walked around for days with a kind of 'hangover' following me around...i was extremely moved by it. When somebody asks me what i thought of it, i say 'i think of it alot'. The battle sequences were absolutely horrific - and not because of the gore so much as the terrifying realization that these people (war veterans - both deceased and still alive) did this for their country...this horrible, traumatic experience,... most were very young and weren't expecting what they got. The terror must have been unlike anything my generation will ever know. Most people today feel panic stricken when the cable goes out just before their favorite episode of (fill in the blank), c'mon people ... take a hard look at this movie! TERRIFYING. Very few movies have achieved in me what Private Ryan has.