Very Good Movie - NEWS Flash...It's a Movie...Not History

Rating: 9/10 (18 May 2016)

So this movie is ONLY 250 out of 250? Once again I have to wake myself up and realize that tastes are subjective and very, very dated. I can come to terms with that reality but I just don't understand why some really useless garbage gets rated higher than this flick. Is this a pro-war movie? Well, 'yes', if you are an idiot. Are there historical flaws in this production? Really? You are upset about that? I guess you don't know where the library is. Now I know that there are many of my fellow reviewers who just don't give out tensor even nineslike me. I am a ratings trampI admit it. I hand out tens and nines like candy. Why? Because I can. And if you still see yourself as some kind of 'movie snob', good work, just don't tell me...I can only laugh so many times in a day. Also try not to stick your silly little pinky out in my presence, I might just snap it off at the knuckle. Phew, no worriesI am over it. All kidding aside, I will admit (with regret I guess) I am not one for smothering myself in self-love just-because-I-can-sit and watch a stupid movie, and then voice an opinion. A turnip can do thatOMG. And not being a turnip or any other kind of vegetable, I have made myself my own perfect Segway to voice my view. First: This movie is just a movie – not history. Second: "Saving Private Ryan", although vaguely based on fact, is a product of Hollyweirdland, starring Hollyweirdos; directed by a Hollyweirdo. Note to reader: These folks often discard history and spin stories to their liking, increasing box-office cash-flow. Three: One of the best movies made, and this is from a whiner. Now it just so happens, the person directing this movie (Seven Spielberg) is probably one of the best out there. I like most of his stuff and some, I do notbut anything he doesit is always top quality. The camera work and acting are all pretty spectacular as well. The most talked about part of the movie is the harrowing display of carnage experienced by those just before hitting the beach. To think of the courage it took for a person to step around and over the mangled bodies of friends, you were just talking to, and at the same time, dodge ricocheting bullets. Accurate or not, fear and dread is brilliantly captured on film. To think of what each of these men were thinking, anticipating the worst and still, they carried on. That is unquestioned bravery. And then I see a review questioning the absence of British accents, really? And they mark the movie down for that? OK, to each his own, but I suggest you open a book son, and see where the Brits landed and where the US landed in Normandy. Better yet, take a trip to New Orleans and visit the World War Two National Museum in New Orleans. There you can talk to some actual survivorsnot actors. If you wish getting your history first hand, make the trip these people are getting old. And please remember, we were trying to win a war – a pretty serious one at that –there was no time for tinkle-dances of spineless multiculturalism. OK, I am recovered. This movie is one-of-a-kind. I think what Mr. Spielberg did is a great thing. "Saving Ryan" also has a cast that is beyond reproach. I really like Tom Hanks. The guy is an 'Oscar Magnet'. If a producer is craving success, put Mr. Hanks in a scene full of blow-up dolls – nomination for sure. I guess Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Ted Danson and Vin Diesel are included in the castbut who are they? I kid. This is by far one of the best movies I have seen. I have watched movies once and through they were stupendous but never bothered to watch them again – this one – I can watch many times over.