One of the greatest

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2005)

To say Saving Private Ryan is a great war movie would be an understatement. This movie deserves a place in the top 50.
This movie would have been nothing without the amazing directing of Steven Spielberg and I'm glad the academy honored him. This movie is incredibly violent, but it is to show us what the soldiers of WW2 had to endure. Without that, it would not have been as powerful.
John Williams also delivers a very good musical score throughout the film I especially enjoyed the cinema verite technique utilized by Spielberg to give us the feel that we're on the battlefield with the other soldiers.
And, of course, there is Tom Hanks. One of his best performances. He is undeniably one of the best actors of all time. I'm glad that he and Spielberg teamed up for this. It wouldn't have been the same without either of them.