What a beginning! But then?

Rating: 6/10 (7 March 2000)

The first minutes I just found incredible, never seen such intensity in a war movie before. You can feel the horror and the fear of the man. 10 points so far.
But after that? The film follows the standard Hollywood war movie pattern: American boys being heroes, some sentimentality, some victims, some blood, some bad guys and so on.
I expected more by Spielberg than making sure the movie goes well at the box office. A lost chance, could have been the ultimate war movie.