SAVING PRIVATE RYAN depicts America at its Best!

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2000)

Having put off seeing this film for months because people said it was "graphic, violent, and bloody---I finally saw it yesterday! I am extremely grateful I did! Yes, the landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day was realistic, to say the least, but it showed what the men of WWII actually experienced better than any book could possibly do. Stephen Ambrose, the WWII historian and consultant on the film, has given it the highest marks for realism. If anyone has any idea of what it means to be an American, of how invaluable our freedom is, of the sacrifice that our forefathers made, let them watch SPR and feel no doubt.
Undoubtedly the best picture of 1998!