The good definitely outweighs the bad.

Rating: 8/10 (9 November 2011)

First off, I absolutely loved this movie the first time I saw it, and I still love it. The first hour of the movie is about as real of a depiction of war as Hollywood can get, and to this day I have not seen a more realistic and justifiably gruesome and wrenching depiction of war. Probably one of the most intense moments of the movie is not when the actual fighting is happening, but when the letters are being written to the families of the deceased soldiers, and the subsequent visit to the Ryan farm. The last hour or so of the movie was a little over the top for me, considering how Spielberg had made the first hour of combat seem so believable, but I digress. The soundtrack is excellent, and the style of filming is vintage Spielberg. The length of the movie a nearly three hours may discourage some of the viewers, but this one is definitely worth it.