NOT the best at all...

Rating: Null/10 (1 January 1999)

This is a below average *movie*, but contains the best technical soldier deaths EVER. It is un-original, schmaltzy, ridiculously patriotic and weak plotted. Although some scenes are technically perfect, (I never said anything was fake), it was far from a coherent movie. Did you find yourself saying, Why didn't they just...???
After seeing Saving PR, I identified many similarities from other previous war movies:
Flag: BORN ON THE 4th OF JULY; Sniper shooting at Caparzo: oh my god FULL METAL JACKET; Urban shoot-out and battle: FULL METAL JACKET; The whole movie (going after Ryan): FULL METAL JACKET; Rag-tag bunch of 8-12 lovable mis-fits brought to battle entire German army: DIRTY DOZEN!; Ridiculous against the odds battle, with one-by-one death of characters: almost all war movies; Quoting Lincoln: every "praise US" movie (it seems); Beach scene at start: DUKE NUKEM 3D!!!;
This movie was soooo miscast: Adam Goldberg: TV show FRIENDS 20something psycho roomie; Giovanni Ribisi: FRIENDS Phoebe's stupid hick brother!; At times *Hanks* seems like he's Forrest Gump again; Matt Damon: anyone could have done *that*; Dennis Farina: I didn't know the Mob was at Normandy;
If SPR was cut down to just war scenes and titled
*Really Outstanding Battle Depiction*
I'd give it 10 Oscars. But it aint Best *picture*.