A "Must See" Movie, especially for the current generation.

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 1998)

If you are ex-military, this movie will make you wince, and you will find tears in your eyes at several places in the movie, especially the ending. You will curse the coward who causes the death of the Tom Hanks character and others and be disappointed when he does not get killed. If you had relatives in World War II you will gain a new respect for what those relatives went through so that you could be there to see that movie. This is a Spielberg masterpiece and the only movie that I have ever given a 10 out of 10 rating. Don't take your sub-teen children to this movie. It is too intense and they won't understand it. The plain fact is, the older you are, the more you will appreciate it. My grown children and the children of my brothers and sister have seen it and were very much impressed. One nephew/niece are having their American flag signed by all their friends and relatives who are military or ex-military. Don't know if it happened everywhere, but the people in the theater were very quiet and subdued before the movie and the same after the movie. It was almost like any noise would have been a sign of disrespect. I was moved.