Makes you think very deeply of your own sons

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 1999)

I passed this movie many times while visiting the Video store. I had been told it wasn't for the squeamish. One of my sons came to visit and talked about "Saving Private Ryan"... of the impact it had on him after seeing it ...that my husband and I should watch it. Having been a schoolgirl during WWII ...I felt I had seen enough of the real thing, plus plus enough war movies to last a lifetime. My son insisted, so we watched it and it was the most authentic war movie I have ever seen. At times it was hard to keep looking at the screen when soldiers were being blown to pieces, but I stuck it out. After all, this is what truly happened to these men who lost their lives, in order that we could live a free life. Something they would never do.
I do remember seeing "The Sullivans" in 1944 ...the movie about the five brothers who didn't want to be separated .. .but they all went down with their ship ... bringing about the rule that this would never happen again to a family. Yes, it did bring back a lot of memories, but if a movie like this is watched by the younger ones, they'll realize what a war is truly all about. My husband feels that those who govern our countries should be made to watch this movie on a regular basis. Being the mother of three sons, I can't imagine what life must have been like for The Sullivan parents losing five sons. "Saving Private Ryan"
does make you think very deeply about this.