Slow down and think

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2000)

This is movie is very moving and powerful.I watched it twice in one night and still cried.I found the men's thoughts on what was going on around them very moving,they made great"narrators"!I believe it showed a side of war that no one else could have showed so movingly.Unlike Saving Private Ryan,(I walked out on that one and didn't think of the money I wasted.)I was actually able to slow down and think and feel what the real war heroes must have felt at times,confused,lost and somewhat like savages.It showed a side of savage in the American soldiers that I am sure they all felt.No other movie has ever had the courage to deal with that,they always have to make the American soldiers the great war conquering heroes,this movie didn't! I was able to slow down and open my mind to the past pain of the soldiers in WWII and it made me feel apart of those wars that MY forefathers bled in.It told me that sometimes even heros feel lost and alone.I recomend that anyone with a brain watch this movie,those with half of one or none..I wouldn't watch this,just go torture your already smoking brain with"Saving Private IDEAT"!