Good but not quite great

Rating: Null/10 (18 January 1999)

I was just a little disappointed with this film. I suppose the usual media hyped high expectations were at work, but aside from that I have to say that a few things troubled me.
I could attempt to critique the film with the usual attention to artistic merits that everyone else has already done a fine job of, and I could do the inevitable comparisons to Saving Private Ryan, using a point by point comparison.
What I'll do instead is resort to a much more visceral approach and simply point out that at the end of this movie I found that I was glad to have seen it but would not care to go to either the trouble or the expense to see it again on the big screen. I can try to disect a film 'till I'm blue in the face, but I've found that my final indication of any films worth to me is my desire to revisit it. I would run out to see Citizen Kane again in a second if it were re-released, I went to the theatre to see the re-release of The Wizard of Oz and I would like the opportunity to see Saving Private Ryan again on the big screen.
I will probably see this film again at some point in the future on video, but I can wait a long, long time. Enough said.