Rating of
3/4
Great War Film
TheWolf - wrote on 07/30/07
An amazingly epic movie, Saving Private Ryan is both an expertly told war film with the flair of originality that exceeded my expectations. While I was used to seeing many older war movies there were only a few that really left the impression that war is hell. The majority of the time they are showing you the tough times with a few hero soldiers that do the unexpected and do anything for those that they know and trust. This movie takes a different approach after finding out that a soldier named James Francis Ryan is currently behind enemy lines, and unbeknown to him his 3 brothers had recently been killed, a team of men is sent in to pull him out so that his mother doesn't have to get 4 death notices if he is killed in battle as well.
The movie is amazing, it makes you feel like you are right there with them. While most of us haven't seen what it was like in WWII I was told by the few military relatives that I had that this seemed to be quite an accurate depiction. While I hope never to see war myself, I really feel for those that have been through it, and if they say that this seems accurate I tend to believe it.
