Saving Private Ryan

Pros: everything
Cons: nothing

Well first i thought it was just going to be a quick and not that much action but i was shocked at the beginning when the guy fall to his knees. Start the remember the war that he was in. The battle of Normady(probably spelled the name...

Pros: Technically flawless. The first 20 minutes are riveting.
Cons: Cliched script and lousy characterization. No restraint.

Steven Spielberg has created the most compelling 20 minutes of film I have ever seen. But in the end it cannot compensate for his glaring lack of restraint. Indeed, most of the film is a self-indulgent romp through a plot all the characters are...

Pros: very realistic
Cons: not for allot of young viewers

From the moment I first saw the previews, I just knew this was a movie I had to see. Tom Hanks has been on my list of favorite actors, but after seeing this film he has moved to the top!
My grandfather served in WWII as a medic and he would never...

Pros: the beginning and the end
Cons: the middle

Steven Spielberg managed to impress nearly everyone on the planet by scrapping his glossy style for a more jagged one with “Saving Private Ryan”. But we’re still talking about Spielberg, a filmmaker who knows where to put the bells and whistles to make...

Pros: enthralling plot
Cons: really long

Saving Private Ryan was one of the most intense movies I have ever seen. The plot is that a group of men in the was have been sent to find a soldier, to notify him that he can return home. He is being sent home because his other brothers, also in the...

Pros: A lot of heart in a...
Cons: For-Real Major WW II Motion Picture

Not ready for review, my generation, born during or just after WW II, was left to wonder what we would have done, what we would do. And from what my older friends have told me, we were not that far flung, Vietnam not-withstanding.
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Pros: Tom Hanks is gripping!
Cons: War is indeed Hell

Any movie that Tom Hanks is in has to be good...right? Well, I wasn't disappointed! From its chilling battlefield scenes to the emotional personal battles, this movie depicted war as it truly is. There's no glory in taking another man's blood or...

Pros: good movie
Cons: a bit un accurate

Thi is the best movie i have ever seen. It envolves, comedy,action,drama,suspense and more. This movie is so cool and i would recomend it to anyone who is into war history, cause it is very acurate. except that when they came on the beach, it should have...

Pros: Good acting, Good plot, Nicely shot
Cons: plot holes (but you most likely won't notice unless your looking for it)

Saving Private Ryan was one of the best movies I have ever seen. The movie has good acting, good actions scenes a great story line and is shot nicely. There are some strange things in the movie, though. Like in the beginning of the film an aged Ryan...

Pros: Very meaningful story line, and unbelievable description and graphics
Cons: Sad and incredibly graphic

I can appreciate the opinion that it was a hard movie to get through, but I definitely have to disagree that it isn't worth seeing! It was slightly difficult for me, but not because of the content, and after I finished watching the rest of the movie...

Pros: realisitc, action packed
Cons: not intended for the faint of heart

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I rented it on DVD a couple weeks ago, and the beginning scene, landing on Omaha Beach is one of the most graphic, intense, realisitc war scenes ever produced. Steven Speilberg is a genius, directing this...

Pros: The entire movie
Cons: Let me know if you find them

I've seen both Saving Private Ryan and Shakespheare in Love and for the life of me I cannot comprehend why Shakespeare in Love beat out Saving Private Ryan for the academy award. Not that I'm bad-mouthing Shakespeare in Love (It was great!) but...

Pros: Exceptional film that honors our veterans
Cons: Grave brutality makes some scenes difficult to watch

Saving Private Ryan is not only an edge of your seat war film, it also honors our nations heroes by making the viewer feel a little of the emotion, horror, and tremendous bravery that those who fought against Nazi Germany must have felt. A fictional...

Pros: well-written, true-to-life, great acting
Cons: violent at times

This movie is truly one of the best ever. We rented it and my husband turned his head during the first part, which is very violent (really, it's not that bad all the way through or I couldn't have stood it) and believe it or not, he fell asleep and...

Pros: very intense and emotional
Cons: graphic and bloody

My husband and I have a very large collection of movies with many war related movies and I always felt Patton was very intense until I saw "Saving Private Ryan". First off, I am a fan of Tom Hanks and knew it would be very well made, so when...