Saving Private Ryan

Pros: Dramatic, deep, interesting
Cons: Blood bath, one major flaw in the plot

Very dramatic, very brutal, but unrealistic at times.

Not for those whose stomachs get queezy easily, the action shows more than you really need to (or want to) see. It's good for people who think they never get enough from movies, overkill...

Pros: Strong plot, evoking many feelings, sadness, joy, and pity.
Cons: Gore takes away from actual intention of movie

To All Who May Watch:
"Saving Private Ryan," is a seemingly accurate portrayal of many soldiers during WWII. Although the plot is intense, it could have been as intense without so much death. Casualties were wide-spread during this...

Pros: Everything
Cons: May be too gruesome for some

Tom Hanks did a superb job on this movie. Steven Spielberg somehow did it again. The reality of war hits as soon as the soldiers hit the beach. The first 30 minutes or so are probably the most realistic movie that I have ever seen. If you have a weak...

Pros: Realistic
Cons: A little Bloody (which some people don't like)

Why someone would not recommend this movie is beyond me. I thought it was a very touching movie. It was also very realistic. I had heard a lot about how bloody it is and yes it did have its bloody scenes but in my opinion they weren't as bad as people...

Pros: realism, casting, scenery
Cons: don't see without someone there

Ok, Best beginning to a movie I have ever seen. Very realistic with the shot in the middle of the eyes. The footage of the ocean being red with the fish dead and washing up on shore was an excellent touch. Actors were perfect for their parts. Casting...

Pros: Beautiful cinematography, wonderful acting
Cons: the glorification of military heroism

I went to see the movie "Saving Private Ryan" with my grandfather who was a WW2 veteran and looking around the theater I could see that people were taken in by the reality and honesty of the film. I must say I was also taken in by the brutal...

Pros: good special effects
Cons: too much exaggeration

TITLE: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
LENGTH OF TAPE: 169 MINUTES
DATE OF FILM: 1998
LEADING CHARACTERS: TOM HANKS, TOM SIZEMORE, EDWARD J. BURNS
TIME PERIOD THE STORY COVERS: JUNE - JULY OF YEAR 1944
Saving Private Ryan is definitely...

Pros: very emotional
Cons: at times the graphics of a battle turns the stomach

This is a definite must see. I went to this movie expecting graphic detail and I was not disappointed. I also saw the horror of the mother who is waiting for news of her family, to understand the total isolation that war brings and how the bond of...

Pros: cinematography, direction, set design & costume, symbolism
Cons: none

Some may say that this was the best war movie ever made, and I would agree with that.

Watching SAVING PRIVATE RYAN makes us more involved, more understanding, and more caring for the people that fought and died during World War II, and...

Pros: great flick
Cons: very long, though that's not necessarily a bad thing

Like many great epics, this story of saving private ryan just gets better the more times you watch it. I've now seen it four or five times, but every time you watch it, you notice some of the smaller nuances. This is the story which follows the lives of...

Pros: it was really put together well.
Cons: none

I can honestly say I was in the same unit as Privet Ryan I was proud to serve in that unit. Well I love how they put you in the practically in the movie on Normandy beach on d-day and showed you how we weren't so good at making drops in there. Like we...

Pros: screenplay,story
Cons: none

This movie is just awesome in one word. From the 15 minute opening sequence, where the brutalities of war are exposed on a scale never shown before even in Hollywood to the nerve wracking journey to find Private Ryan  dodging Nazis, bombs, ...

Pros: Epic, realistic, and awesome
Cons: None

Tom Hanks proves again that he is one Hollywood's greatest actors of all time. His greatest movies include Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Sleepless In Seattle, Big, and now you can add Saving Private Ryan to the list. Hanks acting is superb and heart warming...

Pros: Great action, Historically accurate for the most part, Intense plot.
Cons: Few minor mistakes......

When I got to watch this movie, it was because I finally broks down and bought the movie. I never got to go to the theater to see this and I know that the sound and all would have been much better, but I really enjoyed the VHS tape. The action sequences...

Pros: Great tribute to those who lived and died at Normandy and Omaha Beach.
Cons: Graphic violence can be disturbing

My grandfather was at Normandy, so I think this movie is a tribute to what he went through there. To ...