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Best War Film
This movie is the most graphic imagery of war ever made. Sure there are some errors like military terms and events but all war movies are like that in their own way. Steven Spielberg direction is great and maybe his great direction of film besides Catch Me If You Can which was good. Tom Hanks is great as the commanding officer whose pushed to the edge because of the war. Matt Damon is good in a small role as the title character. Ed Burns, Tom Sizemore, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, and Jeremy Davis are great as Hanks' squad. Guest appearance performances by Paul Giamatti and Ted Danson are also good. The action scenes are intense and breathetaking. Highly Recommended.

Very moving and relevant
Some of the most moving scenes of this movie are of the aging Private Ryan at a cemetary in Normandy. Contemplating what others gave to him so that he could live the life he lived, it is easy to put yourself into his shoes and ask "Do I deserve this?"

In this movie, the invasion of Normandy at Omaha Beach is depicted with great amounts of gore, heroism and violence. Even so, the battle for Omaha was more viscious than depicted in the movie with the German 352nd Division holding out for much of the day, covered by deadly accurate flak 88's (of which a brief mention is made in the movie). In the movie, Captain Miller is sent with a small company of his surviving soldiers into enemy held territory to locate a paratrooper, Private Ryan, who had just lost all of his brothers in other areas of the conflict.

There is interesting drama as this small group manages to get through relatively weak defended areas to the areas occupied by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. Managing to miraculously locate Private Ryan, Captain Miller's company joins up with some survivors from the 101st with the goal of not only keeping Private Ryan alive, but holding the town from a counterattack by the 2nd SS and hold the town until relieved. The ensuing fight is a terrible one as the outmatched Americans are about to be anhilated entirely only to be saved by reinforcements, capturing the bridge and relieving the town.

Though there are some historical problems with the movie (that unoccupied territory between the Omaha beachhead and the airborne troops I found implausible), I found the drama compelling. This movie isn't about men bigger than life (ala John Wayne), but regular men giving their all for their country and fellow soldiers. Even so, the most moving scenes to me are in the cemetary as Private Ryan contemplates the gift he received and the cost of that gift. It certainly made me stop and think about the gifts of freedom I have and enjoy and how many lives and dreams have been lost in my behalf.

Despite the gore, violence and historical inaccuracies, I still strongly recommend this movie.



This is a great movie but this probably couldn't happen
This movie is awesome. The second scence opens up with Omaha Beach where the speical effects are awesome yet terrifying: a man picking up his arm that blew off, a man sitting with his guts hanging out crying for his mother, a mans face being taken off. After this Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) and a group of his company are sent to go find Private Ryan to send him home since all his brothers are dead. Would this happen, I doubt a group of men would be sent to find somebody before their units close to the person, but who knows.
The group of men go through the hedgerows, and of course encounter Germans. The scence with the prisoner is amazing. When they find Private Ryan there is an awesome, but yet again terrifying fight.
The acting in this is great, and the guest stars in it were awesome, one is Ted Dawnson from Cheers. This is a great movie.

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