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Excellent Film About the Horrors of WWII
This is a very powerful film. The bloody images, the strong language, and the sense of reality all add up to create this instant classic. From a movie standpoint, this is a good film because it has good acting, FX, sound, plot, etc., but from a realism standpoint, this film is rivaled by few. My favorite aspect of this movie is the way soldiers from both sides are portrayed equally. The american troops are not portrayed as flawless men who where model citizens, and the Nazi soldiers are not shown as bloodlust killers who eat their babies for lunch (yes, I do believe the Reichstag was evil, but the Germans who did the actual fighting where ordinary people who had no choice). So down to the point. This film is good on all aspects. The directing, acting, FX, sound, etc. are good, and the realism about war is also true (at least I believe so, I'm only 17 I haven't fought in any wars). This is a classic that should be viewed by everyone.

Gripping, realistic, touching
Probably the best American war movie. It will be a classic, played on network TV for years to come. Spielberg & Hanks delivered a real treat. I still can't believe that it lost "Best Picture" to 'Shakespeare in Love.' The movie speaks to those who have served unlike any other movie.

It leads the viewer to a glimpse of the horror of war and to an admiration of those who have sacrificed so much to fight for what they believe. Hanks' performance also shows how free soldiers face into the terror and Charlie Mike (continue mission).

This is a move everyone should see. Prepare yourself, though.

The ultimate war movie in every respect.
If it was possible to rate this movie a 10 it would still not do it justice. This Spielberg masterpiece takes the filmgoer on a journey that the ordinary man in the street, if he is fortunate, never gets to experience. It vividly shows both through the brilliant cinematograhy and the equally briliant acting the brutality of war and the great price paid by many both directly and indirectly involved. War ultimately has no winners only survivors and this movie demonstrates that in spades. It shows warfare in its most basic and brutal form something man was not created to witness but foisted on many for reasons beyond their control.Hanks is at his best in this movie and gives a tradesmanlike performance which we have become accustomed to seeing from this actor. Sizemore gives us another look at his considerable talent and is a good foil to Hanks throughout the film. I personally feel it is the directing that this film will chiefly be remembered for and the powerful message it conveys rather than the acting which is not to downplay the acting in any way. I doubt we will see better from Spielberg although this directors ability to surprise is well documented. Small wonder that many veterans of the Normandy landings broke down when viewing the opening scenes of this movie such was the realism portrayed. I myself had been in the cemetary overlooking Omaha beach 6 months after the filming of the opening scenes so the movie has a very special personal meaning for me. When one looks over the hundreds of white headstones the overwhelming feeling of debt engulfs one. Many of the soldiers who gave thier lives in the landings were mere teenagers. Its hard to accept but they and thousands of others saved what was then the free world. The movie captures this aspect brilliantly. There are not sufficient superlatives to accord this masterpiece.

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