Hmm, good/bad/lackluster - Saving Private Ryan Reviews

Well, I myself, was a little disappointed with the movie. It seems all Steven wanted to do is capture our attention with shock, awe, chaos, and death. Meanwhile the story suffered, The only historically accurate scene was the beginning of Normandy, Omaha Beach. Even then, his minds portait of a group of 15 guys single handedly making it up the beach and dissarming the MG42's was a little dumb. The visuals no doubt were good, and there were ample scenes filled with fire-fights and "heroic" risks. 50/50, only for people who focus on action and not realism

D-day relived! - Saving Private Ryan Reviews

A strong and epic story. Spielberg hit a major chord with this film. Brilliantly portrayed and carried out. At times you feel that you yourself are on that battefield with them. Not to mention the accuracy of battlefield encounters. I read a recent review and did research and interviewing. I found that most veterans feel this movie (TIME/Newsweek)depicts the authenticity of a war. Interviewing actual RANGER veterans claim it to detail excerpts from their memories. Moving on, the camera moves as though you are running with the infantry trying to find this Ryan character. Worth watching and buying!

The truth behind "saving private ryan" - Saving Private Ryan Reviews

The first half-hour of the film was entertaining. It gave me a glims of what happen on Omaha Beach. Afterward, the movie became more of one person perspective of what happen after D-Day. Personality Steven Spielberg, didn't do his homework on the intensity of the german's infantry. The majority of the U.S soldiers that landed on Omaha Beach weren't superhuman, as catorgorizes in "Saving Private Ryan"; they were all "Green" to the battle field. For the people that don't know what "Green" mean; it describing that someone has no on field battle experience. These soldiers had to confront the best of what the German army had to offer. They confronted the elite Panzer, as well as the elite Werhmark divisions. Not to mention; the Luffwaffe that devastated the troops, using Stuka Dive Bombers. Also the use of superior technology such as the ME162 jet figthers, inflicted heavy casualties. The only reason why the United States won the war, was due to the over whelming supplies of materials. not to mention; the German's were a very formatable fighting force. To prove that point, was in the "Battle of the Rhine." U.S troops again was told by their field commanders, that they were going to confront a demoralized German War Machine, filled with conscripts without any on field battle experience. On the contrary the U.S troops sent to battle the Germans were "Green." The U.S was so close to losing that battle due to the fact they had no air support, and they were fighting against one of the elite Werhmark Divisions. So, which brings me back to my main point as to why this motion picture should be catogorized as "Hollywood." Speilberg epic adventure into making a believable war movie, based on historial facts, fails to reach it realism after the Omaha Beach scene. Also, I can understand why he demonized the German's in this war film, since he is a Jew. The acting was questionable, the direction fell off after the first 30 minutes into the film, and the story became very tiresome. In real life the U.S Army isn't going to spend their resources trying to save a Private Ryans, unless they are within the vicinity of the soldier, who is in destress. The only bright spot on this film is the visual effects.

Not for squimish - Saving Private Ryan Reviews

This was very good movie but it is not meant for the squimish. Very real...very true actions, but when you see it on film it seems as if you was there when all of this happened

Nothing saves private ryan - Saving Private Ryan Reviews

One of the most over-rated films of all time, this story steals every cliche from every WW2 film ever made and stitches them together with flashy photography that tries to mask itself as a new film.

Iron-clad - Saving Private Ryan Reviews

I am a man, when i saw this movie i could'nt help but to shed tears. This is the second movie that has ever made me cry. This was completely stunning, jaw dropping, shocking, it will hit your heart most definantly. Especialy the beggining sequence. It was just a mass murder. Fish in a bucket if you please. I only saw a couple of errors. But i am a war buff, i dont think an average person would notice. This movie is outstanding to say the least. But one thing that stuck out. Eight guys to go save one man to bring home. They find him, he refuses to leave. So they decide to stay and fight with the very small platoon that he is in. So all together it was 20 against over 100 + they had high calibre weapons and tanks. Hmmmmmm i wonder who will win?? You guessed it, the 20 americans. The problem was, in the whole battle you see 30 allies drop but there were more that just pop up. Other than that the movie was great it should have gotten an A+. Go rent it now!! Heck, go buy it!!

A moving film - Saving Private Ryan Reviews

Overall John Williams has come up with a subtle and nice score. I must be honest: I had heard some bad rap about this particular work by Williams, so I approached the purchasing of this score somewhat cautiously.... However when I got home and got a chance to listen to it a few times I really discovered that it was quite charming. I suppose it's wrong to say charming considering the weight of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. It definitely gets the point across. The music is used only where necessary in the film... a good call on part of Steven Spielberg. Williams reflects on the true heart and spirit of the soldier. In the first and last cues: HYMN TO THE FALLEN, and HYMN TO THE FALLEN (REPRISE) he evokes the kind of power and emotion that he's known for. The rest of the score after that takes somewhat of a dip though.... And this acts as my only type of criticism for this piece. It is a little anathematic at times supported only by slinky clarinets and low strings, a little boring in the middle, and that is only added to by the length of many of the cues. However in the end cues #9 and #10 are big pick ups for the score. #9 acts as my favorite cue reprising the main theme and adding a new twist to it, it's very interesting and has an ending that always gives me the Goosebumps... it's haunting in it's simplicity... which is how I can sum up the ENTIRE SCORE! "Haunting in its simplicity"