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Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan was the best movie I have ever seen! This is the type of movie that everyone such have to see at one time or another. I saw SPR 3 time because it is the most realistic, gory, but honorable movie ever. Even though it was an "R" rating I saw this masterpiece and I was just 16. I even saw a couple of 13 - 14 yearolds strole into the thearder. When I first heard about Saving Private Ryan I was expecting a slow boring piece of crap, and 8 solders have to find 1. Well, I have to admit it, but I received the exact opposite. With-in the first 3 mins., Miller found his ass on Omaha Beach with 2000 flying bullets his way and 88s going off! I will say it again, Saving Private Ryan was the best Movie I have ever seen, and will ever see, and one day when my kids are old enough to see gory bloody trash piece of crap films (and I'm sure they will still be making them) I will show them Saving Private Ryan, so they know the true reality of war and violence and not crap like Starship Troopes.
When I went to see Starship Troopers I was very disturbed with the violent content and the PG 13 rating the movie theater gave it. Every time a guy got ripped in half or a "Bug" got it's ass nuked I heard a few people say sick coments like "COOOL!" and "NUKE 'EM", that made me sick! But then when I saw the reality of war is SPR, your heard know one in the theader laugth, and the part with the "Sticky Bomb" scared the S**T out of every one, and no one had the nerve to say "COOOL", because they were traumatised like the many solders in war were. Speilburg it the best director I've ever seen, Tom Hank should of gotten an Oskar, and in my opinion Saving Private Ryan should of gotten Best Movie in a Life Time! Because of many people being disturbed in this film is why people should have to see it in school when being taught WWII. If you have never see this movie, this is a MUST! There will never be a masterpiece like this! Speilburg, Hanks, and Williams best work ever!

It is bold, it is horrifying, yet it is moving, and most importantly, it is REAL. 'Saving Private Ryan' is the kind of movie that can change your perspective on life, if you will let it. Every element of this film works brilliantly- acting, directing, writing, cinematography. Popcorn flicks have their place in life, but I urge everyone to take the time to see this truly outstanding film, and to think about what truly is important in our lives. While the characters in the film may not have

Let me just say that this is the most realistic movie that I have ever seen! I was in absolute amazement by the events that take place. I don't think that I truly understood what it was like to go to war with other human beings. This movie was very graphic and bloody, but it wasn't like cheap horror show trash, it is just the way things are. I wouldn't recommend this movie to some one out to have a good time with friends because it makes you kinda depressed or at least it gives you alot

I saw SAVING PRIVATE RYAN today, and was thrilled. It is the most intense, riveting, graphic, and reallistic account of World War 2 that I have ever seen. Hanks, Burns, Sizemore, Damon, and the whole supporting cast give excellent performances. In other words, Steven Spielberg has outdone himself again. Be warned though, THIS IS A VERY GORY, BLOODY, AND VIOLENT MOVIE.

Take off the sappy flag waving at both ends and Capt
Miller's silly speech to Ryan on the bridge and you have
the most honest, accurate and powerful depiction of the
brutality, stupidity and futility of war ever put on the
big screen! The audience deserves veteran's benefits!
Magnificent.

As my wife said, "The 'R' rating should stand for 'REQUIRED', at least to adults able to handle the real thing. Spielberg is determined we shouldn't forget the ugly part of world history. He surely does his part.

It pleases me that a man with as much talent as Steven
Speilburg, chooses to use that talent to make a difference.
The difference that this film made in my life, and that it
will hopefully make in the lives of others in my
generation, is that it not only reminded me of the
brutality and horror of war, it showed me that there were
real men who chose to jump into that horror so that I could
sit here at my computer and tell the world how this movie
has affected me. These men went through this awfull
experience because they wanted to do their part in
preserving the freedoms that they enjoyed then and that we
do now. See the movie, and when your children are old
enough, see the movie with them.

Powerful. If life is hard, see this and you're problems
won't seem so bad.

The opening scenes of this movie are brutal as real war is.
Tom Hanks gives as great a performance in this as he did in
PHILADELPIA where he received an Oscar award. I am a
military veteran and I attended the movie with another military veteran and his 25 yearold son. We all very much
enjoyed the time spent watching Saving of Private Ryan.

Well done, but gory. My grandfather said that the film was
actually gorier than the real war itself, but that it
presented a pretty similar likeness to what happened.

Absolutely amazing and powerful. Never before has a movie
been so realistic and moving. I saw it opening day and
have seen it two more times since. People shouldn't be
REQUIRED to see it . . . but if you're up for it,
definately see it. Kudos to Spielburg, Hanks, and John
Williams, and pretty much everyone else involved in the
movie.

I don't know what you've been smokin, but i think that
saving private ryan kicked ass.

thankyou,chris riddle

Words cannot describe how i felt after seeing Speilbergs
"Saving Private Ryan". As a young vibrant 18 yr old, i
never sat down and appreciated what these men had to go
through,and never realised the horrible brutal and horrific
scenes these men had to encounter. Saving Private Ryan has
changed all that, now i look up to those war veterans,and
think of what they did, so that we,todays generations,
young and old, can live in peace. A top performance, and
the most moving heartbreaking movie I have ever
seen.Prepare to be depressed after watching this one, but
its a MUST

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - * * * * *
Avery entertaing and unpredictable film that is intense and sad but can be disturbing. I loved it.

When I first saw this (I've seen it four times), I was
shaking afterward, and it took me a while to recover. This
is one of the most powerful, real, emotionally wrenching
films I have ever seen, with a subtle but haunting score by
John Williams and an understated, though heartbreakingly
human performance by Tom Hanks. This movie is an amazing
feat of cinema, but it transcended even that, and had a
substantial impact on me.

I have to be honest, I have not seen Schindler's List but if
this movie is any indication then it really will be a great
movie. Speildberg's and Hank's for that matter very best
work. About as flawless as movies these days get

I can appreciate the history of this film, and the realism of it. However, 3 hours of gore is absolutly rediculous. You people must be sick to be able to watch this for 3 hours. I actually like blood and gore in movies, but this was way out of line. You all need some serious help.

This horrifing, moving, powerful film, should win best
picture, I saw it back in July and it moved me so much it
changed the way I think, and it also changed my life. It is
a very violent film make no mastake, but it is no teen punk
trash movie, it is realistic. It is hard to think real men,
went through this because they believed in their country,
they left their beloved families and homes to face the
tragedy of war. This movie diserves 5 stars diserves best
picture and changed my life.

*I'll will buy this when it comes on to video for sure, and
enjoy it there, and someday I willshow this masterpiese of
film to my children. Thankyou.

I was stunned and amazed. I thought I knew what to expect,
but much of the battle was from the perspective of the
soldiers and I found myself feeling frightened and dazed. I
left the movie asking myself if my life would have been
worth saving at such a price, or if I would have been a hero
, a coward or just dead. Sobering, disturbing, inspiring,
terrifying, awesome movie. (Subtitles would have been nice.)

Saving Private Ryan is outright the best movie ever made
and probably will be the best that will ever be made. I
went to see it a few weeks after it opened and there were
war veterans in there too. Many you could hear throwing up.
Others went to sit outside shaking uncontrollably. I have
asked veternas who saw it that were there what they
thought, and they say it is as close as you will ever see
war without getting your head blown off. I was in tears
alot duuring this movie and I can tell you a movie has
never really changed my life except for SPR. This has
inspired me to appreciate what our guys had to go through.
This is a movie that everyone should see due to its very
high meaning. It was hard watching it , but I felt so great
that actual guys had to go through it becaus ethey wanted a
better worl for their families. See it, and it will change
your life. After I saw it I had cold chills up and downmnm
my body. An excellent performance all around!!