Saving Private Ryan

Pros: Real, very, very real.
Cons: It scared me and made me want to pick up a rifle and dig a very deep hole.

Saving Private Ryan is a movie that is not for the faint of heart or those that cannot stand the sight of violence. The graphic depictions of men in battle fully illustrate the horrors of combat to the viewer. The first scene when Tom Hanks is landing...

Pros: Historically accurate, to a fault
Cons: Very graphic, not for those with weak stomachs

Even before I saw this film, I regretted not getting the chance to see it on the big screen. I grew up listening to the stories told by my Grandfather, a survivor of that terrible landing that is depicted so realistically during the first part of the...

Pros: Realistic View of War
Cons: some bloody scenes

Saving Private Ryan is a very emotional movie to watch. In the very first moments of the movie you realize what our men went through. How terrifying to watch as your fathers or uncles go trudging up the beach with full uniform on, how terribly heavy all...

Pros: Magnificent reenactment of battle; Excellent performances
Cons: Extraordinarily brutal

I had certainly heard about Saving Private Ryan, the 3-hour epic war film from director Steven Spielberg, before I saw it, and I’m here to tell you that nothing can possibly prepare you for the content of this film. I remember seeing Oliver Stone’s...

Pros: Appealing characters, well-acted script, technically amazing
Cons: Stereotypical characters, the opening and closing grandpa scenes

Saving Private Ryan is, by far, one of the best war films I have ever seen. I saw it in the theater with my husband and sister the day it opened in theaters. I have always been war movie buff. Coming from a huge Navy family, I have always had a deep...

Pros: Realistic!! Graphic - though not inappropriately.
Cons: Realistic!! Graphic - not good for children.

My wife and I went to see Saving Private Ryan together. We figured, it's Tom Hanks; it’s probably going to be good. I had no idea what I was in for.
My father was blinded in WWII 2 weeks before D Day. He was only 20 then. He’s been blind my whole...

Pros: Powerful anti-war film from a master filmmaker
Cons: Graphic violence may put some viewers off.

This movie is filled with images that evoke powerful emotions: The image of an old man crying at Arlington National Cemetery. The image of two snipers battling for national supremacy. The image of a solider who holds an explosive just a fraction of a...

Pros: WOW!
Cons: Some may argue that the story is lacking in the middle of the movie...

"Saving Private Ryan" is Steven Spielberg's latest World War II drama about the invasion of Normandy. Specifically, it concentrates on one group's mission to find one man, a Private James Ryan, the soul survivor of a family whose four boys had gone off...

Pros: Intense action, well acted characters, epic.
Cons: Lame story, not for the squeamish.

A lot of war movies seem to sugar coat the realism of war in order to appeal to a wider range of audiences. They only show the bare minimum of realism it takes to cast a sense of depth in their movies. When you get shot, it isn't just a whiff of smoke...

Pros: Everything -- plot, acting, scenery
Cons: None

This movie was so much better than I thought it would be! I put off seeing it for a long time because I'd heard about how gory and realistic and disturbing it was and frankly, when I sit down to watch a movie, I want to be entertained and uplifted, not...

Pros: Brilliantly choreographed battle scenes
Cons: Disorientation

Call me crazy, but I don't see Saving Private Ryan as the film of the summer. A good movie, yes, with chillingly realistic battle scenes and emotion to spare. An utterly riviting movie on par with Steven Spielberg's best work, no. Personally, if I...

Pros: opening sequence, Jeremy Davies
Cons: much of it is run-of-the-mill

"E.T." is my favorite all-time movie and "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" isn't far back, but I was annoyed with all the hype and awards for "Saving Private Ryan."

I think many people were praising the nobility of the...

Pros: terrific acting, esp. by Hanks
Cons: a little long, a little overrated

Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is well done and, considering its
nearly three-hour length, very compelling viewing. Yet I couldn't help
feeling a little distanced from it. I know that sounds condescending,
but I didn't feel that...

Pros: Spielberg quality flick
Cons: You know the whole plot without having watched it

If you only watch this movie once only for the raw action, this is a great film. I own the DVD of this and watched those action scenes a thousand times. Spielberg is a great director with a great crew, and he does his best to really try to draw you into...

Pros: VERY realistic
Cons: None, really.

Saving Private Ryan will soon be a classic. This movie sets you directly into the center of a World War II Soldier's mind. It lays out the tragedies and general morals of our wars in that era. It is said that when Saving Private Ryan was...