Year: 1998
Rating: 
(out of )
Rating: 9.2 (out of 10)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Many people have voiced their distaste towards the modern-days scenes in Saving Private Ryan. Though I have no problems with their scorn for sentimentalism, I thought there were some important aspects involved in those scenes. The three girls in particular show little interest towards the old Ryan and the Normandy victims. I think that is what the younger generation would behave like without seeing the movie.
Probable converse:
Girl A: I'll give you 5-1 odds that grandpa will cry.
Girl B: Come on! At least 50-1!
Girl C: All right. You're on.
.........
Girl C: Pay up.
A boy who vandalised a war memorial museum was ordered by the judge to watch Saving Private Ryan. Personally I think the boy is an idiot for not having seen it already.
Directing: The most popular and also one of the greatest and most influential directors of all time. Though this is not equal to Schindler's List, in many ways it lives up to the harrowing 1993 masterpiece. The first half hour is shockingly realistic, expanding on what just lasted just 6 minutes in Glory.
Acting: Tom Hanks is one of the most able actors alive. His near-flawless performance is backed up by equally subtantial appearances by Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, and Jeremy Davies.
Writing: There is little writing involved here, but enough for Spielberg to shoot a film that is almost 3 hours. It's not quantity that matters, excessive dialogue would destroy the power of this film. We don't need people to tell us what's ugly about war (All Quiet on the Western Front), we need them to show it to us.
Others: Music in war films are often plain and forgettable. Unfortunately [i]Saving Private Ryan[/i] is one of them. John Williams has written a score that does little towards the film, which is rare. However, here is a film that did not require music. Sound editting was excellent during combat sequences, but needed improvement during speech.
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