Saving Private Ryan Reviews

Summary During the WWII D-Day invasion, a squad of soldiers led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) is sent into Normandy to find Private James Ryan (Matt Damon), and return him to his mother in America. She has already lost three other sons in this war.

• Drama

• War

Steven Spielberg's magnificent new film, Saving Private Ryan, redefines the World War II movie.

A movie of staggering virtuosity and raw lyric power, a masterpiece of terror, chaos, blood, and courage.

Has the most noticeable movie mistakes I ever seen, despite of which it's still a masterpiece and probably the most important film one could ever watch.

From quality meister Steven Spielberg comes a compelling war epic full of profound performances and a powerful sense of storytelling, the battle scenes are exciting and realistic and you can sense the tension and care put into it the charachters were memorable and you cared for every single one of them this is the best war movie ever and anyone who doesn’t like it has a problem and knows nothing of quality cinema because this film is above the top tier a true masterpiece!!!!! 10/10

No Hollywood film within recent memory has achieved such richness and originality of texture, such a compelling amalgam of passionate human drama and awesome technique.

Spectacular, wrenching masterpiece that unflinchingly documents the random horror, the grisly spectacle and the ugliness of war.

A magnificent piece of movie-making.

Using the overpowering techniques of modern film, Steven Spielberg has cut through the glory-tinged gauze that shrouds World War II to reveal its brutal reality, creating a phenomenology of violence unsurpassed in the history of cinema.

Nothing that suggests an independent vision, unless you count seeing more limbs blown off than usual.

I cant think of any negative about this movie. movie has extremely powerful scenes broken up by enlightening character developing and growth. the overall mission is not what is important in this journey, but the message is. this cast is star studded, with every new character as someone you know, and they do an excellent job.

2021 re-watch ah war is a meat grinder of men. No crap Sherlock, writers. Ok so what of the actual story? Honor, duty and sacrifice for the greater good. So a pretty formulaic war movie story. Just with a ton of gore thrown in all through the movie for audience shock and awe factor. However it gets to the point so many mangled bodies and bits all over the place the gore ends up oversaturated. I zoned out a lot on re-watch and tapped out when they found private Ryan. Sometimes the attempt at realism numbs the experience and it doesn't work on a emotional level. Like Hacksaw Ridge worked better, because the intense gore was only in the final battle scenes at the end of the movie. It built up the contrast of the civilian home life first. Then thrust the audience into the shock and awe battle scenes later. So no constant oversaturation of gore all through the movie like this one. Hacksaw Ridge showed it didn't tell. This movie did a lot tell with the characters backstory. So no deep connection to characters. The intense gore cannot the hide the formulaic war story with shallow characterisation. That being said "Thank you for your service". Nope not the actors, but the IRL vets past and present.

I kinda have mixed feelings on this movie. On one hand, it had the most awesome looking war scenes ever on film, and Tom Hanks is just as good as he is in all of his movies. On the other hand, many of the characters were annoying, and the plot was kinda weak. I wouldn't highly recommend it, yet it shouldn't be completely overlooked.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

This is a typical Hollywood movie with lots of flash but no substance. The story is a joke and the characters are as one-dimensional as you can get. There's lots of big explosions, blood, and body parts, so if that's your thing, this is for you, but if you're looking for something more, you'd best look elsewhere. Try Platoon, Thin Red Line, the Dirty Dozen, or even Patton for a more worthwhile experience.

Academy Awards, USA

• 5 Wins & 11 Nominations

Golden Globes, USA

• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations

Online Film & Television Association

• 11 Wins & 14 Nominations