The D-Day Invasion depicted in the first half-hour of this movie is the most realistic and intense battle footage ever filmed, as well as a sobering reminder of the price paid for freedom. It's never cheap. The blu ray version is a dramatic improvement over the standard dvd. SPR is on a very short list of best war films ever made.

Spielberg has done it again. This masterpiece is a story that revolves around D-Day and the carnage at Omaha Beach. It is deeply touching and I do not feel all of the gore was out of place. It was needed to give it the truly realistic feel. Some movies try to put gore in it, but this movie needed the gore. I will never forget the image of the man with his inards spilling out crying for his mother. It was awful, yet so horrifyingly real. I must admit, some of the talking scenes were a little dull (it would be helpful if the actors wouldn't mumble so much), but some of them have deep meaning about honor, duty, etc. Some of the events are a bit confusing- if you don't know about the history of the battle (I knew a little from my dad's lectures and another movie "The Longest Day"). Every American should see this, in honor of those who lost their lives in such horrible ways defending their country.

For anyone who has served in the military, particularly one who has faced his own mortality in the line of duty, the realism of combat portrayed in this movie will rip your guts out. "Saving Private Ryan" illustrates the price our veterans have paid for the freedom we enjoy. Admittedly, the film's plot is weak. Nonetheless, the movie is an invaluable testament to our veterans. Let us never forget them. Just imagine yourself approaching Omaha Beach in one of those landing craft. I dare you.

In essence, SPR is THE greatest WWII movie that was ever made. To me, the closest thing to SPR in terms of WWII movie was "A bridge too far". It clearly is no competition. As for those morons at the academy, I have no idea what they were thinking. Regarding the movie itself, there was a minor mistake that one would not expect from a director like Spielberg. The search party for Ryan starts out with eight men. But if you take a good look, after Caparzo gets killed by the German sniper, there is a scene which STILL portrays eight men walking the French countryside. Take a closer look the next time.

I also thought all war movies were alike. Imade the mistake of judging the book by its cover and never expected what i saw. The most realistic movie about war ever made, there is nothing that could top this movie. I'm a trained infantry soldier and the army brainwashed me into wanting to go to war. After i saw this movie it changed my whole outlook on the military and war. I didnt cry when bambie died, but i cryed when i saw this movie. this movie hits any military man HARD. RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!!!!!!!

Before I saw this movie, I didn't think much of what happened to the people who fought the war and what they went through. I thought, yeah, cool he's been through this war, he should be respected. But, when I saw this film, it changed my whole perspective of war. Even though the directing was a little shaky, I would say this is one of the best war films ever made that's telling you what actually went on in the war, not like the movie "The Longest Day" which only told the story of how the battle started and ended. The story overall wasn't very great, but Steven can just make these things turn out awesome (like he does most of the time) so people actually enjoy it.This movie still sometimes depresses me when I think of the men who fought for the country and died. Like my English teacher said, "Every American should go and see this movie". It truly was good and I thank Steven Speilburg for it.