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Saving Private Ryan (2 viewings)
This movie takes place on the other end of the war and has a much more fictional approach for it's story. A small group of solders are sent on a very dangerous and foolish mission to find a mis-dropped airborne solider - Private Ryan.
It opens with the very iconic D-Day invasion , where the allied troops rush out on foot toward the two towering turrets of Normandy Beach. The madness and rapid loss of human life in this battle puts you right into the mind-set of one of the solders. After Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) guides his usual group of solders through the intense battle - he and his troops are sent right back into German occupied areas to search for Private Ryan.
Visually this film is very responsible for the tons of movies that use shakey camera movement , but it's done incredibly well in this movie. The battles are so realistic and shot so excitingly , you're share of eye candy won't be unfulfilled. The huge mixture of the great lighting and constant destruction of the scenery : set this movie apart from any other war movie you will see.
The main characters are what drives the story though and the cast is excellent. It's main focus are the few members of this group trying to save Ryan and the that's what gives this movie something a lot of war movies try to avoid , fun. But , unfortunately again Spielberg closes the movie with a foolish ending. Instead of ending it with main characters , you just see the now much older Ryan (who really is a minor character) at the graveyard for the people who saved him , it just doesn't get more anti-climatic than that.
This movie takes place on the other end of the war and has a much more fictional approach for it's story. A small group of solders are sent on a very dangerous and foolish mission to find a mis-dropped airborne solider - Private Ryan.
It opens with the very iconic D-Day invasion , where the allied troops rush out on foot toward the two towering turrets of Normandy Beach. The madness and rapid loss of human life in this battle puts you right into the mind-set of one of the solders. After Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) guides his usual group of solders through the intense battle - he and his troops are sent right back into German occupied areas to search for Private Ryan.
Visually this film is very responsible for the tons of movies that use shakey camera movement , but it's done incredibly well in this movie. The battles are so realistic and shot so excitingly , you're share of eye candy won't be unfulfilled. The huge mixture of the great lighting and constant destruction of the scenery : set this movie apart from any other war movie you will see.
The main characters are what drives the story though and the cast is excellent. It's main focus are the few members of this group trying to save Ryan and the that's what gives this movie something a lot of war movies try to avoid , fun. But , unfortunately again Spielberg closes the movie with a foolish ending. Instead of ending it with main characters , you just see the now much older Ryan (who really is a minor character) at the graveyard for the people who saved him , it just doesn't get more anti-climatic than that.