Saving Private Ryan (DVD, 1998)

76 years old in the best way

I was a kid growing up at the tail end of the Great Depression and through World War II on the home front. People born after my parents, older peers and myself, cannot conceive the intensity of national commitment and individual mortal sacrifice ofor that conflict.

So I judge all recent films about the war in comparison with those issued immediately after the war to the generation that was there. Most current films about the war lack that sense of personal cost it inflicted, and such films are generally soulless, empty. Saving Private Ryan is not among that crowd. It succeeds in not only sensing the personal connection, but not diminishing or "insulating" it.

But for very effective modern production values, I would rate this as in the same class as Battleground, In Which We Serve, The Cruel Sea, the original, Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Ice Cold In Alex, and Bridge on the River Kwai.
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Theres nothing to say except it was a great purchace. Thumbs up WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY Up for me on this film and the purchase of this DVD.

No Complaints at all for me no this movie or the purchase of the film on this dvd great movie great characters great movie great buy,Best war film I have ever seen Sad But Based On True Events that happened During Word War II, Tom Hanks played a good role, Matt Damon was unbelievable in this movie.Read full review

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Excellent detail, realism, story line and actors.

Excellent movie, great detail, realism, story line and actors. A piece of history very well presented. June 6th 1944 is when the forces of good pushed back the forces of evil. Everyone needs to see that freedom is NOT free, it takes courage, strength and sacrifice to destroy those that would enslave..Read full review

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Great movie.

Of all the movies about WAR, I rate this the best. It has a great plot. It has one of the best actors of my generation. An it is believeable, compassionate, yet at the same time, authinic.

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Saving Private Ryan: Human side of war

My Dad was too young for WWII. He was involved in Korea. My grandfather was in WWII. I was interested in the human side of war. This is a good story! I get lost in battles, but human interest always draws me in. Read full review

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Awesome movie! Highly recommended!!

Great movie. Very very real like movie. I just wish the end of the movie had ended with Private Ryan surviving instead of dying.very real life movie.

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Saving Private Ryan

This movie is great! The cast is fantastic and engaging. A realistic part of our history done exceptionally well. Highly recommend.

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really what it is all about only if you been their

as realistic as can be seen good angle shots realistic but wont talk about it all around very realistic and good colure depiction

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Authentic and a good drama

Husband loves this movie so much, and he is a stickler for authenticity and good character development. We owned it on VHS and when our VCR finally broke this was one of only a few movies he replaced on DVD.Read full review

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One of the best Hanks movies !

All the cast were supreme! Good drama and action! It gets me tears up every time i watch it.