A Very GOOD MOVIE but it is extremely gory IT is a true story though the movie is also very realistic.

Saving Private Ryan to me is another reminder that we need to be thankfull that those young men went out there to stop someone like hitler. He mercilessly killed 6 million jews and planed to take the world, we need to know how it was fought so we know that those brave people gave their lives that we might live today!

A War Movie with a very highly compelling story behind it that all can take heart from. Honor, duty and above all courage when faced with uncertain circumstances. While this movie is very disturbingly graphic, and is R-rated as per such it is much closer to the PG-13 side of this rating than the NC-17 side that a few pott smoking politically correct hippie-morons have suggested. Seeing Matt Damon fade back to the elderly gentleman in the cemetary with his family in the background told the bottom line of what this show was all about. It provides a profound anti-war message, while at the same time paying tribute to those who fell in our last truly epical bloody conflicts (not the small thing Vietnam was).

This movie is disturbing, graphic at times. It show's us young folk how traumatic war was/is for these brave men & women. It is not good to glorify war, but seeing the level of courage & self sacrifice of these soldier's moves you close to tears at times. I have 4 brothers, all in there late teen's/ early 20's & i could'nt fathom how painful it would be to lose them all in quick succession in the same way private Ryan lost his. Tom Hank's again is tremendous, a great great performance. I was so angry when he did'nt pick up the oscar for his role, he really deserved it. Although i admire the American effort in WW2, don't lose sight of the fact that their allies helped win the war too.

Saving Private Ryan is a perfect example of Stephen Speilburgs undeniable talent. It was well composed, and very relistic. The casting was great. Speilburg is the best director and this was a perfect example of his work. Much improvment from Escape to Nowhere, but hey he was only a kid when he made that flick. Even though it is rated R I sill saw it even though I'm just thirteen. The camera crew was the best.

oh my god, you americans make me laugh so bad. i have to be honest the movie was terrible people are not stupied. they know that a war is a terrible thing we dont need to be fed with a spoon all the time. there were so many other better war films then this one. movies like platton, born on the 4 of july, full metal jacket. they were all much better becasue they had a good story line which ryan did not. and i heard people say they really showed us what war is all about. i mean its redicules. how stupied can a person be if he thinks war is a good thing. i mean for me its enough too see one guy get shot, to realize what a war is all about. the movie is really so pathic that americans who go to the movie become patriotic and thats so sad....... cheers .

Overall, I'd give the movie 3 1/2 stars. Let's face it, the "movie," itself, was treacly and overdone. As to the plot and the characters (with the notable exception of Barry Pepper's sniper--a great character), it's 100% hollywood. That being said, the opening battle sequence is the single best piece of filmaking I've ever seen. It was absolutely devestating. I've never seen anything so intense, so frightening, so riveting in a movie (or any other piece of art for that matter). I couldn't turn away from the screen, thought, at times, I desperately wanted to. I wanted the scene to end, yet wanted it to keep going forever. That battle scene is truly a work of art. Any illusions I ever had of thinking, "yeah, I'd survive in a war," were gone the minute the scene ended. The randomness of life or death in war is permanantly etched in my mind.

Excellent Movie. Speilberg shows us how war really was back then. The first half-hour is just war on battefield - i like it. Very realistic movie. Special Effects were outstanding. A little long though. #1 for me this month

A criminally overrated film. Spielberg in no way shows us anything novel or original that we haven't seen before in countless other war films. The opening battle sequence is average, nothing more; the characters are stereotypes; the dialogue is wooden; and there's absolutely no immediacy to the storyline. (I mean, did anyone really care if the beloved Ryan got rescued? Yeah, that's what I thought.)

Saving Private Ryan was the best movie I have ever seen! This is the type of movie that everyone such have to see at one time or another. I saw SPR 3 time because it is the most realistic, gory, but honorable movie ever. Even though it was an "R" rating I saw this masterpiece and I was just 16. I even saw a couple of 13 - 14 yearolds strole into the thearder. When I first heard about Saving Private Ryan I was expecting a slow boring piece of crap, and 8 solders have to find 1. Well, I have to admit it, but I received the exact opposite. With-in the first 3 mins., Miller found his ass on Omaha Beach with 2000 flying bullets his way and 88s going off! I will say it again, Saving Private Ryan was the best Movie I have ever seen, and will ever see, and one day when my kids are old enough to see gory bloody trash piece of crap films (and I'm sure they will still be making them) I will show them Saving Private Ryan, so they know the true reality of war and violence and not crap like Starship Troopes. When I went to see Starship Troopers I was very disturbed with the violent content and the PG 13 rating the movie theater gave it. Every time a guy got ripped in half or a "Bug" got it's ass nuked I heard a few people say sick coments like "COOOL!" and "NUKE 'EM", that made me sick! But then when I saw the reality of war is SPR, your heard know one in the theader laugth, and the part with the "Sticky Bomb" scared the S**T out of every one, and no one had the nerve to say "COOOL", because they were traumatised like the many solders in war were. Speilburg it the best director I've ever seen, Tom Hank should of gotten an Oskar, and in my opinion Saving Private Ryan should of gotten Best Movie in a Life Time! Because of many people being disturbed in this film is why people should have to see it in school when being taught WWII. If you have never see this movie, this is a MUST! There will never be a masterpiece like this! Speilburg, Hanks, and Williams best work ever!

Saving Private Ryan is outright the best movie ever made and probably will be the best that will ever be made. I went to see it a few weeks after it opened and there were war veterans in there too. Many you could hear throwing up. Others went to sit outside shaking uncontrollably. I have asked veternas who saw it that were there what they thought, and they say it is as close as you will ever see war without getting your head blown off. I was in tears alot duuring this movie and I can tell you a movie has never really changed my life except for SPR. This has inspired me to appreciate what our guys had to go through. This is a movie that everyone should see due to its very high meaning. It was hard watching it , but I felt so great that actual guys had to go through it becaus ethey wanted a better worl for their families. See it, and it will change your life. After I saw it I had cold chills up and downmnm my body. An excellent performance all around!!

I was stunned and amazed. I thought I knew what to expect, but much of the battle was from the perspective of the soldiers and I found myself feeling frightened and dazed. I left the movie asking myself if my life would have been worth saving at such a price, or if I would have been a hero , a coward or just dead. Sobering, disturbing, inspiring, terrifying, awesome movie. (Subtitles would have been nice.)

This horrifing, moving, powerful film, should win best picture, I saw it back in July and it moved me so much it changed the way I think, and it also changed my life. It is a very violent film make no mastake, but it is no teen punk trash movie, it is realistic. It is hard to think real men, went through this because they believed in their country, they left their beloved families and homes to face the tragedy of war. This movie diserves 5 stars diserves best picture and changed my life. *I'll will buy this when it comes on to video for sure, and enjoy it there, and someday I willshow this masterpiese of film to my children. Thankyou.

I can appreciate the history of this film, and the realism of it. However, 3 hours of gore is absolutly rediculous. You people must be sick to be able to watch this for 3 hours. I actually like blood and gore in movies, but this was way out of line. You all need some serious help.

I have to be honest, I have not seen Schindler's List but if this movie is any indication then it really will be a great movie. Speildberg's and Hank's for that matter very best work. About as flawless as movies these days get

When I first saw this (I've seen it four times), I was shaking afterward, and it took me a while to recover. This is one of the most powerful, real, emotionally wrenching films I have ever seen, with a subtle but haunting score by John Williams and an understated, though heartbreakingly human performance by Tom Hanks. This movie is an amazing feat of cinema, but it transcended even that, and had a substantial impact on me.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - * * * * * Avery entertaing and unpredictable film that is intense and sad but can be disturbing. I loved it.

Words cannot describe how i felt after seeing Speilbergs "Saving Private Ryan". As a young vibrant 18 yr old, i never sat down and appreciated what these men had to go through,and never realised the horrible brutal and horrific scenes these men had to encounter. Saving Private Ryan has changed all that, now i look up to those war veterans,and think of what they did, so that we,todays generations, young and old, can live in peace. A top performance, and the most moving heartbreaking movie I have ever seen.Prepare to be depressed after watching this one, but its a MUST

I don't know what you've been smokin, but i think that saving private ryan kicked ass. thankyou,chris riddle

Absolutely amazing and powerful. Never before has a movie been so realistic and moving. I saw it opening day and have seen it two more times since. People shouldn't be REQUIRED to see it . . . but if you're up for it, definately see it. Kudos to Spielburg, Hanks, and John Williams, and pretty much everyone else involved in the movie.

Well done, but gory. My grandfather said that the film was actually gorier than the real war itself, but that it presented a pretty similar likeness to what happened.

The opening scenes of this movie are brutal as real war is. Tom Hanks gives as great a performance in this as he did in PHILADELPIA where he received an Oscar award. I am a military veteran and I attended the movie with another military veteran and his 25 yearold son. We all very much enjoyed the time spent watching Saving of Private Ryan.

Powerful. If life is hard, see this and you're problems won't seem so bad.

It pleases me that a man with as much talent as Steven Speilburg, chooses to use that talent to make a difference. The difference that this film made in my life, and that it will hopefully make in the lives of others in my generation, is that it not only reminded me of the brutality and horror of war, it showed me that there were real men who chose to jump into that horror so that I could sit here at my computer and tell the world how this movie has affected me. These men went through this awfull experience because they wanted to do their part in preserving the freedoms that they enjoyed then and that we do now. See the movie, and when your children are old enough, see the movie with them.

As my wife said, "The 'R' rating should stand for 'REQUIRED', at least to adults able to handle the real thing. Spielberg is determined we shouldn't forget the ugly part of world history. He surely does his part.

Take off the sappy flag waving at both ends and Capt Miller's silly speech to Ryan on the bridge and you have the most honest, accurate and powerful depiction of the brutality, stupidity and futility of war ever put on the big screen! The audience deserves veteran's benefits! Magnificent.

It is bold, it is horrifying, yet it is moving, and most importantly, it is REAL. 'Saving Private Ryan' is the kind of movie that can change your perspective on life, if you will let it. Every element of this film works brilliantly- acting, directing, writing, cinematography. Popcorn flicks have their place in life, but I urge everyone to take the time to see this truly outstanding film, and to think about what truly is important in our lives. While the characters in the film may not have

Let me just say that this is the most realistic movie that I have ever seen! I was in absolute amazement by the events that take place. I don't think that I truly understood what it was like to go to war with other human beings. This movie was very graphic and bloody, but it wasn't like cheap horror show trash, it is just the way things are. I wouldn't recommend this movie to some one out to have a good time with friends because it makes you kinda depressed or at least it gives you alot

I saw SAVING PRIVATE RYAN today, and was thrilled. It is the most intense, riveting, graphic, and reallistic account of World War 2 that I have ever seen. Hanks, Burns, Sizemore, Damon, and the whole supporting cast give excellent performances. In other words, Steven Spielberg has outdone himself again. Be warned though, THIS IS A VERY GORY, BLOODY, AND VIOLENT MOVIE.