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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

See You On The Beach:

Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film, Saving Private Ryan, is one movie that is so powerful, any words to describe it, seem hollow and over-used. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day, the film is re-released on DVD, this time, in a 2 disc set, complete with extras.

The film opens as the fateful D-Day invasion of World War II begins. Spielberg gives you very little time to prepare yourself for the images that you are about to see. The constantly moving camera during the first half hour of the... more info

A terrifically powerful film:

"Saving Private Ryan" is probably the best World War 2 movie ever made. The cast is excellent, and the cinematography unparalleled. The use of the hand-held, filtered camera during the battle scenes brings Capa's D-Day photographs to life. The story is simple--eight men are sent to find another soldier behind enemy lines--yet powerful by that very virtue. It is full of brilliant cinematic moments, such as the segueway after the horrific opening D-Day sequence: The screen goes blank for a second, and we hear... more info

Surprisingly impressive, stands out among war movies:

Most of us expect a low-rate, pointless and overall tacky war movie from today's money-hungry industry, but SPR has done well in distancing itself from our presumptions. If you've never seen it before, than you'll be surprised at how well the movie is puit together. Aside from the usual modern-day method of pumping a movie full of A-List actors, a predictable script, less-than-impressive direction, irrelevent acting, and the overall novelty that one can come to expect of supposed dramas of today's glamour... more info

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