“Saving Private Ryan” is one of the most realistic war movies ever created. The opening scene is Omaha beach, on the Normandy coast of France, on D-Day, June 6,1944. The troops are arriving at the beach in the LCVP boats. The young boys are let out in the ocean (the boats can’t go to shore because of the mines) and shooting starts. Bullets go whizzing by, and lives are being lost everywhere. For 25 minutes the screen is filled with the tr

Saving Private Ryan does have some parts that are purely movie. In the opening scene Cpt. Miller and his men secure the beach very quickly. In reality the GI’s didn’t secure the beach until nightfall (D-day museum). A part that veterans thought was not true to war, was that a “patrol would never saunter across a field, shoulder to shoulder, as the Tom Hanks-led unit does in Saving Private Ryan. They would skirt it, silently Men were ordered never to "bunch up," because that could draw immediate enemy fire. And soldiers did not casually flick cigarette butts. They would "field strip" them, unraveling the leftovers, balling up the paper so the Germans couldn't pick up their trail (Herald). But these are small technicalities.

I certainly would recommend this movie to anyone who has not seen it, for pleasure and to learn a little bit of history. The movie was well made and certainly held my interest. When I first saw it in the theatre I cried. I felt bad for my grandfather who served in the pacific during WWII. Historically speaking, a student can learn not just facts from this movie, but a little insight in what war is like. Especially since so many WWII vets are passing away.

I believe that Steven Spielberg made this movie to share his love and interest of WWII

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