Saving Private Ryan: The Best WWII film of the last 25 years.

Saving Private Ryan is a great experience that gives you a real sense of what it would be like to be a soldier in WWII. The cinematography, Special effects, are great. This is an intense movie that is very realistic and brutal. Kids: Ask your folks about it before seeing this one.

Plot:
After a successful landing on Omaha beach, eight American soldiers are notified that they must rescue another soldier, Private James Ryan, a member of the 101st Airborne. As they carry out the task of finding him, they quickly realize the absurdity of risking their lives to save one man.

Pros and Cons:

Pros:
1: EPIC battle scenes
Saving Private Ryan has some of the best battle scenes in any movie EVER. The Omaha beach landing scene is one of the longest and grittiest battle scenes of all time. The final battle scene has the American soldiers defending a town against a German infantry and tank battalion.
2: Very realistic
Don't get me wrong, this movie is VERY realistic. People with limbs blowing off, people on fire, getting their heads blown off, blood spewing everywhere, you get the idea. That really adds to the emotional effect of this film.
3:Strong performances from most of the cast.
Tom Hanks gives a great performance as Captain Miller, so does Tom Sizemore as Sargent....Whatshisname. I forget. Matt Damon also gives a top notch performance, but some of the characters seem to lack any emotional depth, and are basically stereotypes (Whom we will get to later).
4: Great cinematography.
The camerawork and special effects are both superb in this movie. It actually feels like you are running up Omaha beach, or that you have ash and debris from a building blowing around you. The special effects, from gunfire to explosions, are also great.

Cons:
1: Character development.
Granted, there are some characters I generally felt for, but some characters seemed very one-dimensional (You have the Jewish guy, the wimpy guy who hasn't ever handled a weapon, the super-christian guy [although you do sort of feel for him at some points] etc.).

The Verdict:
4.6/5.

While it isn't the perfect film in all regards, Saving Private Ryan is an amazing experience. Granted, most of the characters lack emotional depth, but still. You've gotta love Saving Private Ryan. The special effects are great, the cinematography is great, most of the actors do good jobs, and it is VERY realistic. Amazing, and not afraid to gross you out at some points, be sure to Save Private Ryan to your Netflix queue.

Introductory post: Who I am, what movies I like, What I am going to do with this site.

Hey, guys. My name is Jack Marsh. I am a 14-year old movie buff who is currently interested in reviewing movies (And maybe even making some.). I am fairly new to blogging, I've started up a few blogs on various subjects and have never really stuck with a single blog. Now I think I'm going to do that. So, you probably want to know what movies I like, don't you? Here's a list of my top 40 favorite movies (In no particular order).

40: Paths of Glory

39: The Professional

38: Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein

37: All of the star wars movies except for ep. 1.

36: Scarface

35: Saving Private Ryan

34: Almost Famous

33: The Shawshank Redemption

32: All of the Indiana Jones Movies

31: Gladiator

30: Letters from Iwu Jima

29: The Good the Bad and the Ugly

28: No Country for Old Men

27: The Dark Knight

26: Goodfellas

25: The Departed

24: The French Connection

23: Inglourious Basterds

22: Where Eagles Dare

21: Heat

20: The Social Network

19: The Matrix

18: Stand By Me

17: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

16: Rocky

15: Dracula

14: All Quiet on the Western Front

13: The Hurt Locker

12: Full Metal Jacket

11: The Shining

10: Fargo

9: Terminator 1 and 2

8: Halloween

7: All of the Lord of the Rings movies

6: The Great escape

5: The Wolfman (The old one)

4: Gone With the Wind

3: Avatar

2: Gangs of New York

1: 2001: A Space Odyssey

And there you go. That is just to name a few, though. There are a lot more movies that I like that I didn't mention in that list.

Anyway, I will try to do a couple of movie reviews every week, and an update every two weeks.I'll start by reviewing each of my top movies.

Thanks, and I'll keep you posted,

Jack or The movie buff kid.