Saving Private Ryan - Movie Review Example

His BIs is His story 5h5s 1f23a-1f23sa1f23sa1f23-sa1f23-sa1f23-sa1f23-story allowed director Steven Spielberg to tell a much larger story of the bravery and humanity of the men who fought and died in order to establish the D-Day beachhead and begin the ending of a war that was consuming the world. This cast for this film was lead by Tom Hanks, and with few cameo appearances by other strong leads, the rest of the cast was filled by relatively unknown actors. This approach to this film is an accurate reflection of the war itself, with a few strong men leading squads of the unknown, nameless GIs across the European continent.

The film covered the first few days of the D-Day landing and march inland, and is masterfully told. The battle scene on the beach is gruesome, and what may have been previously unknown to this generation, as realistic of a recreation of the D-Day landing as has been created. The soldiers found that they were stepping into a 'meat grinder' or a 'firing squad. The mission was to take the beach and move inland, and the American fighting man had been trained to accomplish its mission. However, the movie is much more than gun fighting, and grenades.

The film begins with an image of James Ryan as an old man, walking through the cemetery at Normandy on the 40'Th anniversary of the landing. He is trailed, somewhat intrepidly by his family at a distance. His presence as an elder man is evidence of the sacrifice which is painted across the acres of green rolling hills. White crosses and Jewish stars are arranged in need rows as far as the eyes can see. As the viewer soon learns these are more than masonry crosses to the elder Ryan. These were men, giving their lives for his.

They lived through the most difficult of circumstances in order, not to become victorious and create an empire for their host country, but to secure freedom and liberty for those who were being crushed under the Nazi war machine. At the same time that their efforts fleshed out a clash of political wills, their fight was not one of the countries against the country. They fought man against man. They fought across hills and countryside and at other times building to building, and hand to hand. The men who lived through, and those who lost their lives in this great conflict, truly earned the monarchy the 'greatest generation.

' Saving Private Ryan is a masterfully directed and produced movie. The film won numerous awards and has replaced its predecessor The Longest Day as this countries tribute to the WWII effort and generation. As a moviegoer, this movie escorts the viewer past the years which separate our generation from the efforts of these brave men and help today's citizen understand the sacrifice of average men gave us the opportunity to live free today, and their efforts, as individuals and as an army, should never be forgotten.