First and for most, I have enjoyed the World War II movies I have watched. I also enjoy listening to the blog disscusoins of World War II movies. Saving Private Ryan is the most powerful, eye opening, and best World War II movie I have watched.
Saving Private Ryan starts off in Normandy, France. Private James Ryan is in a cemetery with his wife, children, and grandchildren. I believe that the cemetery is the American Cemetery and Memorial. He finds the white cross he is looking for, gets on his knees, and has an emotional breakdown. The movie flashes back to June 6, 1944. D-Day. Captain John Miller and some other soldiers are some of the few lucky ones to survive the invasion at Normandy. The movie shows how hard and bloody D Day was. Captain Miller leads his troops and pushes back Germany. The D Day scene was very realistic and took some time to cover it.
Miller is a will know Captain and is given a specail task. Durning June 6, 1944, three of the four Ryan brothers were killed. Two were killed at Normandy and one was killed somewhere else. The only brother left was Private James Ryan. Miller and some other chosen men were given an assignment: find Ryan and make him go home to his mother. It is a long, tough, and confusing jaunt to find Private James Ryan. The men looking for Ryan can not understand why they are risking their lives and materials to find one man. Durnig the journey, two men die and tempers fly.
After finding Private Ryan, they feel like they have accomplished there goal. However, Private Ryan refuses to leave to go home. He feels that it is unfair that he gets to go home when his fellow soldiers fight just as hard. Miller, Ryan, and the other men stay and fight in the war. Heavy war breaks out. Miller is a great Captain and has his men in the right places. However, he dies as well as many others. Miller has impacted James Ryan's life forever.
Ryan is shown back with his family as an old man. He talks, thanks, and solutes to the cross of Captain John Miller. Ryan is very thankful and is questioning his life and decisions he made during the war. He is very thankful for Miller's sacrifice.
I thought that this movie was great. It illistrated that even when you loose your 3 brothers, you still have your soldier brothers and men that are fighting for you. This was very touching and a very good movie. I believe that Tom Hanks is a great actor. This movie w
as worth the 2 hours and 50 minutes for sure.
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Great job! Glad you liked the movie!