Saving Private Ryan Analysis

Saving Private Ryan The movie I chose to analyze was Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan. Overall, I would say this is a must see movie. The movie is action packed, drama filled and heart felt. It really makes you appreciate those men and women who have died for our country. If I had to rate the movie between zero and five stars, five being the best, I would not hesitate to give the movie a five out of five. Besides all the action and well written dialogue, the actors who play the parts are perfect fits. All in all this movie accomplishes everything one of its type should hope to accomplish. The movie starts out in the present time, with an old man in an American Military Cemetery in Normandy, France. The old man is searching throughout the endless white crosses, looking for a specific one. When he finally finds it, he breaks down and cries and is taken over by memory. The story starts on D-Day, 1941. American troops are on their way to one of the most brutal battles of the war, at Omaha Beach. This is by far the most hectic scene in the movie. In fact, this movie is famous for its D-Day scene. As the boat approaches and the ramp is dropped, a German machine gunner starts mowing down row by row of rangers. They are all packed in with nowhere to go, taking heavy fire from the machine guns on the cliffs above the beach. The ones in the back bail over the sides of the boat because there is no other option. The water is too deep and many are pulled to the ocean floor by their heavy equipment. Bullets are flying everywhere; the soldiers aren’t even safe under water. Small arms fire, artillery, heavy machine guns, mines and many more are all pounding American forces without letting up. What really makes this scene is the amount of detail and how realistic it is. Spielberg makes it feel like you’re there, watching. The scene gave me the chills when I watched it. A small group of surviving rangers is led to a small sand dune for cover by CPT John Miller (Tom Hanks)