Saving Private Ryan: The Ultimate Review

Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Tom Siezmore, is without a doubt one of the best war movies of all time. I chose this movie because my grand father was in WWII and I was always interested in war movies after some of the stories I had the pleasure of hearing. Saving Private Ryan is based on a true story, different names were used in the movie, so I would say this movie is somewhat of a mix between a non-fiction and a documentary of what they went through to find the 3rd brother while he was still alive.


Saving Private Ryan is one of my favorite movies because it shows how violent the wars really were, which most people don't seem to understand. In this movie they bring you first hand into the battles as they land on shore and are bombarded with heavy fire before they even have a chance to get to cover. I feel there are numerous messages in this movie, but the one that stood out the most to me was that you should NEVER give up until you complete your desired goal, and in the case of this movie is was finding Private Ryan. This is a message that everyone should use in their life because if you give up or quit you may never accomplish something that could be life changing. 
In the end of the movie they do find Private Ryan, although it is to late, he is on the edge of death while firing his last shots at a tank, when the tank explodes from an IED other men in the army find him and tell him everything as he passes away. The ending is somewhat sad after all the effort he, Private Ryan, puts forth to fight in the war, and all the effort other men put into finding him. 
I HIGHLY recommend this movie to anyone that likes wars and doesn't have a weak stomach. It is a real eye opener as to what has happened in the past, and you may even learn a new motto to live life by, and i dont mean "YOLO".