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Ebert, Roger “Saving Private Ryan” July 24th, 1998 rogerebert.com Nov 18, 2013

Roger Ebert a well known movie critic wrote up a review on one of my personal favorite movies Saving Private Ryan. Ebert who is known to be a tough critic even showed that he thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Ebert reviews focus less on the actually acting and story of the movie then he does on the camera work and sounds of the movie. It is evident that Ebert enjoys almost every movie he's ever seen that has been directed by Spielberg as he gives lots of praise and props to him in this review. Ebert explains how well of a job spielberg did when directing this movie and while casting it, he believes that Tom hanks was the perfect role to play cpt. Miller a english teacher who has survived miraculous encounters. Also Ebert believes that a young Matt Damon played a wonderful role as Pvt. Ryan. Ebert spends about a paragraph of his review explaining how well the camera work was done and he refers to the cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski, as a newsreel cinematography which means he really makes it seem like you were actually there because of his camera work it really portrays the scene as if it is actually happening right in front of your eyes. Ebert is blown away by how well the storming the beach of Normandy scene was shot. Although the scene was truly remarkable we have to remember that this review and movie were made about fifteen years ago so there is a chance that if a young person today were to see the movie there is a possibility that they might not appreciate it as much as Ebert does.

Berardinelli, James “Saving Private Ryan” 2012, reelviews.net Nov 18th 2013 James Berardinelli also wrote a review on the Movie Saving Private Ryan and unlike Ebert’s this review is based more on the action of the movie. Berardinelli starts of the review with a paragraph explaing how the opening scene in normady is one of the best shot scenes ever comparing it to movies such as Oliver Stones “Plattoon” in terms of how graphic this movie is. Berardinelli then goes on to explaing that this movie is defeintly not for the weak hearted due to the intense blood and gore.

Maslin, Janet. “ 'Saving Private Ryan': A Soberly Magnificent New War Film.” The New York Times On The Web. The New York Company, 24 July 1998. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.

“'Saving Private Ryan': A Soberly Magnificent New War Film”
This review by Janet Maslin tells that “Saving Private Ryan is one of the best war films of all time. She describes that Steven Spielberg shows the viewer that there was no force for the soldiers to be fighting but more of a patriotic roll. She talks about how well the movie shows how different all the soldiers are from each other. She also tells you how well the movie made you wait to see how they would find Private Ryan, because you know Ryan is being played by Matt Damon. She likes how well the movie takes you through what battle would most likely have been. She overall loves the movie and thinks it is one of the best war films for its time.

“Saving Private Ryan (1998).” Crazy 4 Cinema. Crazy 4 Cinema, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.

“Saving Private Ryan (1998)” This Review by crazy4cinema.com says that the first 25 min was horrific. They were under the impression that once they left to find Private Ryan that the movie would be done for the violence and they were not expecting anymore violence. They say that they would love to give the movie four stars but can’t because the story and characters left him feeling flat. He didn’t like that Spielberg sent eight men to save one man. He does not think that would have been worth it. He does like the acting done in the movie. He says that the acting was good for what they had to work with. He wants to know why just  Tom Hanks, as the Captain, and Jeremy Davies, as the translator stood out more than the rest of the characters. To end his review he says that the last battle is just a graphic as the first. Also, that the camera seems to be everywhere at once and that there is no favoritism shown throughout the whole movie.