Film Review of Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan was released in 1998 and was directed by one of Hollywood’s most famous directors Steven Spielberg. His previous work has included Schlinders List and ET. The screen play was written by Robert Rodat and the music was composed by John Williams. The cast included actors such as Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore. The film won 5 Academy awards including best Director and Best Sound Effects Editing.
The film is about a secretary who finds out that a Mrs Ryan is receiving three telegrams telling about her three dead sons. So the army General decides to send in a special unit to bring her only living son back home. They are sent in to save
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As the tanks got closer and closer it seemed forever and I felt very anxious and excited about it. There where a lot of other times during battle where there was a lot of suspense. The director wanted to do this to show how it must have felt for the soldiers.
The main role was Captain Miller who was played by Tom Hanks. At the start he is a very strong man and he was quite emotional as well, but as the war goes on and when emotions run high we find out that he was a school teacher back home. We see him change when the Paramedic (Giovanni Ribisi) was killed. All of a sudden he got really angry and wanted revenge. Another main character was Sergeant Horvath who was played by Tome Sizemore. He gave the orders out to the corporals. We never really saw him being emotional he was strong and he was a patriotic man. There were many other characters in the film all of whom we see in a different way than we did at the start. They are well played and each actor takes their role very seriously and plays them well.
The first theme of the film is set in modern day and is quite emotional as is of an old man visiting the memorial plot. There is no dialogue in this scene but there is heroic music being played while he walks through the plot. We see a cross with the Jewish star on it which I think is to symbolize the number of Jews killed in
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He was heartbroken, but eventually overcame his death
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The point of view is written in the first person, however, the point of view
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He was a brilliant guy with a lot of potential, but he had one insecurity, he fainted to the sight of blood.
'Saving Private Ryan' by Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan is an epic war film directed by the world-renowned Steven Spielberg. The movie received several awards including five Academy Awards for best cinematography, best director, best effects, best film editing and best sound, it also picked up other prestigious awards. The first twenty-five minutes are a flashback to the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day. Through his unique uses of proxemics, camera angles, costumes, special effects, editing, sound, colouring, props, events and characters Spielberg has made a shockingly graphic and unflattering war movie.
The movie that is being reviewed and analyzed is Fight Club, which stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Fight Club is in a genre on its own, but falls into the categories of action and mystery. We will be looking at the subdivisions of plot, character, setting, and focus. By analyzing these points of the movie we can see why Fight Club belongs to the certain genre it is placed in.
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." However, when the viewers watch Forrest there is a lot of laughter and tears shed. Forrest Gump, the main character, is a simple, slow-witted man with a low IQ, but Forrest has good intentions. The movie which is also named Forrest Gump concentrates on Forrest through thirty years of misery, placing Forrest within historical events of history and in pursuit of the only love, Jenny. Despite Forrest's naive nature, Forrest lives anything but a restricted life. Forrest impresses everyone by some powerful football skills, fighting in Vietnam War, and by creating a business of shrimp fishing.