Greatest Movies of all time

Here is a first of possibly many entries in my new segment titled, The Greatest Movies of all time. I recently purchased the latest Empire movie magazine (my love for that magazine deserves it's own post... to be continued) with guest editor Steven Spielberg. After spending the week end watching awful movies, I figured the timing was appropriate to sit down and watch a modern Spielberg classic, Saving Private Ryan.

With June 6th being a important day in 1944, I figured watching this movie would be fitting. It only takes 3 minutes into the film and already your getting a 30 second warning from the U-boat captain preparing you and the rest of the troops to hit the beach. Spielberg worked with Polish cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (who has worked with him since) to really get down and dirty in the beaches of hell. You spend the first 30 minutes of the film in hell on the beach with Capt. Miller (played by Tom Hanks) and him and his troops fighting to take control of Omaha beach.

The story then follows the rescue mission of Private Ryan who wins a ticket home by the unfortunate death of his 3 other brothers. This brings Capt. Miller and his troops to wander through the heart of occupied France in search of Private Ryan.

10 years on, this movie still gives me shivers at certain points, I'm at once amazed and yet sadden by the fact that this happen to these men, war was ever so present and it's because of these men, may they be American (like in the movie) or British or Canadian, these men were pushed to limits that I hope we will never see again. Spielberg's movie will take us as close as ever to the realities of hopefully the last World War. With the memories of June 6th 1944 still fresh for some, then this is really worth the watch.

Prrrrrrr.