Saving Private Ryan (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Good movie

Great movie

Great movie, arrived when expected

This is not your usual Tom Hanks movie. It's like a combination of "The Road to Perdition" and "Cast Away" but with a large Dollop of "The Green Mile". Very similar to "Band of Brothers", which is also based on actual events. Tom Hanks plays his role superbly. Best enjoyed when you have several hours and without interruptions.

Saving Private Ryan is one of my favorite movies to watch around Memorial Day and Veterans Day, as I think it's the best movie that makes me understand the value of sacrifice and brotherhood between members of the Armed Forces in times of war. On D-Day, Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) is assigned, with a small platoon unit, to rescue Private James Ryan (Matt Damon) and bring him home safe and sound. Throughout this quest, the characters have to face the evil Nazi soldiers, concluding in an epic fight at the end of the movie. This special edition, published for the 60th anniversary commemoration of D-Day, comes with 2 discs. The first disc includes the movie and its theatrical trailer. The second disc presents new materials made especially for this edition, including: - An inside look with the filmmakers - Looking into the past: the research, the screenplay and the vision - The making of a platoon - Boot camp for the cast - Re-creating D-Day: Omaha Beach All these new features are included only in this special edition. The disc also includes the other features previously released in the regular DVD edition. The box is made to look like a small vault, and inside it are included the official letter written by Dwight Eisenhower that was given to every soldier before they left for Omaha Beach, along with historic pictures and other accessories used by American soldiers. So if you're looking for a collector's edition of this movie, you should definitely go with this one!

Great movie

My military experience was limited. I joined the Army Reserve in 1956 right out of high school just to satisfy my draft obligation, went to Fort Leonard Wood, MO for six months of training, then did three and a half years of one-night-a-week meetings plus two weeks of summer camp once a year. So I'm no battle-hardened veteran. But in this film, when I heard the German machine guns open up on the GIs coming into Omaha Beach, I thought, "That's the first time I've heard the actual sound of machine guns firing since my days in Leonard Wood." This film is probably as close to the real thing as you're apt to find. It makes the old John Wayne film "The Longest Day" and its depiction of that landing look like a Sunday stroll in the park. Normally I avoid films that're violent, figuring they arouse human passions best left dormant. But I've added this film to my library because it's an accurate portrayal of just how stupid and cruel we can be to one another. And to what purpose -- I want your stuff and you want mine? It's like two-year-olds fighting over the same toy, but then two seconds later the winner could care less about that toy and is off to the next. We are a ridiculous and heinous species, the scourge of our planet, and this film does a very good job of showing it.

This film in my opinion, must be considered one of the great films about WW11. Along with the Band of Brothers film, and the Pacific film. This film shows the brutality and senselessness of war. The pointless carnage, the incredible waste of resources. But in my view the true heart of this film is its attention to the human factor in war. It shows how war destroys human beings emotionally and psychologically, literally stipping them bare. Is it really any wonder that when these man returned home , they were not the same. The experience of combat imprints itself on a persons personality and of their emotional outlook. The civilians could never truly understand the wartime experience, because thet never faced actual combat. They simply heard about it from those who were fortunate enough to return. I highly recommend this film to WW11 fans, it is well worth adding to one's WW11 collection. JRV

OK. Perfect.

Comme d'habitude Tom Hanks surpasse de l'action du début à la fin toute l'horreur de la guerre du débarquement de Normandie ceux qui déclare la guerre ne vont pas à la guerre pauvre soldats de la chaire à canon

Disaster

This is the movie my fiancee always wanted. We have watched it several times. Great quality and sound.

problem was that this dvd was set up for U.S>A version and we could only watch it limited times, for that reason would not buy again .