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I agree that SPR has great battle scenes. . .

and that Matt Damon's acting is hardly a deal breaker. My problem with the movie has to do with Spielberg having to give it a big ole Hollywood type ending. The movie asks a very interesting question: How important is the life of one person in the conflict; was it worth a mission that would claim many other lives? The big ending battle, which results in an important military victory (hold a very strategic bridge), completely abandons any consideration of that question; I guess we dumb viewers just have to have that big cavalry charge (P 51 mustangs) and American heroes doing big things!!

The camera work, setup of battle scenes, use of sound, etc. were fantastic. That silence at the end, where Hanks goes temporarily deaf, reminded me of the GREAT Russian war film "idi i smotri" (Come and See).


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