and ran with the rest of the soldiers. It made you realize how it really was. Angle shots were also excellent. It showed soldiers running and screaming with fear in their faces and grief after the battle. The lighting wasn’t too colorful for a reason. Colorful movies usually represent an action movie or a love story. Saving Private Ryan colors weren’t as sharp because there’s nothing happy about World War II. This lighting is used the strongest way at the end of the movie. As the camera looks up at the American Flag the colors were light and weak. The special effects were also great. The explosions and shots were timed perfectly bringing the reality onto the screen. These effects were really good. Right in the beginning, the soldiers landed on the beach and all hell broke loose with the great sounds of war. The ripped bodies flying in the air and pierced with bullets, armless or legless soldiers crawling around dazed and confused, laid and screamed with pain. It was truly a horrific scene. The sounds effects as everything else were outstanding and captured the attention of every viewer. The sounds were perfect. Every sound was extremely realistic. Everything from a gunshot to a raindrop was fit in with precision. One of the moments was when the Rangers ran into their first fight after D-Day. The camera was looking at leafs and it slowly it started to rain. As the rain started falling faster and faster, shots of machine guns started. The guns mixed right in with the gunfire. Slowly the camera moved to a puddle and soldiers started running through it. All a viewer could see was the feet, but the sound was perfect. The mixture of rain, gun shots and than the footsteps in the puddle was amazing. The whole movie was a flashback. It started with private Ryan walking through the cemetery in Washington D.C. for World War II soldiers. He then collapsed on his knees; the camera closed in on his face and faded out into the Omaha...
