showed the hurt and anger of seeing their fellow soldiers killed. Most of all, the portrayal of D-Day was amazing.The events of D-Day were portrayed as a very tough battle. It was very bloody and violent. Many Americans were killed. It was a very tough battle to get through the beaches. The scene where the men are throwing up before the landing was classic. That is one more thing that makes the movie realistic. The Americans were very close to disaster on June 6, 1944. The film showed how not very many Americans were successful in keeping their life. The Germans were ready for the invasion and had lots of gunners set up to shoot the Americans as they landed. So many of the men were sitting ducks. The first waves of men were pretty much destroyed. Gradually, as more men came, the Americans worked their way up the beach. They finally overcame the Germans, but they were very close to disaster. The combat scenes, especially the first twenty or thirty minutes, were very gruesome. They were pretty hard to watch. I thought that they were very realistic. It was like you were an observer who was actually there and was watching all the people get killed. There were lots of deaths and they were pretty detailed. It showed guts hanging out, shots hitting men in the head and in the body, and also men who had body parts like arms or legs blown off. One scene that particularly disturbed me was the one where the soldier had his arm blown off and he was walking around looking for it. He found it and picked it up. These scenes made me tense and I sat forward in my seat. They kind of gave me a sick feeling in my stomach. They were hard to watch.I think that the moral of the film is that in war, the men that you fight with can become like brothers to you. The bonds that you form when every day is a matter of life and death are very strong. When Private Ryan learned that all his brothers had died and he was supposed to go home, he ...
