Reviewing a Review: Saving Private Ryan

The movie that was being reviewed is Saving Private Ryan. The writer of this review gives good detail about what the movie is like and what to expect throughout the movie. The review gives you a good idea of how gruesome war can be. The reviewer uses the words "War is Hell" to describe how Steven Spielberg portrayed the movie. However, I don’t feel this review gives enough background information about the movie. He doesn’t summarize the movie besides that Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) is leading his troops on a mission to find Private Ryan (Matt Damon.)

The point of view from this review is that the movie portrays war as hell. The reviewer does give plenty example of how that is portrayed throughout the movie. It is clear that the reviewer found this movie to be very enjoyable. In addition, I think he sways more towards giving his point of view rather than giving a better summary of the movie. He starts off with a strong point of view and sticks with it throughout his review.

Since I have seen this movie I thought that it was a good review because I understood everything he was talking about. On the other hand, if i had not seen Saving Private Ryan yet, I might find this review a little bit confusing. The Real Review