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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
OVERRATED
When I go to the movies, I expect to be transported. When I watch Saving Private Ryan or any other Spielberg movie, such as Schindler's List, I feel strangely detached from everything. Oft-times, his movies have that epic feel, but they don't seem to have captured Spielberg's passion, do they? While I was watching the famed "first 20 minutes," all I could do was look on at the screen, almost indifferent to the violence. Maybe it's because I'm growing up in a society obsessed with violence and bloodshed, but I didn't feel like I was there. I felt like I was watching it 50 years after the fact and it was just very ineffectual to me. The other WWII movie, "Life is Beautiful," however, was created as a much more intimate film with less violence and affected me much more than "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List" did. I hope in Spielberg's next film, he puts the story and the characters ahead of the spectacle of it all.
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Been there, done that
This film must be one of the most overrated films of 1997. The leads, Hunt and Nicholson are about average but are not aided one bit by the formulaic plot and clichéd script. Basic story for those who don't know: Hunt and Nicholson meet. Hunt is nice, Nicholson's, well, his disagreeable self. Since opposites attract, they fall in love...Rent "Pride and Prejudice" if you want a romantic, comedic, opposites attract kinda film. Don't bother with this one.
Choices (1986)
Lame
This is one of those movies that tries to be provocative. - here the issue is abortion. Don't bother.