★★★★★

Private Reiben: What's the saying? "If God's on our side, who the hell could be on theirs?" 
Upham: "If God is for us, who could be against us?" 
Reiben: Yeah, what'd I say? 

So I watched Saving Private Ryan for the first time yesterday.

Wow. Steven Spielberg ... I knew he was good, I've seen stacks of his movies, but this one... If you haven't seen this movie, you have to. The cinematography is stunning. In this one scene, Tom Hanks's character Miller has been given the task of finding Private Ryan. He's talking to Sergeant Horvath, and he says, 'Finding Ryan - it's like looking for a needle in a stack of needles' and as he says this, the camera is panning to the left, across this sea of men dressed in green, and you can hear Tom Hanks talking, but you're thinking 'where the heck is he?' Seriously cool cinematography.

Yeah, I don't know if I did a very good job of explaining that, but if didn't, all the more reason to see this film. It's hard to watch, because it's so real, but that's why it's so amazing. Tom Hanks is excellent, of course, as Captain Miller. He's such a good captain, and yet, you know he's a just a regular guy.

But then there's Giovanni Ribisi.

I might be biased, because I already LOVE Giovanni (pictured below); he's just an amazing actor. But in this movie, there's this one scene, and you'll know the scene I'm talking about when you watch it. For those of you who have already seen it - you know what I mean. He is just so memorable. It gives you nightmares. Giovanni plays Wade, the medic. You just get this chill down your spine when he says 'I could use some ... I could use a little morphine.'

Personally, I could use a little chocolate and a box of tissues. 5 stars.