Saving Private Ryan: Truth or Fiction?

"Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan: Small truths at the expense of big ones" is a critical article that was written by David Walsh exclusively for the World Socialist Web Site. The largest point that Walsh tries to convey is that this movie is exactly what it is, a movie. He feels that the movie tries to transform ordinary soldiers into enormous heroes, which he believes did not exist in World War II. He feels that the acting was very sub-par and that it did not convey the real essence of the war.

This link will take you to the controversial article that David Walsh wrote and it may provoke your initial thoughts of the epic movie that is Saving Private Ryan.

I feel that the following quote is a good representation of the argument that David Walsh is presenting.

I would say that Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is a film that is truthful about small or obvious things and untruthful about big or complex ones.