I did not expect to like this movie as much as I did. I figured the fictional plot would be silly since there was so much that really occurred that could/should be told. But the plot allowed Spielberg to show first person not just the most realistic landing scenes ever made, but allowed him to continue into the confusion of the airborne assault the night before in a way that has never been shown before.
The haunting scene that will always remain with me is the view from the German defensive positions, showing them waiting for the ramp of the landing craft to open so they could fire their machine gun into the densely packed men on the craft.
I believe this movie should be shown in every school in the United States, every year, so our children can know what sacrifices their parents and grandparents made in the past. No movie I've seen shows this better.
The haunting scene that will always remain with me is the view from the German defensive positions, showing them waiting for the ramp of the landing craft to open so they could fire their machine gun into the densely packed men on the craft.
I believe this movie should be shown in every school in the United States, every year, so our children can know what sacrifices their parents and grandparents made in the past. No movie I've seen shows this better.