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Oscar Week ’09: My Favourite Non-Winners – Saving Private Ryan

BySean Patrick Kelly
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saving private ryan posterI truly thought that 1998’s Saving Private Ryan was a shoe-in to win Best Picture at the Oscars (even though I did not see the film until sometime after the ceremony). Even though the film won his second Best Director Oscar, Shakespeare in Love ended up being the surprise winner that year.

That said, Saving Private Ryan will probably go down as one of the most realistic portrayals of World War II ever shown on film. Spielberg defintely does not glamorize the war, especially with the brual dipiction of the Battle of Normandy, which opens the film.

Saving Private Ryan remains one of the better war films of the last twenty years and it definitely is a classic.

10/10

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    Sean Patrick Kelly

    Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.

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