Saving Private Ryan reviews on Amazon - Blu-ray Forum

Lincoln6Echo · 05-28-2010, 03:46 PM

Do yourself a favor when you've got some time, and go look at Amazon's listing for Saving Private Ryan...any version...VHS, DVD, BD, it doesn't matter, as all user reviews are in the same place. Check out some of the 1- and 2-star reviews.

Some range from lense flair used in the D-Day and Ramelle battles, to heavy grain, to patriotic flag waiving propaganda. But pay attention to the user(s) who left them. One of the flag waiving complaintants was from Malaysia. The most heavily populated Muslim countries in the world. Another cirticized the lack of British and Australian soldiers in the film.

What?

I guess they missed the whole story behind saving Pvt. James Francis Ryan.

DC_Street · 05-28-2010, 04:37 PM

my great uncle was at Omaha beach during the war and said that Saving Private Ryan was the most realistic movie he has seen portraying what happened and it made him feel like he was actually there again.

wilky61 · 05-28-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lincoln6Echo

One of the flag waiving complaintants was from Malaysia. The most heavily populated Muslim countries in the world.

Um, wow. I've spent three months in Singapore and I've traveled to Malaysia, and I never realized that the country is 60% Muslim (approximately 16-17m). The country is mostly comprised of Malays, Chinese, and Indians.

It's still not anywhere close to being "the most heavily populated Muslim country in the world" though. According to this list, it's #20 with the four largest (by far) being Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...lim_population

Lincoln6Echo · 05-28-2010, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by wilky61

Um, wow. I've spent three months in Singapore and I've traveled to Malaysia, and I never realized that the country is 60% Muslim (approximately 16-17m). The country is mostly comprised of Malays, Chinese, and Indians.

It's still not anywhere close to being "the most heavily populated Muslim country in the world" though. According to this list, it's #20 with the four largest (by far) being Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...lim_population

Oh wait, you're right...I was thinking of Indonesia. But anyway, same area of the world.

Secretagentnumber6 · 05-28-2010, 10:00 PM

This is gonna happen. I am sure you could probably find reviews of Schindlers List sayin there were too many Jewish people in it. People have cry things to say and they'll all end up on the Internet.

KubrickFan · 05-29-2010, 03:20 PM

Reactions like 'why doesn't it look like (...) which was released (...) years earlier?' are my favorite. Regardless of how a movie was shot, if a completely different but older movie looks better, then every movie from that point should look the same.

STARSCREAM · 05-29-2010, 03:48 PM

This brings up a point I want to complain about, the way Amazon does their freakin reviews! I absolutely hate that they lump all versions of the same movie together, it's stupid. There should be separate ratings for each version and for each platform it released on such as VHS, LD, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. I mean heck, you go to read a review to see if a product has good quality/audio/extras and the first review is something from like 1998 on VHS.

Epic fail Amazon reviews, epic fail.

TylerDurden · 05-29-2010, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by STARSCREAM

This brings up a point I want to complain about, the way Amazon does their freakin reviews! I absolutely hate that they lump all versions of the same movie together, it's stupid. There should be separate ratings for each version and for each platform it released on such as VHS, LD, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. I mean heck, you go to read a review to see if a product has good quality/audio/extras and the first review is something from like 1998 on VHS.

Epic fail Amazon reviews, epic fail.

Usually the most recent reviews are for the newest releases. I just sort them by date added.

KubrickFan · 05-29-2010, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by STARSCREAM

This brings up a point I want to complain about, the way Amazon does their freakin reviews! I absolutely hate that they lump all versions of the same movie together, it's stupid. There should be separate ratings for each version and for each platform it released on such as VHS, LD, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. I mean heck, you go to read a review to see if a product has good quality/audio/extras and the first review is something from like 1998 on VHS.

Epic fail Amazon reviews, epic fail.

Well, Amazon hardly has decent reviews, from my experience, so it doesn't really matter to me

. It's good for a laugh sometimes, but if I want to know what a movie looks like on BD, I'll check reviews from sites like this and HTF. Not Amazon, where everyone can give something a bad review because it has grain in it.

STARSCREAM · 05-29-2010, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by KubrickFan

Well, Amazon hardly has decent reviews, from my experience, so it doesn't really matter to me

. It's good for a laugh sometimes, but if I want to know what a movie looks like on BD, I'll check reviews from sites like this and HTF. Not Amazon, where everyone can give something a bad review because it has grain in it.

Yeah, I agree but I'm more talking about the average joe public who might read negative things on a products review on Amazon and it might not even freakin' be for the version they are buying, which the version they are wanting to buy may be just fine and have better reviews but they won't know it. My main point is that it just isn't a good way to have it setup.

koontz1973 · 05-29-2010, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

This is gonna happen. I am sure you could probably find reviews of Schindlers List sayin there were too many Jewish people in it. People have cry things to say and they'll all end up on the Internet.

Here is the best review of Schindlers List from Amazon.

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Just how you go from Goonies to this defies belief. This sort of dirge is not exactly foreshadowed by the themes expounded in Hook. The barren intellectual landscape of pure slurry that is Poltergeist hardly presages a vision of the Holocaust.
This is a guilt-assuaging offering by a man who discovered his conscience and his religion (but still no talent, apparently) only when he ran out of rubber sharks, singing spaceships and latex dwarf aliens on bikes.

Some people are hard to please!!!

repete66211 · 05-30-2010, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lincoln6Echo

Oh wait, you're right...I was thinking of Indonesia. But anyway, same area of the world.

It seems your ethnocentrism ran smack into their ethnocentrism.

Al_The_Strange · 05-30-2010, 09:44 PM

I've grown to hate Amazon reviews. It seems like everybody on there is so negative and critical, not only of films but of people in general.

I used to post lots of reviews on there, but they seem to attract trolls.

Lots of crazy idiots on there.

Banned User · 06-03-2010, 08:50 PM

On the Internet everyone is a top Director, Critic, Story teller and english major. Especially on Amazon.

I love how most of these people try their best to word the review like its somehow more intelligent if they use enough obscure adjectives. Yet they finalize their profesional review by belittling a director considered one of the best of the 20th century.

I like the ones saying how stupid the plot is in Saving private Ryan and how the war scenes are so unrealistic and overblown. Funny so many of the veterans who were actually there said how real it was,but what the hell do they know /sarcasm

05-28-2010, 03:46 PM	#1
Lincoln6Echo Special Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:312 Blu-ray collection:1517 DVD collection:8 Blu-ray reviews: 25	Saving Private Ryan reviews on Amazon Do yourself a favor when you've got some time, and go look at Amazon's listing for Saving Private Ryan...any version...VHS, DVD, BD, it doesn't matter, as all user reviews are in the same place. Check out some of the 1- and 2-star reviews. Some range from lense flair used in the D-Day and Ramelle battles, to heavy grain, to patriotic flag waiving propaganda. But pay attention to the user(s) who left them. One of the flag waiving complaintants was from Malaysia. The most heavily populated Muslim countries in the world. Another cirticized the lack of British and Australian soldiers in the film. What? I guess they missed the whole story behind saving Pvt. James Francis Ryan.

06-03-2010, 08:50 PM	#14
Banned User Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2010 4K collection:135 Blu-ray collection:2380 DVD collection:92 Blu-ray reviews: 5	On the Internet everyone is a top Director, Critic, Story teller and english major. Especially on Amazon. I love how most of these people try their best to word the review like its somehow more intelligent if they use enough obscure adjectives. Yet they finalize their profesional review by belittling a director considered one of the best of the 20th century. I like the ones saying how stupid the plot is in Saving private Ryan and how the war scenes are so unrealistic and overblown. Funny so many of the veterans who were actually there said how real it was,but what the hell do they know /sarcasm Last edited by Banned User; 06-03-2010 at 08:58 PM.

05-28-2010, 04:37 PM	#2
DC_Street Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:43	my great uncle was at Omaha beach during the war and said that Saving Private Ryan was the most realistic movie he has seen portraying what happened and it made him feel like he was actually there again.

05-28-2010, 10:00 PM	#5
Secretagentnumber6 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:St Louis Area Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:212 Trading Score:4	This is gonna happen. I am sure you could probably find reviews of Schindlers List sayin there were too many Jewish people in it. People have cry things to say and they'll all end up on the Internet.

05-29-2010, 03:20 PM	#6
KubrickFan Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Blu-ray collection:319	Reactions like 'why doesn't it look like (...) which was released (...) years earlier?' are my favorite. Regardless of how a movie was shot, if a completely different but older movie looks better, then every movie from that point should look the same.

05-29-2010, 03:48 PM	#7
STARSCREAM Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Dagobah Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:67	This brings up a point I want to complain about, the way Amazon does their freakin reviews! I absolutely hate that they lump all versions of the same movie together, it's stupid. There should be separate ratings for each version and for each platform it released on such as VHS, LD, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. I mean heck, you go to read a review to see if a product has good quality/audio/extras and the first review is something from like 1998 on VHS. Epic fail Amazon reviews, epic fail.

05-30-2010, 09:44 PM	#13
Al_The_Strange Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Out there...past them trees... Home Theater Gallery:126 4K collection:1125 Blu-ray collection:4949 DVD collection:530 Digital collection:1013 Blu-ray reviews: 132 Trading Score:32	I've grown to hate Amazon reviews. It seems like everybody on there is so negative and critical, not only of films but of people in general. I used to post lots of reviews on there, but they seem to attract trolls. Lots of crazy idiots on there.

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