Saving Private Ryan/YMMV


 * Award Snub: The film lost the Best Picture Academy Award to Shakespeare in Love due to lack of advertising. Guess which film people remember more these days.
 * Lampshaded and complained about by John Oliver of The Daily Show.
 * Cliché Storm
 * More like Seinfeld Is Unfunny.
 * Decoy Protagonist:
 * Nightmare Fuel: See here.
 * Misaimed Fandom: As discussed on the main page, many ignore the message that War Is Hell and only like the carnage on the war scenes.
 * So Cool It's Awesome: Considered by many to be a cinematic masterpiece.
 * Tear Jerker: See here.
 * Reality Is Unrealistic: The storming of Omaha Beach. It's been praised, especially by WWII vets who were there, for its accuracy yet it looks very little like what movie audiences have come to expect from a big battle (except for the massive casualties).
 * Retroactive Recognition: A lot of the younger actors, especially Matt Damon and Vin Diesel, were not yet megastars at the time this movie came out. Matt Damon had won an Oscar (albeit for Best Screenplay), but it may yet have been a flash in the pan. Spielberg is rightfully credited as helping jump-starting Diesel's career, writing the role specifically for him after seeing Diesel in his acclaimed short film.
 * And also, his Oscar is for writing. Hardly a guarantee of a career as an actor.
 * Jeremy Davies (Cpl. Upham) is Daniel Faraday in Lost.
 * Nathan Filion as Private James Ryan #1 ("James Frederick Ryan, Minnesota.")