accounts. a book was written, which was written by the actual sergeant in the film. the movie itself is actually really scary at times. but the script feels very scripted. the dialogue feels dialogue heavy. i gave it 2 1/2 how out of five. all right. from scary to patriotic, you had your twitter universe rate the most patriotic films out there. the list is? right. so the fourth of july this weekend, i had to put together a quick list. number five is yankee doodle dandy. number 4 is forrest gump requesting. lieutenant dan from gary sinise. the patriot at number three. number two is saving private ryan. the opening 20 minutes of that movie are the greatest war scenes i ve ever seen. number one, got to go with independence day only because of the epic president s speech.