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The concerns intensify with Saving Private Ryan, which is lauded for its harrowing depiction of D-Day yet criticized for its oversimplified narrative. The complex morality of war is reduced to a simplistic justification of violence as a means to an end. Spielberg's portrayals often appear more like the naïve explorations of a child rather than deep artistic engagements with human suffering and conflict.
Another notable example is seen in War of the Worlds, where Spielberg's depiction of a father-son dynamic during an alien invasion captures themes of growth and conflict but ultimately reflects his childish perspective on life's realities.