FIRST TIME WATCHING: Saving Private Ryan...the GREATEST war movie!

[@whitenoisereacts]

Schindler's list is up on Patreon now!!!

[@Mr.Goodkat]

If you want to see an infamously brutal movie, which inspired SPR and SL, you should watch 1985's "Come and See" widely regarded one of the greatest movies ever made by critics and some say the real best war movie ever made.

[@jacksonperez5615]

You guys did Schindler’s list too. Oh my that’s a hard one to watch

[@liparedes1]

YES thank you!!! Check Guillermo del Toro's work I really think you guys could enjoy it. Specialy Pan's Laberynth.

[@menotu000]

I hope the rest of us get to see it too...

[@justsmashing4628]

Schindler’s List…YES! 🍿

[@theronraam23]

It is a crime that this movie lost Best Picture to Shakespeare in Love.

[@MontagZoso]

Agreed. SIL was utterly forgettable. Oscar politics. ☹️

[@corvus1374]

I was playing a predictions game during the Oscars, and the guy who was ahead of me chose Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture. I was sure that it would win, but I couldn't win the game if we both picked it, so I picked Shakespeare in Love, and got it right, and won the game.

[@kdizzle901]

It’s shows the oscars are a joke

[@remyazharyyosef1811]

True. As much as I adore 'Shakespeare', 'Ryan' deserved that accolade. All courtesy of Harvey Weinstein. Imagine if his scandals had surfaced sooner. Perhaps, 'Ryan' would have won.

[@BattleGhul]

I actually prefer Shakespeare in Love, but I do understand I am in the minority. Supposedly there was a more or less secret voting campaign within hollywood, to allow Shakespeare to win, led by Harvey Weinstein, who just so happened to produce the film. Tbf, wouldn't put it past him. If these rumors since have been confirmed, I haven't heard, but I would not be surprised.

[@wandakroll9346]

When I was leaving the theater after seeing this moving. An elderly gentleman was telling his wife that was the closest depiction of what it was like to land on the beach. The tremor in his voice brought tears to my eyes.

[@whitenoisereacts]

That’s insane

[@davisnanette]

Most DDay veterans that were interviewed after the movie came out basically said that the only thing missing was the smell.

[@edbluez99]

When I saw the movie everyone remained in their seats through the credits and still did not move when the screen went black. You could hear men in the audience weeping.

[@artbagley1406]

I heard stories that more than a few D-Day veterans who saw the movie in theaters had to leave the moviehouse because of the realistic re-creation of the beach action. They could not re-live such a true-to-life (and death) representation.

[@scottsmith8088]

No you didn't. I've heard this so many times that I have to question the validity everytime I hear it

[@katehamilton6934]

As a Brit Im still grateful for all the American soldiers who came to europe to help with the war effort, a lot were only very young men who had probably never even travelled outside their state my Great Aunt ended up marrying one and moving to the USA. Another good one in the same genre is Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan

[@orangeandblackattack]

I would like to thank the sacrifice that England made before we got into the war. Sometimes, other countries don't get the credit they deserve.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

My dad joined up a year and a half before Pearl Harbor in August of 1940 when he saw footage of London burning in the Blitz (he hated Hitler). When I was a boy, my best friend's mom was an "English War Bride", her husband a flier from the USAAF in England.

[@melvincanty299]

I served as an Army Infantry (Grunt) Sergeant. As a 19-year-old, African American Grunt Private, during the period December 1983-December 1984. I earned my Combat Infantryman Badge for my service inside the Korean DMZ. Essentially, there's no place to run or to hide while engaged in a combat mission. So, you fight to win. We (Grunts) never quit on our brothers, and we never leave our brothers behind. Your emotions and commentary touched my heart. I often wonder if my experiences and service made a difference. South Korea remains free, so I'm thankful. Unfortunately, very nice guys are hurt and are lost to war. This movie demonstrates how brutal and senseless war has always been. I would do it all again and make the same sacrifices.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Thank you so much for this beautiful comment. And thank you for your service sir

[@paramitch]

This was so eloquently put. I'll think about this comment for a long time. And thank you for your service -- my dad fought in Vietnam, and expressed many of the same emotions.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

Well said, and thanks for your service. My dad and uncles all served during WWII. One uncle (Tom) was a bomber pilot flying near the Philippines when his plane took flack. One engine was out, his co-pilot was decapitated, and he ordered his crew to bail out. He flew the plane level as the fire spread to the cockpit to allow the boys to bail. 6 of his crew parachuted to safety, and the last man out saw Tom literally being burned alive as he held steady onto the controls. Tom was decorated posthumously with the Flying Cross. If you could ask him if he was a hero, Tom would have said he was just doing his job.

[@art2736]

When Hanks said "Earn this" it wasn't just to Pvt. Ryan it was a message to all of us.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Yeah, of course

[@amberhoward7807]

Never thought about it that way. Really makes me rethink my decisions and the way I'm handling my depression and anxiety.

[@randallmccoy8581]

...and sadly...the message of the value of democratic freedom is lost on most modern females and young people because they are HIVE MINDED. They keep voting in these leftist socialist fascist regimes under the lie of FREE SHIT FOR EVERYONE. !! They haven't learned a goddamned thing from history. NAZI was pronounced NASI. It meant NATIONAL SOCIALIST. Voting liberal left socialist...is easily the most DISRESPECTFUL thing you could do to the memory of our fallen forefathers who gave their lives so that we could all enjoy the benefits of DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM....not the Socialist Fascism we have now.

[@art2736]

@@randallmccoy8581 Ignorant, incel, and prostitute?

[@gavinnaab9841]

The two soldiers who are shot when they are surrendering during the beach scene, they actually were saying something along the lines of, "were not german, please dont shoot" in Czech. They were likely forced into service.

[@nicepunk00]

Oh god.

[@martinlatour9311]

Is it a race to be the first one to post this on every reaction vid lol

[@gavinnaab9841]

@@martinlatour9311 I had to look to see if people already posted this, lol

[@jayxj7785]

No, they were saying "look, I washed for supper"

[@gavinnaab9841]

@@jayxj7785 clearly. I mean theres no room for debate here, the answer is clear, he washed for supper.

[@SirPaladin]

The opening scene was realistic enough to give veterans watching flashbacks.

[@VitoScaletta1951]

Not just that but when veterans watched it in the movies it was said most of them walked out or went to the restrooms to cry. They said everything was accurate except the smell.

[@allenjohns7604]

There were lines running outside the theater to get into this movie when it came out. When I exited a guy in the line going into the movie asked me how it was and I could only raise an eyebrow and shake my head. It was and is to this day one of the most brutal and moving movies that I've ever seen.

[@JohnGolf123]

@@VitoScaletta1951 thats right. The overpowering smell of diesel.

[@Rodmoney112]

Y’all should watch fury next, another good war movie

[@JohnGolf123]

@@Rodmoney112 love that film.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

I saw this in a theater with my 3 boys and about 500 other people. When the film was over we all watched every credit and then we all got up and left and not one word was spoken by anyone. It was the same at Shindler's List. These two films are absolutely stunning! Excellent reaction.

[@The1Music2MyEars]

Same with 1917. My girlfriend was in silence. I think the only thing I heard during the movie was someone say “holy shit” when the camera panned to show the endless death field that was no mans land

[@pkeridactyl]

That was my experience as well. My husband and I drive home in silence and basically said nothing for about 3 hours. My grandfather once said this was the only movie he'd ever seen that came close to getting it right.

[@gaminghourwithanthony1716]

So strategically the bridge is necessary for the Germans as they would need it to bring tanks to repel the beach landings. Normally it would warrant an air strike and be done with it but it can be strategic for the allies as without it they would have to construct their own which would slow down the advance of the allies inland. So they're attempting to hold it if possible but willing to destroy it if necessary.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

My grandpa went into Omaha Beach the day after, He said the first thing that passed his mind was wondering how these guys. Could sleep out on the rocks like that... then it occurred to him they weren’t sleeping

[@joesmith3098]

Wow

[@jordanwilson7563]

2nd Infantry Division?

[@fxrwg83]

My father got to Omaha 3 days after the beaching. He actually taught in 3 big battles. One battle was against tank commander Romall. Which I remember on the paper work it was the african battle.

[@tomyoung9049]

possibly one of the most accurate movie to put you in the 'feel' of being in combat. Shows how different people can react when put in an unimaginable situation like that. When the medic asked for more morphine, being a medic he knew that was basically overdosing. He was just sort of accepting and wanting to go as painlessly as possible.

[@jp3813]

@The505Guys It's realistic in the sense that if you're in battle, you're not really gonna stick around to watch your opponents die. I'm sure we could've watched those burning Germans scream more.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

@The505Guys - We saw a TON of guys that seemed to die almost instantly on the beaches. And we saw plenty more die in the ensuing battles. But the fact is, very few battle deaths are instant unless you've taken one in the head. The camera follows a select group of guys through a war and sort of hammers home the fact that death is more grisly and painful when you're up close. Had the cameras been following a group of Germans, then we may have seen their fellow soldiers holding them as they gasped and gurgled their last breaths.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

@The505Guys - Ever watch 'Police Activity'? That channel has a lot of actual police shootings taken from body cams. Some guys drop like a stone when hit, while others keep fighting after being hit multiple times. Hitting the brain, heart, or spine can cause someone to drop pretty much instantly. Hitting major trauma points like the lungs, arteries, etc can have some people still fighting where others might drop from the shock of it. Mike is a prime example of a guy who refuses to recognize that he's a dead man and he keeps fighting. Many guys would have fallen and called for help after being hit a few times like he was. Getting hit in the gut MIGHT drop you, or maybe you keep fighting. As we see with the medic, he recognizes from the amount of bleeding that he's dying. But depending on exactly what that bullet passed through, a gut shot can easily be a non-lethal wound. As you've probably guessed, shock is a big factor. A lot of guys get hit, drop like a stone, then lie there in a state of shock. Other people might keep going on pure adrenaline and not even realize they've been shot until the adrenaline subsides.

[@astranoel895]

To me one of the main things I take away from this movie is "the right thing is not always the right thing". And, as you asked, as a non-American, I can safely say that the "American-ness" of this is just fine with with me. While I may not feel the same when I see the flag, I can certainly relate to the ideas of patriotism, duty and service on display here. Not to mention the focus on compassion and care for family that fuels this whole mission in the first place. Great reaction as always!

[@whitenoisereacts]

That’s so cool to hear!!

[@jp3813]

Honestly, the patriotism in this film is very subdued. None of the characters are proud to be risking their lives for their country. They all fight simply to survive.

[@William-13]

@@whitenoisereacts Please watch this WW2 Movie "Empire of the Sun" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWXTiKiKZaaIp9k

[@83gemm]

If you want to win in war you have to lose your humanity. What kind of choice is that? The whole point is he could either lose who he was before the war or die.

[@83gemm]

We ALL thought the old man was Hanks. It’s Tom freaking Hanks. Of COURSE he’s ok. That was one of the biggest hit punches any movie ever hit me with. You go the WHOLE movie thinking Cap is fine because we’ve seen him old. Then they hit with that. I honestly am STILL not ok.

[@ya4girls1]

Band of Brothers, its a mini series on Prime from the 90s produced by Speilberg and Hanks. Highly recommend.

[@timstorey2325]

i had never seen the Emmy acceptance speech until recently. Such an amazing series.

[@conpop6924]

2001 actually lol

[@budmeister]

It's from the early 2000's, not the 90s

[@georgevarnju9826]

During the scene where Vin Diesel is shot by the sniper, he wouldn't have been shot a second time. The sniper hit him in the torso, lethal but not instantly so. The idea being that he's hit and he's down, and anyone who goes out to help him is now a target. Wound the first man and pick off anyone who tries to help.

[@koreancowboy42]

Also that he was an prime target considering he was pointing. Officers of all ranks were told not to point otherwise enemy sniper would've been taking them out and Vin Diesel without his helmet on loomed like an commander pointing and talking to the soldiers. Now if he had the girl with him, he wouldn't have been an prime target. Along side the sniper was attempting to have them be stuck in position. What Jackson said "that's where I'd be" he wasn't wrong, but the mistake was that if he shot and the sniper wasn't up there and relocated he would've exposed their position to more than just an sniper. Also that's so unrealistic that an sniper holding an position alone without an radio or any infantry ambush support

[@georgevarnju9826]

@@koreancowboy42 From what I remember reading about German sniper tactics during the war, him being alone is actually pretty accurate. From what I recall, German snipers operated entirely alone as Jaegers (hunters) and rarely operated with infantry support or radio communications (radios at that time being to bulky to lug around for the job he was doing). Soviet snipers, however, usually operated as squads but also did not carry radio equipment. Squad supported snipers with communications equipment is a fairly modern military tactic, post Vietnam War (if I'm remembering correctly). But I would love any further information if there's documented evidence to the contrary.

[@MCorner]

@@koreancowboy42 radio back then was the size of a jukebox and had a hand crank like a lawn mower

[@orcanimal]

Some people miss a key moment in the end, maybe you missed it too: The German soldier who shoots the Captain on the bridge, is the very same soldier the Captain decided to let go after the medic died. Upham, who's hiding nearby sees the German soldier shoot the captain, later shoots that soldier when the Germans surrender. So that's his 'closure', because he was the one advocating for the Captain not to kill the soldier who eventually killed the captain.

[@donnabruhn6907]

One of the most traumatic scenes is when that same German officer stabs the Jewish guy in hand to hand combat. That scene always upsets me.

[@that.ll_do_pig]

@@donnabruhn6907 I thought it was the same guy but apparently it's not...

[@donnabruhn6907]

@@that.ll_do_pig it was the same guy when he comes down the stairs after stabbing the Jewish guy he goes right past the kid who made them spare his life, only to have to shoot him later after he shot the Capt. What an incredible sequence of events

[@JeremiahConnor]

@@that.ll_do_pig What? It is clearly the same guy...that SS piece of shit, despite the warnings of the squad, did meet up with his bretheren and exacted his "revenge". The casual way in which he walks past pussy boy Upham makes it clear that not only are you not a threat but a weird, kinda pay back for him having his back. The fact that Upham, who has a break from innocence/naivete, and actually kills that fuck...too late to make up for allowing that nazi to kill jew boy *AND* Tom Hanks??? Coward!

[@donnabruhn6907]

That's what I just said

[@andreacongdon7912]

There are many sad cases in WWII of families losing all of their sons. The Borgstrom Brothers all four died within 6 months. The 5 Sullivan Brothers who all died on the USS Juneau. This was one of the cases the led to military not allowing siblings to serve together. There are many other stories like these

[@kwantoon]

The screenplay for this movie was loosely based on the story of the Niland brothers.

[@StayWildflower]

I'm playing catch up on your channel. The line "earn this" is meant to resonate with all of us knowing that people fought and died for our ability to simply live our lives. I take nothing for granted knowing that. Spielberg did an amazing job bringing the reality of it all to life in a way that immerses you in it. It was raw, gritty and exactly what was needed to drive the point home. As to the jewish guy getting killed, his murder was the man theyd let go earlier in the movie - thats why the translator killed him in the end. He had argued to let him go and his cowardice in the situation was held up to him like a mirror when the man tried to speak to him again after being captured again. Side note, tell Nick it is supremely unfair for him to have such beautiful hair.

[@TopsyTriceratops]

This movie, and any war movie, should be enough of a reason to support our veterans. Their benefits may be higher than ours, but it is marginal when comparing what they sacrificed for us while we sat (and still sit) in comfort. They deserve much more respect.

[@WanderingLion72]

Met three veterans in the theater, who had been at Normandy. I asked them how the movie compared. One man man put his hand on my shoulder and said "Son, it was as close to what it was really like as a movie can make it." The second gentleman barely croaked "And it was nowhere as bad as it really was." The third veteran, his eyes watering, just wiped his nose, nodded and they all walked off...

[@twoking10]

I wanted to say something about the two who did the reaction. I am 61. I was in the Marine Corps early 80's about your age. I was very fortunate in that nothing really major happened at the time. Lucky. Anyway, I was watching you two during the reaction. I thought, yeah, if America ever has to do another like WWII again at that massive level. We will be fine. I could see it in your eyes. If our next soldiers are anything like you two, we will be fine. Good job on the reaction video.

[@redryder6523]

My great Uncle fought from north Africa to Berlin. He was in Bastogne when it got surrounded. He had horrible PTSD from WWII. After watching this movie whem it came out I had trouble sleeping the first night. I gained a whole new respect for him. I also had a great Uncle who was in the Bataan death march and a high school teacher who was a medic on Omaha beach, his hands shook just like Capt. Miller. I've known a lot of WWII vets and they were a different breed. We need men like them in our country right now, but they're all dead or to old to help us come together.

[@adameberly7949]

The medic die scene got me when he wanted to go home and called out for his mama. In the midst of bravery and all their toughness, before death we all reach out to that person who always protected you. One mention - sniper ploy - leave a man injured in the field and pick off those who try to rescue him. Great ending dialogue. Keep up the good work.

[@jadewest4066]

i'm not sure if you've watched it already, but if you haven't seen 1917, i highly recommend it. hands down my favourite war film made. the cinematography is stunning. i always felt that sam mendes deserved the oscar for best director for 1917, but parasite was also a fantastic movie. EDIT: dunkirk is another fantastic film LOL definitely recommend that one too.

[@happyapple4269]

Dull-kirk. Nothing happend.

[@chaspfrank]

@@happyapple4269 Agreed. Dunkirk was a nice try, but nowhere near this film.

[@MsAppeljack]

This really happened like this. Those boys, and most of them were just that, fought and died for us. Never Forget.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Everyone who reacts to this movie: "IS THAT VIN DIESEL????"

[@hettbeans]

He was just trying to bring that little girl into the family

[@biergischt]

I watched a reaction video and the guys didn't say anything about Vin Disel.. I couldn't tell if they knew or not and I was so mad lol

[@OnTheRocks71]

@@hettbeans FAMILY 😂

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

Or "is that Bryan Cranston?"

[@rdevries3852]

@Dale Cooper Cranston a bit more often since Breaking Bad. Nathan Fillion, sometimes. Paul Giamatti rarely. But, indeed, Ted Danson basically never. Which is kind of ironic since he was quite possibly the second biggest star to have a role in "Saving Private Ryan" (after Tom Hanks, obviously) at the time it was released.

[@195511SM]

Around 1964, when I was kid....an old couple lived around the corner from us. I think they were Yugoslavian....but they were with the resistance or something during that war. I remember overhearing them telling my parents....that they were lined up against a wall....about to be executed by the Germans, when a P-51 came in & strafed the firing squad. Just like the one that took out the tank at the end. They escaped & got married.

[@chaspfrank]

To me, the most amazing thing Spielberg accomplished in this movie was the way the viewers became invested in each character. From Vin Diesel to Tom Hanks, every death hurt. Seldom does a script and good direction get the viewer invested in nearly every character in a film. I have watched a number of these reaction videos focused on this movie, and in nearly every one, the change in the people producing the videos is profound. Every one of them are relaxed until the landing craft gate opens, and then the jaws drop and remain there till the end of the film. Probably one of the most profound movies of all time.

[@drkushajagadeesh6347]

That sniper who shot Vin Diesel was aiming to wound him. It's a tactic. Wound one man, when his friends come to help him, head shot every one of them. It's a way to turn one kill into four.

[@OnTheRocks71]

I gotta say, they absolutely nailed Old Ryan's outfit. I think my grandpa wore the same thing the last 20 years he was alive.

[@sspdirect02]

My maternal grandfather was stationed at Peleliu during WWII. I never met him because he died in 1984. But from what my mother or my grandmother told me, he loved movies. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark was his favorite. I think he would be most pleased with this film and tickled since Steven Spielberg directed it.

[@daytrippera]

I watched that movie at the cinema when it was originally released, that opening was unlike anything else I've seen in my life.

[@debbiethompson3460]

I also saw it when it first came out and they didn't let anyone come in the theater for the first 20 minutes. And, I get what you mean when you felt like bullets were flying by you. In the theater, it was so loud and the bullets and explosions were so realistic...amazing.

[@sarah.the.clumsy]

It was so intense I was like shaking/trembling just out of an excess of adrenaline. My dad almost took me out of the theater, but I pulled it together.

[@taylorwarden205]

To answer your exclamation on them actually going to get Private Ryan, it was mainly because of the Sole Survivor policy basically stating if a soldier serving has become the sole survivor of his family, he can be exempt from duty. This became more public when in 1942 the Sullivan brothers were all serving on the USS Juneau and were all killed in action, ending that family line. The policy became law in 1948. Private Ryan basically became the sole survivor when his brothers all died.

[@malachiphoniex8501]

Everytime I hear Vin diseal say "It's a letter to my dad. It's got blood on it" I burst out crying. I'm a grown man but just hearing him, knowing he will never see his dad again, just hoping that his letter, his final goodbye, will just reach his dad... It breaks my soul, just thinking about both me and my dad are military men, it just hits close to home. Sorry, sad typing.

[@jayman58016]

Every time I watch the scene of Wade dying is always gut wrenching

[@Stephie_L]

Whenever I think of Spielberg from now on it will be this film. I've always loved his classic films like Jurassic Park...they were fun, had good scripts and good acting but this one really is beyond anything else I've watched. You guys made some great points especially about how Spielberg shocks us with the reality of war while maintaining the humanity of the characters, the good and the bad. I was struck most with what they did with Upham. It's so easy to forget about the fear all the characters face because when they fight they look so heroic. To me Upham represents the fear all the men feel inside and how hard it is to be a hero in real life. I appreciate that you both understood both sides of his actions because I've seen so many reactors dismiss Upham as a coward when it's a bit more complex than that. In a way Upham is literally the audience in that moment (he's never been in combat/ never killed another person). If we were thrown into that situation, facing certain death a lot of us, if we were honest, would probably struggle to do the right thing as well. Definitely one of my favourite reactions you guys have done so far :)

[@jp3813]

Schindler's List is Spielberg & Williams at the top of their games. Released in the same year as Jurassic Park.

[@MrJordiBaby]

Giovanni Ribisi is such an amazing actor. I can't get over the death of his character.

[@chuckhilleshiem6596]

Thank you for this . I am a combat veteran and you can't possibly know the good you have just done . God bless you both for this

[@whitenoisereacts]

Thank you so much brother. And thank you for your service.

[@jthomann71]

I saw this in the theater back when you couldn't reserve seats. Got the last seat in the place, all the way up at the front right under the screen. Almost everyone else in the theater looked to be a veteran of some war, and many were old enough to have been WWII vets. I've never seen so many older men crying their eyes out, it was that close to their experience.

[@JoeBurlas]

“Most beautiful:in the most horrible of ways.” You’re right, more than you know.

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

I love to share this little fun fact! In Vietnam there was a Marine Gunnery Sergeant by the name of Charles Hathcock!! He was a sniper of extraordinary Talent!! There is a book out called "one shot one kill" which is a autobiography of him!! I mention this because he actually made the shot, which is depicted in this movie, right through the enemy sniper's scope!! Absolute true story!!!

[@michaelblack9484]

57:34 Just a point which is always made on these reactions but I think is important to know. Upham didn’t shoot the guy that killed Mellish, Upham shot the guy (steamboat willy) that they let go earlier in the movie and would eventually shoot captain Miller on the bridge. That is how he knows Upham’s name right before he gets shot.

[@garyshaw9912]

The German soldier that killed Mellish IS Steamboat Willie.

[@michaelblack9484]

@@garyshaw9912 no it isn't. One is SS one is Wermacht

[@gmodfan53]

The one who killed Mellish was S.S. "Steamboat Willy" was regular Wehrmacht.

[@willierose4720]

Steven Spielberg had the 8 actors in the squad that went looking for Private Ryan go through basic training, but Matt Damon did not. The movie, unlike most, was shot in sequential order, so by the time they found Ryan everyone who was still alive had been through a lot together. The idea was for the actors to have resentment towards Matt Damon. I can see some of that in their performances! Best war movie ever!!

[@kittykatjkr]

Great reaction! Thank you for sharing the emotional journey of this movie. The only thing I can think to add is this: "War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander." -Hawkeye Pierce

[@jmuench420]

Regarding the people getting shot underwater, that's one of the only technical slip ups in the movie. People at the depth shown would not be vulnerable to bullets, much less bullets coming in that the angle that is shown there.

[@stevecraft9316]

Liked your guys input about the movie. I just saw something on the internet about how much detail was done. If gun shots were close, the squibs would be in sync to the gun firing. More distant shots they delayed the squibs. Thought that was pretty impressive!

[@peggypieters661]

They previewed this movie for a number of D-Day survivors, and the re-inaction of that day brought many to tears; they said this was the best depiction they had ever seen of how it truly was, and the memories came flooding back watching the landing on Omaha Beach. I loved your heartfelt reaction and appreciation for this time in our nation’s history; well done.👍👍

[@NoneYaBidness762]

People don’t have any idea how good they actually have it these days.

[@indridcold3762]

You can say that again.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Then: people laid down their lives for their country by the hundreds of thousands. Today: people whine about having to wear a mask because they have "rights." Irony: They only have those "rights" because those men in the 40's died to save the world from fascism.

[@NoneYaBidness762]

@@magicbrownie1357 fascism like making people wear masks for no reason? That kind of fascism?

[@magicbrownie1357]

@@NoneYaBidness762 That's not fascism, no. That's called a public safety measure. Kind of like a seatbelt law. Fascism is trying to overthrow the government with constant lies, idiocy, race baiting, xenophobia and propaganda like Big Baby Dumpf tried to do to us from 2017 to 2021. Hope that answers your questions.

[@NoneYaBidness762]

@@magicbrownie1357 yup. Tells me everything I need to know.

[@sherrysink3177]

I was living with my grandmother at the time this film came out, and I came home from college classes to find a note saying that she and two of my aunts had gone to the movies... to see Saving Private Ryan. And I thought, oh shit. Of all movies, why do you choose to go to that one? Because I had already seen it, and I knew how gut wrenching it was for me to watch and I don't even have personal experience with war. So I wasn't sure how they would get through it, given that my grandmother's son (my dad's and my two aunts' brother) had been killed in action during the Vietnam War. Obviously this film isn't the same war, but the brutality of it, the violence, and the devastating fear in these young soldiers as they lay dying, I just thought, oh man... I don't know how they're going to be feeling when they come home. So I stayed up waiting for them. My aunts came through the door first and slammed it shut really hard, making me jump. One of them walked right past me and the other simply said, "It was HORRIBLE" and they both walked out of the room and wanted to be left alone. I still can't believe they ever thought it would be a good idea to go see it, because I imagined it would be horrific for them in ways I can't even understand. But apparently my grandmother wanted to go, so they took her. I waited for my grandma to come in from the garage, and she was quiet. I said very carefully, "How'd it go?" And she shrugged and said, "It was fine." And I thought, Grandma, you are hardcore. 😯😞

[@GraniteXray37]

First time I saw this movie was in the theater with my platoon at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky (home of the 101st Airborne Div.) We were there to deploy to Iraq. No one said a word about the movie afterwards. Complete silence as we walked back .....you could feel the focus.

[@KevinW3278]

Both of my grandfathers were actually part of the Normandy invasion. One was a medic and was injured from shrapnel from the shelling. He died from it many years later, due to infection, before I was born. I can't imagine what they went through. I did hear some stories from my other grandfather about his time but most were not as dark. Band of Brothers is a mini series about 20 years old that was directed by Hanks. It is based on a true story of Easy Company during World War II. It is a 12 parts of about an hour or so apiece but does pretty well portraying war too. It probably is not something you can do on your channel but you might want to watch it. It is still shown typically around Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

[@tstumpf75]

"Shot him through the scope" That really happened, but in Vietnam.. legendary sniper shot a vietnam sniper through his scope..look up Carlos Norman Hathcock.. guy was unreal.

[@Ceractucus]

Mythbusters proved that you cannot shoot someone through the scope of their rifle. They tried it with many different type of scopes many many times and could never replicated it.

[@kwantoon]

@@Ceractucus If Mythbusters couldn't replicate it, it's absolutely impossible? I lost any and all respect for that show when they did the one on the moon landings. It was their approach and the fact that they continually talked shit about anyone that thought the moon landings were faked. They spent more time making smart ass comments than they did actually trying to prove that they weren't faked.

[@caitlinb35]

First watched the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan in an AP US History class (definitely shouldn't have). Consider myself very capable of handling gore and violence, but had admittedly not watched any war films or sequences before. Almost had to get up and leave the room, because it was quite honestly one of the most intense and traumatic things I've seen in a long time. Felt like a baby, really almost started crying right there in the class. That opening sequence is still ingrained in my mind in such a strong way.

[@continuallyblessed44]

Yeah I was around 18 when this came out and I wasn’t into horror or gore so that scene was the first graphic scene I had ever watched. I almost had to get up from my theater chair and go vomit.

[@dragon_ninja_2186]

You’re lucky your class was able to watch it.

[@caitlinb35]

@@dragon_ninja_2186 Yeah! I just think it wasn't a great in school film because of the impact it left on me (+ others in my class) throughout the day. Even with warning it's more intense than most of us expected, probably something better the first time to see at home so you can react without all your classmates being there.

[@andrewcharlton4053]

@@caitlinb35 Isn't that kind of the point though. So many films sanitise or glorify war, and there are few that show it as it is, bloody, hard and something to be avoided? We watched it as well, along with some scenes from Schindlers List with warnings beforehand and had one person leave. I'd already watched it by that point but it was a good reminder imo that war is hell.

[@caitlinb35]

@@andrewcharlton4053 of course! From a filmmaking standpoint definitely intentional. And it could definitely be seen as valuable in the classroom for that reason. Just personally i felt unprepared for how brutal it was, same with Schindler's List. It could just be a personal qualm with having to go about the rest of the school day afterward. Still valuable and valid film & learning tool though!

[@trex5145]

I remember watching this in the theater with a couple of friends. When the movie ended, and lights were slowly lighting up theater, we [and the rest of the audience] were all just still processing the movie. For about a minute or two - nobody moved, nobody talked.

[@devindubay7911]

100% agreed!!!!! 23 years later, still the greatest but most REALISTIC WAR FILM IN HISTORY!!!!!!

[@captainz9]

When the medic asks for a 2nd morphine, he knew what he was asking for, and they all understand what that means... The first is for the pain, the 2nd is to speed you to death.

[@jeremycates3570]

And being in and making this movie is what led to Tom Hanks and Spielberg getting together to make "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific"

[@JayTor2112]

Actual veterans of WWII, and D-Day said this movie was spot on, some couldn't handle watchign it. I don't know how many of them are still here today, they woudl have to be pushign 100 at least by now.

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

My grandfather was a marine stationed at Pearl Harbor in his early thirties. He died in 2011 at the age of 99. He never watched this movie.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

What a lot of reactors don't understand at all is that Spielberg never, ever intended the scene with Upham on the stairs to be the "We Hate Upham" or the "Upham's A Dirty Coward" scene. At that moment, Upham is US. Like it or not, he's reacting exactly the way most of us would react in the same situation.

[@whitenoisereacts]

No of course. Which is why it’s so well done. We want him to do better but we don’t know if even we could

[@5353Jumper]

Then Upham later killing the same man he has saved earlier at the radar tower. So complex, can you call it growth, or redemption, or falling down, or destruction of his self? It is just undefinable emotion, but also coldness.

[@Stephie_L]

I 100% agree. I understand both sides...in the context of war he was cowardly...but as a human I really understood the fear and the guilt he felt at that moment. It wasn't just fear for his life but the fear of having to take a life. It is not natural to kill someone even if they are the "enemy."

[@Stephie_L]

@@5353Jumper I'd say it's the destruction of his self. Others have described that moment as him losing his innocence and I agree....not just because he finally killed another human but also that he was responsible for loss of 2 lives.

[@xavvi]

Well you're closer than you know. Upham is THE US - his inaction and lack of commitment to the battle allowed the Jewish guy in the unit to be murdered by a Nazi and everyone else around him is still fighting and it's supposed to represent how the US sat on the sidelines while millions of Jews were being murdered and the rest of the world was in the fight. Our inaction likely let millions die and it was only after something of ours was attacked (Captain Miller in the movie/Pearl Harbor in real life) that the fight was finally joined

[@wwk68tig]

my first visit to your channel (SPR is one of my favorite movies)......In my opinion, Upham on the staircase is one of the most excruciating scenes in movie history (not everyone is a hero on battlefield....i thought that was very brave of Spielberg).....thanks for posting.

[@whitenoisereacts]

It’s so well done

[@beastman3398]

Watched this the first time in 8th grade history class. My teacher sent home permission slip but also requested the parents of the student have a meeting with him to get in person permission, and to show them what he wanted us to see. Has stuck with me as one of my top 3 favorite movies of all time.

[@beerme8949]

First time on your guys channel. What a great reaction and great first movie for me to catch on yours. Such a powerful movie. In my opinion one of the greatest movie achievements. I still get teary eyed watching it

[@lancecooper17]

Me too.

[@buddykaiser2380]

I've watched a few but all the ones I watched had a different guy with him. What happened to him if anyone knows? Just curious.

[@lawrencedockery9032]

Saving Private Ryan changed the way that war movies were made. Prior to this most of them didn't show the violence in such a realistic and sustained way. And even since then there's really only a handful of war movies that can match what Saving Private Ryan did. Those are Black Hawk Down (2001), We Were Soldiers (2002), and Lone Survivor (2013) all three of which I very highly recommend

[@tasiaa2711]

Fury with Brad Pitt is a really realistic one too

[@NoxNovak]

This channel is one of the greatest reaction channels out there ^^

[@whitenoisereacts]

Thanks man!!!

[@michaelsegriff3362]

I saw this in theaters. My legs were wobbly when I was leaving. Nice reaction, guys. Very thoughtful.

[@sarahmoller7308]

Hi James, Hi Nicky (Thor), that's a great start into my weekend!! Awesome to see you again 😍♥️ Lots of love from Sarah! 👋🏼🇩🇪

[@whitenoisereacts]

Literally just made our weekend❤️❤️

[@billpemberton7207]

When you move under fire,you say to yourself,”I’m up,they see me,I’m down”.

[@regislance6566]

Grandfather landed at Dog Green beach on D-Day. He said it was as close to the real thing as he was willing to experience twice in his life. I did 11 years in the military (different time now obviously) and I’ll say that although not historically “accurate”, this is the best representation of war I have ever seen on screen.

[@jp3813]

Yes, John Williams did the score, but part of the brilliance of his collaboration w/ Spielberg is in utilizing the absence of music. BTW, a lot of people often mistake the German soldier in the knife fight to be the same guy that Captain Miller released and gets shot by later. The former is only seen in that one sequence where Upham fails to save Mellish. Despite the American flag being the opening & closing shots, the film doesn't really feature any patriotic characters. All of the soldiers either just wanna go home or protect each other.

[@joshqim3110]

That last point is very true! Makes the movie even more realistic.

[@davisnanette]

If you thought this movie was good -- the next one that Hanks and Spielberg did was Band of Brothers. It was a 10 part HBO series and was a true story that followed one company of real life guys through the whole war. Really so much better than Saving Private Ryan.

[@MysticalJessica]

There were a 100 tanks out of a 1000 that made it ashore but in this movie they made it with no tank support! I don't know maybe they wanted to make it more heroic or maybe they wanted to concentrate mainly on infantry action!

[@karlbecker8775]

Before I even start watching the video, it needs to be stated out loud that Nick's hair is epic! Well done, sir!

[@montywoodley6357]

I remember listening to a world war II veteran. He wants to movie, and he had to check himself in to the veterans hospital because he started becoming Shell shocked again. Shell shocked is somebody that's all very bad things in world war II, it changed them. Sometimes never recovering from it. When I was in elementary school, amen used to chase us on his bicycle and it was kind of scary. I talked to the neighbor's kids and they told me he's off in the head he's got Shell shocked from the war. I also remember when I was a young kid, a lot of men were amputees. I wonder why so many people without legs or both legs missing or an arm or metal brackets on their legs. I thought as a kid that was normal and when I see an amputee I would think of him as being someone in the military. But nowadays it's usually an accident and there's more amputees than there are are troops now coming home but they do come home without limbs, because of the booby traps. Also I used to play army, with my twin brothers and Little brother. Uncle's would have helmets belts coats pants boots canteen military shovel. A lot of that was seen in the '60s. You see less and less nowadays of gear that are soldiers bring home. This was upsetting for me about the four Brothers. I had two identical Brothers that were twins, I was the middle one and I had a little brother. It broke my heart when they came to tell her that her son's had died, and she was so weak she just sat down on the porch. That was gut-riching for me. I know my mother would have not liked seeing three of her sons dead in a war and one was behind enemy lines. Anyway that's it very emotional movie.

[@Chefrob101]

I'm a 42 year old fella. The ONLY thing I ever want is my wife (and now my daughter) to look at me and tell me I'm a good man. I can't imagine what it'll be like when I'm 60, 70, or 80.

[@liparedes1]

Edit: Okey I just rewatched the reaction now with my full attention in it. I have to say that I appreciate so much how you guys approach the technical part of all and the storytelling, how you guys discuss how the way that the story is put has an effect on the feelings that the movie provokes and the intention of every aspect. Don't know about war history can be incredibly useful when it comes to watching a war movie. This movie was brutal!!!!!!!! Two suggestions for reactions: Pan's labyrinth from Guillermo del Toro is awesome and also the Shape of Water :)

[@solezeta1314]

I just love that Steven Spielberg is one of those directors who's not afraid to show the brutality, violence, chaos and hell that is war

[@BookBadger42]

The German that Upham shot at the end is the POW they had let go earlier in the movie. He's the one that shot Tom Hanks, which is why Upham killed him.

[@paulhadfield7909]

i think upham killed him as the german was a witness to uphams cowardice, as he let the rest of the german prisoners run away

[@darkzer0670]

I agree that Glory is so underrated. So much so that it leaves a hole and I'm not sure what could fill that glory hole.

[@5353Jumper]

Though the story is fictional, it was taken from a collection of stories and accounts. Many of the situations were similar to actual things that happened in separate instances.

[@clarazeller6185]

This movie is such a masterpiece!! I'm so excited to see the reaction!

[@sarahh7466]

If you've never seen Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima, I'd highly recommend them. They were made at the same time and are meant to show each side of the Iwo Jima battle (US and Japan). Letters from Iwo Jima is my personal favorite war film.

[@TimotheeReacts]

What a absolutely great film!

[@adamtr1121]

This was a great reaction video. We owe a lot to our soldiers who serve in our military.

[@kornrok1]

Tom Hanks explained earlier when they first discovered Ryan's location that most bridges had been destroyed to slow down the allied armored advance reaching further inland. There were two bridges left intact for the Germans to use to counter-attack. Both armies needed the bridge to get their armored divisions across smooth and safely. But as a worst case scenarios, Tom gave the order to blow the bridge should the Germans have won the battle for it.

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

One of the most quotable movies of all time. So many great one liners in the opening alone.

[@DerPlaystationZocker]

I love how accurate the german feels as a german (even though its mostly begging not to get shot)

[@mestupkid211986]

Except the guys on the beach (I washed for supper) isn't German, it's Czech

[@theactualbajmahal833]

@@mestupkid211986 Which was still accurate, because Czech conscripts were manning the pill boxes at Normandy.

[@mestupkid211986]

@@theactualbajmahal833 not just Czech, but all kinds of Eastern Europeans too

[@colinglen4505]

@@mestupkid211986 i think he's talking about the German that they captured at the radar post.

[@DerPlaystationZocker]

@@colinglen4505 Its overall pretty immersive feeling. Like the words they use and the emotions or confusion with which they are spoken

[@sarah.the.clumsy]

Grown people cry, I cry. Tom Hanks cries, I sob and collapse in a puddle of tears.

[@frankiecamacho8739]

Spielberg makes you forget it's a Spielberg movie until the end when you realize it's a Spielberg movie.

[@TheJaydon10]

Being in this line of work, nothing ever goes as planned lol

[@donnabruhn6907]

What you have described sounds like it's put the audience right in the middle of the war. You were there. Spielberg is such a genius

[@Tommy1977777]

machine guns are terrifying. they kill nearly instantly if employed properly: with fields of fire clear, and interlocking/overlapping.

[@MrJordiBaby]

And... it didn't win the Oscar. Shakespeare in Love won. Let that sink in!

[@AsgardianValkyrie12]

Great reaction! In the story, that bridge was the last one standing in a 80km range, if I am not mistaken. As soon as the Germans lost the beachhead in Normandy they blew up almost every bridge to slow down the Allies advance into France. So that bridge was very important to both standing armies in order to control the rest of the war campaign. I suggest "Letters from Iwo Jima". Another WW2 movie that makes me cry for how good it is.

[@sopwithpuppy]

12:40 "Every time you salute the Captain you make him a target for the Germans, so don't ever do that, especially when I'm standing next to him!" "I didn't even think about that!". Standard procedure in a combat situation, never salute an officer. Snipers see that and take out your chain of command, and confusion ensues. A great tactical advantage. When on training maneuvers, a soldier can approach a hated officer, salute him and report "Snipers in the area, Sir!" It's a great way to let him know what you think of his command.

[@babyfry4775]

You should have seen this in theaters. The tanks were so loud. My brother was a sniper in the 82nd Airborne (in peacetime, thank goodness)and lost some hearing being near tanks. D-Day in Normandy was a mess. We lost 2500 men on Omaha beach. The weather was so poor that bombs didn’t hit their targets and men of the 82nd and 101st were off target. A lot of them drowned in rivers and streams. In the French town of St. Mere Eglise the 82nd were shot out of the sky. The paratroopers are in their stained glass which is so cool. Spielberg used handheld cameras I believe. So well done. One of the best war movies I’ve ever seen. Good reaction. Definitely hard to watch.

[@EricPalmerBlog]

Thanks for sharing. Well done Saw this in the theater. After the end, when people were walking out, it was like leaving a funeral service. As a WWII history buff, the movie is good too.

[@rubensoto5688]

You guys are awesome. Really liked that you didn’t have to comment on every single thing, Subscribed.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Thanks man! Glad u enjoyed it!

[@JoeBurlas]

You are not going to find any vets that have stormed the beach of Normandy but you will find vets that appreciate so much that you care about our heritage. America is a beautiful place without the politics. We are people that believe in people. Thank you for processing that as a country we are wonderful. Through sacrifice and blood we love our country.

[@chaspfrank]

White Noise Reacts, to your point regarding veterans who have served in WWII; My dad, who is still very much alive, served in the South Pacific during WWII. When this movie was released, there was already a lot of publicity regarding the realism of the opening scene. I asked my dad if he wanted to go with me to see it, but he declined. "I've already seen it. Why would I want to go back there again?" To this day he has never watched it.

[@dougsusie2319]

My father came ashore as a medic on Omaha Beach on D Day + 2 and was 22 years old. He made it from Normandy all the way they France and Germany to the end of the war. He would tell some funny stories and I knew a few battles and places he was at but he never wanted to talk about his experiences, I guess it was too painful for him. His ass was hanging out there with no weapon and in the thick of it. I sometimes wonder how he made it to the end. The Americans and I believe the Germans tried to adhere to the rules of the Geneva Convention and respected the other sides medical personnel as much as they could. The Japanese on the other hand never signed on with the Geneva rules, they were outright ruthless. There thinking was that for every medic that they took out that was at least 10 Americans that would die because they couldn't attend to the badly wounded The Pacific campaign was outright brutal. Another really good watch is Fury with Brad Pitt about an American M4 Sherman tank crew in German. The movie came out in 2014 and had a lot of great tank battle scenes. There is only one surviving functional German Tiger remaining in the world display at The Tank Museum in Bovington, England . They rolled it out for an incredible tank battle of it coming up against 4 Sherman's in a crazy frightening battle scene. When you get to see this 50 ton monster in action it's on the edge of your seat material. This tank alone makes the movie well worth watching, check it out, it's a really good movie. ☮️ 💕