SAVING PRIVATE RYAN | Movie Reaction | First time watching!

[@clarkmichaels822]

Wade crying and calling for his mom when he's dying after telling the story about pretending to be asleep when his mom would come home and wanting to talk to him is the worst.

[@TennSeven]

Giovanni Ribisi is just a phenomenal actor. I've never seen him in a role where he didn't just do a fantastic job, regardless of the quality of the overall movie.

[@secondchance6603]

My late father served in the RAMC during the Korean war and one of the few things he told me about it was witnessing that very thing more often than not given how young they were. You have to remember this was not really that long after WWII that cost so many lives. He very rarely talked about what he saw and I never pushed him to tell me even though I wanted to know, especially when I was a kid and was more innocent about the horrors of war.

[@Archie2c]

When ever you do a rushing attack never ever let the Medic participate he has to stay back to patch up the wounded.

[@DarthRaider520]

He's the medic as well. Total annihilation of moral.

[@DarthRaider520]

​@TennSeven Boiler Room my guy.

[@Diegesis]

Happy Veterans Day!

[@MapleDivine]

Happy Veterans Day everyone 🖤 thank you to everyone who has/is serving our country!

[@stevencass8849]

Thanks. I served in peacetime, and thought about reupping when the towers were hit, but my GF at the time convinced me not too, by reminding me of how much I hated my time in the military.

[@MFCSteele]

18 years, 7 deployments, still going. Keep up the great work with your channel.

[@stevencass8849]

@@MFCSteele Happy Veteran’s Day man. You deserve it far more than I do.

[@MFCSteele]

@@stevencass8849 you're still a veteran, happy veterans day

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

As a Medic, 22:42 He knew he was hit in the liver and not likely to survive. He also knew that that second dose of morphine so soon after the first was likely going to overdose him and be fatal. Everyone around him knew it too. You see the questioning looks on their faces looking at each other.

[@jeffburnham6611]

It didn't OD him. The second dose lowered his heart rate too low. He wasn't looking to get high off the morphine, he was looking to peacefully slip away.

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

@@jeffburnham6611 that's what I said ! He wasn't trying to get high. He just knew that he would suffer an overdose and painlessly kill himself.

[@tazepat001]

They didn't want to do it but he was suffering and he knew he was going to die anyway. So, might as well take the better way out.

[@JustPissingAround]

​@jeffburnham6611 Do you think overdosing is only applicable with recreational use? What do you think "the second dose lowered his heart rate too low" means? I mean like I don't mean to be an ass, but if your attempted pedentry isn't even correct.

[@jeffburnham6611]

@@JustPissingAround I was speaking from a medical point of view. The application of another dose of morphine, coupled with his injuries, blood-loss and pain, was sufficient to cause his heart rate to stop. The term "OD" (over-dose) isn't generally applicable to giving medicine. It is commonly used to denote people who do it to themselves. This wasn't the case. Medical aid can't be considered "over-dosing" a patient. Even your use of "pedantics" isn't accurate if you want to discuss semantics.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

I always love how Chief of Staff Marshall stops looking at the Lincoln Letter while he's holding it and starts reciting in from memory. He's clearly read that many, many times.

[@petermurphy7901]

Finally! Someone who realizes this. 😁

[@tempsitch5632]

@4:45 Maple, these guys are actually Czechoslovakian and were taken over by Nazis and forced into battle. Just to make this moment worse for you, they are saying: “Please don’t shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone! I am Czech!"

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

A very substantial percentage of the Czech population were ethnic Germans from the Sudetenland and loyal to the Nazis. These guys could have been conveniently using their identity as Czechs to stay alive. Can't say I blame them, but there were Sudeten Czechs who volunteered.

[@SisyphusOfSodom]

@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 They were as loyal to GERMANY as are any American, French, British, Canadian and Spanish soldiers. Soldiers defend their homeland, not the government per se. The government just point in the direction they want/need the shooting done. People who perpetrated war crimes, ON ALL SIDES, were extremely in the minority and most people, ON ALL SIDES, never committed a war crime. Stop abusively generalizing the sins of few on everyone else based on their "likeness".

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

@@SisyphusOfSodom This is kind of a clean Wehrmacht myth. A huge portion of the German armed forces committed what we would now consider to be war crimes, many of them very enthusiastically. Officers in the German regular army were often very sympathetic to the Nazis and aided the Gestapo in the rounding up, transport, and extermination of Jews all over Europe. The only people who really hated what the Nazis were doing were the top military brass of Germany. Generals resented Hitler, knew he was kind of an idiot, and thought that giving common soldiers completely criminal orders was besmirching the honor of the German military.

[@calebb231]

@@patrickwaldeck6681 Oh yeah I forgot you were there sorry.

[@johnnykotletti4614]

@@patrickwaldeck6681 He did not say the Wehrmacht did not commit any warcrimes. He cleary said that warcrimes did happen. What you are doing is not any better than spreading the very same thing you complain about.

[@petkoyanakiev244]

FUBAR is an acronym that originated in the military, which stands for a situation that is so damaged or out of control that it is "fucked up beyond all recognition," or alternatively, "fucked up beyond all repair." According to Techopedia, FUBAR was popularized by American soldiers during the Second World War.

[@spazz1981]

Same for SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up."

[@verdonix1976]

As opposed to the mild state of TARFU … Things Are Really Fucked Up

[@raymihno]

As a German, I always thought they meant “Fubar” "furchtbar". Which translates to something like terrible. Because of the American accent.

[@Stogie2112]

I lived in Normandy for four months in 1998. I toured the American and German cemeteries as well as the D-Day beaches and many other war memorials. A few months later, I sat in the theater, watching the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, with huge chills throughout my body. I saw the film in the theater four times and even today, the opening scene in the cemetery still gets to me.

[@sitting_nut]

this is pure propaganda. d-day was nothing like this. all the available facts don't tally with clownishly exaggerated opening

[@TJMiton]

@@sitting_nut you good bro?

[@sitting_nut]

@@TJMiton pointing out facts too much for you ?

[@uzul42]

@@sitting_nut So what did the movie got wrong then? Can you list some of the most egregious inaccuracies?

[@sitting_nut]

@@uzul42 for one, confirmed reality of 2000 tops killed and wounded in more than 12hours of fighting along 8kms at omaha beach (one with the highest casualties) is not compatible with 1st few minutes of the movie.

[@ralphalicante2175]

In WW2, singular deaths in the family are notified usually, only by telegram. In cases of multiple deaths in the same family, an officer and a priest would deliver the message. You can say that the mother, in this case, already knew that not just one of her sons died.

[@subitman12]

The reason Capt Miller's hand was shaking is because of PTSD. I've seen many symptoms. One elderly gentleman was in a wheel chair and wouldn't talk. The memories overcame him. I saw another at a 4th of July festival with firewalks. He was a teenager maybe early 20s and suddenly crawled into a ball like a baby. The fireworks reminded him of shells in the Gulf War.

[@Blue-wave2028]

He was suffering from Parkinson’s

[@duanegibson6922]

I am 30 and my hand shakes

[@nickinskeep]

It's wild how many people don't understand this. His nerves are fried, his body is constantly in fight or flight mode

[@fredgaarde5818]

Traumatic Brain injury from repeated concussions that start to reveal themselves through the hand trembling. It gets worse with time. One of our sergeants, Richard (Gunner) Wagoner died from it in 2014. He was a Tank Commander and had Five tanks literally blown out from under him in combat decades before.

[@cnealcoc1]

The line, "Earn this" is so powerful because he's not only telling that to Ryan, but to all of us as well.

[@mhernandez1345]

It's what I say to my friend anytime I'm handing him something

[@asdfasdf7199]

@@mhernandez1345 i always do the same when i give someone a birthday or christmas present

[@mhernandez1345]

@@asdfasdf7199 feeding my cat? Earn this. Putting change in a parking meter? Earn this. Using the toilet? Earn this. Putting trash in the trash can? Earn this. Plugging in my phone to charge it? Earn this.

[@madeincda]

​@@asdfasdf7199On the toilet for me.

[@sitting_nut]

only this is pure propaganda. d-day was nothing like this. all the available facts don't tally with clownishly exaggerated opening

[@MarisuSedai]

Oh god. We’re in for some Maple tears, aren’t we.

[@TennSeven]

I heard that when the boat scene was being filmed for this a bunch of the actors started throwing up from the choppy water. Spielberg was going to re-film it but technical advisors on the set were like, "no man, soldiers were throwing up all over the place when these landings were going on." Also, Maple is already crying in this movie and that's going to make me cry!

[@keithsimpson6563]

Yes the cooks feed them real good knowing that this was the last day for many of them. 😢

[@Nomad-vv1gk]

Due to rough seas during the actual invasion, some soldiers spent many hours in the landing craft waiting for the first wave to disembark the ship. That's why so many were seasick.

[@MrsDuck356]

​@@Nomad-vv1gki think some also puked because they were nervous

[@MrRockman1977]

The other crazy story of brothers dying in war is briefly glossed over in this when the Sullivan brothers died. All 5 brothers were on the USS Juneau it was sunk in 1942 and all 5 brothers died.

[@timothybuchanan662]

They were from Waterloo Iowa. Oddly enough I saw a large picture of them in a restaurant/ bar in Mississippi.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

They made a war-time film about them. I think they were portrayed as all dying together which is not true. I believe two survived the initial sinking of the ship, but died before they were rescued

[@jimmygreer2140]

It blows my mind that people haven't ever seen this movie. It's in my Top 5 of MUST WATCH movies....movies so powerful & moving that they can teach you a lesson. And this movie teaches you how brutal war is and why it should ALWAYS be a last resort. The scene with the medic calling out for his mommy always hits me.

[@nintenmetro]

I was in 11th grade when I saw this movie for the first time. That was over a decade ago. Matt Damon didn’t train with Tom Hanks and the other actors because Steven Spielberg wanted them to build tension and resentment towards Ryan.

[@Cryme2face]

I heard that Matt arrived at the shooting later on months after the production was already started.

[@commanderwyro4204]

i still think uphams story is the saddest. dude was just a writer who was broken by the war. and him taking that life at the end was just showing how the war defeated his spirit and took his innocence

[@FreeTheGingers]

He is the ultimate example of cowardice. I don't care that part of the character arc is to be the "audience's humanity", when you allow your own fear to overpower your duty to your brothers in arms, you have committed an unforgivable sin. I was scared every time we had enemy contact as was everyone I knew who served down range in any war. But I knew my duty was first to the guys to my left and right. I fought for them, some of which I only knew for a few days. Upham is irredeemable to me. He failed to even try to help is compatriots, and for that, he is worse than the enemy soldiers.

[@ronweber1402]

@@FreeTheGingers He was totally un fucking prepared to be an active soldier. He was in shock. You may be a tough motherfucker but you were prepared, mentally and physically but Upham was a clerk who had been typing reports and translating intercepted coms since basic.

[@TheKsalad]

​@Lurpworld Nah, Upham is a clerk typist and he was treated like shit by the squad until the end, his arc is better than anyone else's.

[@brownsey1]

@@FreeTheGingers Calling him worse than the enemy soldiers is such an over the top statement.

[@FreeTheGingers]

@@brownsey1 not to anyone who actually served. To a point you could understand the enemy soldiers. They were just doing their jobs. But your own man who sells his own men out due to his cowardice is far worse.

[@TheMrluke555]

I gotta say, I really like your editing style. It's different from most reaction KZbinrs, you get to see more of whats's happening on Screen. Really appreciate that!

[@MapleDivine]

Heck yeah!! Chad and the editors on this channel work hard I will show this to them! Thank you a lot!

[@chuckhilleshiem6596]

I am a combat veteran ( Vietnam ) you can not possibly know the good you have just don. I can not find the words to thank you enough. God bless you.

[@MrsDuck356]

Thank you for your service hero❤

[@ckok7792]

It's a stark reminder of the intensity of pain when an adult cries out for their mother. I've experienced this twice as an adult, and while my pain pales in comparison to those who've faced war, I understand the desperation. Fortunately, my mother was there to comfort me. Her presence was a blessing, and I recognize that not everyone has that support. My heart goes out to those who've faced unimaginable pain without a loving presence to ease their suffering.

[@oldgeezer3324]

The opening scene was filmed at the D-day memorial cemetary in France that was built and is maintained by France to honor the loss of the allied soldier who died there

[@sitting_nut]

except they changed the markers. go to same places and note the difference . that was despicable.

[@Sektion9]

@@sitting_nut How so?

[@kenevanchik4478]

If you pause at 6:48, you'll see a banner in the window of Ryan's mom's house. This is a Blue Star banner, which is used to show how many family members are serving in the military. Four blue stars, one for each son. Unfortunately, after hearing of her sons deaths, three of the four stars would change from blue to gold, with a gold star indicating a family member who died while in service.

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

I know you're a soft hearted girl Maple, I respect you for watching this. There are parts of this I can barely get thru myself.

[@leesweets4110]

I was surprised to see Nathan Fillion in this. He was the first private Ryan they incorrectly gave the bad news to.

[@markstokes1401]

Just one reason we should stand for the National Anthem. For those that sacrificed.

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

These scenes were so realistic that they triggered PTSD in veterans. They were either in tears or just had to leave the theater altogether.

[@aeonianataraxia]

one actually recalled smelling diesel because he remembered it so vividly

[@mrchainsaw4139]

Big respect and much love to maple, she really went through it for this one.

[@MrRainter]

Great reaction Maple. Very heartfelt. I visited the American Cemetery at Collville Sur Mer in Normandy France in 2016. That is the cemetery shown at the beginning and ending of the movie. It is the most moving experience I have every felt in my life. There are over 9000 grave markers there that remind us all to "earn it". Earn what they did for us all.

[@andreww1225]

I watched this with my grandfather who served in the pacific theater. It’s really interesting to watch these movies with veterans that experienced it.

[@thorleif8872]

It is funny to see Bryan Cranston, Nathan Fillion and Vin Diesel in such small roles :D

[@calebb231]

To be fair with Vin Diesel, he didn't have that many roles before he got this one. I'd say his first two popular movies are this one and The Iron Giant, which many people didn't even realize he voiced lol.

[@thorleif8872]

@@calebb231 I know, and it was also the first role for Fillion in a big movie too. And now Fillion is well known for Serenity, Castle and The Rookie, Vin Diesel is a big name and so is Cranston for Malcolm and BB...I meant it is funny how unknown these people were back then

[@AbeVicious]

@@thorleif8872 I saw Bryan Cranston as Tim Whatley in Seinfeld, way before the movie.

[@adamisajoker]

Also, Jamie Kennedy, Paul Giamatti, and Ted Danson.

[@AbeVicious]

@@adamisajoker Dennis Farina

[@KevinThomas-ok2ev]

The General killed in the glider crash was Gen. Donald F. Pratt. The 101st ABN DIV. Museum on Ft. Campbell is named for him, though he was never mentioned by name in the movie. A Missouri boy, born and raised in a small town just a few miles north of where I live in central MO.

[@tallicafan85]

you felt the emotions in this movie. such a great movie. came out like 6 months after my grandpa passed away. he fought on that beach at utah. saw this in the theater and i started to shed a tear when tom hanks hand that break down. glad you had the mother scene in it, people never show it and is a powerful moment.

[@galerios1]

This is the most realistic depiction of D-Day ever put to screen. Spielberg took accounts from veterans who survived the assault on Omaha Beach. Everything in the opening was written from listening to people who actually experienced it. My high school history teacher took her father, a WWII veteran who was at Omaha Beach to see it because he insisted that he wanted to. In his words, "That's is exactly how it was." She said he cried through the entire scene. But he wouldn't look away.

[@danl.909]

Nicely done. Your reactions had me in tears, too.

[@Cablev94]

These war movies are very important for people to watch, especially young people. They need to see what war is really like and its important to know what people went through in order for them to grow up in a safe society where they don't have to worry about stuff like this.

[@themooseisloose94]

One of the greatest war films ever made, and a favorite of mine. It's so well done and so gripping. I watch it every time it's on TV

[@eon14873]

1917 and hacksaw ridge are classics too

[@paulconnett3654]

The power of film and storytelling especially when based on true events like this WW2. Doesn't matter how many times I watch my dvd version or reactions to this Brutal Classic. I always cry! Cheer's Maple.x 🇬🇧

[@MoniFps]

One of the best WW2 movies imo! The beggining of the movie still haunts me.

[@littlemuffin943]

i remmeber when they played this on tv over 3 days in 90s the full movie and behind the sences. i remmber sitting next to my grandfather he didnt say a word and after he got up and said dont ever forget what the world went through twice and dont let it happen again.

[@BuccWylde]

A single styrette of morphine would usually dull the pain of even the worst of injuries...but a second styrette would almost certainly be fatal, especially to someone who had lost that much blood. It's why Wade asked for it. He knew it would allow him to expire more peacefully.

[@John_Locke_108]

Saw this in the theater when it came out. Defintely a different experience than seeing it on a TV.

[@MapleDivine]

I bet. The practical effects mixed with the audio AND just the story alone. Also I bet sharing the moment of the movie with a lot of other people. Still no way to avoid the tears 😭

[@Shovelheadtard]

Same. When the movie was over I still had a full bucket of popcorn. Only time that's ever happened.

[@ChroniclerGaming850]

One of my old teachers was an extra for the D Day landing, such a good film

[@kevincaulder96]

FULL METAL JACKET, GLORY, and GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM are very good movies and show various dimensions of the subject that are worth your time, Maple. Now, more than ever, we should all salute our troops. Because the things are going, we may need them more than ever or called on to join their forces.

[@crewchief5144]

Lot of great actors in this one. The most surprising one for me is Ryan Hurst. Small part but when you say "they're so young" I thought DAMN, HE had a baby face for sure.

[@CaesiusX]

38:36 Bravo for pointing out the distinction between the two Germans (POW/Steambot Willie vs the one that killed Mellish). Upon my first viewing in the theater, I too thought it was the same guy. Only after watching at home did I note the difference.

[@Diegesis]

​@@doctaflobecause the answer is in the name steamboat Willie. He's called that because he referenced it during that earlier scene. That should be obvious.

[@BuBbLeBaThJaKe]

Wait so is steamboat willie the guy that killed the captain or is the guy that killed mellish the one that killed the captain

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

I would argue that the majority of viewers who watch the film for the first time believed that Steamboat Will killed both men. Pretty understandable in that they look similar and are wearing similar clothing.

[@BuBbLeBaThJaKe]

@@doctaflo that’s what I thought from the beginning but people always argue over that point so I didn’t know what to think anymore lol

[@deek60819]

yes that's correct. it IS the same guy who killed the medic@@helifanodobezanozi7689​

[@steveg5933]

I was a Navy Corpsman, I served 10 years, 8 with Marines. I saw this on a Tuesday afternoon. There were 12 of us. Myself, and 11 others, all veterans. At the end of the movies, the house lights went up. All of us had teary eyes. One old man stated the following- "As far as war movies go, that was the most accurate depiction I've ever seen . As for the ACTUAL D-Day, it didn't come close" His hat said it all- D-Day Survivor, Purple Heart. I have always deferred to his expert opinion. As bad as you think it was as shown in the movie, it was much, much worse.

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

Thank you for telling those of us who have never seen war this. And thank you for your service.

[@sitting_nut]

this is pure propaganda. "old man" was lying, d-day was nothing like this. all the available facts don't tally with clownishly exaggerated opening

[@demetriussorrells2792]

​@@sitting_nutokay state your facts then..

[@sitting_nut]

@@demetriussorrells2792 you can read them in any creditable historian

[@robgraham5697]

@@sitting_nut Seriously, dude? Omaha Beach was this bad. In fact it was worse. Don't mistake your experience in 'Hell Let Loose' with reality.

[@umfilmmaker8253]

Excellent reaction! It’s a painful movie to watch, but everyone should see it. I come from a military family, and it has helped me understand the sacrifices that generations of soldiers have made, but also their families back home.

[@anthonycurtola]

FUBAR stands for "F**ck*d Up Beyond All Recognition". Awesome reaction to a powerful film!

[@domimpavido763]

The guy at the end that shoots Tom Hanks is the same one that they let go when Wade died. Thats why Upham felt he obligated to kill him and only him. Nothing to do with Melish, so yea they were wrong for berating.

[@Gilgland]

The reason the soldiers in the 1st scene were bursting into flame was they used flame throwers during the invasion to clear out bunkers and one of the fuel tanks on the soldier's back was hit and it exploded, which sprayed the fuel on the guys around him as well. Learned something today, I have thought for years that the German soldier that killed Mellish was the same one that they let go earlier.

[@briangreen9677]

I was stationed in Germany when this film came out and all of us went down to the theater in Frankfurt to watch it as they showed the American release without the voices dubbed over in German. The theater was packed with no open seats. The sounds from the audience were very telling and I saw several people have to get up and leave during the opening beach scene. I remember a German friend of mine sitting next to me saying, "Our grandfathers were all crazy." as he watched in disbelief. It's one thing to learn some details about the war in school, and entirely another to see something like Saving Private Ryan. Little did I know at the time that a few years later I'd be sent into Afghanistan and Iraq. I have visited Normandy and it's something everyone should see and experience for themselves. Just so people know, General Patton is buried in the American Cemetery in Luxembourg.

[@Ironhead251]

I am a partially disabled combat veteran of the United States Navy. This movie is very emotional for me. I watch my brothers die in combat and I can never forgive myself for my brothers dying and I didn’t. Why me? Why did my brothers die and I didn’t? Why did I have a full life and they didn’t? Why me?? Why me!?!? I should’ve went with them!

[@eon14873]

Very tough for you. I've lost family members to horrid diseases but my mum always says " you've just got to get on with it" . Stay strong fella. Much respect

[@sethkrueger9294]

Visiting the cemetery in Normandy is one of the most formative experiences of my life. It was the last place my wife and I visited on our honeymoon in Europe. Six weeks straight of travel, and we were exhausted. I was tired, I was dirty, I was homesick. And then I stood in that place, looking at the horizon over the sea where I knew my comfortable life was waiting for me, and I swore that I would never wish for anyone to feel the way that I felt in that moment - only a small fraction of what the young men who were buried behind me had felt looking over the same idyllic scene just a generation ago.

[@chadcasale4216]

The Matt Damon monologue about his brothers was all improvised on the spot. Pretty impressive.

[@douglasstrother6584]

HORVATH: "It's like findin' a needle in a haystack." MILLER: "It's finding a needle in a stack of needles."

[@Dannydarko27]

Probably one of the most genuine reactions I've seen to this film. Thanks for sharing it

[@red2977]

"is this also FUBAR? I don't know what that means" 🤣

[@johny609]

24:07 Jackson propably didnt even notice because you have so much adrenalin in your body because of fighting that the body ignore the pain for a while.

[@marvin3992]

FUBAR' is military slang for "F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition (or Repair)". It is said to be a term that comes from World War II and refers to any situation, or person, that has gone wrong and there is no possibility of repair.

[@rtm27]

Another slang that came from the same era is "SNAFU" (Situation Normal All F**ked Up). It comes from the absurdness of war, how it became Normal for them during combat.

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

The scary part is that as bad as this went, as many things that went wrong, it could have been worse if they had tried it as a direct assault. They lured the German air force away from the coast, they attacked when many of the German soldiers were off duty. However, there were significant failures. The battleship attacks on the bunkers weren't as effective as hoped due to storms, troops didn't land where they were supposed to, and the air drops went quite randomly.

[@A-Rod1337]

Something you should know, the small flag in the window with the stars is what military families will hang when they have a loved one overseas. Each star represents how many from the family were sent.

[@PaulSnook-PewPew]

Mother Ryan collapsing when the pastor shows up, real heart tug moment, and medic Wade calling for his mama, Yea, tear jerker

[@mikeyben7]

I love this movie(even though I cry throughout it) because it shows very opposite sides of the spectrum of "inhumane vs humane". When the men talk about intimate things that they regret or wish they would have done, it really sets it in stone how serious the situation they are in is.

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

I really liked your reaction. I've seen the movie 3 times and a number of reactions, but still tears were running down my face in most scenes. I think my dominant feeling was the same as yours. Wars create situations in which "No matter what you do, there's no right answer"

[@LokiDWolf]

NEXT WATCH PHILIDELPHIA!!!! I'm glad you watched this one. It is so well done that there are Veterans that have walked out on the movie because it was so realistic. Even my father, whose a Vietnam Vet, couldn't finish it. Of all the military movies made, this was the one that truly showed what war is about.

[@TheTLElliott]

In real life, the actual Normandy battles went on for 6 hours. The average age of US troops in the first wave was 20 1/2. Twenty and one half years old.

[@dmytryblyzniuk8211]

Without French support all troops of allies were sinked in Atlantic Ocean

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

5:13 - tons of people miss the hitler youth knife reference. Mellish (the guy that gets handed the knife) starts crying/breaking down b/c he realizes they just mowed down a bunch of teenagers in that trench from the scene before. Look up how hitler youth were used during the Normany invasion by German forces. Basically boy scouts or cadets around 15-16 years old.

[@joshuawells835]

It's said that the opening scene was so accurate to history, there were WWII veterans who had to leave theaters due to PTSD episodes. That scene put them right back on Omaha Beach.

[@TheSocratesian]

The opening scene was absolutely amazing. But someone who does not know about D-Day would never know that it was the largest invasion in the history of warfare if all they saw was that scene. It looked like it was an isolated attack which was far from what was going on. Fantastic movie though and hopefully people who don't know history will be inspired to learn about the war.

[@joshuawiedenbeck6944]

One veteran was asked what he thought of that scene. He replied, "They didn't make it bad enough."

[@TheSocratesian]

@@joshuawiedenbeck6944I don’t think it’s possible to make it bad enough.

[@davefranklyn7730]

The movie scene showed 15 minutes of fighting on the beach. In reality, taking Omaha Beach took almost all day, starting from right after Dawn. It was far worse for people who lived through it.

[@Maginator1]

wasn't D-Day across 5 beaches, where 3 or 4 of the beaches were relative "easy" to take because the Germans thought they would land somewhere else but 1 or 2 beaches took the whole day and were as bad (or even worse) as depicted in the movie? I believe the Americans and Canadians got those beaches. The battle as showed in the movie wans't exacty how it went anywhere but was pieces of all the beaches put together to give an idea how it was. I don't know if its true what I say here but I believe I saw a small docu about it a few years ago so maybe I have some details wrong.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Many WWII vets left the theaters because the D-Day battle scenes were so realistic. 2. The German Captain Miller was talked into letting go is the same one that killed him. Upham finally put him down. 3. The story Ryan tells Miller about the last time he saw his brothers was made up by Matt Damon. He was told to say something interesting, so he did, and it was kept in the movie. 4. There really was a USS Sullivans(DD- 68) dedicated to the brothers lost on one ship. That's why all brother soldiers/sailors from one family can't be assigned to the same command. 5. I did 24 years in the US Navy. My favorite character is Private Jackson/sniper and my second favorite is Sargent Horvath. RIP Tom Sizemore😇 6. Sizemore also played Boxman in "Flight of the Intruder", a movie I'm in briefly.

[@ronweber1402]

This happened in Canada after WWI. During the Great War the majority of a town's eligible young male population would often join the same unit. The army encouraged this as they figured the guys would fight harder to save their mates which they did but the massive death toll of the Somme and other killing grounds would wipe out entire units leaving a town with no working and marriage age men left alive or uncrippled. It nearly wiped out some towns and the effects were felt for decades so after that they tried to split them up so if a unit met with catastrophe it wouldn't wipe out all the young men in a single town.

[@bhight100]

Those surrendering soldiers we Czeck, they were saying "don't shoot, we are not German"

[@anthonysantistevan3643]

It's about time she watched this masterpiece!!!

[@red2977]

I don't understand how her and Arianna have not seen soo many shows and movies when they seem to have a lot of appreciation for the medium.

[@hadoken95]

@@red2977 I never understand comments like this. The implication is that somehow this is being faked? As if it's not possible for a person to miss a ton of content that was popular before they were born? Step outside of your own head for a moment.

[@timothyhedrick5295]

@38:40 It's a very common misidentification. I thought the same thing for many years until reading that they were in fact not the same soldier. I actually think most people that see the film make that mistake because it's the only reason they can figure out why the German coming down the stairs didn't kill Upham.

[@bewilderedbeest]

The German soldier who killed Hellish didn't kill Upham because he could see that Upham was no threat.

[@mattymaple1976]

The movie starts sad and it stays sad. You really get to know the soldiers and when we lose one of them hits so hard

[@ChristianBeckerKapraun]

09:27 FUBAR -> short for "f*cked up beyond all recognition". Comes close to the german word "furchtbar", which just means awful. (then, there is also SNAFU... -> Situation normal, all f*cked up. Which has no similar german word behind it.)

[@BloodTar]

My dads brother Pvt. *Jack H. Johnson* died on that beach.....he was only 19.

[@jamesgalloway6180]

Very heart felt reaction.nicely done. My dad was on Omaha, however he didn't have to come until the third wave because he was in th third army tank driver. He said it was sickening coming in over the dead but at least he wasn't killed. My mother got a letter from command that he was missing in action. He was later found alive in hospital. He had been blown out of his tank in Germany and lived the rest of his life with shrapnel in his legs. He hardly ever talked about the war.

[@red2977]

There are no sure things in life, but one of the closest things to a sure thing is that if Tom Hanks is in a movie its probably going to be a good film

[@Buskieboy]

When Wade is crying for his Mama, I weep. When Ryan's mother collapses, I cry for her. The very end makes me ugly cry every time, and I've watched this move a few dozen times. Ryan turns to his wife and says: Older James Ryan: "Tell me I have led a good life." Ryan's Wife: "What?" Older James Ryan: "Tell me I'm a good man." Ryan's Wife: "You are." He's carried that around with him for 70 years. Never knowing if he was good enough. Oh my God. That poor soul. Although he is a fictional version of many returning veterans of all wars; they all suffer much the same way. Survivors guilt; the horrors inflicted on their minds. Interesting factoid: James Doohan, aka Scotty from Star Trek was with the Canadian army at Juno Beach. He and other survivors of D-Day gave Steven Spielberg an award for the most realistic portrayal of the landings in film. Also, he suffered a wound on his right ring finger, which got shot off. Sometimes you can see it in his Star Trek TV and Movies. For some reason he was shy about the wound and would hide it the best he could. I think he should have been proud of the wound.

[@archstanton664]

I appreciate Maple giving Jackson the recognition he deserved. Everyone sleeps on that genuine badass.

[@fastone7272]

That song that was playing while Ryan was telling about his brothers is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard🥰🌹

[@JoshDeCoster]

2:20 don’t know if anyone’s thrown this in the chat yet but that’s bullets hitting a flamethrower. It causes the tank to explode depending on the round that hits it. They used flames to clear bunkers, trenches, etc.

[@Mwoods2272]

Even before the video starts, I knew Maple would cry watching this movie.

[@TMConstructionOntario]

goddamnit i didn't wanna cry today, god bless all those who have served.

[@Robertz1986]

"He says he's sorry about Wade" 😂 No, he said "The medic.. it's just war!" I agree, you can't kill POWs just for doing their job, but it is nice of him to convert that to a nicer phrase.

[@josecarrasco9461]

😢I luv her comments and reactions. I always feel like I’m watching the movie for the first time. Thank you 😊

[@jehhhGames]

No matter how many times I watch it, or how much of it I get to see, I cry every time...

[@Stogie2112]

What IS it with Matt Damon? He always has to be saved. Normandy, Boston, Mars....even in another galaxy.....WTF, Damon? Get it in gear!

[@charlesh796]

I am a combat veteran ( Vietnam ) you can not possibly know the good you have just done. Thank you for this and God bless you.

[@gggkoking8843]

During Veterans Day every year, my dad & I would sit down and watch one of his top 3 war movies of all time. It is To Hell & Back. It is a true story about Lt. Audie L. Murphy, and how he got to be the most decorated soldier of WW II. I would definitely recommend watching it.

[@seandlg57]

I’ve seen this movie dozens of times. Still cry at the same times every time.

[@jhilal2385]

Barry Pepper is also in 2 true story movies: "We Were Soldiers" (2002) "Flags of Our Fathers" (2007)

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture but won for: Best Director Best Film Editing Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Original Score

[@RLKmedic0315]

But lost Best Pucture to "Shakespeare in Love". Arguably the worst decision the Oscar's ever made.

[@jameson32]

The radioman missing his face at Omaha looks fucking spot on. Never seen perfectly replicated, horrifying reality like that in a movie.

[@buddy3167]

38:41 you are so wrong they are two completely different the guy with the gun that shot Tom Hanks is the guy that shot the doc

[@gazorbo.]

In 1999, everyone going to the cinema expecting to watch a WWII action film like Kelly's Heroes or any John Wayne WWII film. Everyone was shell shocked for the 1st 20 minutes of the Normandy beach landing. Even with all the noise of war blasting, you could hear that no one was talking.

[@JesusLopez-ky1ws]

They don’t make movies this good anymore

[@johnsheehan7770]

My wife and I went to Normandy last year to visit a war grave of her great uncle. What an eye opener. We visited Dog Green beach, so sad.

[@MyCineast]

FUBAR (Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition) Military slang

[@gordkolle-bl1ci]

War is about sacrifice. Remembrance day is not about peace, its about honoring sacrifice. As a former soldier i was taught that sacrificing yourself for your buddies is the ultimate expression of brotherhood in combat. So this movie is all about sacrifice. Its called love. And l😂ove is something EVERYONE understands.

[@LudusAurea]

If thi smakes you cry wait until you see the veterans at the beginning of the Band of Brothers episodes. I’ve seen this movie like 200 times and I still cry.

[@MartinKoucKotouc]

The German sniper who killed Caparzo (Vin Diesel) is the Czech stuntman and actor Leoš Stránský. 🇨🇿🇨🇿 He also worked on the Titanic.