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@TheSocratesian6 ай бұрын
"Happy Memorial Day?" Really? It's NOT a celebration.
@robertmorrison1076 ай бұрын
Just a comment on when the widow receives the flag. We have a ceremonial burial detail that I was on burying war vets. One group does the 21 gun salute while the other carrys the casket where the American flag is hung. Before the casket is buried, the flag is folded meticulously and handed to the widow, children or next of kin. One of my best friends was the giant 6'6" mexican guys 240 lbs and during the ceremony we would read there achievements and medals. Some of them were bonafide monsters of men who saved hundreds of lives. It was difficult standing there in front of the family and not get teary but your job. This giant mexican guy just couldn't help but tear up. Eventually we had to move him to the rifle salute squad. Big baby, but one of the best guys ever.
@TacticalHuntsman6 ай бұрын
i recommend we were soldiers by Mel Gibson, and hamburger hill for future movie reactions
@iKvetch5586 ай бұрын
Saving Private Ryan is incredibly realistic in most every way, with a very few exceptions...such as bullets not being able to kill you more than a few inches underwater, and flamethrowers not really exploding that way in 1944. One thing to know, pay no mind at all to that man who took off his helmet on the beach and then got shot in the head...that next shot would have killed him even if he had kept his helmet on. The helmets of WW2 would almost never stop a bullet, except under very very rare circumstances. The movie is not a true story, and it differs from the actual history of D-Day in many ways...but the basic plot is loosely based on the 4 Niland Brothers, one of whom served with the 101st Airborne Division. However, when 3 Nilands were reported dead, no mission was sent to get the last brother, and it turned out that one brother that had been thought dead had actually only been captured. There really was a Company C of the 2nd Rangers that landed on Omaha Beach, but they were commanded by Captain Ralph Goranson, and they did not land quite where it was shown in the film. Probably the most important historical thing that Spielberg got wrong is that he had the boats that carried the Rangers to the beach being driven by Americans...they were not. On D-Day, the boats that carried the US Rangers to the beach were driven by UK sailors of the Royal Navy. There are many other things in the film that are not accurate to the real history of D-Day, but that one really fails to honor some of the men that fought and died at Omaha Beach, so it is definitely the one most worth noting.
@TheSocratesian6 ай бұрын
@@iKvetch558 The scene where they went after the machine gun position was really Hollywood. A ranger unit would not have assaulted that way when they had a sniper and a much easier avenue of approach. They certainly would not have risked a medic the way they did in the movie. Overall however, even with its flaws it is a great film and does a service to the men who fought and died for our country in all of its conflicts.
@chris.jennings18826 ай бұрын
That little sentence you said “for those that say we don’t need men, watch this movie” you’re getting a subscriber. That warmed my heart! My great grandfather fought in this war! Love from 🇬🇧
@woodspirit986 ай бұрын
Lol my dad fought in that war. One uncle died at the battle of the bulge, another uncle died as a pilot. Still another uncle was captured at Bataan by the japanese. They broke his neck. At wars end they rebroke it trying to fix it. He never recovered mentally. My dad was a marine on Saipan and tinian. Other aunts and uncles also served in WWII. To me it's not history. It's current events.
@chris.jennings18826 ай бұрын
@@woodspirit98 my great grandfather also fought against the Japanese along side the Gurkha’s.
@growthservice81006 ай бұрын
@@woodspirit98 Iam sorry for all the losses in your family but why just disrespect them wit this ridicoulus "Lol" at the beginning. Stop using this shit acronyms of the new era
@danor68125 ай бұрын
I was going to post almost the same comment. Because of that I subscribed.
@bossbullyboy1955 ай бұрын
Allso subbed for this. Comment
@StarShipGray6 ай бұрын
“Earn this.” It means earn the sacrifices made to protect you and keep you free. He’s speaking to all of us.
@WaffleCone9276 ай бұрын
I thought my first couple of viewings, he was saying ‘earnest’ lol
@leo2a7dk6 ай бұрын
That is perhaps the most Concerning line in whole of "Saving Private Ryan". We laid down our lives, for YOU to live on...I still LOOOVE this movie. The cast is "to die for"...
@mabutoo6 ай бұрын
These two words should be the salute to memorial day.
@steev116 ай бұрын
No it doesn’t. He was speaking directly to Ryan saying “earn this” as in the sacrifice we all made to save you and bring you home to your family. That was the literal meaning. He was not speaking metaphorically there.
@bertreynolds81466 ай бұрын
I don't think he says "earn this", I heard him say "earned this", meaning he earned his right to go home. Tom Hanks character wasn't the type to tell ppl on his death bed that they should earn something, he said he earned it.
@batmanvsjoker77256 ай бұрын
Apparently, the beach sequence was so accurate that veterans watching the film in cinema had to leave the room. They said the only thing missing about it was the smell.
@disturbed1576 ай бұрын
Some said they could smell the diesel in the air
@mvf806 ай бұрын
I was an usher in a movie theater when that came out and I can confirm that absolutely happened.
@CodyHalvorson82nd6 ай бұрын
Way to be that guy
@jeffreyweitzman64636 ай бұрын
Indeed there were at most l think couple of extremely tiny inaccuracies of that scene but all things considered it was mostly accurate to the reality of it easily 1 of Spielbergs finest works.
@kylemma336 ай бұрын
The only 2 issues that i hqve about this scene is that bullets dont travel through the water like that. The other issue is they have the obstacles pointed the wrong way.
@myongjas6 ай бұрын
I am an 80+-year-old man and I cried like a baby. one of my sons and one of my daughters are with me, and they thought that they would need the "crash-Cart," I was alive in 1946, and my Dad, my uncles, and my oldest cousins were there fighting..we lost them all except for my Dad and my mother's brother.
@jonathang97056 ай бұрын
The soldier who died underwater didn't kill himself, he drowned. A lot of men had to jump into the heavy surf, either to escape enemy fire, or to escape a disabled landing craft, or because they were let out too far from shore. They were weighed down with heavy equipment and a number of them drowned. Capt Miller tells the Navy demolitions man clearing a way for the tanks that "all the armor is floundering in the channel." The army had dual-drive tanks with "water wings" that could tread water and were supposed to drive up onto the beach to give the troops tank support, but the heavier than expected surf caused most of them to sink, and many tank crewman drowned.
@PaulMichaelJohnson6 ай бұрын
Yes. Also, those bullets would not penetrate several feet of water. This has been myth busted. But it all goes to make a good action scene.
@ZetsuboNoShima2 ай бұрын
Also keep in mind how many of them couldn’t swim. My great grandfather was a gunner on a destroyer in the US navy in ww2 and he as well as many other people never knew how to swim 😂 RIP Frank Ainslie Sr
@charlesh7966 ай бұрын
I am a combat vet and don't comment very much. You can not possibly know the good you have just done . Maybe the next time we walk past an old guy we should say hello or talk with them for a bit. None of us know what they may have been through . Thank you for this and God bless you both.
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
Thank you for leaving this sweet comment! We sincerely thank you for your service and everything you’ve done for our country 🤍❤️🙏🏼
@charlesh7966 ай бұрын
@@MeeshDeeReacts How very nice of you both. I LOVE the fact that you think so much of veterans and it's nice to see someone who cares. God bless you both
@MarcBuchheister6 ай бұрын
i think normal soldiers are the gun of a nation.they are very cheap and must follow the rules.ww1 and ww2 show it us.putin today do that again.the western allies produce 1/4 artis in a year than russia do.and we say we help the ukrains????...and our western weapons are only allowed in ukraine???in every war the enemy must attack behind the lines so support can never arrived.
@Lfg1176 ай бұрын
🔥
@mikeymike13746 ай бұрын
@@charlesh796they don't give a shit what are you on about
@rang4life16 ай бұрын
The two soldiers surrendering in the beginning scene were Czech, They were saying they didn't shoot anyone. It was a very common thing for men in captured towns to be forced to fight after being taken
@usmcrn44186 ай бұрын
According to Historian Steven Ambrose (Author of Band of Brothers & D-Day the Climactic Battle of WWII) they even captured two Koreans, dressed in German uniforms who’d been captured by the Japanese and put into the lines against the Russians, who then captured them and threw them into the line against the Germans, who then captured them and put them into the line against the Americans in Normandy.
@johannesvalterdivizzini15236 ай бұрын
And many Czechs were "ethnic Germans" from the Sudetenland and volunteered too. There were lots of Nazis among them. It's equally likely that these were two of them and spoke Czech to get a "better deal" through surrendering. Because they were considered Germans, they would have been allowed into the regular German army (like these two)
@CodyHalvorson82nd6 ай бұрын
Always someone
@Commander-vf1lk6 ай бұрын
@@usmcrn4418 There’s a movie abt it but it’s not entirely accurate. Some few changes but overall it is pretty good & enjoyable. I think it’s called “My Way (2011)” film but they speak in their native/foreign tongues. The only English verbal you’ll get is when the Americans show up. Although some viewers complained abt the beach being inaccurate for not being Omaha beach. I mean seriously, it’s point du hoc beach. Omaha wasn’t the only beach being stormed during the invasion. People need to look at the battle plan maps whether on books, tv shows, etc. so much info that anyone can just google in seconds instead of whining with complete disregard or ignorance. However, the MG42 sounds are way off, not sure how they got that wrong compared to this movie that got it right
@sparkyfromel6 ай бұрын
being shot when surrendering is quite common , as long as bullets whistle people have a very short view of things those guys were machine-gunning you and your mates .....and now they don't want to play anymore
@s1lm4r1l66 ай бұрын
Band of Brothers? 1 season, 10 episodes, tells the story of the parachutists instead of the people storming the beaches.
@strongereveryday86 ай бұрын
THIS!
@dioghaltasfoirneartach72586 ай бұрын
Kind of a 'must' after having seen this movie. 'Tradition'...
@vincentdesjardins13546 ай бұрын
I second that ! Band of Brothers being a serialized "spin off" to SPR made by roughly the same production team and one of the best mini-series of all time, it is an absolute must watch after this movie !
@matthewdooley78556 ай бұрын
Great series, I've watched it several times on Memorial Day, July 4, or Veterans' Day weekend.
@react2reactions2466 ай бұрын
Yes, the series is amazing, and I’d love to see you react to it
@finnmccool15916 ай бұрын
FYI: the German soldier who knifes Mellish to death in hand-to-hand combat is *not* the German prisoner they released earlier.
@Coolerman5655 ай бұрын
That's right he was a Waffen SS guy.
@Aegolius3 ай бұрын
But the one who shoots Miller is.
@allenharper29282 ай бұрын
I'm so glad to see this 😲
@josephspina6178Ай бұрын
Then how did he know tge name Oppam? He smikes and identifies Oppam by name before being shot.
@allenharper2928Ай бұрын
@@josephspina6178 that's not the same soldier, they're wearing two different uniforms
@omara92055 ай бұрын
My high school art teacher, Ted Akimoto, went to war with his two brothers, while the rest of the family waited throughout the war in internment camps. They each begged their commanders to send the other two home, and continued to serve. They all made it. I just found out the story a few years back from his daughter. He never talked about it when he taught. R.I.P Mr. Akimoto.
@TDXRazor5 ай бұрын
Japanese Americans serving America while families were rid of their freedoms by America. Honorable Americans! Americans!!!
@ThaDopist6 ай бұрын
when you all watch Band of Brothers, just imagine Pvt Ryan is in that crowd somewhere parachuting down with them.
@strongereveryday86 ай бұрын
THIS!
@flogg86356 ай бұрын
@@strongereveryday8, what’s wrong with you.
@herpyderpy43666 ай бұрын
@@flogg8635 What's wrong with *you* ? Guy's literally just backing the sentiment of another comment, smh
@YammoYammamoto6 ай бұрын
@@flogg8635 I'm curious now. What exactly did you think saying "this" after a comment meant? (Cause I'm sure you've looked it up by now. 🤣🤣🤣 )
@RobertBryant-hd1yk6 ай бұрын
They actually parachuted in the night before
@HouTexHemi6 ай бұрын
Near the beginning when Capt Miller says they had 35 dead, he isn't talking about on D-Day, he was talking about another action where he was tasked with destroying a German artillery position. Reactors seem to always get confused by this. Also, for the D-Day invasion, Capt Miller wasn't in charge of the whole thing, he was in command of one company, the overall operation was massive and we see just a tiny fraction of it from his perspective. On Omaha beach alone, the US Army lost of 2,000 men.
@KaiserKiller6 ай бұрын
Egirls can't comprehend the reality of Omaha and Utah beach
@86leewis6 ай бұрын
It goes into this in the book. I think I remember them trying to cross the mind field and some dog showed up, they followed the dog to get through that shit
@Supac6176 ай бұрын
He lost 35 men in his company under his order. 2400 KIA total on Omaha
@dmsfrom6 ай бұрын
the sniper shot through the scope is based on a real shot by a real Marine sniper in Vietnam named Carlos Hathcock, he actually did that. which of course means the other sniper was looking right at him when he fired, he survived by half a second.
@chrisg87676 ай бұрын
Came here to point this out.
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
That is so crazy!!!
@edm240b96 ай бұрын
@@MeeshDeeReactsthere’s significant differences though. The shot in Saving Private Ryan couldn’t happen in real life due to the range and angle of elevation. At 450 yards, even a .30-06 would have enough drop to it that even if it does hit the scope, the round will end up going out the side. The only reason the Hathcock shot was possible was because both snipers were within 100 yards of one another. So imagine two people endzone to endzone on an NFL field.
@dmsfrom6 ай бұрын
@@chrisg8767 i dont know if you can make a (decent) movie about snipers but if you can the story of Hathcock and the female Vietnamese sniper hunting each other would be a place to start
@chrissouthgate45546 ай бұрын
@@dmsfrom "Enemy at the Gate" set in Stalingrad.
@Ultra_Fine_Point6 ай бұрын
Captain Miller's Last Wishes to Private Ryan of: "Earn This." It was a Message to all young Americans and People around the World: "EARN this Sacrifice. Earn this blood that has been shed. We were injured and died for YOU. You are Free to speak, own, guns, grow gardens, have your choice of partners, learn whatever you want in school....because of US. We died for you. We crippled ourselves for YOU. Please, do GREAT things with your beautiful, short little Lives. Earn this. We love you. I'll see you again one day." That's what that line meant to me.
@dansullivan86485 ай бұрын
Thank you for articulating the message and meaning so wonderfully because you are 100% correct and to say that this is an important message is the most understated thing possible. I am definitely concerned about our future generations in The United States of America. Way too many of our fellow County men and women have paid the ultimate price for our way of life. We better get tough and get our s*‐t together.
@PodreyJenkin1383 ай бұрын
I highly doubt any of the men back then would agree with everything you said, I wouldn't throw my personal beliefs onto their sacrifice lest it serves a soapbox of skulls Use your freedom but don't put words into their mouths please
@dansullivan86483 ай бұрын
@@PodreyJenkin138 not sure if you are replying to Ultra_Fine_Point or me but either way, it is not opinion, it is simply basic common staples that we shouldn't even have to explain or discuss. It is understood. It's a kin to starting a conversation with a fellow countrymen on our own soil.
@PodreyJenkin1383 ай бұрын
@@dansullivan8648 I don't understand what the hell you even typed, you need to write out what you're saying a lot better buddy I'm replying to OP especially the "marry who you want" I can guarantee that the men who stormed Normandy near universally would have rejected that notion, they were Christian, masculine men and should not serve an agenda they would have hated
@Ben_Demon_Hunter6 ай бұрын
Thank you both VERY much for watching Saving Private Ryan. As a Canadian, a grandson to a World War Two veteran, a husband to a Filipina (Philippines 🇵🇭) wife & a father of two daughter's this is soo important & vital. You both did such a great job & thank you for your patriotism to your AMAZING country 🌎 🇺🇸 🪖 🇵🇭 🙏 🇨🇦
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️
@geneticjen93126 ай бұрын
The German solider who stabs Mellish (Jewish soldier) with the knife isn't Steamboat Willie who they let go free. But it IS Willie that Upham shoots and who shoots Captain Miller at the end. When Upham spots him on the bridge, it's the first time we've seen him since he was set free
@newsguy52416 ай бұрын
Never understood why they used an actor that looked so much like the German they let go.
@Ninkyo8936 ай бұрын
@@newsguy5241The shaved heads of both soldiers adds to the confusion, which is actually a historical inaccuracy. German infantry men didn't adopt shaved heads during that time period.
@SirNorm336 ай бұрын
Correct, it isn't the same guy. The soldier who kills Mellish is an SS recruit, you can see the insignia on his lapel. Steamboat Willie is more than likely a conscript. They do look similar but they are two totally different actors
@bassnazi47136 ай бұрын
It's really to parallel the point home. One guy looks friendly, the other does and is enemy.
@SMychal256 ай бұрын
I have watched a lot of reactions of this movie and almost everyone gets them mixed up but I think they look nothing alike.
@rickcrane98836 ай бұрын
Ladies, I watched this on Memorial Day. Thanks to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice. And thanks to you for showing respect and reverence.
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
🤍🤍🤍
@jasonmcewen4366 ай бұрын
The opening scene is a depiction of D-Day, the largest amphibious assault by Allied forces in WW2. Between the different landing sites, 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself, including 2,501 Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded. In the ensuing Battle of Normandy, 73,000 Allied forces were killed and 153,000 wounded. Love and respect to all who served, historically and currently. Lest We Forget...
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
🫡❤️🇺🇸
@sleepyhead64686 ай бұрын
But of course men had all the privilege back then according to feminists
@PaulMichaelJohnson6 ай бұрын
Sicily was larger and in 1943 - Operation Husky. In 1945 in the pacific, there is a larger invasion.
@mrtiesthatbind5 ай бұрын
@@PaulMichaelJohnsonwas it? What operation?
@PaulMichaelJohnson5 ай бұрын
@@mrtiesthatbind Op Iceberg on 4-1-1945, the invasion of Okinawa
@seandlg576 ай бұрын
Mrs. Ryan getting the news: top 5 saddest scenes in cinema. Hands down.
@tbone-lw2pk5 ай бұрын
The Sullivan brothers was a true story and after that family was separated in different divisions
@kennethvaughan81955 ай бұрын
As a veteran myself I really appreciate your reaction. Speaking for myself when people ask if I’m a vet I don’t expect red carpet rolled out, donations and such. The fact that you appreciate the military and you honor our country so many great men and women have died to protect and keep us free to live the life we enjoy ! 🙏
@porflepopnecker43766 ай бұрын
Upham is there to remind us of how terrified and frozen with fear each of us might be in the same position. Many soldiers carried memories of such tragic and nightmarish war experiences that haunted them for the rest of their lives. The last thing Steven Spielberg intended was for us to hate on Upham. Especially on Memorial Day.
@bostonianful6 ай бұрын
Exactly, sadly, today's generation doesn't seem to get it.
@TheHuntsman-qe9iz6 ай бұрын
He also should have never been brought along. He states plainly that he hadn't fired a weapon since basic training. He isn't trained for the type of action they were going to see and so one could argue that the captain made a bad call by recruiting him which of course led to the deaths of Mellish and the captain himself. It also should be noted that his ability to speak German contributed very little to the overall success of the mission. It always blows my mind when people dog pile on Upom when he was basically set up to fail from the very beginning.
@bostonianful6 ай бұрын
@@TheHuntsman-qe9iz you say that as if the captain had a choice. He was still on normandy beach when he recruited upham, did you honestly think they had any translators that weren't fresh off the boat during that time? And even if there were, its better to get a translator fast so that you can get on with the mission instead searching for ages for one that fits your standards. As for his contribution to the mission: yeah, he didn't do much, but here's a thought, how on earth was the captain or anyone else supposed to know what was going to happen during their mission or whether not his skills as a translator would be used? The captain recruited upham because its common sense to bring along a translator when you're traveling across a foreign country during a war, thats all.
@TheHuntsman-qe9iz6 ай бұрын
@bostonianful he did have a choice, though. That's why I said it could be argued that he made a bad call. I personally think he did, but having a translator would be useful as well. It's up to the viewer to decide which I think is why Upham was included in the film. He serves as a big jumping off point for discussions on morals as well as strategy. Personally, if I were in that situation, I would have left Upham behind. Sure, speaking German would be useful, but his lack of combat experience outweighs that. He's just gonna be liability because he's gonna have to sit out during combat, or be looked after by someone, or is gonna break because he's never been shot at before.
@OsamaBinKathr6 ай бұрын
@@TheHuntsman-qe9iz I never understood why they even had to have an ammo runner at all and then decided it had to be Upham. They had 2 machine guns, one of them positioned in a totally exposed location along with another important long range asset (sniper) which would have been tankshelled out of principle before the germans even entered the town. And when you have 2 machine guns you can just give both teams most of the ammo and have only a little inreserve at a fallback position, like the alamo here. Giving the ammo to the dude who is basically a non-combatant throughout the whole movie and having him run around over exposed streets and in front of tanks seems....not smart at all. Many plot decisions made by Spielberg seem to be overly focused to add drama and scenes in the last fight, losing too much accuracy for even only casual military/history enthusiasts. Not to mention the bullrushing Tiger tank in the beginning of the scene or where they get almost run over by the second Tiger, when the infantry could have attacked them first and killed all 3 in seconds....
@DeadDrunk16 ай бұрын
The medic knew he was gonna die, so he asked for morphine to overdose himself. Thats why everyone looked worried when he asked for morphine
@SirNorm336 ай бұрын
That scene makes me tear up every time. The way he calls for his mama, just heartbreaking 💔
@DankRy236 ай бұрын
It is an absolutely heartbreaking scene but I never understood why if they could have skipped it and decided not to why couldn't they combine the 2?? You flank around them out of their sight and come back from behind them where they're not looking at and their guns aren't set up to point at and judging from the geography you would be on the higher ground.... Sorry I absolutely love this movie but this is the only scene that ever confused me from the very beginning if they had the option to go around but they chose instead to fight why couldn't you instead flank them and behind them instead of risking so much more by running straight in from where they expected you to with only 8 men?
@dgen26886 ай бұрын
One for the pain two for eternity
@Gutslinger6 ай бұрын
It's kinda funny that Matt Damon actually looks like he's gradually turning into that old actor in real life.
@denniszenanywhere6 ай бұрын
I'm glad they used an old actor who looked like him when in today's filmmaking, they will just use AI on someone.
@robertkenney67526 ай бұрын
Tom Hanks unit are not normal soldiers. They are Rangers. The blue diamond patch on the sholder. The translator is just a normal soldier..
@newsguy52416 ай бұрын
People who aren't familiar with these events are always confused about that line when Hanks reports "35 dead." He meant his company had 35 dead in another later action to take out German guns. The opening scene depicts the D-Day invasion of German occupied France. The U.S., British and Canadians landed 130,000 mean on the shores of Normandy. The beach that Hanks landed was Omaha Beach--the worst of the five invasion beaches. The U.S. had 4,000 casulaties ( 1,800 dead) just on that one beach. It also took them nearly seven hours to secure a foothold.
@AntonioPadayao-n6z6 ай бұрын
Utah, Omaha, Juno, sword, Gold
@kryss20565 ай бұрын
it’s not even being familiar with the events, it’s just using a common sense, like you watch soldier get mowed down for like 15 minutes and what you make of it is only 35 if them died? like come on
@scarecrowman77896 ай бұрын
My grandfather served during DDay. He stormed gold beach (alongside Omaha) with the British forces. Thanks to our American and Canadian brothers for the allied invasion and the large sea invasion in history.
@freelikeyve6 ай бұрын
when captain says "EARN THIS" he means your life. people sacrificed their own to go and save ryan, so captain is telling him to make the most out of his life, make it worth the sacrifices that were made. it circles back to the beginning of the movie when we see how big of a family he has made
@tennoryu27946 ай бұрын
44:49 I remember watching this movie for Army Values training. The seven Army Values are Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. Our Drills Sergeants used this scene as an example of using the Army Values to guide your choices. At this point Tom Hanks's character is placing Duty (to full fill your obligations) as the priority value. While Matt Dameon's is placing Selfless Service (Place the needs of the Nation, the Army, your Subordinates, and fellow Soldiers before your own.) as the most important. The point is that neither one was wrong in this case. Each Soldier need to be able to decide in the moment how they will follow the Values.
@RoyD-x446 ай бұрын
I'm retired man, I saw this movie a long time ago, and still I cried every time I watched it ! My respect and salute to all the men and women who served and died for our freedom!
@timothyhedrick52956 ай бұрын
@17:10 When he mentions 35 killed and 70 wounded, Hanks' character is only talking about the casualties of his one company. Over 3,000 American's died during the D-Day landings.
@kylecasey70105 ай бұрын
And that would account for probably 2/3rds of his company.
@10aurum486 ай бұрын
Hello ladies. I'm a Vietnam War veteran and I appreciate your sensitivity and honesty in this reaction. One thing I must say...sometimes it's harder coming home than being in the shit. Thanks for listening. Be good to yourselves!
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
Hi there, we appreciate you watching along with us and supporting us ❤️ we truly are so thankful to all of our veterans who have and are still serving 🙏🏼🫡
@alexstark76206 ай бұрын
Did you have fun throwing napalm to inocent people??
@MasqueradeOFAngelsOffical6 ай бұрын
"LOOK I WASHED FOR SUPPER" what they really said was that they were Czech forced to fight in the german army.
@danrieke99886 ай бұрын
I want you to imagine you're on a warship at sea, and you hear "Battle stations! All hands man your battle stations! This is not a drill!" And you actually see the enemy weapons drawn upon you less than 300 feet way. I have. Gladly for my country. Fifty years ago this year.
@michaellim41656 ай бұрын
Former Army medic here. One of the best movies ever about THE best generation in our short American history. Our WWII veterans are dwindling in numbers real fast so make sure to thank them when you see one.
@Thane364256 ай бұрын
This landing was based on the bloodiest sector in the whole invasion. The book "Eyewitness on Omaha Beach" by Dr. Harold Baumgarten was a primary source as he was one of the few survivors. He himself was wounded rather soon after landing and was stuck on the beach for some time before being evacuated. One of the unfortunate things was that the Army and all didn't listen to much of the advise given to them by the forces fighting in the Pacific. This surely added to casualties and threatened the mission. This would be sending the first waves in lightly equipped so they could move fast, sending in destroyers as close in as they could get to blast bunkers with their 5 inch guns, etc. A few destroyers did get in close on their own accord and they smashed a number of bunkers.
@usmcrn44186 ай бұрын
As a Combat Medic or Navy Corpsman it is your JOB to expose yourself to fire and try to care for and save the wounded of both sides. Thats why so many of them died.
@Virus2.0-c5z6 ай бұрын
Semper fi brother, Corpsman's have always have a place into our heart.
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
❤️❤️❤️
@newsguy52416 ай бұрын
When Caparzo (Vin Diesel) was shot, you guys asked if the medic (Wade) wanted to go out there because "He was his boyfriend?" Really? Wade wanted to go to Caparzo because he was the medic---it was his job.
@miniroseyo6 ай бұрын
@@newsguy5241 between that and saying tom hanks character was a pussy for letting steamboat willie go shows how stupid these two chicks are lmao
@Robertz19866 ай бұрын
Where you said "Translate" when Upham is talking to the German soldier, Upham says "Lay down your weapons", the German says "I know this soldier, I know this man" and Upham says "Halt your snout"(disrespectful form of "Shut up"), German says "Upham!?" and Upham fires, then yells "Disappear" to the other German troops.
@40hup6 ай бұрын
Also, in the beginning, when they are on the bunker hill in normandy and they shoot the two soldiers who try to surrender - they actually speak not German but Czech. It's little known, that people in occupied countries were drafted in the german army (in groups of their own countrymen), or even volunteered. For example ~25.000 soldiers from the anti-communist western Ukraine even joined the Waffen-SS in the notorious “Galicia” Division and fought on the eastern front. The german troops in Normandy were in fact rather 2nd rate reserve troops (old, sick, unexperienced - this post was rather considered R&R among the german army), just there to stand guard and man the defense structures ("Atlantic wall"). Only about two days after the landing the surprised germans brought in elite troops from the south and east.
@ronlackey26896 ай бұрын
@@40hup Some of the Czech's were ethnic Germans from the Sudetenland and willingly served in the German army when repatriated. For all we know, this may be the case and they spoke Czech to the American soldiers trying to distance themselves from the Nazis.
@XxaxX3604 ай бұрын
thank you. I did not know of this before.
@JoshDeCoster6 ай бұрын
For the “35 dead times two wounded” that was a mission separate from the beach invasion, to take some German artillery points further inland. On Omaha Beach, 2,500 Americans were killed, including most of Tom Hanks company, that’s why he was chosen as his company was so dwindled.
@robertkenney67526 ай бұрын
The dole survivor policy. No family should loose all thier sons. The end of a family line. The Sulivan brothers served on the same ship. The ship was lost in battle, with all the brothers. It was early in the war. That is why the Sole survivor policy was created. Also brothers were not allowed to serve in the same ship. They spread them out.
@lynnecurrie75616 ай бұрын
The men of WW2 went home and returned to ordinary jobs. Never talking about what they had seen and done during the war. We had heroes amongst us, and most of us never knew it. They were truly the Greatest Generation.
@HarveyRSM004 ай бұрын
But new age just reduced them down to boomers
@ohnoez36 ай бұрын
i dont think its been mentioned yet but i believe the two soldiers that were surrendering and trying to talk before they were shot and killed were speaking Czech. They were saying that theyre not German and they didnt kill anyone. From what i know, its to reflect Germany conscripting soldiers from countries that they conquered and forcing them to fight on their behalf. I hope im not wrong since I remember reading about this small but impactful detail a while back. If I am, someone can correct me.
@johannesvalterdivizzini15236 ай бұрын
It's also plausible they were Czechs who were "ethnic Germans" from the Nazi-friendly Sudetenland and speaking Czech trying to get a better deal.
@ohnoez36 ай бұрын
@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 that also makes sense. I actually didnt think of that
@tomtalon11806 ай бұрын
Hi, you have absolutely right. It's exactly as you write. I'm Czech and when I first saw the film in the original English language, I couldn't believe that I was hearing Czech :) By the way, one interesting fact related to the Second World War (and the film) is that when landing on the beach, the soldiers hide behind anti-tank obstacles called "rozsocháče" - an invention of the Czechoslovak army, used to fortify fortresses on the borders of the state - which were gradually stolen by the German army for her need. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_hedgehog
@ohnoez36 ай бұрын
@@tomtalon1180 ohhh thats interesting. i didnt know about that. thanks for that tidbit. :)
@ronlackey26896 ай бұрын
Alternately, they could have been ethnic Germans repatriated after the Nazis conquered the Sudetenland. Many of them willingly fought for the Fatherland in WW II.
@3Kings_Industries6 ай бұрын
If to want to take a break from war films, but loved the acting, consider going down the rabbit hole of Tom Hanks phenominal acting career. Everything from romance w/ Meg Ryan to comedy, to survival. Hanks really is a phenominal actor, and later producer and director. I recommend Joe Vs The Volcano.
@chrissouthgate45546 ай бұрын
Or Apollo 13.
@Joseph-JMJ6 ай бұрын
My Dad fought in WWII in the Philippines against the Japanese, and my brother was a Medic in Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery and the purple heart. Its nice to see You ladies really get it...if it wasn't for my Dad and all the Combat veterans of WWII we would of either been saluting the Nazi or Japanese flag today. They did nothing short of Saving the world, and all American ever asks for after liberating the World in WWI & WWII, in return....is enough of their land to bury our dead. God Bless them and America. The best quote Ive heard about America is.."Never before in history, has one Nation amassed so much power, and used it for so much good".
@davesunhammer4218Ай бұрын
The General at the death notification scene mentions The Sulivan Act. The Sulivan brothers were 5 real life brothers that all enlisted and served on the same naval ship. It was huge PR gift for the war dept. Then the ship was sunk and all 5 brothers died. They had no other siblings. It was a huge PR nightmare for the war dept. There is a great b&w movie "The Fighting Sulivans" that doesn't show any war footage, just 5 brothers growing up together, then enlisting, then their parents finding out all were dead, and their bloodline pretty much wiped out. It's really a tear-jerker.
@raymonddevera27966 ай бұрын
Steven Spielberg said it correctly at the Academy Awards (he is the son of WW ll vet). "These men were 18,19 and 20 and they saved the whole damn world!"
@alexstark76206 ай бұрын
No haha. It was the Russian Army. USA entered to the war very late
@raymonddevera27966 ай бұрын
I believe you are wrong, the US entered the war on December 8th after sneak attack of the Japanese Empire on the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Germany declared war on the US because they were allied with Japan. So America entered another war in Europe that she didn't start. Russia declare war on Japan until the US bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima with the first atomic bombs.
@glstka57106 ай бұрын
@@alexstark7620 Russia wasn't brought in until a few months before Pearl Harbor.
@alexstark76206 ай бұрын
@@raymonddevera2796 It was just USA vs Japan. Russia fought against the nazi army since day 1
@raymonddevera27966 ай бұрын
Semantics, so America should enter with Germany before any hostiles are done to her? We sending aid to England and the USSR before entering the war. This was Stalin's fault for believing Hitler wouldn't break that treaty. If it wasn't for the Russia winter the Germans would have taken Moscow. Then Germany had to fight a war on two fronts once America joined the fight.
@fairlymediocreOG6 ай бұрын
“they don’t wanna move???” next scene is the germans mowing down exposed soldiers moving in the open LMAO. nah fam, they don’t wanna move
@ArsonFire006 ай бұрын
You keep saying, "It's really good... for 1998". As though 1998 was back in the Bronze Age. Thanks for making me feel like a living fossil. 😅
@Musabre3 ай бұрын
Yeah for real, movie makers were absolutely kicking ass all the way from the start of the 80s. There are movies from the 80's onward that hold up today impeccably. Practical effects baby, they're rarely beat :P
@themobseat6 ай бұрын
@5:22 "They were just invading the beach?" Are you kidding me? Have you never heard of Omaha Beach and the Invasion of Normandy? @12:38 "What language were they (Nazi's) even speaking?" Your ignorance is astounding.
@orcanimal6 ай бұрын
Starting to cry when the old Ryan falls to his knees in the begining is a good sign. You're human.
@lalrinawmacolney57836 ай бұрын
This movie depicted only one sector (Green Dog sector). There were 25 sectors on that day at Omaha Beach.
@anthonyguadagnino26816 ай бұрын
Vin diesel, Eddie from friends, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina, Giovanni ribisi, Paul giamatti, Ed burn, barry pepper, Matt Damon, Ted danson, the pilot who crashed the plane, the guy who knew Ryan
@sammylane216 ай бұрын
At 33:00, deaf guy, he played Jerry in REMEMBER THE TITANS and was BETA in TWD.
@Drummer4President6 ай бұрын
Only just now finding out that those two characters are played by the same guy when I’ve seen them both on multiple watches 🤯
@pangkaji5 ай бұрын
1:03:13 "Please translate" German: "I know this soldier. I know this man" Upham: "Shut your snout!!" German: "Upham" Upham shoots him then said to the rest "Get lost!"
@dathorndike49086 ай бұрын
The "35 dead" was NOT from the beach invasion. Remember they showed "D-Day Plus Three". There were three days between the beach invasion and when we next see Tom Hanks. the 35 dead is from a mission they did in between that was not shown.
@Josh86_5596 ай бұрын
The first scene was a battle called "D-Day." It was the largest seaborne & airborne invasion in human history. The whole point was to get behind enemy lines into Nazi Germany. Hitler had built what they called the "Alantic Wall." It was German fortifications on the coast that stretched from the border of Spain & France all the way to the entire coast of Norway... more than 3,200 miles long! To put that in perspective, New York to California is 2,883 miles. Completely insane
@movieswithmatticus54692 ай бұрын
These two don't strike me as the sharpest tools in the shed.
@louisburke89276 ай бұрын
You don't realise! Upham isn't a combat soldier. Miller's team are battle hardened Rangers. Don't be so quick to judge him, war is a nightmare. Also Fish's killer is a different soldier.
@davidkirsch890311 күн бұрын
What I love about Upham as a character is how he shows the chaotic logic of war. He was the WW2 equivalent of a communications major dropped into seal team 6 and expected to perform at their level.
@crash4066 ай бұрын
The guy with the white hair talking at the 16:12 mark is Dale Dye, who was the technical & military advisor for this movie & the whole 'Band of Brothers' series. He's also an actor, as well as a Vietnam veteran of the Marine Corps who, in addition, wrote a book about his experience in Vietnam (I forgot the title). (33:39) "What the hell is that?" probably the first time they ever saw a radar antenna. They were considered to be 'top secret technology'
@steelmill70166 ай бұрын
1:07:32 Meesh: “I just don’t cry during movies. I’m not a crier.” New Objective: Find a movie that’ll make Meesh cry! 😢 😂
@Gery_14026 ай бұрын
The green Mile?
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
Hahaha this is my objective in life too 😂🫡 -D
@alexandrelachapelle45976 ай бұрын
Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby
@victorvillari61366 ай бұрын
Life Itself. I don't cry either and this..... this movie got me.
@denniszenanywhere6 ай бұрын
Sophie's Choice --- that one scene where even Meryl Streep's silent cry is the most heartbreaking and devastating film scene I've seen. Schindler's List -- the first 20 minutes of Up
@matthewpaul69046 ай бұрын
Up to this point, war movies were largely "heroic" in tone for lack of a better term. A few before this showed the true horrors of combat but Saving Private Ryan popularized not shying away from the ugly and bloody reality of warfare. The Spielberg that shocks and the Spielberg that hits our emotions collide in this film and Schindler's List.
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
Our emotions were everywhere from the film. Spielberg did an amazing job depicting the horrors of combat as you said and drew all the emotions throughout the entire movie 🙏🏼
@vincentdesjardins13546 ай бұрын
Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, The Deer Hunter, All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), all came before SPR and all are viceral anti war non heroic films. SPR is an amazing piece yet Spielberg didn't invent anything, he followed with much talent in the steps of other talented filmmakers.
@matthewpaul69046 ай бұрын
@vincentdesjardins1354 I said popularized, not invented. Ever since this movie, war movies adopted this saturated colors look and lingered on the violence. There was bloodshed in those earlier movies, sure but that was Vietnam. When I mean how war movies glorified combat, I mean WWII films that were a cut and dry good vs evil thing.
@rudymarmaro6 ай бұрын
The letters they were typing were not all the same. When a soldier died, his CO would write a specific letter for the family. Often it was the Sgt or LT, in charge of the soldier. They would give details of what happened in each case. And this was on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
@askjeeves16376 ай бұрын
The two soldiers that were killed at 12:33 were speaking Czech. They were shot because they were mistaken for being German, even though you shouldn't kill a surrendering opponent. Nazis enlisted many of the men against their will in the countries they occupied
@nativedan6 ай бұрын
The most emotional scene to me had no gunfire in it at all. Recall if you will, the scene of the mother washing her dishes in her farmhouse, maybe somewhere in Iowa or Nebraska looking out and doing a double take at the army vehicle snaking up the road. You didn’t have to see her face after that. Spielberg masterfully had her opening her door(silhouetted with her back to the camera) as the car arrived out front, them slumping to her knees as she saw the chaplain get out of the car. If you aren’t choking back, the tears or flat out crying buckets, well it may be time to get your soul checked.
@melbeasley97626 ай бұрын
The one that walked past Uppham on the staircase wasn't the one they let go.
@Vinterfrid6 ай бұрын
"You just have to kill him!" Do you really think any soldier would deliberately kill a wounded companion? Why do you think there are medics in every platoon?
@Boomer048886 ай бұрын
*Vin Diesel slowly chokes to death on his own blood as his lungs fill up while he desperately begs someone to get his letter to his dad* "Oh just a lung shot, you got lucky Vin Diesel!" Fuckin wat
@stevejette23295 ай бұрын
There were many 'D-days' and 'H-hours'. Normandy is the famous one. My dad was in North Africa, Sicily and Italy with Patton. Now 77, I have watched war movies go from pure propaganda in the 50s to this horrible masterpiece.
@CaddyJim6 ай бұрын
You were emotional when *Tom Hanks/Captain Miller* died but if you noticed they focused on his hand which was shaking throughout the movie, is no longer shaking
@scottdarden30916 ай бұрын
A lot of reactors say "it looked like more" when Hanks Captain Miller is giving a report about 35 dead X 2 wounded. But he wasn't talking about the beach landing. It is three days later and he's talking about another mission we didn't see that they just got back from 😊
@AlphariusDominatus6 ай бұрын
Whenever foreign soldiers work with US Special Forces they say it's like watching a movie in real life because of how stupidly easy they make everything look.
@rexwaterbury5135 ай бұрын
I am retired (medically) Army and I appreciate your reaction and words for the veterans. You ladies are lovely and I enjoyed your reaction to such an amazing movie. Now subscribed.
@fulfillmenttheory6 ай бұрын
At 17:00 when he mentions that there were 35 dead on D-Day he was just talking about the deaths in his own squad. Around 4,500 allied soldiers died on D-Day, so when you said it looked like more it was.
@CaddyJim6 ай бұрын
The obstacles on the beach are there to prevent landing ships. So they had to land at low tide which means they had to cross a large portion of beach leaving them open to attack by mortars & gunfire
@zoozoo236 ай бұрын
Imagine learning about ww2 for the first time, as an adult, through a movie..
@1HPSmurf5 ай бұрын
Atleast,atleast they know a bit of history now. Some people dont even know world war exist,or existed even in the present day.
@kryss20565 ай бұрын
you can thank the american education for that
@Alvin-11384 ай бұрын
Imagine being aware of the history yet still be salty about someone trying to learn😮 Ggenerally speaking,people who are not likely to be drafted and not likely to have had parents or grandparents in World War II aren't military history Buffs.
@Alvin-11384 ай бұрын
No matter how they learn it's a win,
@andreimcallister13654 ай бұрын
I mean, we had to learn it in school
@BFKate6 ай бұрын
The writing in this movie is amazing “Earn this” is a message straight to all of us. Earn the sacrifice people made.
@Gutslinger6 ай бұрын
4:11 - No, that guy was drowning.. A LOT of soldiers who stormed the beach simply drowned because they had to jump off the boats into deep water, and many of them had their gear too high on their body. That improper weight distribution caused many of them to be flipped upside-down under water, which caused them to eventually drown. I forget the exact numbers of those who drowned, but it's sadly and surprisingly high.
@mrdarkside40716 ай бұрын
I had my grandpa who lived in WW2 in The Netherlands while was occupied by Nazi Germany...he always told me the stories that the things that happened during the war and the noises he could still hear in his head at night before going to sleep.. We went to watch this movie together in 1998 in Argentina,where he emigrated after the war, i was 13 yo and then when we came out of the cinema i remember him ordering a meal in a McDonald's counter for me, i watched him from a distance and finally understood. In that moment..i finally understood I finally understood the horrors of war..
@johannesvalterdivizzini15236 ай бұрын
The German soldier who fought with Mellish and stabbed him was SS, not the regular German Army.(and not the guy who they earlier let go) The SS man was saying, "be calm, it will be less painful, just be calm it will be over soon". So not a particularly bloodthirsty soldier, who realizes that Upham is no threat and just leaves him standing there
@JamesJoyce126 ай бұрын
The average age of a rifleman on D-Day was about 19 - look around at the 19 year-olds you know - can you imagine them doing this? That is why they are called the greatest generation.
@grsnowball6 ай бұрын
Yes, I can imagine 19 yr olds fighting in war nowadays, as those are the young men currently filling the ranks of our military, voluntarily.
@JamesJoyce126 ай бұрын
@@grsnowball There was this thing call conscription- a draft - that means back in the 40's it was all young men - not just volunteers, Hence the question stands unanswered.
@grsnowball6 ай бұрын
@@JamesJoyce12 No sir, the question was clearly answered- Yes, I can imagine it. You seemed to have completely misunderstood the point I was making, and the secondary point I was implying. 1- there are CURRENTLY 19 yr olds in the military; and there has been 19 yr olds fighting and dying in wars since ww2. So yes I can imagine today's 19 yr olds in the military following orders that lead to their deaths. 2- You belittle the young men of today, even though THEY are the ones volunteering to serve in the military, while many of the "greatest generation" were drafted. You seem to have developed, or likely absorbed, the unintelligent viewpoint common in KZbin comment sections and internet memes about the d day invasion, comparing a soldier at Normandy to a drastically different, very feminine modern man. That comparison is apples to oranges. It's better to compare a 1940s rifleman to a modern rifleman, otherwise you do a disservice to every normal man currently in military.
@JamesJoyce126 ай бұрын
@@grsnowball lol.. you ignore the obvious by obfuscation-only 1% of American will serve - it is self-selecting - you are suggesting the 99% who don't serve are just like the 1% who do serve. In WW II it was almost half of young men. Basic statistics is your friend - my friend - as is basic logic.
@anthonyguadagnino26816 ай бұрын
The guy who killed Mellish isn’t the guy they let go. The guy who killed miller is
@AnakinSkywakka6 ай бұрын
Beat me to it. They look pretty similar so I reckon a number of people would mistake them for one another but they are different people.
@denveradams49096 ай бұрын
I served 6 years in the US Marine Corps. I never saw combat, but came close after the US Embassy was car-bombed in Beirut, Lebanon in 1982. I was on a Marine Expeditionary Unit on 24 hour notice to go secure the airfield and evac Americans. However, my discharge date came up before that unit was activated. When the unit made it to Beirut, their barracks was car-bombed and killed several Marines and Navy Corpsmen. I could have been one of them. I was all of 5ft 1 1/2in tall and 117lbs. I was so proud when I graduated from bootcamp on 13 February, 1978. I am still a member of 4 veterans organizations and perform military funerals in two states, for our fallen veterans. The least I can do for my comrades in arms. Semper Fi!
@TDXRazor5 ай бұрын
If anyone is still reading this…please understand we lost over 200 Marines in this attack. A terrorist attack. 20 years before 9/11. Terrorist attacks by Muslims citing Quranic verses as their motive were well active before 2001.
@landfillentertainment9885 ай бұрын
Helmets btw don't block bullets they protect you from shrapnel and debris. Guy that got shot in the helmet was just incredibly lucky the first time.
@gustavotrejo68886 ай бұрын
"The Pacific" is a good mini series about the pacific theater of ww2.
@imadubsfan16 ай бұрын
Oof great show as well. But even as someone who's watched and sorta become "desensitized" by war films, The Pacific was a tough watch.
@jaydeutscher6 ай бұрын
Ladies, you made this old man cry when you said you were proud to be American. Far too many “Americans” today are not only NOT proud to be American but are actually working to DESTROY America! We true patriotic Americans are the only ones who can save and preserve this great nation. Thank you for this reaction - which tells me your lives and your values will never be the same. God bless America!
@lexksa6 ай бұрын
This depiction of D-Day is one of the best ever created. As I'm sure others have said, when shown in the cinema, the veterans had to leave the room due to it being so realistic. D-Day was an absolute uphill bloodbath. Respect and love to all who have and will serve.
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
Such a sad but very realistic depiction in that opening scene... We can only imagine what it was like to watch in the actual theatre. Nothing but love and respect to all that have served ❤️
@lexksa6 ай бұрын
@@MeeshDeeReacts Great reaction from you guys!
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Also love your avatar of Lexa 😉
@lexksa6 ай бұрын
@@MeeshDeeReacts Thank you! Didn't know you guys have watched the show. Definitely needed her as my profile picture lol!
@TheHulk20086 ай бұрын
80 years ago to this day June 6th at midnight allied forces headed to Normandy numbering 200,000 souls. It was and still the largest invasion the world would ever see. 4415 soldiers would never return. We must always remember but never forget how we are free and how we got there.
@conker2066 ай бұрын
At 17:08 when you said "Oh it looked like more", a lot of people don't realize (including me when I first saw this) is that Captain Miller and his men had another mission AFTER the storming of Omaha in which they incurred 35 dead x2 wounded. At first you think "Only 35 died during the Omaha landing?" Nope it was a mission to secure the 88mm guns a few miles away from Omaha which is why he said "They just didn't want to give up those 88's."
@Notme.again1066 ай бұрын
I may be thinking of something else, but didn’t the Germans also move the guns and they weren’t captured due to it? This may have been a separate case but I’m wondering if it’s the same one
@conker2066 ай бұрын
@@Notme.again106 You might be right but I'm not sure. But just general knowledge from the conversation "they just didn't want to give up those 88's". The 88MM guns weren't a primary objective for Miller's crew on the storming of Omaha (as far as I know). So I'm pretty confident Miller was sent out after the Omaha landing on a second mission to get the 88's.
@Stogie21126 ай бұрын
I stopped watching at 22:20 "Oh my God....Vin Diesel already died?" No, a soldier named Adrian Caparzo died. You two are obviously not mature enough to watch a serious film like "Saving Private Ryan". You were focused on celebrity actors and rooting for "action" scenes. You ignorantly assumed that the letters being written to the families of the dead soldiers were "templates". You even mocked the elder James Ryan at the beginning, saying how he was crying about his dog. 👎👎
@catherinelw93656 ай бұрын
Horribly ignorant and callous reaction. I quit too.
@MichaelHill-we7vt6 ай бұрын
these two didnt really have a clue, did they? Celebrity spotting, then they didnt understand the letters home sequence, and thought the elderly Ryan was crying about his dog...they werent even aware of the significance of the date shown at the beginning of the beach scene, because a few moments later one suggested they were on "some beach they had to go to".... I couldn't even get as far as 22 minutes of watching, I suppose I should have been given a hint about what their reaction would be having heard they'd watched Inglorious Basterds first.. normally I do try to watch reactions all the way through, but this was truly unbearable in many ways.........
@AnakinSkywakka6 ай бұрын
Relax, its their first time watching. Besides, i reckon a number of people who've seen this have had a similar reaction. You're being too dramatic.
@bostonianful4 ай бұрын
@@AnakinSkywakka oh so asking them to remember history and to show some respect to our vets in WW2 is "too dramatic"? You're off your rocker if you think so.
@AnakinSkywakka4 ай бұрын
@bostonianful Its. A. Movie. They reacted to an actor dying in said movie, They're not spitting on anyone's graves as you guys seem to have insinuated.
@StephenLuke6 ай бұрын
Never forget June 6, 1944! 🫡❤️🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦
@Beawbeawgaming6 ай бұрын
Tom Hanks and all of the main actors went through basic boot camp to learn the lingo and all the necessary things for this movie!
@MeeshDeeReacts6 ай бұрын
Such a cool fun fact!
@SciTrekMan6 ай бұрын
Except for Matt Damon; Spielberg wanted their resultant resentment to show on film.
@apaperbagoftoast25135 ай бұрын
My great grandfather was in the 91st Pinetree Division, infantry. I have his dog tags still. We have a signed photograph from the 1939 Social Security Signing act by one of the Roosevelt’s. Immensely proud of my family history. So proud of my great grandpa for serving, even as hard as it was.
@44JMK6 ай бұрын
GREAT reaction vid! Tom Hank's "Earn this...EARN it!" was him telling Ryan to earn what they did for him, and in a sense, it's a message to us all who've come after to earn the freedoms they fought for by living right. My dad was a WWII veteran (Pacific) and everyone in the West (UK & U.S.) were fearing the dawn of a new datk ages. It's hard to imagine where we'd all be, had that war been lost. We owe a debt that can never really be repaid.
@Galbergoth6 ай бұрын
The part that hurts me the most is realizing Captain Miller and Private Ryan are analogies for our service members and the citizens. "Earn this." It's a message to America that they need to remember all the men who died in pain and terror to save them. Every day, we need to earn that sacrifice.
@iKvetch5586 ай бұрын
I try to post some basic information on first time reactions to this movie...hope you don't mind if I copy/paste it here. Saving Private Ryan is incredibly realistic in most every way, with a very few exceptions...such as bullets not being able to kill you more than a few inches underwater, and flamethrowers not really exploding that way in 1944. One thing to know, pay no mind at all to that man who took off his helmet on the beach and then got shot in the head...that next shot would have killed him even if he had kept his helmet on. The helmets of WW2 would almost never stop a bullet, except under very very rare circumstances. The movie is not a true story, and it differs from the actual history of D-Day in many ways...but the basic plot is loosely based on the 4 Niland Brothers, one of whom served with the 101st Airborne Division. However, when 3 Nilands were reported dead, no mission was sent to get the last brother, and it turned out that one brother that had been thought dead had actually only been captured. There really was a Company C of the 2nd Rangers that landed on Omaha Beach, but they were commanded by Captain Ralph Goranson, and they did not land quite where it was shown in the film. Probably the most important historical thing that Spielberg got wrong is that he had the boats that carried the Rangers to the beach being driven by Americans...they were not. On D-Day, the boats that carried the US Rangers to the beach were driven by UK sailors of the Royal Navy. There are many other things in the film that are not accurate to the real history of D-Day, but that one really fails to honor some of the men that fought and died at Omaha Beach, so it is definitely the one most worth noting.
@dimitrijohnson62406 ай бұрын
I love this movie, and I love seeing people's reaction to this movie, but it always makes me so upset when almost everyone calls the translator Upham a coward. I dont care how many people you know from movies shows games or books where they swallow their fear and become badasses at the last minute. You just dont flip a switch and be brave. Unless you were him, unless you have been there, unless you have felt the same type of weight, tension and presssure that men experienced in that last scene has no right to call him a coward. Not all people are meant to be soliders and yet he had to be with them because they needed a translator, and he told them from the begining he has little combat training/experience. Yeah that french guy surrendered and came back killing again, but that was one of the rules of war. If you surrendered and they shot you it's considered murder and not self defense. Because I promise you everyone would say the same thing if a protagonist or any character you like surrendered and got killed anyway because the antagonist knew the protagonist would come back and ya'll be mad as hell.
@johannesvalterdivizzini15236 ай бұрын
The men under Miller's command were the veteran 2'd Rangers. They were select, elite, well trained volunteers. Having fought in North Africa, Sicily and mainland Italy before D Day, they were also some of the most experienced men there. The unit Ryan was in was the elite 101st Airborne--probably the best trained divisions in the US Army, and even if they were technically "green" they were all the best the US had. For a clerk like Upham to fit in with any of these guys would have been overwhelming. He's as capable as a civilian pressed into service, so we can't judge him harshly. Just think it was you. And I have absolutely NO idea why you called that German soldier "french"
@dimitrijohnson62406 ай бұрын
@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523Yeah that's my bad, I don't why my dumbass said french.
@melerad28146 ай бұрын
Yes he is a coward....no discussion...@@dimitrijohnson6240
@JeremyKing6 ай бұрын
I ALWAYS get misty eyed when he asks his wife if he's a good man. Every single time.
@mcm954036 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to befriend a man who as he put it "got a tour of Europe courtesy of the US Army in 1944". He said that Private Ryan and Band of Brothers were as close as you could get to showing what it was really like without having the physical feel of the cold, explosions, etc., and of course the smells. I cry every time I see this, just knowing what every one of these heroes VOLUNTEERED to go through.
@dakklan6 ай бұрын
NO fuckin' template. Each letter was individually written giving details of how the soldier died.
@AnakinSkywakka6 ай бұрын
To be fair, those who died on Omaha have likely had similar letters sent home.
@mabutoo6 ай бұрын
The most shocking part of this video for me was when you asked "What language is he speaking?" Do they no longer teach about WWII or D-Day? That is a scary notion to me.
@TerryT3246 ай бұрын
That and the “is that your boyfriend?” was a bizarre statement.
@mabutoo6 ай бұрын
@@TerryT324 a phrase I loosely recall is if we don’t learn the history then we are doomed to repeat it. If WWII is no longer taught then it could affect one’s understanding of Israel, who fought, why and how they fought. Most importantly the political mistakes that put a ruthless dictator in charge of a powerful country. It cost the world millions of lives to correct these mistakes; next time the cost will be billions.
@sspragu316 ай бұрын
They're speaking czech, so its actually a great question
@SciTrekMan6 ай бұрын
That’s a very valid question, as it fairly obviously was not, or probably not, German; it turns out it was Czech, hence their question.
@fatguy61535 ай бұрын
Maybe because it doesn’t sound anything like German and is from a completely different language family?