SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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Saving Private Ryan Description: Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
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@jackhogan1174 Год назад

My grandpa was one of the infantry who stormed Normandy. He lost his left arm to a mortar but he survived. He never spoke about his experience with the military and especially never spoke about D-day. He managed to come out of it with immense thankfulness to be alive and back with his family. He went on to live to 96 years old before he passed away, but he was one of my biggest inspirations. Such a tough, smart, witty, man chock full of personality. Love you, Pop Hogan ❤

@g-manracer1997 Год назад

My condolences and deepest respect for his service 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

@nathanlindahl8336 Год назад

Bless your Grandfather. They don’t make them like him anymore.

@BrokenInBeauty 7 месяцев назад

♥️ 🇺🇸 🪖 🌊 🕊️ 🌄 I too had family that both survived and passed on D-Day. He sounds like he was quite the personality pistol! 96 years is absolutely an INCREDIBLE age to reach when taking into account the immeasurable heights and dangers our young brave men faced and battled. Especially of that particular time! Thank you for sharing, my utmost respect to you, family and your strong grandfather 🙌🏻

@MrMetamorFitness Год назад

“Earn this.” One of the most transcendent lines in any movie. I feel the weight of the words every time

@ultimatesunrise 10 месяцев назад

Spielberg was talking to all Americans

@DanLanningPRTeam Год назад

that opening scene probably opened the eyes of so many to the brutality of war It’s one thing to hear about it or see black and white photos it’s another to have it played out on film

@moosegeek6694 Год назад

I was 8 months pregnant when I saw this in the theatre. My hormones were raging. The opening scene devastated me. I was openly weeping, but then most of the audience was. I remember thinking that if the whole movie was like this, I couldn't bear it. It's still hard to watch, and I've seen it at least 10 times.

@kardeef33317 Год назад

My grandfather seen this b4 he passed and told me it was exactly like this. They bombed and shelled this beach b4 they landed. It was lightly defended.

@ryanmckenna3503 Год назад

I have a very similar grandfather story. Sure seems like Spielberg fucking nailed this.

@banzi403 Год назад

thankfully my dad passed away before this hollywood fiction was released.

@alanmacification Год назад

Omaha Beach was a near disaster. The initial bombardment missed and landed too far inland, the same with the air attack. The beach defences were all still intact . A couple of Destroyers moved in close to blast the shore defences and an unit of British commandos whose landing craft were blown off course landed on Omaha and reinforced the beach.

@ThisOldHelmet Год назад

@@alanmacification You are correct Sir. I would like to add that some landing sites were easier to take than others. If his grandfather said it was lightly defended… I don’t think he was on the beach. I had the honor of meeting a vet who was 17 when he landed on Omaha. He said he dug a hole and prayed.

@Floorist1 Год назад

@@ThisOldHelmet Omaha, like the rest of the beaches, was lightly defended. His grandfather is correct. There were only a few hundred Germans defending it, compared to the thousands attacking it. However, out of all the beaches attacked that day, it had the most defenses.

@bobbyreyes7474 Год назад

Such a classic man! A special thanks to those who served and continue to serve. Never forget such sacrifices. ❤

@frankgunner8967 Год назад

Well said.

@ultimatesunrise 10 месяцев назад

And "earn it" everyday...

@jennthabombdiggity Год назад

The opening scene was soo realistic, a lot of the veterans had to leave the theater because it brought it all back. The Lincoln letter always chokes me up. And the part when the medic dies, and is crying for his mom 😭 f’in destroyed. My grandfather was in WW2. He never talked about it, but it affected him for the rest of his life. This movie is a masterpiece. A heavy movie, but we owe it to the men that fought to watch it. They did it for us.

@BewareTheJabberwock Год назад

🫡 Much respect to those who served. ❤️ One of my grandfathers came home from this war with a Purple Heart and no fingers on one hand. (Someone threw a grenade at him, he threw it back but it went off as he was releasing it.) My other grandfather refused to speak about his experience for the rest of his life. 🥺

@technopirate304 Год назад

35:52 This is the part that saddens me. Upham is a translator but every one in the US Army is first trained to be a soldier. I get mad when I think back to earlier when Upham said he wanted to write a book about “the bonds of brotherhood formed by men in combat “. But when the time came to show that brotherhood he just wasn’t ready. The bonds weren’t there yet. I knew a retired Army Colonel who told me “You won’t run out into enemy fire to save a stranger, but you will for a friend”. I would like to think had he been with this unit longer, Upham would have charged that door and helped his squad mate. They would have both survived and been brothers. Just sad man just sad.

@nikil.502 Год назад

Great movie. Everyone needs to see it at least once. The medic crying for his mama breaks my heart. My grandfathers fought in WWII (paternal was Navy; maternal was Army, he fought in North Africa). My dad was in Vietnam (medivac, 45th Dust Off). I have uncles who were in the Army, cousins (male and female) who were or are in the military (Army, Marines, Air Force), and friends who were or are in the military (Army mostly, one Navy). One uncle was in Desert Storm. Thankfully, all survived.

@bwilliams463 Год назад

My grandfather was a Sherman tank commander on Iwo Jima. He lost four tanks during thhe battle; he survived each time because his commander's hatch was the easiest bailout point on the tank. He and I shared a very close bond, and he would tell me stories that he wouldn't tell his own children.

@msdarby515 Год назад

My best friend's dad was a very young soldier who fought in the 147th Infantry Regiment in the Pacific. First, the 6 months on Guadalcanal, then on to Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa (His division was not in the battle of Hacksaw Ridge on Okinawa). He didn't talk about it, but he and other members of his unit had reunions every year until they had all passed away.

@ctidd Год назад

I really appreciate your compassion for Upham when he failed during the final battle. It made me realize that until he got to the stairs, he was incredibly brave. He ran across the battlefield, exposed, multiple times to deliver ammunition. My guess is he was suppressing the fear and panic through sheer force of will and when he got to the stairs, he had nothing left to give. As you said, he wasn’t trained or prepared for battle. He expected to remain a clerk, behind the lines, right up until he was dropped in with a squad of Rangers. Rangers we’re elite, exclusive troops, and these were in their third campaign of the war. My grandfather served as a psychiatrist in the US Navy in WWII. He was in the South Pacific and almost certainly mentally patching up Marines and Sailors so that they could return to their units. Towards the end of the war, he was reassigned to Walter Reed Naval Hospital in D.C. I have a charcoal sketch of Marines in the jungle that a patient of his drew in appreciation for his help. My 3 x great grandparents lost 4 sons fighting in the Union Army during the Civil War. I can’t even imagine.

@neospock5034 Год назад

Man, that opening scene hits so hard every time... Truly, war is hell.

@LuckyNemo03 Год назад

Talk about polar opposites from tropic thunder to saving private Ryan. Damn bro this one always gets me. This for real sets the standard for a perfect war film.

@vapors4villains Год назад

If you haven’t been suggested this already, you might also want to watch Band of Brothers, a ten part miniseries about the Airborne. Another difficult watch, but worth it. My grandfather didn’t see much of the war, but he also didn’t like to talk about it for various reasons. I love the exuberance of your reactions. Thanks for sharing with us.

@peterramsay4674 Год назад

It’s a very big thing to depict a soldier so scared he can’t move. That was absolutely something that happened. Those are the guys who never live in society again. I used to visit vets at a hospital that housed servicemen who basically had a nervous breakdown and never recover. Bold move but I appreciated it. Once a vet always a vet.They are brothers for life.

@andrewmize823 Год назад

You've got to figure, man... as horrific as the opening scene of this movie is, and as realistic as it seems, actually being on Omaha beach on that particular day would have been a hundred times worse. Instead of the tension of watching a violent movie scene, you'd be filled with a kind of terror people who have never experienced battle can't possibly imagine. The very real dread of death, watching the lives of people you knew personally being snuffed out forever, their last moments spent in fear and unimaginable pain and suffering--I can't fathom the kind of bravery the men who fought on that beach must have had. To walk into that kind of nightmare and walk back out of it... those guys have my total respect.

@bernardsalvatore1929 Год назад

Not to mention that it's horrible enough watching 20 minutes of it but the actual battle lasted for about 8 hours!!!

@tempsitch5632 Год назад

My Dad was in Vietnam, Korea and a bunch of unofficial “wars”. He Forrest Gumped. He got shot in the upper buttocks/lower back while saving his platoon and had to go to the white house after he recovered and get a medal. 25 years later he still had to have surgery on the damage. He didn’t play pingpong or go shrimping. He did run marathons all over the world though.

@DanLanningPRTeam Год назад

Major we knew the Axis had the beaches. It was do or die time for the Allies and they had to get a land foothold on the European continent so it would force Germany into a two front war

@Realmediamashup Год назад

The only other military movie that can stand up to the greatness of saving private Ryan is Hacksaw Ridge. It’s just as unbelievable and is 100% a true story.

@banzi403 Год назад

fyi spr is 110% hollywood fiction

@kregmaffews Год назад

Nah, that movie is cheesy and the war scenes are hollywood lame

@g-manracer1997 Год назад

It is a great flick, but I would have to say "We were Soldiers" is my #2 after this. But that's only my opinion

@staciroberts5779 Год назад

Hey Major- this really is a tough movie to watch. I saw it in the theater by myself. In the crowded theater, I sat next to a WW2 veteran and we both cried throughout the movie. He said the opening scene was exactly like that. My grandpa and his two brothers were in WW2- grandpa was a medic in Europe, Uncle Frank was in Africa protecting a bridge and river, and Uncle George was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed. He was in the infirmary with a broken ankle when it happened. The adrenaline allowed him to get up and go save men who were in the bombed area. He spent the rest of his life walking with a cane. All three brothers made it home and all three married divorced women who had children. Truly good men. My dad told me that there were nights when he could hear grandpa thrashing and yelling in his sleep. But he never showed weakness when he was awake. My dad never watched a war movie because of grandpa’s experience. I’m honored that he was my grandpa (step grandpa- but my favorite). Take care and be good to yourself. Grandpa always called war a necessary evil. And that is exactly what this movie depicts. Please take care and hug your loved ones a little tighter today.

@natedoggg2002 Год назад

Saving Private Ryan set a new standard for the way war movies were made after 1998. Steven Spielberg wanted to shoot this film like a documentary using handheld cameras for battle scenes. He made this film for his father who served in WW2 so he made it very personal. Many vets walked out of movie theaters, including my uncle who was a Vietnam vet because of how realistic the battle scenes were. As a matter of fact I believe he only saw 5 mins before he walked out. My grandfather also served in WW2 but in the Navy, I remember him describing many of those same kinds of battles that were in Saving Private Ryan when he fought in the Battle of Okinawa at the young age of 18. The Japanese attacked the US Destroyer ship he was on but he survived! That war affected him for the rest of his life and my grandfather lived with PTSD until his death in 1993. 🙏🏾

@Uatu-the-Watcher Год назад

“How can you be the same after this?” You can’t. Thank each veteran you see. They sacrificed their innocence for us all.

@wfly81 Год назад

Man Major, I appreciate you sharing a bit of your family's stories. I'm sorry to hear about your uncle, who seems reclusive and shut off...I hate that for him. I'm sorry about your grandfather's PTSD, and how a slammed door would shake him up. I used to work as a 911 dispatcher, and we had a deputy shot once on a bad call...he had to retire because of mental issues, and his wife had to take the screen door off their front door because it was one of those old ones that would snap back with a loud bang. It's truly truly sad how combat stays with a person and haunts them for the rest of their lives.

@vincerussell6893 Год назад

I was ten years old in the sixth grade, when my father went to Vietnam, he was never the same when he came home.

@calemorgan3982 Год назад

My grandfather was in D-day on the Canadian landing. He watched about 40seconds of the start of this movie and had to go for a walk outside. He said it was so much like the real thing it made him feel sick and gave him flashbacks. He was a tank driver all through N. Africa then was part of the landing on d-day and was wounded in Caen. He told me the one thing he never forgot about the war was the noise and smells, said it was like nothing you could ever imagine or explain, you have to be there and go through it to understand.

@neospock5034 Год назад

Another underrated WW2 movie you should check out is "Enemy At the Gates". Shows a very different side of the conflict.

@vvargreymon_rus Год назад

It's underrated for reason, it's not great movie. Mediocre at best.

@xdestoration7816 Год назад

Band of brothers is a must watch and based on real veterans. I would love to see you react to it!

@fazzie1916 Год назад

huge +1, give this comment more likes!

@mikecarew8329 Год назад

@@fazzie1916 ABSOLUTELY

@pasaniusventris4113 Год назад

i second this!!

@bernardsalvatore1929 Год назад

I also commented the same thing that he should try Band of Brothers

@Chrysalis-uu5ec Год назад

My dad is a Vietnam vet...he had to leave to the lobby & a whole group of vets, from WW2 on, were out there green, gasping, shaking. Said it was the first movie he watched that got the sound of not just bullets flying but how they sounded hitting the body. I second the recommendation for Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Absolute masterpieces about WW2.

@shawnnixon2811 Год назад

Had a great uncle who was at Normandy. He never married and lived with my grandparents until he died in his 70s. He was an awesome man. But whenever I'd stay there I'd always get woke up. Cause every night he'd start screaming and hollering and sometimes calling guys names in his sleep.

@FootballMatters72 Год назад

My great grandfather was a pearl harbor and a Normandy survivor. He never spoke a word of what he saw over there after he came home and took it to his grave

@rhallnapa Год назад

My father wasn’t at D-day but his ship was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th, 1941. He never spoke much about that day. When I would ask, he would just say “ We did our job.”

@jeffbartholomew1152 Год назад

Matt Damon was everywhere back when this was filmed I think you forgot that you weren’t going to ruin Fury for us when you told us that everyone in it 💀 😂

@jamesalexander5623 Год назад

Does What?

@rotcivgaleano3704 Год назад

Band of brothers and the Pacific should be seen next they will definitely give you a complete feeling of respect and appreciation for the military and thankful for our freedom

@mrflickswatches Год назад

This is the one ☝🏽 🙏🏼

@msdarby515 Год назад

Sir, I am a movieophile. I insist on silence and no distractions while I'm watching a movie. However, I would love to watch every movie with you. Your insight and exuberance absolutely add to the experience. Thank you!

@ladyshar42 Год назад

my grandpa drove one of those boats on Ddday. I had resisted watching this till I had to, I was TAing a course on War and the Nation State and we watched in class. I spent the whole time hoping they didn't show one of the troop boat drivers getting shot, b/c I would have lost it right there. Still one of the most accurate depictions of combat ever filmed.

@bryce253 Год назад

To answer your question in the beginning about whether it was known that the Nazis had those machine turrets and firepower all up and down the beaches in Normandy, the answer is absolutely. There was a very long prep period before D-Day. Spy plane missions were supplying the Allies with current photographs off all the positions of the Nazis army up and down the coastline. The plan was to have the paratroopers parachute in behind enemy lines and take out those machine guns fixed on the beaches before the marines hit the beachfront. Unfortunately in Utah particularly, there was a cloud front so thick that the planes missed the drop zone by miles, and the paratroopers never made it back to the beach to take out the guns. That's why the troops met the full brunt of the machine guns when they landed there. I suggest watching the many great documentaries about WWII. I never get enough about learning about it. It was so vast and just fascinating in the most horrific of ways. To this day I still don't know how they accomplish what they did. And when I think about all the lives lost military and civilian from Europe to Africa to Asia and the Philippines......I am always at a lost for words. Movies like Saving Private Ryan, which is my favorite and the many other movies and documentaries have to be told and show the tragedies of WWI and WWII so at least there is some deterrent to it ever happening again. I wouldn't put any money down on that tho.

@banzi403 Год назад

you should get a new sorce for your history.

@brownsey1 Год назад

@@banzi403 OP doesn't have it exactly right though. The paratroopers were sent in to capture and hold strategic points on the approaches to the beaches thus preventing a German counterattack. The Rangers were sent in to take out guns on Pointe de Hoc. The reason the defences remained intact at Omaha was due to the strategic bombers missing their targets while the naval bombardments prior to the landings also proved ineffective.

@banzi403 Год назад

@@brownsey1 the problem when people get their history from fictional hollywood movies like spr

@brownsey1 Год назад

@@banzi403 Ah, sorry, I didn't realise you were also querying what the person said. Yes, getting history from films or stuff like that is pointless.

@banzi403 Год назад

@@brownsey1 my dad was a paratrooper on d day, so i've got a bit of an idea as to what they did, also the reason i have such a dislike for this movie.

@pasaniusventris4113 Год назад

if you want a historical look at ww2, i highly recommend band of brothers. it follows the true stories of easy company, and has interviews from surviving members of the battalion. it's a ten episode series produced by spielberg and tom hanks, and it is phenomenal. also, another tragedy that happened in the navy during ww2 that brought actual change (and was a bit of inspiration for this film, i'm sure of it) was the sinking of the uss juneau, where all FIVE sullivan brothers were onboard and who perished together. i cannot imagine the pain that poor mother went through losing all her sons. after that, across the military but especially in the navy they will not station family members together to avoid a repeat of that horrible happenstance.

@NS1. Год назад

BoB is great, but I actually enjoyed 'The Pacific' a little more.

@pasaniusventris4113 Год назад

@@NS1. i'm the other way around, i enjoyed band of brothers much more!

@NS1. Год назад

@@pasaniusventris4113 - Lol, yea most people seem to like BoB more. So, you saw all episodes of The Pacific?

@pasaniusventris4113 Год назад

@@NS1. i did, but it was a long time ago. maybe i'll give it another shot sometime and see if time and maturity makes it better for me!

@NS1. Год назад

@@pasaniusventris4113 - YES. Do that. Maturing really does have a way of helping you appreciate things. In this case, very good TV shows. The Pacific theater of the war (Japanese) had WAY more horrible conditions than the European theater. The islands themselves also became their enemy. Here's something I found on Quora. It's kinda long, but interesting... We (America) had virtually no allied help in the Pacific and a good portion of our resources were across the other ocean in Europe. *While the amphibious landing in Normandy will always be remembered, we made those landings over and over in the Pacific from one island to the next.* It was the war in the Pacific that changed how war would be carried out in the modern age from aircraft carriers and we were all learning on the fly in this sense. What our Navy accomplished in the Pacific is truly a feat that boggles the mind. While we remember Generals like MacArthur, Patton, and Eisenhower, it was actually Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz who was the real star of the war. While Britain breaking Enigma was definitely a big deal in the European theater and a great technological feat, I think us cracking the Japanese code held far greater value on the battlefield. The battle of Midway crippled and sunk half the Japanese carrier fleet and Japan had one hell of a Navy. Just imagine the blow if 4 of our carriers sunk in one day….While MacArthur chose to plow through their occupied forces on land, it was Nimitz who cut off their supply lines and was sinking their entire fleet. Japan's Navy was its best weapon and the pride of the Nation. Defeating it so definitively held almost as much importance by breaking their pride which sent them to desperate measures of kamikazi fighters and bonsai charges as it did damage in terms of ships on the sea. Things like launching big heavy B-25 bombers off carriers in the Doolittle raid with a secret crew of 80 airmen who didn't know the mission until arrival showed how innovative our Navy was and they basically found a solution for everything. Unlike in Europe where we prepared right across the channel from France in the U.K., we were totally on our own doing everything from ships and the islands we commandeered. We had no nuclear reactors so just filling our logistical needs of keeping a constant flow of fuel and supplies was a war in of itself thousands of miles away from our land. The display we put on in the Pacific is what created the new pecking order of the world. It wasn't solely the A-bomb by any means. The world took notice and we have since dominated the air and seas. We've made sure there hasn't been another World war and have promoted freedom and democracy. And because of that display in the Pacific theater, when the world sees one of our carrier strike groups charging ahead, they know damn well about our capabilities.

@youravgjoe42 Год назад

Major, I’ve watched a lot of reaction videos, including many reactions to this movie and yours was masterfully done and heartfelt. I loved how much you engaged with the ethical questions presented by the film and how you relates back to your family’s experiences. This reaction was truly impressive and really showed off your humanity and integrity (not that that was ever in doubt). This film is truly one of the greatest films ever made and really demonstrates the terror of war in a way that few films have ever been able to match. The only film that I personally find more difficult to watch is Schindler’s List (also by Spielberg and about the Holocaust). It too is a must watch if you have not already seen it, but one you need to be ready for. Thanks for the great, reaction.

@MajorReacts Год назад

Yes I'm definitely going to watch it's been on my list to watch and thank you for the kind words. This was my first time watching this again since I recorded it and it just takes something out of you.

@edbluez99 Год назад

Saw this in the theater when first released. Before post credits scenes became popular, no one left as the credits rolled, and then the lights came on, and you could hear grown men crying in the audience.

@waynejackson3162 Год назад

I don't know how it will make you feel, but my deceased father, who was African American fought in Normandy, France, near Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, a lot of African Americans did.

@Senormojado75 Год назад

Major, this is a brutal movie. You being unsure on how you feel about it is completely natural. Those of us who’ve never seen combat will never fully understand it. My grandfather was a paratrooper, spoke very little about anything past his training in Fort Bening. Take care homie✌🏼

@chaslovesdance Год назад

Thank you for what you have said. My Son is 22, military,only kid . My Dads was a Vietnam veteran . God bless you 🇺🇸🕊

@charliemac64 Год назад

My dad was too young for WWII, but not for Korea. His brothers were in WWII, though. One of them was a paratrooper that dropped behind enemy lines on this date. Me and my siblings snuck thru during the cold war, so none of us saw action, but we all served. I was in the Navy, my bros were in the Army, old man in the Army. Great-grandpa in the Civil War. Peace to you, my man!

@ScottyDnB Год назад

Wades "i wanna go home, i wanna go home" just hits me so hard every time, these lads were just kids, a lot of them died as virgins having never been with a woman, never having experienced life.

@ZacharyR-yi4nk 10 месяцев назад

My great grandfather was on a tank destroyer during when they stormed normandy , when watched this on vhs tape i rember him leaning forward and saying “aim left , adjust for elevation diffrence “ i later learned after i joined the army talking to a tanker that he was still giving gun corrections for the tank barrel even 70+ years later

@victoriadavislg Год назад

My grandfather flew during WW2 for Canada 🇨🇦 he piloted the de Havilland Mosquito Fighter-Bomber Aircraft [ 1942 ] luckily he survived every mission. ❤

@oldschoolpunkguy1 Год назад

What's even more crazy is that this was just the first day. It took 85 more days of fighting for the allies to take control of the Normandy area.

@Chrysalis-uu5ec Год назад

As to the "4 brothers" look up the story of The Sullivan Brothers...5 brothers who all died serving on the same ship. Their remaining sibling, a sister, joined up after their deaths and who had a boyfriend killed on the Arizona in Pearl Harbor.

@mikewarker4445 Год назад

My dad and my uncle were part of this landing. They would not talk about what they saw for obvious reasons. They were truly the Gretest Generation

@vanessasullivan2137 Год назад

I personally think this movie should be mandatory viewing in schools in middle school so they can get what's really just a tiny glimpse of what war entails and what conditions our veterans went through and died in. It's horrific, but that's what war is like and I feel like that's not something that's appreciated with the gravity it should be.

@freeportkid Год назад

The upham scene is so difficult but it’s a reminder that so many of the people fighting over there didn’t even sign up for it. They were drafted they never claimed to be brave soldiers they just got told they had to go. That’s why a conscription army is generally weaker

@gregsmith7833 Год назад

They knew what was on the beach and they still went anyway. Every single one of them are heros.

@whs-waterfox7034 Год назад

My grandfather fought in Europe during WWII. When he was 90 a guy from the V.A. hospital asked him if he ever experienced post traumatic stress after the war. Papaw thought for a second and said, “Naw. After I got past wantin’ to kill everybody I saw: I was alright.” 😆 Hardcore.

@banzi403 Год назад

I spent lots of time around ww2 combat vets as a kid. Your comment is the only one here i believe.

@boomstickman71 Год назад

It is wonderful to see someone from the younger generation who respects the sacrifice of those who came before us instead of finding the worst parts of our history to dwell on. Those men did what needed to be done, and the ones who didn't die in the process came home and dealt with a lifetime of trauma and memories of war.

@kevinmurphy2286 Год назад

To answer your first question at the beginning of the movie..."Did the Allies know what they were walking into?" Yes, they had been flying reconnaissance planes flying all over the coastline taking pictures. Now is when it gets very very interesting. When the Allies finally decided to attack, they had to delay it to June 6th because of bad weather. At the same time, unknowingly to either side, Hitler ordered his Officers to a meeting hours away from the the Normady coast. So when we did attack on D-Day, there was no German Officers there to coordinate and lead the German troops. The Allies definitely got lucky especially since the Airborne Ranges all parachuted into the wrong landing zones aswell as the most of the troops assaulting the coast line mostly landed on the wrong beaches. I'm no expert, but I have always found WW2 very fascinating. The story is amazing

@looneygardener Год назад

The great Giovanni Ribisi. Such a fantastic actor.

@texaspatriot4215 Год назад

My father served in both WW2 and the Korean War, he was there on D-Day but he came in at Utah beach, Utah and Omaha beaches were the American sectors, Sword and Gold beaches were the British, Juno beach were the Canadians. All of the beaches were bombarded by the Allied ships and aircraft but those bunkers were well fortified. Throughout my dad's life he would not watch war movies, he also us very little of what he did and saw in both wars. Glad you watched this, all Americans should watch it. It should be shown in high schools.

@joellenglass2344 Год назад

Barry Pepper who plays the sniper Private Jackson was no joke! He delivered them one hitter quitters with that rifle! One shot and he never missed! Anyone who has served should never have to struggle in America. EVER!

@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735 Год назад

This is loosely based on the four Niland brothers. They did send a team to pull what they thought was the last Nilan brother out. It was apparently a fairly uneventful rescue mission. Everything else in the movie is a compilation of true stores from other soldiers. Good news is the Nilan brother reported missing was later found alive. However, there were many other cases were all brothers died because they used to let them serve together instead of splitting them up. All five Sullivan brothers went down with the USS Juneau. I read one article that said at least 19 other sets of brothers died on the ship one alone.

@Bloodtypewhiskey Год назад

My Grand Uncle served in the Navy in WW2 and died in Pearl Harbor. My Dad served in the 82nd Airborne Infrantry in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. My Brother served also as an 82nd Airborne Infrantry soldier in Iraq 2006. I served in the Air Force in OIF and OEF 2009-2011. My cousin served currently in the Marine Corps along with my friend and have both been in OEF and my cousin's son is serving in the USMC as well. This shit runs deep

@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 Год назад

My father served in the Army Air Corps during WW2 and the USAF during Korea. His father was a doughboy in 1917-18 fighting in the Argonne Forest in France. They were both volunteers. I come from generations of soldiers, going back to 1565. (lucky ones, or I wouldn't be here)

@lyssalovesit Год назад

Excited for this one 🥹💜 such a beautiful heartbreaking film.

@richardcolligan4663 Год назад

Major: I don’t wanna spoil the movie fury 15 mins later: proceeds to explain the whole ending of the movie 😂

@amberhoward7807 Год назад

My brother just got released from the Air Force as he now has PTSD. He was a pilot and flew F-16's...

@MnS101 Год назад

My paternal grandfather fought in WWI. Two uncles fought in WWII. My dad served in the Korean War. I was in the first Gulf War. That's why me and mine will ALWAYS stand for our flag.

@CaddyJim Год назад

I feel every American should watch this movie just like Private Ryan is grateful for what those guys did for him they also did it for all of us especially think our Olympic athletes should watch

@robinhardman7527 Год назад

I liked watching this with you! That’s how I felt. You knew about the history and you understood. Veterans were not given the help they needed if they were lucky enough to make it back home. They just held it all in. My Father was one of them. He was never the same. How can you come back to normal civilization again. I Love Your Respect For Our Veterans. They fought and fight for US! Thank You for your knowledge.

@paulryan826 Год назад

They knew they were on the beach.... waiting for them, and they did it anyway. Heroes.

@fjpapp7952 Год назад

The 101'st airborne was supposed to drop in behind enemy line the night before and take out the big guns. They succeeded on the other three beaches but missed their drop point at Omaha. This is referenced when they run into the guy who lost his hearing. He and Private Ryan would have been in on that mission.

@raymondgilbert1341 Год назад

My grandfather was a tank driver at Normandy. He did not live long enough to see this movie and that is probably for the best, but I think I would have like to have watched it with him.

@edahaus3322 Год назад

Loved it Major! You should see Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane as Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle in the movie 61*

@cmbtking Год назад

They don't call them the Greatest Generation for no reason. Unbelievable the things those men did at such a young age.

@makerstudios5456 Год назад

All these guys would have been, on average, 18-25. Imagine putting them through that and expecting them to act right.

@jeffreyfields9857 Год назад

You got the point of the movie. That is what matters. This story is not a documentary of an actual event, but close enough to be believable. There were 5 brothers on the USS Juneau that died in the Pacific theater. There is a US Navy ship today that bears the name USS the Sullivans to honor the family's sacrifice. The magnitude & scope of WW II was so vast that it is truly deserving to be called Epic. Scenes depicted on screen are why many who returned never spoke of their experiences. A very grateful word of thanks to all serving today to defend our nation and given so much. To those who endured these experiences in real life, in recent and times past, words fail me............

@charleysage5827 Год назад

Thank you for being someone we are proud to have served for.

@ultimatesunrise Год назад

Steven Spielbergs message is simple.. this is the sacrifice that was made. Have YOU earned it?

@elizabeththompson5278 Год назад

The man in the beginning who was on the cemetery was Private Ryan who was saved. The beach scene depicted D Day in France, they knew the Nazi were there but that was the invasion, they had no choice but to storm the beach.

@dvrmte 4 месяца назад

I have two Uncles who were severely wounded during the D Day invasion. One went in the night before on a glider, behind German lines. It crash landed killing all on board except my Uncle. His injuries took him out of the war. Another Uncle was wounded during the street to street fighting in a village. He also was put out of the war. The year before D Day, another Uncle was killed when his bomber plane was shot down over Foggia, Italy.

@guitarjonn7103 7 месяцев назад

For most of us as human beings, it's impossibly hard to accept the nightmarish rules of war, which was aptly displayed with Uppam, Capt. Miller and the "Steamboat Willie" enemy soldier. Being humane is usually the higher calling, but in war it could very well get you killed. A terrible, ironic lesson Uppam learned, I think, after the Capt. was killed by the very guy Uppam convinced the Capt. to save.

@angie2boys1hubby Год назад

The movie is loosely based off the Niland brothers in World War 2. It was thought thst 3 of the 4 brothers died, but it ended up the pilot whose plane was shot down was later found in a POW camp. There was also a situation in WW2 where five brothers served on the same ship. That ship went down and all five brothers lost their lives. Because of the Sullivan brothers, the Navy has rules about siblings serving on the same ship. You can Google the Sullivan brothers and the Niland brothers.

@jeffreywettig5302 Год назад

The Niland Brothers have a real world connection with Band Of Brothers, as I believe Skip Muck (played by Richard Speight, Jr. From Supernatural) was from the same town as them. Band of Brothers is a must see, Best Television Series of all time IMHO......... Lots of rabbit holes to go down after youve seen it, with real world implications and threads....... Get your basic knowledge of WW2, Ranks, Geography, and don't be afraid to pause occasionally and watch with subtitles on, it's a much better experience and easier to get familiar with the characters, and the dialogue fills in better when you can hear and see it. They give you all the info you need along the way, if you can pick it up.......

@itsahellofaname 6 дней назад

"...to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom". Think of this when you think of your uncle, who sounds like he laid so much upon the altar of freedom, and gave up so much of himself.

@frankcastle9991 Год назад

I first watched this in the theater when it came out you could hear a pin drop at the end total silence and tears.

@tempsitch5632 Год назад

I saw this at the Cineramadome which is an 86 foot wide screen. Intense.

@CaptainRudy4021 Год назад

Fun fact: they used amputees with prosthetics to realistically show what it looks like to get a limb blown off

@raychlescott3350 Год назад

I got on your channel for GoT and have stayed cause I love how genuine your reactions are. This movie is a hard one. My Great Uncle died in WWII he and my grandpa were twins. He always talked about him as he was still there and had his old uniforms and flag that was given to their mother afterwards

@blakemcelrath54 Год назад

The average age of the soldiers on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day was 18 to 25. Boys turned into men and men turned into brothers.

@williamjones6031 Год назад

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. 6. Want to cry? Tom Hanks in Stephen King's "The Green Mile" You WILL cry. It's the GOAT. BEST review so far. 😎

@twohorsesinamancostume7606 Год назад

This was the first movie that took an unapologetic look at the violence of combat. Previous movies made it either look glorious or at best people would just bloodlessly drop to the ground. In fact, it was so realistic that when veterans of that beach landing saw the movie at their own private showing, not only did they have to leave the theater but they said that there were only two things out of place. The wooden obstacles were facing the wrong way and you can't capture what the beach smelled like. I saw it when it came out with a few people from my church, one of them who was in that landing, his knuckles were white the entire time. Also, keep in mind that the real landings didn't take under half an hour. During the real landings that carnage went on for almost the entire morning and casualties were so bad that entire units were reduced to 15% or lower. The reason why casualties were so bad was that with the overcast of that morning, the bombers that were supposed to take out the bunkers completely missed, leaving them intact.

@philmullineaux5405 Год назад

It was an absolute miracle we won this landing, which was part of a deception move, and a miracle we won this war. So many little things had to go right for us.

@denniskelly2177 Год назад

Great reaction. My late father fought in the Pacific and I am amazed the bravery of many 18 and 19 year olds. You may want to watch and react to a true world war two movie Hacksaw ridge. That mans bravery was off the charts.

@Boomer04888 10 месяцев назад

The Allies knew there would be heavy resistance on the beaches, so they attempted to bomb the hell out of them prior to the invasion. Unfortunately, most of the bombing missions were way off target and entirely ineffective, which is largely why Omaha beach in particular turned into such a bloodbath.

@supdawg2559 Год назад

One of those films that sticks with you. Truely changes perspectives on life and history

@colepolitte798 Год назад

Great reaction. Saving private Ryan will go down in history. The greatest war movie I have ever seen. Might be the best movie in general I’ve ever seen. I’ve re-watched at least 10 times maybe more. Truly an emotional rollercoaster

@tider77 Год назад

This is a great movie reaction. I had two great uncles that served in WW2. The great uncle on my mothers side came back a different person and he died of a heart attack at the age of 58 in the early 1980's. My other great uncle from my dad's side was captured by the Germans and was a POW for a long time. He lived to the age of 75 and had a successful masonry and construction company but my dad said that any time he was asked about the war or his time as a POW he would not talk about it.

@philmullineaux5405 Год назад

Probably the most difficult part of this battle was, the Germans still has a few heavy artillery pieces on a cliff outcrop called, Pont DU Hoc. The first Ranger Batt, had to scale the cliffs, with no cover or support, BARE HANDED, and while being shot down at. They eventually got on top, and blew up the artillery!

@mikeemous1410 Год назад

Allegedly this movie is based on a family of 5 brothers from Iowa that had a similar story to this. This movie is a perfect showcase of world War 2. If you're looking for a perfect showcase of world War 1 I would recommend the movie 1917. And if you're looking for a psychological horror realistic look at the Vietnam War definitely check out apocalypse now.

@philmullineaux5405 Год назад

The sniper shot through the glass, was actually done on Vietnam, by Carlos Hathcock, knicknamed, White Feather. Look him up, here. Also look up maybe the greatest soldier ever, Roy Benevides! I met him once in the early 90s, when I was in the 82nd. Look him up here also. How a movie hasn't been done on his life, is beyond me!

@LukeNukem82 Год назад

My grandfather was on the USS Yorktown in the Korean war. Nothing flashy but he was a diesel mechanic.. has a lot of great stories about his time in Japan, and this little lady that always use to meet him.. pretty sure I have some cousins over in Japan that I dont know :D

@HoruMalachy Год назад

I also had a grand uncle that fought in Vietnam or Korea , can't remember. he died last year. I only met him when I was too young remember him so I never really knew him but he was suffering from all sorts of mental and emotional disorders after he came back.

@karlbecker8775 Год назад

It's one thing to try and take in how brutal and intense the opening is when your mind knows you're watching a movie. When you pause for a moment and let it sink in that what you are watching actually happened, it's even worse. Much respect to anyone who either has served or is serving.

@philmullineaux5405 Год назад

Imagine being Ryan, living every day, or being a vet like him, knowing every day, ur alive and every guy on that bridge died for u...