The men on the beach the Americans murdered were shouting in Czech, "We're not Germans! We didn't kill anybody!" They were two of the tens of thousands of innocent Czechoslovakians enslaved by the German army. They saw the Allies as their liberators. The white powder they poured over wounds was sulfa, one of the very first antibiotics after penicillin. I can't believe you talked over the captain's last words!
Actually they weren’t mudered by the Americans. The correct way to surrender is to disarm and stand still with your hands on your head. They were advancing toward the Americans and that matters. They don’t know if those guys were rigged to explode or drop grenades.
If you want the original DDay movie watch the black and white movie the Longest Day, one of my favourite Scenes from it is with the Luftwaffe Ace (fighterpilot) Priller Pips...I'll not spoil anything, but if you haven't seen it, it is a must see.
Here's a weird tie-in between Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. Saving Private Ryan was inspired by the Niland brothers. Sgt. Bob Niland was killed on D-Day and Lt. Preston Niland was killed the next day in Normandy. Sgt. Edward Niland was listed as missing and presumed dead earlier in the year (he was actually in a Japanese POW camp). So the Army sent a team to get the fourth brother, Sgt. Frederick "Fritz" Niland of the 501 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne to bring him home from Normandy. Like Private Ryan, when he was found, he tried to stay with his company, but was bought home anyway. As it turned out, Fritz Niland was best friends with Skip Muck of the Band of Brothers fame as they were both from Tonawanda, NY, as well as Donald Malarky, Joe Toye and Chuck Grant from Easy Company from their Camp Toccoa days. They used to go out drinking together when they were in England before D-Day.
@@tracyfrazier7440 Tonawanda is just north of Buffalo. I laughed at Muck's comment in I believe was Episode 4 when he was asked what they were doing there. "Well, I was in Tonawanda, then Hitler started this whole thing, so now I'm here."
The thing I’ll always remember about this movie were the reports of D-Day veterans leaving the theater during the beach scene because it triggered decades old PTSD. when I heard that, I suddenly realized why my Dad (a WWII veteran, Pacific) never spoke about his time in the service.
"Hell, these guys deserve to go home as much as I do. They've fought just as hard." "Is that what I'm supposed to tell your mother when she gets another folded American flag?" "You can tell her that when you found me, I was with the only brothers I had left. And that there was no way I was deserting them. I think she'd understand that." If you like this movie, might I suggest The Fighting Sullivans (1944) as well. You should react to Sullivan (1997) by Caroline's Spine in the same video, after the movie (the song will have more meaning after the movie). This is, of course, just a recommendation. Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg cast Matt Damon as Private Ryan because he wanted an unknown actor with an All-American look. He did not know Damon would win an Oscar for Good Will Hunting (1997) and become an overnight star before the film was released. Irish Invasion Fact: The Omaha Beach scene cost $11 million to shoot, and involved up to 1,000 extras, some of whom were members of the Irish Army Reserve. Of those extras, 20-30 of them were amputees, issued with prosthetic limbs, to play soldiers who had their limbs blown off. Historical Fact: Upham's (Jeremy Davies) shoulder patch, a blue and grey "yin yang" symbol, identifies him as a member of the 29th U.S. Infantry Division. It symbolizes the fact that the division was composed of units from Virginia and Maryland, who fought on both sides of the American Civil War. Sonic Warfare Fact: Cinemas were instructed to up the volume when they showed the film, as the sound effects play such a crucial part in its overall effect. I remember this, because the theatre I was had surround sound and that tank approaching came from EVERY speaker. I was having a small mental panic attack (I was 17 at the time and I just signed up to join the US Army, so cut me a little slack) leading to the final battle.
So you enlisted just before 9/11, we're about the same age. I was a sophomore when this came out. A lot of my friends signed up after the attacks, Army Rangers, and the 101st Airborne serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. I was close to it but thought a guitar instead of a gun was better in my hands. Were you deployed?
I absolutely love Tom Sizemore in this film. Highly underrated performance and one that really showed his talent. I can’t think of a more perfect bit of casting. SPR is a fantastic film. I remember watching it in the theater and then afterwards my partner and I went grocery shopping. But we ended up leaving our shopping cart in the middle of an aisle and we went home. We just couldn’t focus on anything after seeing this movie. It was so raw and a very realistic portrayal of WWII, one which didn’t romanticize what was truly a horrible experience.
Did you spot Dale Dye talking to General Marshall? He's in BoB and plenty of other recent war productions. People wonder "Is the German who stabbed Mellish also Steamboat Willie ( German released at the radar site )?" He is not. Spielberg regrets having some Germans having their heads shaved, making them resemble each other. Actors you may recognize but not remember their name: Paul Giamatti - at the rainy little village, he got rocks stuck in his boot Dennis Farina - the colonel who gives Capt. Miller the orders to get Ryan Nathan Fillon - the first Ryan Leland Orser - the glider pilot Bryan Cranston - yes, the Breaking Bad actor, playing the officer who lost an arm Ted Danson - in the same setting with the first Ryan
Watch The Fighting Sullivans about the five Sullivan brothers who died on the same ship. Reference is made about them as the reason why the Ryan brothers were split up.
Spielberg did a great job of trolling us in the beginning with the eye fade, implying Private Ryan was Captain Miller...there are a hundred things to be said about this and correct like everyone else, but I will let it speak for itself. Now you'll see the other side of Band of Brothers and where those Navy shells were coming from...get your "all my days counter" out, you're going to need it for this one. Some veterans left the theaters because it was so realistic, I can't even imagine the PTSD it invoked, from experiences and stories they may have never even told... FUBAR.
Some afterthoughts...The knife scene is the most difficult for me. Because he's pleading for reason in the situation, which just makes me think of how senseless war is to begin with. And the German who kills him is not the one that Captain Miller releases as a lot of people mistakenly think, including me for the longest time.
Overlooked by many UA-cam reactors is the 7 Academy Award Winner Patton starring George C. Scott as the 5 Star WW II U.S. Army General. Patton won Best Picture and Scott won the Best Actor Award. :)
Thanks, Oliver! 🪖 This one always evokes strong emotions for me... including when I'm watching reactions to it. 💧 Since you clearly appreciate Mr. Spielberg's directing prowess, I hope you'll get around to EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987) eventually. It's my favorite... and you'll see what a great actor *Christian* *Bale* was, even as a child.
The beach scenes were filmed in Ireland I believe. The small German fighting positions maybe wouldn't be so close to the beach. There's a bunker that may be more of an observation post than a armed location. The movie shows it's a relatively short period needed to get Bangalore torpedoes forward, link them together, successfully get them to work ( they don't like getting wet ), then storm the gap. Getting that done at the actual invasion might take longer. The actors for the squad trained together, separately from Damon, to help create the effect he was a stranger to the squad. Bullets zipping through the water doesn't work like that. Once they hit the water they slow down and don't travel that far. The scene of the attack on the German MG at the destroyed radar site was set up, then Spielberg decided the sunlight reflecting off objects would interfere with the filming, so it was changed to be from the viewpoint of Upham's location. The dialogue of Ryan mentioning his brothers being with the girl in the barn may have been improv.
The reason the cup is shaped like a kidney, is because it fits the bottom of the water canteen, also kidney shaped. The reason the canteen and cup are that shape, is to fit around the waste more conveniently. I'm not the biggest fan of the film, mainly because I feel there are too many Spielbergian manipulative moments (especially the pro and epilogues). Also, the idea that they'd be upset risking there lives to save a fellow soldier and bring him home to his mother is peculiar to me. As a vet myself, I'd rather risk my life for that mission than, say, defending a bridge. I also don't like the idea that the elder version of Ryan should "earn" his survival and that he feel guilty for the rest of his life. And that's the indication Spielberg suggests in the final moments of the film.
@CarolinaCharles777, totally with you on the sour implications of Miller's "earn this" charge. To a biblical Christian in the audience, "merited grace" is a non-sequitur which may be widely held but makes a poor artistic choice for its non-alignment with ultimate truth. Ryan is forced into perpetual guilt and its concomitant drive to seek the approval of others, rather than that grateful reconciliation produced in the undeserving by grace freely received--such as is implied, say, at the end of Places in the Heart.
Tbf, it was he wasn’t in their group.. so that band of brothers is probably not as strong.. and they already lost their own crew. As for the earn this.. it him it does make sense.. it reflects survivors guilt.. i don’t htink he was ‘ burdened or guilty.. he lived his life to the fullest.. saying ‘saying he hope he earned this.. is like.’ I hope you guys know.. I’m beyond grateful. Don’t take earn this litearlly.. it slike in titanic.. rose lived life to the fullest. And i don’t htink it would behave been as strong tbh.. Also, you’re a soldier so you might be seeing it differently.. but as a regular perosn.. earn this wasn’t relaly for Ryan but to all of use who really benifit these guys saving the world.. sacrificing themselves.. have we earn this? Did they die in vain.. some would say.. sadly 2023 .. yes.. we are worse than ever… we have our own biggest enemies- our own gov trying to echo hitler and other very evil regimes.. Earn this.. to me.. was a message to regular people.. more than to ryan - thats how i see it.. and then it really hits hard. .. cause i don’t think we earned it..
@@agedp8386why do you think he was guilty? I don’t htink he was gulted.. he was told to earn this aka.. live life to the fullest.. he lived life to the fullest. Earn this is like never forget.. the suffering and sacrifice these soldiers did for hte world… and to keep the world at peace.. as someone not american.. a soldier.. etc.. thats how it always meant to me.. not that - OK you better have a bunch of kids.. him breaking down at the cemetery.. bringing his family is to say ‘ i hope i made you proud.. you didn’t’ die in vain.. i am so grateful you saved me. .. ryan has grown.. matured.. I think it’s really just perspective.. I’m not religious either.. so I’m taking this from.a very metaphorical perspective.. Let’s we forget - is the same as earn this.. also i htink it is a good reflection of many that had survivors guilt.. i think it was good.. and miller wasn’t thereto burden.. but to say - live for us.. and sadly.. in our times.. we haven’t earned it.. sometimes it feels like they died in vain.. when our worst enemy has become our own government and fellow men. When people are standing quiet while genocide and murder is happening.. did we earn this? Did we earn the right to enjoy peace?
He's not guilty of anything. The Capt tells Ryan to "earn" his survival. Then, at the end of the film, asks his wife if he was a "good man". That's survivor's guilt that he shouldn't have to feel. Some of y'all might be fine with that message, but it (and the actor's overwrought performance) left a bad taste for me.
@npcimknot958, good things to think about, right? Which can be good purpose for deep movies. I'm not going to start a religious war here, just saying the biblical view which has largely shaped Western thought, and moreso in the 40s, placed a higher value on self-sacrifice motivated by loving concern for the beneficiary than by grudging duty expressed with dying words of "earn this," which comes across as "you better prove that you deserve this." At the heart of that view is the announcement that our ultimate deliverance in life came through a perfect Sacrifice who never said, "earn this" but rather "freely receive the life I have willingly purchased for you by my death." Spielberg was almost certainly not trying to have Miller's sacrifice resemble that of Jesus, but regardless of his intent, because the fictional story differs so much from the real one at that point, the movie goes sour at that point. Thanks for engaging, I'm done.
The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramell. The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramell. WW II was fought by men; the average age of U. S. combat personnel was 26 years old. The SGT. in the assault boat wasn't putting food in his mouth, that was chewing tobacco. They were in very rough seas and it took hours for the soldiers to disembark the troop ships into the Higgins Boats. Not knowing when they would ever have a good cooked meal again, many of the soldiers ate a hearty breakfast before disembarking. The first group to load into the boats bobbed around in the water for several hours before heading toward the beach. Many get seasick during that time. The vomit wasn't the main problem, the blood in the boats created a psychological problem when the boats returned to bring more soldiers to the beach. In Vietnam, the average age of combat personnel was 22, not 19 as many people think. Also, the largest number of U. S. personnel killed in action in Vietnam enlisted not draftees. Spielberg researched small details, for instance, Pvt Jackson's right thumb has a black mark on it. That's actually a bruise that many U. S. riflemen had caused from getting their thumb caught in the loading mechanism from not locking the bolt back properly when loading/reloading the M1 Garand rifle. It was called "Garand thumb". The Hitler Youth Knife is more literary liberty than fact. That knife is a hiking knife given to members of the Hitler Youth Corps, which was much like the Boy Scouts in training while being indoctrinated with the ideology of National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi). The only other group they were issued to were members of the SA. This knife was never part of a soldier of the Wehrmacht. As for the reaction of Carparzo and Mellish, it is highly unlikely an average G.I. would have known what that knife was and its symbolism. The matter of Mellish crying is also not likely as the Allies didn't find out about the fate of Jews in Europe until the first concentration camp was liberated April 4, 1945. The war in Europe ended May 7, 1945. So, following the real timeline, Mellish dies before the Allies knew anything about concentration and death camps. But, after-all, it is Hollywood. Saving Private Ryan is not based on the Sullivan brothers. Fritz Niland became the basis for Private Ryan. He was dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day and spent five days in the French countryside, eventually earning a Bronze star in combat for taking a French. Robert Rodat first came up with the plot in 1994 when he saw a monument in a cemetery in Tonawanda, New York. The monument was to the Niland Brothers - 4 young American men who fought in the Second World War. When three of the Nilands were reported killed, the surviving brother - Fritz - was sent home. This inspired Rodat to write his movie. There are 26 military cemeteries across Normandy, but the most famous and visited site is the poignant Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its half mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. In real life with the Nilands, it actually turned out later that another of the brothers was alive - he’d been held captive in a Burmese POW camp. Attempts to point out the "discrepancies" between the stories of Fritz Niland and James Ryan are often misguided, as Ryan is only based on Niland, and is not meant to be (or claimed to be) a completely accurate representation of him. The differences in the two stories seem to stem in part from the fact that the true story of Sergeant Niland and his brothers is often reported inaccurately. The character of Private James Ryan is a mixture of fact and fiction, with some of the fictional elements coming from the erroneous stories about the Niland brothers. The German credited as "Steamboat Willie" who was released by Capt. Miller is not the German who engaged and killed Pvt Stanley "Fish Mellish during hand-to-hand combat. "Steamboat Willie" was in the Heer (Army) of the Wehrmacht and the other was in the Waffen SS which was a paramilitary organization and not part of the Wehrmacht. Originally, the SS uniform differed from the Wehrmacht uniform-whereas the regular army wore field grey, the SS wore black, head to toe (although later the SS did adopt field grey and often wore camouflage pattern uniform. American troops were brown and they didn't wear jackboots. The lightning bolt SS insignia can be seen on the right collar lapel of the German as he passes Upham and reaches the bottom of the staircase. During the Battle at Ramelle, Upham became shell shocked and was unable to save a .30 cal team from a German soldier because he was too frozen with fear to do anything about it. He carried all the .30 caliber ammo at the battle of Ramelle, but was unable to do his job because he was always either pinned down or too afraid to move. He signified the loss of innocence in war and thought that soldiers could be civil, but he later succumbed to the evils of war and made up for his cowardice when he shot Steamboat Willie for killing Miller even after the latter had shown Willie mercy earlier. Not only did Upham represent the loss of innocence of war but he also symbolized the "Every-man". His illusion of neutrality faded when he finally had to pick and side and kill Steamboat Willie, his character revelation being how he finally understood the horrors of war. It became clear that Upham had turned into a hardened and true soldier because of the whole experience. Upham's rank was Tech 5 Corporal (E-5), that meant he was technician in a specialty area. His was maps and translator, he was not a combat infantryman and was never trained for front-line duty. Gunnery Sergent Hartman explained it this way in the movie Full Metal Jacket: "It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. "The way the next of kin was notified of their loved one was killed in action during WW II was by Western Union telegram delivered by a bicycle riding messenger. If you were being notified of multiple deaths as was the case in this film, notification was done in-person by a military officer, usually from the same branch of service as the deceased when possible. That's why the mother upon seeing the officer exit the car momentarily froze knowing that meant at least 2 of her boys were either KIA or MIA, as the priest exits the car, she staggers and completely collapsed. Unfortunately, you didn't include that in your video presentation. That is one of the most important scenes in the movie. The mother speaks no lines in the movie, yet her breakdown brought a flood of tears form movie goers in theaters across the nation. Another important scene is it is clear from the few lines Ryan's wife speaks that she has never heard the name of Capt. John Miller, this means John has never spoken to her about what happened that day in Ramelle. What many missed is listening to Ryan speaking at the Miller's grave of how he thought about what those 8 men did for him every day was not guilt, but commitment. There are units assigned to recover, bury and mark graves. Usually these were temporary battlefield cemeteries. As hostilities moved farther away, a more permanent site would be selected, at the family's request, whenever possible, the remains would be returned to the United States. At the Normandy Cemetery Visitors Center, you'll find the following inscription: IF EVER PROOF WERE NEEDED THAT WE FOUGHT FOR A CAUSE AND NOT FOR CONQUEST, IT COULD BE FOUND IN THESE CEMETERIES. HERE WAS OUR ONLY CONQUEST: ALL WE ASKED … WAS ENOUGH … SOIL IN WHICH TO BURY OUR GALLANT DEAD.General Mark W. ClarkChairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1969-1984
4:59 the sounds in Saving Private Ryan are something else. Most movies add in generic weapon sound effects in their films because of cost. SPR went above and beyond because while the gun sounds were added in post production, they actually recorded the weapons firing live ammunition and used those sounds in post. Having fired all of the small arms in this movie, I can confirm that they sound very much like the real things. This is especially true for the MG42 machine guns.
My Doctor, G.P., when I was a child, went in on D-Day, in the 4th set of landing craft. He didn’t tell me, my Parents did. My Dad was a Doctor, served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Veterans talk. I went to Normandy, France in Dec.1992. It’s historic that the Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the 1066 French invasion of England, from Normandy is only a few miles from the beaches fought on D-Day. If you are fortunate to get to France, visit Bayeux, as well. The vast American Cemetery is humbling. This film does not depict the other Allie’s who went in on D-Day, to liberate Europe -from the opposite end of the Soviet Russians. Canadians, French, Danes, Luxembourg, Norwegians, Polish, who had escaped Nazi occupation and got to England, had some battalion, or Army group go in through the Normandy liberation and fight into 1945. Their flags fly in Normandy as well. The British Army, Air, Navy all had their valiant fight, also not really mentioned in this film or “Band of Brothers”. (View “the longest day” and “a bridge too far” and even the Dutch film “soldier of Orange” for other perspectives of 1944) Spielberg did the D-Day landing in Ireland.
And, view some German perspective “Das Boot” “Stalingrad”( 1993), “Downfall” I believe every nation involved in World War 1 or 2, has made films of their perspective. Sure, some are just cheesy action movies. Others, based on experience, books written, evidence, are educational. Plenty of events in our current world, are still follow-up from events 100 or 20 years ago.
40:10 part of the reason why Jackson and the German sniper were placed in bell towers was because this was a common sniper tactic at the time. The thought was the higher you are away from the battlefield, the harder it would be for the enemy to find you. The problem comes when once the enemy does know your location (and this was an era before suppressors were widely issued, though some did exist), then they are going to rain all hell down on that position. And since the position is very visible to all the soldiers around, calling in fire would be very easy and quick. They won’t even send in an enemy sniper. They’ll send up a tank to deal with it or call in artillery.
This really hurts Here in the Uk, pro Palestinian march has been planned on Armistice Day, with many ugly things going on disrespecting this.I despair.May we all remember them, whatever country you are from.
You really need to see "The Fallen of World War 2." There are no special effects, great actors or amazing directors. But it will give you more perspective of how absolutely massive and horrible this tragedy was. Otherism is a very dangerous thing.
Dude, "Rounders" is a film that stars Matt Damon you should check out. I have yet to see any reactors I've subbed to watch that one which is weird because it's a pretty good movie.
Really like you channel and reactions. One of the WWII movies I always suggest to see except Saving private Ryan is Enemy at the Gates ( it is about the battle of Stalingrad and about the battle between two of the best snipers on the earth at that time), so maybe try to look at it, I think you would like it.
Imagine training hard for a year to invade Europe, only to be mowed down in the landing craft along with all your friends, before even stepping on the beach. War doesn’t care how fit you are, how prepared you are, how fanatic you are. People were shocked when this came out because it showed the reality of war.
You do know that the German guy Upham killed at the end is the _same_ one he saved from being killed earlier? But is *not* the one who walked past him on the stairs after killing Mellish. Was that clear to you? It was the German who shot the captain on the bridge, the same captain who'd let him go earlier, but *not* the one with the knife who stabbed Melish in the hand-to-hand fight upstairs.
I think the wagon of tipped over fruit was probably apples. Normandy is known throughout history for its huge crops of many apple varieties and the liquor made from it - Calvados.
55:23 whats intersting is that.. the beginning you said its chaotic but we understand whats going on I think it has to do with the use of left and right.. tom hanks and friends are always moving - to the the right.. while the Germans and friends are moving from - right to left So it makes sense why it seems like it’s so clear what is going on.. that establishment of movement tells us that the americans and friends need o move onto the beach .. and the baddies need to keep them off the beach.. so already we have a great sense of who can control the filled the best.. it s kinda like lol and dota and hell even Fortnite - we have a clear sense of objective and the environment.. Gg
I recommend you watch War Horse, 1917 and All Quiet in the Western Front, they're about WW1, which was much "dumber" than WW2 and which soldiers on different sides related much more to each other
Ah, yet which of the 3 “all quiet….” Films to view? All of them, and read the novel! The 1930 monochrome, the 1970 tv film, and the recent honest and brutal 2022 German movie
In regards to justifying the shooting of a prisoner…one’s moral compass in war can become very difficult to maintain. Often due to need for revenge when watching your brothers in combat die. The Latin title of a fantastic Deep Space Nine episode you will be watching in the future describes that all perfectly. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges.” It deals with the grey areas in what is right in war…especially if it helps your side win. 27:26
I think it was good they showed that.. the good guys aren’t always good sometimes.. because emotions are high.. and power.. still corrupts.. which is why like on the German side you had bad American soldiers etc. who were executed for their war crimes.. including r of civilian women, etc.. Theres no winners in war.. and why young poeple should not die for old men ideaologies ( and their not even close to the blood shed
@@npcimknot958 I mean, if you're saying the allies were just as bad as the axis.... yeah. I got no words, no allied crimes compares to the rape of nanjing or the final solution. It's a false equivalence.
I’ve watched this movie many times but only now looked up what those metal crosses are on the beach. I always assumed they were shields placed by the Allies in anticipation for D-Day but that doesn’t make sense because what, were they dropped in by planes haha. Nope, the Germans laid them down to take out ships (they’d be under water during high tide). There’s a lot more info but this is just a very simple explanation.
The medic was shot several times and had multiple wounds all over his torso, so to say “put pressure on it” doesn’t remedy the internal damage to all those vital organs. Several guys had their hands pressing on him, but the blood was pouring out from all over.
Interesting fact… an old relative who served in WWII has watched just about every war movie ever made… he couldn’t watch this one. He said the beach scene at beginning was too real. Apparently the sounds of bullets zooming by is how it really sounded. So your comment about sound design was spot on.
The first airborne soldier introduced (Max Martini) when Ryan (Matt Daaaamon) is first shown is from Easy Company, the same unit we followed in Band of Brothers.
Oh yes - Black Hawk Down - the fighting scenes are brutal, the Enemy at the Gates - one of my favorite movies - you really see unique battle between snipers and how you fight in such a place as a Stalingrad was ( I can not imagine how someone could survive that ) Also I would also recommned Come as you see ( the most brutal movie about WWII - not for battles or fights but from psychological point of view )
I do NOT suggest “Pearl Harbour” it has a number of in accurate parts. I would suggest the 1970’s “tora, tora,tora” a coproduction of American/Japan film crews.
The men on the beach the Americans murdered were shouting in Czech, "We're not Germans! We didn't kill anybody!" They were two of the tens of thousands of innocent Czechoslovakians enslaved by the German army. They saw the Allies as their liberators.
The white powder they poured over wounds was sulfa, one of the very first antibiotics after penicillin.
I can't believe you talked over the captain's last words!
He has the movie blasting in headphones I’m sure he was hearing what he said
And I like your shirt man
Actually they weren’t mudered by the Americans. The correct way to surrender is to disarm and stand still with your hands on your head. They were advancing toward the Americans and that matters. They don’t know if those guys were rigged to explode or drop grenades.
If you want the original DDay movie watch the black and white movie the Longest Day, one of my favourite Scenes from it is with the Luftwaffe Ace (fighterpilot) Priller Pips...I'll not spoil anything, but if you haven't seen it, it is a must see.
FUBAR means F_cked Up Beyond All Recognition.
SNAFU!!!
Yes. Air Supremacy was, and is that important.
Here's a weird tie-in between Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. Saving Private Ryan was inspired by the Niland brothers. Sgt. Bob Niland was killed on D-Day and Lt. Preston Niland was killed the next day in Normandy. Sgt. Edward Niland was listed as missing and presumed dead earlier in the year (he was actually in a Japanese POW camp). So the Army sent a team to get the fourth brother, Sgt. Frederick "Fritz" Niland of the 501 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne to bring him home from Normandy. Like Private Ryan, when he was found, he tried to stay with his company, but was bought home anyway. As it turned out, Fritz Niland was best friends with Skip Muck of the Band of Brothers fame as they were both from Tonawanda, NY, as well as Donald Malarky, Joe Toye and Chuck Grant from Easy Company from their Camp Toccoa days. They used to go out drinking together when they were in England before D-Day.
Thank you for mentioning that Tonawanda is in NY. I always wondered. I'm guessing it is an American Indian word. Now I have to locate it on the map!
@@tracyfrazier7440 Tonawanda is just north of Buffalo. I laughed at Muck's comment in I believe was Episode 4 when he was asked what they were doing there. "Well, I was in Tonawanda, then Hitler started this whole thing, so now I'm here."
I think you are the only reactor I have seen instinctively saying "no" when they are shooting the German soldier trying to surrender.
The thing I’ll always remember about this movie were the reports of D-Day veterans leaving the theater during the beach scene because it triggered decades old PTSD. when I heard that, I suddenly realized why my Dad (a WWII veteran, Pacific) never spoke about his time in the service.
"Hell, these guys deserve to go home as much as I do. They've fought just as hard."
"Is that what I'm supposed to tell your mother when she gets another folded American flag?"
"You can tell her that when you found me, I was with the only brothers I had left. And that there was no way I was deserting them. I think she'd understand that."
If you like this movie, might I suggest The Fighting Sullivans (1944) as well. You should react to Sullivan (1997) by Caroline's Spine in the same video, after the movie (the song will have more meaning after the movie). This is, of course, just a recommendation.
Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg cast Matt Damon as Private Ryan because he wanted an unknown actor with an All-American look. He did not know Damon would win an Oscar for Good Will Hunting (1997) and become an overnight star before the film was released.
Irish Invasion Fact: The Omaha Beach scene cost $11 million to shoot, and involved up to 1,000 extras, some of whom were members of the Irish Army Reserve. Of those extras, 20-30 of them were amputees, issued with prosthetic limbs, to play soldiers who had their limbs blown off.
Historical Fact: Upham's (Jeremy Davies) shoulder patch, a blue and grey "yin yang" symbol, identifies him as a member of the 29th U.S. Infantry Division. It symbolizes the fact that the division was composed of units from Virginia and Maryland, who fought on both sides of the American Civil War.
Sonic Warfare Fact: Cinemas were instructed to up the volume when they showed the film, as the sound effects play such a crucial part in its overall effect. I remember this, because the theatre I was had surround sound and that tank approaching came from EVERY speaker. I was having a small mental panic attack (I was 17 at the time and I just signed up to join the US Army, so cut me a little slack) leading to the final battle.
So you enlisted just before 9/11, we're about the same age. I was a sophomore when this came out. A lot of my friends signed up after the attacks, Army Rangers, and the 101st Airborne serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. I was close to it but thought a guitar instead of a gun was better in my hands. Were you deployed?
I absolutely love Tom Sizemore in this film. Highly underrated performance and one that really showed his talent. I can’t think of a more perfect bit of casting.
SPR is a fantastic film. I remember watching it in the theater and then afterwards my partner and I went grocery shopping. But we ended up leaving our shopping cart in the middle of an aisle and we went home. We just couldn’t focus on anything after seeing this movie. It was so raw and a very realistic portrayal of WWII, one which didn’t romanticize what was truly a horrible experience.
Yeah it's definitely tough to focus for the rest of the day after watching this movie
The first Ryan, is Nathan Fillion, later famous for “Firefly/Serenity” and others.
Lots of talented actors in this film.
Did you spot Dale Dye talking to General Marshall? He's in BoB and plenty of other recent war productions.
People wonder "Is the German who stabbed Mellish also Steamboat Willie ( German released at the radar site )?" He is not. Spielberg regrets having some Germans having their heads shaved, making them resemble each other.
Actors you may recognize but not remember their name:
Paul Giamatti - at the rainy little village, he got rocks stuck in his boot
Dennis Farina - the colonel who gives Capt. Miller the orders to get Ryan
Nathan Fillon - the first Ryan
Leland Orser - the glider pilot
Bryan Cranston - yes, the Breaking Bad actor, playing the officer who lost an arm
Ted Danson - in the same setting with the first Ryan
The German released at the Radar station does join the fray - does he not address Upham by his name moments before Upham shoots him?
Love that every reaction to this movie has their “is that Vin Diesel!?!” Moment XD
Watch The Fighting Sullivans about the five Sullivan brothers who died on the same ship. Reference is made about them as the reason why the Ryan brothers were split up.
The ending of this movie always gets me. Great reaction!
Interestingly enough morphine doesn't actually kill pain. It makes you feel so good you don't care about the pain- pretty wild huh?
Spielberg did a great job of trolling us in the beginning with the eye fade, implying Private Ryan was Captain Miller...there are a hundred things to be said about this and correct like everyone else, but I will let it speak for itself. Now you'll see the other side of Band of Brothers and where those Navy shells were coming from...get your "all my days counter" out, you're going to need it for this one. Some veterans left the theaters because it was so realistic, I can't even imagine the PTSD it invoked, from experiences and stories they may have never even told... FUBAR.
Some afterthoughts...The knife scene is the most difficult for me. Because he's pleading for reason in the situation, which just makes me think of how senseless war is to begin with. And the German who kills him is not the one that Captain Miller releases as a lot of people mistakenly think, including me for the longest time.
I remember seeing this movie and crying cause i thought it was so cruel to make vet relive this 😂😂
And then it became my favourite movie of all time 😂
Overlooked by many UA-cam reactors is the 7 Academy Award Winner Patton starring George C. Scott as the 5 Star WW II U.S. Army General. Patton won Best Picture and Scott won the Best Actor Award. :)
Another good WWII movie is an older film from, I believe, 1970, called Tora, Tora, Tora.
I love that movie. The Battle of the Bulge is good too.
Thanks, Oliver! 🪖 This one always evokes strong emotions for me... including when I'm watching reactions to it. 💧 Since you clearly appreciate Mr. Spielberg's directing prowess, I hope you'll get around to EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987) eventually. It's my favorite... and you'll see what a great actor *Christian* *Bale* was, even as a child.
The beach scenes were filmed in Ireland I believe. The small German fighting positions maybe wouldn't be so close to the beach. There's a bunker that may be more of an observation post than a armed location.
The movie shows it's a relatively short period needed to get Bangalore torpedoes forward, link them together, successfully get them to work ( they don't like getting wet ), then storm the gap. Getting that done at the actual invasion might take longer.
The actors for the squad trained together, separately from Damon, to help create the effect he was a stranger to the squad.
Bullets zipping through the water doesn't work like that. Once they hit the water they slow down and don't travel that far.
The scene of the attack on the German MG at the destroyed radar site was set up, then Spielberg decided the sunlight reflecting off objects would interfere with the filming, so it was changed to be from the viewpoint of Upham's location.
The dialogue of Ryan mentioning his brothers being with the girl in the barn may have been improv.
The bts for this movie is insanely impressive.. down to the fx, the costumes..
FUBAR = F**** Up Beyond All Recognition.
NO WAY!!!! I thought it was German for f LOOOOL 😂😂😂😂
@@npcimknot958 Then don't ask about SNAFU
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I quit watching or caring about the Academy Awards when this movie lost out to "Shakespeare In Love" for Best Picture.
The reason the cup is shaped like a kidney, is because it fits the bottom of the water canteen, also kidney shaped. The reason the canteen and cup are that shape, is to fit around the waste more conveniently.
I'm not the biggest fan of the film, mainly because I feel there are too many Spielbergian manipulative moments (especially the pro and epilogues). Also, the idea that they'd be upset risking there lives to save a fellow soldier and bring him home to his mother is peculiar to me. As a vet myself, I'd rather risk my life for that mission than, say, defending a bridge.
I also don't like the idea that the elder version of Ryan should "earn" his survival and that he feel guilty for the rest of his life. And that's the indication Spielberg suggests in the final moments of the film.
@CarolinaCharles777, totally with you on the sour implications of Miller's "earn this" charge. To a biblical Christian in the audience, "merited grace" is a non-sequitur which may be widely held but makes a poor artistic choice for its non-alignment with ultimate truth. Ryan is forced into perpetual guilt and its concomitant drive to seek the approval of others, rather than that grateful reconciliation produced in the undeserving by grace freely received--such as is implied, say, at the end of Places in the Heart.
Tbf, it was he wasn’t in their group.. so that band of brothers is probably not as strong.. and they already lost their own crew.
As for the earn this.. it him it does make sense.. it reflects survivors guilt.. i don’t htink he was ‘ burdened or guilty.. he lived his life to the fullest.. saying ‘saying he hope he earned this.. is like.’ I hope you guys know.. I’m beyond grateful.
Don’t take earn this litearlly.. it slike in titanic.. rose lived life to the fullest. And i don’t htink it would behave been as strong tbh..
Also, you’re a soldier so you might be seeing it differently.. but as a regular perosn.. earn this wasn’t relaly for Ryan but to all of use who really benifit these guys saving the world.. sacrificing themselves..
have we earn this? Did they die in vain.. some would say.. sadly 2023 .. yes.. we are worse than ever… we have our own biggest enemies- our own gov trying to echo hitler and other very evil regimes..
Earn this.. to me.. was a message to regular people.. more than to ryan - thats how i see it.. and then it really hits hard. .. cause i don’t think we earned it..
@@agedp8386why do you think he was guilty? I don’t htink he was gulted.. he was told to earn this aka.. live life to the fullest.. he lived life to the fullest. Earn this is like never forget.. the suffering and sacrifice these soldiers did for hte world… and to keep the world at peace.. as someone not american.. a soldier.. etc.. thats how it always meant to me.. not that - OK you better have a bunch of kids.. him breaking down at the cemetery.. bringing his family is to say ‘ i hope i made you proud.. you didn’t’ die in vain.. i am so grateful you saved me. .. ryan has grown.. matured..
I think it’s really just perspective.. I’m not religious either.. so I’m taking this from.a very metaphorical perspective..
Let’s we forget - is the same as earn this.. also i htink it is a good reflection of many that had survivors guilt.. i think it was good.. and miller wasn’t thereto burden.. but to say - live for us.. and sadly.. in our times.. we haven’t earned it.. sometimes it feels like they died in vain.. when our worst enemy has become our own government and fellow men.
When people are standing quiet while genocide and murder is happening.. did we earn this? Did we earn the right to enjoy peace?
He's not guilty of anything. The Capt tells Ryan to "earn" his survival. Then, at the end of the film, asks his wife if he was a "good man".
That's survivor's guilt that he shouldn't have to feel.
Some of y'all might be fine with that message, but it (and the actor's overwrought performance) left a bad taste for me.
@npcimknot958, good things to think about, right? Which can be good purpose for deep movies. I'm not going to start a religious war here, just saying the biblical view which has largely shaped Western thought, and moreso in the 40s, placed a higher value on self-sacrifice motivated by loving concern for the beneficiary than by grudging duty expressed with dying words of "earn this," which comes across as "you better prove that you deserve this." At the heart of that view is the announcement that our ultimate deliverance in life came through a perfect Sacrifice who never said, "earn this" but rather "freely receive the life I have willingly purchased for you by my death." Spielberg was almost certainly not trying to have Miller's sacrifice resemble that of Jesus, but regardless of his intent, because the fictional story differs so much from the real one at that point, the movie goes sour at that point. Thanks for engaging, I'm done.
Ollie when he gets drafted into WW3: OMG!!! Look at that tracking shot!!!! Haha haha cool beans!!!! (Then 4:17 happens)
The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramell.
The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramell. WW II was fought by men; the average age of U. S. combat personnel was 26 years old. The SGT. in the assault boat wasn't putting food in his mouth, that was chewing tobacco. They were in very rough seas and it took hours for the soldiers to disembark the troop ships into the Higgins Boats. Not knowing when they would ever have a good cooked meal again, many of the soldiers ate a hearty breakfast before disembarking. The first group to load into the boats bobbed around in the water for several hours before heading toward the beach. Many get seasick during that time. The vomit wasn't the main problem, the blood in the boats created a psychological problem when the boats returned to bring more soldiers to the beach. In Vietnam, the average age of combat personnel was 22, not 19 as many people think. Also, the largest number of U. S. personnel killed in action in Vietnam enlisted not draftees.
Spielberg researched small details, for instance, Pvt Jackson's right thumb has a black mark on it. That's actually a bruise that many U. S. riflemen had caused from getting their thumb caught in the loading mechanism from not locking the bolt back properly when loading/reloading the M1 Garand rifle. It was called "Garand thumb".
The Hitler Youth Knife is more literary liberty than fact. That knife is a hiking knife given to members of the Hitler Youth Corps, which was much like the Boy Scouts in training while being indoctrinated with the ideology of National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi). The only other group they were issued to were members of the SA. This knife was never part of a soldier of the Wehrmacht. As for the reaction of Carparzo and Mellish, it is highly unlikely an average G.I. would have known what that knife was and its symbolism. The matter of Mellish crying is also not likely as the Allies didn't find out about the fate of Jews in Europe until the first concentration camp was liberated April 4, 1945. The war in Europe ended May 7, 1945. So, following the real timeline, Mellish dies before the Allies knew anything about concentration and death camps. But, after-all, it is Hollywood.
Saving Private Ryan is not based on the Sullivan brothers. Fritz Niland became the basis for Private Ryan. He was dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day and spent five days in the French countryside, eventually earning a Bronze star in combat for taking a French. Robert Rodat first came up with the plot in 1994 when he saw a monument in a cemetery in Tonawanda, New York. The monument was to the Niland Brothers - 4 young American men who fought in the Second World War. When three of the Nilands were reported killed, the surviving brother - Fritz - was sent home. This inspired Rodat to write his movie.
There are 26 military cemeteries across Normandy, but the most famous and visited site is the poignant Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its half mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. In real life with the Nilands, it actually turned out later that another of the brothers was alive - he’d been held captive in a Burmese POW camp. Attempts to point out the "discrepancies" between the stories of Fritz Niland and James Ryan are often misguided, as Ryan is only based on Niland, and is not meant to be (or claimed to be) a completely accurate representation of him. The differences in the two stories seem to stem in part from the fact that the true story of Sergeant Niland and his brothers is often reported inaccurately. The character of Private James Ryan is a mixture of fact and fiction, with some of the fictional elements coming from the erroneous stories about the Niland brothers.
The German credited as "Steamboat Willie" who was released by Capt. Miller is not the German who engaged and killed Pvt Stanley "Fish Mellish during hand-to-hand combat. "Steamboat Willie" was in the Heer (Army) of the Wehrmacht and the other was in the Waffen SS which was a paramilitary organization and not part of the Wehrmacht. Originally, the SS uniform differed from the Wehrmacht uniform-whereas the regular army wore field grey, the SS wore black, head to toe (although later the SS did adopt field grey and often wore camouflage pattern uniform. American troops were brown and they didn't wear jackboots. The lightning bolt SS insignia can be seen on the right collar lapel of the German as he passes Upham and reaches the bottom of the staircase. During the Battle at Ramelle, Upham became shell shocked and was unable to save a .30 cal team from a German soldier because he was too frozen with fear to do anything about it. He carried all the .30 caliber ammo at the battle of Ramelle, but was unable to do his job because he was always either pinned down or too afraid to move. He signified the loss of innocence in war and thought that soldiers could be civil, but he later succumbed to the evils of war and made up for his cowardice when he shot Steamboat Willie for killing Miller even after the latter had shown Willie mercy earlier. Not only did Upham represent the loss of innocence of war but he also symbolized the "Every-man". His illusion of neutrality faded when he finally had to pick and side and kill Steamboat Willie, his character revelation being how he finally understood the horrors of war. It became clear that Upham had turned into a hardened and true soldier because of the whole experience. Upham's rank was Tech 5 Corporal (E-5), that meant he was technician in a specialty area. His was maps and translator, he was not a combat infantryman and was never trained for front-line duty. Gunnery Sergent Hartman explained it this way in the movie Full Metal Jacket: "It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill.
"The way the next of kin was notified of their loved one was killed in action during WW II was by Western Union telegram delivered by a bicycle riding messenger. If you were being notified of multiple deaths as was the case in this film, notification was done in-person by a military officer, usually from the same branch of service as the deceased when possible. That's why the mother upon seeing the officer exit the car momentarily froze knowing that meant at least 2 of her boys were either KIA or MIA, as the priest exits the car, she staggers and completely collapsed. Unfortunately, you didn't include that in your video presentation. That is one of the most important scenes in the movie. The mother speaks no lines in the movie, yet her breakdown brought a flood of tears form movie goers in theaters across the nation. Another important scene is it is clear from the few lines Ryan's wife speaks that she has never heard the name of Capt. John Miller, this means John has never spoken to her about what happened that day in Ramelle. What many missed is listening to Ryan speaking at the Miller's grave of how he thought about what those 8 men did for him every day was not guilt, but commitment.
There are units assigned to recover, bury and mark graves. Usually these were temporary battlefield cemeteries. As hostilities moved farther away, a more permanent site would be selected, at the family's request, whenever possible, the remains would be returned to the United States. At the Normandy Cemetery Visitors Center, you'll find the following inscription: IF EVER PROOF WERE NEEDED THAT WE FOUGHT FOR A CAUSE AND NOT FOR CONQUEST, IT COULD BE FOUND IN THESE CEMETERIES. HERE WAS OUR ONLY CONQUEST: ALL WE ASKED … WAS ENOUGH … SOIL IN WHICH TO BURY OUR GALLANT DEAD.General Mark W. ClarkChairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1969-1984
4:59 the sounds in Saving Private Ryan are something else. Most movies add in generic weapon sound effects in their films because of cost. SPR went above and beyond because while the gun sounds were added in post production, they actually recorded the weapons firing live ammunition and used those sounds in post.
Having fired all of the small arms in this movie, I can confirm that they sound very much like the real things. This is especially true for the MG42 machine guns.
My Doctor, G.P., when I was a child, went in on D-Day, in the 4th set of landing craft. He didn’t tell me, my Parents did. My Dad was a Doctor, served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Veterans talk.
I went to Normandy, France in Dec.1992. It’s historic that the Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the 1066 French invasion of England, from Normandy is only a few miles from the beaches fought on D-Day. If you are fortunate to get to France, visit Bayeux, as well. The vast American Cemetery is humbling. This film does not depict the other Allie’s who went in on D-Day, to liberate Europe -from the opposite end of the Soviet Russians. Canadians, French, Danes, Luxembourg, Norwegians, Polish, who had escaped Nazi occupation and got to England, had some battalion, or Army group go in through the Normandy liberation and fight into 1945. Their flags fly in Normandy as well. The British Army, Air, Navy all had their valiant fight, also not really mentioned in this film or “Band of Brothers”. (View “the longest day” and “a bridge too far” and even the Dutch film “soldier of Orange” for other perspectives of 1944)
Spielberg did the D-Day landing in Ireland.
And, view some German perspective “Das Boot” “Stalingrad”( 1993), “Downfall”
I believe every nation involved in World War 1 or 2, has made films of their perspective. Sure, some are just cheesy action movies. Others, based on experience, books written, evidence, are educational.
Plenty of events in our current world, are still follow-up from events 100 or 20 years ago.
Now watch The Pacific by Hanks and Spielberg showing the Marines in the Pacific Theater.
40:10 part of the reason why Jackson and the German sniper were placed in bell towers was because this was a common sniper tactic at the time. The thought was the higher you are away from the battlefield, the harder it would be for the enemy to find you. The problem comes when once the enemy does know your location (and this was an era before suppressors were widely issued, though some did exist), then they are going to rain all hell down on that position. And since the position is very visible to all the soldiers around, calling in fire would be very easy and quick. They won’t even send in an enemy sniper. They’ll send up a tank to deal with it or call in artillery.
Your reaction are great, because it's also a review. I think you should watch Last Samurai next, if you didn't. It's a masterpiece.
This really hurts Here in the Uk, pro Palestinian march has been planned on Armistice Day, with many ugly things going on disrespecting this.I despair.May we all remember them, whatever country you are from.
No.1 War movie for me
Followed up by The Deer Hunter which i also strongly recommend
Between this movie, The Martian, and Interstellar we've spent way too much time and money rescuing Matt Damon.
Rescatando al soldado Ryan, es una pelicula emitida por Isat channel latinoamerica que este canal ya no existe desde el 29 de febrero del 2024
Please be sure to check out the series The Pacific. Another Spielberg And Hanks series on WW2.
You really need to see "The Fallen of World War 2." There are no special effects, great actors or amazing directors. But it will give you more perspective of how absolutely massive and horrible this tragedy was. Otherism is a very dangerous thing.
Dude, "Rounders" is a film that stars Matt Damon you should check out. I have yet to see any reactors I've subbed to watch that one which is weird because it's a pretty good movie.
Really like you channel and reactions. One of the WWII movies I always suggest to see except Saving private Ryan is Enemy at the Gates ( it is about the battle of Stalingrad and about the battle between two of the best snipers on the earth at that time), so maybe try to look at it, I think you would like it.
Imagine training hard for a year to invade Europe, only to be mowed down in the landing craft along with all your friends, before even stepping on the beach.
War doesn’t care how fit you are, how prepared you are, how fanatic you are.
People were shocked when this came out because it showed the reality of war.
My father was 19 when he landed on Omaha Beach. He never, ever talked about it. He drank himself to death instead.
You do know that the German guy Upham killed at the end is the _same_ one he saved from being killed earlier? But is *not* the one who walked past him on the stairs after killing Mellish. Was that clear to you? It was the German who shot the captain on the bridge, the same captain who'd let him go earlier, but *not* the one with the knife who stabbed Melish in the hand-to-hand fight upstairs.
It's a film exorcize to you. It wasn't to THEM
The soldier breaking down in the beginning when they found the hitler youth knife was crying because hes jewish.
I think the wagon of tipped over fruit was probably apples. Normandy is known throughout history for its huge crops of many apple varieties and the liquor made from it - Calvados.
55:23 whats intersting is that.. the beginning you said its chaotic but we understand whats going on
I think it has to do with the use of left and right.. tom hanks and friends are always moving - to the the right.. while the Germans and friends are moving from - right to left
So it makes sense why it seems like it’s so clear what is going on.. that establishment of movement tells us that the americans and friends need o move onto the beach .. and the baddies need to keep them off the beach.. so already we have a great sense of who can control the filled the best.. it s kinda like lol and dota and hell even Fortnite - we have a clear sense of objective and the environment..
Gg
Band Of Brothers is Sesame Street compared to The Pacific.
i cried with the medical guy :( i cried the whole time. all this tho for one dude.
Good reaction.. hope you got that booger..😂😂
Everyone needs to watch this movie at least once, everyone.
This makes me want to play call of duty
I recommend you watch War Horse, 1917 and All Quiet in the Western Front, they're about WW1, which was much "dumber" than WW2 and which soldiers on different sides related much more to each other
Ah, yet which of the 3 “all quiet….” Films to view? All of them, and read the novel!
The 1930 monochrome, the 1970 tv film, and the recent honest and brutal 2022 German movie
I've seen this in the movies. I cannot watch it a second time.
Saving private Ryan and hacksaw ridge 2 of the very best just ask the flamethrower men
REMEMBER:
first in - last out
We all need to earn what they have done for us. This was the message
In regards to justifying the shooting of a prisoner…one’s moral compass in war can become very difficult to maintain. Often due to need for revenge when watching your brothers in combat die. The Latin title of a fantastic Deep Space Nine episode you will be watching in the future describes that all perfectly. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges.” It deals with the grey areas in what is right in war…especially if it helps your side win. 27:26
I think it was good they showed that.. the good guys aren’t always good sometimes.. because emotions are high..
and power.. still corrupts.. which is why like on the German side you had bad American soldiers etc. who were executed for their war crimes.. including r of civilian women, etc..
Theres no winners in war.. and why young poeple should not die for old men ideaologies ( and their not even close to the blood shed
@@npcimknot958 I mean, if you're saying the allies were just as bad as the axis.... yeah. I got no words, no allied crimes compares to the rape of nanjing or the final solution. It's a false equivalence.
I’ve watched this movie many times but only now looked up what those metal crosses are on the beach. I always assumed they were shields placed by the Allies in anticipation for D-Day but that doesn’t make sense because what, were they dropped in by planes haha. Nope, the Germans laid them down to take out ships (they’d be under water during high tide). There’s a lot more info but this is just a very simple explanation.
Oh my Day of Days!
Great review!
Come and See (1985) is a great and realistic war movie.
Yeah, it's even more of an emotional ordeal than this one.
Exactly. Because of the inclusion of more civilians, it is more effective in depicting the horory of war.@@porflepopnecker4376
The medic was shot several times and had multiple wounds all over his torso, so to say “put pressure on it” doesn’t remedy the internal damage to all those vital organs. Several guys had their hands pressing on him, but the blood was pouring out from all over.
Air support is a pretty big deal when you are two platoons facing an armored infantry unit.
Interesting fact… an old relative who served in WWII has watched just about every war movie ever made… he couldn’t watch this one. He said the beach scene at beginning was too real. Apparently the sounds of bullets zooming by is how it really sounded. So your comment about sound design was spot on.
The sound design for this movie is insane.
The first airborne soldier introduced (Max Martini) when Ryan (Matt Daaaamon) is first shown is from Easy Company, the same unit we followed in Band of Brothers.
No, he says Easy Company, 501st. Band of Brothers portrays Easy Company, 506th.
Great review 😁
And F.U.B.A.R. is an acronym for:
F##ked up Beyond all recognition😜
3 war movies i recommend for you if you haven't seen them Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down and Enemy at the Gates check out.
Oh yes - Black Hawk Down - the fighting scenes are brutal, the Enemy at the Gates - one of my favorite movies - you really see unique battle between snipers and how you fight in such a place as a Stalingrad was ( I can not imagine how someone could survive that )
Also I would also recommned Come as you see ( the most brutal movie about WWII - not for battles or fights but from psychological point of view )
Black hawk down is intense.
I do NOT suggest “Pearl Harbour” it has a number of in accurate parts. I would suggest the 1970’s “tora, tora,tora” a coproduction of American/Japan film crews.