SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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Original Movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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I was site security for the film set back in 97 at night time when they weren't shooting and i got to walk around the whole set in the town where they found Ryan. It was filmed a small town in Hertfordshire UK called Hatfield. That entire town, including the river and bridge was hand made using scaffolding and hardboard. The river was only a foot deep, the statue in the center of town was made from paper mache and painted with metalic paint to give it an authentic look. The tanks, were actually land rovers with wooden frames placed over the top of them complete with the tank shell that was basically perspex. They actually brough on real amputees as stunt extras, so when they were blown up, the prosphetic limbs would break off. I got to meet the entire cast and crew, Tom hanks was amazing, he was always trying to make everyone laugh. Steven Spielberg went to a local bar in hatfield to have dinner, and took his bodyguards with him, this was the biggest mistake, because he could have just got away with going on his own, because people would have noticed him but wouldn't assume it was him, but because he was surrounded by guards it just made it more obvious it was him. At the end of the filming they burned down the whole set, including most of the props, I was able to get my hand on one of the rubber rifles that most of the cast would carry between action sequences because the blank firers were actually quite heavy. When the film released a year later, I went to see it with my mate who I worked security with. There were a bunch of British D Day veterans in the cinema with us, and the opening scene broke their heart, we could see them breaking down as it brought everything back to them, they relived everything except for the smell. I have to say, working as site security for the film set as a 17 year old was one of the most memorable moments in my life
This was so cool to read! Thanks so much for sharing it!!
Brandon Likes Movies what’s more, when Spielberg and Hanks did a special screening for American D-Day vets who fought on Omaha Beach that day, many had to leave because it was TOO real for them. They did such a good job staying authentic they accidentally brought the PTSD back to the forefront of the vets minds. They were able to go back in after that scene ended, but it was too much for them to relive where they saw friends die and feared for their own lives so much.
I have only heard that the British and Canadians had a much easier time than the Americans did, but it was still no cakewalk for them.
I think this movie depicts what happened at the “Easy Red” sector of Omaha Beach, which had the most intense fighting and highest casualty rate of the landings by far.
I went to uni there, spent a lot of time in the fields they used, it was a disused airfield. Not much left now, if anything. You can find the old entrance to where the set was, and there's a info board about it.
But considering what was filmed there, it's a crying shame that there's so little info about it.
It was De Havilland, they built the first jetliner there, and some of the most groundbreaking aerospace engineering was accomplished there. All gone now, washed away.
Only thing left are road names named after the planes.
Awesome history dude, I’ve heard about that details about production in documentary’s and is very interesting all the hard work they did to make this film, thanks for that bro
John Brookes I’m from St Albans too, I was about 10 at the time and remember being in the car and seeing that fake town burn near The Galleria!
I also remember real war planes flying over the set. It all looked very cool. When I eventually saw it I recognised the snipers bell tower I used to see from afar.
As far as I’m aware they returned to film some of band of brothers there.
7:40 They weren’t speaking German, they were speaking Czech, pleading: “Please don’t shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone! I am Czech!"
Yep. They were POWs. :(
holy shit i didn't know that :(
I’ll never understand why they aggressively approached and yelled at the soldiers knowing they had been dressed up in the enemy uniform.
Aggressively? They had their arms up in surrender
@@Cookieboy70 It's a battle, it's loud you have to yell to get heared.
They were clearly surrendering, but I guess Czech, like many central/eastern European languages can sound harsh and aggressive to english speakers?
"...I could watch this for another 6 hours." So... Band of Brothers then?
My favourite show ever for sure
Yep you should watch this! Easily one of the best shows ever :)
Band of Brothers and then The Pacific (different war but still by Steven Speilberg and Tom Hanks produced)
I’ve been debating watching that
@@theashrook6129 definitely do watch it
The fact that Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture over this is just about the greatest crime the Academy ever committed...
Problem was, out of the five nominees that year, there were three WWII films, so the vote was split.
DougRayPhillips Hollywood loves movies about Hollywood, and that is ultimately what Shakespeare in Love is...
I was also pissed that Pulp Fiction didn't win, but had forgotten Saving Private Ryan was up for Best Picture that year. Now I think this movie should have won for sheer movie making alone, along with direction. Did Spielberg win for Schindler's List and the Academy thought, "He got one for that, he doesn't need another one", which is b.s.. I love Pulp Fiction, but this is far and away a much more superior film.
Academy awards are only for politically correct.
@@dovegrey1 Pulp Fiction was from 1994, I believe it was beat out by The English Patient...
I think I heard that the two men surrendering are saying “Please don’t shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone! I am Czech!"
Yep. It's important to recognize that even "the good guys" committed atrocities.
Yep. The Nazi reich forced people across conquered territories into fighting, Czechs, Poles and French especially. Those two men at the beginning were forced Czech soldiers and they were begging for their lives in Czech
It's also a good way to get away with killing people. Just say you're Czech or Polish or something.
Chris It does sound plausible, as I recall there’s a scene in Band of Brothers where some surrendering soldiers say they’re Polish to the American translator to which another paratrooper who was checking their insignia patch says “There ain’t no Polish in the SS.”
Nahh, im pretty sure they said "Look, i washed for supper"
Little detail : Those two germans that were surrendering at D-Day were not Germans, but Czech civilians that were forced into German army. They were saying in czech : Dont shoot i didnt killed anyone, i am czech from Czechoslovakia, i didnt killed anyone.
Excellent point. A detail everyone misses.
indeed, people should be careful when they say people deserve to die.
:(
@@0KeepRockin0 well... it's easy to miss for people who don't speak czech or slovak or polish...
@@MidnightSt are all those one language or something? lol
“I could watch this for six hours straight”
That show is called Band Of Brothers ✌🏻
Best series ever made. Also produced and part written/directed by Tom Hanks! There's definitely a huge overlap in style and tone between that and Saving Private Ryan.
Band of Brothers and especially Damian Lewis in it is so worth it. I wish there were 4k versions....
@EnigmaDrath I second that
Don’t forget The Pacific (about the Pacific Theatre) and the Mighty Eighth (name might have changed) the upcoming series about the air war
Is there a nod to Private Ryan in Band of Brothers with the scene where they are back in England after Normandy and theyre picking up the laundry and theres no one to pick up the laundry for Miller? Was that Tom Hanks’ character?
I was a staff member at a homeless shelter for men when this came out. We made it a point to buy tickets for the WW2 veterans who wanted to see it at our shelter. It was one of the most powerful experiences in my life. These veterans testified to the realism of the movie and I was so humbled just to be there as I witnessed them remembering their experiences. I hate war, but I have a great respect for veterans. Those of us who haven't gone through it have no idea.....Thank you for the great reaction....
I can't believe there were/are homeless world war II veterans. I knew there were many viet nam vets who were homeless, but its hard to imagine how we let men that old stay homeless. At any age its horrible, but especially WWII veterans over 50 years after the war ended.
@@tucsonbandit the united states don’t give a damn about their veterans. we literally already have iraq/afghanistan vets on the streets
The fact that Shakespeare in love won over this masterpiece is insulting. Definitely a blight in the Academy Awards history :(
But Spielberg at least won the best director award for this.
The fact that Speilberg has only won 2 best director oscars is mind boggling especially since this movie lost best Picture to Shakespeare in Love? Geez
I guess seeing Gwyneth Paltrows tits impressed the judges more than a good plot
@@jamesgreenshade6065 ugh and she won over Cate Blanchett ...Shakespeare in love did not deserve all its praise.
Wow. Really? I like Shakespeare in Love. But it doesn't even come close to matching the level of greatness in Saving Private Ryan.
Actors: "We want to be in a movie."
Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers: "You get a role, you get a role, we all get a role!"
I know, I remember most of the cast but had totally missed people like Ted Dansen, Andrew Scott, Brian Cranston, and Dennis Farina.
@@ph8429 Also Nathan Fillion
and then they get script for their part and it's just one page with one line on it, something like:
"Soldier #275: *gets his leg torn off, collapses to the ground while creaming*
Even his son was in Band of Brothers
@@jamesgreenshade6065 and @Nick Parker You are also forgetting about Paul Giamatti
Spielberg has said he made Schindler List for his mother who's family was sent to a concentration camp , and he made Saving Private Ryan for his father who fought in WWII.
Holy shit really?
@@llamalloyd3196 Yes I think it was when he was doing an interview with the actor 's studio and was talking about both films and why they were so personal to him.
@@Lafever1883 wow I cant imagine having a movie that is dedicated to me.
@@llamalloyd3196 If you have the DVD or BluRay for Saving Private Ryan, there are interviews with Arnold Spielberg (Steven's father). When Steven was a kid, he made a war movie with his friends titled "Escape to Nowhere." Steven cast his dad as a soldier in the movie, because he was the only one who could drive the jeep.
Why didn’t he set it in the Pacific Theater? That puzzles me. Spielberg’s dad was a Pacific veteran and didn’t fight the Germans at all
I cry every time Giovanni Robisi (the medic) dies and calls for his mum 😥
How Ribisi didn't get a Best Supporting Actor nomination for this, I'll never understand
Such incredible acting. All of the deaths of the main cast were phenomenal acting, but Robisi’s performance was amazing.
It hurts because it’s accurate. Most of them died crying for their mothers. I think of some lady in her home worrying about her soldier son, meanwhile that boy is dying painfully screaming for her. It’s so much.
That part completely breaks me everytime. I mean, the opening scene is quite painful in itself, but when it later gets to him, that just hits the soul. 🥺
The Normandie battle is the best war sequense ever
Maybe. The Normandy opening however was great. Lol
@Luuk Hulsman What about "Come and See" (1985) russian movie? There's no scarier and realistic war movie than this one even exist. Comparing to it, "Save Private Ryan" looks like other Marvel's "Avengers" movie for kids. Spielberg said himself, that Elem Klimov (the director) made some lessons for him. For example: that sound effect during the battle on the beach, when the character can't hear noises properly, because of explosion consequences. The person who wrote the screenplay to "Come and See" and the director himself were the kids and partisans during WWII. The film based on their memories and historical facts, so it makes things even more horrific. They used real ammo to shoot battle scenes. And in some moments they used hipnose to prevent actors get mental disorder, because the main cast are kids. If you wanna check the most terrifying and realistic war film, just "Come and See".
"This movie gonna be 3 hours of stress."
Well
yes
The reason so many folks are recommending "Band of Brothers" (and also "The Pacific") is because they were produced by Spielberg and Tom Hanks, just a couple years following "Saving Private Ryan". "Band of Brothers" is basically "Saving Private Ryan" the miniseries. It's an incredible achievement in filmmaking as well and one of, if not the, greatest TV shows ever made. Reacting to it is a MUST. Great reaction as always, keep it up!
Band of Brothers is ALOT better than Saving Private Ryan and I love Saving Private Ryan. Hard to say it's "the miniseries" considering Band of Brothers is based on a TRUE story while Saving Private Ryan is FICTION. MAJOR DIFFERENCE.
@@thomasdemay9805 What about The Pacific? Would you consider Band Of Brothers to be better?
@@XxXDestroyer personally i never watched the Pacific. I can't remember why but I think Tom Hanks said something political that pissed me off or something around that time. I really need to check it out as I always see it recommended when I watch the BOB reactions
@@XxXDestroyer In general though I think "true story" war movies are better than fictional ones. especially something like world war 2 where there are a million interesting true stories i dont think there is a need to do fictional ones. this is why to me the best "vietnam" movies are We Were Soldiers and Hamburger Hill not "more highly rated" by critics movies like Platoon or Apocalypse. that said private ryan is probably the best fictional war movie of all time and not really close.
@@thomasdemay9805 The main story line of finding Pvt. Ryan and getting him home alive is a fictional story. However, the inspiration for the story was from a couple paragraphs found in the book 'Band of Brothers'. The film Saving Private Ryan, draws on the story of an actual soldier (paratrooper from 101st Division) named Fritz Niland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niland_brothers
I've heard WW2 D-Day veterans say that the only thing the opening scene was missing, was the smell. Everything else was on point.
Imagine theaters shooting scents during specific scenes in movies? That would be interesting.
@@Rzo139 Yep. The scent of gunpowder and diesel laying thick in the theatre.
@newsfan139, google Smell-O-Vision -they tried to do just that!
there are also some rides at Disney that use a similar technology
I actually read a story about somebody’s WW2 vet uncle who went to see this movie but he had to leave during the opening scene and his nephew goes to check on him and his uncle said teary eyed “ I can smell the diesel” absolutely heartbreaking hearing about ww2 vets seeing this movie every one of them get ptsd and flashbacks respect to all veterans
you would smell diesel, a sense of iron and shit. a lot of shit...
I had a great uncle who fought in World War 2. He was too young to join, so he lied about his age. He first joined the Marines. He was caught but later joined the Army. He was still 16-years-old. He said that, while in France, he had an experience in which his squad captured a German soldier on the way to another objective.
They couldn't risk taking him but didn't want to kill him. So, they told him their dilemma (through a guy who could speak German). The soldier asked to be shot in the leg. He said that he hated the Nazis anyway because they "ruined Germany." He even gave them food. So, they agreed to shoot him. They shot him in the leg -- making sure not to hit an artery. They were pretty sure that they broke his leg; but, they treated him (enough so that he would live). They left him there (weapon free with cigarettes and with a makeshift white flag) and went on with their mission (to rendezvous with another group).
My great uncle survived the war (although he was injured and walked with a severe limp for the rest of his life). He said that he always wondered what happened to that German soldier.
you should be proud of him! what soldiers wet through was just unbelievable
your great uncle is a great guy for showing some humanity in such a fucked up situation
Well better to lose a leg than to lose a life. In this sense a win win situation. Your great Uncle has got wisdom
90s Tom Hanks movies were probably one of the best decades of filmography for an actor
I think he's the 90's Hollywood MVP.
@@darkgreenrifleman4871 Easily.
@@darkgreenrifleman4871 This, Apollo 13, and Forrest Gump are all incredible and wouldn't be the same without Tom Hank's acting ability.
@@ethanperreault7470 Don't forget Philadelphia...Hanks is the only actor in movie history to win the best actor Oscar two years in a row (Forrest Gump and Philadelphia).
The 2 solders who tried to surrender in the opening weren't Nazi's or even German. I forget what language they were speaking but they were from a country the Nazi's conquered and were forced by them to fight for them. That's true to real life.
Ya they’re saying something like “we’re Czech, not German, don’t shoot”
They were Czech. Its meant to show Allied soldiers were capable of crimes against humanity just the same as the Axis powers.
@@TheGreyPilgrim28 I'm not sure that was the point of that. I think it was more to show it was a tragic mistake the Americans made due to the soldiers inability to convey to them they were not German.
@@circa81 You realize it would also be a war crime to shoot surrendering German soldiers?
@@zammmerjammer Yes, not saying it wasn't. I'm just saying what I think was the point of that scene, idk, ask Spielberg.
And to think this masterpiece lost the Oscar for "Best Picture" to... wait for it... Shakespeare in Love. Really.
I wonder how much influence Harvey Weinstein had over some academy voters back then. Supposedly it was a very nasty Oscar campaign between the two films.
Hey! I love 'Shakespeare in Love'!! I bought it on video and later replaced that with a dvd and I watched it many times, enjoying each viewing. I saw 'Saving Private Ryan' in the theatre when it came out and was impressed, but I never felt the need to see it again. It's no doubt a masterpiece of filmmaking, but 'Shakespeare in Love' is extremely clever and FUN, and at the end of the day, I know which I prefer.
This movie isn't great. There is a bunch of amazing action but the rest of the movie is a bunch of saccharine, beat you over the head, "do you get it???", tripe.
And nowadays"Shakespeare in love" is a forgotten movie. It sounded boring 20 years ago and sounds worst now
@@a.hollins8691 You're DEFINITELY in the minority....to most people this movie is a masterpiece . But art IS subjective.
"Whats up with everyone trying to save Matt Damon?" Wait till you see the Martian.
ahahahahaha.... as long as he doesn't watch Interstellar first ;-)
I’d recommend the book over the film for that. I mean, the filmmaking and most of the performances are great, but the details of Mark’s life on Mars was butchered because of time constraints.
@@DonnaCPunk Isn't that true of most screenplays adapted from books? ;-)
@@DonnaCPunk Are you kidding? While yes the book is always better, because Mark is such a fun character to be in his head, but the movie is one of the best adaptations ever made if not the best.
@@DonnaCPunk I think the general notion is that the Movie is actually better than the book and I agree.
Brandon: “I’m going to be so mad if this didn’t win any Oscars”
Me knowing Shakespeare In Love won Best Picture over Saving Private Ryan and is seen as the biggest robbery in Oscar history: 😶
Huntley Haverstock yup. Total joke. I remember that.
I'm an arty-farty cinephile, a big ole romantic softy, and a fan of Billy Shakes.
...and even I think Shakespeare In Love winning Best Picture is one of the Oscars' greatest crimes.
Harvey Weinstein influenced the choice of "Shakespeare in love"...
Still hurts, thanks goop lady, bet they paid for those votes.
Was thinking the same thing. Too funny watching him go through this realization
D-day veterans were affected because of how realistic the movie was.
I heard people walked out when that scene played in theaters, at least that's what my grandma said.
The German U-Boat vets had much of the same experience when "Das Boot" came out in 1981.
All U-Boat vets was allowed to see the movie for free. And many of them just had to leave the theaters. It just brought everything back.
@@hildajensen6263 Das Boot is incredible.
Douglas Campbell It’s such a great movie
As to the realism of the movie i would recommend this video: ua-cam.com/video/h1aGH6NbbyE/v-deo.html great history based channel who delves deep into supposedly history based movies, worth a watch for sure!
"This mans bravery has skyrocketed since the beginning of the movie."
Well, yes, but actually no.
famous last words
There is a lot of explanation for him that I hadn't considered at first that I'd like to share with you to give you possible insight. Upham was a translator who fired a gun once and it sounds like he definitely wasn't ready for war. It seems like this whole movie is relatively close to the introduction of the US into the war, so Upham is kind of the representation of not only of fellow Americans being baptized by the violence and converted, since not everyone was a hardened soldier like the other protagonists, but also America's reluctance to enter WW2 with all of the atrocities happening before their eyes, especially hearing Mellish get stabbed to death in another room.
Oooo I like that theory 😮
The United States had been in the war since 1941. This movie depicts events of June, 1944. The sergeant had a collection of soil from the campaigns in other countries prior to the invasion of France by the Allies. Upham was in the Intelligence branch. Maybe he'd been in other campaigns, but most likely not. Either way, Intelligence Tech Corporals, which was Uphams rank, rarely (if ever) were in a position to have to rely on their rifles in a combat situation.
Upham shooting the German at the end is NOT a rah-rah moment. That's his innocence and faith in humanity dying right there.
From the first time I saw this movie in '99 to the most recent, that moment remains the most powerful. Upham's development throughout the film is handled brilliantly.
That is over-interpretation... he gave him a chance in good faith, the German blew it (yet probably not deliberately, I think he did not recognize Capt. Miller when he shot him)... so it is an impulse of revenge by Upham.
Upham shouldn't have been there to begin with... Innocence and Faith in humanity doesn't belong on the battlefield.
@@kinagrill Everyone has it at the beginning, loses it in the middle and usually regains it somewhere in the end if you live that long. You see things from your brothers you would never think possible.
One theory I heard was that was Upham killing the only other person who knew about his cowardice in the tower.
One of the best films ever made. “Earn this” might be the most powerful two words ever said in a movie. Absolute crime it didn’t win best picture Oscar that year.
Nathan Fillion as the first Private Ryan was a big shock to me going back and rewatching this.
Holy Shit are you serious? Thats awesome!
There is something quite depressing about the two "German" soldiers that came out during the intro being killed, and that is what the solider couldn't tell them because of the language barrier.
"Please don't shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn't kill anyone! I am Czech!
What made that scene even more amazing is that as far as I know, the movie made no attempt (and I don't remember it ever being advertised to media) to clue the audience in that they were not German. If you have an ear for languages you might notice that they weren't speaking German. But otherwise, it was just a hidden gem to be pointed out someday.
@@blanketstarry7725 It shouldn't matter eitherway. A German soldier being drafted to the part of the front isn't any more guilty than a Czech one. Maybe I'm giving Spielberg too much credit, but I would think this was intentional to not go out of their way to portray Germans as evil per se. The entire tone of the movie isn't one of a heroic fight of good vs evil. There are shady characters and very human ones on both sides.
@@Siegbert85 You're right, it shouldn't matter...but we all know how war can be and we know how WWII was in many instances. We bombed entire cities, put Japanese Americans into internment camps, etc.. Though their joking manner in which they killed, what they thought were German soldiers, is disheartening, we usually look at things like that within the context of a Great war perpetrated by Germany. The German soldiers, even if they were non political draftees, were there to kill Americans. The Czech conscripts were victims of the German army and forced to be in arms way against an adversary they were not enemies with.
When Spielberg was interviewing survivors of D Day, they all asked him to not make it pretty, not make it Hollywood. Make it real. I study WWll, so I knew I had to see this when it came out. As I walked into the theater, very early to get a good seat, I noticed a number of WWll vets coming in. They were old and bent but wearing their WWll caps and jackets. They didn’t come in together, but were interspersed throughout the theater. I tried to take note of where they all sat so I could go help them if needed. I’d read about the opening sequence, most of which is based in historical fact. Right before it started, a young woman, late teens/early twenties, came in with her boyfriend and sat right behind me. As the lights dimmed, she was loudly going on about how gross this movie was going to be and she just thought that was in poor taste. I was about to turn around and tell her to shut up when the movie started and she thankfully was quiet. After the film was over, I was drained from so much crying. But the girl behind me was sobbing, absolutely hysterical. Her boyfriend was trying to comfort her, saying, “It’s just a movie. It’s just a movie.” She screamed, “No! My grandpa was there! He was there on Normandy! I didn’t know! I didn’t know!” I thought, “Thank you, Spielberg.” The theater slowly emptied as the credits rolled, but I sat through all the credits, which I usually do. When I stood up and turned around, I was stunned. All those old vets were standing side by side at the back of the theater, shoulder to shoulder, at attention. I thought they were going to salute. They stood there together, staring at that screen, a silent tribute to the fallen and the artists who told their story. It was one of the two most powerful moments I’ve ever had at a movie. The other one was Schindler’s List. Another Spielberg.
spielberg its the best!
I remember watching this with one of my grandpas (a WWII vet) at our house a couple years after it came out. We’d seen it in the theater and talked about watching it with him but didn’t know if he’d want to go through that again, since it was so realistic.
I sat there on the couch holding his hand and trying not to cry throughout the movie. He was definitely moved by the realism. The family sat and talked with him about his experiences after that. I don’t know how any of my grandpas came out of that war whole enough to be the loving people they were. Their strength of character has always been an inspiration to me.
Damn! 😩
Dude after watching this video, this almost made me cry. What a moment
I am moved by your story. ❤
Saw this in the theater when I was 17, made me incredibly thankful I didn’t have to go to war and thankful to those that do. What real war was like, what it meant to be in it, what it took from you and what you had to give away to be a part of something bigger than yourself. Pure sacrifice.
Please consider watching “Road to Perdition” with Paul Newman and Tom Hanks. You won’t regret it.
arctan2010 Absolutely. It’s a somewhat overlooked movie with fantastic performances from Hanks & Newman.
Also has one of Thomas Newman’s best scores.
One of my fav films of all time
Definitely this!
Please let this comment rise to the top, I know there's been a lot of Tom on this channel 😂 but Road To Perdition is one fantastic piece of filmmaking.
BAND OF BROTHERS! BoB in my opinion is the greatest war story shown on screen, it took the spot from Saving Private Ryan first episode in, in my book.
I remember when it was being previewed Damian Lewis and Tom Hanks saying that they re-used the sets for private Ryan in BoB
Currahee!
I did get to see this in the theater and I was blown away...shell shocked. My father in law went to Vietnam and he said he nearly had to leave the theater a couple times during the movie. Maybe when one of the big anniversaries of the movie comes around it will come back to the theater and you can go when that happens. This should be shown in high school senior history class just so the newer generations can see what was sacrificed for freedom.
My grandfather said that this film was like they took a camera back in time
Wow! Now that's real talk.
Jeez when you think of the kids these days aswell young lads as young as 16 going to that war... And 16 year olds these days... Its a different time man..
@@kylejones1532 i rather have the 16 years old today than those back then... war is hell.
@@peaveyst7 the problem with the 16 year olds today is they will create a new time that creates the 16 year olds of that era.
Hearing stories about the war really is an eye opener, my grandad had a sword of a Japanese solider that he took in battle. Never said how he got it but I’m guessing it’s obvious. Some of the stories seriously make you realise that these men and women were absolute hero’s!
My favorite war movie is "Letters from Iwa Jima" definitely a movie that isn't loved enough.
That's another great war movie
Loved that movie
Brilliant movie, so interesting watching another perspective to the war!
The companion piece Flags of our father's is good to.
Amazing movie
I went to the cinema with my father to see this movie..he lived during WW2 as a child..after the movie finished (and me wiping away the tears),my father noticed an old man sitting a few seats away from us crying his heart out..my father went up to him to see if he was ok..when he calmed down he said.."I was at the evacuation of Dunkirk during the war as a soldier...and it was exactly like that"..my heart went out to him that day😢
My great grandfather who sadly passed in 2014 had only told one thing about D-Day and that was that the water turned red that was the only thing he told us about WW2
When leading up to this movie they actually made everyone do intense “basic training” but they didn’t make Matt Damon do it, so that some of the animosity reflected on screen towards him is real.
This is often hailed as one of the most realistic war movies! Masterpiece and the best war movie ever!
One of the most powerful statements I've ever read from a WWII veteran who was at Omaha beach was, after a screening, the vet turned to his grandson who watched the film with him and said to him in tears "That's what it was like for me."
I get teary eyed each time I think about it.
cant believe the academy thought Shakespeare in love deserved an oscar over this
Harvey Weinstein lobbied HARD for that win. Was total BS. A movie nobody talks about anymore.
@@VCCassidy - Exactly. Winning at the Academy Awards is partially to do with the cinematic quality of your movie, but a little more to do with how much money the production company throws into lobbying the members of the academy.
Band of Brothers is a miniseries that I'd say is on the level of this, or even higher. Very highly recommend you watch it if you haven't seen it already.
Fully agree!
@@chloe1-2-3-4-5 band of brothers and the pacific both tear this movie out of the water
@@chilidog3518 no
@@chilidog3518 Not even close, Band of Brothers comes close and Pacific wasn't bad, but wasn't amazing either.
lmao nothing beats battle scenes of saving private ryan, the story is good tho.
If you enjoyed this then you'll love the miniseries "Band of Brothers". I'd highly recommend taking some time to watch that.
I really want to see that one now!
@@BrandonLikesMovies Band of Brothers was awesome! The movie "Fury" too!
@@BrandonLikesMovies You have to watch it! It's incredible!
@@BrandonLikesMovies "Band of Brothers" is solid, but not really more in my opinion. "The Pacific" is much more mature, profound and meaningful in many areas. Especially when it comes to craftsmanship and character development. And since I know you put more on it, I recommend "The Pacific". But that doesn't mean "Band of Brothers" is bad, not at all. Anyway, thanks for the great reactions. Refreshing when someone really appreciates craftsmanship.
In case no one knows, Spielberg and Hanks are working on the third installment of their WWII miniseries, uh, series. It's going to focus on the air war, and it's premiering on Apple TV+ instead of HBO, supposed to be in 2021.
My dad took my grandfather, who actually did fight in world war 2, to see this movie and my grandfather didn't make it through this opening scene before breaking into tears and having to leave the theater. I can't even imaging how difficult it would have been to have gone through something like that battle.
My grandfather who fought in WWII sat and watched this with my uncle. Just them. They had to pause for a good 30min after the opening battle scene. It was one of two or three times my uncle ever saw his father cry. It's very accurate on how it all was.
"This man's bravery has skyrocketed since the beginning of the movie. I absolutely love it. He's had a great character arc..." Oh my.....
Brandon, you did not get too repetitive, whatsoever. You stated everything perfectly. It is always such a joy to watch your reactions, due to your appreciation and understanding of what goes into making a film, and your commentating could never get old. BRILLIANT reaction. Thank you!
If you want to continue the Tom Hanks ride, I have always really enjoyed Road to Perdition. I feel like it’s one of Hanks’ most underrated performances.
That movie has grown on me over time. I didn't care for it too much back in the day at first. Weird thing is I can't really understand why.
Tom Hanks has a great trend of expanding on some of his great movies via HBO mini-series. After watching this, there's the amazing Band of Brothers & The Pacific that tell other aspects of WWII. There's also Apollo 13 and the mini-series, From the Earth to the Moon, that tells the story of the early days of NASA.
I still need to see all 3 of these series. I just never have time anymore.
I remember when this came out. This opening 20 minutes was so realistic and visceral that real WWII vets were having PTSD issues. So much that the producers opened a hotline for WWII vets impacted by the movie to get help.
This film has an all star cast including Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Tom Sizemore, Nathan Fillion, Bryan Cranston, Adam Goldberg, Ted Danson, Matt Damon, Harvey Pressnel, Dale Dye, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina, Leland Orser, and Jeremy Davies.
Don't forget Gerry Bertier ;-) ...they'd never have known where to look for Ryan without him :-D
Giovanni Ribisi, also known for his roles in Boiler Room, Avatar, Ted, Gone in 60 Seconds, Sky Captain and the World Tomorrow. And he was on the show Friends as Phoebe's brother.
I remember walking out of the theatre and seeing everyone’s food left behind untouched in the aisles. That first scene hit and no one was hungry.
This was me exactly.
My grandfather was there and when we went to see the movie he left after the opening sequence in tears.
At the showing I saw, almost a dozen guys got up and left during the opening battle. I remember being in the audience (having never served or been in war) and feeling really shaken up from the human suffering and the chaos of the sounds. Explosions and sounds of bullets flying all around you. PTSD nightmare. No wonder your grandfather left - no reason for those guys to experience a re-enactment of a scene from hell.
I salute your grandfather.
What a legend... The bravery of all the men who had to endure that shit... Like fuck
If you like this you need to watch the series'...
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
Both spiritual sequels to this film.
Also “Full metal jacket” amazing Vietnam era film by Stanley Kubrick
Not only a spiritual sequel.
"The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan."
Came to say Band of Brothers is just as amazing. I hope he watches those!!
All top tier suggestions there! :D Band of Brothers is still one of THE best series ever!
I never realized that the other James Ryan was Nathan Freakin' Fillion!! Nice!
jychilly I believe it was his 1st movie.
I just posted the same thing lol. I can't believe I hadn't noticed it before and I've seen it loads of times
"This man's bravery has skyrocketed since the beginning..." Oof. I felt that one deep.
I vividly remember watching this movie in the theater and sobbing so hard my date could feel me shaking. She's now my wife, so I guess she didn't mind seeing a grown man cry. 😢
the opening scene makes me numb. i watched it for the first time high and was beyond fucked up.
Have you watched The Pianist? I’d love to see you react to that.
I havent!
Brandon Likes Movies I can’t vote on patreon but you should maybe put it up for a vote... or something? I kind of want to tell you a bit about it pick your interest and at the same time I don’t want to say anything at all. Hope you take it into consideration. Love your videos. Take care.
YES! Such an incredible film. Adrien Brody's greatest role.
If you like this film, I’d highly recommend that you watch the Band of Brothers Mini series.
When this was released in theaters there were many accounts of WWII vets that broke down from PTSD watching the opening 20 minutes.
Yep. I recall one of them even saying that they started to smell tear gas while watching. Powerful stuff.
I saw it in a Manhattan theater and saw a bunch of vets walk out. Maybe 8 or 10 guys left in the opening scene.
I even knew a Vietnam vet who said that that opening sequence kicked in and he was on the floor in no time with his wife getting him up and out into the lobby to cool down before he could come back in and continue watching. It gave him heavy flashbacks, as well. The sound editing is top-notch... and seeing it in a good theater was amazing. Rod Judkins earned a well-deserved Oscar for that.
My wife and I went opening night. They had it playing in a couple of theaters and while we were waiting in line for our theater to finish and get cleaned up, the doors to the other one that started few moments earlier opened up and a lot of people came walking out. Several were horrified and one of the lady's said to all of us in line "You better prepare yourself, this is shocking. Guys laying on the beach crying for their mommy's". I was like "Oh hell yeah, this is going to be great!".
So the movie starts and I'm loving it, but absolutely shocked at what I'm watching for the Normandy beach invasion. After the action died down I heard some sobbing next to me, so I glanced over and there was this old man crying. I overheard him tell his wife "that is exactly what it was like". I was really impacted by that moment and gained a huge amount of admiration and sadness about what our veterans had endured that I didn't have before as a young dumb guy.
@@lobotomizedjellyfish2171 thanks for writing this.
the story of the SULLIVAN brothers, five brothers in the U.S. Navy that died when their ship was attacked and sunk. < something you should check out.
If you’re shocked at how this hasn’t aged cinematically, you should watch Lawrence of Arabia
I'm still trying to find a good copy of Lawrence on Blu-ray. Been wanting it in my collection.
100%. A masterpiece.
My absolute FAVORITE film. I even bought that expensive Blu-ray box set which came with a film cell from the movie.
@@ComatoseRoses I've already exhausted my local pawnshops. Physical media is dieing.
@@DonnaCPunk You too? I agree, it was worth the coin for that set. And the transfer is glorious.
The clock tower sequence is so f*cking powerful. The soldiers looking up at the aftermath, I couldn’t imagine what that felt like - your eyes, your cover, your comfort - gone in an instant.
This is one of the only movies that almost made me cry like 3 times. It is a phenomenal movie, and one of my favorites of all time.
”This cast is freakin stacked” Oh just you wait until Band of Brothers, Friend
Some vets walked out because the opening was so accurate to the chaos of Omaha Beach. The series Band of Brothers and The Pacific are filmed the same way but follow the true stories of 101st Airborne Easy Company in Europe and Marines in the Pacific. Definitely worth a watch, Spielberg and Hanks are EP’s on them. Hacksaw Ridge is great to but real story of Desmond Doss is even greater
I've never seen this movie. I'm pausing 10 minutes in to watch it for myself.
@Dakota Garcia, did you watch it? how’d you like it?
@@doctaflo loved it. Ripped my heart out and wasn't expecting Matt damon to be Ryan
@@dakotagarcia7781 If you liked this Watch Band of brothers directed by the same guy and is also amazing, then watch The Pacific.
Band of Brothers was produced by Tom Hanks and Spielberg and each episode directed by different directors
Smart choice
25:30 "Some of the best film making I've ever seen".... *Shakespeare in Love wins best picture oscar 1998* :/
Damn crime.
@@Number0neSon That was so stupid, the Oscars are a joke.
@@circa81 Spielberg doesn't make his movies so he can win awards. (Shakespeare in Love was pure awards bait)
@@zammmerjammer I know he doesn't, it's still dumb though.
1998's Oscars was truly a crime! Gwyneth Paltrow won Best Actress in the same category as Cate Blanchet, Meryl Streep, Emily Watson, and the great Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro. To this day, I still don't get it...
28:02 The guy on the stairs is actually different from the guy they let go earlier. The latter is the one who shoots Captain Miller.
Which makes that little moment where he just walks by Upham even more interesting. He just recognizes him as not even worth killing... which is... just... something.
I take it all back, you're right.
Think the confusion comes in Upham killing that prisoner guy afterwards so they blend together.
So Upham convinced squad to do good and let prisoner go, in final act he fails his buddy and a similar (ish) looking new soldier leaves Upham, Upham sees what this new soldier did, later sees the actual prisoner from earlier (who didn't hand himself into allies and just came back) shoot Tom hanks, so he executes him after he surrenders and tries playing/manipulating him again.
Damn. If I was stubborn and refused to be wrong I'd say Mandela effect and my reality it was same character...but no. It's clearly 2 different characters and actors.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that though. It's better that it's not the same guy but I guess they could've easily made it be.
The mind really fills in some blanks that aren't even there sometimes. Lol
You're correct. But it could be seen as a karmic payback moment. Save a life earlier, get spared later. Even though he failed to save his company men.
@@booty2k Reiben predicted that the guy would just be picked up by other German soldiers and thrown back into circulation.
@@jack456790 Miller's fate puts that into question.
My grandfather, Col. George A. Taylor led the attack on Omaha Beach. He commanded the 16th Regiment of the 1st Division (The Big Red One). He was a hero on that day, rallying the troops with his famous line “There are only two kinds of men staying on this beach...those who are dead and those who are going to die...so let’s get the hell out of here.” Watching this movie in ‘98 hit me hard. It took about an hour to decompress afterwards.
I saw this movie in the theater. Old people were getting up and walking out during the opening sequence. Some were crying; some were shaking; some were indignant; and some looked white as a ghost. There was a disclaimer in the news that if you were a veteran, the opening sequence might give you flashbacks. I had friends with grandparents in the war who had said it was about as realistic as you’ll ever see to what Normandy was like.
I am in absolute awe that an entire generation of citizens went through that hell.
I saw this in the theaters, and driving home afterwards I cried and cried. I haven't watched it all the way through since.
I know you already have a lot on your plate as far as shows go however, if possible I highly suggest watching the HBO mini-series that Spielberg and Hanks worked on after this called Band Of Brothers. I grew up watching it my whole life pretty much and it is one of my favourite shows to this day.
One of my favorite Tom Hanks movies is "Big". A lot more lighthearted than this! He got his first Oscar nomination for that one.
Joe Versus The Volcano, The 'Burbs, A League of Their Own, That Thing You Do! He's been in so many. I can't even watch Turner and Hootch. Hits me right in the feels.
I’m 42 and was in high school with this came out...this movie was mandatory for everyone to watch in the theater and yes there wasn’t a dry eye in the house....God Bless America!!!
I’ve seen this movie 100 times and I’ve only just noticed Bryan Cranston has only one arm
What? No way
😂
Dude same. I just noticed too Lol
Yeah, I also didn't realize Ted Danson was in it even though i've seen the movie several times.
@@dbaum23 and one of my favorite actors tomithy hanx is in it too!
I watched this movie for the first time tonight with my dad, and I am extremely disappointed that I haven’t seen it before. I decided to watch it because in my global 10 class we are learning about World War II, so I thought that this movie would help me understand it better. I’m 15 and I don’t understand a lot of war terms and stuff like that, so my dad (who has watched the movie a ton of times and is a war history nerd) explain the things I didn’t understand. I seriously cannot explain how much I enjoyed the movie
When this movie came out I was still in school, in Ireland, and it became compulsory watching in history class. It's no doubt the greatest out of all the movies based around WWII
I suggest checking out Band of Brothers. Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks are involved with making that miniseries, I can't even express the quality of film-making and the story of Easy Company... Absolutely superb!
I feel like making a cult about Tom Hanks where we could just watch tom hanks movies every sunday
We give Thanks for T.Hanks
Now that's a BIG idea.
Much better cult than Scientology.
I love that!! 😍 Tom Hanks Sunday!
This movie's a who's who of people who got famous after this movie: Matt Damon, Bryan Cranston, Vin Diesel, Paul Giamatti, all of them got famous after this movie.
Matt Damon was already pretty famous from Good Will Hunting but this role definitely helped.
But I haven't rewatched this movie in ages and I recognized Nathan Fillion for the first time!
Haha its surprising that no one spoiled it
Damon had already won an Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting and was nominated for Best Actor.
Yup. Also Blackhawk Down in 2001/2002. A few guys from this movie were In black hawk down.
Nathan Fillion!
Spielberg is a genius.
"Oh my gosh, how did they pull off some of these shots?"
"Dude these shots are incredible"
Those first twenty minutes took four weeks and 12 million dollars to shoot.
And remember Spielberg is the guy who is known for his fast moving sets and is the kind of dude who can finish off a 70 day shoot in 50 days.
Truly the only director who can pull off this kind of miracle.
U should watch the Pacific and band of brothers series.
@Studio Autio If you can figure out a way to record your dreams then maybe he'll watch it... :P
7:30 Those dudes surrendering weren't Nazis they were constricted Czechs ( If i remember correctly). A lot of nationalities were used and abused by nazis as non combatant soldiers or for utilities like builders. They were trying to explain in their language that the were used.... Truly painful when you get the context.
Yes, the guy was saying in Czech: " Don't shoot, I didn't kill anyone. I am Czech"
*conscripted
Yeah, it’s a tough scene. Honest brutality of war.
this movie does, indeed, lay it on THICK. So good, such a classic... so glad you loved it
Brandon.. "man the courage this guy has gotten.."
me.. "😳 give it like 10 seconds.."
I thought the EXACT same thing lol
bruh!! I was literally saying behind my laptop "wait wait hold that thought!... hold... that... thought!"
"This man's bravery has skyrocketed."
Me: (laughs bitterly)
"That's insane. This whole beach is just one whole death trap". Welcome to the insanity that was Omaha beach. And some people try to sell war as glorious
some men who died seeked glory, who are you to take it away.
@@energeez No one can give or take glory.
Welcome to the Infantry. Marine or Army. Surprised what someone will endure to win for their brothers.
As the poem from WWI went: “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.”
In case anyone doesn’t know, the title of the poem is “Dulce et Decorum Est”. It was written by Wilfred Owen who served on the Western Front during WWI.
The phrase comes from the Roman poet Horace and means “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.” Owen calls it a lie because he saw the horrors of the first modern war and the screams and pleas of dying men. That is why he says if you had witnessed it, you wouldn’t say that to young boys.
I think it fits with the sentiment of this comment and replies.
I read that Omaha beach was the worst place of all to land.
“Saving Private Ryan” is legendary for its battle scenes, which changed movies. I’m surprised you knew so little about it.
If you want more Tom Hanks, watch Philadelphia
Dude the opening scene at Omaha Beach Is intense, gritty, and realistic. In fact, it drew controversy from war veterans said that it was violent, but not THAT violent. Anyway, my family and I hated this film when some of the main characters started to die off later in the film.
@@kongvinter33 😂😂😂
@Kyle Whitehead Sure, Omaha wasn't though.
“Band of Brothers” = me and 90% of the rest of the comments. Watch it, you’ll see why 🎭
"This movie is going to be three hours of stress". I was shaking w/ nerves the first 20 minutes when I first saw it in the theater.
My mama said when her and my dad seen this in the theaters opening night a lot of old folks (probably WW2 vets who landed at Omaha beach) were leaving the theater & crying during the landing scene. That breaks my heart.
My Favorite War Films...
Civil War: Glory
Vietnam: Platoon, Full Metal Jacket
WWII: Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers (hbo mini-series)
PNW AJS I’d love to see a Glory reaction. I know he’s an Edward Zwick fan so I’m sure he’d love it.
Yes! Glory amazing movie!!
Civil War: Gettysburg
Vietnam: We Were Soldiers, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill
WWII: Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge, Das Boot, Downfall, Flags of Our Fathers
Moder Warfare: Black Hawk Down, Lone Survior, 13 Hours, American Sniper
@Roy Scheider in a hamster suit I loved Hamburger Hill, but damn is that movie hard to watch.
Platoon is overall too cartoony imo, but the last like 30 minutes become something else.
And it seems like the comment section is neglecting The Thin Red Line, definitely one of the most powerful war movies, unfortunately released shortly after Saving Private Ryan so audiences were a bit exhausted. Kind of like how The Prestige took a hit for being "just another magician movie" after The Illusionist that year, despite being... I mean... way more memorable.
Tom Hanks's a real good actor.
Sure is!
One of the best actors in our generation. After he did Ryan and Road to Perdition, he can do anything. I still want to see his Mr Rogers movie. Who better to play Rogers?
"This movie's gonna be 3 hours of stress." Yep, lol.
And thank you for taking us along for the ride. I knew I loved it, but I'd forgotten a lot about this movie. Like I knew the cast was stacked, but even I was surprised by who all showed up during your reaction.
Black hawk Down is a great movie if you haven't seen it
yay i got a like :D i love your reaction mate
One of my grandmothers worked in the Chicago 'death notification office' during WWII. Because of hearing her stories very late in her life (she couldn't talk about that time until 45+ years later), that scene where the car pulls up to Mrs. Ryan's farm reduces my to almost blubbering. Add that to the medic's death and, of course, "tell me I'm a good man", and this is the reason why this man/Navy vet won't watch Saving Private Ryan with anyone else present: I'm not going to do this kind of crying in front of someone.
I've vaguely observed and compared noted with my friends. This isn't a movie men watch in front of other men. And none of us need to explain why, but all of us know.
in my opinion the greatest war film of all time.
Your thumbnail reaction accurately represents the opening battle sequence 😂, one of the best war movies ever made!