SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2020
- Hope you all enjoy my reaction as I watch Saving Private Ryan for the first time.
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Original Movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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"...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'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 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. 🥺
“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 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"
Interesting fact: When the movie was released back in 1998, it was demanded that a hotline was opened for veterans who watched the movie and got flashbacks because of the film's gruesome realism.
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
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
About the german soldiers surrendering in the beginning and being executed: They are not speaking german, they are trying to explain to the american soldiers that they have been captured and forced to fight by the germans... Your reaction was "they deserved it" when they were executed which is exactly what the director intended - you stop seeing the individual and start thinking about "us" and "them" without considering that "them" might not be to different from "us".
Yep, I believe they are Czech
@@criticalmas7770 Yeah, they're speaking Czech.
Worst even is, that's a war crime. Even if they were German, as of the moment they surrendered executing them becomes a war crime. I understand the situation isn't the best for good judgement, especially after seeing your brothers die beside you, but... That's why war is shit and in it humanity sees its very best and its very worst.
@@Palmieres Yeah, the US was far from innocent when it came to warcrimes in WWII. Especially in Italy.
What kind of attitude is that anyway? They deserved it? For what? Doing what soldiers are supposed to do? You don't shoot people who surrender, no matter who they are.It's that easy.
Appropriate justice my ass. This is a combat situation. You are expected to kill the other by all means necessarry as long as it goes on. After the fighting has subsided though, you treat the survivors with respect. However...
if you are in a situation where you are faced with taking someone prisoner meaning that you can't fulfill your objective because you don't have the resources to guard them, then shooting them instead is the best option. You don't want them to be able to return to fight you at a later state.
"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.
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
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?
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".
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.
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.
"Saving Private Ryan", "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" are like a must.
Band of Brothers. Dude.
Band of Brothers is the greatest series ever made. I was obsessed and when the opportunity came to be in The Pacific, I did all I could to get cast and was a marine in the first episode, trained by Capt. Dale Dye himself. I’ve since met and worked with a couple of the Easy Company cast and talked with them about that experience, and there’s nothing they enjoy talking about more.
Please put Band of Brothers episode reactions on this channel!!!
Darren Bailey Holy shit! That’s amazing.
Yessir band of brothers
Band of brothers for sure!!
Band of brothers if you want to see more filming like this.
That entire series is a master piece!
@Justin Freitag Scrap GoT for The Wire or Deadwood and you're good! 👍
The Pacific is great too, better in my opinion.
@@feedmyneed6476 The pacific does not even come close to touching Band of Brothers. It was such a disappointment for me.
@@DeathtoRaiden1 My first watch of The Pacific was a bit of a let down. But the second and third time It really grew on me. It's proper good as well as Band of Brothers but I think you have to sort of, let go? Of Band Of Brothers while you watch it.
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.
Just realized Nathan Fillion is the soldier they mistake for Ryan.
Taylor Dinney I just know him as Caleb
@@anatoldenevers237 Also: Captain Malcolm Reynolds in Joss Whedon's "Firefly" and "Serenity."
Tim Harris Jr. thanks. I had only seen him as a purely evil serial killing false priest, so I barely recognized him in this movie.
Also vin diesel and Bryan Cranston were in this
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
"This movie gonna be 3 hours of stress."
Well
yes
"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.....
"This man's bravery has skyrocketed since the beginning..." Oof. I felt that one deep.
Sorry I’m not going to check all the comments to see if somebody has said this ... when the German solider was killing our Jewish homie with the knife he was saying "Give up, you have no chance. Let us end this. It's easier for you, way easier. You will see, it's over in a moment." and then shushes him to death. Kinda dark
Darkly compassionate.
I personally see it as a way of humanizing the enemy. Shooting someone a block or two away is one thing, having to do it with a knife and their breath on your face is another. Truthfully, neither of them wanted to be there.
@Iain Steele Don't know what they put in the subtitles, but he actually said: '' I'm Czech, I didn't kill anybody.''
Dark but I'd quess a humane reaction. When your job is to kill an enemy, and you're right in his face and it takes some time, you might as well calm him. All of the other options would be less humane (don't speak at all, scream at him, etc.).
@@wittyreviewer Contrast that with how the rifle is depicted in _Seven Samurai._ Any kill via the rifle is portrayed as dishonorable compared to kills via spear, katana, and, strangely enough, bow & arrow (though that's probably because that one still requires you investing your own energy into the arrow, whereas pulling the trigger on a rifle is less so).
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
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.
Fun (also sad) fact: when the movie was first released some WWII vets that was a part of the Normandy landing went to the movies and left during the opening scene because it was too realistic it did bring back forgotten memories
Those Memories were never Forgotten!
If you like this a lot then you’d love band of brothers. It’s a 10 episode miniseries on hbo.
With the added bonus of being executive produced by Spielberg and Hanks.
Band of Brothers is very nearly 10 hours of THIS movie. So amazing.
Not related to the topic, but I hope he reacts to the masterpiece of True Detective Season 1 too
He should absolutely do Band of Brothers. It is even better. It is by and large following the real people and events with minimal artistic changes. It has even more realistic and more satisfying characters development, which makes the deaths even more emotionally impactful.
I couldn't agree more. I loved Saving Private Ryan but Band of Brothers has completely eclipsed it for me. With how much he enjoyed this he owes it to himself to give it a shot.
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).
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.
Fun fact. The first time my dad saw this in a theater. Some ww2 vets were there from D-Day. Afterwards he went up to them and thanked them. And asked if this was realistic. The old man replied “The only thing they didn’t get was the smell of the dead bodies.” He said the man was shaking after the movie. Which is why he went up and checked on him.
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
Fun fact: The cost of the 24 minute opening scene of D-day was 12 million dollars and 1500 extras participated.
Yeah the Irish Army
It is interesting, but not fun...
12 millions well spent
And even in 2020 there are none or just a few war movie sequences as epic as in Saving Private Ryan
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.
Giovanni Ribisi's(the medic) death scene is one of the most depressing scenes in cinema for me. So tough to watch, but such a great movie.
The scene I really liked is when Vin Diesel’s character was carrying the child. That scene had two significant messages for me; one being that the german sniper had him in his sights the whole exchange but didn’t fire while the child was still in his hands and the other being that he gave his cross and the lord protection to the child as she was being carried away, along with his cross, then he was shot by the sniper
If he were an atheist, he might have had enough time to get out of the way. Just sayin'
@Element Hunter Seen it, not very impressed. This is still, today, a better looking movie
@@ZapperguyLOL lmfao. yep he gave the cross away and God was like oh helllll no
In another way to look at it, you can see Carpazo's compassion to the poor girl. In a sense he carried his crucifix and gave that to the girl. A symbol of the Son Jesus Christ giving himself up for the children of God. That very moment, he himself gave up his life as he was the first man to walk out in the open to be shot by the sniper. A human sacrifice like Christ was
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.
When I left this movie and Schindler's List, I found myself looking at the older men in the cinema audience in a whole new light. It was a solemn moment as we all exited. That's when you know a filmmaker has done right by their subject.
The opening scenes were the most realistic depiction of the D-Day landings yet filmed. In the real landings, there were some 10,000 allied casualties: among those, an estimated 3700 killed - in one day.
Several WW-2 vets, including some D-Day survivors, saw this film when it was released, and suffered PTSD, it was so realistic.
"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.
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
Shakespeare in Loves win over Saving Ryan is seen as one of the biggest Oscar Snubs of all Time.
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
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
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: ruclips.net/video/h1aGH6NbbyE/видео.html great history based channel who delves deep into supposedly history based movies, worth a watch for sure!
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
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The scene when the medic is talking about how he feigned sleep when his mom came home ... just heartbreaking.
Combined with his death where he cries out for her on his last breaths.
He died the next day too :(
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.
I first saw this on its initial release in a cinema back in 1998. It took me the rest of the movie to get over the first twenty minute Normandy Beach landing. It’s a movie that I keep on returning to over and over again.
“Earn this”.......
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.
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.
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.
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 will for-EVER cry during this movie... 😭 Freakin awesome acting and cinematography EV-er... and John Williams as composer is one of the BEST to pull on your heart strings... ❤️👏🏽❤️
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.
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!
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.
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.
Those two “German” soldiers surrendering at the start were actually Czech. Germany would conscript men from the nations they occupied and force them to fight for them.
They were saying, Please don't shoot, I didn't kill anyone, I'm Czech.
I saw this movie 20 years ago but I didn't know about this 'truth' until just recently. The article in which I learned this fact gave Spielberg props for including this scene because it was actually something that happened. Its a small detail, but its a thoughtful one, especially considering that very few people (including myself obviously) would ever realize the significance of it.
It was actually common the Russian did this extensively compared to everyone else.
People love to say the Russian had a population of almost 200million at the time but the truth is only about 110million were ethnic Russian's.
Edit: Should also mention it was actually more common for people to volunteer to fight for Germany then forced, the Germans actually didn't trust most none Germans, however about 600,000 to 1million Russian troops changed sides to fight for Germany and only about 60,000 changed back to fight for Russians when they could the majority actually died fighting for Germany.
Many of my Latvian ancestors actually preferred to fight for the Nazi's since the USSR was a big enemy to Latvia and they had to pick a side.
You are reading too deep into this. They were czech stuntsmen who got away saying something in czech. Same thing was in titanic czech stuntman were very common back then and they mostly got away saying something in czech. Im almost sure that part was not in the script and just decided on the set.
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. ❤
My wife's father was a ball turret gunner in a B-17, he was short about 5'5, they required somebody of short stature and he flew 22 missions from 44-45. He was the nicest man I ever knew.
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.
Some ww2 vets did have flash backs in the theaters when this came out.
I also read that often nobody got up from their seats until after the credits ended and the lights came up.
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😢
“Saving Private Ryan” is legendary for its battle scenes, which changed movies. I’m surprised you knew so little about it.
this movie does, indeed, lay it on THICK. So good, such a classic... so glad you loved it
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
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And that is why Band of Brothers is definitely a must-see for you :).
Each death from the main characters breaks my heart. This is one of the few films that gives me chills, has me in tears; every time seeing it.
My friend's grandfather was a sole survivor of his platoon at Normandy beach. My friend said that his grandpa could NOT EVER talk about the war - even if someone asked him.
You should watch the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, produced by Tom Hanks. MANY good actors in that show.
Best mini series
Agree, I hope he sees this comment
The pacific as well. Shows you the other theater of ww2. US marine corps fighting the Japanese
"I could watch this for another six hours!"
Band of Brothers: "Oh hi there!"
This guy never seen Saving Private Ryan? That's unbelievable. This movie is iconic and so memorable to me. I can remember and quote lines from the film at the top of my head.
My Dad was under Gen. Patton's command and was supposed to be part of the D-Day invasion, but his appendix burst right before (and he almost died from that because they thought he was faking at first), Watching this movie made my blood run cold.
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
When Brandon gets excited and calls a character a "legend" it just makes me smile.
Alot of ww2 vets who went and watched this movie in theatres couldnt even make it out the first scene of the movie it brought back so many memories. Some said it literally felt like they were back in battle. They even had a hotline for vets to call cause they were so traumatized when this movie came out
"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.
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.
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
I was working at a VA Hospital when this movie came out. It messed up tons of vets. It was so realistic that PTSD was running rampant for months. A lot of them couldn't watch the whole movie.
I saw this movie upon it's original release in theaters in 1998. Men that appeared to be of WWII age (70-80 years old) at the time came out of the packed theater weeping. It was extremely powerful and an amazing experience in a cinema. In the initial battle scene you could feel yourself ducking down in your seat as the surround sound carried the bullets over your head.
A friend and I saw "Saving Private Ryan" in the theater the weekend it opened. At the very end, just as the credits began to roll, some dude a few rows in front of us stood up and yelled, "How dare Bill Clinton set foot on Normandy Beach!"
We were like, um, okay, bud, take it down a notch. Just goes to show that some people refuse to separate their politics from their entertainment... even way back then.
This is often hailed as one of the most realistic war movies! Masterpiece and the best war movie ever!
I always cry when I see the old soldier go to the grave of the fallen..The more times I watch this film, the more I cry. Very powerful film.
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.
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.
Did you recognise the actor when they found the wrong Private Ryan early on? It was a young Nathan Fillion 🤗
What ? I just noticed that.
Did he say to any Germans "by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you"?
@@gatorcountry3821 There's no way to find out
Jeff Larick no, they asked if he was prepared to die for his beliefs. He said “I am” then shot them and followed with “‘Course, that ain’t exactly Plan A!”
That's mad I've never noticed that before
I saw this in theaters opening week and yes, that opening sequence made you breathless. The only other time I had that feeling was after the lobby shootout scene in The Matrix.
The most heartbreaking moment for me is when Wade asks for more morphine. In that moment, Wade realizes he is beyond help, and everyone else does too. With a few more morphine shots, he will just slip away and die. He knows the wound is fatal and he just wants to let go.
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.
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.
They brought actual ww2 vets to see this movie, they all left during first battle, was way too real for them, great movie
Watching this film in the theater was beyond words. I cried for about a half hour.