Saving Private Ryan (1998) | *First Time Watching* | Movie Reaction | Asia and BJ
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The cemetery he is in is the one in Normandy, France. There are just over 9300 Americans who are buried there. It’s immaculately maintained by the French as a tribute to those who died liberating Europe. I was lucky enough to visit about 20 years ago. It’s very moving to stand and look over these fields of crosses and understand how many died.
On a separate note, Asia, from one Vet to another, thank you for your service and Happy Veterans Day.
Thank You ❤️❤️ Same to you 🙏
And the water you see in the background is Easy Red Sector of Omaha Beach.
@@ReelinwithAsiaandBJ That guy playing the sniper....I don't know if you've mentioned it....but that's Barry Pepper. If you've seen 'The Green Mile', he was in THAT movie too. Played one of the guards.
Oh wow Asia you served? That's amazing. I served as well. Army, infantry. Thank you so much for your service. God bless you. Great reaction by the way!
@@195511SM - Barry Pepper was superb in both roles.
When the Captain says “Earn this…”, he isn’t just talking to Ryan, he’s speaking to all of us. Our generation damn well better start taking this seriously.
Semper Fi
People here ( in the good ol USA ) that have never served do not know what the price of freedom is …… I served as an MP 2 yrs in Germany (during the Cold War 15 miles from E Germany every 3rd day in full combat gear locked/loaded )) in the 80s waiting for the 💩 to hit the fan. We were highly trained and motivated , ready for an attempted invasion. Luckily it never happened. My company was ready to lay it on the line. 1 yr stateside ( reg police duty …. It totally breaks me to see/hear all the violence we commit on ourselves. I think everyone needs to serve. There wouldn’t be all these stupid shenanigans happening. IMHO o7 🇺🇸
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I’ve became very depressed after watching Come and See (1985) and Woody literally watched me age from 21 to 28 in 2 months. He’s noticed I’ve gotten very close with Floyra the lead character in the movie and soon as I freak out, Floyra doesn’t leave it to last minute, he jumps into help immediately because I know what he’s experienced. Floyra refuses to let me become horrible like Woody and that’s why we are in hiding now since I’ve experienced some of Woodys terrifying reign recently and I don’t want Floyra to get caught up in it. This is literally a year after I almost died from an illness infection in 2023, when I told Floyra what I went through; he really wanted to cry because he couldn’t even imagine how scared I was
He actually said “Earnest” which means you are very serious and passionate about something, and that Ryan chose to stay at the bridge, knowing that he may still not make it home.
My Grampo fought in WW2 with the Army from Normandy to Berlin. He survived and returned home to start a family. And my other Grampo fought in WW2 with the Navy, and also survived. Thank You to All Veterans.💪🏽🇺🇸
I'm an Army combat vet of the first Gulf War, and my son is an Army combat vet of the Iraq War, but me being home and safe, as a father, while my son was deployed overseas in combat, was far worse than anything I dealt with in my military time, combat included. The scene where the mother is on the porch and the military car shows up with horrible news, that kills me every time because that was my worst fear the whole time my son was deployed.
Thank you to you and your son I hold you guys in the highest respect and I'm happy the two of you made it home RIP to those who didn't...
Gulf War Vet....1ST INF DIV. You are and will always be My Brother. No Mission To Difficult...No Sacrifice To Great....Duty First.
Thank you to all the veterans.
I did a combat tour in Iraq but I never went through combat like that of WW2.
@@treystevenson9872as a 11 year vet started as a 11B, thank ducking god
THANK YOU to all our Veterans and RIP🙏 to Tom Sizemore:SERGEANT HORVATH in Saving Private Ryan.
Navy here, thanks, fought the air war first Gulf War.
@@treystevenson9872 it doesn’t matter what war you were in. You risked your life and I respect that.
Ryan's wife at the end always kills me... the way she reads the tombstone, the way she reacts to when she's asked, "Tell me I led a good life, tell me I'm a good man" and looks back at the tombstone.... she built a life with Ryan, had kids, had grandkids... and in those 30 seconds, she shows that he never talked about any of that, even with her, in all those years. She never heard of Miller, had no idea that man had such an effect on her husband. The shortest but most critical performance.
Agreed
Good point, i’d never thought of that.
my dad was a sergeant in world war 2 to this day we don't know where he was or what he did.
This part of the movie hit me the most, even after seeing it dozens of times, it still hits me.
@@stewartbrown6710 I think not one will tell the stories or what happened there. My mom's boyfriend was a medic in WWII he never said anything about what he saw or did. The only thing he talked about was how much cigs were and the first time he saw NYC after the war.
My grandfather Terrell Howard Price, 29th Infantry, landed and fought on Omaha beach where you see this battle in the movie. He received a Silver Star for personal valor and gallantry, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Good Conduct Medal, and the French "Croix de guerre" (The War Cross) for his actions at Omaha Beach, as well as a Purple Heart. He was promoted from Private 1st Class to Sergeant on June 7th, 1944 due to his leadership, after his platoon lost their Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants and one Corporal due to fire from a pill box upon landing on the beach. He single handedly stormed the pill box and issued two grenades and then using his Thompson sub machine gun clearing the pill box allowing his platoon to advance and move up and off of the beach to the rampart at the top of the ridge where the enemy had occupied. He died on August 4th, 2005 and as he watched this movie 2 years before his death, he went through every emotion a soldier could experience, seeing what he had actually lived. He is the reason I myself joined the USMC in 1986. God bless and keep all whom have seen the horrors of war and remember, these men are the reason we are still free today.
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God bless you both.
Reading this really moved me. Thank you both sincerely for your service. Your grandpa was a very brave man. May he rest in peace now.
My great uncle was a medic on Omaha
A good friend was working at the local theater when this released. He said the first night it played and through out it's run. Our local WWII veterans would show up in dress to see it. And many would come out of the theater 15-20 minutes in. Unable to continue watching the movie.
This was something we hadn't seen before in movie making, at the time.
Someone mentioned a veteran telling them, that when they could smell the diesel, ocean water and blood they had to leave the viewing.
I'm disabled Vet and my uncle was in the second wave to hit Omaha Beach. I appreciate the earnest emotion you guys showed as you watched this. God Bless.
Hey, Richard. Thanks for sharing and especially for your service to our country sir ❤️❤️
I'm french and I will forever be gratefull to your uncle. I'm not a religious person but god bless him
He’s Jewish. And that was a hitler youth knife
Thank you for your service sir. My father flew choppers in Vietnam. I wish I had half the courage you men have, I should have served but I was a dumb kid on drugs and full of myself. I'm ashamed of myself and honored by our vets. I'm so sorry that our country is now failing the ones that gave most.
I’ll echo this comment. Thank you for the respect you showed watching & commenting.
Just to add, this sequence was so realistic that actual WW2 vets were having PTSD bouts watching this film. Its powerful.
It may have been realistic in terms of the violence and the “feeling” of battle, but, it was far from realistic in terms of what actually happened. Men were on the beach for hours.
@@Gunnar001 It's a movie, those things demand some rythm. To be realistic you don't need to replicate the exact duration of the battles.
My granddaddy couldn't sit through it. He was given a Silver Star for his tour with the Army in Korea on Pork Chop Hill
I had to interview some WWII vets for a college paper. When the conservation turned to this movie, they couldn’t finish. One vet just looked thru me like I was there. He talked about friends & comrades as they were in the room. His voice was so low I could barely understand what he was saying. I immediately changed the subject as I felt guilty bringing up the subject. As if I wasn’t worthy to be in the same room.
@@TheBongReyes that interview had to be a pretty long time ago
Walked out of this movie and met three veterans (old gentlemen) who had also watched it. They were part of the beach invasion. When asked how realistic it was, one man said “It was as accurate a movie as I’ve ever seen, son” and the gentleman behind him said “And it was nowhere as bad as it really was.”
I heard of a vet who saw in theatres on opening night, left halfway through the omaha beach scene.
He said "It just started all coming back. When i could smell blood, salt, and diesel I knew i had to get out of there. "
And then everyone clapped
@@estebanslavidastic4382 A good friend worked at the local theater when this movie came out. He told us that quite a few old timers had shown up in full dress to see it. They didn't make it past the landing scene. Many left in tears unable to finish the movie.
the landing scene in the movie lasted about 15 minutes, in reality it went on like this for 8 hours.
@@mot0rhe4d40. 💔💔💔💔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I'm 76 now. My father was one of the men who went on to the beach that day. He was involved in five campaigns, (battles), and made it back to have me. He's gone now but he and I were so lucky to have each other.
Thank you to all veterans for their sacrifice . Truly the greatest generation . ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸
I used to know a guy that was there on D-Day on the Normandy Beach. I met him when I worked at Home Depot. He was 89 at the time but that was about 10 years ago. He always used to call me to come over and help him with his computer and stuff. But he really just wanted to hang out. His kids never visited him. I loved listening to him tell stories about the War and everything else. It's like talking to a living history book. Except he was actually there. Most of these guys were still teenagers who bravely did their duty and watched their friends get blown to pieces. And the ones that survived came back home to their wives and had a bunch of kids and took care of their families and you would never think that they went through something so traumatic. And today we have people having nervous breakdowns because they read a "mean tweet". They truly were the Greatest Generation.
So true. Generation snowflakes can't be compared with the generation who fought in world wars. We are taking things for granted
The opening scene of the hell the men went through landing on Normandy beach is 100% accurate. This Vietnam era veteran wants to thank all you veterans out there for your service. God Bless....
I thank you for serving in Vietnam. Everyone should appreciate you all as much too;)
A big second to that Brother.
the only issue with the Normandy landings scenes were that it took almost the entire day for the beach head to be established. Several waves of men died before they ever broke through.
The D-Day scene is so iconic, and equally as harrowingly repulsive. Not many can make it through that sequence for the very first time without feeling unsettled.
Still cant believe that it really happened. Still cant believe we still do this to each other almost 80 years later.
I remember I saw this movie definitely younger than I should have for the first time. It was the first real depiction of what war really is to me as a kid, and it DEFINITELY made me feel unsettled. And honestly still does. But I also love the scene from a filmography standpoint as well. So many details that go unnoticed but as a whole made the scene what it was.
But more than anything this movie makes me upset that people nowadays couldn't care less for the people who go through this for their belief in our county. Regardless of how you feel about any war, the people that fight for us should be held to with the utmost respect.
history will repeat itself, when has man stopped killing each other?... yup
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I’ve suffered PTSD since watching the Normandy scene. I wish I was going to Normandy for its special anniversary
There always ahs and always will be war. It's just a matter what weapons they are fought with
@@nicolelawless9942 If you want more PTSD, the scene where the Germans are surrendering on the beach before they're shot is even worst with context, mainly for the fact they weren't even German.
"Please don't shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn't kill anyone! I am Czech." The guys were just conscripts from the occupied territories, forced to fight someone else's war.
The guy that killed Mellish with the knife through the chest actually wasn’t the guy they let go. He was a different guy. The one who they let go earlier was the one who fatally shot Captain Miller (Hanks).
This is a milestone in movie making in terms of the portrayal of combat. I first saw this in theaters in 1998. I was 11-12. I went because my history-buff dad thought it was important for me to watch. He was right. I even brought dog tags to wear to feel like I was a part of it. I won’t pretend I didn’t squeeze the life out of those dog tags during my first viewing.
This movie has stayed with me over the years. Tbh I become more emotional every time I rewatch this as I get older because I understand more and more the sacrifice that these soldiers laid down for our freedom.
Great reaction!
Correct. Many people have wrongly that it was the same person. A little factoid…. Spielberg later said in an interview that he regretted casting the German soldier that killed Mellish BECAUSE of the similarities in appearance.
The part towards the end of the Dog Green/ Omaha beach landing scene where they shoot the surrendering soldiers… they are speaking Czech and screaming “were not Germans”. They were conscripted into the german army against their will. That is a very real detail. Breaks my heart every time
What he said was, "Don't shoot. I didn't kill anyone. I am Czech."
I hated the asshole who shoots them and the laughs after hearing that, pretty commits a war crime. Was glad when he died
@@slovak4life1991 So many innocents died and suffered because of WW2. I pray we never have a WW3. RIP to the fallen heroes.
I never knew this detail, this scene will hold a different meaning with me. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
They sounded French to me vichy French likely they want to live but they were gunning down American soldiers 10 mins earlier
I am a 58 year old man from the UK first time I watched this in the cinema I cried my eyes out, and the ending there was not a dry eye in the house. Respect from the UK.
And this is what those young men went through….British, American, Canadian…..and this is why we should ALWAYS remember them.
This was the very last WWII movie that my Pop's saw before he died on 12-20-1998. It was the first movie that Pop's said was at least somewhat realistic. My Dad wrote a book about all his experiences as an 18 yr old private upon his induction into the Army in 1941 to the Battle of the Bulge to the Americans triumphant entrance into Berlin. The book INFANTRYMAN AT THE FRONT..Vantage Press, 1959 my pop's name was Grady P. Arrington. And my God, I do miss him so. They were and still are the U.S.A. 's greatest generation. Thanks Asia and B.J. for reacting to this great movie.
9:30 He cried over the knife because it was a Hitler Youth knife, meaning one of those bodies is probably between middle to high school age. That phrase he said before he started crying are the words engraved on the blade. They’re written in German but the english translation is “Blood And Honor.”
Don't forget he is a Jew too.
They soldier crying about the knife was it was a small take back from the Nazis. He was Jewish and new what was happening to the Jewish people under The Third Rike.
@@jerryforenzo288 I believe he was also Jewish, which is why he cried. Also, foreshadowing that he died by the same type of blade too. 🥺
@@JDPNW-zy4my Not only the same type of blade, he got killed by that exact knife. The german soldier took it from him during the fight and killed him with it.
My dad was one of six brothers who fought in WW2. All survived but it makes me emotional to think about how worried my Grandmother must have been. One of my Uncles was in the D Day landing and told me the man in front of him and the man behind him were killed while wading ashore. Surviving was like winning the lottery.
Did your dad land on Omaha Beach during D-day or a different beach
@Nicholas Gieschen III If he's an American, it was Omaha or Utah
@@jonasjelich4576 or he might have been in either the 82nd or 101st airborne
@Nicholas Gieschen III he said wading ashore
Massive respect to your family man
My dad was there, deep in that mess on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He was never able to talk about it.
He died many years ago but I still love him and honor his memory.
Godspeed dad.
I’ll never forget when leaving the theatre was like leaving a funeral. Everyone was pretty much silent 😢
We can never repay the debt we owe to those veterans who fought and died to to keep this country free. Thanks for watching this film on this day.
Not just this country, but the entire world.
I will never forget when this movie came out. My older brother and I took our mom to see it, at her request. Her dad fought in WWll. She started to cry from the moment the beach scene battle started and didn’t stop until we got home. She told us that my grandfather never spoke of the war but she said she could hear his screams during the night as he unsuccessfully attempted to sleep. She said the movie finally helped her understand his pain. He didn’t die in battle but he didn’t come home fully alive. His nightmares never stopped. He died at only 52 and before I was born. Man, I wish I had known him. Maybe some day. RIP Grandpa. Thank you for being brave enough to defend our freedom.
My thanks
I’m a 59-year old lawyer who served in the Marines in my youth. I cried when I read your post about your mother crying throughout the movie and your mother hearing her father’s nightmares. How sad for everyone.
@@thorsteele69 thank you for your kind words and especially thank you for your service
My sister is terrified by my screams because I had nightmares of the movie, it was very intensely stressful as I stopped united 93 from approaching Normandy. It was just me and Ryan against one large plane and we stopped it
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If you’ve seen United 93, you’ll know what I’m talking about. The nightmare was very intense still and I’m relieved that United 93 controlled by Ziad never reached Normandy or it might be on its way. I can’t believe that me and Ryan were huge targets to him and I hope that everyone helps this time rather then defending for ourselves against a huge damn thing. I know the worst is going to happen
My grandfather fought against the Italians and the Germans when they invaded Greece. He then fought in the battle of Monte Cassino. Then he fought in the Greek civil war. Then he came to Australia.
He once told my father about the men he killed with his rifle. I think it was a few.
I'm a sixty year old Army veteran. I knew many world war two veterans. Most are dead now. But the ones who were still alive when this movie came out. Said that they just couldn't keep watching it because it was so realistic. These are memories that although they were proud to have served. They don't particularly want to relive.
I was proud to serve as well. And I don't think we will ever see another generation like theirs where almost every single one of them volunteered to serve their country. They were indeed the greatest generation. Even those who were too young or unable to serve in the actual fighting. Found ways to serve at home whether it was collecting scrap metals to help build equipment or scrap rubber for tires. Everyone pitched in. It's really hard to imagine people today making all the sacrifices that their generation willingly made. For the common good of the country.
I'm very glad to see the understanding in both of your eyes of the sacrifice and heroic bravery all these men showed sacrificing themselves for the greater good of all mankind. But especially for us and our freedoms.
Never forget that freedom is never free. It's cost is the tears, sweat and blood paid for by the Men and women of our great country. So never pass up the chance to thank them for their service and for your freedoms.
When my dad (who is Dutch) was in college in the 80s he had an American professor who was a D-Day vet. After the war he was living and teaching in Germany when he discovered one of his students had been a German soldier stationed at Omaha, which is where the professor had landed. There's no way to know whether they ever crossed paths on the beaches, but after the German student graduated the two kept up correspondence for years and would meet every other month in Frankfurt for coffee. They held no grudges towards one another, despite having lost close friends in the war. The line that always stuck with my dad from the professor was "It's nice to not have to explain what war is like." It's not an uncommon thing either. Plenty of former enemies actually formed close bonds; many found it easier to relate with fellow soldiers (even those once their enemy) than with non-combatants, especially back in the day when PTSD was poorly understood and mental health wasn't taken seriously.
The opening scenes on Ohmaha Beach Normandy lasted around 20 minuites.
IRL those guys were stuck on that beach for nearly 7 hours.
Anyone went through that deserves the utmost respect.
My grandfather was in the navy during WWII. He lived to 97 yrs old. A great life. I was given one of his dog tags. It is one of my most prized possessions.
My grandfather fought right there on Dog Green Omaha beach on D-day. He served with C-Company 116th infantry regiment 29th Infantry Division. He got promoted from Private to sergeant in only a week or st. He survived until the war ended and came home. He was decorated for his participation in the battle of St.Lo.Bronze star with V device and the purple heart. R.I.P.Mister.
I don’t know if you’ll see this, but my grandfather landed at Utah on D+1 and also fought at St. Lo. I wonder if our grandfathers ever ran across each other.
Was your grandfather part of operation "Overlord"? I live in a small fishing town in England from where many soldiers were deployed. Every year there is a town service for all American and British soldiers who left that day. Maybe his name is on the Memorial?
my mother's best friend's husband was with those guys. brutal. all he complained about was how seasick they all were waiting for DDay. they suffered in silence and alcohol. my dad and uncles included.
My grandfather fought at Normandy. He never talked about it, as a boy spending the night with my grandparents, my grandpa often had nightmares and would wake up screaming my grandmother would have to remind him that he was home.
My father served in the US Army, he was in France and Germany, and he never talked about it either. We wouldn't have known he had a Purple Heart except for coming across it one day.
Mine drove the boats that dropped the men off.
I’ve had countless nightmares of this scene and had 5 severe panic attacks. I’ve had my 6th outburst this morning, Mummy is very concerned about me after I admitted to her about having night terrors on being in D-Day and had very little sleep since
The scene when the car is driving up to the farmhouse and the mother collapsing on the porch is so emotional
When I saw this in the theatre back when it came out, the crowd just sat silent at the end and barely moved for several minutes. Very solemn atmosphere. Can't even begin to imagine how those vets, or any combat vet for that matter, were/are able to deal with the aftermath of seeing friends die in front of your eyes. There's a saying, "All gave some, some gave all". Thank you to all of them. Past, present and future 🙏
Both my grandfathers fought in ww2. My moms dad landed at Omaha Beach. My uncle asked him if he wanted to see this when it came out. He said "why the f**k would I want to see that? I saw it already, I was there. Spent my whole life trying to forget it ". Miss my grandparents so much.
The most intense first 20 minutes of a movie ever made... I saw it in theatres and a row in front of me where three old guys, obviously veterans of WW2. Holding hands and crying all the way through.... For me as a 14 year old it was akward to see. Now as a 38 year old it´s not a mystery anymore - especially when I remember now what my grandparents told me about the war and what they had to experience as teenagers in Austria in the 1940s.
The reason D day was so bloody is because of the bad weather and overcast clouds the early morning hours of the operation. For the first couple of hours ships and war planes dropped thousands of ordnance on the beach to clear the way for the troops landing. Except majority of the ordnance missed WAYYY off because the overcast and clouds. The troops thought they was walking into a bombed out beach but when they arrived it was untouched… which caused the massive amount of casualties. Even then those brave hero’s continued and still over took it. It’s actually incredible
I would like give my respect to you for serving, Asia, as one vet to another. The movie is a masterpiece in every way, and I think it boils down to "Earn this ... Earn it." Those words were said to Pvt Ryan, yes. But really, they were said to all of us.
We also want to say, Thanks for your service to our country. Much love and respect to you!
Asia's reaction to the opening scene is just heart-felt honest. As a combat veteran her reaction moved me. Thank you.
This is exactly what I wanted to say. I felt the same even though I have never been close to combat. I could tell she has a big heart and I appreciated seeing that. We don't need more cold-hearted individuals inhabiting this earth, since they are already too many. Thank you for your service and God Bless you!
It took me three tries to get through the opening scene. It was too real. My empathy was too great.
Welcome Home, Brother.
I almost left the movie theater when I first saw it because it was so realistic and then I thought the very least I could do was sit in a movie seat and watch what they sacrificed for us! 🇺🇸😢 Awesome reaction- I love you you both talk it out after it’s over.
i scrolled-down to see if anyone mentioned this - she seems to really understand it innately: "these are the men who fought for our present freedoms" Also, thank you for your service.
Two quick things.
1) The soldier that stabs Mellish is not the same soldier that they let go, a lot of people get confused about that since the soldier they let go is also at the battle.
2) Upham was a non-combatant clerk before Capt. Miller conscripted him for his translation skills, he never wanted to be in battle and was never trained to be, outside of the general training he got in boot camp.
Thanks for clearing this up! Many people actually don´t get it the first time.
I remember seeing this movie for the first time. How jarring the war scenes are and the emotional impact the movie hits you with. You really do feel like you’re there with the characters and can feel how much they really care for each other.
Everyone should watch this movie because not only is it a cinematic masterpiece but it shows how awful and horrifying war really is.
My visiting dean from Cornell University hospitality faculty was there during D-Day at Normandy, he mentioned his platoon was wiped out during the first days leaving only him as the survivor. After that he remarked he gotten a 'immune to bullets' mentality and then he got one on his leg. Walked with a limp after that. I worked on a cruise during the 1990s - saw a old man cry like a baby while we are sailing into a port into Japan. His wife explained he encountered Kamakazi attacks when he was drafted into US Navy in WW2. These memories stayed with you for life. Salute to those veterans!
Tom Hank's message to Pvt Ryan - "Earn this" - is my favorite line from the movie. I think we all need to as an appreciation to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice on "altar of freedom". Thank you veterans.
I get the sentiment behind the message of that line... but a soldier never would have said that to another soldier.
My grandpa is a ww2 vet. He passed in 2010 at 87 but he was so proud of being a vet and having served. He lost many friends in the war but the ones that survived he reunited with every couple years. None of those men are alive anymore. But they were part of the greatest generation ever!!
Most of all thank your veterans for their service when you see them in public. Thank you for your service.
This, "Black Hawk Down", and "tora, Tora, Tora" are three of the finest war films I ever saw.
As a daughter of a WWII vet, I can tell you that the greatest generation is almost completely gone. When there was a call to arms, every man joined. It was very common for many brothers to enlist together at the same time
Not just men either. Plenty of accounts of boys joining to fight. When they said they were 16 they were told they were too young, go around the block and come back to say they were 18! Brave generation indeed.
there hasn't been a rightful war since wwii no shit people haven't been volunteering
After the five Sullivan Brothers were killed when their ship was sunk by the Japanese November 1942
The Navy and the rest of the military arms changed their policies for groups of soldiers fighting together from the same town or family. The Sullivan Brothers were referenced in Saving Private Ryan
Try find that patriotism today, especially when men and now women are being sent to die for market shares and pointless endless wars to increase some politicians shares in weapons manufacturing. Sickening. WW was the last war that men died for something of value
@@JJ-ef7lb The internet makes it easy for us today to aknowledge what we're fighting for. The politiciants and the state in which most of our countries are today DO NOT warrant such bravery from their men. So from my point of view, it's not that we're not brave these days, it's about not wanting to fight for someones corrupt reasons.
I’ve commented it before - What upsets me most is Ryan’s wife doesn’t know who Miller is. She asks “Who was he?” - Ryan never told her about what the squad did for him. He suffered silently with survivors’ guilt for 50+ years
Not sharing your experiences or the stories of what happened is so typical for those suffering from war. My husband fought in Vietnam and my father-in-law fought in WW2 on Okinawa. Both suffered in silence until one Christmas the two of them opened up to each other at the kitchen table. My mother-in-law said it was the first time she ever heard her husband talk about the war.
My father was there, from the invasion through the battle of the bulge. He never talked about it. Except one story about milking out cows in a barn they had taken cover in to keep them quiet. They never spoke of it.
It’s crazy how many men we lost taking that beach, but it had to be done. That opening scene? Probably one of the heaviest scenes in any movie to date. Still gets me. Thanks for the reacting to this! Massive respect to the Vets 💪🏻🇺🇸
Interesting fact @ 8:53 - 9:05: those two soldiers trying to surrender were speaking Czech. It was common for the German conquered countries to have their soldiers be forced to serve for the axis powers and the two in that scene were trying to say that they weren’t German and that they were Czech and wanted to surrender. Crazy all the little details that were included in this movie.
Another interesting fact that’s well known, one of the biggest factors that led to the successful invasion of Normandy was that the places the allies landed were HEAVILY under fortified with both bunkers and personnel. German tanks were ordered to wait further in land. I can only imagine how horrifying it would’ve been had there been more personnel defending the beach 😳
When this one 1st aired in theaters, there was a great number of audiences that had adverse reactions because of just how realistic it was
very true... I cleaned theaters back then lol...
There were many more ww2 vets around in 1998 and that opening triggered a lot of PTSD.
Yeah and I was one of them !!! I found GREAT respect for the soldiers who died and the ones who lived.
It's in our History books, it isn't just a movie. Never forget our brothers and their sacrifices. From a fellow US ARMY MEDIC Veteran. 🇺🇲
Thank you for your service. Truly, Thank you.
My grandfather was killed a few days after this battle. Thank you for remembering them and the hell they experienced.. they gave it all so we could enjoy a life of PEACE and friendship
My mother took me to watch this the first week it was in theaters. I've never had such gut-wrenching moments at the movies since.
My dad was an Army medic in WWII. He was on Omaha Beach as depicted in the movie. He was in 4 other battles including the Battle of the Bulge. At times daddy's hand shook like in the movie. Until he died he dreamed of German airplanes. Thank you for the respect you gave to this movie and serviceman. My dad saw this movie and said it was realistic but he said the actual was worse.
Thank-you for that story......I have a 2nd cousin (RIP) who was at Omaha beach as a 20 year old....had part of his leg blown off (like one of the shots in this film)...I never met him, but my father (1st cousins) met him....he died in the 1990s (I'm Australian.. he was a New Jerseyan)
@@fabianpatrizio2865 Infinite gratitude to your fathers & family for liberating my country.
Weird given how the German Airforce basically ceased to exist by 1944-1945 outside of limited mostly defensive actions, they played a small role in the Battle of the Bulge so perhaps thats where his fear came from.
We can never know what your Dad went through. That is what makes heroes.
@@patrickazzarella6729 Great insight as you niether knew what this guy's father went through and have never had a worse day than a bad result in a video game.
My great uncle landed and fought on this beach. (And survived.) He would never talk about what he saw. Just before he died several years ago he did an interview with a local newspaper where he finally talked about his time over there. Thank you Uncle Harold for your service.
God bless your uncle Harold.💗
I had an uncle who landed there as well and never spoke of it, that I know of, again.
I doubt that anyone who didn't land at Omaha ever experienced anything quite like it.
@@Moggy471 yep. I totally agree.
Thank you Mr. Uncle Harold for your service and sacrifice. You are everyone's Uncle. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.
My grandfather was a WWII vet. I remember watching this with him. He didn't say a word but I could tell by the look on his face that this movie brought back memories for him. I have a portrait of him in uniform on my arm surrounded by WWII. RIP grandpa I love you!
What you have to remember with the guy that was scared is that he was a translator his duty was never to be “in battle” he was forced into that mission and he was not equipped for it so his fear and lack of ability to respond is totally valid regardless of what’s going on or what he “could do” to help or save people, he’s just not that guy and was pulled from what he was good at and forced into what he was not good at. It’s actually one of my favourite storylines of the movie because it shows every aspect of what war was like.
Spielberg's message in this film is this:
Here is the price paid for your freedom. Have you lived a life worthy of their sacrifice?
And never forget the sacrifice of those dead souls and the veterans still living respect your freedom never take it for granted because nothing lasts forever
I got drunk watching this movie my head was spinning I had leave 😆
With every coming generation, the answer to that is more of a solid no. And now we're at such a stage in society that I will say that it definitely wasn't worth losing all those good men.
I really wish this had been the reason they fought, for our freedom, because the reality leaves me with a sense of sickness to my stomach and unanswered vexation.
@@Nerd4LifeTV that too, how society ended up is another reason why we should not have lost them, losing them meant the loss of generations of teachings from father to son, a line that was cut, teachings which are clearly, visibly, gone right now in the West and led to this decadence.
❤️ What a Veteran’s Day tribute. Thank you so much, guys.
Let’s give Mr. Spielberg his credit. No one else could have pulled this film off.
Y'all deserve more Likes and Subscribers. What an awesome reaction. I've seen this movie loads of times but it never fails to make me feel grateful for all that these great men did for us. We are truly blessed as a nation.🙏
U.S. Navy Veteran in Texas thank you, I love and miss my Navy
My dad fought in 4 campaigns in WWII including the Battle of the Bulge & the Ardennes. He even captured a nazi officer. He dealt with it by never talking about it. When this movie came out he went to see it in the theater and came home white as a sheet. I asked him if it was realistic and he said yes especially the first 5 mins. I was afraid to see it. Years later my bf & I rented it and I couldn't even get thru the beach landing scene I was sobbing so hard. It took several more tries over the years to finish it. This is one of those films that sticks with you for days afterward. Asia, I so felt those tears babe.
It was the same for my Dad. He was a Ranger. He never really talked about the war either. At least not to us.
My father lied about his age and enlisted. As a young boy he fought in the Pacific WW2.
He never spoke of his experiences.
Everything we know about his service we've found out through 3rd parties.
It was truly dreadful.
Dad never went to a reunion or watched war movies. Ever.
He stopped hunting.
He stopped going to church.
To make things worse, he also served in the Korean war & also had a rough service then.
He was a tight lipped, hard working, always ready to lend a hand sort of guy.
Poor guy was never able to maintain relationships.
Wrecked marriages, strained family situations.
War, the horror that keeps on giving.
Many baby boomers grew up with a parent severely emotionally impacted by WW2 and Korea.
Any war leaves deep scars and echoes through at least 2 generations.
In 2020 the poor old guy, in his 90s, passed of Covid.
Now some in the US are calling for or supporting domestic terrorism or civil war.
Mankind never learns.
Never.
My great grandfather was also in battle of the bulge
I can’t get through the Normandy scene either just thinking about what those brave men went through and I’ve had at least 6 breakdowns in 3 days already. I have to be very careful with my mental health now before it gets worse
Just so you guys know, when this movie came out in 1998 thousands of veterans from WWII who actually fought in Normandy and other places went to see this movie. It was reported that many of them could not sit through it or cried through the movie. The realistic portrayal of the fighting was so well done that it brought back many bad memories for those veterans, many of them could not handle it.
This is so true. I saw a gentleman, WWII veteran with his cap on and all, start to sob in the very first scene, the moment the soldiers landed in Normandy. It broke my heart and reminded me of my great uncle (grandmother's brother) who was in the Army and WW II veteran, and all his sad, sad stories of war. He was obviously never the same they say. He landed in Hiroshima the day after the A-bomb was dropped. The horror he saw.... How heartbreaking. God bless these heroes who courageously fought against true evil.
A man said he was watching the movie w/ his father, who was there. He said he could smell the diesel.
Babe you need to get re -hydrated after all the tears , which were fully justified. Actually Vets have been quoted as saying that the beginning of this film was the most authentic depiction of what happened on the day . My sister in law couldn't handle it and walked out in like the first 5 minutes of them hitting the beach .
@@ec6951My father was in the Philippines and Japan during the war .
I’ve seen that ending numerous times and each time my heart is in my throat...RIP the greatest generation 💪🏼🇺🇸
That hand shaking from Captain Miller comes upon him when he is faced with losing men. He was a citizen soldier, a school teacher, not a career soldier. Every death of the men he led, he had to carry that heavy weight. Even though he had to execute mission objectives and orders, he knew all to well the cost in lives that it would take and to deal with that knowledge one would justify it, try to make it rational in one's mind to say look if we take this enemy bunker, machine gun nest, pillbox out now, how many lives will it save going forward. It is the only way one can live with the choices one is faced with, As a commanding officer you lead from the front, you do not ask anymore from your men that you would not be willing to do yourself. You have to do the right thing, even though it may be hard. You have to be able to endure loss, otherwise you could not do your job. Thank you for your heartfelt reaction to one of the greatest war films ever to tell the real story of how it was for the combat infantryman, for those young men who many never traveled outside of their small towns, nor had been subjugated to the horrors of war and combat. Saluting our veterans of the Greatest Generation, who helped save this world against a great evil, they gave their tomorrows for our todays. May they rest in Eternal peace in the mansions of the Lord.
In this movie, I didn't see any soldiers refusing to jump off the boats, because it wasn't a "Safe Space." Nor did I hear any complain that the bullets whizzing past their heads were "Micro-Aggressions."
There is no doubt in my mind, that our soldiers of WW2, were absolutely The Greatest Generation.
Lest we forget. Thank you to all the veterans. Thank you Asia & BJ for this great and timely reaction. It's a tough movie for sure, but if it reminds us of all the sacrifice for what we have today it's important to watch. ☮❤
You’re so right Cali! Never forget and Thank you to all Veterans! ❤️❤️
@@ReelinwithAsiaandBJ Hi Asia and BJ...there are so many comments, I wanted to get this to you, in case nobody else has said it. It is not a big issue, but it is a mixup that many people make...you guys were thinking that the German that they let go after Wade was killed is the same one that killed Melish and that Upham let go on the stairs, but the two are not the same. If you look carefully in the credits on IMDB, you will see that they are 2 different characters and actors...the one that they let go is identified as "Steamboat Willie" due to his doing an impression of the cartoon mouse that later became Mickey Mouse, while the other soldier is listed as "Waffen SS Soldier". Steamboat Willie IS the same soldier that actually shoots Miller at the end, and Upham does kill him and then let the rest of his group run away...but the man who killed Melish and then walked past Upham on the stairs was not Steamboat Willie. You can look this up on IMDB and see the photos yourself. 💯✌
Never forget WWII
"Earn this...earn it."
Every single time...hits me right in the soul.
Thank you for doing this. I'm an OFWV, but there's a whole generations of neurotic Americans who have no idea what previous generations suffered.
I think anyone who's ever been a soldier will agree that Tom Hanks is great in this movie.
I've been in the army (no, I've never been in combat) and Hanks just kept on reminding me of so many officers I worked with. He had the mannerisms down pat. To me, his character was very real.
The part where Giovanni Ribisi is sad because he used to pretend he was asleep even though his mother wanted to talk to him as a kid and how it haunts him. That hit home. That hit home really really hard. I've seen this movie many times but that's the scene that still makes me cry. I cannot fortify myself against it even though I know its coming. I used to do the same thing as a kid. Sorry ma. Very sorry. :(
My Grandfather landed on Gold beach with British 12th Corps. I remember him watching this with tears in his eyes. He said the only thing missing from the movie was the smell of blood & diesel.
The empathy you both were radiating while watching this was so contagious, I almost started crying when Asia started crying in the first beach scene and I've seen this movie 3 times
I just went to Arlington...the tears really hit hard. It was so ominous visiting all these people who served, risked their lives for our freedoms...One day, I'll be amongst my brothers and sisters there.
My Dad was a WW2 combat Veteran and the hardest guy I've ever known. He would not speak of the war until the last few years of his life. Nothing ever got to him or bothered him, until the day I tried to watch this with him. During the opening scene of D-Day, he got up and left the house. It was the only time I ever saw anything do that to him.
Love to you Ed ❤️❤️ thanks for sharing!
My grandpa never talked about the war. He enlisted the week after Pearl Harbor. He was already a crop duster pilot so they made him a trainer for dive bombers and torpedo planes. I think he always felt some level of guilt about all of the men he trained that didn't make it back. When 9/11 happened, I was a freshmen in college. He sat me down and basically told me not to enlist. ... On the upside, he met my grandmother who was working as a secretary for a group of "engineers" from Oak Ridge, Tennessee that had been transferred to middle of nowhere in the desert for some weird reason. 🤫
This is exactly what I saw on my eight-year-old mind when my father told me what happened when he hit the beach in Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal. Everything here he told me about 58 years ago. The men crying for their mother, people looking for their missing body parts, the red water bullets that flew under him as he jumped over the side of the boat. God bless you dad.
The common misconception from this movie is that many people think that the guy who killed Mellish is the same guy who they let go earlier. Incorrect, the man who killed Mellish was SS and the man from earlier was regular Infantry. Also the man who stabbed Mellish doesn't say a word to Upham yet the man at the end knew Upham and calls out to him.
Upham kills the released soldier at the end. You are right, he didn’t kill Mellish, that was a different German.
Some WWII veterans saw this and had to leave the room. They said it was because it was exactly like it was that day that's how good a job they did producing this movie. Though most are gone, we will always remember these brave men who gave their lives for freedom.
I love this reaction, & my fellow patriots. May God bless all of the veterans, & the United States of America.
From sea to shining sea.
I cried right along with you. It’s a hell of a thing that generation went through.
And now kids the same age need safe spaces…… Wish we could go back
@@SM-tj6qp Nice try. It has all been completely pissed away. There is no getting away from what is coming.
@@SM-tj6qp there's no excuse for being weak in the country of opportunity
A few points I'd like to make, even though this movie is fictional, it was inspired by the Nyland brothers from Tonawanda, NY. Fritz Nyland was sent home after two of his brothers were killed and a third brother who was part of a bomber crew was missing and presumed dead. Fortunately, the third brother survived and made it home too. There was no big search for Fritz, the Army knew where he was and a chaplain informed him he was going home and he left. He was close friends with a guy named Skip Muck, also from Tonawanda, who was featured prominently in the book and miniseries Band of Brothers. Also, in the movie, the German soldier that stabbed Mellish to death wasn't the prisoner that Miller freed. The prisoner didn't show back up until Upham was cowering on the bank. That's when Upham saw that it was the prisoner who was shooting Miller which finally got him to overcome his fear and fight back. It's tough to see Upham frozen in place when guys are dying but his reaction is the most common when it comes to stress. Fight, flight or freeze. I'm sure you've heard of that. Freeze is the most common involuntary reaction, then flight, then fight. Back in those days, Airborne units were elite, the best of the best and guys still ended up with hysterical blindness or full paralysis or frozen like statues. Upham was a desk jockey. No surprise he froze but I was screaming at my TV too!! lol Great video guys!
I saw this three times in a movie theater. It's amazing on the big screen. I bawled like crazy each time. Still cry today
From an old, retired soldier - thank you to all my brethren on this Veteran's Day 2022 and especially those who are gone from us. And thanks to Asia and BJ for this reaction. Sua Sponte! I.D. tags (dog tags) are worn on a chain around the neck with one tag on that chain, and a second tag hanging off it on a much smaller chain as they have a hole punched in them for that purpose. The smaller one is taken from the body to help turn in the casualty report and the other left on the body for later identification. In my long-ago days, we had extra tags and would place them up through our boot laces in case the rest of you got really mangled.
The 2nd Ranger Bn in the Higgins boats got split up on the way to the beaches. Most went to the primary mission to scale the cliffs at Pointe Du Hoc and take out the artillery guns there. Some ended up over in the middle of Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry Division - where in this depiction CPT Miller and his company wound up. For the breakout off the beach, General Norman Coda of the 29th spoke what became the Ranger motto "Rangers, Lead The Way" and it is still used today.
I always appreciated that they had Cpt Miller say “follow me” during the opening scene.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 "I am the Infantry...Follow Me" heard every day at the Infantry School at Fort Benning. 👍
I was in the Army from 1996 -2017 and saw my share of combat. The WW2 vets and the Vietnam vets were MY heroes. God bless each and every one of them. 🍻
Your reaction was heartfelt and touched my heart. I salute both of you for recognizing the reali8ty of war. There are no easy days. SALUTE to all who have served.
My grandfather stormed the beaches on D Day on Omaha Beach. Same as this scene and survived.. made it all the way to the battle of Saint Lou and luckily survived that too
Happy Veterans Day!! My grandfather was in WW2 and stormed Guadalcanal! Thanks to all the men and women who served our country fighting for freedom!!
My mother and I saw "Saving Private Ryan" in the theater. This is the only movie that I've ever walked out of where no one spoke while leaving. My mother and I didn't even speak to each other until we got into the car because we were so overwhelmed by the intensity of this movie from start to finish. One of the greatest movies ever made. Thank you for reacting to this and to many others.
My same experience when I saw it in Westwood, Los Angeles at the National Theater. Everyone was quiet and respectful, and humble. There was no cheering or talking. We walked out in awed silence.
That’s honestly some weak ass shit bro 😂 a movie is a movie . Unless you served, you have no reason to act like that
That happened to me when I saw Scheduler's List. Nobody got up and left during the credits either. It was very solemn.
several people left the theater when i watched it in person
”We have so much to say… and we shall never say it.”
- Erich Maria Remarque, WW1 veteran and author of All Quiet On the Western Front
One of the greatest movies ever made!
Hello from a Frenchman! We can't say thank you enough for the sacrifices your grandfather made for us! the American cemeteries in Normandy break your heart when you go there! My grandfather was resistant so I really like when General Dwight Eisenhower felt that the French resistance had played a decisive role, he had evolved that he had done the work of 15 divisions! This movie is really realistic! there is just a small defect during D-Day is that in the film they go much too fast to the bunker! there was much much more loss to capture the bunkers! so thank you for not forgetting the compatriots of Lafayette! ;)
The French Resistance was important and is taught in schools in the US. It’s part of history.
Vive La France 🇫🇷 from the son of an American Airman and English mother 🇺🇸🇬🇧
To my friend from France, the American soldiers simply paid a debt to the people of France for your countries contribution to our Independence from England years before. Let us not forget!!
@@thomascerveny572 Good morning! If you knew the old French you will know that they were ready to do anything to piss off the English!😁 and they gave it back to us in the time of Napoleon🤬 (and before during the 100 years war) Now I don't forget the decisive role played by Great Britain during the Second World War and the temperament we had the English! So thank you to them for welcoming combatants from France! don't forget that the first boat that touched French soil was the Kieffer commando (French group that was trained by the British SAS) out of the 177 soldiers only 24 survived the Normandy campaign!
Every time I watch this I think about the people of France and what they had to endure. I visited these graveyards and Normandy beaches when we drove our caravan from Ireland.
I love the pride in Asia's voice when she sees the flag at the start. Happy veterans day
Both my grandfathers fought on D-day. One jumped in the night prior to the beach invasion with 82nd Airborne and the other Grandfather was with 2nd Rangers portrayed in this movie. My grandfather with 2nd rangers was one of only 2 survivors on his landing craft. When I joined my first unit was the same my grandfather was in with 82nd. Pretty cool seeing the big picture we had of those soldiers in our battalion hq the night before they jumped in, seeing my grandfather but also knowing the enormous shoes I had to even attempt to fill
I've watched this movie at least a half a dozen times and the opening scene even more... Your reactions were the first time I cried while watching it for quite awhile!
One of my uncles served in North Africa and Italy during WW II, he would tell me stories about being overseas but never about battle. He was in the artillery and finally when I reached high school age my mother told me that when I talked to him I had to make sure he was looking at me because was stone deaf from the guns. He had taught himself to read lips and never complained about the disability. This is why the people of this time are called the Greatest Generation. Not being scared isn't bravery, going anyway is.
My Grandpa was also in North Africa and Italy. Never talked about it. The only time I asked him about the war he said he just wanted to go back to Loretto, Kentucky
I will never forget seeing this when it came out. I was a 15 year old boy and was stunned. My grand father was a WW2 vet. I really appreciate that they portrayed the Normandy landing in a realistic manner and did not soften it at all. Unreal. I cried my eyes out after watching this back then.
Omg when its 1st came out my friends & i all got together and watched it on a Big screen @ my house because surround aounds had recently came out & it was AMAZING experience
When I first saw this in the theater, before the movie started, a young woman and her boyfriend sat right in front of me and was complaining about how violent she heard this movie is, she thought that was ridiculous, etc. I was simmering and planned on telling her to shut up if she kept talking when the movie started. She shut up. When the film ended, everybody was crying but the young woman was hysterically sobbing. Her boyfriend tried to comfort her, said it was just a movie, but she cried, “No! No! My grandpa was there! My grandpa was THERE!” Thank you, Spielberg.
This was cathartic for many of us.
Perspective of purpose for the coward character who lives-
As seen at the end of the movie with Pvt Ryan, these men live with everything they did and or did not do. While some men were killed due to the lack of action taken by the surviving coward (Upham), that man has been given the opportunity to teach others why the results of being a coward are far worse than the results of being brave.
Being brave by the way is just a great fear of doing nothing!
Im not sure if you folks have seen "The First Recorded Medal of Honor" on RUclips yet but its an incredible display of real life combat and one mans outstanding bravery which would ultimately save the lives of 23 men.
RIP John Chapman, USAF Combat Controller
Asia I cried too. Shows how much you feel what’s in your heart. Happy Memorial Day 2023.