One part that hits me the most, out of the many, is when the elderly Private Ryan says to his wife " Tell me I've led a good life. Tell me I'm a good man." 😢
Another bit that floors me with that one is they had picked out the location where they wanted to do the cemetery filming and they were just going to cover one of the crosses with a cover with the name Capt. John Miller or digitally change it post filming. In a crazy bit of circumstance they never needed to do that as sitting right there where they wanted to film that sequence was the grave of one actual Capt. John Miller who died during WW2.
Having served 21.5 years and two Iraq tours having a Brother-in-Arms K.I.A. Coming home with a flag draped casket this movie tore me up. Just like Five Finger Death Punch’s Wrong Side of Heaven brings tears to my eyes.
The letter from Abraham Lincoln to a mother who lost her sons in civil war was so profound! So great a sacrifice for a mother to bare! The price of freedom is not free freedom comes with a price! To give your life for freedom!
@@blafonovision4342the Japanese attacked the Americans at Pearl Harbor and the Germans then declared war on US. Not the mention the obvious genocide and silvery of the Jewish race and killings of polish, gypsies etc. hitler and the nazis absolutely needed to be stopped
@@blafonovision4342 Yeah, leave the rest of the world to fascist dictators. Do you think the US would have lasted alone in the world? NO. Good people needed our help. People like you can sit down and zip it up while the big people talk.
As a forces veteran this movie always brings me to uncontrollable tears, I've lost my share of brothers in arms, I've suffered injuries, and i shall suffer till the day comes when i leave this world... I really can't express enough how accurate this movie portrays the horrors of battle, this movie is a true masterpiece..
@@Sigma1_969 Sir, in my eye, ALL of you Veterans of the Armed Forces who have bleed and make sacrifice, an ultimate one by some, DESERVE the respect from us younger generation. Once again, thank you for you and your Band of Brother's Service and Sacrifice. 07
"Earn this" = deserve the life that's been saved for you. And his wife confirms the earning with her positive answer to his requests: "Tell me I have led a good life. Tell me I'm a good man." To my way of thinking, James had ALREADY EARNED IT, by serving (1942-1945) in the 101st Airborne.
Right, but remembering that conversation he had with Miller, about what a shitty kid he had been... He just needed confirmation that he did things the right way for his family and throughout the rest of his life. Some people (myself included) don't trust themselves after some certain events, we constantly second-guess ourselves...
Roland..I agree ww2 guys were great but...I served in Vietnam, 66 67 as a medical corpsman with th 3rd marine division. The young marines I served with every bit as good as ww2 guys, just a different war and time. I still luv the Corps and am now 78 yrs old still suffering from wounds from Dec. 16, 1966. P!us, we had no or little support at home. Shitty war but it was the only war we had an Dec we did ourbest, o shame here.
He who honors me, I will honor. We owe everything to the generation of men and women who served during that time. We enjoy the gifts of this life because of them. Never forget them.
One of John Williams' most restrained, thoughtful, and introspective soundtracks. Williams is famous for his soaring, stirring themes, often bombastic, full, and loud. But not this one. The combat scenes have zero music in them. The little music there is in this movie is quiet and melancholy. Williams is a genius who understood what the purpose of the soundtrack of this movie, and by extention, what the purpose of this movie, was all about.
The part that speaks to me is that all Cpt. Miller wanted to do was get home to his wife. Also, James Ryan never told his wife about any of his experiences - she had no idea who Cpt. Miller was - the guilt he carried alone for decades must have been crushing.
@andrewcrowder4958 I've seen both pictures. In my opinion, Saving Private Ryan was the better of the two films. I was totally surprised that Ryan didn't win the best picture Oscar
Angels on our shoulders yes sir angels are on your shoulders watching this movie hits deep down from the heart and wants me to thank the men who fought for there country even more not just for themselves but for there families they have back home and also for the men who survived through it that wish that they could do more to save there brothers for coming back home Thank you for your service
When I was in the Marines and overseas,I wrote a letter to my wife and put it in my sea bag,in case something happend to me.I thought I had thrown it away just before I rotated back to the states. A few years ago my wife and I were cleaning up and I found my old sea bag.We started going through it and I left the room for a few minutes and when I walked back in my wife was sitting on the floor crying her eyes out,I thought she’d somehow hurt herself,then I saw the envelope and letter next to her.I got down on the floor with her and she threw her arms around me and held me so hard I could barely breath,I never knew she was that strong. She was crying so hard,then she looked up at me and said, you coulda died,you coulda died ,I told her I’m safe now everything is ok. I held her and told her we’ll never be apart again and we’ll keep each other safe.
@@bufordteejustice1119That, of course, was your hero Trump who disrespected the fallen soldiers. Of course you would agree with him, since you goose step in line with whatever he says.
This historical Captain Miller was killed defending the Remagen Bridge very much as displayed in this movie. You see his head stone at the end of the move
@@edwardmcdermott9948 FICTION!!! 99% of the movie is FICTION. That is why it is called a MOVIE and not a DOCUMENTARY. Actually Captain Miller did not die at the bridge or on that day. Some people believe everything they see on screen and I guess that you are one of them
Comments from those saying what they would have done having never been in this situation are just ridiculous.... Talk to those men who were there whether in WW2 or any other conflict and ask them. 💔
@@raybernal6829 You can't seem to know know when someone is agreeing with your post and instead feel the need to correct it and roll your little eyes. Be better than that. You have yourself a dandy weekend sir.
Amazin how many are so quick to label Upham a coward for how he acted when they themselves have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how THEY would act in that situation!
We know how he should have acted. He was a trained soldier. Went to Boot Camp just like the rest of them and his comrades counted on him and he got them killed. No excuse.
@@ronlackey2689 He was never supposed to see combat like that. He only knows how to handle a gun. On top of that he was probably drafted so it's not like he was dying to go out and serve. He's just a normal person and normal people can freeze when thrown into that kind of scenario. I like to think I would be able to help but if my circumstances where they same as his I would probably freeze up too. Steven Spielberg himself has even said that he relates the most to Upham
@@kaijuwarrior8917 Every rifleman's trained for combat. You're a rifleman first and a clerk, typist, baker, cook, mechanic second. And I can believe that Spielberg relates most to Upham
@@ronlackey2689 He went through the most basic of basic training to get him in service as fast as possible. And he’s not battle hardened like the rest of Miller’s squad. There have probably been thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of Uphams in the history of war. Some people just freeze when put in high stress situations. Simple as that. And you can tell he hates himself for freezing by the way he collapses and cries. Plus he’s not a rifleman. He’s in the army not the marines. He’s a soldier who should’ve never been a soldier yknow
@@kaijuwarrior8917 You make a ton of assumptions to bolster your argument there pard. You act as though you have intimate knowledge of him. And what's that thing he holds in his hands? A rifle. Thus, he's a rifleman.
Captain Miller was the final victim of the Cursed Letter. Caparzo: Has letter. Shot by sniper. Wade: Takes letter from Caparzo, makes a clean copy. Killed by machine gun fire. Miller: Takes letter from Wade. Shot and killed by the man he let go. Reiben takes it off of Miller's corpse, but we don't see what happened to him afterwards,
I hope there's an award for just casting. The old and young Ryan could be family. Harrison Young played the elderly James Ryan in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. Young was an American character actor who was born on March 13, 1930 and died on July 3, 2005.
Jeremy Davies, who played Upham, is a seriously underrated actor. Would love to see him in more movies or TV but he must have his reasons for not working that often.
Davies was great as Charles Manson since they do look quite similar and was great in The Million Dollar Hotel and Rescue Dawn too but my guess is he works on stuff he likes. Doesnt seem like he's out to ba an A lister or do cheesey crap but rather chooses parts that either challenge him or are fun for him (at least thats my guess) But this scene enraged me as much as the one where Adam Goldberg's character is getting a bayonet thru his heart while Upham cowers and wheeps on the staircase only put his hands up in surrender to the descending German when he could have got the drop on him and at least killing in for killing Golderg since you didnt do anything to save him. Also, I know he killed Miller's killer whom he argued for sparing earlier on but to me that shit was a day late and a dollar short.
@@brewcitymike1 Yeah, he finally grows the balls to actually shoot his rifle, and it's to get revenge on a SURRENDERING soldier who is no longer a threat to him. What a fucking hero. Upham is the worst.
steven Spielberg meant for the rest of us to earn it!! just so you know, it wasn't the same letter that was being passed around, each soldier had to write a last word to their family in case they were killed
Steamboat Willy deserved that bullet honestly, I never once felt bad for the guy. He only let Upham live because he wouldn't have fought back and he got Captain Miller to let him go earlier on, he still killed Mellish and Captain Miller despite Captain Miller sparing him
Nit picking.... it was the P-47 Thunderbolt that was named the "Tank Buster", not the P-51 "Mustang". That's not to say that a P-51 couldn't be used for anti tank missions. ** Actually, at the beginning of the movie, if you look at the old man's jacket, you will see a 101st Airborne pin. Ryan was Airborne, Miller was a Ranger.
To all you who called Upham a coward, how do you think you would do in his situation? He was a support troop, a company clerk, a typist. Support troops were generally not trained in nothing except the very basics of combat. Here is your rifle, here is how to load it and keep your head down. The only branch where every man is fully combat indoctrinated is the Marine Corp. My dad who is almost 93 joined the National Guard in 1949. He was the company clerk for his unit. He ask the First Sargent if he could have full training and was granted. Good thing, Less than 2 months later the Korean War broke out and his unit was on standby. They were an ARMORED CAVALRY Company equipped with WWII surplus vehicles and equipment.
Admittedly, I thought Upham was a coward at first too but looking back I now realize his situation was a lot more complicated. Like you said, he was never supposed to see combat in the first place and as he clearly told Captain Miller was not a trained soldier. Unfortunately, Miller had to follow orders and therefore had no choice but to include him in the unit. My only issue with Upham is that he was the one against killing that same German cocksucker who killed Miller in this final scene.
@@xyPERSONUpham is supposed to be a representation of innocent and how that innocent is lost in war. He let Willy go because he thought it was the right thing to do but he learns the hard way that war isn't fought fairly but to whoever comes out on top. In a sense he represent a lot of us as viewers. Its easy to get mad at him because we watch war through movies or play COD but it doesn't mean we know how to handle the situation if we were thrust into war with or without training.
@keemeister I agree. It get his innocence ripped to pieces. and also they have to remember that his Fellows are Hardcore Hardened Rangers who fought since Africa and D-Day which is important. For Upham is very new and different for him he is A Rear Echolen Self esstem Translator with No Proper Combat Training. which is not the same as Basic. he lacked them. just firing at range that's not fully Trained. After losing Wade The Squad was ready to execute german which I dont want them or take because he is unarmed I know they are angry but seriously. It will take a little blame on Miller I get he is the only person who can german and french but when someone who cant fight or kill then never will be
@harvey4512 Yea, I'm not even talking about how the squad are battle hardened soldiers or how Upham is not one himself. The point im trying to make is that viewers are upset with him without understanding that Upham is a representation of OUR eyes looking into war if we were ever to be in one. We would be scared like him. We would do what we thought would be morally right, like he did. All those were ripped away from him when he realized what he did and did not do cost the life of two of his squad members, which is why he pulled the trigger on Steamboat Willy. Upham is an example of what war can do to a person.
@keemeister yes I agree too. everyone needs to know they will be scared as Upham. He Represents the Viewers and shows us how people will react like he did if something happens. I like War Films too but everyone should listen to Spielberg on why Upham is included in this film. I get the feelings from Spartan and Pudgey Bissflix and Shanelle Riccio
Also, who's the guy that's always in the upper righthand corner? Is that you? Why is that person always there in each video?? Edit: You're from the YT reaction channel "Cinephiles React", right?
Spilber did a job at the same time patriotic/American and universal and humanist did not let himself be carried away by the easy playbook... I wanted so much that the other great American directors had this artistic maturity...
The sacrifices that soldiers make will always be in our hearts and memories. War is hell, and when war happens are men and women and someone’s son, or brother, or father, must answer the call World War II was a bloodbath. We are Americans in across the world because we destroyed the Nazi war machine and the people that want to keep us free deserve more than that they deserve respect in the greatest heroes of our generation no one can ask for more
Too bad it is not in EVERYBODY's memories... There are some real idiots here in the U.S. who don't care how the country was formed and will shit on the flag just because they feel like it. They know they have rights but they do not care at all how those rights came to be. They have no shame in being purposely ignorant. They don't want to know. They are AFRAID to know because if they did know, that might mean that they just might have to step up and take on some sort of responsibility. They respect NOBODY and NOTHING, not even themselves.
I know Ryan will forever know the sacrifice and the debt he owed Capt Miller ... What I've always wonder is how much was he told if anything at all about what it took to get to him. The other men that did not make it there to rescue him. I'm not arguing wether it was worth the mission or not I firmly believe it was. But I just wonder how much of what we saw in the movie he ever knew if anything at all.
Imagine if you can, the sadness you feel with these deaths in this movie, times that by a 100, or even a 1000-fold, if you possibly can, and you will understand what combat vets have to go through every day. Even military vets. who lost shipmates, battle buddies, guardsmen, brothers they live with every day, gave their lives for their fellow brothers in arms. So many vets left alone, on the streets, or survivors guilt, 22 a day take their lives. Most vets. live on the streets for 4 yrs average. Our country owes these men and women, and we are discarded like trash.
Why does not every Reactor Understand Upham Why?! Yes he shoot unarmed prisoner whos been surrendered earlier. but they should listen to Spielberg on why he was included in this film. Upham Represents the everyday man who acts an natural response and symbolize psychological Trauma horrors of War and gets his innocent ripped away. These Bloody COD Battlefield Armchair Warriors saying what they "should when they have done" not been in that Situation where it took places in the 40s and 70s. Soilders can froze in fear at any War. Instead they expect to be Marvel or DC. well is not. I get they need someone to supply ammo but they should have know before the battle started about.
We are not required to agree with Spielberg about a character he presents to us. Upham was doubly a coward, first by freezing and letting Melish be killed, and then y usurping the roles of judge, jury, and executioner. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
He was a trained soldier. Went to Boot Camp just like the rest of them. His comrades counted on him and he let them get killed. Don't make excuses for him.
Now some of you may understand a little bit of why some of us take the national anthem and the American flag very serious. Because some of us knows exactly what it took and what it takes to keep this country free
E "Earn This", is The Message from The Generation That Saved us From Global Tyranny. Let's all please "Earn This" Every Day, We owe them at least that much.
you can disagree with wars and the reasons they are fought, governments and the fat cats however this is why you should always respect remembrance days for the SOLDIERS the men on the ground for the horrors they went through
Sad part is, this generation has no ixea or gratitude for what was sacrificed for them to be entitled , spoiled, bankrupt souls they are today. And parents that raised this generation are WAY more quilty than there kids.
I know this is a film and one of the greatest WW2 films of all time, but thing's like this happened not only in WW2 but WW1 and many true stories of actual events that have been told, yet to be told or lost in history but the Men who fought for freedom, democracy, sovereignty and peace and gave there lives or there physical and psychological conditions from war or conflict should never be forgotten. Unfortunately today many young teenagers and adults are destroying a world that these heroic Soldiers, Air Men and Sailors gave there lives and there youth are being forgotten about by today's young Adults, teenagers and the education system in the West, but are more interested in fighting for the rights of made up Genders that don't exist, lefty ideology that threatens the fabric that these heroic Men from WW1 and WW2 fought for. Even though I am only 60 years old I had cousins that fought and died in WW2 in the British Army and the Royal Air Force ( RAF). Heroes from the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Jamaica, South Africa, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Pakistan, United States of America, Other countries in the British Empire and other countries on the Allies side. There was also 10,000 German's in the British Armed Forces. I will never forget them and I owe them my freedom. 💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴
The sacrifice of our soldiers in WWII had nothing to do with your distorted ignorant right wing views. This movie is about noble sacrifice to defend our country and its values, including its most essential value: political freedom! So your take away is to curse those that have a different political view? Do you not see how that is the very antithesis of the central basis of this country. It is for all of us: including those that think differently than you. I wonder how many Lefties, as you call them, died so right wingers could bitch.
Dear women, Please please PLEASE STHU. Unless you have known the sting of battle or are willing to jump into the fray knowing the consequences, you have no say in this matter
One part that hits me the most, out of the many, is when the elderly Private Ryan says to his wife " Tell me I've led a good life. Tell me I'm a good man." 😢
And she doesn't know who Miller is, so he's never told her about what happened back then.
@@FrenchieQc , Yes.
I can't watch the closing scene because of how sad it is. I always skip it.
My wife could not understand how I could not stand up at the end of the movie. I was crying like a baby when he said "tell me I'm a good man".
@@TheGunslingerRoland gut wrenching.. 😢
The final scene at the cemetery with Ryan is one of the most emotional scenes in film history. In my opinion
😂😂😂😂
Another bit that floors me with that one is they had picked out the location where they wanted to do the cemetery filming and they were just going to cover one of the crosses with a cover with the name Capt. John Miller or digitally change it post filming. In a crazy bit of circumstance they never needed to do that as sitting right there where they wanted to film that sequence was the grave of one actual Capt. John Miller who died during WW2.
Having served 21.5 years and two Iraq tours having a Brother-in-Arms K.I.A. Coming home with a flag draped casket this movie tore me up. Just like Five Finger Death Punch’s Wrong Side of Heaven brings tears to my eyes.
It was written by director and screenwriter Milius
@@patm5594 truly..
The dissolve shot of Pvt. Ryan to old man Ryan is probably the best I’ve ever seen in a film. Absolutely fantastic camera work.
The pan down to his once shaking hand now lays sill, hes at peace now no more pain 😢
The letter from Abraham Lincoln to a mother who lost her sons in civil war was so profound! So great a sacrifice for a mother to bare! The price of freedom is not free freedom comes with a price! To give your life for freedom!
When Miller says "earn this" that was directed towards all of us. We gotta earn what they sacrificed.
Our grandfathers and great grandfathers fought, suffered, bleed and died for our freedom. Earn it!
We never should have been there. Neither WWII, nor WWI. Those were never our wars.
@@blafonovision4342utter BS!
@@blafonovision4342the Japanese attacked the Americans at Pearl Harbor and the Germans then declared war on US. Not the mention the obvious genocide and silvery of the Jewish race and killings of polish, gypsies etc.
hitler and the nazis absolutely needed to be stopped
@@blafonovision4342 Yeah, leave the rest of the world to fascist dictators. Do you think the US would have lasted alone in the world? NO. Good people needed our help. People like you can sit down and zip it up while the big people talk.
When Captain says "Earn it" he is talking to every generation after his.
As a forces veteran this movie always brings me to uncontrollable tears, I've lost my share of brothers in arms, I've suffered injuries, and i shall suffer till the day comes when i leave this world...
I really can't express enough how accurate this movie portrays the horrors of battle, this movie is a true masterpiece..
I am sorry for your losses, I appreciate, am grateful, and humbled for your sacrifices.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice, Sir!!!
@@GMEOK Thank you for your wonderful words... I shall cherish them.
@@k31tw1nd4v thank you for your kind words... They mean so much to all of us.
@@Sigma1_969 Sir, in my eye, ALL of you Veterans of the Armed Forces who have bleed and make sacrifice, an ultimate one by some, DESERVE the respect from us younger generation. Once again, thank you for you and your Band of Brother's Service and Sacrifice. 07
“Earn this”. Would haunt any person throughout the rest of their life.
I know it would for me.
good point i thought it wass you earned this now i get it
Or fill them determination.
Like Raiden gets Haunted by Sen. Armstrong after defeating him
@@martinchristianaguilar5135 Like Kamala sweats every time Barak gives her the side eye. Lol.
"Earn this" = deserve the life that's been saved for you. And his wife confirms the earning with her positive answer to his requests: "Tell me I have led a good life. Tell me I'm a good man." To my way of thinking, James had ALREADY EARNED IT, by serving (1942-1945) in the 101st Airborne.
Right, but remembering that conversation he had with Miller, about what a shitty kid he had been... He just needed confirmation that he did things the right way for his family and throughout the rest of his life. Some people (myself included) don't trust themselves after some certain events, we constantly second-guess ourselves...
An interesting consideration is that we all should feel this way in respect to those that died so that we could live. We all should, "Earn this."
I won't argue the "Greatest generation" moniker they've been given.
@@GregPappasJr Agreed.
Roland..I agree ww2 guys were great but...I served in Vietnam, 66 67 as a medical corpsman with th 3rd marine division. The young marines I served with every bit as good as ww2 guys, just a different war and time. I still luv the Corps and am now 78 yrs old still suffering from wounds from Dec. 16, 1966. P!us, we had no or little support at home. Shitty war but it was the only war we had an Dec we did ourbest, o shame here.
He who honors me, I will honor. We owe everything to the generation of men and women who served during that time. We enjoy the gifts of this life because of them. Never forget them.
Not a news flash that the entire score of this film was perfect and brilliant but during these last few scenes was just...chef's kiss.
One of John Williams' most restrained, thoughtful, and introspective soundtracks. Williams is famous for his soaring, stirring themes, often bombastic, full, and loud. But not this one. The combat scenes have zero music in them. The little music there is in this movie is quiet and melancholy.
Williams is a genius who understood what the purpose of the soundtrack of this movie, and by extention, what the purpose of this movie, was all about.
I just realized that he called him James right before he died. James, earn this.
Amazing job on these compilations. Probably my favorite war movie ever. We salute our veterans and the proud men and women who are serving today. 💪
My grandfather was in the US airborne. The things he must have seen. A world where acts of courage performed daily in the face of pure evil.
Count how many people are in James Ryan's Family. Including James, there are Eight... the same number as in Captain Miller's squad.
I didn't think of it like that, but yeah 8 is the magic number there.
The part that speaks to me is that all Cpt. Miller wanted to do was get home to his wife. Also, James Ryan never told his wife about any of his experiences - she had no idea who Cpt. Miller was - the guilt he carried alone for decades must have been crushing.
And to think "Shakespeare in Love" won picture over this.
Both are fiction. SPR has no intrinsic merit in that sense. And Shakespeare in Love was a lot more fun to watch.
@@andrewcrowder4958good points. I'm trying to come back at you, I just cant. I feel I've made myself redundant
@andrewcrowder4958 I've seen both pictures. In my opinion, Saving Private Ryan was the better of the two films. I was totally surprised that Ryan didn't win the best picture Oscar
@@andrewcrowder4958 There are some movies, although fiction, that NEED to be seen by following generations. This was Oscar worthy.
Unbelievable 😞
To the greatest generation I salute you thank you for my freedom 🙋🙋
we sadly don’t have freedom in the u.s.a. in today’s world because of the woke virus smh 😔😭
"Angels on our shoulders" will always get a tear out of me for some reason lol
Fantastic compilation. I'm a huge fan. Please keep it up!!!
Angels on our shoulders yes sir angels are on your shoulders watching this movie hits deep down from the heart and wants me to thank the men who fought for there country even more not just for themselves but for there families they have back home and also for the men who survived through it that wish that they could do more to save there brothers for coming back home
Thank you for your service
You are using all of my favorite people for these reaction bits. You have good taste.
When I was in the Marines and overseas,I wrote a letter to my wife and put it in my sea bag,in case something happend to me.I thought I had thrown it away just before I rotated back to the states.
A few years ago my wife and I were cleaning up and I found my old sea bag.We started going through it and I left the room for a few minutes and when I walked back in my wife was sitting on the floor crying her eyes out,I thought she’d somehow hurt herself,then I saw the envelope and letter next to her.I got down on the floor with her and she threw her arms around me and held me so hard I could barely breath,I never knew she was that strong. She was crying so hard,then she looked up at me and said, you coulda died,you coulda died ,I told her I’m safe now everything is ok. I held her and told her we’ll never be apart again and we’ll keep each other safe.
I'm glad you're home, safe with your family.
Semper fi, devildog
This are real patriots, real soldiers, not suckers or losers.
Ok Biden
@@bufordteejustice1119That, of course, was your hero Trump who disrespected the fallen soldiers. Of course you would agree with him, since you goose step in line with whatever he says.
This historical Captain Miller was killed defending the Remagen Bridge very much as displayed in this movie. You see his head stone at the end of the move
It's not the Ramagen bridge
No shit Sherlock!
@@edwardmcdermott9948 FICTION!!! 99% of the movie is FICTION. That is why it is called a MOVIE and not a DOCUMENTARY. Actually Captain Miller did not die at the bridge or on that day. Some people believe everything they see on screen and I guess that you are one of them
The way Pĺastiseen screamed when Miller is shot broke my heart.
This Army veteran is crying, too. My dad served in the Army and Navy. My brother was a Marine. 🇺🇸
Another great edit. This one must have taken a hot minute to put together, but a movie that’s we’ll worth the effort.
That generation is was made of hero’s and real men… my grandfather was first wave of D-day Omaha Beach .29th infinity and some how lived
Comments from those saying what they would have done having never been in this situation are just ridiculous.... Talk to those men who were there whether in WW2 or any other conflict and ask them. 💔
Don't ask them. They don't want to talk about it and it's cruel to ask them to do so.
@@ronlackey2689 it's rhetorical 🙄
@@raybernal6829 Alrighty Mr. Literal 🙄
@@ronlackey2689 I'm not here to make you feel any certain way... That's on you. Have an awesome rest of the weekend 🤗
@@raybernal6829 You can't seem to know know when someone is agreeing with your post and instead feel the need to correct it and roll your little eyes. Be better than that. You have yourself a dandy weekend sir.
The ending scene is something I can't watch without getting emotional. It's just too sad.
Fifty stars. Thirteen stripes, seven of them red.
My grandfather was a POW in WWII for almost 2 years in Germany. This movie was so hard to watch. He rarely talked about the war.
Amazin how many are so quick to label Upham a coward for how he acted when they themselves have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how THEY would act in that situation!
We know how he should have acted. He was a trained soldier. Went to Boot Camp just like the rest of them and his comrades counted on him and he got them killed. No excuse.
@ronlackey2689 can stop saying the same comment which I have seen
@@harvey4512 Thanks Dad, but you worry about you.
@ronlackey2689 why on the actual hell you said I worried about myself
@@harvey4512 Why "in" the actual hell? Because you made a point to tell me what I should and shouldn't say. My response was "you worry about you".
Duality of war, he had earned time after time… Hell he saved all of them with a well placed rocket shot on the half track…
Who's doing the shooting?? Who's doing the shooting??
Upham is a great character, and people like to blame him, but he was thrown into a hellish situation and just tried to do what was right.
He was a trained soldier and his fellow soldiers counted on him. No excuse.
@@ronlackey2689 He was never supposed to see combat like that. He only knows how to handle a gun. On top of that he was probably drafted so it's not like he was dying to go out and serve. He's just a normal person and normal people can freeze when thrown into that kind of scenario. I like to think I would be able to help but if my circumstances where they same as his I would probably freeze up too. Steven Spielberg himself has even said that he relates the most to Upham
@@kaijuwarrior8917 Every rifleman's trained for combat. You're a rifleman first and a clerk, typist, baker, cook, mechanic second.
And I can believe that Spielberg relates most to Upham
@@ronlackey2689 He went through the most basic of basic training to get him in service as fast as possible. And he’s not battle hardened like the rest of Miller’s squad. There have probably been thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of Uphams in the history of war. Some people just freeze when put in high stress situations. Simple as that. And you can tell he hates himself for freezing by the way he collapses and cries.
Plus he’s not a rifleman. He’s in the army not the marines. He’s a soldier who should’ve never been a soldier yknow
@@kaijuwarrior8917 You make a ton of assumptions to bolster your argument there pard. You act as though you have intimate knowledge of him. And what's that thing he holds in his hands? A rifle. Thus, he's a rifleman.
Captain Miller was the final victim of the Cursed Letter. Caparzo: Has letter. Shot by sniper. Wade: Takes letter from Caparzo, makes a clean copy. Killed by machine gun fire. Miller: Takes letter from Wade. Shot and killed by the man he let go. Reiben takes it off of Miller's corpse, but we don't see what happened to him afterwards,
No, there is no curse. Our man, the sniper, was killed and he didn't carry the letter at all.
@@genghisgalahad8465 Um the curse is on anyone who carries the letter. As I stated in my original post.
"Make it count!"
John Mller
don't forget to count the "I" in Miller.
I hope there's an award for just casting. The old and young Ryan could be family.
Harrison Young played the elderly James Ryan in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan.
Young was an American character actor who was born on March 13, 1930 and died on July 3, 2005.
This is one of two great movies I couldn't bear to rewatch mainly because of Upham the other one is Million Dollar Baby, it's just too tragic.
Jeremy Davies, who played Upham, is a seriously underrated actor. Would love to see him in more movies or TV but he must have his reasons for not working that often.
Great in Justified.
Davies was great as Charles Manson since they do look quite similar and was great in The Million Dollar Hotel and Rescue Dawn too but my guess is he works on stuff he likes. Doesnt seem like he's out to ba an A lister or do cheesey crap but rather chooses parts that either challenge him or are fun for him (at least thats my guess)
But this scene enraged me as much as the one where Adam Goldberg's character is getting a bayonet thru his heart while Upham cowers and wheeps on the staircase only put his hands up in surrender to the descending German when he could have got the drop on him and at least killing in for killing Golderg since you didnt do anything to save him. Also, I know he killed Miller's killer whom he argued for sparing earlier on but to me that shit was a day late and a dollar short.
Dicky Bennett is a great character on Justified
@@brewcitymike1 Yeah, he finally grows the balls to actually shoot his rifle, and it's to get revenge on a SURRENDERING soldier who is no longer a threat to him. What a fucking hero.
Upham is the worst.
Everybody thinks Capt. Miller was shooting at the tank. He was shooting at the explosive trigger to blow the bridge.
He was shooting at the tank
He was shooting at the tank
B-51 blew the tank not Miller's handgun
steven Spielberg meant for the rest of us to earn it!! just so you know, it wasn't the same letter that was being passed around, each soldier had to write a last word to their family in case they were killed
This is what war is. You lose friends and battle buddies. This definitely causes PTSD.
Awesome reaction and I really love your sweet heart ♥
Steamboat Willy deserved that bullet honestly, I never once felt bad for the guy. He only let Upham live because he wouldn't have fought back and he got Captain Miller to let him go earlier on, he still killed Mellish and Captain Miller despite Captain Miller sparing him
Nit picking.... it was the P-47 Thunderbolt that was named the "Tank Buster", not the P-51 "Mustang". That's not to say that a P-51 couldn't be used for anti tank missions. ** Actually, at the beginning of the movie, if you look at the old man's jacket, you will see a 101st Airborne pin. Ryan was Airborne, Miller was a Ranger.
it's until she says "you are" when he properly salutes....I EARNED IT SHE SAID, SIR!.... MISSION OFFICIALLY ACCOMPLISHED, SIR!
Thank you for these videos. I subscribed to a few more people and you.
Bro you are doing the best copilations
don't forget the "m" in compilations*, co-pilot!
To all you who called Upham a coward, how do you think you would do in his situation? He was a support troop, a company clerk, a typist. Support troops were generally not trained in nothing except the very basics of combat. Here is your rifle, here is how to load it and keep your head down. The only branch where every man is fully combat indoctrinated is the Marine Corp. My dad who is almost 93 joined the National Guard in 1949. He was the company clerk for his unit. He ask the First Sargent if he could have full training and was granted. Good thing, Less than 2 months later the Korean War broke out and his unit was on standby. They were an ARMORED CAVALRY Company equipped with WWII surplus vehicles and equipment.
Admittedly, I thought Upham was a coward at first too but looking back I now realize his situation was a lot more complicated. Like you said, he was never supposed to see combat in the first place and as he clearly told Captain Miller was not a trained soldier. Unfortunately, Miller had to follow orders and therefore had no choice but to include him in the unit. My only issue with Upham is that he was the one against killing that same German cocksucker who killed Miller in this final scene.
@@xyPERSONUpham is supposed to be a representation of innocent and how that innocent is lost in war. He let Willy go because he thought it was the right thing to do but he learns the hard way that war isn't fought fairly but to whoever comes out on top.
In a sense he represent a lot of us as viewers. Its easy to get mad at him because we watch war through movies or play COD but it doesn't mean we know how to handle the situation if we were thrust into war with or without training.
@keemeister I agree. It get his innocence ripped to pieces. and also they have to remember that his Fellows are Hardcore Hardened Rangers who fought since Africa and D-Day which is important. For Upham is very new and different for him he is A Rear Echolen Self esstem Translator with No Proper Combat Training. which is not the same as Basic. he lacked them. just firing at range that's not fully Trained. After losing Wade The Squad was ready to execute german which I dont want them or take because he is unarmed I know they are angry but seriously. It will take a little blame on Miller I get he is the only person who can german and french but when someone who cant fight or kill then never will be
@harvey4512 Yea, I'm not even talking about how the squad are battle hardened soldiers or how Upham is not one himself.
The point im trying to make is that viewers are upset with him without understanding that Upham is a representation of OUR eyes looking into war if we were ever to be in one.
We would be scared like him. We would do what we thought would be morally right, like he did. All those were ripped away from him when he realized what he did and did not do cost the life of two of his squad members, which is why he pulled the trigger on Steamboat Willy.
Upham is an example of what war can do to a person.
@keemeister yes I agree too. everyone needs to know they will be scared as Upham. He Represents the Viewers and shows us how people will react like he did if something happens. I like War Films too but everyone should listen to Spielberg on why Upham is included in this film. I get the feelings from Spartan and Pudgey Bissflix and Shanelle Riccio
Also, who's the guy that's always in the upper righthand corner? Is that you? Why is that person always there in each video??
Edit: You're from the YT reaction channel "Cinephiles React", right?
All seriousness and sadness aside, I laughed at the super stereotypical “oh no” from the cute Asian gals 😂
12:52 It's "Movies with Mary", not "Movies with Marry". No one spells "Mary" with two Rs.
Spilber did a job at the same time patriotic/American and universal and humanist did not let himself be carried away by the easy playbook... I wanted so much that the other great American directors had this artistic maturity...
Very well done.
The sacrifices that soldiers make will always be in our hearts and memories. War is hell, and when war happens are men and women and someone’s son, or brother, or father, must answer the call World War II was a bloodbath. We are Americans in across the world because we destroyed the Nazi war machine and the people that want to keep us free deserve more than that they deserve respect in the greatest heroes of our generation no one can ask for more
Too bad it is not in EVERYBODY's memories...
There are some real idiots here in the U.S. who don't care how the country was formed and will shit on the flag just because they feel like it. They know they have rights but they do not care at all how those rights came to be. They have no shame in being purposely ignorant. They don't want to know. They are AFRAID to know because if they did know, that might mean that they just might have to step up and take on some sort of responsibility. They respect NOBODY and NOTHING, not even themselves.
I know Ryan will forever know the sacrifice and the debt he owed Capt Miller ... What I've always wonder is how much was he told if anything at all about what it took to get to him. The other men that did not make it there to rescue him. I'm not arguing wether it was worth the mission or not I firmly believe it was. But I just wonder how much of what we saw in the movie he ever knew if anything at all.
One of the Best war movies ever
one of the greatest war movies ever .
"Earn this!" It is a great line in a great movie. It's even better when Jesus did it.
Amen
Yall making me cry
The guilt he had to carry the rest of his life
How about the guilt Upham carried the rest of his? massive.
Imagine if you can, the sadness you feel with these deaths in this movie, times that by a 100, or even a 1000-fold, if you possibly can, and you will understand what combat vets have to go through every day. Even military vets. who lost shipmates, battle buddies, guardsmen, brothers they live with every day, gave their lives for their fellow brothers in arms. So many vets left alone, on the streets, or survivors guilt, 22 a day take their lives. Most vets. live on the streets for 4 yrs average. Our country owes these men and women, and we are discarded like trash.
Love these.🥰
I hated the guy that let go of the other guy.. but still one of my favorite movies of all time
Upham tried to do what was right and it cost others lives. That's just how it goes in war
@@kaijuwarrior8917 I understand, and now he has to live with it (by now I meant then)
@@Cons2911 Exactly. He'll live with that guilt for the rest of his life even though he tried to atone by shooting him at the end
@@kaijuwarrior8917 yeah, that’s rough, imagine if you visit the grave and bump into their families
50stars, 7 red, 6 white stripes
Why does not every Reactor Understand Upham Why?! Yes he shoot unarmed prisoner whos been surrendered earlier. but they should listen to Spielberg on why he was included in this film. Upham Represents the everyday man who acts an natural response and symbolize psychological Trauma horrors of War and gets his innocent ripped away. These Bloody COD Battlefield Armchair Warriors saying what they "should when they have done" not been in that Situation where it took places in the 40s and 70s. Soilders can froze in fear at any War. Instead they expect to be Marvel or DC. well is not. I get they need someone to supply ammo but they should have know before the battle started about.
The really cool cinematography is the blurring of light to washout the scene.
We are not required to agree with Spielberg about a character he presents to us.
Upham was doubly a coward, first by freezing and letting Melish be killed, and then y usurping the roles of judge, jury, and executioner.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
He was a trained soldier. Went to Boot Camp just like the rest of them. His comrades counted on him and he let them get killed. Don't make excuses for him.
Now some of you may understand a little bit of why some of us take the national anthem and the American flag very serious. Because some of us knows exactly what it took and what it takes to keep this country free
I appreciate using real planes, but it will always bug me that p-51's are one shotting tiger 1's
The Panzer NAZI-Germany WW2 tank line was a very nasty tank line. What tank was worse, from the same side?! The Tiger I / II line. That- much- WORSE!
Hello
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg found actual Captain Miller at that cemetery. They wanted to be real for the storyline.
Liked the saluted for captain miller for the one last time. Damn!
R.I.P. Jay Bowman KIA Normandy France 101st Airborne.
Who is Jay Bowman in SPR?
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"Earn This", is The Message from The Generation That Saved us From Global Tyranny. Let's all please "Earn This" Every Day, We owe them at least that much.
HE WAS A GOOD MAN
you can disagree with wars and the reasons they are fought, governments and the fat cats however this is why you should always respect remembrance days for the SOLDIERS the men on the ground for the horrors they went through
I hope you learned a lesson, 24:43 🤣😂😂😂. I think we share the same animal spirit
Man. I love p51s
Its old but still true. Young men die because of old mens decisions.
Not true. We all live and die from our own decisions. Shifting the responsibility is for cowards
Sad part is, this generation has no ixea or gratitude for what was sacrificed for them to be entitled , spoiled, bankrupt souls they are today. And parents that raised this generation are WAY more quilty than there kids.
Went from green screen kids to green screen Indians, what a world
There was always one part about this scene i didnt get
Who called in air support
The follow on reinforcements
How do so many people think CAPTAIN Miller can be PRIVATE Ryan???
La guerre rend fou les hommes j' ai Vu une ame brisé celle de mon père
The greatest generation
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
If these Women react like this to characters in a Movie, imagine what Military Families go thru.
Europe wouldn't exist without the Sacrifices of Men.
My Dad was in that
Make me sad 😢
Hey bro. Would you mind doing Enemy at the Gates and Glory reactions please?
You just named two banger movies.
I know this is a film and one of the greatest WW2 films of all time, but thing's like this happened not only in WW2 but WW1 and many true stories of actual events that have been told, yet to be told or lost in history but the Men who fought for freedom, democracy, sovereignty and peace and gave there lives or there physical and psychological conditions from war or conflict should never be forgotten. Unfortunately today many young teenagers and adults are destroying a world that these heroic Soldiers, Air Men and Sailors gave there lives and there youth are being forgotten about by today's young Adults, teenagers and the education system in the West, but are more interested in fighting for the rights of made up Genders that don't exist, lefty ideology that threatens the fabric that these heroic Men from WW1 and WW2 fought for. Even though I am only 60 years old I had cousins that fought and died in WW2 in the British Army and the Royal Air Force ( RAF). Heroes from the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Jamaica, South Africa, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Pakistan, United States of America, Other countries in the British Empire and other countries on the Allies side. There was also 10,000 German's in the British Armed Forces. I will never forget them and I owe them my freedom. 💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴
The sacrifice of our soldiers in WWII had nothing to do with your distorted ignorant right wing views. This movie is about noble sacrifice to defend our country and its values, including its most essential value: political freedom! So your take away is to curse those that have a different political view? Do you not see how that is the very antithesis of the central basis of this country. It is for all of us: including those that think differently than you. I wonder how many Lefties, as you call them, died so right wingers could bitch.
These people are lucky they will never have to live this life.
UK was bombed and alone and Americans will never know war.
Was that Fem Shep (Ashley Burton)? Idk Fem Shep's real name but she looks a lot like her if not lol
Who is the reactor starting at 14:06? You included her section in with the Movies with Marry one.
If I'm not mistaken she is one half of "Dos Cavazos".
Hey dude, why are you there?
Dear women,
Please please PLEASE STHU. Unless you have known the sting of battle or are willing to jump into the fray knowing the consequences, you have no say in this matter
I know how all of you feel 😢
Do TOP Sergeant Mike Horvath death reaction
Remember there medic died
Their
@@SciTrekMan "t" not capitalized
@@ronlackey2689it is when it’s the only word in a sentence.