I was NOT Expecting * SAVING PRIVATE RYAN* to be a TEAR JERKER (Movie Reaction)

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Комментарии • 560

  • @danscoglio2884
    @danscoglio2884 3 месяца назад +223

    This movie is essential. So are our servicemen and women. Thank you Devin for your service and for your channel.

    • @DevinGtv901
      @DevinGtv901  3 месяца назад +41

      Thank you supporting!!

    • @ShakeyraWare-ip2oz
      @ShakeyraWare-ip2oz 3 месяца назад +17

      @@DevinGtv901thank u for your service

    • @JohnSmith-mf3dh
      @JohnSmith-mf3dh 2 месяца назад

      The servicemen are valuable, YES! That shitty film, NO!

  • @EsotericNY
    @EsotericNY 2 месяца назад +19

    "Earn this." isn't just a message for Ryan. It's a message to us all ...and future generations.

  • @fgrillo29
    @fgrillo29 2 месяца назад +30

    "Tell me I'm a good man" gets me every time.

  • @ashleyowen7664
    @ashleyowen7664 2 месяца назад +45

    43:11 "i just had the wind knocked out of me" - badass line for a brilliant soldier

    • @bwilliams463
      @bwilliams463 2 месяца назад +2

      Unfortunately, it turned out to be true. The wind WAS knocked out of him. Permanently.

    • @JohnSmith-mf3dh
      @JohnSmith-mf3dh 2 месяца назад

      *Fictional* soldier... I find it not impressive as I've read many badass lines from REAL soldiers. The fictional characters in this film are not as great as real life characters, you know the names and dates, don't compare Shittywood trash with the real heroes.

    • @ashleyowen7664
      @ashleyowen7664 2 месяца назад +4

      @@JohnSmith-mf3dh i'm not comparing real and fake, i'm simply saying FILM wise only, that it's a great line from a soldier, i know films are fake, and i know they could NEVER compare to real-life events

    • @futrecacao
      @futrecacao Месяц назад

      @@JohnSmith-mf3dh you are a weird person

  • @gwenfairholm8080
    @gwenfairholm8080 3 месяца назад +89

    Something I always have to point out in this movie, in the scene where they shoot two surrendering soldiers and were like "what were they saying?" "Hey look, I washed for supper!", those soldiers weren't speaking German, they were speaking czech. They were saying "we aren't German, they forced us to fight, don't shoot!" In real life, Germany would force some of the men from the countries they captured to fight in the front lines. It's such a haunting moment, and the movie never even let's us know what's actually going on, just like the soldiers we are following never knew who they actually shot.

    • @Flip4910
      @Flip4910 2 месяца назад

      Im glad someone mentioned this

    • @machtnichtsseimann
      @machtnichtsseimann 25 дней назад

      Grateful for that clarification. I'm leaning towards Spielberg ( and the writer ) being smart to not easily give us that answer, though it's a bit counter-intuitive, isn't it. ( How easy it could be to instantly interject a translation from a Czech-speaking U.S. soldier. ) Just as soldiers just kept carrying on, without truly knowing what their enemies just said, we, too, can commit the same error in assuming they were obviously German and to be dealt with accordingly. Black/White thinking, which obviously is a part of war.

  • @benballesteros6346
    @benballesteros6346 3 месяца назад +59

    My Dad was in 506th Airborne Division. His platoon jumped at 2am. Many of his friends died as a result of landing in a lake and their equipment weighed them down and they drowned. Some of the soldiers had 50 Caliber machine guns strapped to their legs. My survived 10 days on the ground before being shot. After a month in the hospital, he came home. When saw this movie, he had to walk out. He was very emotional and thought of his friends.

    • @CrackheadYoda
      @CrackheadYoda 2 месяца назад +3

      *506th parachute infantry regiment, 101st airborne division*

    • @bluesrocker91
      @bluesrocker91 2 месяца назад +4

      Did he ever see Band of Brothers? Since that directly based on the experiences of the 506th PIR.

    • @timbaker6540
      @timbaker6540 2 месяца назад

      🇺🇸

    • @aha3885
      @aha3885 Месяц назад

      Beautiful surname you have, sir. The Ballesteros are really badass people, that's for sure. They earned the name fighting for the freedom in our Reconquista.

  • @primallouie
    @primallouie 3 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for your service brother.

  • @steveo2737
    @steveo2737 3 месяца назад +4

    Man you hold your emotions on your sleaves and that is such a nice experience to have had with you.

  • @tuggstockman8539
    @tuggstockman8539 2 месяца назад +26

    Upham's character is one of the best arguments against the draft. He's not up for this, and yet he gets dragged into it anyway, and people die that didn't have to.

    • @harvey4512
      @harvey4512 2 месяца назад +3

      @tuggstockman8539 yeah he is a Complecated Character

    • @SSArcher11
      @SSArcher11 2 месяца назад +1

      Could you have done any better?

    • @viikmaqic
      @viikmaqic 2 месяца назад +3

      People dont understand that freezing during fear is very common

    • @TheKsalad
      @TheKsalad 2 месяца назад +5

      He's a map reader and translator that got folded in to fight with Rangers and Airborne, that's like saying all army cooks should be able to fight like a Green Beret.

    • @YoutubeCensorsYou
      @YoutubeCensorsYou 2 месяца назад

      Not really. It's hard to predict how someone will behave on the battlefield. And not everybody has to be on the frontlines. Everybody can be used for something.

  • @DevinGtv901
    @DevinGtv901  3 месяца назад +48

    *If you enjoyed the reaction please hit the like button. That helps out the channel tremendously. Thank you so much for watching!*

    • @nothernmonkey8612
      @nothernmonkey8612 3 месяца назад +2

      You should check out TO HELL AND BACK the Audie Murphy story. Audie was the most decorated American soldier of WW2 after the war Audie became a Hollywood movie star. Audie made 44 movie's 1 of them being TO HELL AND BACK so he play's himself in his own life story I think that beats Tom Hanks 👍

    • @gk5891
      @gk5891 3 месяца назад +1

      I always hit the like.
      Orders not to take prisoners on the beach. Boats were ordered not even to take our wounded off the beach. Speed was paramount.

    • @jefferywarburton2116
      @jefferywarburton2116 3 месяца назад

      It don't matter who watches it this one, it gets me every time. The movie The Big Red One has some of the same historical parts to it and follows a squad of guys like this but , it is much more vanilla than this modern classic.

    • @Billz42080
      @Billz42080 2 месяца назад +1

      I just learnt that Ryan is loosely based off of Frederick "Fritz" Niland. Believed to be the only surviving brother of 4 during the war. Later they found out another brother was alive as a POW in a camp in Japan. Frederick also happened to be close friends with Warren Muck and Donald Malarkey. Both members of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Aka our band of brothers 🔥 I hope you watch band of brothers and the pacific if you haven't already

    • @gk5891
      @gk5891 2 месяца назад

      @Billz42080 Search also on the Borgstrom brothers all four of which died between March and August 1944. This resulted in an armed forces ruling in 1944 "special consideration will be given to any family in which two or more sons have been killed and only one member in service survives". It was pivotal in the adoption of the "Sole Survivor Policy" in National Establishment Military regulations in 1948.

  • @williamjones6031
    @williamjones6031 3 месяца назад +72

    1. Many WWII vets left the theaters because the D-Day battle scenes were so realistic.
    2. The German Captain Miller was talked into letting go is the same one that killed him. Upham finally put him down.
    3. The story Ryan tells Miller about the last time he saw his brothers was made up by Matt Damon. He was told to say something interesting, so he did, and it was kept in the movie.
    4. There was a USS Sullivans(DD- 68) dedicated to the brothers lost on one ship.
    5. I did 24 years in the US Navy. Outstanding leadership skills to dampen the friction between Horvath and Reisen.
    6. My favorite character is Private Jackson/sniper and my second favorite is Sargent Horvath. RIP Tom Sizemore😇
    7. Sizemore also played Boxman in "Flight of the Intruder". A movie I'm in briefly.

    • @kingjellybean9795
      @kingjellybean9795 3 месяца назад +2

      This is saving private Ryan's "LOTR helmet" comment

  • @BrewmasterDedspace
    @BrewmasterDedspace 3 месяца назад +52

    I would think you would understand upham since your a military man. People were drafted into the war. Some people didn't want to be there. He went from drawing maps to being thrown into battle. Some people aren't built for war.

    • @alexion2001
      @alexion2001 3 месяца назад +13

      Be that as it may, all of it for me is thrown out when it costs other people's lives. I can't speak for everyone but no matter how afraid or shocked I might be, I would not stop if I heard my friend crying out my name begging for help.

    • @harvey4512
      @harvey4512 3 месяца назад +18

      ​@alexion2001 you haven't served and being in high stress situation before so you don't how to React if something happens

    • @katiestewart5688
      @katiestewart5688 3 месяца назад +12

      Also you have to remember with upham is that he spent the entire war up to that point as a steno basically a secretary. He hadn't even used a weapon since his training and had never killed or been in real combat.
      They only grabbed him up because he could speak French and German. It was honorable to want to spare somebody from the opposing side. Double edge sword though. In a war scenario that is a risk you cannot take and he learned the way hard way.
      I see everybody giving upham shit about the character and I'm like "leave the poor frightened bunny alone!" He is a bunny surrounded by a huge pack of war wolves.

    • @harvey4512
      @harvey4512 3 месяца назад +5

      @katiestewart5688 I agree. like how is Upham Supposed to Handle Fear of course he is going like that

    • @katiestewart5688
      @katiestewart5688 3 месяца назад +12

      ​@@alexion2001the thing that got me was they were "all" right. Upham wanted to hold onto his humanity, but the more seasoned guys knew the risk was too great. Ultimately the decision was made by Capt Miller who was just of it all.
      War is not good, war is not romantic
      War will rip your soul out
      Chop it into pieces and stick it back together like a macabre puzzle and shove it back in.
      You're different, never whole, never the same.
      Upham didn't learn that until the end.

  • @benprewitt4600
    @benprewitt4600 2 месяца назад +1

    When you mentioned the battle buddies...that took me back. Thanks again for sharing your reaction with us!

  • @JS-wp4gs
    @JS-wp4gs 2 дня назад +1

    The german they captured asked them not to kill him and then started praying, if you were wondering

  • @tarzan62
    @tarzan62 3 месяца назад +2

    Devin is the best ! Thanks for your service !

  • @Ceractucus
    @Ceractucus 3 месяца назад +5

    Devin, I had always had you figured for someone who had served, but I was never sure until today. I want to thank you for your service to this country and for helping to keep me free.
    Devin, the rules for how many of your sons could be sent off to war, and whether they could serve together in the same unit has changed with the times. In the Civil War, whole regiments (500 men) would all be from the same town. During a battle, a regiment of men could be told to charge an entrenched enemy, hold against long odds etc. and all of a sudden that town no longer had any more young men in it.
    At the start of WW2, soldiers could serve together in the same unit and on the same boat. This was the fate of the Sullivan brothers when all five of them were aboard the Juneau when she was sunk and all five brothers died in the same afternoon. After this happened the rules were changed and brothers were shuffled in terms of assignments to avoid a repeat of what happened to the poor Sullivan brother in any way possible.
    If you see the American flag in the Ryan mother's window, there would be an empty star for each son in military service. If one of the sons died, you would be sent a gold star to be sent to be sewn into the place where the blank space once was.
    Captain Miller wanted to attack the RADAR station for two reasons. There were already dead Americans there, so he knew it was a good ambush spot they were lucky to discover ahead of time, and others might not be so lucky and lots more American's could die. Also it was a RADAR station, giving the Luftwaffe advanced preparation to ready their guns and intercepting planes to fight against bombers, anti-vehicle planes, paratroop planes etc.

  • @ndpd11
    @ndpd11 3 месяца назад +10

    For me, this movie all led up to those two words: "Earn it." It is the message to all of us.

  • @saintsataniko2116
    @saintsataniko2116 2 месяца назад +5

    I've seen the full movie 2-3 times before, I've seen multiple reactions to it...I cry as soon as it starts and throughout until it finishes. What soldiers went through in WWII was almost unimaginable.

    • @MercuryCircuit
      @MercuryCircuit 2 месяца назад

      I agree. My grandad fought in Italy, France, Holland and Germany in WW2. We also lost a great Uncle in the 1st world war at Passchendaele. I wouldn't be here now for my Grandad and my Great uncle was very young when he died. It's so sad. He never got to live a life.

    • @John-kr7iz
      @John-kr7iz 2 месяца назад

      my dad watched it, he was in Belgium when Canada came in and liberated Antwerp , he totally lost it when the little girl was separated from her parents, he was separated as well, and seeing him bawling his eyes out made me me feel so bad letting him watch that

  • @hungryclone
    @hungryclone 2 месяца назад +4

    The strange thing is when it came out a lot of WW2 vets told their friends to watch it because it was cathartic. You had men who hadn’t experienced or come to terms with being there and watching it actually helped them process the emotions/experience of it.

  • @donovandement849
    @donovandement849 3 месяца назад +1

    My grandpa was in WW2, when I was young I used to go with him to the VFW and other places to meet up with his buddies. Best times. Still miss that man

  • @kingjellybean9795
    @kingjellybean9795 3 месяца назад +3

    Upham is basically the human embodiment of the saying "the inaction of good men"

  • @frogofbrass382
    @frogofbrass382 3 месяца назад +5

    When the Captain says, "Earn this," he is saying that to everyone watching this film.

  • @Rob_Fordd
    @Rob_Fordd 3 месяца назад +4

    Caparzo was Vin Diesel's first role in a major motion picture, Spielberg personally asked him to audition after being impressed by a student film Vin made.

  • @michaelcoffey1991
    @michaelcoffey1991 3 месяца назад +2

    @Devin Your reaction to it is why I stay, you seek out great films of years gone by and fun films too its a hard balance. Recently found the channel with you and your lady doing all things Disney I look forward to you seeing all the classics and Yes one day Xmen 97 too :) lol, have an amazing week. Also thank you to all the patrons who give and allow this man to build this channel and the community that love it. Also this movie shows how 75% of all of the first wave died before leaving the boats. They were indeed the greatest generation of all time.

  • @blizzywilk
    @blizzywilk 3 месяца назад +8

    Sir Devin G, thank you for your service. Even though I'm across the pond, I respect the fact that if you fight for freedom anywhere, you fight for freedom everywhere. Thank you again!

  • @pleasehelp2446
    @pleasehelp2446 3 месяца назад +2

    Bro i love watching your reactions when im at the gym cause you're great motivation, high energy, and constant positivity. But sometimes you make me laugh so hard i lose focus and fail a rep. Keep being awesome.

  • @mikekay3313
    @mikekay3313 3 месяца назад +5

    You have a good soul, sir. That much is easy to spot.

  • @Aikidragon_Prime
    @Aikidragon_Prime 2 месяца назад +2

    Saving Private Ryan is one of those "every" emotion movies. I saw it first in the theater and bought it when it first came out, an amazing movie.

  • @primoguerrero7928
    @primoguerrero7928 3 месяца назад +2

    Come on DevinG 🤣 "he's the medic, he's the medic" was in the OLD intro of the channel!!!!

  • @JangTheKim
    @JangTheKim 3 месяца назад +41

    Tom Hanks really is the GOAT. He seriously doesn't miss. Tom and Steven Spielberg together!? Shit. It's gonna be a homerun. Thumbs up everyone!!! Help and support our friend!

    • @DevinGtv901
      @DevinGtv901  3 месяца назад +4

      Who do you think is better Tom or Spielberg? I know that’s a TOUGH comparison

    • @krisfrederick5001
      @krisfrederick5001 3 месяца назад +5

      Even when Hanks is playing a "local idiot" in Forrest Gump he's brilliant.

    • @JangTheKim
      @JangTheKim 3 месяца назад +2

      @@DevinGtv901 Damn Devin. Why do you have to make me think? lol. I'd say Spielberg because his job is more difficult and has been doing it for longer. But that's like asking me if I like T-bone steaks better than Ribeyes. I'll take both all day!

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 3 месяца назад +26

    This film is obviously timeless...but still to this day the hardest scene for me despite all of the amazing effects is the knife fight between Mellish and the German. When he's trying to reason with him, it just shows the pointlessness of War...There are a thousand corrections and comments to make but they've all been said before and will let it speak for itself. You are now morally obligated to see Band of Brothers...it's a 12 hour Saving Private Ryan in quality. Spielberg and Hanks were just getting started with this masterpiece. Currahee ♠

    • @krisfrederick5001
      @krisfrederick5001 3 месяца назад +3

      P.S. Spielberg does such a great job of trolling us with the eye fade thinking Capt. Miller was Ryan in the beginning.

    • @DevinGtv901
      @DevinGtv901  3 месяца назад +3

      Thanks so much for the recommendation!

    • @Teeklin
      @Teeklin 3 месяца назад +4

      @@DevinGtv901 Oh yeah man, if you haven't seen Band of Brothers then strap in. Hanks and Spielberg really go hard with that series and it's a miniseries so it's not a big time investment. One of the best, if not the best, TV series about war ever made.

    • @bwilliams463
      @bwilliams463 2 месяца назад +1

      I don't think Mellish was trying to REASON with him as much as he was trying desperately to get to German to at least pause in his efforts to kill him.

    • @robriginio530
      @robriginio530 2 месяца назад

      I have to skip the part when he is putting the knife into Mellish. I physically cannot take it. Especially for the fact Upham is right there & doesn’t help. The hardest thing for me is when Wade dies. Crying for his mama. One of the most gut wrenching deaths ever on film.

  • @mikezjh6595
    @mikezjh6595 2 месяца назад

    Best opening to any movie ever made

  • @jakefirestone8644
    @jakefirestone8644 2 месяца назад

    Great reaction. Beautiful, I cry every time

  • @Shrashira
    @Shrashira 2 месяца назад +4

    I enjoyed this reaction YoungBlood... I am a Disabled Vet from The Gulf War and Somalia and it took me over 20 years of therapy to be mentally stable enough to watch this movie without breaking down ! ! !

  • @monngo9448
    @monngo9448 2 месяца назад +3

    You already reacted to this lmfao

  • @NigelShepherd-z7k
    @NigelShepherd-z7k 3 месяца назад +6

    As a long time viewer and a Brit and realising that Devin is a former Serviceman, I find his input, commentary and observations on films such as this absolutely essential viewing.
    Greetings from London, England 🤓🇬🇧

    • @harvey4512
      @harvey4512 3 месяца назад +2

      Same Here I did realise too that Devin is a Veteran and Respect him

    • @NigelShepherd-z7k
      @NigelShepherd-z7k 3 месяца назад +1

      @@harvey4512 Absolutely. Great comment 😁

    • @kelvinmeneely3116
      @kelvinmeneely3116 3 месяца назад +1

      I loved the training..but my dad always said "your a pawn in the game" (ideology)...?" Think of the why"? ...I was a young idealist, caught up in the ideologies off good or bad ? I Still cannot find a way to justify my actions..? End of the day,pick a side and throw out rational, logical reasonable thoughts and fight for something! God=murdering! Let's go again,"least we forget" , "Let's go again" !

  • @keith6485
    @keith6485 3 месяца назад +9

    The scene where the mother collapses on the porch always tears me up. She knows that the only reason they would make the trip out to her home is to inform her that one of her sons is dead. We are left to imagine the pain of her learning that it is more than one.

    • @modelotimefooooo1853
      @modelotimefooooo1853 2 месяца назад +1

      always gets me too, like we know that it means we lost someone when that car pulls up but to not know that she was about to learn that it was ALL of them was so tragic lol

  • @redemption44
    @redemption44 3 месяца назад

    that intro made me laugh really hard lol. love this channel. I was in the army. Infantry. Stationed at fort Irwin. Terrible place to be. but I got out lol. Keep grinding my guy, you will make it big here. God bless you sir and thank you for your service.

  • @barbarakey554
    @barbarakey554 2 месяца назад +1

    Now I am watching the review and still crying like a baby. My grandfathers fought in WWI. My father, all of my uncles, and my father in law fought in WWII. My husband spent 22 years in the Navy and I spent 4 years in the Navy. Our son spent 20 years in the Army and fought in Iraq and with all of that, this movie makes me cry like a baby.

  • @peterreist2882
    @peterreist2882 3 месяца назад +1

    The beach landing in the theater had literally everyone in the edge of seats some sobbing, some with mouths agape.

  • @egilredspear6827
    @egilredspear6827 Месяц назад

    Great reaction. I was glad to see someone react the same way I did when upham his in the stairs. I've seen so many people try to make excuses for him... but I, for one, have always been PISSED at upham. I appreciate the authenticity.

  • @KronikStrafe
    @KronikStrafe Месяц назад

    I was maybe 6 years old at the time this movie came out, but I still remember hearing about veterans that served in WW2 going to see this and walking out during the normandy invasion. Powerful movie, I watch it every June 6th and we just hit the 80 year anniversary. Great reactions my guy

  • @edvfya9922
    @edvfya9922 3 месяца назад +6

    I'd be worried too if I couldn't remember watching this MASTERPIECE! Your first reaction was awesome, is it private?

  • @DannyBedo
    @DannyBedo 3 месяца назад +24

    I fucking adore this movie. This is my grandparents generation, collecting cans, storming the beaches, real Captain America shit. We stand for something, we gave everything to beat the Nazis. This generation is almost gone, thank any of them if you know them.

  • @michaelserot6844
    @michaelserot6844 2 месяца назад

    I've been to the cemetery at Normandy, and I'll be damned if that wasn't the most surreal and emotional experience of my life. There is an interesting bit in the extended behind the scenes documentary where, while Steven Spielberg and the crew are setting up for the intro/outro scenes where someone spots a cross with the last name of MILLER just a few feet from the prop cross used for the movie. When I watched this in the theater with my best friend, it scared us big time to the point he dreamed for a week that we were part of the movie and NOBODY made it off the beach. The sniper vs sniper scene in the village is based on the real life exploits of Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War. He went on a mission hunting a Vietnamese sniper. After days of stalking each other, Hathcock spotted the enemy sniper and put a round directly through his scope.

  • @TheDaringPastry1313
    @TheDaringPastry1313 3 месяца назад +5

    First off thank you for your service and what I am going to say next is not a gripe at you specifically. I don't get why people get so mad at Upham. I do understand, but I don't. Dude hadn't seen the combat side of things and obvious wasn't built for it, but he got pulled into the mission by Tom Hank's character as an interpreter and writer. Where the medic dies, he was hiding behind the cow shaking like crazy just while looking through his little spy glass. Just some people are not built for it and Upham was definitely one of those. In the end, he realizes things are not as they seem in war as he was the one pulling for the German to be set free who ends up coming back to kill Captain Miller (Hanks). At 45:27 he realizes it and he gets that "thousand-yard stare" and will never be the same. It's like people have zero compassion for his character in his situation and I completely agree he is a coward, but at least I understand the point of his character in the movie.
    Adding an edit: I went back to look at the movie and part that wasn't in the video. His first time being called on by Miller to join him, he was clumsy and he literally tells Miller that he makes maps and translates, he has never seen combat when they point out a point on the map that has a lot of Germans. "I have not held a weapon since basic training" and he also tries to bring a 35-40 lb typewriter with him. All the clues were there that this was coming the whole movie. Also have to take into account that Upham possibly didn't want to be in the war and got enlisted forcefully.

  • @Jim-oo3vu
    @Jim-oo3vu 2 месяца назад +4

    The character private Timothy Upham has been grossly miss-understood over the years, people claiming he was initially a coward. Upham was taken out of high school as he uniquely was found to be fluent in both German and French. Although he passed basic training he was transferred by division to translate maps. At 17 years was also to young to fight, after all he was in fact at school 6 months before the invasion. Upham was not given a combat role in the unit being he had not or would not had been permitted to complete infantry training, and was ordered to stay in cover will the rest of the unit dealt with any combat situation including the finale battle at Ramel. Out of fear which is natural in battle Upham was subjected to listening to his friend being killed on the upper floor of a battle damage building, Upham was not equipped mentally of physically to come to the aid of a colleague and more than likely would had been killed by the German soldier as well, who by the way Cpt Miller had released one day before. But once allied forces had joined the mop up at Ramel private Upham had realised he must step up and revenge the death of a friend, and moments later the death of Cpt Miller, thus killing the German soldier. Dont be to hard on a boy forced into war. After all War is hell.

  • @lapolicedelapensee7047
    @lapolicedelapensee7047 3 месяца назад +4

    Bro, you a vet ?
    Respect. Thanks for your service.
    (and I'm not even an american)

  • @prollins6443
    @prollins6443 2 месяца назад +1

    I'm not a veteran, but I will take the compliment of being a true patriot. I cannot watch that first scene without tearing up when he catches sight of the cemetery.

  • @doug4167
    @doug4167 2 месяца назад

    The scene with the flamer exploding on the beach was based off a real story from a vet. The vet said the flames engulfed the entire front end of a landing boat, torching pretty much everyone who stepped onto the beach.

  • @vikingr5955
    @vikingr5955 3 месяца назад +6

    I swear u already watched this lol ,,,,,ur opening shows u saying oh he's the medic he's the medic lol

  • @YoutubeCensorsYou
    @YoutubeCensorsYou 2 месяца назад

    After watching your commentary on Frodo in your LOTR videos, I predicted how you would react to Upham, lol. You have zero tolerance for incompetence, cowardice, and naivity. I love your reaction videos. Subscribed from the first one I watched. You have a funny and genuine personality.

  • @robertcampomizzi7988
    @robertcampomizzi7988 3 месяца назад +5

    14:14 yes, if the are the last of the (immediate) family blood line or if they are the provider. For example, if you're 25 but your dad had a stroke so you bring home the bread, you're not gonna get drafted.(disclaimer: from what I understand)

    • @Bob1014ify
      @Bob1014ify 3 месяца назад

      Devin didn't catch when they said there was a fourth brother.

    • @robertcampomizzi7988
      @robertcampomizzi7988 3 месяца назад

      @@Bob1014ify even if he had heard it they still sent all 4. I think the rule was changed to this rule after this WW2, not sure though.

  • @markcainyourfriendinthecar3387
    @markcainyourfriendinthecar3387 2 месяца назад

    We took my grandpa to see this when it came out. He walked out after that opening battle. Only time I ever saw him crying aside from wren my grandma die. I never could get him to watch the movie after that because he said it brought back so many memories. He said he went there and didn't want to see it again. He said the movie was so realistic

  • @Rob_Fordd
    @Rob_Fordd 3 месяца назад +58

    This movie basically ignited the modern discussion and understanding of PTSD in the general public.

    • @Deathbird_Mitch
      @Deathbird_Mitch 3 месяца назад

      If that interests you check out a book called "On Killing". It is about PTSD (and all it's names over the years) in soldiers throughout history and how it was dealt with.

    • @DevinGtv901
      @DevinGtv901  3 месяца назад +6

      I don’t ppl knew how serious PTSD was back then

    • @sinisterher
      @sinisterher 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@DevinGtv901 They really didn't and had more of a "suck it up" attitude. My grandfather was a Medic in Italy in WWII so according to my mother, he would have nightmares and tell my uncle (his son) about them but no one else. He was the gentlest of men, suffered in silence, and he took all of that to the grave with him. Others faired so much worse. It's a tragedy how neglected they were.

    • @Rob_Fordd
      @Rob_Fordd 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@DevinGtv901 When this movie came out in the 90s loads of WWII vets were still around and went to see it. It was so realistic, especially the beginning scene that A LOT of them had breakdowns or flashbacks watching it, which caused them to open up for the first time in many cases about it to their families, which then entered the public consciousness. Was a big paradigm shift in only few years.

    • @finnmccool1591
      @finnmccool1591 3 месяца назад +2

      That's... not true at all. Public discussion and understanding of PTSD occurred after Vietnam. You can hear the term used in Paul Hardcastle's "19" which topped charts in 1985.

  • @ColinRichards1
    @ColinRichards1 2 месяца назад

    WWII vets previewed this movie, and many had to leave during the opening battle due to how accurate it was and brought back memories.

  • @bwilliams463
    @bwilliams463 2 месяца назад

    When Hanks' character refers to the armor 'floundering in the Channel' and reports that 'no armor has made it ashore,' this refers to the failure of the amphibious Sherman 'duplex drive' ('DD') tanks to swim to the beach and support the infantry. Many of the American Army's tanks were released from their landing craft too far out at sea, and a particularly strong tide sank almost all of them. On the other invasion beaches that day ('Gold,' 'Sword,' 'Utah' and 'Juno') most of the tanks landed successfully, providing vital support and greatly aiding the infantry.

  • @xtop23
    @xtop23 3 месяца назад

    To our veterans. I salute you. I’ve spent my life training medics and everyone one of them I am proud of. I never sent anyone out that wasn’t ready to protect their unit, their friends, their country.
    This movie beats me up every time.

  • @dlb83082
    @dlb83082 2 месяца назад +1

    I would give my life for my battle buddy - I did 15 years of SF ops - did two tours to Iraq - lost a lot brother - thank YOU for serving!!! you are my brother too

  • @kennethjoseph6362
    @kennethjoseph6362 2 месяца назад

    43:03 this Tom Sizemore is a great actor, one of my fav films with him is "The Relic", it came out in the 90's. i saw it in the theatres. so many great actors in this epic war film, and then Hanks and Spielberg went on to make two amazing made for TV mini series "The Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific". another great reaction to classic! 👍

  • @austingreen2882
    @austingreen2882 2 месяца назад

    One of the few movies that will always make me cry or tear up

  • @shawnzzz
    @shawnzzz 2 месяца назад

    The greatest generation, period. Not just the soldiers but the entire nation banding together for the "war effort" at home. Look into that part of the war situation and it will AMAZE you. Most people do not realize or even hear about the "war effort".

  • @Antonyou69
    @Antonyou69 2 месяца назад

    I love this guy's reactions bro, he's one of my favorite reactors now

  • @kuronaialtani
    @kuronaialtani Месяц назад

    We got to watch this movie chunk by chunk over a few days one year in history class
    Absolutely incredible experience, as someone that's a huge fan of war movies and war stories
    Wish I could've been old enough to have caught it in theaters so badly

  • @josecarbajal5710
    @josecarbajal5710 3 месяца назад

    Watched this so many times....still give me more

  • @nickjohnson1445
    @nickjohnson1445 3 месяца назад +2

    I just have to say. "Tell me I lived a good life." and "Is he smart or is he...." get me every time.

  • @kendallcarstens9194
    @kendallcarstens9194 3 месяца назад +1

    "Wasn't he in a sitcom?" Yes, Ted Danson; played Sam Malone on Cheers.

  • @Gnomesaiyan77
    @Gnomesaiyan77 3 месяца назад +5

    This is at least the 3rd time you've 'reacted to this

  • @mostlyharmless1
    @mostlyharmless1 2 месяца назад +1

    It wasn't until a few years ago that I figured out the "other" Ryan is "Castle" and "The Rookie". And when you asked about the officer if "he was in a sitcom right?", that's Ted Danson from Cheers :D

  • @sorenottomybuddy
    @sorenottomybuddy 3 месяца назад

    Watching you react to Opum (spelling?) not helping when the two soldiers were in a death struggle made me cry laughing...you'd be in there using a shovel as a battle-axe 😂

  • @davidhoward6254
    @davidhoward6254 3 месяца назад +6

    It still gets me that at the end, his wife didn't know who Captain Miller was...that's why she was surprised when he asked her to tell him if he was a good man and she said 'What?' Essentially he never told her the story. Great reaction, great movie.

  • @oldgeezer3324
    @oldgeezer3324 3 месяца назад +8

    The US military rule at the time of WW2 was that they couldn't press the last name sake of a family into action. The big metal screen on top of the bunker where the medic was killed was a primitive radar. The Germans would alert fighter planes when US bombers passed overhead so the figters could be in the air at altitude to meet them, bomber losses were heavy. Hanks character here realized this was costing a lot of lives.

    • @DevinGtv901
      @DevinGtv901  3 месяца назад +1

      Ohh gotcha! Need someone to carry on the family legacy

    • @oldgeezer3324
      @oldgeezer3324 3 месяца назад +1

      @@DevinGtv901 The family name Yes

  • @elizabethjames1768
    @elizabethjames1768 3 месяца назад +3

    Another really really great war film is hacksaw Ridge and I would love to see you react to it

  • @michaelvincent4280
    @michaelvincent4280 3 месяца назад

    I'm NAVY and my little brother is an Airborne Ranger. The last big anniversary over there he wanted to participate in the live jumps over the area but they wanted so much money for each jump, not counting the flight over, transportation, housing, etc. he had to give it up. Hurt him kinda bad; these were his heroes growing up. I was to go along and document it all and I was left on the fence also.

  • @jorgeguanche5327
    @jorgeguanche5327 2 месяца назад

    This movie in the cinemas was absolutly BRUTAL! Cameras without filters and steadycams...the Dolby Surround Pro-logic......

  • @zosometalgod
    @zosometalgod 3 месяца назад +3

    Saving Private Ryan wasn't produced by Tom Hanks it was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg!

  • @onasmerjil24
    @onasmerjil24 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for your service man much appreciated

  • @ATXGooner
    @ATXGooner 2 месяца назад

    The cemetery at the beginning and end of this movie is the Cimetiere Americain de Normandie. If you ever get a chance to go to France, go visit that place. The French government has done an incredible job of maintaining that cemetery and the beaches of D-Day in honor of the allied forces who helped liberate the country from the Nazis.

  • @Giio_TV
    @Giio_TV 3 месяца назад

    Literally my Fav movie ever, i knw wayyyyyyyy to much history on ww2 and learning from war movies, this movie is pure Dday!!!!!!!

  • @LittleSkin18
    @LittleSkin18 2 месяца назад

    When Doc cries for his momma 😭😭
    This movie is so gut-wrenching but such a classic
    To my brother in arms, Devon, thank you so much for your sacrifice and service ✌️❤️
    Can't forget my sister's in arms. Thank you for your sacrifice and service ✌️❤️

  • @lorrahowell3567
    @lorrahowell3567 2 месяца назад

    This is the first time I've seen your reaction channel, so good, I had to subscribe! Thanks!!!

  • @stevencass8849
    @stevencass8849 3 месяца назад

    The wife didn’t really understand what was going on, but she understood the assignment.
    Every year the French government through the cemeteries and put wet send in the names to highlight them. There are videos of it on RUclips, and it’s definitely touching.

  • @williammc866
    @williammc866 2 месяца назад

    Great reaction, love your spirit, brother!

  • @Beeza-om9js
    @Beeza-om9js 3 месяца назад +9

    This is one of the best war movies. Another role that Tom Hanks absolutely killed.

    • @TheHulk2008
      @TheHulk2008 3 месяца назад

      It is the best war movie

    • @futrecacao
      @futrecacao Месяц назад

      ​@@TheHulk2008By far i think

  • @DodgeWolf
    @DodgeWolf 2 месяца назад

    My favorite movie ever since I saw it on TV in 1999 in my language.

  • @DacianRider
    @DacianRider 3 месяца назад +1

    I love your reactions. They really brighten my day. ❤ This one was especially powerful and felt very sincere on your part. Thank you & cheers from Romania ! 💪 🍻

  • @puzzled_pelican3626
    @puzzled_pelican3626 3 месяца назад +2

    Thanks for your service man 💪

  • @TheGreenie21
    @TheGreenie21 2 месяца назад

    That rule came to be because of WW2. The most infamous real case was the Four Soloman brothers who all served in the Navy on the same ship. Their ship was attacked by the Japanese and sunk. All four brothers perished with the ship. After that they put in a new rule that said brothers couldn't serve in the same unit. Then they later put in the sole survivor rule.

  • @chriskirby9021
    @chriskirby9021 2 месяца назад

    The Sergeant also play a Sergeant in Pearl Harbor. I always like how he did 2 movies about the same, from both the European theater and the Pacific theater

  • @oregonhighroller5178
    @oregonhighroller5178 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for your service my dude.

  • @toddnesbitt3113
    @toddnesbitt3113 3 месяца назад +1

    Gotcha buddy, I was Desert Storm and went to a DAV cookout where I was the young guy running and fetching. Made me feel blessed to be in the presence of greatness.

  • @phtevenj
    @phtevenj 2 месяца назад

    The way Ryan refused to leave, is heart wrenching.

  • @georgeizcazu152
    @georgeizcazu152 3 месяца назад

    @19:43 yes, he was. Ted Danson from 'Cheers'.

  • @epicmage82
    @epicmage82 2 месяца назад

    I lose it at the end every time. "Tell me I led a good life. Tell me I'm a good man." It rocks me to the core. Such a good movie.

  • @Reclining_Spuds
    @Reclining_Spuds 2 месяца назад

    Every time I watch a reaction to this film, I'm reminded how I haven't done shit with my life.....yet! 🙏❤️

  • @likerlo11
    @likerlo11 3 месяца назад +9

    Amazing reaction. Being a vet yourself. My dad acted the same way to this. Always made him and our family emotional. Thank you!

    • @DevinGtv901
      @DevinGtv901  3 месяца назад +3

      Thank you for watching

  • @georgeski83knights3
    @georgeski83knights3 Месяц назад

    Love your reaction towards Uphams character 😅😅😅....

  • @currinsnipes9879
    @currinsnipes9879 2 месяца назад

    Can you believe this movie did not win Best Picture! It is a classic, one of the best.

  • @amandaochandlerful
    @amandaochandlerful 2 месяца назад

    I am only 13 years old and I watched this movie for the first time with my mom 2 days ago, and on beach there’s a scene where this soldier was shot in helmet and he took the helmet to check the damage and then was killed after he took his helmet off, then my mom said that my great grandpa served in the European theatre in ww2 and she said my great grandpas best friend was killed the same way as the kid that I was just talking about. Also my aunts dad served in Vietnam as a sniper and he was on patrol with a bunch of other soldiers and then the Vietnamese killed everyone and he had to play dead and he had to put his friends body and guts on him so he could live. He suffered from very bad PTSD and he ended up committing suicide. We salute all the dead soldiers and god bless America and its soldiers.

  • @johnnyblue9120
    @johnnyblue9120 2 месяца назад

    "I've have never wanted to reach into the f** screen and choke someone out so bad" 😂 Hands went 3D for a second lol