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You should react to "Come and see" it was what Spielberg watched when working on Saving Private Ryan as inspiration and is considered by many the greatest war film.
The medic wade, when he was shot, was asking for another shot of morphine. One morphine syrette held 1.5 CCs, or 30 milligrams. That second dose was likely fatal. He knew what he was asking for.
He lost so much blood the tpr and cardiac output were just done. He was probably gonna have heart failure. Cant even imagine that level of pain on top of being shot in the abdomen.
There was an old saying about morphine in this situation. “One for the pain, two for eternity.” When he asked for a second shot of morphine he knew he was going to die and so did they.
As a medic he would've known if his liver was perforated he wasn't going to survive without a surgeon like right then & there... So knowing he was going to die, he just wanted it to be quicker and less painful.
Never apologize for crying over a movie. That kind of reaction proves the storyteller did their job in making you invested in the characters and their world. Plus, it's almost impossible not to tear up at this movie.
Yeah, I always kinda laugh when reactors apologize for... reacting. Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry that I'm human! The so-called 'reactors' that sit stone faced through a film like this, while babbling about the scenery or the camera angles are the absolute worst.
The first time I watched the movie I was absolutely floored when I watched the storming of Normandy Beach...the graphic retelling of the events really showed (to me) the reality of war and I appreciated that it wasn't romanticized for the viewer...I could not imagine the sheer horror..and courage it took those men to do what they were commanded to do..ALL those souls who were lost that day should NEVER be forgotten...nor those who survived and lived to tell their stories....this is DEFINITELY a film everyone should see...
I think if a person does not tear up watching this movie they may be soulless, or at least have some serious issues to work out, either way not someone I’d want to befriend.
Never apologize for crying and being real and showing your true feelings (I'm shedding tears because you are)... people love real people... that shows you are a kind and loving person
As an Army veteran, the part where these guys are sitting together in the church telling deeply personal stories in a totally honest fashion is easily the most relatable scene. Small groups like this will know as much about each other as an old married couple.
Especially when he starts to cry out for his mama, after we learned earlier in the film that he would intentionally pretend to be asleep when she came home. It's so heartbreaking.
You guys forgot how realistic is his death, the bullets holes in his belly with the blood coming out in a continuous flow and he realizing that his liver was f*cked... Duude this scene is crazy
Apparently they showed this movie to veterans who were actually at D-Day in early screenings. When asked about that scene in particular they said “the only thing missing was the smell of gunpowder.”
I remember it. They saw it before the movie was released. Some say that it helped them to start talking about it for the first time in their life. If people want war, then show them this movie, and say that this is how war looks.
The real beach landing went on like that for the better part of the day. The first two waves took casualties as high as 70-90%, depending on the unit. It was so bad they almost called off the additional waves, but the Navy risked beaching their fleet to close in and provide direct fire support on the beach defenses so the beach could be taken.
@@harveyquinn3535 Relatively speaking they were easy. Utah had a lot less resistance and in some stretches no resistance (partially because they missed their landing and used that to their advantage to flank the enemy). Yes the other beaches had fighting and it was horrible to go through them all--not saying they weren't...or that i could do it--but omaha was just THAT MUCH WORSE.
I'm a US combat vet who spent 6 years deployed overseas. My father was a career Army soldier and died in the line of duty when I was still a boy. It really bothers me that the last 2 generations of kids in the world including the US have forgotten the sacrifices that US servicemen and their families made for the very freedom they have to put us down. When we forget history we are doomed to repeat it. I've never met a ww2 vet without thanking him and paying for a meal or drink. They are almost all gone now and it breaks my heart.
This movie pulls no punches The morphine line was terrible and amazing. The medic wouldn’t ask for it if he hadn’t given up and the captain knew it and Hank’s expression shows it perfectly
The two men surrendering at the beginning are saying in Czech “We’re Czech. We didn’t kill anybody” As the nazis conquered countries they forced able bodied men to fight in the war. They were basically trying to say “we’re slaves; we don’t want to be here and we didn’t shoot” Edit: Aaaaaand that’s been said several times of course. I should read comments before commenting 😂
Band of Brothers is a must watch/react after this. It's a miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg based on the men of Easy Company 101st Airborne division. Starts with them in basic training and goes through to the end of the war. At the beginning of each episode they show the surviving men portrayed in the series and you wont get names to faces till the final episode as to not spoil who dies and who survives. It's a life changing miniseries that the veterans themselves were even on set to depict to the actors how events played out.
Band of Brothers was a great series. I got to visit Toccoa Georgia where the training area was for US Army was at time. They have a military weekend every year and actually met one of the members of the 101st Airborne from the particular company.
@@LambrettaJet200 that must have been a great experience meeting Major Winters! In 2017 I and a Marine buddy followed Easy Company’s path from Normandy, all the way up to the Eagles Nest.
I knew a man who went there from Texas national guard a week after Dday and marched across Europe taking town after town with a mechanized infantry unit. He said this movie was so accurate and captured the spirit and sentiment so well... i believed what he told me because he often had nightmares and PTSD from the hand to hand, knife fights etc. I certainly believed what he said about the movie.
What Capt. John Miller is experiencing with his hand tremors is more than likely what was called “battle fatigue” in that WWII era. It was known as “shell shock” in the WWI era. And today’s modern times it is “PTSD.”
PTSD is a bit different than the shell shock tremors that people got mostly in the First World War. PTSD is a more holistic/general term, and describes psychological trauma that causes symptoms like hallucinations, night terrors, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, or rage. Survivors of combat going back thousands of years have been observed with these symptoms. Shell shock on the other hand involves a sort of glitch in the body's nervous system, where people get shakes or tremors like Tom Hanks' character (only the real thing was usually way more severe). It's not known what exactly causes it, most likely by repeated explosive pressure waves from artillery shells doing permanent neurological damage either to the brain or other parts of the nervous system. It was seen the most in the First World War due to the unspeakable strain that mass artillery bombardments had on the infantry at frontline trenches. It was also observed a little bit in WW2, but due to the mobile, more mechanised nature of WW2, frontline never stayed in one place for so long to ever warrent firing hundreds of thousands or millions of shells into a confoned area.
24:25---The irony is that John is shot and killed by the German soldier they set free (and is the same one Upham kills). What I particularly love is that it's all about survival ultimately, and as much as the soldiers try to rationalize what is right or wrong, ultimately in warfare, it all comes down to survival (whether the director intended it that way or not)
@@csilt the SS weren’t standard German infantry and you probably know that. He was speaking on the views of normal infantry who were fighting for what they thought was right.
My favorite character is the Medic. His character arc just tears me apart. The story about pretending to be asleep when his mom came to check on him & him crying out for his mom when he's dying. I get wrecked EVERY. FUCKING. TIME. And the lesson is tragically beautiful. Don't take for granted ANY moment you can get with your loved ones because you never know when you can't have anymore moments with them.
When I was young I had little interest in history, and I’m a son of a WW2 combat vet. But to appreciate the sacrifices made at Normandy and how this movie depicts it it’s vital to read about it first. The brutal sacrifices US and allied troops made to help secure victory in WW2, and our current freedom is possibly beyond anything one could realistically imagine.
My grandfather fought in the Pacific in WWII. He said that sometimes both sides would run out of bullets and he would hear his friend begging for help while getting stabbed to death while he was stabbing a Japanese man to death. Easily the most chilling and horrific moment of his life.
It’s hard not to cry during the initial scenes of the movie, always remembering a whole generation of young men who lost their own lives to gave us freedom...RESPECT!
Captin Miller was likely suffering from PTSD. It's implied that he has seen a lot of combat, and back then, this condition went largely undiagnosed/treated. They used to call it battle fatigue, or shell-shocked.
Captain Miller I believe in the movie lore served in Africa during the campaign there. I believe he was in the war since the U.S. came into it in 1941 so he had 3 years plus experience before Normandy.
The medics death is so hard to watch. Especially after him discussing his mother. One of the worst things in life is dieing or having someone you love die while you are at odds and not getting the chance to apologise or tell them how you feel.
I served as an Army Infantry (Grunt) Sergeant. As a 19-year-old, African American Grunt Private, during the period December 1983-December 1984. I earned my Combat Infantryman Badge for my service inside the Korean DMZ. Essentially, there's no place to run or to hide while engaged in a combat mission. So, you fight to win. We (Grunts) never quit on our brothers, and we never leave our brothers behind. Your emotions and commentary touched my heart. I often wonder if my experiences and service made a difference. South Korea remains free, so I'm thankful. Unfortunately, very nice guys are hurt and are lost to war. This movie demonstrates how brutal and senseless war has always been. I would do it all again and make the same sacrifices.
War is hell, it’s not glamorous, it’s confusing and scary. If you’ve never been in combat then consider yourself blessed. You can watch a film like this and get an idea of what combat is like. What you don’t get are the sounds, losing your hearing, and the smells. What you can’t feel is the concussion of an IED going off near you or the smell of burning flesh. I hope there will be no more wars .
The actual history behind even some of the smallest details is quite extraordinary. You may think that soldier was vomiting because of nerves, and sure that may have been part of the reason. But they had given all the troops a hearty meal before launching. So it wouldn't have set well for many of them on the rough seas. And when the Americans shot those Germans surrendering.....they were actually Czech conscripts forced to fight for the Nazis and were glad to be free. But it shows that war can be dirty and no side is totally innocent.
Well, it's kinda tough to finally confront the guys who just mowed down hundreds of your friends, and suddenly say, "Oh they're surrendering now, let's be merciful." In fact, I'd have probably been one of the guys yelling "Don't shoot... let 'em burn!".
@@loganserfass1788 That's understandable if you're dropped behind enemy lines. You have no base of operations or supplies to hold POWs and whatnot. But in something like the Battle of Normandy where you can set up a base it does seem like a war crime to execute POWs.
@@jimmygreer6172 the battle of Normandy lasted months. I am specifically talking DDay. Landing forces both airborne and the ones landed at the beach had no time or place for prisoners until they had a foothold and got things ashore and established. Which is why they didnt take prisoners.
@@loganserfass1788 What do you think D-Day was? Taken from wiki: Operation Overlord was the codename for the *Battle of Normandy*, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy Landings *(D-Day)* And what do you think the Germans were doing on those beaches? Fishing all day so that they could eat, sleeping on the beaches? No, they certainly had the infrastructure to house/feed EVERY German stationed there. So they could've easily kept the 1/20th (or whatever) of Germans still alive as POWs. There was no need to shoot those Czechs.
@@abstractioner3071 - Yeah, but war has changed a LOT. In WWI, there were many days where tens of thousands of battle casualties were the norm. By WWII, that became rare (but this was one of those rare days). And in the wars that ensued later, the war tactics that traded mass casualties for yards of ground, became almost obsolete... thankfully.
@@Mr.Ekshin True, the scale and nature of war has changed a lot. We might never see anything like D Day again but some of the small skirmishes and things you see in the movie are what I was getting at
@@abstractioner3071 It is true if you enlist in a war, you have a small chance of dying. But to be fair, you still have the same amount of chance making out alive from a firefight on equal grounds. In Iraq and Afghanistan, small groups of insurgents did serious damage to US troops. So scale has changed because of tech, but tech relies on trade, and trade relies on peace and stability. So it wont be the same for upcoming big wars. And they are coming. Hopefully, not in our lifetime, but I wouldn't bet on it.
I saw this movie when it opened. WWII veterans were in the audience. The left during the battle on the beach. They were crying as they left. They are truly the greatest generation. 🇺🇸
When I told my dad about this movie, and asked if he'd be interested in seeing it. His reply, "I don't need to, I was in the channel that day and that was too close."
@@mikemcgee5950 No it was not. It is a quote from Winston Churchill, in a speech that he gave on the 20'th of August 1940. That part of the second world war that you are talking about, did not start untill december 1941. How on earth can you get something like this wrong? There are over one year apart.
5:40 due to the enormous logistical process of setting up beachheads, the generals and admirals had all agreed, NO PRISONERS at the landings…to take prisoners would drain resources, and hinder their ability to get things sorted as soon as possible. This is one other reason the film got acclaim…unlike war films made years earlier, this film actively avoided the portrayal of the Americans and allies being free of guilt of any “evil” Yes, they were surrendering, they shot them anyway, admitting to such is something quite rare in war films
Actually, German soldiers were advised not to surrender to front line troops because, well, imagine surrendering to somebody who you have been trying to slaughter a few minutes ago? Anyway, they were advised to try to play dead or hide until rear echelon troops move up and surrender to them instead of the assault troops who have really no interest to take you prisoner. First, for the reasons stated before, and second, assault troops wouldn't know what to do with you and will have to spare precious personnel yo escort prisoners back to the rear echelon.
@@feedstacker You can call it anything, in war, people who are otherwise normal, do things they will not normally do. That's the way it is. As Sgt. Rock says "Make War No More!"
The orders issued to the paratroopers by General Maxwell Taylor, commander of the 101st Airborne Division: “Take no prisoners,” Malarkey recalls General Taylor telling them. “If you were to take prisoners, they’d handicap our ability to perform our mission.” The only issue I had with that scene is cracking a joke like that would be some pretty dark humor for a young soldier like him. That's something a grizzled veteran might say.
@@jakester455 that last point is exactly the reason they included it in the film, to show that in wars, there can and will be evils and bad people on both sides… Basically admitting to “we won, and history is written by the victors, but at the same time we make no claims of being perfect and without sin”
Fact : two soldiers surrender to the Allied forces but, speaking German, their pleas for mercy aren’t understood and they are executed on the spot but they weren’t speaking German, they were speaking Czech, pleading: “Please don’t shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone! I am Czech!"
This comment is absurd. Captain Miller had to go find a typist to serve as an interpreter, yet your theory is that the enemy soldiers got shot because they didn't speak German? Did you really think this out? This is a typical order for first wave invading troops: “Take no prisoners,” Malarkey recalls General Taylor telling them. “If you were to take prisoners, they’d handicap our ability to perform our mission.”
His point is that, had the US soldiers understood them, they may well have spared their lives. As they could not speak Czech & probably thought they were Germans, they shot them. It's a perfectly reasonable point & the point I think Spielberg was making. As for ordering troops to kill prisoners (or not accept their surrender). I'm sure the airborne had little choice in that matter, being deep behind enemy lines. I'm sure this was an unofficial understanding for many first-wave assault troops. I do not think it would ever have been an official order as it would contravene the Geneva Convention & could therefore be seen as a war crime. Did Taylor tell the troops that? Probably yes. Was it issued as an order? Probably off the record
The story that inspired this movie was the story of the Niland brothers. The basis is the same, two brothers die in the Normandy landings, one is shot down over New Guinea and one is missing in France, but alive. They have to save the remaining brother because of the sole survivor rule implemented after all five Sullivan brothers died when their ship, USS Juneu, is sunk by the Japanese in 1942. The idea of a search party is made up, since the remaining Niland brother is sent home after his CO is notified by command once the confusion of the airborne jumps passes. One difference in the story of the Niland brothers is that the brother shot down over New Guinea survived both the crash and Japanese captivity, and returned home safe at the end of the war.
True, his name was Fritz Niland and was from German immigrant family to the US. "Saving private Niland" or "Saving private Fritz" doesn't have the same patriotic zing to it though. 🤣
Excellent synopsis of this precursor, which made mother's across our country to have some sort of say in how to give "surviving soldiers" a chance to be on the spotlight of the family of these soldiers, in a large family of young men, a way to carry a chance to "Identify, situation, and is confirmed by military" that this is indeed the case. Fast forward to how they still have this in place, is one of those questions in either a volunteer commission, or from a draft, that the prospective future of the soldier a sort of buffer, to confirm that this is the case. Again, this "question" was up to the soldier, to answer the question, formed to make sure he/she is NOT a surviving status of siblings in a household. Currently, this mundane, yet strikingly important question, I believe it is on at least 3 different question forms, at the time a soldier goes through a MEP screening, and again every time a soldier receives orders to a combat zone. A soldier has to sign the paperwork presented. As a disable combat vet (retired), I know of 4 occasions where I was confronted with said paperwork presented to me by S-1, and it's more of a "dot the i's, cross the t's" form, going through the system motions.
Movies like this help people who never served in the military how hard it was, especially during a time of war. Pretty much, those who actually were there, from the beaches of Normandy on through Europe have said this movie is as real as it can get without really being there. Yes, it was bloody and emotionally drain for many, but they knew they had to overcome their emotions and fears when it came to completing their missions. For them every mission they complete and survive brings them closer to home. Unfortunately, many also sacrificed for other to be able to go home, which to me was a major theme for this movie, Ryan was the only surviving son of a mother who had all her sons go to war, which would be too much for a mother to handle. Granted it is hard for a mother who only has one son to lose him to war but to lose more than 3 is worse.
I saw this movie in the cinema in the middle of a week day back in 1998, there was very few people in there, the film blew me away and as it ended I started to leave and realised as the lights came up, that all the other people there were old ladies, all hugging and crying, they'd obviously come as close as they could to understanding and seeing what the men they knew or were related to went through back then but probably never spoke about. I'll never forget that cinema visit, a powerful experience.
Theres only 2 modes of any military language, acronyms and cursing without limits. Who cares who's listening as long as its short when people are dying and your getting shot at. Say it like you mean it "Fucked up beyond all recognition" heres another fun one SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up"
Never heard that explanation of FUBAR, nice one! But here is the actual meaning, FUBAR is what english speaking people hear when us Germans say "Furchtbar" what translate to terrible. So the "Fouled up beyond all recovery" catches the mood very well, when going thru terrible and horrifying crap like that.
I asked someone who had a grandfather who fought during ww2. He told me that his grandfather never got to watch this movie further than the 15 minutes in due to how much it triggered his ptsd 😭
Thank you for picking a really wonderful movie to react to. Your emotions are so real and authentic. I watch this movie on or around June 6th every year and I enjoyed re-experiencing the first time I saw it through your eyes. Thank you again.
Thank you for watching and taking your time to write such a nice comment. I am glad that you find my not annoying as I am usually scared of LOL I really appreciate this
The silence in the cinema after that movie was eerie. Driving home with a full car of friends and we hardly said anything. I've heard war vets left the premiere at the cinema in the first few minutes as it was to real and gave them flashbacks. Hard to imagine this movie is over 20 years old now... One of the best war movies ever made IMO.
The shaking hands, what causes it? In the beginning, they gave us a hint. The little cans in the bag with different place names on them. The new can he filled with Normandy beach sand. North Africa, Scicily, Italy, Anzio etc. All battles they had been in. By this time, they're used up, burned out, and emotionally/psychologically fractured.
Yup... had the captain been a private, he'd have probably ended up curled in the fetal position in full blown panic attacks. But there were people counting on him for answers and orders. Willing his hand to be still was him shoving the PTSD down deep and willing himself to keep going.
“You know how many men I’ve lost under my command? 94” There are 100 men in a company. It’s likely that Sgt Horvath, Mellish, Reiben, Jackson, Caparzo and Wade are all that’s left of Capt Miller’s original company. At that point Caparzo had died, so counting Captain Miller himself, that’s 100 men.
I always thought the different cans of soil part of this movie was kind of ridiculous. It's very unlikely a soldier would carry around cans of dirt in his bag adding extra dead weight to his load. Especially when more important stuff could fit in there, like food or ammo.
This was very good. My great grandfather on my father's side of my family was a WW2 veteran who was a survivor of the D-Day beach landings. He was part of the first wave of troops landing at Juno Beach and they took the town just past the beach, he lost all of his friends on that beach. His name and rank were Lance Corporal Henry James Gamble of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles division in the Canadian Army. He made it through the war all the way up until near the Battle of the Bulge, where his leg was blown off and machine gunned across the upper torso by a German MG42 when he sat up, so he crawled to a barn and stuffed his leg with hay to slow the bleeding down while the rest of his men took out the mortar encampment then rescued him and he was sent back home on a hospital ship, and a year later my grandfather was born.
Now you need to watch "Band of Brothers", "The Pacific" and "Hacksaw Ridge". All are True Stories with the real people who survived interviewed throughout the series.
If your liver is heavily damaged even today you are unlikely to survive. The fatality rate is something like 69%. You will need a trauma center and an incredible number of units of blood to make it through the surgery to repair the damage. In 1944 in a war zone there was no way to make it and the medic knew it.
The medic understood it absolutely. If it was just the bullet he could've been saved, but the second he yelled his liver, that's when I understood that it's not going well 🥺
I was a late life child for my father. He was at Omaha beach and many years before this movie ever came out I would hear he and his friends who were also there describing the beach exactly how it was in the movie. He also talked about dead cows laying about the country side. The extremely bad smells everywhere and the cold of winter without proper gear or a place to go inside. His brother, my uncle, died there on the beach that same day. My dad lived another 60 years after he thought he was going to die and he passed away June 6th, 2004 on the 60th anniversary of D-Day. The war was hard on the survivors too. My dad would always say he came back a mean man that didn't care about much for a long time once he got back. He was gone for nearly 4 years and his first wife had a 3 and 1 year old child when he got back that weren't his. He ended up meeting my mom when he was around 50 years old and they had four kids. You're very well spoken and very good during this reaction. About to check out anything else you have on here and also subscribed. Judging by this one, if you keep it up you'll have plenty of rapid channel growth. You have the voice, looks, good editing and you make salient points throughout the movie. Good job!
People tend to hate on Upham but fail to realize he represents the majority of the population. Shock and fear can overcome people and they will freeze up and make bad decisions or no decisions at all, which is worse. He was a typist before being thrown into Millers company and into the battlefield. He's basically a regular guy.
@@SubtleAmbition you have a point, but also consider that throughout all of this Upham had never seen combat until he joined up with Miller's squad, and he only actively participated in that last battle. It's easy to say that you'd be able to fight or act, but in the moment you'd be scared shitless, and that's what happened to Upham. In that fight or flight moment, he couldn't do anything except freeze up.
i would definitely be upham if i ever got sent to a war and you can all hate me all you want. i would shit and piss my pants and then puke all over the place.
In 1990 I started on a Md-PhD program in Philly PA, USA. In preparation for the 1st Iraq war, many Army / National Guard medics were quietly assigned to 'training' in US East Coast cities, especially those cities with open air drug markets. This gave the front-line Amy / National Guard medics real world ER / Trauma experience with causalities from automatic weapons fire (drug gang turf wars). Nobody in the program spoke about it much, BUT they all managed to take "the worst day in the ER" and use that when they were in theater doing triage.
I was a roommate with a WW2 war veteran and we watched the movie when it came out on HBO, he told about the horrors of the D-day, he died in 2003 at ripe old age of 85...long live our true warriors!
@@whopperwithcheese Yes, I've seen it myself. I saw it in theaters. And they had people walking out in front of me all the time.. Seriously. It's true. No need to be rude.
@@SaRENRampaiger lol bruh they’re really that serious its aight only thousands of other people know that same fact and you’re not the only one who refers it to “fun fact” because obviously we know it’s not actually fun but that’s just how it’s naturally said anyways
The "airships" are barrage balloons. Supporting cables, they were intended to snag low-flying airplanes. The helmets weren't remotely bulletproof. They were mainly intended to protect the head from things falling out of the sky from nearby explosions and the like. The modern Kevlar helmets have more bullet-stopping ability. Mythbusters demonstrated the sniper shot was impossible. They couldn't get .30-06 ball ammo to go through all the heavy glass lenses in the scope without deflecting. Anyway, they noted that at that range the bullet wouldn't be travelling parallel to the scope, but would be descending in its ballistic arc. There were many f***** acronyms in WWII, the best known of which is SNAFU, Situation Normal, All F****** Up. My favorite is JANFU, Joint Army-Navy F******* Up.
One thing to note tho is that Carlos Hathcock opponent had a Russian 91/30 PU sniper rifle and the tubes on those scopes are pretty short so im kinda sure the bullet could get thru it, I do remember they did not use a PU scope original or reproduction for the test so there maybe some different results but the yaw of the bullet would probably not change but bullets do weird shit. (RUclips vid idea for somebody?) From what I remember mythbusters didn't provide a math equation to measure the drop of that bullet either. I have no doubt that bullet did absolutely drop at that distance but how many inches of drop was there is the question. Either way it's just a tribute in the movie to Carlos Hathcock counter sniper kill back in vietnam. One heck of a marksman of legendary status and that shot makes for really good sniper scene/action in the hollywood world. Wish he had brought that rifle back and it would fill in alot of the grey areas of his kill. RIP
I'll disagree with you about the sniper shot being impossible. It was based on an actual shot made in Vietnam by a Marine Sniper named Carlos Hathcock. www.thevintagenews.com/2016/06/11/the-vietnam-sniper-who-shot-an-enemy-sniper-through-the-enemys-own-scope-hitting-him-in-the-eye-and-killing-him-2/
@@chadcasale4216 Whatever. I was referring to this shot as presented in the movie, which is what Mythbusters tried to replicate. See Jackson Thompson's comment above for a reason why Hathcock's shot may have happened, i.e., much shorter scope with a lot less glass in it.
Having been to that Grave Site in Normandy (a humbling thing to see and be around), and speaking with WWII Vets at 82nd conventions, this movie was spot-on accurate and makes you think of the sheer sacrifices made during WWII, and the Normandy landings.
You are obviously a beautiful person, both inside and out. Your honest painful reaction watching this touched my heart because I felt exactly the same watching it in the movie theater when it was first released.
Thank you Tony, I absolutely didn't think I would connect with the people, but I was wrong. Also thought that seeing people "passing" in movies would be easier after 4 years in the health field, but also wrong. This movie was beautiful but painful 🥺
I don’t hate upham because unlike the guys he was with, he was never in combat or on the front lines. Yes, they go through a few gun fights but, none of them were as intense as the final battle which was Upham’s first taste of full on war. Upham also wasn’t involved in the beach landing. Who knows how any of us would react in war. I sure as hell don’t know how I would react. Not trying to hate, just trying to give some perspective from Upham’s point of view.
It's a hard one. While I don't blame him for being scared and afraid. When you sign up or you in this case during WW2 get drafted. You are expected to protect your fellow buddies. Which in the movie, he was crying while his buddy was getting stabbed. Again. I don't blame him for being scared. I just think he is a bit of a coward. But he redeems himself at the end when he makes overcomes his fear and makes the enemy surrender.
@@S1D3W1ND3R015 I don’t think he was a coward. He was not trained as a combat soldier. He was only trained to work in the rear areas. That’s why he made a comment that there were Germans where they were going. He was not mentally equipped to cope with the stress of battle. He didn’t know these people and hadn’t trained with them or trained to do what they did. That’s why he was left behind a cow when Wade got killed.
@@achillies40 "a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things." Is the definition of coward. By definition he was. A Soldier is a Soldier. I am a Soldier as well. When you take that oath. You are swearing and upholding to protect your brothers and sisters in arms. No matter your MOS. From Cook to Infantry. Doesn't matter. You are expected to be able to fight. That's what basic training is for. Sorry but he is a bit of a coward. But like I said. It's a hard one because I still don't blame him for being scared. But if he had gained enough courage to go and help his buddy getting stabbed. He'd still be alive.
@@achillies40 Also to emphasize about the he wasn't trained as a combat soldier. Even today, Basic training is to be trained in basic combat. Every MOS (Job) is trained in combat because you are a Soldier first then your job. You have to be able to fight. Same said back then. You are trained in combat even if you are a cook.
This vid randomly showed up in my recommendations and I clicked through, and I gotta say your English is outstanding. When you turned on the Norwegian subtitles it blew my mind.
You observation on the "airships" is interesting. Many wouldn't have noticed. They are called barrage balloons, and were used a lot in WW II to discourage air attacks. In this case, for the invasion, but also used over cities and in truck convoys for the same reason. Good eye!
This is my favorite movie of ALL time. I've seen it too many times to count, & yet even still, when I see Wade's death scene I ALWAYS shed some tears. His death scene, with the backstory of him & his mom he tells in a monologue, as he cries for his mama...too much, man.
The opening half an hour of Saving Private Ryan is some of the best film making I've ever seen. I remember sitting in the cinema amazed at what I was watching.
She knows why they were turning him over to check his back. What she was asking was why were they not covering the wounds on his stomach when they were turning him over. You are correct that there was nothing they could've done to save him, but they didn't know that. And covering and putting pressure on the entry wound (or any other bleeding wound) is basic emergency medical intervention 101.
@@VenomGamingCenter Hole that big? There were multiple holes and they were the size of a bullet. Not that big. Again, I agree that in the end, even had they applied pressure to the wounds, it would not have saved him. But it's still one of the first things you would do. I assure you, I was a firefighter and I worked for an ambulance service in a major metropolitan city for over a decade. I'm far from ignorant on this subject matter.
@@jeremybr2020 I find it rather amusing that in any debate on these topics that happen in these comment sections, one side always tries to pull out the "Well I'm an X, so I know" argument from authority. It gets super old.
@@VenomGamingCenter The thing about arguments from authority is that it is listed as a non-fallacious argument as often as a fallacious one. So you really need to evaluate the claims on their merits more so than just simply criticizing the fact that the person is claiming authority on something. What do you think would be a paramedics first job were they to come upon a scene where a person has suffered several GSW's to the abdomen? ABC's. Airway, Breathing and Circulation. As soon as you determine they're breathing with no obstructions, your next step is to stop the bleeding as much as possible. You do this automatically as if its just a reflex. You're not thinking about the fact that in the case of this movie, there's no where to bring this person and no one else present has the know how or means to save this persons life. That realization will come soon enough. If you want to dismiss my comment on the grounds that I claimed authority, then that's certainly your right to do. But i think you may be missing the bigger picture.
Upham was a CLERK TYPIST among Rangers and Airborne in a town being attacked by tanks and SS, I doubt even 1% of the people who hate him could do anything if he were in their boots. Upham was the audience's surrogate and Spielberg knew exactly what he was doing with his character. He is one of the most realistic parts of the movie, a new guy who had no friends among veterans while everyone's expectations for him were through the roof.
@@williammcallister3566 NO ONE knows how they will react in a situation like that until they experience it for themselves. I would like to think that you would respond bravely. But what if, in that moment, you didn't respond the way you wanted. How could you ever live with yourself? Bottom line, no one has the right to judge the Corporal until they've marched more than a few miles in his boots.
We should always strive for more and not lower our expectations, regardless of our failures. If you can't handle the situation you have to bear the consequences. We should accept that their is weakness in anybody but never have sympathy for it.
Thank You for watching these. It's so important for people to know the horrors of war. I know it's just a movie. I'm not a soldier, but I believe these are a decent tribute to the real events, even being if not 100% correct. I know it's hard to watch, but we owe it to them out of respect to at least try to understand what they went through. Maybe in so doing we can stop it happening again. If we feel bad watching it, imagine how bad they felt actually being there in the middle of it.
The shaking Cpt Miller is experiencing is a physiological manifestation of Acute Stress Disorder. He's attempting to compartmentalize the trauma he's currently experiencing but it's coming to the surface in the form of uncontrollable shaking of his hands.
I’d like to add that those helmets are not bulletproof. They’re basically like hardhats & are for preventing penetration of shrapnel from mortars, grenades etc., as well as preventing damage from flying debris like stones & rubble. That soldier at the beginning who was shot through his helmet, then took it off & was killed with a head shot would’ve been just as dead with his helmet on. If there’s no shelling or active battle, with lots of explosions nearby, taking off your helmet isn’t going to increase your odds of death or anything.
@@lethallatin5094 Really stopping bullets with those helmets would have mostly been flukes and strokes of luck. With most of the bounces from bullets being most likely ricochets or long distance shots where the velocity had dropped.
This was well done. It didn't glamorize war. It was so harsh that I never watched it again. Until your reaction I didn't remember quite how rough it is. When I first saw it I didn't know who Nathan Fillian was playing the wrong Private Ryan. He starred in a short-lived but good science fiction series called Firefly and its follow-up movie.
@@Centane The movie Serenity is the follow-up to the series Firefly...which only approaches the tragedy of Saving Private Ryan in the travesty that the TV series got canceled while they were still making the first season. You should ABSOLUTELY watch them, but be sure to watch the series first. The movie is watchable standalone, but much better if you've already fallen in love with the characters (and I guarantee you will).
The scene with Wade the medic dying always makes me cry. The desperation in the team trying to help him, the slow realization that there's no saving him, the way he asks for another dose of morphine to pass away peacefully, and then, where the real waterworks start, when he cries out to his mother. Especially after he just talked about avoiding his mom, likely regretting not saying more while he was still home. And that's just one scene in this movie! This film is a masterpiece I find myself going back to consistently.
You asked, “Why am I so emotional?” If anyone can sit through the first 16 minutes of ‘Ryan,’ and not be emotional, those are the people we need worry about. By definition, they have trouble feeling empathy, at a bare minimum and may have wondered into psychopathy. A qualified mental expert would need to make that assessment.
Exactly, those people who see it and are like "fuck yeah, that was awesome, kick some ass!" are definitely psychopathic. No sand and rational individual should ever want to actively seek out war for it's own sake.
Lord Mortarius i served in the First Gulf War in ‘92. I’m fortunate never to have run in to anybody who would choose to describe that or any other war as ‘glorious,’ in my presence. I’m proud of my service, we won,, so that’s good, but i failed to notice too much ‘glory.’ Perhaps it was under some of the dead bodies, exploded tanks or the unprecedented ecological disaster of setting all the oil wells on fire, I don’t know.
I was in the mechanized infantry, i don’t recall being issued any ‘glory.’ Maybe the tankers got it or the Apache pilots. I didn’t run in to any over there. Desert’s mighty empty. Seems like it would have been hard to miss.
@@MrSmithla The glory part is something the people in strategy rooms or those who stayed home will fantasize about. The guys who have to experience the fighting pretty much never see it on the battlefield.
xxJOKeR75xx You and I are on the same page. Those who go, see, serve, fight, there’s no glory. The men who fight, don’t fight as hard as they do, sacrifice so much, even make the ultimate sacrifice for glory, medals or pay. If a soldier dives on a grenade, risks his own life outside of cover to pull a comrade back, they’re doing it, or so they report, not for flag, country, President or general. They’re doing it for the guy in the fixhole next to them. They’re doing it for their buddies with the full expectation that their buddies would do the same. I also agree that you can be, practically, 100% certain that anyone discussing ‘glory,’ is stateside, hasn’t seen, heard or smelled an active battlefield, sent rounds, directly or indirectly, down range at the enemy and never will. Now, officers having to write the letters to the parent explaining why Johnny won’t be coming home, will refer to Johnny, for instance, as a hero or his actions he
I was 7 years old when I first saw this. I remember entering my parents room while my dad was watching the infamous beach scene and I never got mesmerized and shocked in a film so much. Definitely my top 10 films. Definitely a life changer.
I've been in combat and it is hard to put into words that feeling of absolute terror. You feel the terror yet the men in your platoon are there. You can't let them down.
Bullshit. The Sudetenland part of Czechoslovakia was inhabited by ethnic Germans and after the conquest of Czechoslovakia they volunteered by the tens of thousands.
Sometimes there isn't a good vs bad choice. Sometimes both choices suck. Romanian's , Czechs etc voluntarily fought with the Germans against the commies and 1,000s of captured Russian prisoners fought along side the Nazis against the communists as well. Finland did the same. Some were forced, AKA drafted but claiming the Nazis made me do it is just CYA by the Czechs. P.S. The communists killed 10's of millions more than the Nazi's ever did. The USSR and the communists aren't the good guys. Just ask Finland and Poland or the 10's of millions of Russians they murdered.
@@rollomaughfling380 I doubt very much that many, if any, of the US soldiers would have known Czech or any difference between it and German. They were in German uniforms, that's all they cared about.
At 16:40 there was nothing they could do for him and they all knew it including the medic. They actually overdosed him for mercy's sake for the unimaginable pain and I hope that's what the medic wanted, too. That's why they say 'War is Hell'.
i lived thru that part where mrs. ryan received the news . my brother died in the gulf war and i had to open the door for the army coming to tell my parents that their son was dead . it still haunts me .
@@Centane Some say Upham represents ALL OF US even if we were just a new guy in the marine corps trying to struggle with the horrors so can't blame him for being "cowardly" on his part.
@@Centane That reaction is completely understandable and relatable. But my view has always been that Upham is a sympathetic character for several reasons. He's a corporal (a non-commissioned officer, so he's been in for a while-likely several years) but has been working in the intelligence section, making maps and translating radio transmissions. Not a battle-hardened combat vet. He gets thrown in with a detachment from a company of Rangers (very highly trained Soldiers) who have seen and survived the horrors of combat at the bloody Kasserine Pass in North Africa, Sicily/Italy, and now France (as seen through the collection of soil tins in Horvath's musette bag). He acts as the conscience of the group when he argues that they not commit a war crime by summarily executing the German machine gunner at the RADAR station where their medic was killed. So yes, he freezes up on the steps of the cafe, but many thousands of Soldiers and Marines, even experienced with battle froze up from time to time, allowing casualties. It still happens today, and is just a byproduct of war. Most war veterans understand. Once Upham sees that the German whose life he almost single handedly spared has joined up with a company of SS, and was the one who actually shot and killed Captain Miller, he's finally gotten his blood up, and although he ironically commits a war crime shooting the German after he's captured the squad, he at least avenges his leader's death. His character represents all those unprepared (and sometimes already prepared) for battle who falter, then overcome (or overcompensate). And because war is always a messy Hell (they don't hand out black and white hats at the beginning) there are always plenty of them. Upham is a very complex character, and therefore to me probably the most interesting and well-written of the film.
14:50 actually the grenade was being thrown back at him so it alrdy took a few seconds. We all LOVE Mr Tom Hanks(17:15 that scene by him was really POWERFUL even without any dialogue😭 That's why he's a GREAT actor n a LEGEND) But in this movie Pvt Jackson is my favourite. He's FEARLESS! Mr Barry Pepper is my favourite actor n i LOVE him so much! The way he died was really hard for me to "digest"😢 Also im really sure that "James. Earn this. Earn it." lines pierced every viewers hearts. No apologies needed for crying😊 LOVE ur reaction as always n THNK U so much for reacting to this masterpiece Ms!🙏
I was SOBBING, knew nothing about the movie and came back from it without makeup and puffy face 😅 I adore all Tom Hanks movies, he's such a great actor ✨
This story is based partially on the real story of the Niland brothers. When his 3 brothers were reported dead, Frederick Niland was sent home from the war.
As a regular kid who never went to war, not even the army, and knows absolutely nothing of actual combat and is sitting on his ass eating snacks, I can tell you this movie is very real to life
The story is based off of The Sullivan brothers. It was 5 brothers that wished to serve together. They were on board a ship that was attacked and sunk during the Pearl Harbor attacks. All 5 siblings perished, resulting in a policy change among all military services. No siblings shall ever serve together in combat.
When this movie was finished, but not in theaters yet, Spielberg held a screening for many of the veterans who advised on the making of the movie. In the middle of the Omaha Beach scenes, a few of the Veterans walked out... Spielberg was concerned that they hated it. He followed them out - to find them breaking down crying in the lobby. It had been more than 70 years since they landed on the beach at Normandy, and it was too much for them - it brought it all back for these men, these grandfathers and great grandfathers. That's the story I remember about this movie.
The medic's wounds were from shrapnel not bullets. Tears means you are human. This is how war really is. Vets from WWII who have seen this indicate it's very realistic.
@@lordmortarius538 True, they are saying they are Czech. They could have been lying for all the allies knew. Even if they understood, those particular 2 yankees weren't about to spare them. They were past negotiations or terms of surrender. Probably saw enough of their friends die already.
Yeah it didn’t matter one bit. They massacred just about everyone on that beach. They could be saying im Jesus Christ himself and as messed up as it sounds they should’ve still been shot. Not saying it was right or wrong just pointing out that war only creates monsters. Doesn’t matter what side you’re on.
Meant to say in the intro that Forrest Gump was my DAD's favorite movie, I have not seen it yet. It's not on my list anytime soon, but maybe someday in the future!
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You should react to "Come and see" it was what Spielberg watched when working on Saving Private Ryan as inspiration and is considered by many the greatest war film.
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Watch Schindlers List and The Pianist very very hard..
HBO’s miniseries ‘Chernobyl’ is another hard-hitting masterpiece
@@flyingfortress4819 That's coming on patreon also, was recommended a couple days back so will make a mini series for it ✨
The medic wade, when he was shot, was asking for another shot of morphine. One morphine syrette held 1.5 CCs, or 30 milligrams. That second dose was likely fatal. He knew what he was asking for.
One of the best "death scenes" ever in the movies. He did such a great job.
Yup. In this scenario a second dose of morphine would stop his heart.
He lost so much blood the tpr and cardiac output were just done. He was probably gonna have heart failure. Cant even imagine that level of pain on top of being shot in the abdomen.
@@graymouser6599 But lazy script writing in getting him shot.
@@RandomStuff-he7lu how is that lazy script writing?
There was an old saying about morphine in this situation. “One for the pain, two for eternity.” When he asked for a second shot of morphine he knew he was going to die and so did they.
even gave him a 3rd shot to end it immediately.
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As a medic he would've known if his liver was perforated he wasn't going to survive without a surgeon like right then & there... So knowing he was going to die, he just wanted it to be quicker and less painful.
Never apologize for crying over a movie. That kind of reaction proves the storyteller did their job in making you invested in the characters and their world.
Plus, it's almost impossible not to tear up at this movie.
Yeah, I always kinda laugh when reactors apologize for... reacting. Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry that I'm human!
The so-called 'reactors' that sit stone faced through a film like this, while babbling about the scenery or the camera angles are the absolute worst.
Agreed! If you don't react, then we won't be here. Good job. Keep picking good movies, have tissues handy, wear less makeup.
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The first time I watched the movie I was absolutely floored when I watched the storming of Normandy Beach...the graphic retelling of the events really showed (to me) the reality of war and I appreciated that it wasn't romanticized for the viewer...I could not imagine the sheer horror..and courage it took those men to do what they were commanded to do..ALL those souls who were lost that day should NEVER be forgotten...nor those who survived and lived to tell their stories....this is DEFINITELY a film everyone should see...
I think if a person does not tear up watching this movie they may be soulless, or at least have some serious issues to work out, either way not someone I’d want to befriend.
Never apologize for crying and being real and showing your true feelings (I'm shedding tears because you are)... people love real people... that shows you are a kind and loving person
As an Army veteran, the part where these guys are sitting together in the church telling deeply personal stories in a totally honest fashion is easily the most relatable scene. Small groups like this will know as much about each other as an old married couple.
The field medic's death is one of the most impacting I've seen in a movie.
Especially when he starts to cry out for his mama, after we learned earlier in the film that he would intentionally pretend to be asleep when she came home. It's so heartbreaking.
i hated his death almost as much as upham being a bitch letting mellish die
Quite a change from his role in Sneaky Pete.
Yeah the way he says "i dont wanna die" always gets me
You guys forgot how realistic is his death, the bullets holes in his belly with the blood coming out in a continuous flow and he realizing that his liver was f*cked... Duude this scene is crazy
Apparently they showed this movie to veterans who were actually at D-Day in early screenings. When asked about that scene in particular they said “the only thing missing was the smell of gunpowder.”
That’s what actually surprised me the most of almost being blown up was the acrid smoke and smell of sulfur. Like a really intense 4th of July
I remember it. They saw it before the movie was released. Some say that it helped them to start talking about it for the first time in their life. If people want war, then show them this movie, and say that this is how war looks.
and vomit, and blood, and feces, urine, etc.
@@markgreiser464 there were probably a few hooahs sprinkled in there
Alot of them said once they saw the scene they could smell it again
“The water is red it’s so red”. I read that after Omaha beach the SAND was stained red for weeks.
The real beach landing went on like that for the better part of the day. The first two waves took casualties as high as 70-90%, depending on the unit. It was so bad they almost called off the additional waves, but the Navy risked beaching their fleet to close in and provide direct fire support on the beach defenses so the beach could be taken.
@@twohorsesinamancostume7606 Also depended greatly on which beach it was. Omaha was the worst one. But IIRC Utah was ok, as well as Juno and Sword.
@@scottb3034 I think only one beach fell without fighting, every other one involved a heavy battle but Omaha was the most fortified
@@harveyquinn3535 Relatively speaking they were easy. Utah had a lot less resistance and in some stretches no resistance (partially because they missed their landing and used that to their advantage to flank the enemy). Yes the other beaches had fighting and it was horrible to go through them all--not saying they weren't...or that i could do it--but omaha was just THAT MUCH WORSE.
Wartime propaganda. Footage of DDay shows it was nothing like this movie.
The remarkable absence of "Is that VIN DIESEL??!1" during a "Saving Private Ryan" reaction makes this the best reaction. It's like a unicorn xDDDD
I'm a US combat vet who spent 6 years deployed overseas. My father was a career Army soldier and died in the line of duty when I was still a boy. It really bothers me that the last 2 generations of kids in the world including the US have forgotten the sacrifices that US servicemen and their families made for the very freedom they have to put us down. When we forget history we are doomed to repeat it. I've never met a ww2 vet without thanking him and paying for a meal or drink. They are almost all gone now and it breaks my heart.
Gen Z here, I see you, I remember them 👍🍺
Why were so many vets in the army, did they have lots of animals to treat?
Funny! Disrespectful, but funny.
This movie pulls no punches
The morphine line was terrible and amazing. The medic wouldn’t ask for it if he hadn’t given up and the captain knew it and Hank’s expression shows it perfectly
The two men surrendering at the beginning are saying in Czech “We’re Czech. We didn’t kill anybody”
As the nazis conquered countries they forced able bodied men to fight in the war. They were basically trying to say “we’re slaves; we don’t want to be here and we didn’t shoot”
Edit: Aaaaaand that’s been said several times of course. I should read comments before commenting 😂
Now i know that after years thanks
Your comment was the first one i read. I never knew that before.
The two men, if they were American would've said something similar. War is hell, especially back then. They lost.
Band of Brothers is a must watch/react after this. It's a miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg based on the men of Easy Company 101st Airborne division. Starts with them in basic training and goes through to the end of the war. At the beginning of each episode they show the surviving men portrayed in the series and you wont get names to faces till the final episode as to not spoil who dies and who survives. It's a life changing miniseries that the veterans themselves were even on set to depict to the actors how events played out.
This ^^
@@lethallatin5094 I agree with JW and LL. There is even an episode that focuses one of the medics combat experience.
It's ironic that they were called "Easy" company. They had it harder than most. Of course, in the military alphabet now it's "echo".
Band of Brothers was a great series. I got to visit Toccoa Georgia where the training area was for US Army was at time. They have a military weekend every year and actually met one of the members of the 101st Airborne from the particular company.
@@LambrettaJet200 that must have been a great experience meeting Major Winters! In 2017 I and a Marine buddy followed Easy Company’s path from Normandy, all the way up to the Eagles Nest.
I knew a man who went there from Texas national guard a week after Dday and marched across Europe taking town after town with a mechanized infantry unit. He said this movie was so accurate and captured the spirit and sentiment so well... i believed what he told me because he often had nightmares and PTSD from the hand to hand, knife fights etc. I certainly believed what he said about the movie.
What Capt. John Miller is experiencing with his hand tremors is more than likely what was called “battle fatigue” in that WWII era. It was known as “shell shock” in the WWI era. And today’s modern times it is “PTSD.”
PTSD is a bit different than the shell shock tremors that people got mostly in the First World War.
PTSD is a more holistic/general term, and describes psychological trauma that causes symptoms like hallucinations, night terrors, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, or rage. Survivors of combat going back thousands of years have been observed with these symptoms.
Shell shock on the other hand involves a sort of glitch in the body's nervous system, where people get shakes or tremors like Tom Hanks' character (only the real thing was usually way more severe). It's not known what exactly causes it, most likely by repeated explosive pressure waves from artillery shells doing permanent neurological damage either to the brain or other parts of the nervous system. It was seen the most in the First World War due to the unspeakable strain that mass artillery bombardments had on the infantry at frontline trenches. It was also observed a little bit in WW2, but due to the mobile, more mechanised nature of WW2, frontline never stayed in one place for so long to ever warrent firing hundreds of thousands or millions of shells into a confoned area.
24:25---The irony is that John is shot and killed by the German soldier they set free (and is the same one Upham kills). What I particularly love is that it's all about survival ultimately, and as much as the soldiers try to rationalize what is right or wrong, ultimately in warfare, it all comes down to survival (whether the director intended it that way or not)
Um yea SS knew exactly what he was doing
@@csilt the SS weren’t standard German infantry and you probably know that. He was speaking on the views of normal infantry who were fighting for what they thought was right.
@@nicolaslara5212 pretty sure he meant SS is the director my g not the actual ss infantry😂
No...sigh, that was a Waffen SS who kills Mellish, "Steamboat Willie" shoots Tom Hanks.
That wasn't the same guy they let go. They're completely different guys.
"This is a tough one to get through"
Schindler's List: Hold my beer
Puts Vodka Tonic down ... Grave of the Fireflies
I was going to say....lol....
Come and see..
Schindler is one of the bravest and greatest men to have ever lived.
@@dansegovia0402 That's already up on my channel 😄
My favorite character is the Medic. His character arc just tears me apart. The story about pretending to be asleep when his mom came to check on him & him crying out for his mom when he's dying. I get wrecked EVERY. FUCKING. TIME. And the lesson is tragically beautiful. Don't take for granted ANY moment you can get with your loved ones because you never know when you can't have anymore moments with them.
When I was young I had little interest in history, and I’m a son of a WW2 combat vet. But to appreciate the sacrifices made at Normandy and how this movie depicts it it’s vital to read about it first. The brutal sacrifices US and allied troops made to help secure victory in WW2, and our current freedom is possibly beyond anything one could realistically imagine.
My grandfather fought in the Pacific in WWII. He said that sometimes both sides would run out of bullets and he would hear his friend begging for help while getting stabbed to death while he was stabbing a Japanese man to death. Easily the most chilling and horrific moment of his life.
It’s hard not to cry during the initial scenes of the movie, always remembering a whole generation of young men who lost their own lives to gave us freedom...RESPECT!
Captin Miller was likely suffering from PTSD. It's implied that he has seen a lot of combat, and back then, this condition went largely undiagnosed/treated. They used to call it battle fatigue, or shell-shocked.
Captain Miller I believe in the movie lore served in Africa during the campaign there. I believe he was in the war since the U.S. came into it in 1941 so he had 3 years plus experience before Normandy.
Plus add the major concussion that it portrayed him taking on the beach may have a little to do with it .
Mostly yes. But shell shock were diagnosed. Shell shock, then you can not even eat your own meal.
I saw somewhere that when it goes slow motion on the beach and at the end Before he’s shot That’s him excepting he’s gonna die in that moment
Amazon's Terminal list fixes the issue with PTSD
The medics death is so hard to watch. Especially after him discussing his mother. One of the worst things in life is dieing or having someone you love die while you are at odds and not getting the chance to apologise or tell them how you feel.
"Jackson is the sniper, he's too important we can't lose him."
*Loses the Medic*
Oof.
I served as an Army Infantry
(Grunt) Sergeant. As a 19-year-old, African American Grunt Private, during the period December 1983-December 1984. I earned my Combat Infantryman Badge for my service inside the Korean DMZ. Essentially, there's no place to run or to hide while engaged in a combat mission. So, you fight to win. We (Grunts) never quit on our brothers, and we never leave our brothers behind. Your emotions and commentary touched my heart. I often wonder if my experiences and service made a difference. South Korea remains free, so I'm thankful. Unfortunately, very nice guys are hurt and are lost to war. This movie demonstrates how brutal and senseless war has always been. I would do it all again and make the same sacrifices.
Thank you
Thank you for your service. I mean that.
War is hell, it’s not glamorous, it’s confusing and scary. If you’ve never been in combat then consider yourself blessed. You can watch a film like this and get an idea of what combat is like. What you don’t get are the sounds, losing your hearing, and the smells. What you can’t feel is the concussion of an IED going off near you or the smell of burning flesh. I hope there will be no more wars .
The actual history behind even some of the smallest details is quite extraordinary. You may think that soldier was vomiting because of nerves, and sure that may have been part of the reason. But they had given all the troops a hearty meal before launching. So it wouldn't have set well for many of them on the rough seas.
And when the Americans shot those Germans surrendering.....they were actually Czech conscripts forced to fight for the Nazis and were glad to be free. But it shows that war can be dirty and no side is totally innocent.
Well, it's kinda tough to finally confront the guys who just mowed down hundreds of your friends, and suddenly say, "Oh they're surrendering now, let's be merciful." In fact, I'd have probably been one of the guys yelling "Don't shoot... let 'em burn!".
Actually, the soldiers especially the airbourne and first waves were told to not take prisoners as they needed to advance and obtain their objectives.
@@loganserfass1788 That's understandable if you're dropped behind enemy lines. You have no base of operations or supplies to hold POWs and whatnot. But in something like the Battle of Normandy where you can set up a base it does seem like a war crime to execute POWs.
@@jimmygreer6172 the battle of Normandy lasted months. I am specifically talking DDay. Landing forces both airborne and the ones landed at the beach had no time or place for prisoners until they had a foothold and got things ashore and established. Which is why they didnt take prisoners.
@@loganserfass1788 What do you think D-Day was? Taken from wiki: Operation Overlord was the codename for the *Battle of Normandy*, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy Landings *(D-Day)*
And what do you think the Germans were doing on those beaches? Fishing all day so that they could eat, sleeping on the beaches? No, they certainly had the infrastructure to house/feed EVERY German stationed there. So they could've easily kept the 1/20th (or whatever) of Germans still alive as POWs.
There was no need to shoot those Czechs.
Two things to remember when you watch this movie: (1) Things like this actually happened and (2) they happened like this. Heart wrenching and brutal.
They're still happening today if you know where to look
@@abstractioner3071 - Yeah, but war has changed a LOT. In WWI, there were many days where tens of thousands of battle casualties were the norm. By WWII, that became rare (but this was one of those rare days). And in the wars that ensued later, the war tactics that traded mass casualties for yards of ground, became almost obsolete... thankfully.
@@Mr.Ekshin True, the scale and nature of war has changed a lot. We might never see anything like D Day again but some of the small skirmishes and things you see in the movie are what I was getting at
@@abstractioner3071 It is true if you enlist in a war, you have a small chance of dying. But to be fair, you still have the same amount of chance making out alive from a firefight on equal grounds. In Iraq and Afghanistan, small groups of insurgents did serious damage to US troops. So scale has changed because of tech, but tech relies on trade, and trade relies on peace and stability. So it wont be the same for upcoming big wars. And they are coming. Hopefully, not in our lifetime, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Only in front of 2 positions on omaha, the rest of the beach wasn't defended like that.
I saw this movie when it opened. WWII veterans were in the audience. The left during the battle on the beach. They were crying as they left. They are truly the greatest generation. 🇺🇸
Never was so much owed by so many to so few
When I told my dad about this movie, and asked if he'd be interested in seeing it. His reply, "I don't need to, I was in the channel that day and that was too close."
@@mikemcgee5950 That was battle of britain, not d-day.
@@brostenen
That was the entire World War both the Pacific and the Atlantic
@@mikemcgee5950 No it was not. It is a quote from Winston Churchill, in a speech that he gave on the 20'th of August 1940. That part of the second world war that you are talking about, did not start untill december 1941. How on earth can you get something like this wrong? There are over one year apart.
These brave Men were born in The Great Depression...And became THE GREATEST Generation of Americans 🇺🇸🇺🇸
One of the GREATEST movies, ever!! I saw this the year it came out and can watch it twice in one day. It is up there in my top 10.
5:40 due to the enormous logistical process of setting up beachheads, the generals and admirals had all agreed, NO PRISONERS at the landings…to take prisoners would drain resources, and hinder their ability to get things sorted as soon as possible.
This is one other reason the film got acclaim…unlike war films made years earlier, this film actively avoided the portrayal of the Americans and allies being free of guilt of any “evil”
Yes, they were surrendering, they shot them anyway, admitting to such is something quite rare in war films
Actually, German soldiers were advised not to surrender to front line troops because, well, imagine surrendering to somebody who you have been trying to slaughter a few minutes ago? Anyway, they were advised to try to play dead or hide until rear echelon troops move up and surrender to them instead of the assault troops who have really no interest to take you prisoner. First, for the reasons stated before, and second, assault troops wouldn't know what to do with you and will have to spare precious personnel yo escort prisoners back to the rear echelon.
I read they were Polish and trying to explain that they were conscripted
@@feedstacker You can call it anything, in war, people who are otherwise normal, do things they will not normally do. That's the way it is. As Sgt. Rock says "Make War No More!"
The orders issued to the paratroopers by General Maxwell Taylor, commander of the 101st Airborne Division:
“Take no prisoners,” Malarkey recalls General Taylor telling them. “If you were to take prisoners, they’d handicap our ability to perform our mission.”
The only issue I had with that scene is cracking a joke like that would be some pretty dark humor for a young soldier like him. That's something a grizzled veteran might say.
@@jakester455 that last point is exactly the reason they included it in the film, to show that in wars, there can and will be evils and bad people on both sides…
Basically admitting to “we won, and history is written by the victors, but at the same time we make no claims of being perfect and without sin”
Fact : two soldiers surrender to the Allied forces but, speaking German, their pleas for mercy aren’t understood and they are executed on the spot but they weren’t speaking German, they were speaking Czech, pleading: “Please don’t shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone! I am Czech!"
I never realised that. Thanks
Oh. I commented this and then scrolled like, three comments down and saw it written better 😂
@ 5:32 is the scene
This comment is absurd. Captain Miller had to go find a typist to serve as an interpreter, yet your theory is that the enemy soldiers got shot because they didn't speak German? Did you really think this out?
This is a typical order for first wave invading troops:
“Take no prisoners,” Malarkey recalls General Taylor telling them. “If you were to take prisoners, they’d handicap our ability to perform our mission.”
His point is that, had the US soldiers understood them, they may well have spared their lives. As they could not speak Czech & probably thought they were Germans, they shot them. It's a perfectly reasonable point & the point I think Spielberg was making.
As for ordering troops to kill prisoners (or not accept their surrender). I'm sure the airborne had little choice in that matter, being deep behind enemy lines. I'm sure this was an unofficial understanding for many first-wave assault troops. I do not think it would ever have been an official order as it would contravene the Geneva Convention & could therefore be seen as a war crime.
Did Taylor tell the troops that? Probably yes. Was it issued as an order? Probably off the record
The story that inspired this movie was the story of the Niland brothers. The basis is the same, two brothers die in the Normandy landings, one is shot down over New Guinea and one is missing in France, but alive. They have to save the remaining brother because of the sole survivor rule implemented after all five Sullivan brothers died when their ship, USS Juneu, is sunk by the Japanese in 1942. The idea of a search party is made up, since the remaining Niland brother is sent home after his CO is notified by command once the confusion of the airborne jumps passes. One difference in the story of the Niland brothers is that the brother shot down over New Guinea survived both the crash and Japanese captivity, and returned home safe at the end of the war.
True, his name was Fritz Niland and was from German immigrant family to the US. "Saving private Niland" or "Saving private Fritz" doesn't have the same patriotic zing to it though. 🤣
Excellent synopsis of this precursor, which made mother's across our country to have some sort of say in how to give "surviving soldiers" a chance to be on the spotlight of the family of these soldiers, in a large family of young men, a way to carry a chance to "Identify, situation, and is confirmed by military" that this is indeed the case.
Fast forward to how they still have this in place, is one of those questions in either a volunteer commission, or from a draft, that the prospective future of the soldier a sort of buffer, to confirm that this is the case. Again, this "question" was up to the soldier, to answer the question, formed to make sure he/she is NOT a surviving status of siblings in a household.
Currently, this mundane, yet strikingly important question, I believe it is on at least 3 different question forms, at the time a soldier goes through a MEP screening, and again every time a soldier receives orders to a combat zone. A soldier has to sign the paperwork presented.
As a disable combat vet (retired), I know of 4 occasions where I was confronted with said paperwork presented to me by S-1, and it's more of a "dot the i's, cross the t's" form, going through the system motions.
“You made me cry for nothing bro” 😂 had me rollin lol
Loved your reaction to this masterpiece of a movie
Movies like this help people who never served in the military how hard it was, especially during a time of war. Pretty much, those who actually were there, from the beaches of Normandy on through Europe have said this movie is as real as it can get without really being there. Yes, it was bloody and emotionally drain for many, but they knew they had to overcome their emotions and fears when it came to completing their missions. For them every mission they complete and survive brings them closer to home. Unfortunately, many also sacrificed for other to be able to go home, which to me was a major theme for this movie, Ryan was the only surviving son of a mother who had all her sons go to war, which would be too much for a mother to handle. Granted it is hard for a mother who only has one son to lose him to war but to lose more than 3 is worse.
I saw this movie in the cinema in the middle of a week day back in 1998, there was very few people in there, the film blew me away and as it ended I started to leave and realised as the lights came up, that all the other people there were old ladies, all hugging and crying, they'd obviously come as close as they could to understanding and seeing what the men they knew or were related to went through back then but probably never spoke about. I'll never forget that cinema visit, a powerful experience.
“Fouled up beyond all recovery” is probably the politest definition of FUBAR I’ve ever heard lol
I said actual definition later but didnt know what I was allowed to actually write LOL
@@Centane It’s all good. I just thought it was funny.
Theres only 2 modes of any military language, acronyms and cursing without limits. Who cares who's listening as long as its short when people are dying and your getting shot at. Say it like you mean it "Fucked up beyond all recognition" heres another fun one SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up"
@@leewaffe3 How about BOHICA, Bend Over, Here It Comes Again!!
Never heard that explanation of FUBAR, nice one! But here is the actual meaning, FUBAR is what english speaking people hear when us Germans say "Furchtbar" what translate to terrible. So the "Fouled up beyond all recovery" catches the mood very well, when going thru terrible and horrifying crap like that.
WW2 veterans have always said how realistic the opening scene was, the landing on Normandy. One the best scenes to show the horrific reality of war.
I asked someone who had a grandfather who fought during ww2. He told me that his grandfather never got to watch this movie further than the 15 minutes in due to how much it triggered his ptsd 😭
100% true
Thank you for picking a really wonderful movie to react to. Your emotions are so real and authentic. I watch this movie on or around June 6th every year and I enjoyed re-experiencing the first time I saw it through your eyes. Thank you again.
Thank you for watching and taking your time to write such a nice comment. I am glad that you find my not annoying as I am usually scared of LOL
I really appreciate this
The silence in the cinema after that movie was eerie. Driving home with a full car of friends and we hardly said anything.
I've heard war vets left the premiere at the cinema in the first few minutes as it was to real and gave them flashbacks.
Hard to imagine this movie is over 20 years old now... One of the best war movies ever made IMO.
The shaking hands, what causes it?
In the beginning, they gave us a hint. The little cans in the bag with different place names on them. The new can he filled with Normandy beach sand.
North Africa, Scicily, Italy, Anzio etc. All battles they had been in.
By this time, they're used up, burned out, and emotionally/psychologically fractured.
Yup... had the captain been a private, he'd have probably ended up curled in the fetal position in full blown panic attacks. But there were people counting on him for answers and orders. Willing his hand to be still was him shoving the PTSD down deep and willing himself to keep going.
The shaking hands. Shell shock, now called PTSD. His nerves are shot.
“You know how many men I’ve lost under my command? 94”
There are 100 men in a company.
It’s likely that Sgt Horvath, Mellish, Reiben, Jackson, Caparzo and Wade are all that’s left of Capt Miller’s original company.
At that point Caparzo had died, so counting Captain Miller himself, that’s 100 men.
I always thought the different cans of soil part of this movie was kind of ridiculous. It's very unlikely a soldier would carry around cans of dirt in his bag adding extra dead weight to his load. Especially when more important stuff could fit in there, like food or ammo.
“My favourite movie with Tom Hanks is Forest Gump”
This movie is not like Forest Gump
I heard that movie is racist and I won't watch it.
@@trhansen3244 ?
@@trhansen3244 Did somebody hurt your wittle fellings ?? Awww
@@trhansen3244 i will watch it
@@lalnunhlua6171 If you watch it, you will be a racist. Just sayin!
“can people stop taking off their helmets”😂
Hollywood does seem to have a propensity for removing helmets on troops.
and the helmets are for debris and things like that. Those helmets don't stop bullets. It made no difference for that guy that he took it off.
This was very good. My great grandfather on my father's side of my family was a WW2 veteran who was a survivor of the D-Day beach landings. He was part of the first wave of troops landing at Juno Beach and they took the town just past the beach, he lost all of his friends on that beach. His name and rank were Lance Corporal Henry James Gamble of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles division in the Canadian Army. He made it through the war all the way up until near the Battle of the Bulge, where his leg was blown off and machine gunned across the upper torso by a German MG42 when he sat up, so he crawled to a barn and stuffed his leg with hay to slow the bleeding down while the rest of his men took out the mortar encampment then rescued him and he was sent back home on a hospital ship, and a year later my grandfather was born.
Now you need to watch "Band of Brothers", "The Pacific" and "Hacksaw Ridge". All are True Stories with the real people who survived interviewed throughout the series.
These are the best recommendations being that they focus on real people and their life and death combat experiences.
If your liver is heavily damaged even today you are unlikely to survive.
The fatality rate is something like 69%.
You will need a trauma center and an incredible number of units of blood to make it through the surgery to repair the damage.
In 1944 in a war zone there was no way to make it and the medic knew it.
The medic understood it absolutely. If it was just the bullet he could've been saved, but the second he yelled his liver, that's when I understood that it's not going well 🥺
I was a late life child for my father. He was at Omaha beach and many years before this movie ever came out I would hear he and his friends who were also there describing the beach exactly how it was in the movie. He also talked about dead cows laying about the country side. The extremely bad smells everywhere and the cold of winter without proper gear or a place to go inside.
His brother, my uncle, died there on the beach that same day. My dad lived another 60 years after he thought he was going to die and he passed away June 6th, 2004 on the 60th anniversary of D-Day. The war was hard on the survivors too. My dad would always say he came back a mean man that didn't care about much for a long time once he got back. He was gone for nearly 4 years and his first wife had a 3 and 1 year old child when he got back that weren't his. He ended up meeting my mom when he was around 50 years old and they had four kids.
You're very well spoken and very good during this reaction. About to check out anything else you have on here and also subscribed. Judging by this one, if you keep it up you'll have plenty of rapid channel growth. You have the voice, looks, good editing and you make salient points throughout the movie. Good job!
Bless your dad..life aye..bless u
I’ve seen the movie hundreds of times I still cry at all the scenes 😭 don’t trip
closed caption switches on for me automatically, and at the end the subtitles said "i started my day with a heartbreaking baby"
WHAT hahahaha
"Schindler's List" next, maybe? I mean, if you want to be a sad puddle on the floor
People tend to hate on Upham but fail to realize he represents the majority of the population. Shock and fear can overcome people and they will freeze up and make bad decisions or no decisions at all, which is worse. He was a typist before being thrown into Millers company and into the battlefield. He's basically a regular guy.
He's far less than a regular guy. He may represent the current young generation but not that one and not mine.
I've noticed young reactors treat him like a bad Call of Duty player
@@SubtleAmbition you have a point, but also consider that throughout all of this Upham had never seen combat until he joined up with Miller's squad, and he only actively participated in that last battle. It's easy to say that you'd be able to fight or act, but in the moment you'd be scared shitless, and that's what happened to Upham. In that fight or flight moment, he couldn't do anything except freeze up.
i would definitely be upham if i ever got sent to a war and you can all hate me all you want. i would shit and piss my pants and then puke all over the place.
I hate him because he commits a war crime and the movie tries to pass it off as badass.
I've been desensitized by watching this a few times, but I can never get past Ryan saying 'Tell me I'm a good man.' without tearing up.
Ryan deserved better 🥺
They are the greatest generation. There would be no such thing as the free world without them🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦🇬🇷🇮🇳🇮🇱🇲🇽🇳🇱🇳🇴🇰🇷🇪🇸🇿🇦🇹🇼🇦🇺🇫🇮
In 1990 I started on a Md-PhD program in Philly PA, USA. In preparation for the 1st Iraq war, many Army / National Guard medics were quietly assigned to 'training' in US East Coast cities, especially those cities with open air drug markets. This gave the front-line Amy / National Guard medics real world ER / Trauma experience with causalities from automatic weapons fire (drug gang turf wars).
Nobody in the program spoke about it much, BUT they all managed to take "the worst day in the ER" and use that when they were in theater doing triage.
I was a roommate with a WW2 war veteran and we watched the movie when it came out on HBO, he told about the horrors of the D-day, he died in 2003 at ripe old age of 85...long live our true warriors!
You got to know a very important person in a war, sending so much love ❤️
Disturbing fact, lots of people walking out the first part of this in theaters, are actual war veterans that felt still real to them.
I missed the "fun" part of the fact.
@@whopperwithcheese Yes, I've seen it myself. I saw it in theaters. And they had people walking out in front of me all the time.. Seriously. It's true. No need to be rude.
@@whopperwithcheese Disturbing Fact. Feel better?
@@SaRENRampaiger lol bruh they’re really that serious its aight only thousands of other people know that same fact and you’re not the only one who refers it to “fun fact” because obviously we know it’s not actually fun but that’s just how it’s naturally said anyways
But the good part, was that some veterans were then able to talk about it for the first time in their life.
The "airships" are barrage balloons. Supporting cables, they were intended to snag low-flying airplanes.
The helmets weren't remotely bulletproof. They were mainly intended to protect the head from things falling out of the sky from nearby explosions and the like. The modern Kevlar helmets have more bullet-stopping ability.
Mythbusters demonstrated the sniper shot was impossible. They couldn't get .30-06 ball ammo to go through all the heavy glass lenses in the scope without deflecting. Anyway, they noted that at that range the bullet wouldn't be travelling parallel to the scope, but would be descending in its ballistic arc.
There were many f***** acronyms in WWII, the best known of which is SNAFU, Situation Normal, All F****** Up. My favorite is JANFU, Joint Army-Navy F******* Up.
crazy how many casualties of war were from bumped heads
One thing to note tho is that Carlos Hathcock opponent had a Russian 91/30 PU sniper rifle and the tubes on those scopes are pretty short so im kinda sure the bullet could get thru it, I do remember they did not use a PU scope original or reproduction for the test so there maybe some different results but the yaw of the bullet would probably not change but bullets do weird shit. (RUclips vid idea for somebody?) From what I remember mythbusters didn't provide a math equation to measure the drop of that bullet either. I have no doubt that bullet did absolutely drop at that distance but how many inches of drop was there is the question.
Either way it's just a tribute in the movie to Carlos Hathcock counter sniper kill back in vietnam. One heck of a marksman of legendary status and that shot makes for really good sniper scene/action in the hollywood world. Wish he had brought that rifle back and it would fill in alot of the grey areas of his kill. RIP
I'll disagree with you about the sniper shot being impossible. It was based on an actual shot made in Vietnam by a Marine Sniper named Carlos Hathcock.
www.thevintagenews.com/2016/06/11/the-vietnam-sniper-who-shot-an-enemy-sniper-through-the-enemys-own-scope-hitting-him-in-the-eye-and-killing-him-2/
@@chadcasale4216 Whatever. I was referring to this shot as presented in the movie, which is what Mythbusters tried to replicate. See Jackson Thompson's comment above for a reason why Hathcock's shot may have happened, i.e., much shorter scope with a lot less glass in it.
@@jacksonthompson7099 FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT, could have been an already damaged/ weakened soviet hand me down scope
Your crying shows you have a heart of gold for life
Having been to that Grave Site in Normandy (a humbling thing to see and be around), and speaking with WWII Vets at 82nd conventions, this movie was spot-on accurate and makes you think of the sheer sacrifices made during WWII, and the Normandy landings.
Ryan is basically all of us. Have we earned what those men sacrificed?
You are obviously a beautiful person, both inside and out. Your honest painful reaction watching this touched my heart because I felt exactly the same watching it in the movie theater when it was first released.
Thank you Tony, I absolutely didn't think I would connect with the people, but I was wrong.
Also thought that seeing people "passing" in movies would be easier after 4 years in the health field, but also wrong.
This movie was beautiful but painful 🥺
@@Centane I recommend “Hacksaw Ridge” due to your medical background. You won’t be disappointed. Wouldn’t you agree @Tony Stone?
@@HollywoodMarine0351 That is the perfect movie for her actually. Good call.
Yes she is, watching this reaction, I couldn't help wondering how much better the world would be if there were more people like her in it.
I don’t hate upham because unlike the guys he was with, he was never in combat or on the front lines. Yes, they go through a few gun fights but, none of them were as intense as the final battle which was Upham’s first taste of full on war. Upham also wasn’t involved in the beach landing. Who knows how any of us would react in war. I sure as hell don’t know how I would react. Not trying to hate, just trying to give some perspective from Upham’s point of view.
Perfect. Well said.
It's a hard one. While I don't blame him for being scared and afraid. When you sign up or you in this case during WW2 get drafted. You are expected to protect your fellow buddies. Which in the movie, he was crying while his buddy was getting stabbed. Again. I don't blame him for being scared. I just think he is a bit of a coward. But he redeems himself at the end when he makes overcomes his fear and makes the enemy surrender.
@@S1D3W1ND3R015 I don’t think he was a coward. He was not trained as a combat soldier. He was only trained to work in the rear areas. That’s why he made a comment that there were Germans where they were going. He was not mentally equipped to cope with the stress of battle. He didn’t know these people and hadn’t trained with them or trained to do what they did. That’s why he was left behind a cow when Wade got killed.
@@achillies40 "a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things." Is the definition of coward. By definition he was. A Soldier is a Soldier. I am a Soldier as well. When you take that oath. You are swearing and upholding to protect your brothers and sisters in arms. No matter your MOS. From Cook to Infantry. Doesn't matter. You are expected to be able to fight. That's what basic training is for. Sorry but he is a bit of a coward. But like I said. It's a hard one because I still don't blame him for being scared. But if he had gained enough courage to go and help his buddy getting stabbed. He'd still be alive.
@@achillies40 Also to emphasize about the he wasn't trained as a combat soldier. Even today, Basic training is to be trained in basic combat. Every MOS (Job) is trained in combat because you are a Soldier first then your job. You have to be able to fight. Same said back then. You are trained in combat even if you are a cook.
This vid randomly showed up in my recommendations and I clicked through, and I gotta say your English is outstanding. When you turned on the Norwegian subtitles it blew my mind.
THANK YOU😭 I work so hard on my english everyday, so this really means alot to me!!!
You observation on the "airships" is interesting. Many wouldn't have noticed. They are called barrage balloons, and were used a lot in WW II to discourage air attacks. In this case, for the invasion, but also used over cities and in truck convoys for the same reason. Good eye!
Don’t be sorry. Your reaction is exactly how you should feel because you are human. You have a beautiful ♥️
This is my favorite movie of ALL time. I've seen it too many times to count, & yet even still, when I see Wade's death scene I ALWAYS shed some tears. His death scene, with the backstory of him & his mom he tells in a monologue, as he cries for his mama...too much, man.
you crying makes me feel safe, makes me feel like im not alone. Very sad today, thanks for your reactions.
Hope you are doing better today Ron, sending you so much love
The opening half an hour of Saving Private Ryan is some of the best film making I've ever seen.
I remember sitting in the cinema amazed at what I was watching.
the reason they turned him over was to feel the exit wound, there was nothing they could've done to save him.
She knows why they were turning him over to check his back. What she was asking was why were they not covering the wounds on his stomach when they were turning him over. You are correct that there was nothing they could've done to save him, but they didn't know that. And covering and putting pressure on the entry wound (or any other bleeding wound) is basic emergency medical intervention 101.
@@jeremybr2020 except putting pressure on a hole that big in the abdomen pouring out blood would have done nothing.
@@VenomGamingCenter Hole that big? There were multiple holes and they were the size of a bullet. Not that big. Again, I agree that in the end, even had they applied pressure to the wounds, it would not have saved him. But it's still one of the first things you would do. I assure you, I was a firefighter and I worked for an ambulance service in a major metropolitan city for over a decade. I'm far from ignorant on this subject matter.
@@jeremybr2020 I find it rather amusing that in any debate on these topics that happen in these comment sections, one side always tries to pull out the "Well I'm an X, so I know" argument from authority.
It gets super old.
@@VenomGamingCenter The thing about arguments from authority is that it is listed as a non-fallacious argument as often as a fallacious one. So you really need to evaluate the claims on their merits more so than just simply criticizing the fact that the person is claiming authority on something. What do you think would be a paramedics first job were they to come upon a scene where a person has suffered several GSW's to the abdomen? ABC's. Airway, Breathing and Circulation. As soon as you determine they're breathing with no obstructions, your next step is to stop the bleeding as much as possible. You do this automatically as if its just a reflex. You're not thinking about the fact that in the case of this movie, there's no where to bring this person and no one else present has the know how or means to save this persons life. That realization will come soon enough. If you want to dismiss my comment on the grounds that I claimed authority, then that's certainly your right to do. But i think you may be missing the bigger picture.
Upham was a CLERK TYPIST among Rangers and Airborne in a town being attacked by tanks and SS, I doubt even 1% of the people who hate him could do anything if he were in their boots. Upham was the audience's surrogate and Spielberg knew exactly what he was doing with his character. He is one of the most realistic parts of the movie, a new guy who had no friends among veterans while everyone's expectations for him were through the roof.
Not letting your friend die doesn't seem like asking much imo
@@williammcallister3566 NO ONE knows how they will react in a situation like that until they experience it for themselves. I would like to think that you would respond bravely. But what if, in that moment, you didn't respond the way you wanted. How could you ever live with yourself? Bottom line, no one has the right to judge the Corporal until they've marched more than a few miles in his boots.
We should always strive for more and not lower our expectations, regardless of our failures. If you can't handle the situation you have to bear the consequences. We should accept that their is weakness in anybody but never have sympathy for it.
Upham is first and foremost a US Army Soldier.
Fact.
I saw this in 1998 on Thanksgiving, I knew nothing about the movie going in. And yes, the true realization of war shocked me to the core.
Helmets were never meant to stop bullets.. still aren't, generally.
Just meant to deflect shrapnel, and other hazards (falling, etc)
Thank You for watching these. It's so important for people to know the horrors of war. I know it's just a movie. I'm not a soldier, but I believe these are a decent tribute to the real events, even being if not 100% correct. I know it's hard to watch, but we owe it to them out of respect to at least try to understand what they went through. Maybe in so doing we can stop it happening again. If we feel bad watching it, imagine how bad they felt actually being there in the middle of it.
The shaking Cpt Miller is experiencing is a physiological manifestation of Acute Stress Disorder. He's attempting to compartmentalize the trauma he's currently experiencing but it's coming to the surface in the form of uncontrollable shaking of his hands.
I’d like to add that those helmets are not bulletproof. They’re basically like hardhats & are for preventing penetration of shrapnel from mortars, grenades etc., as well as preventing damage from flying debris like stones & rubble. That soldier at the beginning who was shot through his helmet, then took it off & was killed with a head shot would’ve been just as dead with his helmet on. If there’s no shelling or active battle, with lots of explosions nearby, taking off your helmet isn’t going to increase your odds of death or anything.
But it stopped a bullet......
@@lethallatin5094 it was designed to protect the soldier from glancing shots and shrapnel.
But it stopped a bullet and has been known to stop bullets. So it’s like two birds stone at once or however that saying goes....
@@lethallatin5094 Really stopping bullets with those helmets would have mostly been flukes and strokes of luck. With most of the bounces from bullets being most likely ricochets or long distance shots where the velocity had dropped.
@@gramboni0624 Prolly why Vin Diesel’s character said “You lucky bastard” when it ricocheted off his helmet 🪖 💯
This was well done. It didn't glamorize war. It was so harsh that I never watched it again. Until your reaction I didn't remember quite how rough it is. When I first saw it I didn't know who Nathan Fillian was playing the wrong Private Ryan. He starred in a short-lived but good science fiction series called Firefly and its follow-up movie.
Follow up movies to this nervewracking film 😭
I think I need some time, even had to push The Green Mile from next week to 2 weeks 🥲
@@Centane The movie Serenity is the follow-up to the series Firefly...which only approaches the tragedy of Saving Private Ryan in the travesty that the TV series got canceled while they were still making the first season. You should ABSOLUTELY watch them, but be sure to watch the series first. The movie is watchable standalone, but much better if you've already fallen in love with the characters (and I guarantee you will).
@@Centane yea the green mile is a heartbreaker too lol
The scene with Wade the medic dying always makes me cry. The desperation in the team trying to help him, the slow realization that there's no saving him, the way he asks for another dose of morphine to pass away peacefully, and then, where the real waterworks start, when he cries out to his mother. Especially after he just talked about avoiding his mom, likely regretting not saying more while he was still home. And that's just one scene in this movie! This film is a masterpiece I find myself going back to consistently.
We appreciate your empathy.
It's interesting seeing people say, "Oh, it's a Tom Hanks movie." And then see the gore and devastation of War and not be ready for it.
Good one
Wade was a medic and his mother had been a doctor. He referred to her being an "intern" on the night shift. Pretty rare in those days, a woman doctor.
You asked, “Why am I so emotional?” If anyone can sit through the first 16 minutes of ‘Ryan,’ and not be emotional, those are the people we need worry about. By definition, they have trouble feeling empathy, at a bare minimum and may have wondered into psychopathy. A qualified mental expert would need to make that assessment.
Exactly, those people who see it and are like "fuck yeah, that was awesome, kick some ass!" are definitely psychopathic. No sand and rational individual should ever want to actively seek out war for it's own sake.
Lord Mortarius i served in the First Gulf War in ‘92. I’m fortunate never to have run in to anybody who would choose to describe that or any other war as ‘glorious,’ in my presence. I’m proud of my service, we won,, so that’s good, but i failed to notice too much ‘glory.’ Perhaps it was under some of the dead bodies, exploded tanks or the unprecedented ecological disaster of setting all the oil wells on fire, I don’t know.
I was in the mechanized infantry, i don’t recall being issued any ‘glory.’ Maybe the tankers got it or the Apache pilots. I didn’t run in to any over there. Desert’s mighty empty. Seems like it would have been hard to miss.
@@MrSmithla The glory part is something the people in strategy rooms or those who stayed home will fantasize about. The guys who have to experience the fighting pretty much never see it on the battlefield.
xxJOKeR75xx You and I are on the same page. Those who go, see, serve, fight, there’s no glory. The men who fight, don’t fight as hard as they do, sacrifice so much, even make the ultimate sacrifice for glory, medals or pay. If a soldier dives on a grenade, risks his own life outside of cover to pull a comrade back, they’re doing it, or so they report, not for flag, country, President or general. They’re doing it for the guy in the fixhole next to them. They’re doing it for their buddies with the full expectation that their buddies would do the same. I also agree that you can be, practically, 100% certain that anyone discussing ‘glory,’ is stateside, hasn’t seen, heard or smelled an active battlefield, sent rounds, directly or indirectly, down range at the enemy and never will. Now, officers having to write the letters to the parent explaining why Johnny won’t be coming home, will refer to Johnny, for instance, as a hero or his actions he
Remember, the actual soldiers were your age or YOUNGER, never forget these young men sacrificed there lives so you can enjoy your freedoms
I was 7 years old when I first saw this. I remember entering my parents room while my dad was watching the infamous beach scene and I never got mesmerized and shocked in a film so much. Definitely my top 10 films. Definitely a life changer.
I've been in combat and it is hard to put into words that feeling of absolute terror. You feel the terror yet the men in your platoon are there. You can't let them down.
Not only were they surrending they were actually being forced to fight for the Germans. Makes their deaths even sadder.
@ed petree Nah, the guy knew they were Czech. Mocked them with a bad Czech accent.
They were collaborators. Look up "hiwis".
Bullshit. The Sudetenland part of Czechoslovakia was inhabited by ethnic Germans and after the conquest of Czechoslovakia they volunteered by the tens of thousands.
Sometimes there isn't a good vs bad choice. Sometimes both choices suck. Romanian's , Czechs etc voluntarily fought with the Germans against the commies and 1,000s of captured Russian prisoners fought along side the Nazis against the communists as well. Finland did the same. Some were forced, AKA drafted but claiming the Nazis made me do it is just CYA by the Czechs.
P.S. The communists killed 10's of millions more than the Nazi's ever did. The USSR and the communists aren't the good guys. Just ask Finland and Poland or the 10's of millions of Russians they murdered.
@@rollomaughfling380 I doubt very much that many, if any, of the US soldiers would have known Czech or any difference between it and German. They were in German uniforms, that's all they cared about.
Those aren’t airships, those are balloons to deter “strafing runs” by enemy aircraft. 7:44
At 16:40 there was nothing they could do for him and they all knew it including the medic. They actually overdosed him for mercy's sake for the unimaginable pain and I hope that's what the medic wanted, too. That's why they say 'War is Hell'.
i lived thru that part where mrs. ryan received the news . my brother died in the gulf war and i had to open the door for the army coming to tell my parents that their son was dead . it still haunts me .
Please, don´t hate Upham 😔 He is not equipped mentally, spiritually, or physically to be in the war.
He could've saved his friends twice 🥺 I got my feelings played with so im emotional 😭
@@Centane Some say Upham represents ALL OF US even if we were just a new guy in the marine corps trying to struggle with the horrors so can't blame him for being "cowardly" on his part.
@@Centane And his character is just that, a translator and talker not a combat skilled guy..
@@Centane That reaction is completely understandable and relatable. But my view has always been that Upham is a sympathetic character for several reasons. He's a corporal (a non-commissioned officer, so he's been in for a while-likely several years) but has been working in the intelligence section, making maps and translating radio transmissions. Not a battle-hardened combat vet. He gets thrown in with a detachment from a company of Rangers (very highly trained Soldiers) who have seen and survived the horrors of combat at the bloody Kasserine Pass in North Africa, Sicily/Italy, and now France (as seen through the collection of soil tins in Horvath's musette bag). He acts as the conscience of the group when he argues that they not commit a war crime by summarily executing the German machine gunner at the RADAR station where their medic was killed. So yes, he freezes up on the steps of the cafe, but many thousands of Soldiers and Marines, even experienced with battle froze up from time to time, allowing casualties. It still happens today, and is just a byproduct of war. Most war veterans understand. Once Upham sees that the German whose life he almost single handedly spared has joined up with a company of SS, and was the one who actually shot and killed Captain Miller, he's finally gotten his blood up, and although he ironically commits a war crime shooting the German after he's captured the squad, he at least avenges his leader's death.
His character represents all those unprepared (and sometimes already prepared) for battle who falter, then overcome (or overcompensate). And because war is always a messy Hell (they don't hand out black and white hats at the beginning) there are always plenty of them. Upham is a very complex character, and therefore to me probably the most interesting and well-written of the film.
14:50 actually the grenade was being thrown back at him so it alrdy took a few seconds. We all LOVE Mr Tom Hanks(17:15 that scene by him was really POWERFUL even without any dialogue😭 That's why he's a GREAT actor n a LEGEND) But in this movie Pvt Jackson is my favourite. He's FEARLESS! Mr Barry Pepper is my favourite actor n i LOVE him so much! The way he died was really hard for me to "digest"😢 Also im really sure that "James. Earn this. Earn it." lines pierced every viewers hearts. No apologies needed for crying😊 LOVE ur reaction as always n THNK U so much for reacting to this masterpiece Ms!🙏
I was SOBBING, knew nothing about the movie and came back from it without makeup and puffy face 😅 I adore all Tom Hanks movies, he's such a great actor ✨
This story is based partially on the real story of the Niland brothers. When his 3 brothers were reported dead, Frederick Niland was sent home from the war.
As a regular kid who never went to war, not even the army, and knows absolutely nothing of actual combat and is sitting on his ass eating snacks, I can tell you this movie is very real to life
The story is based off of The Sullivan brothers. It was 5 brothers that wished to serve together. They were on board a ship that was attacked and sunk during the Pearl Harbor attacks. All 5 siblings perished, resulting in a policy change among all military services. No siblings shall ever serve together in combat.
When this movie was finished, but not in theaters yet, Spielberg held a screening for many of the veterans who advised on the making of the movie. In the middle of the Omaha Beach scenes, a few of the Veterans walked out... Spielberg was concerned that they hated it. He followed them out - to find them breaking down crying in the lobby. It had been more than 70 years since they landed on the beach at Normandy, and it was too much for them - it brought it all back for these men, these grandfathers and great grandfathers. That's the story I remember about this movie.
some veterans said they could smell gasoline and blood while watching the movie....think about that
The medic's wounds were from shrapnel not bullets.
Tears means you are human. This is how war really is. Vets from WWII who have seen this indicate it's very realistic.
She’s so pure I love it
This movie contains the most realistic depiction of D-Day ever shown on the silver screen.
When the medic calls out for mama is the sadest thing in the whole movie
The guys who surrendered on D Day weren't even German - they were trying to explain that they were Czech I think.
Yes, they were Czech conscripts saying that they were Czech and had been intentionally missing so they wouldn't kill anyone.
@@lordmortarius538 True, they are saying they are Czech. They could have been lying for all the allies knew. Even if they understood, those particular 2 yankees weren't about to spare them. They were past negotiations or terms of surrender. Probably saw enough of their friends die already.
“Please don't shoot me! I am not German, I am czech, I didn't kill anyone! I am Czech!"
Yeah it didn’t matter one bit. They massacred just about everyone on that beach. They could be saying im Jesus Christ himself and as messed up as it sounds they should’ve still been shot. Not saying it was right or wrong just pointing out that war only creates monsters. Doesn’t matter what side you’re on.
@@zimvader25 True. 1 word: Dresden