Saving Private Ryan | First Time Reaction
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- When Private Ryan's brothers are all killed in action during World War 2, a mission is formed to rescue him from behind enemy lines. A harrowing tale of brotherhood, duty and honour, and the horrors of war.
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My mother thought it would be a good idea for me to take my dad to see it when it first came out. At the time we had no idea how realistic it was. He was part of the first wave at Normandy. The next morning she said "I think that was a bad idea" She woke up in a headlock, while he fought in his sleep and a few nights after that.
know this story represents everyone is Ryan we all should feel the burden that our freedoms are kept and fought by our brave soldiers
Fun fact. Spielberg shot the opening scene on Curracloe Beach in County Wexford, Ireland. He used 1,000 extras, including actual amputees and 750 Reservists in the Irish Army.
The town I live in had a population of less than 3,000 on D-Day. We sent 34 men to those beaches, all in the same company...Company A, 116th Infantry, 29th Division .... 19 died within minutes of each other on Omaha, another died in a different company (F), also on Omaha. 2 more died within the first four days of the landings. 2 of the ones who died in that first wave were brothers. There was also a set of twins in the company... one survived. That's why we've got the honor of having the National D-Day Memorial here. Per capita, this town lost more men in that first wave than any other community in the country.
So, you lived in Bedford, VA. , yes?
@@davedalton1273 yes
Capt. Miller’s mission is based on a true story. That is the story of the Niland brothers - Edward, Preston, Robert, and Frederick - from Tonawanda, New York.
They actually built and shot the ending village just outside London, UK in an old airfield. I remember driving past the set as a kid and seeing the smoke and planes fly over. Looked very cool. They returned to the area and shot a lot of band of brothers there too.
Wow, that's cool!
The town in the rain is actually the same town, just on the other side of the river. They built it and then blew it up lol
Ten uncles fought in WWII and five took the walking tour of Europe. Four went on to fight in Korea. My youngest uncle was a Green Beret with five tours in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. My brothers represented all four branches of the military including Special Operations. They are NOT broken..they are changed.
Watching your mum during the "mama" scene.... god bless. She felt it.
Every time the old lady sees the priest in the front proch, I just tear up.
I love how you showed the part where General Marshall, read the letter and to have the idea he knew it by heart! Also that it was written by Lincoln.
‘The only thing missing is the smell of blood & diesel’ that’s what my grandfather said after watching. He landed on Sword beach with British 12th corps. Horrific moment. Truly horrific
A lot of vets said they could smell diesel when watching it
We saw this movie in theaters with my grandfather who was in the first wave on Juno beach with the Canadian army and during the opening scene my grandfather started screaming and crying and tried to hit people I never saw him like that before that beach scene took him right back to 1944
I dont believe u
@@mdmaia91 I too have my suspicions
@@The_Texan_American probably its a fanfic
Why don't you believe about this man's grandfather, there was 340 killed and 600 wounded on Juno, it wasn't a stroll on the beach you know. It wasn't just the beach either, he survived the Dday landings, what else did the man endure after that. A lot of men that survived the Battle of Normandy which was from Jun 6th to end of August also fought in Operation garden market and then Battle of the bulge and then the push into Germany.
@@mdmaia91 ,my dad fought in the Korean War, spent 27 months as a pow in a Chinese pow camp , I believe Tom , my dad seen part of this movie and even though he fought in Korea he had some real bad flash backs enough so he spent a few weeks in the veterans hospital.
Thanks for watching. It means alot. (US Army - retired)
The line at the end that always kills me, “tell me I’m a good man.”
they actually set up a hotline for ww2 vets having flashbacks because of how realistic the d-day scene was. i talked with a ww2 vet that was on omaha beach during the invasion and he told me that it is the closest to the real thing you will ever see without actually being there. he also said that it was hard to watch and shook him to his core to how real it was depicted
The german was saying "Give up, you don't stand a chance! Let's end this here! It will be easier for you, much easier. You'll see it will be over quickly." when stabbing mellish.
Hello beautiful souls, as a Vet to all the Men and Women who served in the Military Living Or Died.. I would like to tell you all I love you and thanks for your Contribution and God Bless You all for being my Hero
I see how people watch the beginning observing how soldiers surrendering got shot and note how it is wrong, then at the end they see the man kill the captain, surrender and get shot and they find it to be justice. That is a step toward understanding the horror of actual war.
My dad was the second man off of the second C-47 with the one oh one. He was a Sargent and a squad leader. Fought his way across France and was wounded in the left foot while jumping near Rimegen and broke his right foot landing in an apple tree. Hell of thing.
One oh one? Why not write 101
My grandpa served in WW1. took machine gun bullets in his chest, but lived. My father had a close association with TB,, but was proved negative. Dad couldn't serve but he was asked to serve with the Manhattan Project, which led to my father being present when Enrico Fermi split the atom. My father got to meet President Kennedy in 1962 on the 20th anniversary. My father was the last living person who was present when they split the atom.
My great grandfather served in ww1 too 350th regiment 88th division us army.
What did the German soldiers say?
1. The German stabbed Melish said "Shhh... This will soon be over for you"
2. The German soldier that shot Captain Miller said "I know this soldier. I know this man. Upham.." Then Upham shot him.
My grandfather was a Sherman tank commander on Iwo Jima - he had four tanks blown out from under him. I wouold ask him about the war, and as I grew older, he would fill in more explicit details. He and I shared a special bond; I only found out after he died that he told me things he didn't even tell his children. I often wonder what he was like before the war.
Something I missed the first time watching this, that knife that was passed on at the beach battle was a "Hitler Youth Knife", meaning there were minors on that battlefield that started as urban patrols in the cities that later were forced into the battlefields as soldiers.
This was a pleasure to watch. So many reactors are so incredibly ignorant of history, let alone the real world, to understand what is happening in this film. Your understanding of history did you great credit in appreciating this film.
the caltrops or Giant Jacks were “Czech Hedgehogs” used to make it difficult for armor to get on the shore
16:15 when the wall smashes in, homeboy's face is PRICELESS! That's got thumbnail written all over it!
Wade the medic asked for more morphine because he knew it would kill him and he would be out of his misery.
Yeah, that was really sad.
I love seeing you watch these movies with your mother. My mom use to take my sister and I to see movies when she could. Now I take her to see movies and watch movies at home with her. ( We have always had housing issues, so now we are buying a house from my brother in law, and living together) Now she is in somewhat of failing health and a survivor of cancer, so I watch movies and shows as much as I can with her.
She took me to see this in theaters. It was a very unique experience. I remember we both agreed to set the popcorn on the ground part way through the D-day scene. Back then, I remember it being very loud walking out of the theater, everyone talking about the movie and whatnot. But this movie, while walking out, was dead silence. Like we were all in quiet contemplation of what we just witnessed.
Also this movie caused me to never care about the Oscars again. It lost Best Picture to Shakespeare in Love. No shade on Shakespeare, but who the hell still watches that movie. I still havent seen it on principle. Lol.
They got the idea for this movie based on the Niland brothers that were mentioned in the book (1992) "Band of Brothers" which with the success of this movie HBO made the 10 part mini series "Band of Brothers" in the book 2 Troopers of E/506th (Muck & Malarkey ). meet up while on leave with Sergeant Frederick William "Fritz" Niland (H/501st PIR , 101st A/B)and his Brother Bob Niland (D/505th PIR 82nd A/B) BOB had been on combat in the MTO (N.Africa/Sicily/Italy) so the picked his brain about combat and he was killed on june 6th while manning his machine gun. Second Lieutenant Preston Thomas Niland was killed on june 7th with the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division,, Technical Sergeant Edward Francis Niland was shot down in may in Burma but was taken as a POW. their was no rescue mission it was when Fritz went to find his brother Bob over at the 82nd that the chaplain found him and he was sent home and served state side as a MP till the end of the war.
The General reading the Buxby letter….from the Civil War. Read about the Sullivan Brothers…all died when their Ship was sank….there were 5. Captain Miller probably has early Parkinson’s…shaky hands/comes and goes. Great acting/directing….The main characters went thru a sort of boot camp together in preparation for the movie. Except for Matt….because the wanted to be the outsider and treated that way. You can kinda see it in their acting too.
Except they didn't, only three of the Sullivan brothers ended up dead >.< Not their fault though.
@@sianne79 yeah, all 5 did die…3 instantly, one badly wounded died the next da and the last was a few day later before they were picked up.
My father and an uncle on my mom’s side both fought in that conflict.
You two did a very good reaction. Thanks
I don’t mind the cussing stuff so much, being involved with fighting most of my life, working with soldiers and prison ministry, training a young police officer tomorrow morning. But breaking the third commandment over and over is often where I move on to check out a different reaction. Anyhow, appreciate you guys and thank you for a thoughtful and heartfelt reaction.
I don't know why but when I was about 12, I saw the movie The Fighting Sullivan's about the 5 brothers who died in World War 2. I don't know if you guys are interested in older movies it came out in 1944.
I think soo many people miss what was really being shown by Upham and the German not attacking each other on the stairs. For a brief moment, they were showing their humanity. War is not humane. Killing another human doesn't come naturally.
It is an important movie because of it's protrayal of the reality and most people I know who were in the military in Vietnam or later cringe at the "thank you for your service" phrase.
Indigenous Anarchists cringe too. It's a great movie... although it's staggeringly, obviously, indoctrination to war and the romancing of it. Because there is absolutely nothing noble or glorious about your wars. WW2 could have been ended in 1943-43 but it wasn't; the agenda wasn't about freeing Jews.. that's just the illusion. WW2 was a coup; they killed Adolph and stole his seat of power.. took the intelligence and medical knowledge and the pillages of Adolph's war... they put on trial some some minor players and dispersed the elites of that party to different parts of the planet. And then that base of knowledge grew...into what we got today. The vaccination programming is a part of it... people talk about knowing their history but they only know the history fed to them.
@@keetahbrough The movie literally goes out of its way to show that war is anything but glorious or romantic. Pay attention next time.
@@keetahbrough got that tinfoil hat on I see.
Ever time I go downtown in my little town we have War Memorial listing all the men that our County lost in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam thankfully we never had any lost in the War On Terror. I stop and pause remove my hat and give them my full respect
Great reaction . And a unbelievably good point mom look what this generation went through for us. But yet people still manage to pitch today about their problems. Love mom and her point
I'm adopted, so I had Four grandfathers who fought in WW2. One was out of it early; he was an engineering Officer abord KM Bismarck (sunk in May of 41). One was flying B-17s till the end of the war. One was with the resistance in Yugoslavia, and one was using his commercial fishing boat to sweep for mines and ferry troops and supplies around in Alaska. My Biological Father went to Vietnam with the 1st Air Cav, as a Helicopter Tech / piolet. His father was the one that spent the war in a POW camp in Ireland after the Bismarck was sunk. He said this, "As long as there are those who feel intitled to take what others have you will have Violence and War. It's That simple. It's not the guns that kill, nor the governments. It's simply eval people that want what you have and are willing to kill for it." I never got to meet him, but I know during his incarceration he saved the life of a boy that lived in and coastal village near the POW camp he was in. The boy who had been harvesting Muscles with his older sister got pushed up under a peer that recently had barbed wire put under it to prevent enemy troops from landing and hiding under it. The boy got stuck as the tide was rising but no one could hear his calls for help over the sound of the waves. My Grandfather was allowed out of the camp for a few hrs every week to help the local fishermen work on their fishing boats because due to the war rationing getting new parts for their engines or other necessary things was near imposable, but my grandpa was an excellent engineer and boat maintenance was how he had paid for collage before the war. So, they put him to work at the local boat yard under the watchful eye of some solders. Well, he and the two soldiers who were with him herd the boy but neither of the solders could swim so he jumped in with some wire cutters and saved the boy. The boy's older sister, who was supposed to have been watching him had lost sight of him showed up just as they were coming out of the water. She would marry him after the war. He always told my dad, "It was certainly Not love at first sight, she nearly stabbed me thinking I was trying to kid nap her brother." LOL any way, Great reaction, Thanks for sharing and I am looking forwerd to watching all of your Band of Brothers now. Bless and be well.
"Spit in his EYE" LOL ! I never thought of that tactic. Hahaha.
Not much to say. Hope young people appreciate the sacrifice young soldiers made. Was stunned to see video about how many young people have never heard of D Day. After this i had to watch band of brothers. A must watch
I really like Tom Sizemore in this movie, but Barry Pepper stole the show with his lines and charisma. The ending scene at the cemetery makes we well up every time.
Those metal beach obstacles with multi prongs were called Czech Hedgehogs.
Calthrops were the same shape, only much smaller with pointed prongs for use against troops on horseback, the prongs designed to penetrate the horses hoof and disable it.
This movie makes me cry off & on through out it but when the guys are calling to their moms & the mother that collapses on the porch are the scenes that make me ugly cry no matter how many times I see this movie.
For me, this was a grueling experience to watch, but it was so well done, I couldn't just stop.
The careful artistry of knowing when "epic musical scores" just takes away from the devastating personal impact of a moment, and thus keeping the music out of some scenes added much to the impact of those scenes.
I went to Omaha beach with high school when I was 12 or 13, we stayed in chalets just up the hill from the beach.We visited the Normandy American Cemetery that you see at the beginning and end of the film, very sombre indeed.
The two guys with their hands up were Czech prisoners that's why they shot them they couldn't differentiate between German and Czech at the time
The Geneva Convention happened before WW2 . The Allies and the Axis powers all signed the rules of war ; however Japan did not . That was one of their excuses for their brutality , of course we now know that the SS didn't play by the rules either . You were right Damon adlibbed that whole barn story at Spielberg's direction . One more item , the reason the sniper was working his rifle 'back handed " is because most US sniper systems were based on the Springfield 30-06 . They were only made in a right hand configuration . Good revue enjoyed it .
The illusion that there are rules in war is to assuage civilians.
@@patriciaburkell8024 There have always been so called " Rules of War " . They are dreamed up to make war more humane , it all looks good on paper . In reality they only mask the horror that takes place . Outlawing poison gas , flame throwers and napalm only work as long as the signers of such heady pacts follow the rules that were agreed to . So the civilians pat themselves on their collective backs for making war more humane and governments go about finding new toys to replace the ones they lost .
Everyone says "put your helmet back on!!". Did you not see the first bullet go straight through his helmet before he took it off? Helmets did not stop bullets, and weren't made to. He needed to get down, not put his helmet back on.
I know you cut it out, but the two men surrendering to the Americans at the start and they get shot, they are actually saying "We are not German, we are Czech, we haven't killed anyone" alot of people in Europe whose countries were invaded were forced into the German military via conscription.
The story was inspired by two ww2 events where brothers were killed. The Sullivans ( mentioned in the movie) were five 5! brothers whom served ON THE SAME SHIP which was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. All five brothers died.
I don’t blame Upham. He’s the most human out of all of them. Only had basic training but isn’t enough to cope up the true nature of war. He said he only fired a weapon in basic training never in a real combat situation. He’s there as a translator only. He’s trying not be someone he isn’t. He’s no soldier. He’s nothing like anyone in the squad. That’s why we’re born different. Every one of us is special because no one is like anyone else. Not everyone asked to be hero yet we are. Upham didn’t asked to be a soldier & yet he did after learning the lesson the hard way. Both aspects of an individual are seen clearly when payed close attention to & not distracted by whatever which is common for many to misunderstood only to be quick to judge.
One could say, are or were you soldier? Did you ever take a life? Where & how many battles did you partake in? How many different facial expressions have you seen before, during & after the battle? Do you see their eyes or gestures that showcases defiance, hate, scared, innocent? Could you still be the same person you were before that you are now after going through all that? We all have different reactions to war. Same could be said when taking a vaccine. Your friend got a headache after taking it while you didn’t experience any side effects. Choices have consequences & no one is free or above that regardless.
Furthermore, rules of engagement for soldiers are as follows especially for Officers. POW (Prisoner of War) is part especially if the enemy surrenders. Others don’t give a crap cuz they murdered their friends, relatives, brothers, etc. in combat. Then again we have these rules of engagement for a reason but at the same time it’s questionable. The idea is to keep it professional & humane as possible to maintain as a “civilized being”.
the opening battle sequence is said to be one of the
most realistic depictions of how iT REALLY was on
that day
in regards to Forrest Gump it is mentioned in the book that his father was a longshoreman and he died from a big bundle of bananas falling on him
The average age of a combat soldier in WWII was 26 in Vietnam he was 19 when Ryan is talking to his wife makes me think did my Grandpa feel the same guilt about surviving while some of the guys and friends he lost over there he never talked about it he took a lot secrets and things with him when he passed away Lest We Forget
Another movie you need to see is an older one called "The Fighting Sullivan's". In a way you could say it was a precursor to this. As in they were the reason brothers were split up onto different ships. I don't know if that rule immediately went into effect I'm all branches or not but I believe it was what got the ball rolling in that direction. It is also why they remove the last survivor from a family from combat. Even in Saving Pvt. Ryan I don't really know if he would have been totally released from service or whether he would have served stateside still. He would have still wanted to contribute.
I think he would have been assigned stateside…or maybe even have been involved in the war bond tours like the flag raisers from Iwo. Have seen “The Fighting Sullivan” a bunch of times. Good movie. Wonder if they’ll ever make a version that depicts how they really died…..and lived….they had a checkered history and stories go that they earned the title “Fighting Sullivans” long before the war started. George actually lived for four or five days after the sinking and was said to have gone over the side of the raft on purpose over the loss of his brothers.
You were noticing all the known actors in the movie. The actor that lost his hearing but knew where Ryan was was Ryan Hurst who played Opie in Sons of Anarchy and Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans.
That was Opie?! Holy crap, I didn't recognize him without his beard.
It is! I'm assuming you also knew the medic, Giovanni Ribisi.
If you haven't watched the Band of Brothers series, you'll be surprised at how many actors became known after it came out.
That's one thing that stood out to me. A lot of these actors probably got their big break with this movie.
That was Beta?
@@ADayinMyLife correct!
The village of Ramelle at the end was built for the movie in a field outside of an old air strip somewhere in Ireland
Good reaction vid, you guys. Fun listening to people who are obviously well educated and knowledgeable on things.
Great reaction to a great movie… the whole movie was a set design and won an Oscar for it amongst other awards….just another fyi… the team that went to save Ryan were all sent to a 3 week military training… and Steven left Matt or Ryan away from it so the guys would look at him differently and it help the movie a lot.
Its becuase of these landing that the Navy no longer does Opposed Beach Landings. We still have the ability to land mass troops at one time but wont do it under fire anymore. The Navy also has a tradition of feeding people the day of debarkation of giving a really good breakfast. Between a full stomach, sea sickness, and combat landing, a lot of men lost their lunches.
Opposed beach landings, in general, aren't done because of the attrition. They new this before D-day, it was just that there was no other way to get it done.
Same with mass parachute drops in occupied territory.
All of the beach landings were opposed, but omaha was the shortest straw out of a bunch of short straws.
I sometimes wonder what the young boys that stepped off those landing craft would think of us today. And seeing what we've become, would they be willing to do it again?
Spielberg covered the guns with plastic wrap to protect the guns from water for the beach scene.
Well. You're supposed to allow them to surrender. But on D-Day they kinda ignored that. There was no guarantee the invasion was going to be successful even when they took the beaches. There's some who say General Taylor even discouraged the taking of prisoners. Basically everyone had objectives to take and they couldn't deal with taking and storing prisoners when they had no place to even put the prisoners to begin with.
And this movie is actually very loosely based on a story that came out of Stephen Ambrose's book which was used for Band of Brothers. The Niland Brothers where 1 was missing after being shot down in Burma in May of 1944. 1 of the Brothers was in the 82nd airborne and was killed on June 6th. And 1 was killed on June 7th and was in the 4th infantry division. days after the invasion Frederick went to see his brother in the 82nd and that's when he got the news and was send to England then New York. In May of 1945 the Niland family got news that the brother missing in Burma was alive and was liberated from a Japanese POW camp.
That Shakespeare quote is one my favorite sayings ever I was shocked when it showed on my screen, good job dude
Kudos to you, for knowing your history.
Another great war movie that had everyone in it was A Bridge Too Far, 1975, I believe.
If you haven’t seen it yet, I would LOVE to see somebody react to 1946s The Best Years of Our Lives. It deals with the aftermath of WWII. Frederic March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Theresa Wright and real life WWII veteran Harold Russell. One of the best films of all time. On my top ten for sure.
Tremendous movie. You should have heard the tanks in the theater. My brother lost some hearing being around tanks when he was in the 82nd Airborne. 2500 men died on Omaha beach. Incredible effects. Good reaction!
Every theater equipped with DTS this film sounded entirely 3D and live.
It also wasn't the airforce, that branch didn't exist during ww2.
although not super historically accurate they captured the vibe of war, and that isn't easy to do. when they made the pacific and band of brothers they got historical accuracy as well which i love.
Helmets in WW2 would not stop a bullet...unless under very rare and specific circumstances. So that guy that took off his helmet 5:45 would have been dead from that shot even if he had kept his helmet on. Recall that you already saw a bullet go right through the helmet of one of the first men on the first boat when the ramp dropped, and again a bit later you saw a bullet go right through the helmet of a wounded man that the medics were working on, the one when Wade triumphally yelled "we stopped the bleeding" and then the man was killed by a round through the head.
Yeah, the shape of the helmet might help deflect a bullet that would've just grazed the person, but they were mainly meant to protect against falling debris from artillery shell explosions, etc (something that caused a lot of casualties in WW1 when they had cloth hats to start, they developed the metal helmets to help prevent debris injuries not direct shot impacts). A straight on bullet impact would go right through it.
But now.....you need to check out the film that won the BEST PICTURE Oscar at that year's Academy Awards. 'Shakespeare in Love'.
They stormed the beaches like that bc the navy was supposed to soften the German defenses but missed their targets. They were expecting it to be easier to take until they started getting shot at but by that time they couldnt just turn around and go back. It wouldve been a lot worse had the allies not tricked the germans into thinking they were attacking another beach. Dont remember what beach but they had most of their defenses there. If it wouldve been at ohama the allieds would not have taken that beach.
All the Tanks which were supposed to land on Omaha Beach has help them take the beach sank as they were launched to far out. On the other four beachs, Utah (American) Juno (Canadian) Sword and Gold (British) they had special tanks to help them clear the minefields and get off the beaches. ,
It's a movie; I get that. It took many hours for the Americans to clear the beach at Omaha and the run in to where they let the Bangalores go in the movie was probably 5 times as far. Scary stuff.
love the Tolkien quote (Faramir in TLOTR:ROTK) your editor added in!!!
Since Calais was more fortified and more manned, the invasion changed to Normandy
That was truly the greatest generation every time I see this picture it reminds me of that. 13:25
Emotionally I can follow you when the sniper killed the german MG-Soldier at the beach. But it is a human being which had it orders, too. With a mother which gets a letter.
Therefore I recommand you for the Trilogy "Generation war" which portraits it from the german perspective and the war against the Soviet Union 1941 - 1945. Friedhelm is my favorit character. Pacifist but forced to serve and evolving to exactly that german monster which Hollywood shows us today.
Maybe you want to make an reaction video of it. You would be the one and only on the internet.
Spielberg filmed Mellish "Eddie's" Death as a metaphor for the war in Europe. Mellish representing the Jewish population in Europe being in immediate peril, Upham representing America, largely unable or unwilling to intervene, and the German soldier representing Nazi Germany
Band of Brothers is an excellent depiction of what happened in WWII. It follows Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Actual interviews with the people who were there, 100% true events, made by Tom Hanks and HBO....then you have The Pacific another HBO and Tom Hanks series that follows the Marines in the Pacific war with Japan. Obscure reference.....the actual Adam Goldberg from the series The Goldbergs is in this movie.
Except for episode 4, which is not historically accurate and belittles the British tank unit (44th RTR) sadly.
@@lyndoncmp5751 those scenes really are irritating to see.
Those tankers, in reality were way way more battle experienced and capable than the troopers who apparently needed to tell them their job. According to that episode anyway 🙄
A bridge too far also perpetuates this idea, but still a great movie.
@@phillydelphia8760
Definitely. The 44th Royal Tank Regiment had seen two years of combat by then, from North Africa, including El Alamein, Sicily, Italy and all through Normandy. By contrast, the 101st Airborne had only about a month of combat by September 1944. In Normandy early June-early July 1944.
In reality, the days fighting around Nuenen was a success for the British tankers and US paras. Panzer Brigade 107 was forced to withdraw from the Son bridge and Hells Highway. 👍
@@lyndoncmp5751 when it's American money paying for anything about 'Market garden', it'll be the British and commonwealth forces made to be responsible for anything that didn't go to plan.
Although now I think, more people are able to look into it and find out for themselves what was what.
I still have some hope that something closer to reality will be made that focuses on the British and Polish contributions there.
@@phillydelphia8760
A British 'band of brothers' would be great, but unlikely to ever be made. Also not sure who'd watch it overseas.
Just wanted to let you know and a lot of people don’t know this but 2 pretty big inaccuracies occurred in this movie..one being guys getting shot in the ocean at Omaha but when a bullet hits water it slows the bullet down and wouldn’t be able to kill anyone, bullets can’t travel through water like that. Second one is the bullet going through the sniper scope. That’s inaccurate because of the trajectory of the bullet wouldn’t of been able to go through the scope and to him because of where the snipers were located..they did this for dramatic affect.
A forgiven enemy will not become a friend!
Do a glory 1989 movie reaction great war movie as well
Glory is an awesome movie with an awesome cast!
in the end you said “the air force”
during WWII the air force as you know it now did not exist. at the time it was the US Army Air Corp
There is some good in this world Mr. Frodo and its worth fighting for.
- Samwise (The Brave) Gamgee, of The Shire.
This is one of a handful of "must see" movies, there's a lot of fun/enjoyable movies that I've enjoyed over the years, but only a few that had a serious impact on me in terms of understanding the world.
Also you note at the end his wife had no idea who Captain Miller was... Probably 50 years married at that point and he'd never talked about it with his own wife. The didn't have the support systems for things like PTSD back then, mostly they were just expected to come home and go back to normal... But of course nobody is ever the same after experiencing actual combat. Even Upham in the end "lost his virginity" in killing that German they'd let go, there's no going back after that.
Thank you for the great quotes you included
at dday+ 5 the entire cherbourg peninsula was firmly held by allied forces
Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Hacksaw Ridge - all true stories. Soon Masters of the Air about the Eighth Airforce. Like your mother said these men were the fathers of my friends and my uncles.
I love how much of a nerd you are man! Its definitely necessary ! I appreciate tf of it!
Awesome film man Awesome its 1 ov d few films that dipict war perfectly 😪
Finally, people who appreciate the history. In another reaction a 20 something girl " I thought Omaha was in Nebraska. I didn't know they had a beach". And " What war was this again"? I'm so glad my WW 2 vet dad couldn't hear that. Do they even teach history in schools anymore?
34:06 this is a realy cool detail the magnetic bomb cant conect to the tank beacause of the zimirit a paste germans put on their tanks to stop megnetic grenades to stick to the tank.
Great Reaction To One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Guy's
We all want our mum at the end
"CLEAR THOSE MURDER HOLES"!
Great React! What's next? Band of Brothers?
The Sullivan brothers(5 of them) were World War II sailors serving together aboard the light cruiser USS Juneau, when the craft was sunk in November 1942. All of them perished KIA
So while this tale, depicted herein , is a fiction it certainly can't be argued that its creators were not able to draw inspiration from real life events.
Note: While the bros. had petitioned the Navy to allow them to serve together, brass should have known better than go against policy which would normally have them separating members of the same immediate family, allowing these guys to do their stint together and especially under such perilous circumstances was foolhardy
They famously refused to serve unless it was togther. They told the recruiters " you can have all five of us or none of us" trust me they would have meant it. They where Iowan born Irish americans and those are some of the most stubborn and loyal kinds of people you can find on earth, I speak as an expert .
@@brandonangstman So what? Do you think the fate of 'the free world' rested upon the eldest Sullivan reenlisting (He already fulfilled his duty)? The Navy simply could and _should_ have rejected the bros. demands , honorably discharged the elder and waited to draft a couple of the others. They allowed their good judgment to be compromised and the parents and Sullivan family suffered immeasurably for the sake of convenience and "good feelings"
@@manofiske3318friend I'm trying to say that the Sullivan brothers basically said they would not fight unless they could serve together, and trust me they ment it when they said they'd refuse to fight. Also remember this was right after pearl harbor so the navy would have been pretty eager to sign up sailors for the war. My guess is they weren't willing to let 5 eager recruits slip by when they needed the manpower.
Great reaction by both of you...this has to be one of the best war films out there, the whole film is a masterpiece as much as it is sad. May I suggest you guys react to the following films If you haven't seen or done so already?
•1917
•We Were oldiers
•Windtalkers
The Patriot
I’ve seen at least 50 reactions to Saving Private Ryan, and y’all are the first to mention/recognize Ted Danson!
5:35 i could be wrong but, I think that is the same actor who played the guy who lost his hearing and told them where Ryan was.
They do look similar, now that I'm looking at him.