"No I save that one just for me." It's a humanizing line. Subtle. I know Miller is just a character but its heartbreaking he wasn't able to return to his quite life. The memories with his wife kept him in the fight. Countless men had memories like these and never made it back home to make more.
Yeah. Sad but true. Cynically I was looking it from the POV of the actors and behind the scenes. Matt delivers and amazing improvised story about his brothers with humour, heart a haunting reminder at the end about the war. Then Tom Hanks is invited to do the same, and he thinks “Matt I can’t top the performance you just gave son, so am gonna stay quiet.”
I was in an Irish Bar in NY 3 years before this movie came out. My buddy Eddy says, "I'm going over to talk to that ugly girl across the bar, look at the tits on her!" I waited until he walked around the bar and was about a foot away and I screamed across the bar, "Eddy! Your a young man don't do it!" True story.
As they say the best scenes are usually the ones that aren’t in the fine print on the script. Definitely added depth to this scene. Marty Scorsese let’s his actors adlib all the time.
+BlacK OuT GaminG question..do you think Tom Hanks' reaction to the story is genuine or do you think it was just a fake laugh to make it seem believable? I know it is an improvised story so Tom Hanks couldn't have known it was coming.
What makes this scene even more amazing is that Matt Damon actually ad libbed the entire story of his brothers and himself on the spot. Amazing acting.
@@C_Papi Yeah I noticed that. He glances off camera like he's asking 'are we doing this? You want to keep going?' And that first nod seems to me like Spielberg or someone gave the thumbs up like yeah let Damon go, so Hanks nods and continues the scene. It really works, lends a realness to the story. This has gotta be one of my favorite moments for that
the beauty is that it fits his character because as the Commanding Officer it is not unusual for him to look around checking on the status of his men, who I believe happen to be positioned behind Ryan
If someone were to ask me what my favorite/best/memorable scene from any movie, this one stands out. I know I will never be asked, but the way Matt Damon goes from struggling to see his brothers faces, to the hilarity of this story, and the realization that they are gone is unreal. I only have one brother, who so thankfully is still with us. I know its just a story, but think of having 3, & losing all at such an early age. Great acting.
Man, I just rewatched this movie. This is a really good scene. It’s so believable. You can see the brothers, you see them alive and then you remember they’re dead. Matt Damon absolutely smashed this.
i just had that matt damon moment when i remember something and start laughing but it wasnt really that funny then it fades away and im back to reality with straight face
It’s devastating though because you hear this hilarious story and laugh and then you can see him remember the moment that they’re gone and it’s just heartbreaking
No no it's something completely different. This scene is very realistic. Captain looks to his other comrades because ryan is in a "laugh mode'' just before the ensuing battle, so he looks at them seriously in order to reduce this kind of relaxation but at the same time he politely allows this emotional explosion by the private who remembers his lost brothers.. A great scene from a legendary movie.
Tom Hanks is one of the greatest actors out there. I highly doubt he had to ask for permission to continue a scene just because it was improvised. He's been in the business long enough to know to just roll with it when it happens. Some of the greatest scenes were improvised which is why this is arguably my favorite scene ever.
You're missing the point when you say Damon's acting was horrible because he went from laughing to serious so quickly. He said he couldn't see his brothers' faces, so it wasn't real to him that they were dead. It hadn't hit him, yet. Then he thought about a specific memory, the last time they were together, a funny story that made Captain Miller smile, but you couldn't crack up unless you were one of the brothers. Pvt. Ryan realized then that he'd never see any of his brothers again
Whoever said that has literally no idea what they are talking about. They are probably the same people who watch The Fast And the Furious 12 and wonder why no one in it got an Oscar nomination in it.
This is, in my opinion, one of the greatest scenes committed to film. If you have ever been in a traumatic situation, especially a long term one far from home, this is exactly what happens. You are under so much pressure and then a specific memory can pull you out of your despair and for a few fleeting moment you are back with the ones you have lost in a happy time. Then when the moment ends you are pulled back into reality again. This scene is a masterful implementation of the spirit of Frank Sinatra's "The Way You Look Tonight", which is a great peppy song but has actually some pretty dark subtext.
@@JoshtMoody the only other time I saw a switch that good was Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Bastards, when he interrogates the French farmer and he subtly and abruptly loses his smile and gets direct with him confronting him about hiding enemies.
I wonder what ever happened to Alice Jardine later on and how she felt when she learned that three of the Ryan brothers, especially Dan, were lost in the war.
This is a great scene in a fantastic movie. Private Ryan has been found by John Miller and his men and has learned of the sad news that each of his brothers has died in this War. He's having trouble remembering them so Miller gives him a hand. Its then that Ryan has a memory of something he did with his brothers before they all left for the War. The last time they were all together. A great scene from Damon and Hanks.
Beautiful scene. In the midst of war and murder, we humans always try to find some comfort in the world to escape our harsh reality. And a comedic story is always something warm to look back on. Notice how after the story is done, they both are straight faced and serious again. They crash landed back into reality. And the knowledge that Matt Damon improvised this scene is fucking genius.
Technically it was the Nazis who committed murder we just fought against them to avenge the millions of lives they have killed and how many they have committed in the act of genocide. Because if I'm not mistaken the Allies invaded Europe on D-Day and what we did was we liberated the country. WWII was my favorite subject in school but I've had a couple of favorite subjects in school such as music, filming, and of course my personal favorite is art. That's why I want to apply for the Stan Winston School of Arts so I can use my artistic talent so I can improve it and combine it with my favorite thing and that is the movies. Thank you Steven Spielberg because what you are doing in life is never a hobby
3:00 everyone eventually experiences that moment. You recall a good memory and are entirely there in that place in time. Having a beautiful recollection of your life’s highlights only to realize someone who made that memory died. You want to tell them about it and enjoy it together but they’re gone. Definitely worth the pain though to remember one of the best parts of your life.
I’m impressed this was improvised, I didn’t know. The laughter sounds a bit fake at the start but I thought it sounded more real by the end. The story was my favorite part of the movie, not only because I was laughing hysterically when I saw it but because it felt real. I watched this and it truly felt like Matt Damon was recalling an old fond memory of his brothers whom he just lost. He starts out a little tense and the laughter is a bit fake but, you can’t blame him he just lost them and he’s laughing trying to make light of a painful moment. Then he starts actually laughing and recalling a fond memory that felt so real to me, it reminded me of stories I’ve told about my sibling and cousins. Then he tenses again as reality hits him. The scene felt so natural I was already impressed, now even more so because it was improvised.
ha you can almost tell that this scene was impressed but it gave ryan some back story on his brothers funny thing is that Tom hanks at the beginning of the story he's like "wait Matt that's not a part of the script"
Spielberg is kind of a genius in "humanism". In that he has a quirky sense of humor. This scene, the dogtag one and where Upham says "What is happening here" are good examples.
This is such a tragic scene! Private Ryan is struggling to even remember the faces of his 3 brothers who he had created an undying bond with. War apparently does that to you. They’ve probably killed countless man and have seen over a dozen of men from both sides due gruesome deaths that you forget to memorize the faces of your brothers. Captain helps him out by adding to remember them in a context.
As a retired HS teacher I value the first part of this scene. A number of former students later apologize for their adolescent behavior in HS. That part of the scene is accurate. Regarding the perception in some of these comments regarding the laughter aspect I will add this perspective; This is scene depicted from the 1940s. These men were not as talkative or as free to share personal experiences with each other as today in which "men" post how their designer coffee looks on Instagram. Only in extreme situations like war would men of this era likely speak of these things to themselves and even then, would likely feel uncomfortable doing so, especially to a superior that was a teacher. Laughing like this is one behavior a young man in that era might do in this type conversations. I don't care if you perceive yourself to be a great judge of films, it isn't the primary basis for judging this scene. The context of the era, the situation, and the relationship relationship between the two characters must be taken into account. My father was in WWII in some of the heaviest battles and said very little about it. He did say those that later bragged about it seldom saw real action. Unless you lived with a person that actually fought in these wars you really are clueless of their lifetime of trauma it lays in their souls. As my father said "there isn't a day that goes by in which I cannot forget or forgive myself for what I did to stay alive and that is a burden I alone will carry to my grave. I live you too much to lay that burden up in you" With the above being said, a guy that justifies the authenticity of this scene because he watched other "films" really has no context to judge what the real behavior men had or didn't have from these experiences. It is like Captain bone spur lecture prisoners of war about what war is like.
The scene, despite what you may think require a level of complex acting skills. To say the transformation from laughing to serious was fake and unrealistic would probably ascribe the same sentiment to a brilliant piece of poetry because it doesn't rime. Also the Guy running this film and its editing & vision has talent we might never see replicated in our lifetime.
Spielberg is good but he's definitely not the only one at his level. Not even just contemporaries like Scorsese and Coppola, I would say that Nolan, Winding Refn, and Cuarón are up there too.
I feel like he was really remembering something that he enjoyed because that was perfect and gave me a sense of HIS nostalgia. I was laughing then sad along with him like KT was an experience I remembered as a teen.
Endgame did their own version of the last line and it couldn't have been better. Cap, also WW2 vet, held old school principles about discussing your women around other men. "No, that is just for me".. love it.
actually this scene was adlibed by matt damon. speilberg told them to stay in character during a break, andbthey left the cameramen working to get any normal movimg shots, when this happened.
And to think. This would be the last memory Matt Damon's character would have of his brothers. To be the last and youngest of your siblings. How alone could you feel?
I kid you not, when I was in the 7th grade my middle brother grabbed me from the living room and told me to follow him and not make a sound. We then stood outside our oldest brother's room and listened to him making out with his girlfriend and waited because even I knew it was only a matter of time before they got really busy. As soon as we hear him start to take her shirt off my brother swings the door open, pulls me into the doorway with him, and yells "don't do this to yourself she's not the one". She dove right over the bed and off we ran, we jumped into the car and hauled ass out of the driveway and he still chased after us.
I truly wonder if Tom Hanks was supposed to tell the story about the wife and the rose bushes but didn’t because he knew Matt Damon just killed his story and knew he improvised the whole scene out of respect, most likely not but I always like to think so
It also fits that as the leader and also being much older than Ryan, he reserves his vulnerability and relates to his peers, which Ryan is not. Miller mentions before "gripes go up, not down", and his decision to reserve his story is a good example of a similar standard. He wasn't cold to Ryan, but observes a healthy boundary between an officer and his men. I think there still is a way he could have shared and maintain that boundary, like Capt. Haldane in The Pacific, but there is a very thin line when it comes to leaders fraternizing with subordinates in a way that relates to them but reminds them they are not on the same level.
This is one of the best scenes I could remember in decade. No I think matt damon really did great here, when you disagreed saying that it was his worst bcs he laughed and then serious in seconds matter, I think thats what will really happen in real life, to anyone, including me cause I can laugh in a sec and then serious afterward. Your comment is invalid lol
Especially in a time of War. All you want to do is get home. As what my former Government Teacher told us in a lecture in High School. War is hell. He needed that laugh because shit was gonna hit the fan again before the film was over.
I don't think they were going to do anything with her they thought Alice was ugly and they were saving some other guy from having sex with her and when she noticed they were spying on her she panicked.
[dp] Dynasty I see. It makes a lot of sense. The story sounded very suggestive, and I initially thought the group of brothers were going to have sex with the girl, engage in some orgy, and I don't mean to sound so graphic. Another comment on this video stated that the story Ryan told was about a possible gang rape, which was what scared me, but I'm glad to hear I was wrong.
I think they were preparing for a rape or an orgy. Why would his brother wake him up then(that's how his story begins, with his brother waking him up)?
"No I save that one just for me."
It's a humanizing line. Subtle. I know Miller is just a character but its heartbreaking he wasn't able to return to his quite life. The memories with his wife kept him in the fight. Countless men had memories like these and never made it back home to make more.
Yeah. Sad but true.
Cynically I was looking it from the POV of the actors and behind the scenes.
Matt delivers and amazing improvised story about his brothers with humour, heart a haunting reminder at the end about the war.
Then Tom Hanks is invited to do the same, and he thinks “Matt I can’t top the performance you just gave son, so am gonna stay quiet.”
I came for that line.
3:24
Matt Damon: "So you wanna try to improvise a story?"
Tom Hanks: "Nnnnnope...."
I was in an Irish Bar in NY 3 years before this movie came out. My buddy Eddy says, "I'm going over to talk to that ugly girl across the bar, look at the tits on her!"
I waited until he walked around the bar and was about a foot away and I screamed across the bar, "Eddy! Your a young man don't do it!" True story.
I wonder if Hanks much less remembers his days working on this film. This conversation he appears to have had a transformation.
matt damon made up that barn story on spot and they liked it so much they kept it in the movie
As they say the best scenes are usually the ones that aren’t in the fine print on the script. Definitely added depth to this scene.
Marty Scorsese let’s his actors adlib all the time.
One of my favorite scenes from the whole movie, the way Matt Damon tells the story is just so believable. Great movie and great actors.
+BlacK OuT GaminG question..do you think Tom Hanks' reaction to the story is genuine or do you think it was just a fake laugh to make it seem believable? I know it is an improvised story so Tom Hanks couldn't have known it was coming.
+Richard Harris Could it be possible they just filmed Hank's reaction in separate takes since they were cutting to it?
What makes this scene even more amazing is that Matt Damon actually ad libbed the entire story of his brothers and himself on the spot. Amazing acting.
GhostlyGob Says the redditor
That was amazing! Maybe the story was actually true??
I love how Hank's doesn't know how to react to the improvisation and it fits perfectly.
@@C_Papi Yeah I noticed that. He glances off camera like he's asking 'are we doing this? You want to keep going?' And that first nod seems to me like Spielberg or someone gave the thumbs up like yeah let Damon go, so Hanks nods and continues the scene. It really works, lends a realness to the story. This has gotta be one of my favorite moments for that
the beauty is that it fits his character because as the Commanding Officer it is not unusual for him to look around checking on the status of his men, who I believe happen to be positioned behind Ryan
"I just did you a favor" lmao so savage
If someone were to ask me what my favorite/best/memorable scene from any movie, this one stands out. I know I will never be asked, but the way Matt Damon goes from struggling to see his brothers faces, to the hilarity of this story, and the realization that they are gone is unreal. I only have one brother, who so thankfully is still with us. I know its just a story, but think of having 3, & losing all at such an early age. Great acting.
Want to know something amazing, that whole part was improvised :)
Necronomicon A I cannot even imagine doing something like that. Thank you so much for your service.
But can you let me know what was your favourite scene from the film?
Man, I just rewatched this movie. This is a really good scene. It’s so believable. You can see the brothers, you see them alive and then you remember they’re dead. Matt Damon absolutely smashed this.
i just had that matt damon moment when i remember something and start laughing but it wasnt really that funny then it fades away and im back to reality with straight face
I just love how the background music ends as soon as Matt finishes his improvised story, just perfect
+Brownboy411 that music was probably put in after this was recorded
+Jesse what is thesong do u know ??
@@zionchristall6093super late but
“C’était une histoire d’amour by Edith Piaf”
As soon as Matt stops laughing you just, you *feel* the mood just *drop* and you know this fricking movie is about to stab you in the gut again.
"That one I save just for me"
Right in the feelings
That line made me like Tom Hanks character even more. You see how much the dude treasures is wife and home.
Oscar Armando Arroyo Guerra feels* :P
I feel like Tom Hanks said that so he wouldn't have to improvise a whole scene like Matt Damon just did.
One of the best lines spoken in this movie.
I wonder if Damon was influenced by Robin Williams' hilarious improvisation in Good Will Hunting about his farting wife?
Litteraly exactly what i was thinking because he met Spielberg on the set of Good Will Hunting
If so... Good on him!
Sure... was Matt in his first movie ever influencing Robin Williams, yeah, I'm totally sure is not the other way around. :rolleyes:
"Danny, you're a young man, don't do it!"
It’s devastating though because you hear this hilarious story and laugh and then you can see him remember the moment that they’re gone and it’s just heartbreaking
Matt Damon haz skillz. Great eye for drama.
All the laugh and then... Fuck. All my brothers are dead.
01:56 Looks like Tom glances to the director asking, "Is it OK? Alright, we keep going"
Yep, this scene was all improvise by Matt. You can also see Tom view at 02:43 looking at Spilberg. Spielberg just continue to roll it up :)
Unlikely, unless they had two or three cameras rolling at the same time. That may be the case but I don't know.
Dunlaw To my knowledge its not in the script
No no it's something completely different.
This scene is very realistic. Captain looks to his other comrades because ryan is in a "laugh mode'' just before the ensuing battle, so he looks at them seriously in order to reduce this kind of relaxation but at the same time he politely allows this emotional explosion by the private who remembers his lost brothers.. A great scene from a legendary movie.
Tom Hanks is one of the greatest actors out there. I highly doubt he had to ask for permission to continue a scene just because it was improvised. He's been in the business long enough to know to just roll with it when it happens. Some of the greatest scenes were improvised which is why this is arguably my favorite scene ever.
I just learned that this dialogue was improv. .. . wow. I will never unsee Tom Hanks glance at someone on the set as he's telling it.
Amazing scene.
You're missing the point when you say Damon's acting was horrible because he went from laughing to serious so quickly. He said he couldn't see his brothers' faces, so it wasn't real to him that they were dead. It hadn't hit him, yet. Then he thought about a specific memory, the last time they were together, a funny story that made Captain Miller smile, but you couldn't crack up unless you were one of the brothers. Pvt. Ryan realized then that he'd never see any of his brothers again
Whoever said that has literally no idea what they are talking about. They are probably the same people who watch The Fast And the Furious 12 and wonder why no one in it got an Oscar nomination in it.
This is, in my opinion, one of the greatest scenes committed to film. If you have ever been in a traumatic situation, especially a long term one far from home, this is exactly what happens. You are under so much pressure and then a specific memory can pull you out of your despair and for a few fleeting moment you are back with the ones you have lost in a happy time. Then when the moment ends you are pulled back into reality again.
This scene is a masterful implementation of the spirit of Frank Sinatra's "The Way You Look Tonight", which is a great peppy song but has actually some pretty dark subtext.
No one is mentioning this was all ad libbed?
@@JoshtMoody the only other time I saw a switch that good was Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Bastards, when he interrogates the French farmer and he subtly and abruptly loses his smile and gets direct with him confronting him about hiding enemies.
Whoever said Matt Damon’s acting is horrible? I’ve literally never heard that!
Tom Hanks was the first to say, “No, I don’t think I will.”
Amazing scene! Very good display of Matt Damon's acting ability.
I wonder what ever happened to Alice Jardine later on and how she felt when she learned that three of the Ryan brothers, especially Dan, were lost in the war.
She probably married James when he came back.
Probably thought, “Great, now I’ll never get laid!” Lol
This is such a great scene especially within its context
not everyone has to comment about it being unscripted
It's a good thing *you* didn't mention it.
But it WAS unscripted. Didn't you know??
ironic, isn't it
Hi youtube person from 4 years ago, it's me, in the future, letting you know this scene was unscripted!
But how do I get to show off my knowledge of movie trivia then?
"Danny you're a young man. Don't do it!" Best part lol
Whenever someone says that Matt Damon is a mediocre actor I show them this
Nobody says that LMAOOO he's too good
Literally no one ever says that. Shut the fuck up.
@@jo2556 😭😭😭
This is a great scene in a fantastic movie. Private Ryan has been found by John Miller and his men and has learned of the sad news that each of his brothers has died in this War. He's having trouble remembering them so Miller gives him a hand. Its then that Ryan has a memory of something he did with his brothers before they all left for the War. The last time they were all together. A great scene from Damon and Hanks.
This scene made me want to be a actor. This has to be a real memory. This is acting at its greatest
Beautiful scene. In the midst of war and murder, we humans always try to find some comfort in the world to escape our harsh reality. And a comedic story is always something warm to look back on. Notice how after the story is done, they both are straight faced and serious again. They crash landed back into reality. And the knowledge that Matt Damon improvised this scene is fucking genius.
Technically it was the Nazis who committed murder we just fought against them to avenge the millions of lives they have killed and how many they have committed in the act of genocide. Because if I'm not mistaken the Allies invaded Europe on D-Day and what we did was we liberated the country. WWII was my favorite subject in school but I've had a couple of favorite subjects in school such as music, filming, and of course my personal favorite is art. That's why I want to apply for the Stan Winston School of Arts so I can use my artistic talent so I can improve it and combine it with my favorite thing and that is the movies. Thank you Steven Spielberg because what you are doing in life is never a hobby
I can't help but feel sorry for Dan every time I watch this scene.
3:00 everyone eventually experiences that moment. You recall a good memory and are entirely there in that place in time. Having a beautiful recollection of your life’s highlights only to realize someone who made that memory died. You want to tell them about it and enjoy it together but they’re gone. Definitely worth the pain though to remember one of the best parts of your life.
I’m impressed this was improvised, I didn’t know. The laughter sounds a bit fake at the start but I thought it sounded more real by the end. The story was my favorite part of the movie, not only because I was laughing hysterically when I saw it but because it felt real. I watched this and it truly felt like Matt Damon was recalling an old fond memory of his brothers whom he just lost. He starts out a little tense and the laughter is a bit fake but, you can’t blame him he just lost them and he’s laughing trying to make light of a painful moment. Then he starts actually laughing and recalling a fond memory that felt so real to me, it reminded me of stories I’ve told about my sibling and cousins. Then he tenses again as reality hits him. The scene felt so natural I was already impressed, now even more so because it was improvised.
One of the most underrated scenes in this movie.
"Yeah, just keeping the rhythm"
*clicks three times at random*
This is probably my favourite scene in this film. It's so well done
This is the greatest improve moment in movie history.
Such good acting and improv.
ha you can almost tell that this scene was impressed but it gave ryan some back story on his brothers funny thing is that Tom hanks at the beginning of the story he's like "wait Matt that's not a part of the script"
Spielberg is kind of a genius in "humanism". In that he has a quirky sense of humor.
This scene, the dogtag one and where Upham says "What is happening here" are good examples.
This is such a tragic scene! Private Ryan is struggling to even remember the faces of his 3 brothers who he had created an undying bond with. War apparently does that to you. They’ve probably killed countless man and have seen over a dozen of men from both sides due gruesome deaths that you forget to memorize the faces of your brothers. Captain helps him out by adding to remember them in a context.
Matt damon is my favorite actor of all time!
1:53 Tom Hanks looks at the director because Matt Damon is improvising and Spielberg signals to him keep going.
Speaking as one of 4 boys, this movie means a lot to my family.... My mother made me promise to never join the army.
This is my favorite improved segment in film history. So impressive
Matt Damon really paints a picture with this scene. Even his laughing is convincing
Matt Damon nailed it
I have a theory that Matt Damon's laugh could cure AIDS if we found a way to distill it
Loved that this was all improvised
That was the last night the four of us were together, that was two years ago:(
3:29 "No...no, I don't think I will"
The entire time Matt was monologuing, Tom was only thinking of how amazing of a career Matt was going to have in Hollywood
As a retired HS teacher I value the first part of this scene. A number of former students later apologize for their adolescent behavior in HS. That part of the scene is accurate.
Regarding the perception in some of these comments regarding the laughter aspect I will add this perspective; This is scene depicted from the 1940s. These men were not as talkative or as free to share personal experiences with each other as today in which "men" post how their designer coffee looks on Instagram. Only in extreme situations like war would men of this era likely speak of these things to themselves and even then, would likely feel uncomfortable doing so, especially to a superior that was a teacher. Laughing like this is one behavior a young man in that era might do in this type conversations.
I don't care if you perceive yourself to be a great judge of films, it isn't the primary basis for judging this scene. The context of the era, the situation, and the relationship relationship between the two characters must be taken into account.
My father was in WWII in some of the heaviest battles and said very little about it. He did say those that later bragged about it seldom saw real action.
Unless you lived with a person that actually fought in these wars you really are clueless of their lifetime of trauma it lays in their souls. As my father said "there isn't a day that goes by in which I cannot forget or forgive myself for what I did to stay alive and that is a burden I alone will carry to my grave. I live you too much to lay that burden up in you"
With the above being said, a guy that justifies the authenticity of this scene because he watched other "films" really has no context to judge what the real behavior men had or didn't have from these experiences. It is like Captain bone spur lecture prisoners of war about what war is like.
The scene, despite what you may think require a level of complex acting skills. To say the transformation from laughing to serious was fake and unrealistic would probably ascribe the same sentiment to a brilliant piece of poetry because it doesn't rime. Also the Guy running this film and its editing & vision has talent we might never see replicated in our lifetime.
Spielberg is good but he's definitely not the only one at his level. Not even just contemporaries like Scorsese and Coppola, I would say that Nolan, Winding Refn, and Cuarón are up there too.
I feel like he was really remembering something that he enjoyed because that was perfect and gave me a sense of HIS nostalgia. I was laughing then sad along with him like KT was an experience I remembered as a teen.
One of two movies i have cried over, my all time favorite.
One of the best scenes in the movie.
Absolutely
Ah one of my favorite scenes
DANNY DONT DO IT YOUR A YOUNG MAN 😂
OH MY GOD. WHY IS THE AUDIO SO LOUD?
I KNOW RIGHT?! FUCK, HAD MY VOLUME AT 10% AND WOKE UP THE WHOLE HOUSE
Inspiration for Captain America's line in Endgame!
Endgame did their own version of the last line and it couldn't have been better. Cap, also WW2 vet, held old school principles about discussing your women around other men. "No, that is just for me".. love it.
That story is so fucking hilarious
actually this scene was adlibed by matt damon. speilberg told them to stay in character during a break, andbthey left the cameramen working to get any normal movimg shots, when this happened.
I am convinced the barn story actually happened to Matt Damon in real life and Danny and Sean are actually the Afflecks
Scorsese actually smoked crack with Matt Damon before this scene.
2:10 when someone is trying to tell you a bad story with such enthousiasm.
I can't believe this was unscripted. Really awesome.
Que grandes actores,pero tom es lo máximo! (Y)
This scene made me tear up
Indeed very very good.
That scene reminds of the good will hunting one were Matt is listening to robin William talking about his wife
I wonder if he was saving the story about the rose bushes for himself if and when he would die.
No
great scene
We all have a shared BAD History.
Everyone.
We all actually want to make the badness, nothing but OUR history.
Hahah, Matt Damon looks so young..
To be fair, the captain didn't like to talk about himself.
And to think. This would be the last memory Matt Damon's character would have of his brothers. To be the last and youngest of your siblings. How alone could you feel?
Yup, just keeping the rhythm... thats all.
Brilliant
he is the best
Matt amazing
PTSD.
Origins of - no, I don't think I will
I kid you not, when I was in the 7th grade my middle brother grabbed me from the living room and told me to follow him and not make a sound. We then stood outside our oldest brother's room and listened to him making out with his girlfriend and waited because even I knew it was only a matter of time before they got really busy. As soon as we hear him start to take her shirt off my brother swings the door open, pulls me into the doorway with him, and yells "don't do this to yourself she's not the one". She dove right over the bed and off we ran, we jumped into the car and hauled ass out of the driveway and he still chased after us.
I think this is a skill he picked up from Robin Williams In good will hunting. the farting wife scene it was also improve.
Falcon: You wanna tell me about her?
Captain America: 3:32
I truly wonder if Tom Hanks was supposed to tell the story about the wife and the rose bushes but didn’t because he knew Matt Damon just killed his story and knew he improvised the whole scene out of respect, most likely not but I always like to think so
It also fits that as the leader and also being much older than Ryan, he reserves his vulnerability and relates to his peers, which Ryan is not. Miller mentions before "gripes go up, not down", and his decision to reserve his story is a good example of a similar standard. He wasn't cold to Ryan, but observes a healthy boundary between an officer and his men. I think there still is a way he could have shared and maintain that boundary, like Capt. Haldane in The Pacific, but there is a very thin line when it comes to leaders fraternizing with subordinates in a way that relates to them but reminds them they are not on the same level.
I have a feeling Endgame took inspiration from the last part of this scene
This is one of the best scenes I could remember in decade. No I think matt damon really did great here, when you disagreed saying that it was his worst bcs he laughed and then serious in seconds matter, I think thats what will really happen in real life, to anyone, including me cause I can laugh in a sec and then serious afterward. Your comment is invalid lol
Especially in a time of War. All you want to do is get home. As what my former Government Teacher told us in a lecture in High School.
War is hell.
He needed that laugh because shit was gonna hit the fan again before the film was over.
My fav part! of the (Movie)
Tom Hanks:
Yeah, haha..uhhh
1998/1999 were Matt Damon's years
And those light-hearted young boys died because some people were assholes.
All he wanted was to get back to his wife.
I like to think Private Ryan married Jane after he got home from the war.
@Zach V, he didn't say he saw his brothers "for the last time" it's just that he went to war.
Sadly, I have never seen Good Will Hunting. I get feeling I am missing out. This scene was improvised???!!! I did not know that.
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Is that Edith Piaf in the back ground?
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Danny you’re a young man don’t do it!!!!!
I'm ultimately curious about who married James Francis Ryan. My guess is that it could have been that person that he mentioned Alice Jardin
What in God's name did those brothers plan to do with this "ugly" Alice girl? I just can't get that out of my head.
I don't think they were going to do anything with her they thought Alice was ugly and they were saving some other guy from having sex with her and when she noticed they were spying on her she panicked.
[dp] Dynasty I see. It makes a lot of sense. The story sounded very suggestive, and I initially thought the group of brothers were going to have sex with the girl, engage in some orgy, and I don't mean to sound so graphic. Another comment on this video stated that the story Ryan told was about a possible gang rape, which was what scared me, but I'm glad to hear I was wrong.
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I think they were preparing for a rape or an orgy. Why would his brother wake him up then(that's how his story begins, with his brother waking him up)?