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- We're back again with another movie reaction, of the military variety! This movie absolutely broke my heart, but in the best way possible. It showed all the hardships of war and what these men had to endure, but it also maintained a certain lighthearted spirit and warmth in it's execution. It demonstrated good and poor leadership, comradery, family, loss... If anything, watching this movie made me feel completely and utterly human, and I'm very glad to have been able to share this experience with you all.
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"I've got my ice tea.... I'm ready"..... everyone watching "NO YOUR NOT!"
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Band of Brothers is a must watch
100% it does not get any better and provides hours of incredible content covering various aspects of the war. Hope to see this in the rotation
I second that...
Band of Brothers is fantastic. It tells us British how the 101st joined us for the last 18 months to save the world. Hollywood eh?
@@mindyerownbusiness-p7t what a weird comment.
...as are The Pacific and Masters of the Air.
"They're assholes, but they're *our* assholes." Yup, sums up the military experience perfectly. Dozens of people you may not like all that much, but would die for.
"I'm not emotional I'm just HUMAN" Well said
As others have commented, Band of Brothers is a mini-series that is worth watching. It is produced by Tom Hanks (the Captain) and Spielberg (the director of this). It's very good, not just as a war series, but as an experience. It's one of the best TV series that's been created!
I also loved the movie.
That scene when their mother receives the news always gets me.
That is probably the most powerful scene in the movie.
Same here, friend.
That one rips my guts out every time. All I can see is my mom if she ever got that kind of news about one of us.
This Steven Spielberg guy's all right. He should make more movies.
what else has he made 👀 i haven’t heard of him so he can’t be THAT good (hehe)
@@eralia JAWS, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Schindler's List, among at least a dozen other classics
@@gnomesaiyan1680 i think i’ve only seen jurassic park, and even then i barely remember it bc i was very young (like 6 years old) 😅 i need to culture myself!
Yeah, that was funny; you can always tell when someone really isn't a big movie watcher 🎭
@@fastecp1 Yeah, years ago I almost wouldn't have believed it but I have since met quite a few people who don't even watch TV or hardly do so at all. With the way the world is now I say they are the smart ones and are really better off for not doing so. Lol.
thank you for your service stay safe, the world needs more people like you
No, we do not.
@@dachecker79yeah the hell we do
@@dachecker79 Hey look! A Joe Rogan style contrarian!
@@dachecker79 ass
Thank you so much for serving. US marine here. Every life I took, I was taking my own life. Also my great grand father was from Kyiv. It was Russia back then. He saved my Polish great grand mother. That was Jewish. They fled to the USA.
Now, Russia trying to annex Ukraine any means necessary. Thank you and your great father for your service.
@@MrTech226 thank you as well. For the love you have in your heart for a stranger. I appreciate that.
@@davidward9737 You are welcome!
Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Masters of the Air, Hacksaw Ridge. All essentially true stories of the men in WW2. Being an old man, these men were my uncles, fathers of friends, and my father. God Bless.
I’d add ‘Dunkirk’ to that, though it is not about a single story but more about one big story told by following individual stories.
You will love the 💯 True story of Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge 😊
One can argue it's not a true story... Seeing as they actually left the craziest stuff he managed to pull off out 😅
@@LiberPater777it is true. They had to play down what Dos did because they thought no one would believe it
@@chriscote8441 Yes. That was his point.
We all suffer PTSD, some much worse that others, but we all suffer. Most of us have it from survivor's guilt. We see so many of our comrades fall, and have no understanding of why we survived. Your service, and all of our military, is greatly appreciated. Thank you for this reaction.
One thing I think a lot of people miss is Ryan’s wife asks if he knew capt Miller. That means he never told his family about what happened
You are imagining her saying that--she never does.
You didn't recognize the German Captive until Upham shot him, but he was the one who shot Captain Miller who spared his life earlier in the movie
Lovely authentic reaction and nice to see an active duty military person’s perspective on this experience.
Wanted to point out though that the expression “crocodile tears” means fake crying, or pretending to be sad. And I don’t believe that you were pretending :)
“We Were Soldiers” is another fantastic war film set in the Vietnam war. It also includes the heavy use of helicopters you might have some unique insights on.
Barry Pepper's character is left handed left eyed but is using a right handed bolt action rifle so he has to reach across to reload. I always liked that detail.
I’ve always thought Barry himself was a Leftie, like Mark Wahlberg.
Tom Cruise shoots rifle with one hand and Pistol with the other hand. It’s weird because only your dominant hand has better Trigger Control.
I'm left-eye dominant, though I'm right-handed. Had to learn to fire my rifle left-handed, it was just easier than trying to retrain my eyes to focus differently. While the M-16 and M-14 weren't such a pain in the ass to fire left-handed as the Springfield, the number of times hot brass ended up in my chinstrap or down the front of my shirt were many, and they were *not fun*
Your reaction was great.
Never apologize for feeling or expressing emotions.
It keeps you human, and the rest of us humans love you for it.
This is your official obligatory "You MUST see Band of Brothers" comment. It's a 10 hour Saving Private Ryan in quality. Hanks and Spielberg were just beginning with this masterpiece. They trolled us so hard by the eye fade in the intro making us think Private Ryan was Captain Miller. Well played. There are a million things I could say and corrections to be made but I won't. It can and will speak for itself. Honestly the hardest scene for me is the knife fight at the end. Despite all of the amazing effects it's just far more intimate and shows the pointlessness of War.
Eralia....you have one of the most sincerely beautiful hearts. God granted you an empathetic & lovely soul. The world would be a much better place if there were more people like you. As a fellow veteran I salute you. Deployment is stressful no matter where you are, & I did 24 runs .. shortest being three months. Was a flight mechanic/crew chief...C130s, so we worked with a lot of units including the H60 guys... good bunch. Met a ton of Airborne, SOF etc & dropped them in a hundred places across the globe. Great bunch of guys. ---As for this film, what an epic piece. My grandfather & great uncles were in both the European & Pacific theaters. Didn't say much but they were part of history. These men of that Greatest Generation are my heroes. Thank you for the respect you show....God bless & be safe. (I second "Band of Brothers"...& add "The Best Years of Our Lives" which is also amazing.)
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1st thanks for your service, Eralia has a kind heart and empathy. She tries to apologize for her laughing that I know it is her coping mechanism. My uncle served in the Navy for 12 years active and 8 years reserve. He was recalled right after 9/11 for active service. Then he returns home after his assignment ended. (My uncle stated assignment was classified until it ended) Assignment was to patrol the area in Port of Jacksonville monitoring shipping travel in and out of the port. Plus, I agree with you on Band of Brothers as you grandfather & great uncles are the greatest generation.
The men that died in the movie just didn't die saving Ryan. Airborne troops were to hold key positions until soldiers from the beach landings linked up with them. The final battle in the movie simulated many battles in the days following D-day. Field Marshall Rommel was trying to get his Panzer units to the front to push the Americans back. The Battle for Normandy took 3 months and was costly for the US. The deadliest battle still lay ahead, The Battle of the Bulge.
This movie, like the military, really puts you through the ringer at the beginning in order to prepare you for what’s coming.
As a former Marine, u have no need to apologise for your emotions. This type of movie will naturally hit u right in the stomache and heart much more than the average person, your a sister of millions of brothers and sisters now in a way few can perceive, I thank you for the courage to serve our great country, stay safe, keep ur head down my sister and of course Semper Fi ,Sgt corapi, a.m. USMC
Thank you for your service Hon! I served in a Combat Support Hospital (46th CSH) and my Unit was the one that treated the "Black Hawk Down" casualties, set up at the Mogadishu Embassy a dozen years after I ETS'ed. I never saw combat but I believe this must be one of the most realistic war movies ever. My best wishes and thoughts to you, come home safe...
I'm a former history teacher and I write history now. I'm sure your parents are extremely proud.🇺🇲🇺🇦
Thank you for your service ma'am. Although I'm from the UK, I know that if you fight for freedom anywhere, you fight for freedom everywhere. ♥️
That ‘thing’ is a Kettenkrad, basically a German half-track motorcycle that can be used to tow light artillery. The two ‘Germans’ killed while surrendering on the beach were saying they were Czechs forced into German service. When I saw this in theater, stories continued after the movie ended. People were sobbing in the dark. The crowd moved slowly to leave. An elderly couple moved slowly, holding up the crowd. Whispers that he was a veteran with his wife. Crowds ahead moved aside to let them pass. People held the door open for them. You heard, “thank you for your service.” In the light of the lobby, there was no dry eye anywhere. News report after the movie was released, a few veterans saw themselves in the film. A man who lost an arm and picked it up, a man with his stomach torn open screaming ‘Mama! Mama!” Both said, “that was me!” There were many moments where I cried. The one that hit close was Mrs. Ryan collapsing on the porch when she saw the priest come out of the car. THAT was my late mom, when she learned her mom passed away after just coming home from her dad’s funeral.
Thank you for your service, I did 6 years Navy and always felt weird when other people would say that to me. The worst thing for me while I was in was the mind numbing boredom of standing Port and Starboard watches (6 hours on and 6 hours off). After a couple of weeks of that you don’t even know what day it is. If you ever make it to Normandy I really recommend going to the Normandy Beaches Cemetery. You can also tour the Omaha and Utah beaches there, the French people hold those places in reverence.
Take a little break from war movies and when you’re ready again watch Hacksaw Ridge about a US medic named Desmond Doss.
Steven Spielberg said it correctly at the Academy Awards, " this was a bunch 18, 19 and 20 year olds and they saved the whole damn world."
I saw this in theaters and that is an experience I will never forget - that opening scene on Omaha Beach just pummels you, both physically and emotionally. I've never before or since seen a theater full of people all walking out quietly sobbing.
I remember when this hit theaters. You'd usually see some people in the hallway right after the Omaha Beach sequence, just trying to process things.
Peak Era for THX-equipped Theaters, before Dolby sound systems like Atmos took over.
Thank you for this reaction. I appreciate you and your service to our country. And while I didn’t serve, my father and grandfather did, and my grandpa fought in North Africa and France in WW2. I never fully grasped what it must have been liked until seeing this masterpiece of a film. Watching it in theater on that huge screen and surround sound was unbelievable. It changed my life for sure. Thanks again for a great, heartfelt reaction.
You are one of the only reactors I've seen who didn't confuse the guy that kills Fish for the guy they let go (Steamboat Willie). Nearly everyone confuses them, including me the first time I watched it.
"Steven Spielberg?" That one killed me ^^
I was a Navy Corpsman, I served 10 years, 8 with Marines. I saw this on a Tuesday afternoon. There were 12 of us. Myself, and 11 others, all veterans. At the end of the movies, the house lights went up. All of us had teary eyes. One old man stated the following- "As far as war movies go, that was the most accurate depiction I've ever seen . As for the ACTUAL D-Day, it didn't come close"
His hat said it all- D-Day Survivor, Purple Heart. I have always deferred to his expert opinion. As bad as you think it was as shown in the movie, it was much, much worse. They simply could not film it 100% realistically.
I also reccomend Band of Brothers (& it's follow on documentary We Stand Alone. Toghther) , Hacksaw Ridge, We Were Soldiers and The Pacific.
That said, I'd also recommend you wait until you get back home to watch those.
Hey, @eralia! Thought you might like to know that the actor who plays Upham in Saving Private Ryan also voices Baldur in God of War 2018. His name is Jeremy Davies. Really cool.
wow that’s a super neat fact!! thank you for sharing, loved that game!
And Ryan Hurst, the soldier who'd been deafened by a grenade and told them where Ryan was, plays Thor.
@@jordanwindham3804 oh sick!! Didn’t know that.
He's also in "Twister" and "Nell" with Jodie Foster.
During USMC Bootcamp, there are some training/drills they do close to dark where you have to run a very hard obstacle course. While you run it the DI's are firing machine, mortar, and artillery blanks all over the place..........
But the other thing they do is play all of the beach landing sounds from Saving Private Ryan over loud speakers set as high as they can go. None of the talking parts with Tom Hanks, but all of the screaming, begging, and medic calls........and all of the other weapons sounds help.
The whole point was to train you not to freeze........to keep moving no matter the sensory overload.
Thank you for serving. Stating the obvious, it's clear this movie grabbed your heart and tore it in several places. The scene with Mrs. Ryan on the farm always turns on my waterworks . . .
Thank you for your service, Eralia. 🥰 And for your palpable emotion throughout your reaction. An amazing movie. And, yes, it gives you a lot to process and ponder deeply about. Appreciate you, hun! 🙂
But seriously, you get it. Freedom is never free. In fact, it's one of (if not THE) most costly things this side of paradise. Your candid and thoughtful reaction was beautiful. Truly - thank you for your service.
That "tell me im a good man" or whatever at the end always gets me
My father and uncle served during WW2 and as a kid in the 1970's I remember going to cemeteries in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands visiting their friends. 34 men from their high school were killed during the war and they were from a small Canadian town. Dad was a naval officer and aside from the trips to cemeteries the only time I remember him crying was when he heard the Captain of the ship upon which he served most of the war had died. My uncle was an engineer who fought from Juno Beach up through the Netherlands. Before he passed away, dad gave me and my brothers his notebook with a list of names and grave sites asking us to visit if we were nearby.
Don't feel bad about becoming emotionally invested. We're supposed to be.
1. Many WWII vets left the theaters because the D-Day battle scenes were so realistic.
2. The German Captain Miller was talked into letting go is the same one that killed him. Upham finally put him down.
3. The story Ryan tells Miller about the last time he saw his brothers was made up by Matt Damon. He was told to say something interesting, so he did, and it was kept in the movie.
4. There was a USS Sullivans(DD- 68) dedicated to the brothers lost on one ship.
5. I did 24 years in the US Navy. Outstanding leadership/management skills to dampen the friction between Horvath and Reisen.
6. My favorite character is Private Jackson/sniper, and my second favorite is Sargent Horvath. RIP Tom Sizemore😇
7. Sizemore also played Boxman in "Flight of the Intruder". A movie I'm in briefly.
*SIGH* Here we go...
It's an obligation that after you watch this. Need to watch BAND OF BROTHERS.😊
Obligatory comment recommending The Pacific after BoB
Steven Spielberg has attempted to create the ultimate war movie here.
The first episode about the Allied invasion shows the full power of this director - the horror of war has never been filmed in a more realistic and shocking way.
“Saving Private Ryan” is like a shot straight to the heart.
The actors are top class, as are the images and the sometimes deeply disturbing battle scenes.
A splendid reaction.
This is such a deep movie that hits so damn hard. It is an emotional gut punch. It's impossible for anyone to get through this movie without tearing up even if you've already seen it before.
Thanks, Eralia. First, no reason to apologize for expressing your emotions. Like you said, it’s what makes you human. Secondly, your service is appreciated more than you know. I’m a Navy veteran. I was stationed at San Diego Naval Hospital and with the Fleet Marine Force at Camp Pendleton. I never served in combat, but will always be grateful for my experiences.
Thanks for your service! I could recommend a lot of war movies... Lone Survivor, Hacksaw Ridge, Enemy at the gates, Fury (!!), Zero dark thirty, American Sniper...
At the end, Ryan's wife reads the tombstone and you realise that it's the first time she's ever heard of Capt. Miller. It means Ryan has kept that story to himself his entire life. It was just too hard for him to recount those events.
Your tears are fine. Totally appropriate. I'm a former Infanty officer and this film has brought me to tears for 26 years since it first came out.
I was stationed in Germany when this film was released. We all went down to the downtown theater with our German friends and watched it together. The theater was packed. That beginning war scene hit a lot of the older people really hard. I heard the entire audience gasp many times during that scene. My German friend sitting next to me was crying and she said, "Everyone back then was crazy." Seeing this in a full theater left a lasting impression on me, especially being in downtown Frankfurt.
Bless you and your service I thank you. This movie is very trying. Glad you experienced it. Your reaction was pure and heartfelt I was right there with you and your tears and I've seen this movie like 12 times. Still gets me.
My dad served in the European theater from 1942-44. He refused to speak about it his entire life.
Saw this in theaters when it came out.
The scene where the Tigers were rolling up was ridiculous. Hearing the screeching metal of those gigantic death machines off in the distance echoing throughout the streets, gradually turning into a theater shaking rumble as they got closer was quite an experience.
Can't hardly imagine what it would have been like for anybody facing them IRL...
The other Theater of WW2 movie, the Pacific, is HACKSAW RIDGE. You should also look into FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA.
Hacksaw Ridge goes slightly over the top into American propaganda for me. Smitty carrying half a corpse as a shield, etc. Hits more as a WWII themed action movie than a historical film, even though Doss' story is an amazing one and Andrew Garfield was great.
@@daveemerson6549I have many issues with HACKSAW RIDGE as well. For example Doss was never beaten up and there was no hearing to drive him out. He was already married when he joined up so the incident where he was denied going to his wedding never happened; although they did deny his leave to go see his brother before he shipped out. All that said the movie never captures the real hell they put Doss through. As for the Battle scenes they are a fantasy. What got me was not the corps carrying but pulling the pin on a grenade with your teeth. 😅 And flame throwers only have about 12 seconds worth of juice and they are very hard to blow up with a rifle shot. But you also see impossible scenes in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. SPR also had exploding flame throwers and bullets that did the impossible like traveling hundreds of yards then going through a couple of feet of water before penetrating a fully equipped soldier. There's much more I can criticize in both HR & SPR. My biggest complaint about HR is how Thomas Doss was portrayed. There is no evidence that he was ever abusive towards his family. He was also proud and supportive of his son's joining the military. He wrote numerous letters complaining about the Army's treatment of Desmond. The gun incident involving Thomas Doss did not happen the way they showed in the movie. The actual conflict was between Thomas and his brother-in-law. Mrs. Doss stepped in got the gun away and gave it to Desmond, who was a boy at the time, to hide. That's when Desmond promised God he would never touch a gun.
So yes, the battle scenes are exaggerated but I believe Mel Gibson was trying to capture the real horrors of taking Hacksaw. I forgot the name of the defense the Japanese employed but it involved a fortified ridge supported by another higher fortified ridge. The field of battle was also small in comparison to most battle fields. The Battle for Okinawa saw 12,000 total KIAs, which included 5000 Navy deaths from kamakazis. That leaves 7000 land based KIA. There were 2500 KIAs on Hacksaw Ridge. This means that Hacksaw alone took 36% of all KIAs on Okinawa. I believe Mel Gibson was trying to capture the impossible. Also, the purpose of a movie is to entertain and make money. If it also gets people interested in history, all the better. I watched the movie with my 12 yo grandson and he is now watching documentaries about WW2. I would say mission accomplished for HACKSAW RIDGE.😊
I'd love to see Letters from Iwo Jima! Almost no one has reacted to it
Capt. Miller said he taught at Thomas Alva Edison High School. That's was Spielberg paying homage to Thomas Alva Edison High School in Philadelphia, PA. 54 former students from that school were killed in action in the Vietnam War, more than any other school in the nation.
I’m a 69 year old man and I still tear up when I watch this movie. Maybe turn the volume up on the movie next time. I could barely hear it 😜 Still loved your reaction
I saw this a few days after release. I was stationed at Fort Lewis at the time. A buddy and I went to the theater in Tacoma, and I'd venture a guess about three quarters of those present were active duty or veterans.
You could hear sobbing from the very start. I saw one older man get up and leave maybe ten minutes in. He didn't return. The rest of us sat there and watched, and cried, and when my friend and I left we were completely silent, as was everyone else. We all tried not to look at each other. Just straight ahead, trying to get away from that theater as fast as possible. But you caught glimpses of wet faces and people wiping their cheeks. We got back to the car, and my friend and I looked at each other and he simply said "I hate that movie." I completely understood what he meant.
I love this movie, but it isn't an easy movie to love.
Such a meat grinder it must have been. Unimaginable heroism in the face of almost inevitable demise; barely any body armor, no immediate CAS. We are so fortunate now to have the structure and coordinated support from all branches. Thank you again for your service!
God love strong women who still retain their heart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This film is an absolute masterpiece, but I have to give special mention to the sound department. The atmosphere they put you in is just.. unreal.
i second that. what id give to see it in a theater, but i’m not sure id want to relive the movie again!
@@eralia They screened the movie for WWII vets and many walked out of the opening scene because of its accuracy.
Another tough one to watch, but kind of uplifting is "Hacksaw Ridge", a true story.
My dad was a field medic in the Korean War. He never talked about it. One cool thing was meeting an older Canadian in New Zealand in 1990. Once we introduced ourselves he asked if I had a relative who had been with the Canadian Medical Corps. It turned out that he'd served with my dad in Korea, but had never seen him afterward.
Fun fact since I know you’re a gamer: Corporal Upham (Jeremy Davies) played Baldur in God of War (2018)! This is one of my favorite movies and was the most surreal experience in theaters. The theater was silent, and my heart broke seeing elderly men cry their eyes out knowing they had likely experienced elements of this film in their lives. This movie cemented Spielberg as one of the GOATs. Thanks for your service, Eralia and everyone in chat! I know your parents are proud of you. ❤
My grandfather was pulled out of the Pacific Theater in this same fashion. He wouldn't talk about it at all.
All my respect for your military service; it's a hard but necessary duty for your country. Saving Private Ryan isn't just one of my top ten favourite films, it's also one of the most intense experiences I've had in a movie theatre, watching it back in the day. The filmmaking craft was so next level in putting you there. It also changed military movies and series after it, as they all sought to recreate that level of realism.
I 2nd the fact that bad of brother is an absolute MUST watch after this. Also, when he says "earn this" it's also a message to the audience to earn that sacrifices that our past and present service men and women have made for all of us
I went to the movies and watched this with my father. He was fighting in France during the war. He was visibly shaken by this movie as from what I've heard many of the WWII vets. The realism causing PTSD.
I served 22yrs in the Military. I am no Hero tho i got pissed. laughed and cried and joked and took the piss with a lot of them. they are not gone. I remember all of em. Great honest Review on the film. once yer in. yer in. however old. we Veterans think the the same what ever country yer in or served. A lot of ugly things happen and this is just a slice of what happens.
Thank you for your service, I have a son who was in Afghanistan 2013-14. There is a good reason they are called the "Greatest Generation". Awesome reaction to an awesome movie.
Greatest generation of soldiers... they are all almost gone now. God Bless America
The part in the opening D-Day sequence where the two Wehrmacht trying to surrender are shot, is some of the most brilliant film making ever. They are not speaking German, they are speaking Czech. They are saying “Please don’t shoot. I’m not German, I’m Czech. I didn’t kill anyone.” In fact, there were many Czech conscripts at Omaha beach that day. An amazing and tragic detail that most people who watch the movie never know.
Fantastic reaction! I saw this in the theater on opening weekend. That opening Omaha Beach scene was surreal with the theater's surround sound making it seem like the bullets were whizzing past my head. An unforgettable experience, for sure!
Always have to remember that these guys were drafted. They had no choice in the matter. I dont blame upman in the slightest but the military, dude wasnt equipped for the horrors of war in the slightest yet his higher ups forced him out there bc he spoke some german
The beginning and the end of this movie are so damn beautifull ❤
This movie can be used as a teachable film on the horrors of war and why we should avoid war. But sometimes good must stand up to evil in the world. So we thank you, all those currently serving and those who served and those who gave their lives to serve our country.
I remember when the film debuted the veterans in the audience said many had to step out during the film’s opening DDay scene. The visceral feelings it evoked from them was too much. Many saying they could smell the fire and burned ammo. A true testament to Spielberg’s brilliant directing in making the audience feel as if they were there.
Your first 2 military films and you go for 2 of the best done, most graphic films, your a tough young women for sure. Thank you for your service, sister.
I know this was a hard movie to watch but it’s an important one. Also I want to take this time to sincerely thank you for your service!
My great-uncle served in the WW2 Western Front in France and received a Purple Heart. I believe he got hit in the stomach by machine gun fire. However, when "Saving Private Ryan" premiered, he said he in no way watsoever was going to watch it. I'm sure you can imagine why. I am a big history buff tho, have visited the American Cemetary in Normandy, and enjoy the movie for what it offers, but in falls short in so many ways I have to say I'll keep that opinion to myself and I'm glad there is a lot of other great WW2 content available.
"I'll keep that opinion to myself". Well...it doesn't count if you tell everyone your opinion and then fail to back it up. If you really wanted to keep your negative thoughts to yourself, you wouldn't have mentioned it, would you?
@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 Thank you for your pedantic, useless review of my review.
Fun fact: The entire story at 29:00 was ad-libbed by Matt Damon. Tom Hanks' reaction is totally genuine, he just didn't know what the hell is Damon talking about. But the director liked it enough to keep it in the movie.
My veteran grandfather who landed at Juno beach on D Day couldn’t watch this opening scene. He said it was like being there all over. I served two decades myself in the Canadian Military, and lost buddies within my first year. Remember War isn’t hell. War is war, and hell is hell and of the two, war is worse. Only sinners go to hell, war is filled with innocent bystanders.
My dad served from 1940-45 and then 50-52 in the AF, my grandfather fought and was severely wounded in the Argonne Forest in 1918. I have members of my family who served in every war since the French and Indian War. I'm willing to bet that they all wanted to resume their lives living in peace, all hoping their children didn't have to fight; I know my father did. I personally thank you for your service to the US.
My uncle was day 1 Normandy and yeah he saw some serious shit. He lost most of his company that day. He never felt the same. I asked him what did he take away from your experience in this war. He just said that I was there with the people that matterd to me at my side.
First thank you for your service. Please be safe. You and all service members are in my daily prayers. 🙏 💜
haven't seen this movie all the way through, glad you're back with another one
There were 5 brothers in WW2, The Sullivan brothers, who were in the United States Navy, that were killed on the same ship, in the Pacific Theatre of war: This was just one of the inspirations for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.
Thank you for your service. Looking forward to supporting your channel.
As someone who has seen many movies over the years, including several war movies, this is largely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential war films ever made, not only inspiring future war films, but also both the 'Medal of Honor' and 'Call of Duty' franchises. The hand-held camera work was revolutionary in terms of cinematography and inspired many films afterwards. The opening beach scene is still viewed as one of the most realistic recreations of the D-Day invasion ever set to film, so much so that some WWII veterans who saw the movies in theaters had to leave during the scene because of PTSD (I think there may have even been a hotline set up for veterans affected by it). Spielberg also purposely made it this way because he did not want to glorify or romanticize war like some films do. He wanted to show the ugly reality of it, which is why the battle scenes are so intense and why the soldiers don't always perform honorable actions, such as the two soldiers shooting making fun of the Czech conscripts that were trying to surrender. In terms of war films though, this is an absolute masterpiece.
finally!!! been waiting for this era so happy you got to see this gem of a movie
I saw this in the theater in the 90s and there was an older man there who left during the D-Day scene (presumably a veteran). Also, before the last scene, you could FEEL the low bass of the tanks approaching well before you could really hear it.
Before Dolby Atmos Cinemas there were THX Cinemas. The feeling of those Tigers rumbling into the Kill Zone was worth the price of admission.
Fun fact about D Day: Theodore Roosevelt III the oldest son of former president Theodore Roosevelt was the only general on D-Day to land by sea with the first wave of troops. At 56, he was the oldest man in the invasion, and the only one whose son also landed that day; Captain Quentin Roosevelt II was among the first wave of soldiers at Omaha Beach. On July 12, 1944, a little over one month after the landing at Utah Beach, Roosevelt died of a heart attack in France
Thank you, Eralia, for taking time out of what I am sure are busy days to make these vids. Stay safe and thank you for your service.
Tom Hanks voiced Woody in Toy Story.
My college friend now pilots Blackhawk helicopters, she also has a motorcycle!.
This was perhaps the PERFECT reaction to this film. Finally someone who gets it. Having served, you got the jargon, you got the rank structure, the tactics, etc. That gave you insight into a lot of the motivations behind various actions and characters, etc.
Not to mention, you're intelligent and sweet, and you wear your emotions on your sleeve. Total wife material. You make me wish I were a young man again!
- PS - Yours are NOT "crocodile tears", and in fact I think you've mistaken the meaning of that term. Crocodile tears are fake emotional outbursts ... virtue signaling with an insincere display of grief. Yours are the genuine article. No use trying to hold them back in this film. I'm an old man and I cry every damned time I watch this.
Thank you for your service. This is an amazing and important movie; thank you for your transparency.
When you said you were tearing up when the old man was walking in the cemetery, I was like “Oh no,… “ Spoiler alert- Don’t watch “Schindler’s List” (another Spielberg war movie) unless you have a half dozen boxes of tissues 😢
It's kind of interesting that this star studded cast and one of the most famous directors of all time, with 200 Oscars and Emmys between them, still mean nothing to you. Of all the films you've watched, I thought this one might have a few more people you knew. I'm really glad you're having fun (maybe not this time) watching all these movies and learning/experiencing some of the most iconic cinema of the last few decades.
Thank you so much for your service! Salute to you!
This is a very difficult movie to watch, it gets me every time, I was conscripted right after high school in the early 1970s and served in the SADF during the Angolan Bush War till 1989. Thank you for your service.
Eralia, from a Sailor who served over 41 years in the Navy,, a Huge THANK YOU for deciding to watch war movies, ones based on some actual events. Even though this Spielberg/Hanks work is great, I hope you will take the time to watch three series by Spielberg/Hanks actually based on the true events and people involved. All Three of the mini-series by Spielberg/Hanks are not only a great watch, but also a History Lesson, they are Band of Brothers, based on the Army during WWII in Europe. The second mini-series is The Pacific, based on the Marines in the Pacific Theater of WWII. The third I have not seen yet is Masters of the Air, based on the Army Air Corps during WWII. I know the first two have extended version with Historical background on the episode I suspect the third will also.. Be sure to watch all series with Historical Background turned on. Also I know the first two has even more video of the families of the Soldiers and Marines shown in the mini-series. The first is called We Stand Alone Together, the second is Profiles in the Pacific.
Another great true story and movie is Hacksaw Ridge based on the Medic Desmond Doss. I will tell you the last eight years of my 41 year Naval Career was doing the most Honorable, Respectful and Rewarding job I ever did in the Navy and Recommend you volunteer to do it also, Military Funeral Honors. If you can maintain your Military Bearing you will have many memories as you go through your life. To see one of the funerals I did for a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack I have attached a link to the news video or you can search 103 year old Veteran's funeral. Channel 2 did a good story but got one fact wrong and left out the most important part. They said he joined the Navy to fight in WWII, he did join the Navy at 17 in 1930. They said he spent three days in the Pacific after the ship he was on was torpedoed by the Japanese, but left out the fact he was on that ship because the original ship he was on was the USS Nevada during the attack at Pearl Harbor. It was a one day notice funeral and I was assigned the Head and was responsible to make sure all the information we had was correct. I finally got a hold of the funeral director about 1600 and this is when I found out he was a retired Sailor who was also a Pearl Harbor survivor and the only person who would be attending would be the friend bringing out his cremains. I spent the next four hours posting on different websites, calling the four local TV stations and FB pages about the Sailor, then went to the NAS Fallon Chapel to get the Chaplin's cell number and called him. The next morning I called the Funeral coordinator to let him know we needed a rifle team. He was able to get a rifle team from Beale AFB to support us and well over 100 people turned up to honor the Sailor.
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Some of the surviving WWII Vets who were there at Normandy Beach walked out of the theaters during invasion scene. One vet stated difference is that no smell blood and gunpowder.
Thank you for serving our country. As has been mentioned below and will be mentioned again, Band of Brothers and Hacksaw Ridge are "must see" movies in this genre. We all had tears right along with you.