Watching Saving Private Ryan (1998) for the first time and being destroyed emotionally…
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Great Reaction and i fully agree with some of the other that the 10 episode HBO min series "Band of Brothers" is easily of the best depictions of war along with it being done with and by the testimonies of the real men it's about
9:50 omg i lost it 😂😂
I want to clue you in another favorite of mine, which is " True Romance"
True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It features an ensemble cast led by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken in supporting roles.
There’s no question that this is an exceptional movie but I don’t think that anything can compare to the opening sequence.
I see a lot of other people recommending other war films but I’m going to suggest you dig into Spielberg, if you haven’t already. Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark are great places to start.
You did a really good job, I don't wish pain on anyone, but I feel like everyone should watch this film so they get some perspective as to what really happens, it's not glorifying, it's heartbreaking and everyone should try just that much harder, to try and never let it happen again.
Watch…. Fury… and you did a Great Job with this. It's one of my top 5 of all time
"No granite monuments, regardless of how grandly built, can take the place of your raw example of courage, when in your youth you answered your country’s call. When you looked past the hot political rhetoric. When you voluntarily left behind life’s well-lit avenues. When you signed that blank check to the American people payable with your lives. And, most important, when you made a full personal commitment even while, for over a dozen years, the country’s political leadership had difficulty defining our national level of commitment. You built your own monument with a soldier’s faith, embracing an unlimited liability clause…" General Kelly, USMC retired, On November 9, 2010, Kelly's 29-year-old son, First Lieutenant Robert Michael Kelly, was killed in action when he stepped on a landmine while leading a platoon of Marines on a patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan.
I feel a stress tear coming on…maybe more.
6:05 "Absolute Horror" reminds me of a Metallica "One" lyric….
That's a must watch music video.
When they had a special screening of the movie for ww2 vets some of them had to leave the theater because of flashbacks, they said it was too real for them
Great reaction. Another good war film is "Hacksaw Ridge" which is a true story.
Hey Shadowcat, I loved your reaction to this movie. I love that you said you've seen Jojo Rabbit, it's one of my new fav movies. I don't know if you've seen Only The Brave, a true story, starring Josh Brolin and a great movie that most overlook. Another great war movie most overlook is 12 Strong. Fury and Hacksaw Ridge are great war movies if you haven't seen them. The Green Mile and Forrest Gump are 2 more fantastic movies with Tom Hanks. If you have seen them, you gotta check them out.
Honey, you are sweet and smart.
I believe it was a military policy at the time. If all of your brothers were killed in action, and you were the last surviving member of your family, they would recall you home as to preserve your bloodline. I’ve no idea how this worked with only childs
May we all work to earn it.
When you watch other movies like Schindler's List that show you what was happening way behind the battlefields, you get why things like this (World War II) have to happen… This movie is still epic.
Interesting fact for you. The two men that tried to surrender towards the beginning that the Americans shot weren't speaking German. They were Czechs that were forced into the army. They were saying. "Please don't shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn't kill anyone. I am Czech!"
I like this movie very much. Each time when I watch it I just can't escape from a feeling that we didn't learn much from from this horrifying event. In the present day people are so eager to hate others. Sometimes I wonder if someone could somehow go back in time. and tell those who died that the world is a shity place anyway. I wonder if they would still want to sacrifice their lives. It seems that they died for nothing.
Practical effects were great in Dunkirk. Some have made arguments that it should have used cgi to increase the scale and demondernize some of the buildings near the beach. Still a great film.
this is why we stand with our hand over ourr heart
19:12 – it should be noted here that this german soldier was Wehrmacht, he was not SS (a lot of people get this soldier confused for the one that kills Mellish later in the movie w/ a knife, the guy w/ the knife was SS look at his lapel pins. There are no SS lapel pins on this soldier during the gun nest rush)
An analogy to use here is this: Are american soldiers in wartime considered republican or democrat? Nazi was a party and ideology youoo belonged to, for example most if not all SS had tto be nazi party members but not all Wehrmacht or Luftwaffe were nazis, they were just soldiers/airmen fighting for Germany at the time.
Its like saying all american soldiers that invaded iraq were republicans cuz George Bush as in power at the time.
I only make this distinction b/c SOOOO MANY people think germany 1939-1945 were all nazis including every single soldier, this is not true and should be considered revisionist history; something all humans should be against. Preserve facts.
I think the reason the Captain doesn’t tell his men what he did before the war is because he would be worried they wouldn’t respect him as their leader because he’s just a guy.
There are ADDITIONAL cemeteries with those white crosses across France – don't think that's the only only one.
I don't understand how people say an "over reliance" on CGI, it's newer technology to achieve things that are far more accurate because you can do things at a real world scale rather than miniature. It's also a lot more cost effective in many respects, such as exploding things. In real life, you may only have one chance to get it right. I just feel the arguments against CGI are the same arguments that have cropped up over the years with every new approach to visual effects, like puppetry replacing stop motion, etc.
All of these men had been fighting together for 2 years before the movie starts. Tom Sizemores character says "I've been with the Captain since Kasserine pass" Which was a battle in North Africa. Plus you see his containers of sand from Africa and Italy. I lot of people just think about D-day but the allies started fighting the Germans in 1942 in North Africa and then moved up Italy but got stopped about halfway.
Recover? There is no "recovering" from this. If you're lucky, you have a woman in your life who loves you unconditionally. Otherwise, alcohol is a lot cheaper than therapy.
Next you have to watch Band of Brothers. You are are going to hear that a lot if you haven't already.
''Shadowcat,'' Great reaction: Do you have any brothers or Sons?
Very nice reaction young lady. You should check out Band Of Brothers mini series which I believe is eight parts.
Produced and directed by Spielberg and Hanks. Private Ryan was fictional but Band Of Brothers is 100% factual about the soldiers in the 100 and First Airborne division that parachuted into Normandy the night before the D-Day invasion and follows them through France and into Germany to the end of the war.
This series is incredible and one hell of a rollercoaster ride. The HBO series was released in 2001 and a lot of the old veterans were still alive and at the beginning of each episode you get their perspectives about what was coming up in each episode. This is the real deal and an amazing series, hope to see it. My father came ashore on Omaha beach on D-Day+1 as a 22 year old medic like Wade and made it all the way to Germany and the end of the war.
He passed in 2012 at age 90 and never spoke of his experiences but he would tell me funny stories but that was it. I guess it was too painful to talk about what he experienced.
He's a hero in my book. My mother had four brothers that served, three in Europe and one was with the Marines in the Pacific. One in Europe was critically wounds in Italy trying to take the mountain top monastery at Monte Casino that the Germans held.
He was shot 3 times and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and 3 Purple Hearts for his actions that day.
I never knew he was that decorated until I read his obituary in the paper after he passed. To get a Silver Star you had too be doing some crazy brave stuff.
These men in my family were all pretty quiet guys who never spoke of the war.
Peace ❤
watch Hacksaw Ridge – another fantastic war movie (WWII) that focuses on the people also
I just came back from Normandy, Omaha Beach. My grandfather served in the 29th division. He made it. I saw many graves of many who didn’t.
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No matter how many times I see that last part, it always gets to me.
I'm Nigerian and I watched this movie over here in my country. The scene you left out when the military padre and the despatch staff delivered the letter to Mrs Ryan brought me to uncontrollable tears. Watching her legs fail her and she slide to the ground as they came up the porch, made me totally lose it.
God bless those who fought and died to save us from tyranny. Without their sacrifice, what manner of world would we be living in now?!?!
You should react to Taegukgi too. Very emotional war movie.
I remember hearing that alot of older men who watched this movie in the theater cried all while watching it.
You gotta do Lone Survivor!
Yeah, I mean you can try your best to move past it with therapy…but you never really forget these things. They just randomly pop up in your mind again.
They weren't called the "Greatest Generation" for nothing.
Look at all that white male privilege. They should think about that in San Francisco et al. All of our ancestors went through the mill.
25:00 Fear leaves your mouth bone dry. A little gum or something helps a lot.
I heard that they had actual vets see this film and many left during the opening cause it was so realistic it was hard for them
The argue between CGI and practical is shown when you watch lord of the rings versus the hobbit. Lord of the Ring was nearly entirely practical and its timeless. The hobbit was nearly entirely CGI and the quality difference shows. Of course rings of power was worse but we don’t speak of that
As a two tour combat veteran of Vietnam I appreciate how much you understood how a soldier feels after being in intense combat. And you’re right. It never leaves you. You come home and do the best you can, but to a lot of soldiers their best is never enough.
The two "germans" who surrendered at 5:14 were actually czech men who were conscripted into service with the german military. Alot of soldiers defending the beaches in normandy were from pulled from occupied countries from central and eastern europe
'tough times create great men, great men create good times, good times create soft men, soft men create tough times…'
the generation that lived through WWII also came out of the Great Depression, Dust Bowl…. have the highest of respect and esteem from me- not only did they survive, they thrived and created the foundation of one of the greatest societies in history-
these men came back from the war, started up businesses, started families, created the middle class…. all our societal achievements came on the foundation they laid out-
now, our younger generation is so soft and entitled, so easily offended and focused so much on feelings, to the point of endangering our society into collapse-
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If you want a perspective on the sheer bloody scale of the slaughter in WW2, check out the short video "The Fallen."
Without gore, drama, or hand wringing, it lays out, via simple graphics, the numerical casualties by country.
It's a gut punch.
I loved your reaction. Far too many Americans, especially those of the idiotic WOKE variety, who love to endlessly bash our country, have no fucking clue what their ancestors have had to endure in order to give us the cushy lives most of us lead. We're standing on the shoulders of giants. How about a little gratitude?