People say "I've heard Veterans had to leave the theater at the opening scene because how real it portrayed D-day". I was in college with my gf Nancy at the AMC in Westlake (Austin) TX and no shit, 5 minutes in, an old Vet wearing his unit ballcap stumbled towards the exit but couldn't make it before breaking down in tears. His elderly wife hobbled after him and then just hugged him until they left. No one said a word for the rest of the movie besides some muted cheers. Never forget.

If the captain had not taken out the nest of Germans they would have taken out a whole platoon of Americans who would follow. He saved lives. The weight of making such decisions of a higher ranking officer is a duty that comes with a cost. He knew that. You have to understand the rules of war. Upham learned a valuable and costly lesson. You can't pamper the enemy. It cost the lives of his fellow soldiers and his captain. When the captain said, "Earn This" is a message for All of us...

The Opening 10 minutes of this movie has to be the most brutaly realistic depiction of warfair ever filmed. It still shocks me everytime i see it.

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 really was a USS Sullivans(DD- 68) dedicated to the brothers lost on one ship. That's why all brother soldiers/sailors from one family can't be assigned to the same command. 5. I did 24 years in the US Navy. My favorite character is Private Jackson/sniper and my second favorite is Sargent Horvath. RIP Tom Sizemore😇 6. Sizemore also played Boxman in "Flight of the Intruder", a movie I'm in briefly.

The scene before the assault on the radar nest is a great example of leadership breakdown. From "Who's going left ?" inquiry. To, "When was the last time you felt good about anything ?" insult. Then, so people wouldn't resent the captain, we see the captain break down and cry.

The attack in daylight, across open ground, with no cover, against an entrenched position, is like Picket's Charge at Gettysburg in the American Civil War.

Yes: in some battlefield skirmishes, usually when the units are far from their main force, the deceased are buried where they fought, and the graves are marked. Depending on where the gaves are located, the bodies will be relocated elsewhere (the cemetary at the beginning, is the cemetary on the cliffs above Normandy), or, in some cases, they may be left where they were originally buried.

His hand was shaking due to all the mental stress and trauma he had suffered up to this time in the various battles and beach landings he had been a part of. Upham was paralyzed by fear. Don’t judge Upham until you have been in such a situation. None of us who have not been through the shear terror he had been through know how we would react. There but for the grace of God goes each of us.

That guy on the beach who lost his arm. You said "Ohhh, he's lost his arm." I know I have watched this movie about 30-40 times. Maybe too much. Because my immediate response was "Don't worry, he'll find it." Too much war for me I think. Time to go back to Disney movies for a year or so.

The story is based on the Sullivan Brothers, 5 brothers who were on the same ship, that was torpedoed by the Japanese during the Battle of Guadalcanal, and all 5 brothers were killed. After that, the military instituted the Sole Survivors Act, in which siblings are not allowed to enter combat in the same unit.

Caroline, you are one of the very few reviewers of this movie who really got the message of this movie. Yes, let's all "earn it" every day.

During WW2 5 Sullivan brothers as well as 30 sets of other brothers were all on the USS Juneau. The ship was torpedoed by Japanese and sank. Out of 687 crew 10 were rescued. The military had a policy on family members serving together but wasn’t enforced. After this changes were made to ensure this wouldn’t happen again

Canada participated with the US storming that beach. It makes me appreciate the friendship between the two countries. ✌️

The five Sullivan brothers which were from my home town of Waterloo Iowa. It was actually mentioned in this movie. Nov. 13, 1942, that a Japanese submarine torpedoed the USS Juneau during World War II's Battle of Guadalcanal. Most of the sailors aboard were killed, including the five Sullivan brothers from Iowa. No parent should have to endure this type of loss of all of their children.

Salute to all those who fought to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny.

At the time (and possibly still today), the first 45 mins was one of the most tense, troubling, insane, and sad segments of a film I had ever seen. It REALLY put you there with the men. My grandfather fought in this war for the British (he did not storm the beaches, but was a prisoner of war in German occupied France), and even though I only met him once when I was too young to remember him, I still think about what he and all the soldiers who fought evil must have felt and experienced during this war. I'm so thankful for all the soldiers from every country who risked and sacrificed their lives to defeat evil.

Caroline @28:10 "What is wrong with you!" Spielberg has said the character of Upham, and his inability to help Ryburn, was how he imagined himself would perform in combat. Upham is a translator/ Clerk and has no combat experience. Spielberg's guess is that most men (and women), who have never literally had to fight for their lives, in hand-to-hand combat - notwithstanding the natural fight/ flight' response - would suffer the same paralysis and inability to function.

You're an "A-Lister" on this movie, Baby Doll. I praised you for your last post on this film. I'll praise you again.

One of the most accurate and horrific portrayals of the combat that took place during the D-Day landings. In answer to your question, NO, bullets do not actually penetrate into the water like they did in the movie. They break up on impact, this was a myth that was thoroughly tested by the Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel years ago. One of the very few mistakes in this movie, I assure you.

The paramedic knew the exact dosage to kill himself. As sad as this movie is, it's fantastic.

He didn't feel guilty with "survivors guilt". "During D-Day, the landings on Omaha Beach were the worst of any of the invasion beaches, with 2,400 casualties suffered by U.S. forces, including wounded, killed, and missing.... The accepted estimate is that the Allies suffered 10,000 total casualties on D-Day itself."

6:26 A detail there is that those soldiers who tried to surrender were saying "Don't kill me. I'm not German, I'm Czech." Those men were conscripts from Czechoslovakia who were forced into the German army after their country was taken over by the Nazi's.

Well not all of them died: Upham lived and Reiben lived.

Love your open-hearted reactions, ma'am. Keep 'em coming.

My father knew of an old lady in his home town where all five of her sons died in WW2. No one was sent to save them.

The troops in this film went ashore in just about the worst place among all the Normandy beachheads. Omaha had cloud cover during the 24 hours of air bombardment the day before, so it wasn't very effective, and the same cover caused problems dropping paratroops where they could do some good. And the heights gave the Germans a huge advantage, which they took advantage of by creating overlapping fields of machine gun fire. This beach had some of the highest casualty counts, some parts being 95%. Other beaches had very few, and when you see pictures of them, you see no cliffs, just low dunes to advance over. You take a beach like Omaha by pouring in troops and hoping some of them survive to reach the enemy emplacements. It's not unlike ants that fight fires by pouring their bodies on it. The general who ordered the mission was a very sharp and feeling man, and he was eventually put in charge of rebuilding Europe after the war.

GREAT reaction, BIG fan now. Your husband is a lucky man.

First task when approaching a town would be to lob a tank shell into that church bell tower.

Another tv series about WWII is Band of Brothers. It starred a lot of notable stars. It's about Easy Company. It's only a mini-series with ten episodes.

I worked with a former German solider from world war 2. He was nice, he was in the infantry. I didnt ask him if he killed anyone. He was a US Citizen and was drafted into the Korean war and fought for the US.

WHERE ARE THE SMOKE GRENADES ?!?!

I saw this on my feed and could not believe you were watching this. It's a tough movie

I can't understand why you don't have at least 100,000 subs. Best reaction ever!

New subscriber here. This movie is based on the Niland brothers. There is a picture of them on the desk when the mother gets the bad news.The beginning of the D day scene is 20 mins long but the actual D day lasted 12 hrs so imagine that when watching this movie. Love your channel.

Look mythbusters they did experiment how water blocks bullets. Turns out no matter the caliber of bullets, one meter of water killed all those bullets. So going under water over a meter saves you.

Just a heads up for those saying not to be so hard on Upham, Cowardice is a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, punishable by corporal punishment and up to the death penalty. In combat, Miller or Sizemore's character would have had every right to shoot him, just like the one who threatened to desert at the radar nest. Speaking of the radar nest scene, the military is not a Democracy. Having an argument over who's going where doesn't happen IRL. The medic would have NEVER taken part in the assault on the nest in actual combat. He was their only medic and it was well known that the Germans and Japanese targeted medics on purpose.

"Hell, these guys deserve to go home as much as I do. They've fought just as hard." "Is that what I'm supposed to tell your mother when she gets another folded American flag?" "You can tell her that when you found me, I was with the only brothers I had left. And that there was no way I was deserting them. I think she'd understand that." If you like this movie, might I suggest The Fighting Sullivans (1944) as well. You should react to Sullivan (1997) by Caroline's Spine in the same video, after the movie (the song will have more meaning after the movie). This is, of course, just a recommendation. Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg cast Matt Damon as Private Ryan because he wanted an unknown actor with an All-American look. He did not know Damon would win an Oscar for Good Will Hunting (1997) and become an overnight star before the film was released. Irish Invasion Fact: The Omaha Beach scene cost $11 million to shoot, and involved up to 1,000 extras, some of whom were members of the Irish Army Reserve. Of those extras, 20-30 of them were amputees, issued with prosthetic limbs, to play soldiers who had their limbs blown off. Historical Fact: Upham's (Jeremy Davies) shoulder patch, a blue and grey "yin yang" symbol, identifies him as a member of the 29th U.S. Infantry Division. It symbolizes the fact that the division was composed of units from Virginia and Maryland, who fought on both sides of the American Civil War. Sonic Warfare Fact: Cinemas were instructed to up the volume when they showed the film, as the sound effects play such a crucial part in its overall effect. I remember this, because the theatre I was had surround sound and that tank approaching came from EVERY speaker. I was having a small mental panic attack (I was 17 at the time and I just signed up to join the US Army, so cut me a little slack) leading to the final battle.

You can feel the anger when that medic throws the bandages and yells at the germans to give them a fking chance

One problem with this movie is it gives the impression it was all American soldiers. There were multiple nations on D Day.

15:35 is Upham going to get killed when they are yelling and screaming at him to come up with bandages and supplies it really helps if you listen and pay attention and maybe stopping gasping every 5 seconds so you can hear

i highly recommend "we were soldiers". possibly the best war movie ever. i cannot think of a better i have see at this time. Upham was not cutout for war he was likely drafted. percentage of us soldiers drafted in Vietnam = 25% , 1.9 million man, that is about 1% of the total US population, or about 7% of eligible draftees (eligible draft age 18 - 26) percentage of us soldiers drafted in WW2 = 61% , 10 million man , that is about 7.5% of the total US population, or about 20% of eligible draftees (eligible draft age 21 - 45) everyone makes a bid deal about the draft in Vietnam. you where far more likely to get drafted in WW2.

"I just want them to get out of this sense" 27 mins later........

“I love all the costumes… the colors” Always interesting to watch a war movie with a woman 😂

1:00 he must have been in a war and lost a lot of people wow you're a goddamn genius

Upham unfortunately was like a lot of guys who joined the service and found out they weren’t cut out for combat. You never know what you’ll do when the bullets start flying.

Re: Surrender. It's supposed to be accepted...but if you fight hard and kill a lot of the enemy then only surrender when at the last moment...do you think the friends of the dead will instantly calm themselves? Me either. The man Captain Miller set free: You do not have to accept surrender if you can't enforce it. You don't have to let him go pick up a gun and have another go at you.This means that behind enemy lines prisoners don't have to be taken. Of course, killing an unarmed man in cold blood isn't something most men can do. Failing that, they could have bound him(tightly) and left him to take his chances with either dying of thirst or follow-on troops capturing him. As dire as all that sounds, fortunately, prisoners have tremendous value. Sometimes entire missions are about prisoner snatches. So there's a lot of pressure to accept surrender and treat prisoners relatively(expect an asswhipping) well. Finally, if you get the rep for not taking prisoners...then everyone fights to the death. Not what you want.

I wanna say thanks to Americans and my Russian great gandfather. For marrying my great grandmother. Who he liberated. Lovw you both. I miss you very much. Thank you for my life that you gave me. I saw your names on Liberty Island. So proud.

I hope that you caught the similarity between what Captian Miller says to Private Ryan about the dream he has of his wife and what Captian America says to Sam about HIS wife at the end of the Avengers End Game. If not, go back and take a look. Thank you as always for your honest reaction.

Its a tough movie to watch. I ended up with my grandmothers Cousin purple heart meadal. Killed in France 1944 ( time frame of this movie) Charlie Ollskey was killed 6 months in his service.

In the beginning on the movie your first comments about the storyline were so wrong but in the end I loved your truth and the emotion you showed

No, bullets explode when hitting water, as the Mythbusters proved.

Bullets cannot pass through water. Even the strongest rounds are completely inert after only a couple feet.

25:32 :I have a feeling he's going to do something to save the day." Oh, would that were true... Hollywood likes us to think that a coward will find his courage under duress, rise up and become a hero. I suppose it might happen occasionally. But most of the time, a coward remains a coward. I don't really blame Upham. Much. He's an educated college boy who never saw combat until right now on this mission. He's barely trained for it and definitely not prepared for it. And he's not suited to it. That's a lot to fight against.

I love the way she reacts... cute

SPR is fictional. If you found this meaningful you might consider watching the 10 part mini-series Band of Brothers. Produced by Spielberg and Hanks it tells the true story of Easy Company, 506 PIR; the company the fictional James Ryan was a part of. SPR rates 8.6 on IMDB; Band of Brothers rates 9.4, if that means anything to you.

@Caroline, when the madic die it shows no matter how tough you think you are most of use (depending on the relationship with your momma that is) we all want our momma's in the end, js me beautiful lady 😊

There are no heroes in a war. Only a bunch of poor bastards trying not to die… We can’t blame Upham for his behaviour.

It is based on the Sullivan brothers who all went down with their ship (Navy)!

19:31 I can only imagine how you would react to hear that news gasp gasp gasp once again you wouldn't survive the war because he wouldn't be able to keep your mouth shut

You kinda had to see this in the theatre or with theatre sound. It’s terrifying.

Oh no that's gunshots really I mean you're a a damn genius

The loudmouth from Brooklyn And the interpreter did not die

Melhor Filme sem sombra de dúvidas. Obrigado pelo "React" do Filme "Elite Squad" do Brasil. Ficou incrível!! Parabéns 👏👏👏👏

Caroline, recommend you watch Hacksaw Ridge which is also a WWII movie. It is very emotional and a true story. Guarantee you will like it.

My grandad said me he had saying in a the war Don't judge book by it looks

The first Ryan was played by Nathan Fillion. He played captain of a ship who smuggles cargo while also taking passengers. It lasted one season. It was also produced by Jim Henson productions which showed off puppetry. The show is called Firefly.

5:16 run they got to run seriously I thought they were going to stand with there thumbs up their ass and say shot me

i visted all these beaches last week with my wife for our 10 year...was worth it...took a 8 hour tour. it was amazing

18:53 here We Go again gasp gasp

14:05 there wearing costumes and those colors because that's what they had back then,

Good recap , now you need to watch Hacksaw Ridge , Fury and Full Metal Jacket .

I would like to see you react to .emphis Belle if you've never seen it. Its about the crew of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 heavy bomber on its last mission before they return home.

Great reaction & recap! Got my sub :) I feel the ‘earn it’ should apply to all Americans, imagine if we all had that mentality-

May i suggest a movie or two for you? The movie "Taking Chance" is based on a true story about a young American Marine killed in action. The other movie, "Radio" is also base on a true story. It is about a very timid handicapped man and a high school football coach. A very heart warming and true story.

Another fantastic WW2 movie: Enemy At The Gates (2001) with Jude Law and Rachel Weisz.

27:26 judging how you act I can tell you right now you would be just as scared like Upham coming up the stairs

450 yards, at 45 degree angle, in the rain, with equipment of the day ? Thru the scope ? Impossible times 3.6. Sorta doesn't matter.

Here is the real order. You do it for the person on the left and right of you. Then for your country

Cinematically beautiful but full of historically inaccurate details. First, the bullets ( we call them rounds) don't have the penetrative power to even scratch your skin under water. Second, the anti-boat obstacles were facing the wrong way. Third, there were no bunkers of that size where the real 2nd Rangers landed at Omaha. Next, there were DD (Dual Drive) tanks that made it ashore at Omaha. The distance to from the German positions to the water was much further. And the biggest mistake of them all was this was meant to be seen through the eyes of Ryan, the one kneeling at the Normandy cemetery, and he never made a beach landing at Omaha because the 101st Airborne parachuted into their drop zones inland far from the beaches! So, while brutally graphic and certainly representative of how many men died making the beach landings on D-day, that's all the movie gets right.

24:48 gasp

19:03 once again gasp gasp gasp gasp

25:57 gasp

1:50 indeed it is amazing, and what’s truly saddening is just how many of this new generation are either incapable or actively refusing to acknowledge and comprehend it. My paternal grandfather was turned away from trying to sign up as he was still too young, and one of my final memories of him before he passed - he had a love of humour and found joy in laughter, we often shared memes to one another. The last meme he ever showed me, I saw the “solemn seriousness” in his eyes as he turned the screen to me “Oh what a difference 75 years can make” 1944 - 18 year olds storm the beaches of Normandy, some even voluntarily charging into that meat grinder and almost certain death, to do their part to halt the spread of the nazis 2019 - 18 year olds need a “safe space” because WORDS might hurt their feelings

and eating a tootsie roll

Oi Caroline, eu sou do Brasil!! Eu gostei dos seus comentários, sobre esse filme que eu assisto ,repetidamente. A mensagem é realmente muito profunda, e me faz lembrar mensagem de Cristo, e eu também chorei junto com você no final. Seus comentários são muito legais Car!!

11:52 I would seriously hate to watch a movie with you in the movie theater or even at home because all I want to hear is you gasp gasp gasp gasp gasp gasp gasp gasp

Carolina, their commander is either an alcoholic or a coward, what do you think?

watch it with hey there delilah and movie at half speed

Don't forget about Ready Player One 😎

Hello! No, it was impossible to die under water by the Bullets! Spielberg used these Effects only because of Hollywood!

or his hands are shaking because he led the soldiers to their deaths

15:16 oh my God I feel bad I got gas oh my God I shot a gun and got a gas oh my God so I got blown up got a gas

5:59 yes that's how stupid we were in world war II we killed our own guys

2:40 is there a movie where you don't sit there in gasp or jump every 10 seconds, and did you seriously ask if people could really die underwater

gasp gasp gasp gasp

you look like BunnyAyumi 😆

5:00 do you seriously gasp at home for every little fart or your hiccup or burp

Sean Ryan Peter Ryan Daniel Ryan bothres 101st.Three 4 bothres 📖📖😞😞😞🌅

hes drinking coca cola

No he can't die gasp gasp