Is Saving Private Ryan the greatest WW2 movie of all time?

@cervanntes

2 ай бұрын

Greatest? Nah. Depends a bit on how you define WW2 movie, but I don't think it's really in the top 5. Sure, it has an iconic landing on D-Day but after that I'm not sure it really stands out among the crowd that much.

@cervanntes

2 ай бұрын

As a side note, if I had to pick my personal top 10 favorite WW2 movies, the 1959 Soviet film Ballad of a Soldier would definitely be on that list. It's kind of interesting to see the war from an idealized Soviet perspective.

@biggerdoofus

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, I didn't like that movie. I don't care for stories that bend over backwards to justify a specific ending and then still fail to justify it. (for anyone wondering what I'm talking about, there's no way the prisoner could've ended up getting ahead of the group)

@SgtRocko

2 ай бұрын

No. "Come And See" is. Saving Private Ryan's opening scene is STUNNINGLY awesome - but after that it's nothing special. "Come And See" is definitely the best WW2 film - heck, as a combat vet, it's the best WAR film ever made. Other films better than SPR: the 1967 Polish film "Westerplatte" & 1957 masterpiece "Kanal"; the Russian films "Fortress Of War" and "Battle For Sevastopol"; "Letters From Iwo Jima"... I would even hazard the Chinese film "Death & Glory In Changde" is better

@KarmasAB123

2 ай бұрын

@MrTerry Got a suggestion, teach. Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes and Hayek by Emergent Order. It's an economics rap.

2:38 "Colonel Yankedhisarmoff" 🤣 He actually made that sound like a normal Russian name I almost missed it.

@johan.ohgren

Ай бұрын

Like Rowan Atkinson's russian exchange student Suckmeoff

@charliedontsurf334

24 күн бұрын

It took me.a watch or two catch that.

@Mr_Dumpty

23 күн бұрын

@@charliedontsurf334 It was smooth by them haha.

The real scenario would be that the Soviets wouldve left Ryan dead and not waste their resources to find him. Even if he did survive to see the Russian offensive, he would be first questioned whether or not he is not a turncoat to the Nazis.

@loftiestchaf423

2 ай бұрын

they would have gave him the Witold Pilecki treatment at a minimum

@Imman1s

2 ай бұрын

Stalin refused to negotiate the release of his own captured son and let the nazis kill him. You can guess what would happen to Ryan. That said, this was slanderous, the ex-USSR had some decent WW2 movies and series.

@loftiestchaf423

2 ай бұрын

@@Imman1s Count the number of countries that were part of the USSR, and you'd have a decent chance of at least one of them making a decent film. Also how is it slander?

@poil8351

Ай бұрын

Actually later in the war he proabbly would have been hunted down by smersh.

This Squire person started off with video game content and related skits, and apparently moved to more general historical stuff as his production values got better.

I'd definitely recommend reacting to some of Squires more popular tank related videos, they are a lot of fun

@keyos4398

2 ай бұрын

Squire is great my most favorite is the ad for Vicky 3

The guy with the shiny teeth was a reference to Ron Perlman's character in Enemy At The Gates. He was the guy that got shot jumping across the floor in a bombed out building by the German sniper. He had those gold looking teeth. The music towards the end sounds alot like the music in Red Orchestra 2 love that game and it's sound track.

@1UGRacer

Ай бұрын

around min 14? thats CoD2

I wasnt expecting the Rachel Weisz shot from "Enemy At The Gates"

Funny enough the way he shoots the ppsh is actually somewhat accurate. Like he's holding it away from him and side firing. That gun ejects out of the top, so many soldiers would actually fire it in a similar manner to avoid the casings going down their collar.

Just a comment on the Russian submachine gun. In the 1950's there was a television series called "The Untouchables" who's voice over was done by a staunch supporter of McCarthyism. So as a joke the production team put an image of that Russian submachine gun instead of an American Tommy gun on the title screen guessing he wouldn't notice. He didn't

Seeing one of my favourite YT channels - Mr. Terry - watching another of my favourite YT channels - Squire - IS BLISS! AWESOME!!!!

The movie is "enemy at the gates"

Can't wait to see more!

New Jersey just experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake earlier today, I felt it, it was like if a 18 wheeler was moving right next to me and shaking part of my room.

6:13 jamed caused Poor magazine quality is not due to gun design. This problem was only resolved in 1943. After the development of the new tipe magazine

There is a documentary titled Shaving Ryan's Privates.

Please also react to if fury was a German film.

Lol, enemy at the gates is the film they were using. And making fun of in quite a few of the scenes.

What would amaze you is if you see thier old vids when they used low resolution cardboard props. Ever since they upgraded their graphics its been impressive.

Purple sweater, say less!! Hands down not enough nice purple sweaters on the platform! Big fan

I wonder what German version would look like...

@I_Stole_A_BTR-80

2 ай бұрын

They go behind enemy lines and find out the Private Hans has actually just surrendered because he saw how the allies were actually able to use vehicles on a large scale and soldiers didn't have to walk everywhere

@trevorwhitham6742

2 ай бұрын

8:26 they’re called ushankas at least that version they swapped hats from that wierd pointy one to that

@dillonshirey8076

2 ай бұрын

Saving private hans

@dillonshirey8076

2 ай бұрын

Saving private Hans

I believe if a single son remained in service, they tried to move him to a rear area. This was implemented after the 5 Sullivan brothers were killed when their ship was sunk.

Mr Terry, when you asked about the metal teeth. In this they re-enacted the scene from Enemy at the Gates with the jumping scene. In that movie it’s Ron Perlman who gets shot and Ron Perlman’s character has fake metal (bronze I think) teeth

Yes. Please. And i recommend: most of them. Just pick at random.

Also "Victoria 3: When You Play as the British", most of the commentary doesn't rely on the viewer being familiar with the game (those games are so complicated even after 100s of hours you still barely know what you're doing)

The soviet furry hat is the Ushanka

Squire always cracks me up 7:36 nah you can’t be dissing Bill’s beard

@swag31556

Ай бұрын

It's not a beard. It's face pubes

I recommend Squire's video titled "The worst mega tank Germany ever designed", or "Hearts of Iron 4: Germany in a Nutshell". The latter doesn't really require any knowledge about HoI4 to understand.

@m_chupon5131

2 ай бұрын

Fair warning though, both have a lot of mustache man. The second one involves a lot of dunking on Neville Chamberlain.

11:12 "face pubes" nahh mr Terry wrong for that one XD!

7:11 so we’ll ignore the fact that he’s wearing a German helmet lol

They had the right weapons. Mosin-Nagant rifles and Nagant pistols. Very good.

I mean, Ivan is very common in Russia... someone call Comrade Stalin and tell him to list all Ivans for the next purge

They sometimes use real tanks from the Tank Museum in their skits.

The German equivalent to "Ivan" as a go to name for any soldier would be "Fritz".

Ah, Stalin. First he ordered that if you were captured your family would be sent to a gulag. Then when his son was captured, he sent his daughter in law and grandkids to a gulag. He did eventually sneak the grandkids out the back door. Hey, he wasn't a total monster.

Desmond Dossov, nice "Hacksaw Ridge" reference.

It's a mash up of Saving Private Ryan and Enemy at the gate

@wizzerdsuntzu

Ай бұрын

Not a criticism 👎. :)

Now that I've finally watched SPR, I can watch these parody videos!

Ngl, the funniest thing is that the main guy looks like Shostakovich.

To let everyone know the PPSH jamming problems was always with the magazines and the magazine well because the way it was designed, the fix for this was to find a mag that worked well with you're gun and keep that mag. The fire rate was around 1200 rpm btw.

Though obviously fake and ridiculous, the Saving Private Ryan mission didn’t end up being much of a waste of resources in a story because they contributed a significantly to the war effort while searching for Ryan, including taking out a hidden machine gun, killing a sniper and helping fight off the German attack on Ryan’s units position. Hollywood at its best and worst. They try to make a point about whether one man’s life could be worth it, but, in order to make it badass, the team has to have dramatic achievements on the way. Nullifying the central issue of whether their lives even were traded just for Ryan’s or just contributing to the cause in general.

Surprisingly enough, I don't see any comments by angry Tankies.

You should do a video on squire what if fruy was a British film

3:46 - 3:47 Can't remember what name they went by and I could be correct or incorrect but there were actual small forces that would kill any soviet soldier that tried to run from the battlefield. Then again I got this from a documentary from Red Star Media so I won't claim to know the 100% truth, so maybe or maybe not its a reference to that?

there are parts of enemy at the gates the sniper with the mirror i think has the same name as in the movie😉

Apparently russia did have a ton of deaths in world war 2, but without them tearing up germany on the western side germany was a powerhouse. My grandpa and his 3 brothers fought in ww2 and my grandpa talked about it like germany was on the verge of taking over the world.

@claytongiampaolo7848

11 күн бұрын

My great uncle got shot through the mouth and survived, my grandpa was on a air craft carrier in the pacific with Japan, all of them made it out of the war.

The best worst WW2 movie is the Russian film, Elem Kimov's Come and See 1985.

The teeth thing was probably about how bad Soviet dentistry was.

Solder: stalin my whole family is dead. can I go home? Stalin: if you survive long enough to retake your home. Now get out of here if you want to survive my office

They are using Enemy At the Gates, i think.

i actually _havent_ seen Saving Private Ryan before, lol

Speaking of Pepesha (official name PPSH-41), yes, it had an outstanding, though fluctuating firerate, however it was pretty jam-resistant, as Russian tolerances were so high, that dirt usually would be shaken off before it presented the chance to jam the weapon. The biggest problem were the logistics, that due to being produced in bazillions of places (ranging from Izhevsk factories to Siberian workshops) guns and mags had to be specifically fitted to each other. Just imagine being fired at by a squad of those. Pretty sure there are very little traumatising experiences, that could match it.

@m_chupon5131

Ай бұрын

Those things were super overpowered in the old WW2 Call of Duty games. 71-rd magazine? Yes please! Get to the enemy line as quick as possible and don't let go of the trigger til you're dead!

Make sure you guys are subscribed. KZread is doing that weird thing where they just unsubscribe you from channels for no reason. I have literally had to resubscribe to every channel I had already subscribed to. So, just be aware folks.👍🙂

Alternate Title: Hunting Private Ivan

Traitors don't get potatoes!

Please react to Squire's HOI4 skits 😂

If fury was a british film

you should take a look at his old war thunder videos

I have a friend that grows his facial hair out and it's like that. The reason why is that he looks baby faced. He's 40 and looks like he's 16. The hair is the only way he's taken seriously.

@adrianaslund8605

Ай бұрын

Funny. When I was 16 and I grew out a beard I looked 30(early bloomer). When I didn't I looked like a moderately attractive woman. I had long hair. Metalhead.

Enemy at the gates was better than saving privaye ryan to me. Especially the scene where the Russian conscripts are loaded directly off the trucks and into the battle. Wild stuff for sure.

Any man can have a beard even if it looks terrible.

@BaranZenon

2 ай бұрын

The funny thing about beard is that some guys just cant help it and it looks like it does. But still you can take a diet and proper exercises to not be fat.

US army in 1948 established rule of "last brother". So basicly you dont know history nor what is war.

is ivan not a nickname for the russians like fritz for the german or bruce for the british

@viktorkolaric4156

2 ай бұрын

No, it's slavic version of the name John.

@Merennulli

2 ай бұрын

It was used for Soviets during the Cold War, but more of a slur than a nickname.

@survivor3833

2 ай бұрын

It is a nickname then used to all russians, but it's because it's common name here. Also its pronounced more like "Eván". Like "I" in the word "Italy".

And worst of all... Ivan could be any one of us!

Defense of breath fortress I'd great

Enemy at the gates

Chould you react to their "if saving private ryan was a british film"

@alexfilma16

2 ай бұрын

*Could

Of course in reality the hero would be a smersh agent most likely.

he should play hoi4

Ah, yes: Saving Lieutenant Stalin

You should watch if saving private ryan was a german flim

An American historian that knows anything outside the USA? No that’s a big ask 😅

Desmond dossov

Way to admit what you have isn't a beard.

I didn’t know the red army was made up of Brits 😂

Expending Private Popovich

Your beard comment is spot on.

2:20 "what movie is he using..." 5:48 "this is like Enemy at the Gates, have any of you seen that movie?" LOL, have YOU? ......im just messing, i love ya, but yeah, thats the basis for the skit ;)

Are we sure this is not set last week in the Ukraine??

His beard looks just fine, but even if it didn't, that's really kinda disgusting to sit there criticizing others for how they look. I really expected better.

@survivor3833

2 ай бұрын

Jokes are forbidden. Humor should not exist. Eliminate slightest chance of being non pc.

@Merennulli

2 ай бұрын

​@@survivor3833 Found the lazy copypaste troll.

@user-ti5zs5fw7q

2 ай бұрын

its not that serious get over it

I really have liked your content but man why you got to bully him for his beard... your a teacher haven't you had classes on not belittling people for there appearance. As a person who has wanted a beard all my life and can only grow "pubes" on my face but good to know if I was in your class you would have looked down on me for it... Not cool.

I think I watched the wrong movie...It wasn't "Shaving Ryan's Privates"? ... I would love to hear your thoughts on the "promise" of Ukrain joining NATO and how that violates treaties made.

I thought your beard comment was a little tastless. It was kind of out nowhere

An American historian that knows anything outside the USA? No that’s a big ask 😅