The scene where the inform Mrs. Ryan of the deaths of her sons is one of the most powerful I have ever seen. With no dialogue.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

Жыл бұрын

She saw the U.S. Army staff car, but it really began to sink in when she saw her local pastor or priest in the vehicle. She still had no clue that she had lost three sons. What a toll. Of all the reactions that I've seen of this movie Toni got it. Perfectly.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

Жыл бұрын

It was interesting that General of the Army ( 5 stars ) George C. Marshall - Chief of Staff of the United States Army authorized the mission to save Private Ryan.

@dallasyap3064

Жыл бұрын

@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 Except that he wasn't a 5 star yet.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

Жыл бұрын

@@dallasyap3064 You are correct, George C. Marshall was not promoted to the rank of General of the Army until December 16, 1944

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that was an incredibly moving scene! 😢

The German that shot the Captain, the one that Upham shoots at the end, was the same soldier that the Captain let go after Wade was killed at the radar site.

@iKvetch558

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for saving me from having to post about that...I wonder how many people will try to say you are wrong.

@frankgunner8967

Жыл бұрын

I see a lot of people think that the German guy that had the knife fight and walks past upham on the stairs is the guy they let go.

@Ailurophile1984

Жыл бұрын

…who is a different guy than the one who stabbed Mellish and then passed Upham

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I noticed that when I was editing the reaction! Can't believe we didn't notice at the time!

@J4ME5_

Жыл бұрын

and is definitely not the same guy who killed Melish

“They’re, like, running to get murdered.” This is why we celebrate D Day still, and remember those who walked into certain doom bravely. It was a turning point in the war, sheer will and courage to take that beach.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I think they will be the bravest men I have ever seen!! - Toni

@mattinakynen6139

Жыл бұрын

Turning point of the war happened much earlier in the eastern front. You can be patriotic but just keep realities of history in mind.

@stavros693000

Жыл бұрын

@@mattinakynen6139 to my knowledge taking the beaches on D-day was the turning point cause it was when USA invaded german occupied france & got into the fight....what battle was the turn around in your mind?

@jamesallen2909

Жыл бұрын

@@mattinakynen6139 the turning point for the Russians was earlier, not for the rest of the Allies. Germany still had a firm stranglehold on almost all of Europe at this point and having lost footing in Africa was fighting as desperately and ferociously as ever. The Normandy landings are EASILY the most important series of invasions for the Allies the entire war as it was the starting point for the pushback of the nazis back into Germany. It’s not a question of patriotism, it wasn’t only the Americans at d day. It’s a matter of reality. The soviets played the long game with the nazis and only found success through the sole fact they had more bodies and supplies to throw away.

@seanlinehan1136

Жыл бұрын

Current army, former infantry, degree in Russian history. The turning point is largely accepted as the German defeat at Stalingrad in conjunction with the failed attempt to seize the oil resources in the southern caucuses, and the broader Russian counteroffensive. Normandy was the turning point on the western front, but only considered the nail in the coffin of an already losing German war effort. Keep in mind, this occurred in 1944, only a year prior to defeat. They’d been losing ground heavily since 1942

My first day working for the VA over 20 years ago they took us to the director's conference room and showed us a shortened version of the Normandy landing scene (the beginning). Then the lights came up, and the hospital director, Mr Pennington walked in and began, "These are the people we serve...". And that began my career serving the US veteran.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! What a powerful way to deliver the message!

@aryansigrid

Жыл бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged Yeah, what better way to push one's propaganda!

@tawogtrailers

Жыл бұрын

​@@aryansigrid it's not propoganda. That opening scene has been described as one of the more acurate depictions of D-Day. Many veterans that were there have said this

@cavscout62

Жыл бұрын

As a disabled Veteran all I can say is it’s a damn shame every VAMC doesn’t approach our Healthcare in this manner. NEVER allow “Universal Healthcare” to become a reality here in our Nation as the VA is exactly that and, it Sucks in a way nobody enjoys.

@tonyhaynes9080

Жыл бұрын

@@cavscout62 It's the same with healthcare for British veterans. Illegal economic migrants get treated better than we do. As a disabled veterans, like yourself, I find it deplorable how we are treated.

Imagine how many mothers had to go through the same terrible sorrow of losing sons. War sucks! We have to appreciate the sacrifices these men made.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine going through that. 😢

@aleccassady5383

6 ай бұрын

Thier sacrifice and the families

@robgraham5697

5 ай бұрын

Peace is better than war. In peace, children bury their parents while in war parents bury their children. - Herodotus

@liotc4166

4 ай бұрын

Omaha beach 1000 killed/hour😮

@user-qv2ur2bw3z

3 ай бұрын

Lest We Forget In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. I know this from WWI but it fits all wars

Those blimps were called "barrage balloons". They were attached to ships by a wire which prevented enemy planes from being able to strafe down on the ships. A plane would get his wing sheered off if he hit the wire or the balloon would be pulled into it which often had an explosive attached and detonate when it hit the aircraft.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@EthanBSide

11 ай бұрын

I'm just watching this and this is a question I've had as a youth, as an amateur historian: Excellent explanation 👏

@YouOnlyIiveTwice

11 ай бұрын

@@EthanBSide thank you :)

@FlyinBrian777

11 ай бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged Barrage balloons were a common sight over English cities soon after Nazi Germany began bombing during the Blitz, for the same reasons as stated above. The RAF had a division called "Balloon Command". They were effective at discouraging pilots from low level attacks.

@Nomad-vv1gk

7 ай бұрын

The Barrage Balloons unit was an all Black American unit. They displayed unparalleled bravery because they had to remain on the beach, exposed to enemy fire for several days until the entire area was secured. They have been erased from history by the Army and Hollywood. It was disappointing that this movie, released in the late 1990s overlooked this unit. The movies and Army official films intentionally have never shown the over 2,000 Black American troops who took part in the initial assault at Omaha Beach.

This movie is a tear jurker. But for a Memorial weekend it gives pride and remembrance of so many sacrifices made to keep this nation free...

@banzi403

Жыл бұрын

fake movie about fake people doing fake things. You and I have very different concept of remembering.

@Cliffster420

Жыл бұрын

Well said, Lawrence. It's sad to hear the ungrateful idiots in America that don't remember the sacrifices and hate all the traditional values that America was founded on.

@Ironhead251

Жыл бұрын

@@banzi403you are a disgrace to this nation and the free world in general. As a partially disabled combat veteran of the United States Navy, people like you make me ashamed of what our nation has become.

@banzi403

Жыл бұрын

@@Cliffster420 first i'm Canadian, not american. Second, my dad was a paratrooper on d day, who actually captured a bridge, fought a tank and met monty. So in my eyes a movie about gi joe capturing a bridge too far on the longest day by wiping out a platoon of ss tiger tanks, is not only commical but flat out insulting.

@banzi403

Жыл бұрын

@@Cliffster420 is stolen valour the traditional american value you speak of?

You guys deserve to watch a comedy after this one.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

We're planning on it. 😂

@custardflan

Жыл бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged I would suggest The Best Years of Our Lives, best picture of 1946, about veterans returning from World War II. It's as relevant today as it was then. And you'll need a box of tissue as well.

@porflepopnecker4376

Жыл бұрын

You could watch another Spielberg take on the war, "1941."

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

Жыл бұрын

" Captain Ron ", " Summer Rental ", " Topkapi ", " The Crimson Pirate ", " All at Sea ", " The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox " , " Brewster's Millions ".

@Metal-Bane

Жыл бұрын

White Chicks

I love that she said she was going to try not to cry and knew she’d cry at the scene with older Ryan at the cemetery in the beginning

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I don't know why she even bothers trying to hold it in. 😂

The opening scene with the landing on Omaha beach is the most powerful start to a movie I have ever seen. I once read that vets of that assault said that it was exactly like THAT. And that scene in the end, when we see Ryan age to the man he is now, standing over the captains grave asking him if he did ok still brings tears to my eyes. This is a reason why this movie gets the accolades it does.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I agree, this movie is incredible!

@tommyriam8320

11 ай бұрын

It(the portrayal) was 'child's play' when compared to the real thing.

@stickfigure9138

6 ай бұрын

@@tommyriam8320 Guarantee it

@reneerocha1796

4 ай бұрын

Better get tissues. Massage and manicure won’t help😢😊❤

@brianeleighton

Ай бұрын

What many D-Day Veterans said was this was both the most realistic depiction of the landing, but is still wildly inaccurate. According to them the water needed more blood in it and they didn't have nearly enough dead bodies on the beach. Amazing what those 18-21 year old kids were able to accomplish to try to ensure our freedom and Republic.

The fact that Ryans wife at the end of the movie asks about Captain Miller as if she doesnt recognise the name suggesting Ryans gone his whole life without telling anyone the story 😢

@popculturallychallenged

9 ай бұрын

I've heard a lot of the guys who went through that never talked about it with their families.

@vblake530530

26 күн бұрын

My father never spoke of his time in Europe during the War. I know he fought. I know he went back as a Parrot Trooper during the Korean War. I know he had PTSD. I know he struggled with alcohol. I know he drank himself to death. He also raised and got me educated and I’m a physician. So there’s that.

The perfect movie to watch around the Memorial Day weekend. This is what so many gave for our freedom. Please remember this!!

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I won't be able to forget now. I also think everyone should watch it at least once to not take things for granted. - Toni

Thoses Blimps are so called "Barrage Balloons" and they were used against enemy planes - thats why there are so many of them. They form a barrier, so planes would have problems flying through them. Additionally, there were explosives attached to the cables - if a plane cut the cable with its wings, it triggered a little bomb (a bit complicated to explain how it actually works) - but ye, thats what most of these balloons are for. There were also some who carried radio antennas and that could carry a person, to scout the area.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

Жыл бұрын

dangling chains too.

@geraldclough1099

Жыл бұрын

Barrage balloons in a zone like that had the additional benefit of forcing any strafing aircraft to fly above them, so the offshore vessels don't have to essentially fire on their own troops on the beach.

@dirkbsilver9260

Жыл бұрын

Think of them as floating landmines.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

Жыл бұрын

@@dirkbsilver9260 Oh yes, I've seen those in the toilet too.

Mrs. Ryan had a banner with 4 blue stars. That indicates that she has 4 sons in the war. She will now get a new one with 3 gold stars and 1 blue.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

😭

@bernardsalvatore1929

Жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who notices that when they show the picture of the four Brothers very briefly as the mother is walking to the front door there is a shadow over three of the four!! My guess is that the one not in the shadow would be Jimmy the survivor!!

My dad was a 20 year old boy from Cambridge Springs Pennsylvania who landed on Normandy as an engineer...he didn't know crap of the larger world...only on two occasions did he briefly talk about his experience...the only two times I ever saw my father cry.

Massive destruction and death and Toni grossed out by the finger in the mouth. LOL. I love it! Great reaction!

@YoureMrLebowski

Жыл бұрын

there's a line, even in war 🙂

@troyp5359

Жыл бұрын

Germs can kill too!

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was hilarious too! 😂 -David

@jayman58016

Жыл бұрын

@@YoureMrLebowski apparently that's the line drawn! LOL

@actaeon299

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure, of all the stuff happening that day, putting a finger in a mouth, or sharing a piece of gum, is the least disgusting thing that happened to them.

As much as I enjoy witnessing Toni's genuine reactions and emotions, I did *NOT* ask for a reaction to this. Your reaction in the cemetery at the beginning before a single shot is fired made it clear this would be hard for you, thank you for your strength and perseverance.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is a movie I think is important too see. It was very hard to watch but I'm glad I watched it. 🥰 -Toni

@stevejette2329

10 ай бұрын

jow - I have watched SPR and B of B and many reviews many times. Her reactions are so genuine and appropriate that I blew thru a ton of Kleenex also.

@jowbloe3673

10 ай бұрын

@@stevejette2329 - She's a reason to keep returning.

@stevejette2329

10 ай бұрын

@@jowbloe3673 Yes, seems that way.

@rainpain3655

9 ай бұрын

Listening to hear go OHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHH OHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHH over and over at every fight scene was the most beyond annoying thing I've ever heard. Some people out there never had a sense of reality their whole life holy shit.......

In WWII a telegram was delivered for single deaths only, in cases where more than one family member was killed a chaplain was sent with military personnel. So Mrs. Ryan knew more than one of her boys was dead. Also, the Normandy invasion scene was so realistic, WWII Veterans who were at the premiere walked out of the theater. It was so hard on them the VA established a hotline for those WWII Vets who saw the movie and experience PTSD from it.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

The scene with the mother was so sad! I can't imagine finding out a loved one died through a telegram either. That would be awful! 😭 I remember hearing something about the Vets walking out of the theater. That's so sad.

@petis1976

Жыл бұрын

@Pop Culturally Challenged When my BIL died in Iraq, I took the phone call from my MIL (I was stationed in Virginia Beach, and both our families were in MD). After she got done telling me how he died, she asked if I could tell my wife or if she needed to do it. My wife was staring at me from the kitchen the whole time. I stood up, hung up the phone, and started to walk towards her. My wife and her brother were very close, and she could see the tears streaming down my face. She screamed, not Joe, not Joey please God not Joey, I barely caught before she hit the floor. Telling my wife her brother was not coming home is still the hardest thing I've ever done, and the most painful.

@tonyhaynes9080

Жыл бұрын

Apparently the only thing missing was the stench.

@Chrysalis-uu5ec

8 ай бұрын

My dad (Nam vet) had to run out & was in the lobby with several vets from all different wars & they were just hyperventilating. Said it was the first war movie he's seen that captured all of it realistically.

To me one of the saddest lines in Vin Diesel's when he is asking someone to rewrite his letter. "It's to my dad...it's got blood on it." Gets me every time.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I didn't realize that's what he was saying. so that makes alot of sense why the soldier was re-writing it for him. - Toni

Guts are spilled everywhere and the sea turns red of blood and she is disgusted by him takin a gum from his friends mouth. LOL

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Well that’s kinda gross, right? 😳 -Toni

A common mistake in this movie is that reactors believe the German soldier shot by Cpl. Upham is the same soldier who passed him on the steps. It is not. Upham shot the soldier that Capt. Miller left walk after Wade’s death. The soldier on the steps has SS runes on his lapel, the shot German was regular Wehrmacht. Ironically the the Captain was killed by the man whose life that the captain saved. The soldier calls out Upham’s name just before he is shot. The only German that would know Upham’s name would be “Steamboat Willy”.

@richcheckmaker9789

Жыл бұрын

Upham killing that soldier at the end is fucking bad. Kills a POW who's just doing his job as a soldier and then lets ten POWs go to kill other Americans later. Fucking insane. Commits a war crime AND lets POWs go and people cheer. I'd beat the shit out of that guy.

@flashgordon10001

Жыл бұрын

Wrong! You are totally wrong

@Vikeess

Жыл бұрын

@@flashgordon10001 no you are.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

i noticed that when I was editing the reaction! Can't believe we didn't notice that at the time!

@custardflan

Жыл бұрын

@@flashgordon10001 It's the guy Miller let go. He knew Upham's name.

- "Isn't that Denzel Washington?...." lmao

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

BOY WAS I WRONG!!! I'm not sure where that came from.... my brain was definitely not functioning. 🤣 - Toni

What a sweetheart of a lady. Toni, your empathy and emotion get me every time.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Taking Chance with Kevin Bacon is also an excellent movie for people to watch for Memorial Day weekend.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! 😃

@actaeon299

Жыл бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged It was made by HBO. So, I'm not sure if it's available online or not. I have a DVD from back in the day. I have seen maybe 2 or 3 others react to it. So they must have got it somehow.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

@@actaeon299 It's actually on HBO Max! 😃

@actaeon299

Жыл бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged Well, if you can get to it, I'll make sure to watch. Even if you can't get to it at this late date, there's always later. I know I'll be busy tomorrow. I spend the day putting flags on veteran's graves most of the day. Or till my back goes out anyway. . I hope you and your loved ones have a good weekend.

Barry Pepper, who played Jackson the sniper, also plays Joe Galloway the reporter in"We Were Soldiers", one of the Iwo Jima flag raisers in "Flags of Our Fathers", and Ned Pepper in the 2010 remake of "True Grit"

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Cool! We'll have to take a look at those someday!

@brinsonharris9816

9 ай бұрын

Barry Pepper played Sgt Mike Strank in Flags of Our Fathers (he was killed shortly after the flag raising) and Joe Galloway, civilian AP journalist in We Were Soldiers.

When this movie came out, it was so accurate to what combat is/was really like that it had a warning/disclaimer for any military personnel watching. It’s still considered the most accurate depiction of World War II and storming the beaches of Normandy. All I know is that Toni has been promised comedies for quite a while. I think she is owed a comedy ASAP. Especially after an extremely powerful movie like this. 💙💙💙

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I think so too! We just watched one tonight actually. 😃

@gippywhite

Жыл бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged Thank goodness!!! 😅

@bluesrocker91

Жыл бұрын

It is by all accounts a very authentic depiction of combat, particularly the opening battle sequence but I wouldn't call it in any way true to history. Aside from the story and all of the characters being entirely fictional, after the Omaha Beach sequence it diverges completely from history. The town of Ramelle for example never existed, and the area along the Merderet river where it is supposed to be located was actually held by the 82nd Airborne, not the 101st as shown in the film. I don't know why they didn't just make Ryan a private in the 82nd Airborne. At least that would have been a nod to the men who actually fought in that area.

@gippywhite

Жыл бұрын

@@bluesrocker91 I never said the story was true to history. I literally said, as you reiterated in your first sentence that it’s an authentic depiction of combat when storming the beaches of Normandy. If the 82nd airborne were the ones who were there, then I agree, they should’ve changed Ryan to the 82nd airborne. But there’s a good chance that the only airborne widely known to normies is the 101st. That’s the only real logical reason I can see for changing it. If they want it to make it a true story of one of the incidents that inspired the story, they could’ve just made a movie about the Sullivan brothers. But a good World War II movie that is based on a true story with a phenomenal cast that not enough people react to is Monuments Men. And it shows how Matt Damon has grown, too.

@bluesrocker91

Жыл бұрын

@@gippywhite I didn't mean that as a criticism... Sorry if it came across like that. I was just adding my two cents that people should take the film as being only loosely based on history and not a depiction of what was actually going on in the days just after D-Day. The first time I saw the movie was actually in a high school history lesson, and it was presented to us as fact there. It wasn't until years later I found out how heavily fictionalised it is. Definitely agree about Monuments Men though... Excellent film about a fascinating but not widely known WWII story. John Goodman was great in it too.

My grandad served in the Warwickshire Regiment from 1943 to 1945, he wasn't part of the Normandy invasion but served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy....he never got to Germany because he was injured in Northern Italy...he then served in the Royal Corps of Signals and was sent to Palestine and was there from 1945 to 1947...I thank God that my grandad didn't see action in Normandy....I deeply respect my grandad and all the soldiers and servicemen and women who saw action in WW2, they gave up so much so that the world could be free and I sometimes feel now that we take these freedoms for granted...God bless them all!

@popculturallychallenged

10 ай бұрын

Your Grandfather sounds like an incredible man!

Steven Spielbergs message is simple. This is the sacrifice that was made. Have you earned it?..

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think I have or will ever repay all the sacrifice made for our freedom. - Toni 🥹

1:20 I am not going to cry. First thing my mind goes to is the soldier with the abdomen wound calling for his mother.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That was the scene that really hit me. Realizing that these were basically kids over there. 😭 -David

@raymondmanderville505

Жыл бұрын

It’s the most common thing said by dying men on the battlefield . In the movie Fury , in the dark & out of the smoke of the battle you can hear a dying German soldier calling to his mother .

My Dad was at Omaha. His engineering battalion were the ones that blew the hole in the sea wall. I know every year, June 6th in our household was referred to as D-Day. Dad was always pensive and never missed "The Longest Day." Dad passed away in 79 and I often wonder what his reaction to this movie would have been.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Your dad sounds like he was a good man! I can’t imagine what he dealt with over the years after the war. 😢

Spielberg interviewed hundreds of D Day veterans and got their memories of the landings. What is shown in the first half hour actually happened. Lots of veterans had to walk out when they watched it as it bought back so many memories.

@popculturallychallenged

10 ай бұрын

I remember hearing that vets had to leave the theater because it was so intense. I can only imagine how hard this must have been for them. 😢

That old man you used to see hobbling around with a cane or walker? He was more bad ass than a lot of us ever could be. God bless those brave men who stormed that beach and fought and died for this great country.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

This movie starts and ends in a military cemetery. This particular cemetery is in Normandy, France, on the cliffs near the landing beaches for the D-Day invasion. It contains 9,800+ graves for Allied soldiers from the invasion beaches and fights for the cliffs. Sadly, there are two more cemeteries there, just as big. In total, approximately 30,000 allied soldiers died that day. In America, tomorrow is Memorial Day.......NEVER forget what they did for us.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That is so sad. 😭

My Dad was a landing craft operator (coxswain) on Dday in Normandy. He never talked about it but we knew. He never liked going to ocean beaches when we were kids. He was also in the North Africa and Italy campaigns.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! I can't imagine how hard that must have been for him!

When the captain says "Earn this" it's for us all... We should all earn what those men fought and died for, we are all today enjoying the fruits of their sacrifice, never take that for granted?

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! 👍

I remember seeing this in the theater with my then girlfriend when it came out. After the movie I couldn't say a word on the way home, when we got home, I simply broke down and started crying.

Barrage balloons, to prevent low flying enemy aircraft from firing on ground troops.

@carthos4402

Жыл бұрын

Additional info: The cables that secured the balloons could knock out a plane that attempted to fly under the ballons.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Cool! Thanks for the info!

lol@ toni putting down the tissues when they figure out it's the wrong ryan

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

😂

The military will only send men on missions that are strategically important to the war. One of the best war movies ever made. I remember watching it in the theaters with my than girlfriend when it came out. On the ride home I didn't say a word and when we got home, I totally broke down and stated crying.

The most powerful scene is seeing all the women being oppressed behind those typewriters while the men are having a good time at the beach...

Anybody that watched this movie and didn't cry is a brick wall. I cry everytime I watch this movie. So I was right along with you Toni.

@nicholasjones7312

Жыл бұрын

Me too! Every time!

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad I'm not alone! 😃

@SearingNinja

11 ай бұрын

I've never cried from a movie or show or song, but some things get me damn close. Best example in this movie that almost gets me is when they take the letters to Ryan's mom near the beginning. Just imagine seeing the car coming, your heart would already drop and then to hear not only 1 of your sons died, but 3 of them.

0:27 "chillin' like a villian." 😁

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Toni channeling 90's Pop Culture! 😎 Actually, that may even be the 80's. 😂

One of THE WWII movies. Hanks and Spielberg.. What a cocktail. First time watching it, I stood in my armchair shouting at the television... Those feelings running down your spine...

The blimps are there to deter low flying enemy fighter planes. The steel cable attached to the blimp can sheer a wing clean off if hit

Toni: I'm not going to cry at all this time. Movie: * cracks knuckles and rolls up sleeves * Challenge accepted. When I saw that this had come up, I knew it was going to be a heck of a ride for the Missus. I'm glad she enjoyed it. 🙂 I _believe_ that the Ryan story is a fictionalized version of a real account, the Niland brothers--Bob, Edward, Fritz, and Preston. They'd be worth looking into, as the story naturally is more in-depth than can really be covered in a KZread comment.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

It definitely was a heck of a ride but I'm glad I've seen it! 😢

Now this couple do reaction video's the right way. They actually watch the movie and not talk the entire time during the movie. I don't like most of these reaction videos from other people because they don't really watch it and lose the essence of the film experience. You guys do it great! You guys are normal, rare these days lol. Keep it up!

@popculturallychallenged

4 ай бұрын

That's so sweet @brandonbrooks898!! Thank you for watching with us. - Toni 🤓

Not only is this the greatest war movie of all time but it's in my top 5, if not 3 greatest movies of all time.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

It is a great movie!

My great uncle Frank and great uncle William were in the second wave on Omaha beach. They lived into their 90s. I will always be proud of their service.

The sniper shot through the scope that they depicted was an actual event. Just not in WWII. Marine SSgt. Hathcock did this shot in Vietnam when the North Vietnamese Army sent their top sniper to hunt SSgt Hathcock. SSgt Hathcock won. Hollywood likes to put this in various movies now.

@Bullock0099

Жыл бұрын

Never happened. Physics makes that impossible. At that distance, bullets are landing on the targets from above.

@andystewart581

Жыл бұрын

@@Bullock0099 This was in the book before wiki. He had his spotter with him. "One enemy sharpshooter came dangerously close to killing Hathcock in an intense battle near the firebase at Hill 55. In the final moments of the fight, the two snipers had each other in their sights, each man ready to end the other's life, but Hathcock was faster on the trigger. He put a bullet clean through the man's scope, killing him instantly."

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's crazy! What a shot!

The big balloons over the beach were called barrage balloons and they were to try and prevent German planes from strafing and dive bombing the landing zone...... Honestly knowing how intense the opening scene was I did not think Toni would make it through this whole movie.... Good job girl. You deserve to do some average rom-coms or drama movies for a bit now!!!!!

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We've got some good movies on the calendar planned. 😃

No one is ever prepared for the opening of this movie. It brings home the horror and heroism of the D-Day invasion.

When this movie first came out I heard interviews with the survivors of this battle and they said this was the most accurate portrayal of what happened there on the beach that day!!

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I believe it!

@banzi403

Жыл бұрын

internet myth

The opening scene is the closest to real combat in a movie you'll ever see

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That was so intense! 😢

@tawogtrailers

Жыл бұрын

​@@popculturallychallenged many veterans of D- day have said this is one of the most accurate depictions

@redr00ster17

11 ай бұрын

@@tawogtrailers some of them said the only thing missing was more bodys

@cal9064

9 ай бұрын

Fully agree. The only thing missing are the smells. Something you never forget.

@JimFinley11

3 ай бұрын

Yes. The smell, and your hands being sticky with blood and not being able to get them clean until later. I still can't stand the feeling of my hands being greasy or sticky. People think I'm weird because I won't eat fried chicken and I eat pizza with a fork. That's why.

In answer to Toni's question regarding the landing, the military knew the invasion was going to be very costly. This is because amphibious landings under fire are the deadliest activities one can do in combat. This is why militaries REALLY don't like to do them. However, in this instance, there was literally no way around it if the Allies wanted to retake Europe. The best they could do is give them the best chance of success by attacking where they did. The Allies even created a fictional Ghost Army under the command of General Patton in England. They did this because they knew the Germans rated him as one of our best fighting commanders. That kept a large number of German troops manning the stronger section of the Atlantic Wall opposite him. The Atlantic Wall in Normandy was also only partially completed, so it would be easier to breach.

My dad was in the 29th Division on Omaha Beach. I'm glad he missed seeing this movie. He was wounded three times but not on the beach. One thing he told me was that the men were so sea sick they couldn't wait to get off the boats.

@popculturallychallenged

4 ай бұрын

Oh that's terrible. I'm so sorry he had to experience that. - Toni 😢

Omaha Beach, during Operation Overlord, was the only landing zone that met fully prepared German defense. That's why US Army had over 2,000 casualties on that beach, on that day.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That is so sad.. I can't imagine what they went through. Just the 15 minute scene was a lot to take in. I can't imagine what it was like being there. 😢

David is a smart man, I really enjoyed his and his wife's reaction this is one of the better reaction channels

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@pingasblobfish97

Жыл бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged Pleasure brother.

I went to Omaha and Utah beach on Memorial Day weekend 2018. I went to the Cemetery also. So sobering. A lot of brave men made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. I am in the military and blessed to serve. First time I watched this movie in the theater when it came out, you could hear a pin drop at the end of the movie.

I saw this on a Tuesday afternoon with 12 other veterans. At the end we all had tears. One old man his hat said it all. Purple Heart, D-Day Survivor. He simply stated "as far as the movie went, that was the most accurate depiction I've ever seen on film. As for the ACTUAL D-Day, it did not come close." I have always deferred to his expert opinion. I was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman the Navy counterpart to the medic Wade. His death hits hard to this day.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome that you got to watch this with him! 🙂

@Milner62

Жыл бұрын

As close as this is, the movie didnt have a lot, one could chalk this up to being that this is Ryan remembering but he wasnt at the beaches so he doesnt know exactly what happened but what he could find out or heard happened. This I feel is a good explanation for why we dont see allied naval warships shelling the hell out of the landing zones. For example, USS Texas was working the western side of Omaha Beach with HMS Glasgow, Texas started firing her main guns at the Point du Hoe to take out the german artillery atop the cliffs, which the rangers stationed aboard USS Texas were to climb and secure, at 0550 and ceased firing at 0624. During this same time period her 5" guns were firing upon Exit D-1 on Omaha Beach itself to open up a route to get inland from western omaha. At 0626 her main 14" guns were brought to bear on the western side of Omaha around the town of Vierville-sur-mer. Feel it would be nice if we got some historical accurate war films that actually showed things like the naval bombardment of the shore.

You MUST see " We were Soldiers" It is a movie directed and starred in by Mel Gibson. It is another movie that ranks right up here with this movie. One more would be "Fury" with Brad Pitt. I highly recommend both of these to be seen, if you haven't yet already. I can only say, you will not be disappointed. Great job both of you, and remember it's ok to cry. How can you not hold back the compassion that our brave soldiers deserve for sacrificing their lives, for our freedom and way of life.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recommendations! We are adding those to our list. - Toni 🥰

@jamesk0ua

Жыл бұрын

I would second the motion for both of them. both are intense. Especially Fury as it is somewhat "darker".

@tonyhaynes9080

Жыл бұрын

Also might I recommend, Hacksaw Ridge?

This movie is the closest depiction of what truly happened during the Invasion of Normandy and D-Day itself. The 101st and 82nd Airborne lost 30 percent of their men in the early morning hours due to misdrops, drowning and being blown out of the sky. The 29th Infantry Division suffered over 1,000 casualties in the first one hour of the attack. Over 2,900 men were killed on June 6, and over 10,000 killed overall in the weeks of the campaign. Watch this, along with Band of Brothers, and you will see what our grandfathers suffered during World War II, thus the reason they are referred to as The Greatest Generation.

@popculturallychallenged

10 ай бұрын

We watched Band of Brother on the channel and that was intense!

15:42 "...the balloons..." First off: I love your channel, thank you for keeping it going! The balloons are what's called "barrage balloons" and they're used to keep German fighters away: the ropes keeping the balloons from floating away are made of coiled wire, so if a plane were to try and fly low enough to strafe the beach, it would run right into the wire and probably rip it's wing off. Thanks for the time!

@popculturallychallenged

16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

The Greatest Generation. The men on those landing boasts knew what they would be facing when the door drops - and yet they did - it had to be done, not to conquer but Liberate peoples of Europe from the most evil tyranny the world had never seen before. Many of the scenes were taken from interviews with survivors of the Landings, relating their experiences. Everyone sacrificed to rid the world of the Axis Powers' tyranny- families at home sacrificed so much too. So many women worked building everything "the boys" would need. This movie is the best "reality" of WWII ever. My dad was in the Navy during WWII training boys loading/unloading armaments from aircraft carrier based planes. I would hope you would watch "We Were Soldiers" - the most "reality" movie of the Vietnam War - where my husband served. Never forget.

Great reaction fine people. I think the hardest emotional part of the movie is when Mrs Ryan gets the visit. It’s heart wrenching.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! That scene was so hard to watch!

@tommyriam8320

11 ай бұрын

'heart _rending_ ' _guts_ 'wrench'

Thanks, to the greatest generation. And thanks to you guys for keeping this history alive.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

They were amazing..... Thank you for watching with us. - Toni

This should be required viewing in every school. The horror and sacrifice those brave men endured on the beach should never be forgotten. This is the reason we celebrate Memorial Day. In the movie where they are talking to the Ryan character, and he states "these are my brothers now I'm not leaving them" cannot be understated. Unless you've experienced it you don't know the power of the brotherhood in the military. This is why so many veterans that leave the service end up being lost and on the streets. They've lost that brotherhood and can't find it again. Its why you see so many veterans in motorcycle clubs, the brotherhood. Once you've experienced it you look for it your whole life. When young people are entering the military, they are looking for structure and a purpose. They find it in the military. They are taught everything they need to know about how to take care of the person next to you. Once they leave the military, there is nobody waiting on them to teach them how to re-enter the civilian world. They end up lost and on the street-corner looking for handouts.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That makes sense. Thank you for bringing some light into the situation. - Toni

@tommyriam8320

11 ай бұрын

Instead they(the indoctrination centers we call, "public school") give them "Drag-Queen Story Time" hour with some homosexual freak gyrating and stripping while reciting some perverted and/or bastardized version of a classic fairy-tale..no pun intended

31:57 in the theater, you could feel the rumble of the tank in your bones far before you could hear it. it was unnerving

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! This must have been an incredible experience in theaters!

Soon as I saw you were reacting to this movies, my thoughts went out to Toni. I must say she handled it pretty good and managed to watch it all. Well done Toni. ❤️🤘🎸🎻🇦🇺

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thank you @Steven Hopwood!! I tried to be strong but did't work out to well... It was a great movie! - Toni

No matter how brutal you think war is… it’s worse. Much worse.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine. 😭

Toni has a HUGE heart. She seems to have a genuine love for humanity. It's good seeing people have true reactions to such powerful movies. I hope you guys really enjoyed it and have a greater understanding and respect for what our military personnel sacrifice for all of us. Also, like someone else said, Toni deserves a comedy after this one. 💙

@popculturallychallenged

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

I went to see this at 16yrs of age with a friend who I shared a love of war films with. We had no idea how stark and realistic it would be. Talking about it after the film we both agreed how brutally shocking it was and changed our concept of the heroism of being a soldier forever.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

This was an incredible movie and how it showed the landing was brutal!

The medic knew the exact dosage to kill himself. That's why he was so specific.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That was heartbreaking. 😢

@jaydisqus3353

Жыл бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged the scene that gets me is the one where the mother gets the telegram. Imagine losing three children at one time.

"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.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I can only imagine what an experience this would have been in theaters! Thanks as always for the great info and for the suggestions! 😃

@BigGator5

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure as always. Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍

For me, as a veterian of 10 years service, (74-84), it is refreshing to see 2 people that dont have a clue. What exactly do you think service people do ?...Sit on base and eat donuts? Living and dieng to accomplish our given mission is what we are trained to do. We all know we may very well die, but we have a mission to do and our thoughts, our blood and our death does not matter. None of us want to die. But it is because there are so many that will not serve we serve for our people, our country and our way of life. Think about those that will wear a uniform and try to understand the mind set they have. It is because of us that you live and have a life.

@popculturallychallenged

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service!

When i was a kid i watched this when it came out on VHS. I cried alot. I have always been interested in WW2 and when Band of Brothers came out my mother yelled from the living room to come and watch. Ofcourse i got hooked right away. Right now i am going through PTSD treatment and burned out and i cry alot. When Toni said: "You can hold my hand if you need too." I started to cry. Such a sweet moment. ❤Keep doing what you are doing and i'll keep watching.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Hi @ZombieShobb, I'm sorry you are going thru a rough time but know that it will get better. It might seem hard now but it will get better. Should you ever need someone to hold your hand, we will be here. Just reach out and you will have a friend. - Toni 🥰

@ZombieShobb

Жыл бұрын

@@popculturallychallenged Thank you! That means alot. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. ❤

The most heart wrenching moment in this movie is at the end when James Francis Ryan from Iowa asks his wife if he was a good man. If he’s lived a good life. 😭 * Side note: My grandfather and great uncles all served and came home alive. My grandfather fought in the Battle of The Bulge, Uncle Jack was in a German POW camp, uncle Bob was in a Japanese camp. Uncle Dick lost a leg… uncles Gerry and Bill had lifelong drinking problems and depression.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That scene was incredibly powerful! That is incredible! We will keep your family in our thoughts today on Memorial Day. 🥰

@johannesvalterdivizzini1523

Жыл бұрын

My uncle Tom was a bomber pilot shot down somewhere over the Pacific. He died a hero as he held the flaming plane steady, allowing most of his crew to parachute out, and he was flying (and on fire) as the plane blew up. My aunt never remarried., but as a doctor she put in 40 years with the Veteran's Admin hospitals. My dad volunteered a year and a half before Pearl Harbor and was promoted to be a senior Navigational Instructor. My uncle Vin was a supply truck driver. Mom worked with the USO. They all did their part. In fact virtually all of the adult men and women I knew as a child did something in the War. (One of the local Deli owners had tattoos on his arm from the Concentration Camp)

how about Rocky (1976)?

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely on our list!

This is the only real reaction I've seen for this movie. Thanks for being open with us.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words and for watching with us. - Toni ☺️

My grandfather ( British army) stormed gold beach right next to ohama with the British forces. The Uk and US sailed from England to France in what still is the largest sea invasion in human history. 👍

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I am so thankful to the men like your grandfather who were brave enough to do so!

As a prelude to the opening D-Day scenes, there's an excellent movie "Ike: Countdown To D-Day'' with Tom Selleck as Eisenhower as he and the small group of commanders plan for the Normandy invasion. Selleck is very good good in this role, the dialogue is excellent and shows the burden, the strain and the responsibility placed upon his shoulders. The movie encompasses the roles of Churchill, de Gaulle, Generals Bradley, Montgomery and others. Highly recommended even if you don't react to it.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! We may have to check it out!

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

Good movie, even if the actors playing Montgomery and Patton are miscast.

@dusty4835

Жыл бұрын

@@lyndoncmp5751 Perhaps, but the overall gravitas can't be beat.

@garymoore2535

Жыл бұрын

De Gaulles role in the D Day landings....... Only 177 French Military personnel were involved ? The French Resistance contributed far far more than De Gaulle ever did !

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

@@dusty4835 I do like the film. I have it on DVD.

This is one of a very few movies which many viewers and reactors have sworn never to watch again. It is brutal and heart wrenching. Hang in there Toni. How about next, a not so violent selection?

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I think we're gonna try and watch some happier movies for a while. We don't want to put Toni through this kind of movie every week and we've still got several Band of Brothers episodes to go too.

@lorioday8528

Жыл бұрын

@Pop Culturally Challenged ❤️. Not just Toni, ALL of us!! 😉 It's been pretty much all testosterone, ALL the time around here. Whether you choose to "react" or not, at least privately watch one or two that I mentioned in my second comment. (below). You'll be so glad you did. 💞✌️🎬

@lorioday8528

Жыл бұрын

​@Pop Culturally Challenged I think the very best movies are neither happy nor sad, rather films that invoke emotion from the viewer, as that viewer feels naturally. I don't think we need to be shocked or tickled by extremes in a film to draw our own personal and satisfying conclusions. These movies which encourage the viewer to invest their own personalities and emotion, don't alienate viewers who prefer a "happy" or "sad" movie experience, but allow every viewer to enjoy. JMHO. ✌️🎬

That 15 minutes we saw in the beginning actually took all morning and into the afternoon before they got off the beach. About 4-5 hours of real horror, most we did not see.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine living through something like that! 😭

@Milner62

Жыл бұрын

13 hours and 10 minutes from the initial shore bombardment on Omaha Beach till a 1.5 mile beach head was established. With so many officers being killed at Omaha, around noon allied commanders were seriously considering pulling the remaining troops and sending them ashore through Utah beach.

Just remember - this film wasn’t exaggerating anything. This is what our young men went through, and probably worse.

I watched this in the theater when it first came out. There were elderly men watching with their families. When it was over and I was leaving I heard one of them say, "Now you know what it was really like for me".

@banzi403

Жыл бұрын

bull

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Wow! I can only imagine how difficult this would have been for the vets to watch! 😢

I would highly recommend the classic war film The longest day, it gives a good overview of D-day from every perspective American, French, English and German and the timeline and decisions involved for when to go into Normandy. It's not perfectly accurate on every detail but it really shows the scale and significance of the invasion and what it meant for Europe and the world at the time. And it can be something of a comedy adventure seeing many famous actors in little cameos here and there through the film some in the hay day and some just starting out.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

Its a better film than this and more historically accurate.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!

I think every veteran who's either lost a friend or someone in their unit feels the same way Pvt Ryan felt. Try to live up to the ideal those who were taken from us and our responsibility to "be a good man, and live a good life".

@popculturallychallenged

6 ай бұрын

Well said. A huge THANK YOU to those veterans and their families. - Toni 😔

It's the only Movie that I've seen more than once in the Theater. The experience was unmatched. I was surrounded by War Vets, and by the end, they were all crying. Surreal, yet incredible experience. It went beyond the movie itself.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

What an experience! - Toni 🥹

We just simply can never ever repay the debt we owe these heroes. May God bless and grant eternal peace to the souls of our fallen and those of our allies as well. 💔 🙏🏼

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Well said! 👍

Toni made it 10 seconds before tearing up

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I thought I would do better.... - Toni 🥹

I'm an old man now. I am a combat soldier who know the hell of war. I want to thank the 2 of you for making this history stay alive. I'd hate to think that we Soldiers, sailors, Airmen and Marine did all this just for future entertainment. Ma'am, thank you for struggling through this intense movie showing the hell of it for all future generations. Love you both for doing this. Dan MSGT US ARMY RETIRED

@popculturallychallenged

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Some vetrans of the D-day 48:42 invasion were so disturbed by how real the landing scene was that they couldn't watch the rest of the movie and left the theater

opening scene. they're infantry. their job is to die. cannon fodder. infantrymen push through the frontline.. to make way for what is coming. that's why there's no 'protection'. they gotta protect themselves, as infantry.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine going through what they went through! Heroes every one of them! 👍

@maxwellalexander2962

3 ай бұрын

depends, but that's not *why* there's no protection.. not every army operates like the Imperial Japanese military lmao but point understood

The blimps you saw were to keep enemy aircraft from getting close enough to make strafing runs.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

The cast of 'Saving Private Ryan' had to complete a real boot camp. Spielberg has revealed that he intended for Saving Private Ryan to be a very intense experience - and he started by requiring many of his lead actors to participate in a boot camp prior to filming. Spielberg has revealed that he intended for Saving Private Ryan to be a very intense experience - and he started by requiring many of his lead actors to participate in a boot camp prior to filming. Spielberg, along with other showrunners, hired former U.S. Marine Corps Captain Dale Dye to lead the boot camp, enrolling Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, and Adam Goldberg in the rigorous program. Throughout boot camp, Dye called the actors only by their character names and teaching them the basics of being soldiers. Dye led the performers in camping excursions, giving them small, thin blankets and very sparse rations. By the end of the boot camp, the performers really felt like soldiers. According to Vin Diesel, “by the end, we were proficient in drills and infantry movements, so we really felt like the genuine article.”

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That's so cool! 😃

Sad Fact: The Life Expectancy after the ramp on the boat drops wasn't even a second, it was roughly 0.6 seconds of life after the ramp dropped

that closing scene gets me every time.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

That got me too when he asked his wife to tell him that he was a good man. And when he saluted the grave. 😭

@SudoMook

Жыл бұрын

Another sad thing about that scene. When his wife reads Cpt. Miller's name from the headstone, she doesn't recognize it. That means he never told his wife and family who they were and what happened there, most likely because it was too traumatizing.

i kind of want to want to make my teenage daughter watch the start of this, just to understand something about how horrible war is. my grandfather had two bronze stars, but he never told anyone in the family anything about the war (i heard he might have talked to other vets)

@krisfrederick5001

Жыл бұрын

That's a good idea, make her appreciate her iPad. Most Veterans didn't talk to civilians about the War because they wouldn't get it.

@mestupkid211986

Жыл бұрын

Easier to talk to someone that understood, I get that.

@popculturallychallenged

Жыл бұрын

We may show our kids this when they're older. It's hard to watch but I think it's important to know the sacrifices that people have made.

@tommyriam8320

11 ай бұрын

Make those pieces of sh*t on the U.S. "women's" Soccer Team and that monster in the WNBA that Biden Crime Family Boss, Usurper Joe 'the Big Guy' exchanged for a Russian Spy we had in custody - watch this. It'll make no difference but make their ingrate asses watch it anyway, over and over again along with listening to first-hand accounts from the men who were actually there and a part of the real life battle

Few things. 1) The landings we are seeing at the beginning is Omaha Beach, Omaha beach was one of the deadliest landing zones but there were warships providing support for the landings. The landing craft heading fo the beach was landing in the area of St. Laurent. To the east was the British sector starting around Port-en-Bessin. On this eastern side of the US sector at Omaha, you had three ships providing fire support, the battleship USS Arkansas followed by the french light cruisers Montcalm and Georges Leygues this was Fire Support Area Four, to the west of this was the boat lane for the landing crafts. To the west of this boat lane was Fire Support Area Three which comprised of two war ships providing fire support, the USS Texas (currently a museum ship in dry dock as of the posting of this) lead by the british cruiser HMS Glasgow. The USS Texas and USS Arkansas moved in very close to the shore providing main battery fire against german gun emplacements to help the forces landing on the beaches. This was not shown in the movie. USS Texas on the west side of the US sector provided main gun fire support against what was deemed Exit D-1 which was a fortified position near Vierville that was to be the exit from Omaha beach to the interior of france. USS Texas also dropped off early in the morning a detachment of US Rangers that was to climb the cliffs at Point du Hoe to capture/neutralize the german gun emplacements atop the cliff. This US Ranger detachment arrived late and found the german guns were moved from their position. USS Texas bombarded the whole cliff top at Point du Hoe which you can still see the moon like surface of the area from her shells hitting the ground. Interesting fact of this bombardment that we have from the surviving war diary of the USS Texas that her time in Normandy France which was between June 6 and June 18, 1944 she provided main artillery fire on June 6-8 and again on June 15 and provided secondary artillery fire on June 6-8. On these dates she fired a total of 690 14" main artillery shells, 272 5" secondary artillery shells and 192 rounds of 40mm anti-aircraft. Largest number of shells for her fired in one day was June 6, 1944 where she fired 445 14" main artillery shells and the largest number of shells for her firing continuously in one period was 0550 to 0624 on June 6, 1944 at Point du Hoc with a number of 255 shells for an average rate of fire of 7.5 shells per minute for 34 minutes continuous. Another thing not shown in this movie would be on June 15, 1944 which was the last day for USS Texas to operate off Normandy, german tiger tanks were amassing just outside of the range of the USS Texas`s main artillery prepping for a counter attack. USS Texas was tasked with shelling this assembly area for the german tiger tanks and to fulfill this mission, Captain Baker had her starboard torpedo blister flooded with water to induce a 2* list to starboard giving the USS Texas 2* more gun elevation allowing her to strike at the german tanks. She fired 24 shells as her last shots fired in the Normandy region. On the 16th there was an explosion heard to the stern of the escorting destroyer Forrest with no damage, she left for Plymouth England on the 18th and readied for action at shelling the port of Cherbourg on June 25th. This is when the Texas took two direct hits with minimal damage, first shot hit port side below the water line with no penetration into the hull. The second hit struck the armored conning tower with the resulting explosion blasting up through the floor of the pilot house wounding 7 with the helmsman Christen Christensen passing away later on which was the one and only death USS Texas ever had in her long service from her commissioning on March 12, 1914 to her decommissioning starting December 1945. The third shot went through the hull without going off landing in a crewman's bunk, this was later defused and brought back aboard the ship as a trophy where it still resides today. 2) The blimps are as was stated before I saw, barrage balloons, they were used to prevent aerial attack of ships including dive bombing which the germans had dedicated dive bombers the Stuka. There were numerous aerial attacks on the warships off the coast of Normandy, the USS Texas has in her war diary numerous night time alerts from aerial attacks coming in as well as numerous surface attacks made. In the deck log of the USS Texas on June 8 1944 at 0417, smoke making commenced to screen transport area from a suspected E-boat contact. Another report was made between 0000 and 0400 in the log citing at 0005 heavy AA fire in the eastern area and beach with six planes getting shot down with numerous planes being heard flying over head. German reports made on the radio stated numerous times that their aerial attacks had sunk the USS Texas off the coast of Normandy but the bombs dropped never hit the ship in the dark. 3) the two german soldiers surrendering and promptly getting shot dead were not actual german soldiers. They were speaking Czech and they were saying "Please dont shoot me, I am not German, i am Czech, I didnt kill anyone I am Czech". After Germany took over Czechoslovakia there were many Czechs pressed into german military service. Some were forced, and some willingly joined as they saw the nazis as the lesser of two evils between hitler and stalin.

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Thank you so much for the information! That Is so sad about the Czech prisoners. 😢

Did anyone get an Oscar for this, they all deserved one!

@popculturallychallenged

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I'm not sure??? - Toni ☺️

Oh boy, this one is gonna be tough. Hang in there Toni!

@popculturallychallenged

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Thank you! It definitely was tough! 😢