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! 😢
@cmstone5178
Жыл бұрын
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
@ralph818
Жыл бұрын
Toni: "Oh, my throat is in my throat" David: "That's where it's supposed to be" Hehehe
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
🤣. I can't get my thoughts out when under stress!! - Toni
@brentfugett2700
Жыл бұрын
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.
@lawrencekoprowski6480
Жыл бұрын
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?
@YouOnlyIiveTwice
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл бұрын
I'm just watching this and this is a question I've had as a youth, as an amateur historian: Excellent explanation 👏
@YouOnlyIiveTwice
Жыл бұрын
@@EthanBSide thank you :)
@FlyinBrian777
Жыл 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
10 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.
@zilyana7665
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл бұрын
I've heard a lot of the guys who went through that never talked about it with their families.
@vblake530530
3 ай 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.
@shockysocky5396
27 күн бұрын
@@vblake530530how are you doing as a physician nowadays?
@BucksPackersBrewers
Жыл бұрын
“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
@lonzinater1
Жыл бұрын
- "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
@waynepalmer8598
Жыл бұрын
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
9 ай бұрын
Thier sacrifice and the families
@robgraham5697
8 ай бұрын
Peace is better than war. In peace, children bury their parents while in war parents bury their children. - Herodotus
@liotc4166
7 ай бұрын
Omaha beach 1000 killed/hour😮
@RobertBreedon-c3b
6 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
@m_v__m_v
Жыл бұрын
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
@Gretsch-s8j
5 ай бұрын
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.
@michaelschey1084
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл бұрын
It(the portrayal) was 'child's play' when compared to the real thing.
@stickfigure9138
9 ай бұрын
@@tommyriam8320 Guarantee it
@cog4life
7 ай бұрын
Better get tissues. Massage and manicure won’t help😢😊❤
@brianeleighton
4 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.
@HemlockRidge
Жыл бұрын
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!!
@jowbloe3673
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл 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
Жыл бұрын
@@stevejette2329 - She's a reason to keep returning.
@stevejette2329
Жыл бұрын
@@jowbloe3673 Yes, seems that way.
@rainpain3655
Жыл 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.......
@timbaud5704
Жыл бұрын
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
@ultimatesunrise
Жыл бұрын
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 🥹
@anthonyguadagnino2681
Жыл бұрын
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. 😂
@danastearns7939
9 ай бұрын
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.
@SovermanandVioboy
Жыл бұрын
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.
@tonymoll6265
Жыл бұрын
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
@petis1976
Жыл бұрын
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
11 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.
@tdirgins
Жыл бұрын
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
@billwatson8380
Жыл бұрын
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!
@corkydukefarminator8736
4 ай 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.
@brandonbrooks898
7 ай бұрын
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
7 ай бұрын
That's so sweet @brandonbrooks898!! Thank you for watching with us. - Toni 🤓
@paweporwo4308
8 ай бұрын
The soldiers who surrender are not Germans, they are Czechs, I am Polish and I understand what they say, that they are Czechs and they didn't kill anyone. Many people from Central and Eastern Europe were forced to serve in the Wehrmacht. For refusing, their families were sent to concentration camps.
@johnwentzel6890
Жыл бұрын
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.
@YoureMrLebowski
Жыл бұрын
how about Rocky (1976)?
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
It's definitely on our list!
@kimav53
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл 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. 😢
@captainz9
Жыл бұрын
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! 👍
@gippywhite
Жыл бұрын
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.
@YoureMrLebowski
Жыл бұрын
0:27 "chillin' like a villian." 😁
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Toni channeling 90's Pop Culture! 😎 Actually, that may even be the 80's. 😂
@actaeon299
Жыл бұрын
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.
@QWERTY-ov9tm
Жыл бұрын
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!
@j9lorna
Жыл бұрын
I don't think the explosives care if it's in a clean sock or a stinky one. Just as long as it goes boom.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Good point! 😂
@andystewart581
Жыл бұрын
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!
@Idealdeath8304
Жыл бұрын
No matter how brutal you think war is… it’s worse. Much worse.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
I can't even imagine. 😭
@dannchamberlain4283
8 ай бұрын
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
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@virusmyth4930
6 ай бұрын
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...
@BenWillyums
Жыл бұрын
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!
@blakemcelrath54
Жыл бұрын
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
@DogFeet17
Жыл бұрын
@@tawogtrailers some of them said the only thing missing was more bodys
@cal9064
Жыл бұрын
Fully agree. The only thing missing are the smells. Something you never forget.
@JimFinley11
6 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.
@summergivens242
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл 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.
@corkyduke8673
4 ай бұрын
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.
@Demigord
Жыл бұрын
lol@ toni putting down the tissues when they figure out it's the wrong ryan
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
😂
@TheMustardSeedChurch
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл бұрын
We watched Band of Brother on the channel and that was intense!
@duanetelesha
Жыл бұрын
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!
@jaydisqus3353
Жыл бұрын
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.
@davefranklyn7730
Жыл бұрын
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.
@joshhevener825
6 ай бұрын
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.
@susanliltz3875
Жыл бұрын
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
@BillO964
Жыл бұрын
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!
@kerryferguson2400
Жыл бұрын
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! 😢
@williamlilleston1595
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@keetahbrough
Жыл бұрын
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
6 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
@gregcroon6768
Жыл бұрын
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. 😢
@pingasblobfish97
Жыл бұрын
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.
@torbjornkvist
Жыл бұрын
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. 😢
@RobertRoser-h7c
7 ай бұрын
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
7 ай бұрын
Oh that's terrible. I'm so sorry he had to experience that. - Toni 😢
@adamsweetz5156
3 ай бұрын
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
@thegeekyouseek8229
Жыл бұрын
The German soldier who stabbed and killed Private Reiben was dressed in a Waffen SS uniform. The German soldier they let go and who shot Captain Miller was credited as "Steamboat Willie" and was wearing a Wehrmacht uniform. And it's terribly confusing that the two actors look alike, I think it took me 20 years to even notice. But you clearly see the SS on his collars during the fight and when he passes Upham on the stairs.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe I didn't notice that until I was editing the reaction!
@knojustenuftobedangerous2442
Жыл бұрын
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
@g-manracer1997
Жыл бұрын
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?
@brianeleighton
4 ай бұрын
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.
@wordword6039
9 ай бұрын
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
9 ай бұрын
Well said. A huge THANK YOU to those veterans and their families. - Toni 😔
@stevenhopwood8195
Жыл бұрын
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
@MASO204
Жыл бұрын
The guy who shot Tom Hanks wasn't the guy fighting upstairs. He was the guy that Tom Hanks let go earlier in the film.
@MASO204
Жыл бұрын
great Reaction! Love the emotion x
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I can't believe I didn't notice that at first!
@MASO204
Жыл бұрын
It's easily missed there's a lot going on! Best War Film of all time in my opinion. @@popculturallychallenged
@YoureMrLebowski
Жыл бұрын
1:57 you know those tissues are tax deductible (business expense). 🙂
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
We're gonna have to make a Costco run soon! 😂
@MrRaposaum
Жыл бұрын
In the final battle of the movie, the german guy who killed one of the american soldiers with a knife and went right past Upham in the stairs is the same guy they decided to let go right in about the middle of the movie. He recognized Upham and let him live, which is why you hear he saying "Upham!" when they're surrendering, right before Upham makes up his mind shoots him.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe I didn't notice that until I was editing this video!
@ldkusa71
7 ай бұрын
No. The German soldier who killed the Jewish soldier IS NOT the German soldier the patrol let go earlier. HOWEVER the German soldier who shot Tom Hanks's character IS THE SAME SOLDIER who was released by the patrol earlier.
@JimFinley11
6 ай бұрын
That's incorrect. The German who killed Mellish with the knife was an SS trooper - lightning bolt insignia on his uniform - and "Steamboat Willy," the one they let go earlier, was a regular Wehrmacht soldier, not a member of the SS. The horrible irony was that Captain Miller was shot by the very man whose life he had spared. That was why Upham killed him.
@mustavogaia2655
Ай бұрын
The blimps over the ships are a protection against low flying enemy planes.
@jayman58016
Жыл бұрын
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.
@GodOfThunder6789
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл бұрын
'heart _rending_ ' _guts_ 'wrench'
@dusty4835
Жыл бұрын
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.
@blindlemonpledge2556
8 ай бұрын
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
@patrioticjustice9040
Жыл бұрын
"Nobody is protecting them." We tried shelling the Atlantic Wall, but the defenses were made of concrete; the worst injuries the Axis had from it was mostly concussions and a small amount of casualties. One tactic we learned in WWII is if you're underground and/or a secure bunker like the ones on the beach, you can survive a naval bombardment. The next thing we tried was bombing them with planes; the problem was between the sea fog and flak, a number of bombs missed. The only option left was for men to go in and storm the beaches, which is exactly what the defenses were prepared for; mines on the sand, machine gun turrets in pill boxes, and hedgehogs to prevent tanks from coming ashore. Bear in mind, these defenses were designed by the Desert Fox himself, Erwin Rommel. The price for freedom against tyranny has always been a high one.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@ldkusa71
7 ай бұрын
Nazi General Erwin Rommel, knowing that the Allies will attempt an invasion in France sooner or later, wanted to improve the Omaha Beach defenses more. But Adolf Hitler didn't want to divert resources (Which was tied up with Nazi Germany's war with the Soviet Union) to them. So the D-Day Invasion could have been a lot worse for the Allies.
@Thylonicus
Жыл бұрын
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 KZitem comment.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
It definitely was a heck of a ride but I'm glad I've seen it! 😢
@Demigord
Жыл бұрын
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
Жыл 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
@carstenphillips436
Жыл бұрын
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!
@kurtloeffler4638
Жыл бұрын
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 ☺️
@CarlyUTube
Жыл бұрын
Did anyone get an Oscar for this, they all deserved one!
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure??? - Toni ☺️
@bouncingbone
Жыл бұрын
They were doing so well until that 20mm joined the fight.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
True. Things went bad once that showed up! 😢
@Jetz316
Жыл бұрын
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)
@DannyRobalino
Жыл бұрын
I really like your reactions. I think the next movie from Spielberg should be Schindler’s List, which is based on real events. Two pieces of info you can find about this is that Spielberg was emotionally destroyed during the making of this movie, because it was so accurately portrayed, and I think some of the scenes were actually shot in the remains of the Polish concentration camps. Other piece of info is that Ralph Fiennes’ character was so believable, that one of the holocaust survivors that was on set started shaking just looking at him. A must watch film, so we never forget or repeat this ignorant atrocities.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! And thanks for the suggestion!
@lyndoncmp5751
Жыл бұрын
He never bettered his first blockbuster, Jaws.
@Novali3VT
7 ай бұрын
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
@geraldclough1099
Жыл бұрын
The general who ordered the mission is George Marshal, a man of considerable heart and empathy, who was at the end of the war tasked with rebuilding Europe. You have no worries about the sniper shooting Caparzo again and killing him. Snipers prefer not to kill. He's safe so long as he doesn't seem to be able to get up and run. The sniper intends that his fellows will come out to try to help him and will become targets. Delivering a debilitating wound is strategically more useful, since it ties up multiple others to care for him and evacuate him. You don't get an opinion on Upham until you have been in real combat (video games don't count). It's entirely reasonable that the German's don't notice Upham. Reactions to combat, being under fire, vary. Sometimes, all sound dies. Sometimes, a single noise out of all the chaotic sound comes through alone. Tiny sounds may be very load. Pretty universally, the visual field narrows to tunnel, and you will be blind to everything else. There's been a lot of study in this field. (see On Combat, by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, a standard work for police and military. He's a fascinating instructor. Knowing what you might expect helps some. He also wrote On Killing, which also has some applicability to this film. In WWII, troops still often just fired randomly and avoided actual aimed intent to kill enemy troops. It was like that until the military learned how to accommodate trainees to intentional killing in combat.)
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Good points!
@kdizzle901
Жыл бұрын
People who criticize Upham are idiots
@ufcquickpicks
Жыл бұрын
Toni made it 10 seconds before tearing up
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
I thought I would do better.... - Toni 🥹
@hypnotistraywilliams
Жыл бұрын
Great new DO, makes Toni look much younger. I thought you guys were going to watch something a bit lighter after Stand By Me, you went lighter with Saving Private Ryan?
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! These were released out of order. I think we watched The Rocketeer and The Big Lebowski in between them. 😃
@STILL-KICKIN
Жыл бұрын
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! 👍
@traffic71
4 ай бұрын
Just remember - this film wasn’t exaggerating anything. This is what our young men went through, and probably worse.
@warriorpitbull1170
Жыл бұрын
Oh boy, this one is gonna be tough. Hang in there Toni!
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It definitely was tough! 😢
@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710
Жыл бұрын
You did well Toni. I say that was a perfect reaction, of all of KZitem too. This beach assault was early morning after dawn. The Airbourne and Glider assaults were at around midnight the previous nights. The four howitzer artillery pieces that the B.o.B. Easy and Dog Companies of the 506th P.I.R. of the 101st Airbourne Division took out in the early morning were firing down on that beach the soldiers were trying to gain a foothold upon.
@michaelstach5744
Жыл бұрын
Well, sort of… Easy and the rest of the 101st were dropped behind Utah beach. SPR takes place on Omaha beach. Omaha suffered the worst casualties. The planners expected all 5 beaches to have similar casualties. The fact that Utah was not so bad was due in part to Easy taking out that battery.
@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelstach5744 Also, missing their landing zone may have helped.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 🥰
@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710
Жыл бұрын
@@popculturallychallenged One interesting event occurred a War Photographer was tasked to film the Omaha Beach Landing. He did so and survived. He ran out to an approaching landing craft and tossed in his duffle bag of exposed film canisters. He ran back to safety. The landing craft was sunk by artillery fire. The Photographer had just the one remaining film canister. So, there is only about 24-44 seconds (I forget) of actual Omaha Beach Landing. It looks like the movie. As is so often shouted in unison upon the streets of Kyoto, Japan: " Hey! " KZitem video: 2017.3.26京都橘高校吹奏楽部京都さくらパレード交款コンサートパーカッション
@danm2144
Жыл бұрын
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.
@kzj5r0
Жыл бұрын
"As thick as...." "Wet paper?" 🤣🤣 Love you guys so much!
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
😂, I tried being strong! - Toni
@benprewitt4600
3 ай бұрын
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
3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@YoureMrLebowski
Жыл бұрын
9:34 fun fact: Denzel actually auditioned for the role. fun fact: not all fun facts are true. ✅
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
😂
@JC-ke7mj
Жыл бұрын
Great movie. Tough one. Thank y'all!
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for joining us! 😃
@billyoh9899
7 ай бұрын
Love your talk after the movie. And how he saw it already and knew how intense it was going to be going in. I watched a couple of these movie review shows…new to me. Saving Private Ryan and Hereditary keep popping up on my recommended list. I found a new KZitem category to watch coool
@Incognito_UA_1927
Жыл бұрын
That reaction was heartbreaking. Watch Schindler's list - another masterpiece by Steven Spielberg
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
We'll get to that one eventually. I think Toni may have a harder time with that one than she did with Saving Private Ryan. 😢
@Incognito_UA_1927
Жыл бұрын
@Pop Culturally Challenged She definitely will, but that movie is worth watching
@Rattytatt
Жыл бұрын
Well done reaction. Side note: the initial landing scene in the movie was about 16 or 17 minutes long. The actual Omaha Beach landings on D-Day lasted from about 0630 to 2100, about 14 1/2 hours. We only viewed a tiny fraction of the experience those men endured.
@popculturallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
That was so much pain.... - Toni
@Milner62
Жыл бұрын
to be more precise USS Texas and HMS Glasgow enters Omaha western fire support lane Area 3 at 0300 and by 0441 the USS Texas and HMS Glasgow was 12,000 yards from shore. The initial bombardment of Point Du Hoc which was the start of the attack was at 0550 when USS Texas started shelling the site of six 155mm german guns atop the cliff at Point du Hoe. By 1313 a small group of infantry began to get off the beach and push inland, USS Texas continued to provide infantry support until 2109 with aerial attacks against the ships coming in after 2230. By 2400 a beachhead 1.5 miles deep was established. So to be precise the battle started at 5:50 am June 6, infantry started to push off the beach at 1:13 pm with a 1.5 mile deep beach head being established by 12:00am. You have 7 hours 23 minutes between start of battle and the first infantry getting off the beaches and it would be 5 hours 47 minutes from that point till the beach head is established. That would be a grand total of 13 hours and 10 minutes from start of the engagement to the establishment of a beach head. Its a shame that we didnt get to see the actual naval bombardment that was taking place at Omaha beach.
@PeterRStewart
Ай бұрын
I have watched the movie quite a few times but l have been sitting in tears watching your wife's reactions. I belive Irish soldiers were used for the beach scene.
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