The Reel Rejects - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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Starting point is 00:01:36 movie just from feeling like we're in the war the action I mean the cinematography the choreograph the choreography when we're in the action sequences I mean and I kind of said this while we were watching it and in the reaction I normally am not the biggest fan of handheld camera but the way it was, you know, Spielberg and whoever the cinematographer did it, it was so effectively done because it was like giving the audience a POV, you know, vision of, it was like we were in the battle and the sound design was so effective that again, it was just everything, like my heart was racing every time we were in battle. And even when we were having like, you know, when we were able to breathe and we were

Starting point is 00:02:19 having the amazing emotional scenes where the characters were just interacting, we were able to relate to them, I still always felt that threat of the battle was like could happen at any moment, and I think that was just done so effectively. I got many other things to say. I just really want to quickly, before I go to you, I thought the scenes, though, were obviously, again, some of the pest paddle sequences I've ever seen. Like, war movie or just in general,

Starting point is 00:02:45 some of the best action sequences ever. But the thing I loved most about this, and this is, it's funny, I'm going to go back to a Spielberg thing here. It's funny because when I was growing up, And I still loved Jurassic Park, but as a child, I only liked the action sequences and I didn't care for the character. Again, this is when I was five or six. So keep that in context. I didn't care for the character moments.

Starting point is 00:03:11 I just wanted the action, the dinosaur sequences. And while the action sequence in this film were extremely riveting and freaking incredible. And again, made you feel like you were there and making your heart racing, it's the moments of relating the characters, the interactions, like watching Tom Hanks be a leader, seeing him, like, you know, crying to the side away from his team, meeting, seeing the character traits, like, the guy who, like, was not built for war, you know, Barry Pepper, how religious he is, hearing the story from Edward Burns' character and, like, what he thinks about when he gets scared now, putting that into context, Tom Seismore, how he's so, you know, he's like just akin to Tom Hanks' character, how they're just so close

Starting point is 00:03:57 with each other and just he'll do anything for him and then how tom hanks again being the leader like he's always got the proper thing to say even if a situation goes awry i just appreciated the character so much and and one last thing before i go to you i even though he was not in the film very long i loved matt damon's character in this it was it was you said it best i want to give you credit for that because you said it first i love how they subverted our expectation for this character. I wasn't sure if they were going to find him at the end because you said that, but I thought that when they found him and they told him the news about his brother, my expectation was, oh my God, this is terrible, kind of like the Nathan Fillion. Oh, yeah, yeah,

Starting point is 00:04:37 like, I'll leave here. I mean, what person would not want to leave war immediately? Like, in the situation, like what we saw as an audience member, I would want to leave that situation immediately. And that's not cowardly, in my opinion, you know, if you want to subjectively disagree, totally fine. You're braver than I am. But it's totally, understandable for you to want to leave that situation. That man was so brave and courageous. He had created a brotherhood, which is something like that happens in war. You know, you create a bond in brotherhood with, you know, your brothers in arms there. And the fact that he was like, no, I'm not leaving these guys here. And we saw that. Clearly, if they would have just left there, if he would have

Starting point is 00:05:14 went with Tom Hanks and the crew, those guys would have been dead in like 30 seconds. They would have died really quickly. So the fact that he was willing to stay and not desert his brothers in arms there like damn i was there was so many touching moments the script the die i got so many more but i i i need erin to say some stuff here erin what'd you think of this masterpiece wow um so this movie was nearly three hours long didn't feel like it did not feel it one bit no i've been this drawn into a movie since endgame wow that's quite a comparison which i would agree with yeah no this movie had impeccable pace sound design from start to finish was so visceral and right there in your ears and accompanying

Starting point is 00:06:03 that was the incredible visuals the fantastic cinematography and this the sense of presence this movie has that it keeps you in that moment with them the entire time I it's a true testament to the kind of director that Steven Spielberg is. He's really flexing his director muscles on this one. And really showing that this is a movie. I feel like this is a really important movie.

Starting point is 00:06:33 And I'm grateful for the experience of giving it, being able to have that with you and for you guys to be able to share in that with us because, yeah, I get it. I understand the hype on what this movie has now. This movie does an incredible job of

Starting point is 00:06:49 displaying character. not only character with like how they were written but like integrity internal character of what courage looks like of what camaraderie looks like what teamwork looks like amongst these guys and a sign of a good movie in my opinion is being able to watch it and really come away with some sort of feeling whether it's feeling of being drained whether it's being happy inspired anger or something and i feel like i felt the array of emotions going through this experience with andrew and watching these guys persevere in the face of of adversity and what seemed like hopeless scenarios like this movie captures you captures me captured him captured us

Starting point is 00:07:43 from the moment that we enter that beach with tom hanks and you guys saw it just it was so shocking the tremble exactly it was so shocking. From the guys throwing up yeah from the guys throwing up yeah from the moment we see that that boat was just it really understands the

Starting point is 00:08:05 human senses you know from a visual perspective from an audio perspective the other ones obviously we don't taste the movie but damn near with how you're able to to be so present with it you know like hearing

Starting point is 00:08:21 sound taste senses um yeah just has everything that a movie you could ask for in a movie uh in my opinion and i don't watch a lot of war films uh i just i don't know what what's being uploaded when but i've seen a couple at this point on this channel but i definitely have to say this is probably the best one i've ever seen it's and it's a it's a classic and rightfully so you know yeah i've not seen, like just right now, just again, I'm still so fresh off of this. I've not seen a ton of war films, but this is probably, I know it's usually hailed as one of the best war films. I'd say that's, that honor is understand. The praise is understandable because I feel that way right now and fresh in the moment. You said, you mentioned the cinematography and I know I was praising it like

Starting point is 00:09:14 crazy it's seriously some of the best cinematography i've ever seen the way they were able to crank up the frames per second in the action sequences and then dial it back down to when we were able to breathe a little bit but i again i just when they were uh uh you know going up with the frames per second i just really felt like we were there and like bullets were flying and debris was flying and dude we got to talk about those squibs and the body it's some of the most like i i mean yes it was gross and grotesque, but I got to imagine that's what a war would be like. But it's necessary.

Starting point is 00:09:49 But yeah, no, no, no, no, of course, of course. I'm just saying, like, I'm usually a person who doesn't like to see stuff like that. But like you said, it is necessary because this is what would happen if you're in a war and a battle like this. So it's, I mean, it was very effectively done. And I didn't think they over did.

Starting point is 00:10:05 Like, I got to imagine Spielberg and the special effects team, the practical effects and everything. They were like, we've got an amazing thing going here. but they didn't overdo it. I thought it was done effectively. In terms of characters, too, it was a little... Again, I hope I don't sound insensitive.

Starting point is 00:10:25 I understand what that guy was going through, the one who was not built for war. He was literally just there to be more of a pencil pusher or whatever he was. A translator. Yeah, yeah, exactly. And I understand what he was going through.

Starting point is 00:10:37 Like, I'm personally a pacifist, so I can totally understand and relate to this character, probably the most of anyone in terms of like what he was going through because I wouldn't want to hurt anyone as well obviously when someone is in a situation if they're about to be like harmed

Starting point is 00:10:52 especially like a brother of mine type of thing that's possible when you need to get an action I was actually visibly frustrated if you could tell during the reaction at that moment me too but even though I would have liked him to save Adam Goldberg in the moment I understand like as Thanos said like you know your legs turned to jelly

Starting point is 00:11:09 whatever that line was and I get that it was actually effectively done the way the character acted out the moment Spielberg directed him in the way from what we knew about the character but to have him get his first kill with the guy that he was putting up and having a cigarette with and the one that Tom Hanks let go and that's the guy who ended up shooting him it was ironically poetic and sad at the same time and I felt bad from because there was a little bit of a loss of innocence for that character in terms of like you didn't want to be there you didn't want to kill anyone he just wanted to do do his job and just get the hell out of there safe and sound so from that sense i really did feel

Starting point is 00:11:48 bad for him is as frustrating as save some do something like because we were saying that too but uh i just i thought it was again just like all the other characters in the film very very well written dude john williams again the score is amazing does it was there was one time where i just for like 10 seconds i felt a little bit home alone not the main theme but there was there was a part in there I know that score so well, but point being is this is an amazing, amazing score from the war beats to, again, the soft, more melancholy moments. He just, again, he just continuously in his career, home run after home run after Grand Slam, after Grand Slam. Yes, I know. Baseball analogies. That's what I do. But I thought you were talking about Denny's.

Starting point is 00:12:33 Yeah, right. Denny's, yeah, Denny's, my favorite place to you. The Grand Slam. Oh, well, Grand Slam is baseball. I know. I'm just talking about it. Anyways, point being is another score that just pulls you right in emotionally. And just when you're watching the action sequence, it feels so exhilarating at the same time. And he's just the great, in my opinion, he's just the greatest ever to do. I didn't know some people have said Alfred Newman, Thomas Newman and David Newman. His father, who came before John Williams, is the greatest composer over. I haven't really listened to many of his scores, but this is another winner for me. And John Williams is the greatest composer. I, I've ever personally heard. What did you think of the score?

Starting point is 00:13:13 The score is amazing. Yeah, it really, again, aids in that experience, not only in the sound design of, like, the action that's going on, but also carrying us through these different times of emotion, you know, whether it's the heightened emotion of characters having a dialogue with one another or, you know, post-action scenes.

Starting point is 00:13:35 It's really something that it's, I don't know, it's another language. that the movie uses to employ its message. Absolutely. Even if it's not literal word, it's still speaking to us. Absolutely. In a way that, yeah, that obviously we understand. Like, we're human creatures.

Starting point is 00:13:55 You know, we use music to connect. And scores also do that. They tell a story in and of itself. And I was watching and listening to the story that it was telling. It was definitely in line with what was, what was happening for sure and obviously john williams and spielberg they've worked so many times together so they just have this rapport where they trust each other so much especially spielberg trust john how could you know he's john williams uh but and it was an interesting little story

Starting point is 00:14:25 just really quickly getting uh off topic here but i always love the story too when i believe their first film together was jaws in 1975 so i always loved the story when uh john williams played the theme for him for you know the theme to jaws are done and and then Yeah. And Spielberg said, so can you play the theme for me? And he went, yeah, he played a dun, dun, dun, he goes, is that it? That's it. He goes, okay. Spielberg thought he was joking with him. And it's like one of the most iconic themes ever. But yeah, again, I love that he, he tries with him all the time. But again, I'm very curious how many Academy Awards. When we're done here, we're going to, I'm going to look it up. I don't know about Aaron, but I'll probably, I'll probably research. Yeah, I'm curious how many Academy Awards this film. was nominated for. I know best, again, I have not seen it

Starting point is 00:15:14 in a very long time Shakespeare in love. I remember liking it. I don't remember loving it. It's been, again, a very, very,

Starting point is 00:15:20 very long time. I'm very shocked this movie. And I don't remember the other films that were nominated. I'm very shocked. And it's,

Starting point is 00:15:28 again, it's a stupid award show at the end of the day. It's whatever. But I'm shocked. This movie did not win Best Picture. It's a little bit surprising.

Starting point is 00:15:36 It's incredible. It's, but, you know, it is what it is. Like I said, it's, it's an award show.

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Starting point is 00:17:30 So stay hydrated, stay healthy, and let's keep crushing those health and fitness goals together in the year 2024. I will say, too, we were talking a little bit about it. it as well. The production design I thought was phenomenal. I mean, you have obviously at the very beginning, you have the older Matt Damon going to the graveyard cemetery, which, you know, right away hits you in the fields. Yeah, you even know what's happening at that point. It already just emotionally impacts you, like his performance and coupled with the music, you already have this sense of this loss that this guy has gone through. And that's another thing I want to say,

Starting point is 00:18:03 if we're talking about the music coupled with just Spielberg as a directing, as a director. This movie not only has great writing, but the way, the sign of a good director is if you're able to turn off the sound in a movie and you're still able to know what's happening, he has a great sense of visual language with when directing this film. There's so many scenes that don't require words, but you understand where the characters are emotionally. Understand the action that's happening. It's, even though it is this visceral shaky cam, it's very obtainable and easy to follow the events that are portraying on screen or that are unfolded. thing on screen. Absolutely. But coupled with that, if you are to turn the sound back on,

Starting point is 00:18:41 is the writing in and of itself. And the writing in here was really great as well, because we're following these characters and, you know, I kind of said it as we're in the reaction that like, okay, why are all these guys going to save this one guy? And the movie addresses that as well. They not only within its pop, how the characters feel about the mission that they're on but it's their job it's their duty and then when we finally get to that point we're two hours in and you i said it while we're watching it i was like oh i thought we're going to save this guy at the end of the movie and like okay that's it that's just the end but then we meet ryan we meet james ryan and he in and of himself is a guy who has

Starting point is 00:19:26 moral integrity who has a job who has to be done and didn't you say that um nathan phillen he was like ready to go home or like wanted to go home i mean yeah when he felt the loss of his brothers, like he didn't seem like a guy who was ready to continue fighting war. And then when he found out like, oh, the relief, my brothers are, and again, totally normal reaction, but the relief of knowing his brothers were okay, I would assume he's still okay to continue on in war. But you could tell Nathan Philling was not ready to continue in war at that point. No, no, no, no. But the fact that, uh, that Matt Damon, yeah, the fact that Magdaman knew, he just found out his brothers died. All of them. All of them. And Matt Damon in that

Starting point is 00:20:05 scene is so brilliant because he's he's taking this information while also having this feeling about this mission that he has to go on or it has to see through you know and he's that that character of high moral integrity that he is there to do

Starting point is 00:20:21 a job he's not there to be a damsel in distress I was not expecting him and I mean neither was I he was there to make his mark on he had his own brothers there that he had to stand for and stand with yeah and I was I was taken aback by that

Starting point is 00:20:37 I was like wow I was not expecting that just from a writing standpoint and all of the other guys as well you know from that story that what's the actor's name the one who died and was like Mama Mama oh Giovanni Rebisi the medic the medic yeah

Starting point is 00:20:53 from his story about his mother to when he was dying that was also so moving like this movie does a great job and Vin Diesel too and when he was passing and say I want the snow for my dad I mean yeah Exactly. It was very touching. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:21:07 Me personally, I'm somebody who values strong characters and a story. Like, you can have a story where maybe the plot isn't the greatest, but the characters are really good. Well, yeah. That will still come out of the movie feeling positively. Luckily, luckily this movie has both. And you don't need to have a wealth of information about these characters, but the stuff that they do tell you about them and the stuff that's in between the lines is, is palpable. It's enough to get you to really. for these guys in this mission that they're going on.

Starting point is 00:21:38 And to your point, that's something Steven Spielberg, he just thrives on. He knows, well, I mean, I know he usually doesn't write his own, I mean, you want to correct me, let me know, but I know he usually doesn't write his own films, but he really understands characters, and he knows how to direct it very well. And most of his films have extremely strong characters

Starting point is 00:21:58 from a writing perspective, and again, from a directing perspective, I mean, Jaws, Jurassic Park, this. I mean, and that's why we're so drawn into these films. I mean, besides, like, just what he just, the wonders he throws at us, it's the characters we're so damn invested. Like, Jaws, for instance, I know I've already mentioned that a couple of times, but I think that's why it's one of the greatest horror films of all times and why it's so hard to replicate a film like that is, yeah,

Starting point is 00:22:22 it's a very simple story about a shark that terrorizes the town, but it's the characters we're so damn drawn into. And the same thing with this, and I think you've laid it out best. Yes, we've got incredible characters with such integrity and they're so strong in terms of their mental perseverance and just what they're all about. We relate to them.

Starting point is 00:22:41 We love watching them. And whenever they're in peril or danger, whenever they're in peril or danger, like, we're scared that something's going to happen to them. That's the sign of characters that we give a damn about. And on top of that, it's a damn good story, too. Like, I mean, the fact that, yeah, it's World War II,

Starting point is 00:22:58 but on the backdrop of it, they've got to find this guy who's lost his brothers, take him out of there. And then on top of that, like, He doesn't want to go anywhere. He wants to stay there and fight. Like, that's an amazing story right there. I mean, that's a double winner for me.

Starting point is 00:23:13 Double winner. Yeah. But yeah, and last thoughts, too, in terms of before we give you some fun facts here, just adding on from the production design, we talked about the cemetery stuff there to start the film. And then obviously that opening stuff on the beach from, obviously we talked about the action, but I love that beach location that they got.

Starting point is 00:23:34 that that was just pulse racing, but I mean, I just thought it was, again, you feel the isolation when they're there like, where do you go? I just thought that was the absolute. And again, I know that's what happened in real life, but still, I just thought they picked a perfect location for us as an audience to feel the isolation for these characters. Like, they're stuck. And then, again, you got all these other towns that they go through that just feel ravaged by war. And again, you just get that aesthetic feel that we're in the 40s and also when they're in the place, where they're typing up the stuff for, you know, the death certificates. It just, I loved all that.

Starting point is 00:24:08 The first 30 minutes is probably one of the craziest things I've ever seen. That's one of the best openings, if not the, best opening I've ever seen. Opening scene I've ever seen. Yeah. I was, yeah, I was shook. I was, uh, no, I definitely was. I definitely was too. Uh, do you have any other final thoughts before we get into some of the fun facts of,

Starting point is 00:24:25 uh, sad fun, sad fun, sad fun facts about, sad, I mean, it's sad fun, fun on a sad way. I'm sure there's going to be a million on here. I'll probably just read off like 10 to 15 for you guys Otherwise we'll be here another hour Right I'm sure you guys would want that Because everyone wants to hear me talks Do you have anything else you want to add? That opening scene was incredible

Starting point is 00:24:46 And I don't know how they filmed what they did But I'm gonna do so much research afterwards This is a movie I would show people Yeah, if they haven't seen it Oh yeah, no for sure And even people who I mean I would want I would definitely want to rewatch this again Just like knowing the backstories

Starting point is 00:25:00 Or knowing like these characters as intuitively as I do from this watch already, like just to get back into it. But what a great film. So awesome. Okay, so that Omaha beach scene at the beginning cost $11 million to shoot and involved up to a thousand extras,

Starting point is 00:25:20 some of whom were members of the Irish Army Reserve. Of those extras, 20 to 30 of them were amputees issued with prosthetic limbs to play soldiers who had their limbs blown off. Wow. That's authentic. that's incredible damn holy crap

Starting point is 00:25:35 okay the two german soldiers who are shot trying to surrender were speaking check they were saying please don't shoot me i am not german i am check i don't kill anyone i am check they were members of what the germans called oest t east battalions men mostly check and polish taken prisoner in eastern european countries invaded by germany

Starting point is 00:25:58 and forced into the german army The closed captioning for the film on VHS and DVD Blu-ray bears this out with language being labeled as check. I think it did it when we were watching it as well. Yeah, it's a check on underneath. All the principal actors except for Matt Damon underwent several days of grueling army training. Damon was spared so that the other actors would resent him

Starting point is 00:26:20 and would convey their feelings and their performances. Oh, wow. I could see that. That's smart. Well, that's smart because you felt like when they first met, I mean You're the guy You're the guy

Starting point is 00:26:31 That my people died for Especially with Edward Burns His character You could feel like That resentment Towards his character I mean he felt that way Throughout most of the film

Starting point is 00:26:39 Like is this the asshole And it's not even his fault Because he didn't know He was getting saved Yeah he was just doing his job Right I need someone there For the anger to be targeted towards

Starting point is 00:26:48 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

Starting point is 00:26:57 For Goodwill Hunting The year before in 1997 and became an overnight star before the film was released. Oh, wow. That's crazy. Yeah, because when they were shooting this, Goodwill was... Right, because I'm sure when people saw it, like, oh, my God, that's Matt Damon. But obviously, when he cast him, it was...

Starting point is 00:27:14 They were just probably in the middle of filming Goodwill hunting, and he was not Matt Damon yet. Wow. I'll read a couple more. Let's see. Are you enjoying these fun facts? Yeah, dude. I obviously didn't know any of this. Oh.

Starting point is 00:27:27 The Omaha Beach scene was shot in. in the south of Ireland in an area called I'm probably going to butcher this name but you guys can make fun of me and an area called Kura Chloe Kuroklawee

Starting point is 00:27:39 Kruichelowee. Curriclew? There you go. I don't know. Correct me in the comments. Let me know guys. A couple more guys. Oh, I won't read that one. I feel bad for him.

Starting point is 00:27:53 It's a Tom Seismore thing. God rest of the solo one. Okay. Read it after. Yeah. Some critics. complain that the scene where the rangers are throwing mordor rounds by hand at the German soldiers was unrealistic. In fact, Medal of Army

Starting point is 00:28:07 recipient Charles Kelly actually did this during a battle in Italy in 1943. Hmm. Okay. Wow. All right, let me find two more good ones for you guys. Oh, you're going to like this one. Okay. Matt Damon ad-lib the story he tells towards the end of the film about spying on his brother in the barn with the ugly girl.

Starting point is 00:28:28 as described in Peter Bart's book, The Gross. The speech was rambling and not particularly funny or interesting, but the crew decided that's why it worked. It was true to an uninformed kid like Ryan faded to be at the center of this incredible operation. Steven Spielberg liked it so much they decided to leave it in the film. Oh, wow. So it's from a book and then Matt Damon just like took it. Just ad lipped it.

Starting point is 00:28:51 Wow. Okay. That's really interesting. I like that. Matt Damon is so good with monolog. He's just a master of monologues. I felt very organic. Yeah. Oh, no. Yeah. When I was listening to him, I'm like, I felt like I was through, like, vicariously living through Matt Damon's character back in the barn and I'm watching that, like, what had happened. It was just so well told.

Starting point is 00:29:12 Yeah, she was funny. It was good. All right, two more. He said two more, too more. I know. Last, last time I say two more. Steven Spielberg is on record as saying that even if the film had received an NC-17 rating, he would have released it uncut anyway. Wow. All right. Let me go to. I'm just kidding. One more. Last one.

Starting point is 00:29:33 I promise. Let me find a good, good, good one. Right. They've all been good. Let's see. Okay. That's a simple, easy one. Oh, well, really quickly, Billy Bob Thornton turned down

Starting point is 00:29:58 a role in this film? Really? Due to a phobia of water. Oh, wow. Okay, last one, I promise. 40 barrels. 40 barrels. 40 barrels of fake blood were utilized in the opening battle scene.

Starting point is 00:30:11 40 barrels. 40 barrels. That's a lot of blood. Anyways, I could have went on a tangent with many more of those fun facts, but if there's any other fun facts that we didn't mention here, let us know in the comments section. Love to hear your thoughts down there. Aaron, do you have any final thoughts on this incredible film that Spielberg gave us? Steven Spielberg's great, and I understand his genius, and I brought down to Stephen.

Starting point is 00:30:38 And also, too, like, this film just once again proves like he can just do so many different genres. Yeah, very, very versatile. He's very versatile. That's the best way that you can describe Spielberg. He's versatile. That's why he's one of the greatest ever. But let us know in the comments section. What did you think of saving Private Ryan?

Starting point is 00:30:55 what's your favorite war film whether it's older war film more newer war film we'd love to hear your thoughts are there any other war films you'd like aaron myself any other members of the team to react to we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below thank you guys so much for uh watching this reaction with us we appreciate it love you love you guys all you guys are the best and uh we will see you guys next time peace Thank you.

The Reel Rejects - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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