A speech you don’t forget #SavingPrivateRyan #TomHanks #EdwardBurns #Movies #Shorts

Well, one or two of his Bossom Buddies (with Peter S.) episodes were not great...

Cloud Atlas sucked

Ladykillers :(

(Also the worst Cohen film I've seen -- and that was such a stacked cast that it SHOULD have been great.)

But yes... he is an excellent actor.

Sad part is you know this happened in one point during the war.

We don't call them the Greatest Generation for nothing, and it doesn't just apply to the Americans who fought.

Anyone with a college degree (extremely rare in those days) would've been made an officer. Which makes sense, regardless of what that degree was in, I suppose.

That's NOT the moral of the story here. You REALLY took the wrong message from this scene.

Also it was a different guy. You are thinking of the guy who opum watched end his buddy in that house

Maybe the Brits, or others, should make a movie about their soldiers in the war then.

​@Agarring_Dutch I was referring to what happened right before that part and near the end lol

Back then

​@BigBeansMmmi'm sorry what do you mean "lol"? Do you think I don't understand what you're referring to? There was no indication of that.

If your moral lesson from ANY of this movie is "to always kill the enemy" you have not understood ANY of the moral messaging of the movie.

He had great performances on Epstein Island.

​@sh3940The guy they let go here is the one that shoots Hanks character at the end. Then Opum shoots him. The guy coming down the stairs that backs Opum against the wall is a different one.

@Arbidarb maybe we should, but I doubt it would sell in the USA.

​@SDGuy619 Even today. Infantry are young boys. If you have experience wrangling a classroom full of kids and you can handle yourself under pressure you have the two most important skills for low level military leadership.

My dad was a Vietnam Vet and wouldn't go see this movie or anything close to a war movie. The closest thing he'd watch is a comedy action movie. Other than that, he stuck to comedy. He wasn't SF, but was in a specialized small unit of forward observer seek and destroy with an award for 25 hot LZ backing up anyone that got into a firefight in close proximity to be picked up by a helicopter and dropped off into the fight all within his one year contract in country. He only got hurt from his grenade launcher that hit a tree coming off a speed boat during contact with a little shrapnel that peppered his stomach. What's sad is on his flight back to the States, they stopped in Texas for a layover before going back to California. So, they went out to a local bar and a fight broke outside with soldiers and gang members a soldier told my dad as an officer he went out there and right away the gang members started shooting at the soldiers and my dad was shot in the leg having to stay a couple of months in Texas before going back to California to see family.

How could such a nasty human be such a good actor? Weird

​@Dbrider740I missed Nam by 3 years. My dad was a medic in the army. When it came time for him to get out, he told them he'd re-enlist if they'd send him to Nam. They said no, so he got out.
Sounds like your dad was a tough man. We don't make em like that anymore. I thank him for his service.

I remember how it felt to not know anything too

That opening scene on the big screen and THX sound was intense. I never served and needed a napkin or two

Drops pretty heavily after the beach scene. There are plenty better war movies than this. Even plenty of better ww2 movies.

How many fronts you been in?

@jarskii11 Kelly’s Heroes is probably more authentic lol

Thanks for being honest

​@silverwindncI know exactly what you're saying!

​@FRoG-ah62 tHaNk YoU fOr YoUr SeRvIcE lmao America brain

Yeah they would... The dynamic is different from boot camp.

@legiox217 why

@jarskii11 why do you think so? The bridge scene was pretty intense

Well said. Very well said.

So what you are saying is anyone who can stomach to watch this movie more than once is immoral and insane?

A disproven myth. The term pre dates WW2.

What was the context?

What? Have you ever seen "Gump"?

Where’d you buy your thesaurus?

​@jarskii11In combat things can get heated. You say things that you don't mean, but you still follow orders. I should know, recipient of the Silver Star and the Navy Cross.

Indeed!

Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Cast Away, The Green Mile, Apollo 13, Catch Me if you Can, Captain Philips, Sully...I mean, I honestly don't think anyone can beat that! There's great actors, absolutely, but then there's Tom Hanks!

​@riceball136Exactly. As someone who's been there, I know that situation, especially with a gun being drawn and cocked would never happen, especially with a Captain being on scene. Whoever asked that question has clearly never served

@WallesWillerWalla Big 😄

Amen brother. Have my good days and bad. Some really good… some really bad.

👍🏻❤️🇺🇸

LOL

War is a bummer. That's the point

Greyhound was also an excellent movie based on true events

THANK YOU, Truly, for your service !🇺🇸❤️🙏

I agree it's an awesome movie. Yet I think Captain Phillips is also up there for one of Toms' greatest performances

We all handle it differently brother but it’s never easy, the good and the bad. Thank you for your service, 11th cavalry ❤

BRAVO ZULU

To accomplish the M.O.

That’s rare for war movies.

Thank you sir ❤

Well said bro.ty Airborne.👍

"Be strong enough to be gentle" - Larry Cullen

It is an awesome movie. Does anyone find it strange that Tom Hanks has a anti Trump attitude?

I remember how upset I was when Hanks didn't win the Oscar. Gump was good, very good. This was better.

@jeolman1 That’s fair. Maybe that was a bit too melodramatic. But it’s definitely not a movie that you can watch over and over again. It’s too gut wrenching. For me it was. I was very affected by it.

​@DAV4997.Everyone should have an anti Trump attitude seeing the way the country is in today because of him.

Spoiler alert!

Now he lay beside Bubba.

@michaelsignore183 I think the rules for something that's been out for nearly 30 years are a bit different 😅

​@Autists-GuideThe Humble School Teacher, listen to shat he says about killing!

He still visited Epstein Island, according to Ricky Gervais !

You’ve never been in the military
Also, have you ever seen the whole movie? He does yell. Your point is absolutely pointless. And only makes any type of sense on this short picked out of one moment of the movie… and you said this never being in the military, and just cherry picked your comment to the short where other ppl wouldn’t ever stop to think about these things… I could make more points but it’s moot.

@Jimkelley Great comment Jim and Great minds think alike....from one Kelley to another Kelley 👍🫡👌🇺🇸

​@TrueCrimeWithSandmantruth!!, I'm 101ST AIRBORNE retired ARMY!! Unless people served they can/will NEVER UNDERSTAND BROTHER..

@D​⁠🫡 to the 101st. Front line solder right there brother! Thank you!
I was 372nd ASA out of bragg did a rotation to nam then it ended. We let men like you know everything we could so you had the advantage.

Yes, his references to seeing his wife again are so sad when you watch this scene again after knowing what happens. "Earn this." I'm a fortunate mid-boomer and I remind myself of it every day.

Easy

Metrion Zinthos?

Jk I definitely did not know English had a word like azimuth in it. Great use of it too.

​@d3r3lict1so to you, buying a thesaurus and studying it to use in a sentence is a shameful thing?

I had 2 similar teachers in middle school. one, i assume was in combat and acted as such. the other had told us his history, as he was the guy that calculaed where the submarine torpedos would hit when fired, to hit enemy submarines. Both were dicks but I always got the feeling the first one had actual reason behind it. He told us a small amout of his service and i remeber listening like i knew him. Both were valid in the ned but the way you present yourself says alot to the ypunger ones, or atleast when I was a kid.

Life is strange sometimes.. Hope you’re ok …

I Thank them both for their service. I also Thank you for sharing
this story.

Well. If you are talking about Mr. Rogers from Mr Rogers neighborhood... He never served in the military. He was a conscientious objector, and he also was medically declared not able to be in military.

🙏🏿🙏🏿

​@Anidawehiit's obvious he was joking about hanks being Mr Rogers

THANK YOU to each everyone for your service,

Love you man thank you for your sacrifice 🙏 ❤️

That scene always got to me also.

What are the other two ?

And a visitor to Epstein Island, that’s when I lost all respect for him and his wife.

Naw, Shakespeare In Love was so much better...BARF.

​@Autists-Guidethe true cost of war.

I wish I could thank them together; please thank your fil for me. All my uncles served, I have all their medals. When I was a kid, my 'grand' uncles (Grama's brothers, farm boys - all) were such jokers, always such fun. But at regular family gatherings, when they sought each other out, they became quiet and mumbled together. They were mere boys when they lied about their ages and signed up. I was a kid and lacked the bandwidth to understand, wasn't even a teen yet. But now, and working with Vietnam Vets - as old now as my Grampa was then - I can hardly fathom a fraction of what these men and some women endured and survived. Hug your father-in-law, I am so thankful he has you. I can't even express my sorrow over losing your Dad at such a young age; there are no words other than you were cheated, and so was your dear Dad. A time is coming (with the way things are going one suspects it's sooner rather than later) when we will be with our loved ones who've been standing watch for us. And what a rejoicing that will be. God bless and heal and prosper you, your life, your family. Keep fighting the good fight, Brother. ☮✝️

​@stevenstoll2016
Ummmm....?

He’s got enough already. Was the second actor to ever win two back to back. Besides, most of us now know these award shows are such a joke. It’s not a talent contest, it’s a popularity contest. Countless actors that have made the most incredible performances have lost while people in less-demanding roles get the gold. (Eg. Julia Roberts vs Ellen Burstyn).
We all should’ve had the attitude of Ricky Gervais from the beginning: “I don’t care anymore. I’m joking. I never did.” 😂

@stevenstoll2016 Oh my gosh! I totally forgot about that! That just cements my comment above! What a crazy industry! 😂

My father was an officer in the army under Patton in Germany and France. He enlisted & was made an officer because he was an engineering student at Virginia Tech and in the ROTC. He was also 3 or 4 years older than most of "the boys." It blows my mind how young they all were. He never talked about the tough stuff, just 1 story about being held up in a cellar on a farm in France & only having the farmer's canned peaches to eat. He would never watch war movies so we were shocked when he wanted to watch 'Patton' starring George C. Scott. This was at home on TV. He would not have gone to a theater. I dared to ask him why & he said he wanted to see how accurate it was. It did get it pretty close, he said.
I once overheard him say that he, my father, would never ask his men to do anything that he was not willing to do himself. This was in reference to a time when he waded into the Rhine River on a reconicence mission. Apparently the Germans were just on the other bank. I never heard the details, but I was old enough to recognize the great danger of it. He was also in the Battle of the Bulge. Amazingly he came home with no physical wounds, and was a productive member of society, but war leaves no man or woman unchanged. My mother worked at Camp Pickett (SEast VA) in the laundry. I still have a ration stamp book that my paternal Grandmother was using when the war ended. I always recommend that people, especially young families, read Tom Brokaw's 'The Greatest Generation.' I have collected many copies from thrift stores to give away. I plan to try to supply all of our local middle & high school libraries with copies. I will always keep the copy I bought my father for Christmas the year it was published. I inscribed it with gratitude for his part in preserving our freedom & coming home to build a good life for us. I shudder to think what this world would be like if they had not prevailed.

A lot of good man scarified their lives for this country and the vet who do not get enough respect. And we have this president who doesn’t respect our troops and started a war that was not necessary resulting in our military lives. For this government they think it’s a joke.

We thank them both for their service and Salute them ,all the men and women that did all they did to defend Our Country and all the other countries too ,God Bless them all and I know all who passed will be up in heaven waiting to see their loved ones again .

​@AnidawehiHanks played Mr Rogers in the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

He's my favorite

He's great in everything he does❤

You said that perfectly, sir.

None of us know how we're going to act and/or react to a situation like this. We just don't know. I have no desire to find out how I would react to a situation such as this. Fear is a very strong emotion. War can bring on a fear that most people can't tolerate. There's no telling how many men pushed the firearm they were carrying against their own head and squeezed the trigger to end that fear. They see no other way out.
The number of veterans today, who see no way out. Reliving those memories every day, even though they haven't seen combat in several years. Those memories haunt them every day. Every minute of every day they are awake. And then, they have nightmares about them while they're trying to sleep.

God bless you, Sir, and thank you for your service. Your service was as meaningful as anything that anyone in the military could have done. You paramedics & EMTs have my utmost respect. As a (non-combat area) Vietnam Era military veteran, I salute you🫡

​@doomtoobIt's an A.I. bot you're asking. A lot of the comments left on YT are not comments from people. A lot of them.

Acting…my foot. There were a ton other actors you can name who could do what he did …nay even better! You can start with Denzel and end with a so may youngsters. However none of them is a PDF.

​@EsotericJedilmfao Denzel isn't half the actor Hanks was

​@EagleTalonUSA1993Wow didn't recognize the bot. If what you're saying is true then that's sad.

We all forget, he’s a clerk serving with a forward Army Ranger unit, elite soldiers. He was trained to type reports. Never really trained beyond basic training. and now he’s serving with trained killers on both sides, probably not even 19 years old. It was years when I was really thinking about the bad circumstances Oppum was put in before that scene.

@1@1guysview232 a nurse,I helped put back together all the broken bodies you brought to us. Always with the greatest care and attention that you could under whatever the circumstances. Blessings and thank you !!

absolutely nothing. Imagine creating war for no reason then keeping it going, stopping, starting, and blaming the men who r caught in the middle, idle while u fotget where they r and what they do. until they decide to die ny jumping off the ship.😢

Now you have towels in leadership calling their sacrifice "World War Eleven".

You all forgot.

why?
Those veterans of yours failed to win the war after ww2, with one exception of Gulf war.
So...why?

why?
More money to wealthy?
less money to the poor and NO money for those same veterans you like so much.
Also- your army is trash.