24 years later and the Normandy scene is still the pinnacle of cinema adapting a historical war to the big screen. I doubt anyone would disagree.

"And more grown men sobbing then at the end of Terminator 2."

When you're right, you're right.

I remember seeing this movie in the theaters when I was a teenager...two minutes in, the entire audience was silent. We had no idea what we were in for

Tom Hanks shooting the tank with the 1911 always defined his character for me. English teacher who stepped up when the world needed him and had a completely unbreakable spirit. Warrior poet mentality.

That was impressive AF. You managed to do a fantastic honest trailer, landed some solid jokes, and somehow managed to treat the movie and subject matter with utmost respect at the same time. Job extremely well done!!

The beginning of this movie is powerful.  Spielberg deserved his oscars.

The movie was so descriptive and realistic of what happened with D-Day, you had reports of old WW2 veterans who couldn't even finish watching the movie just because of the beginning of the film. Some had moments of instantly remembering old smells of gasoline oil and burned flesh. I think even the VA veteran crisis hotline had an influx of veterans calling in because of the movie.

My grandfather fought in Normandy (although not on D-Day, he arrived a few days later and fought until he took a rough shrapnel wound in Belgium).

He never once spoke about the war to anyone in the family, although he did talk to some interviewers to document it with his local historical society.  He even refused to see "fun" movies like Star Wars because he didn't like the violence.

Hearing about (and eventually seeing) this movie made him open up to us about what his experience was.  If for no other reason, I'm grateful for Spielberg and team for giving that odd sort of comfort to a generation of veterans and their families.

So my great uncle Steve, was in WW2 and himself enjoyed war movies. But when this came out in theaters he went to go see it after the first 20 minutes he recounted having to leave the theater cause the scenes were so real (to the sounds and visuals) it was triggering his own PTSD

2:18
Narrator: "This film was intense, can we lighten it up a bit"
Steam Boat Willie: "Toot toot!"
Narrator: "Heh"
I absolutely lost it😂

In memory of Kevin Conroy's passing please say, "I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!"

The amount of courage it took to get off those landing crafts and run onto the beach was astonishing.  I saw this in a packed theater when it came out and I saw so many people crying during the landing scenes.  Still one of my favorite movies about WW 2.

The Vin Diesel family joke was genuinely good. It made me appreciate my grandfathers who were GI's so much and made me realize why they didn't discuss the war. The sniper's my favorite character, it was a bummer when he got killed by a Panzer, then again it took a Panzer to kill him, bullets would've bounced off him.

My mate’s Grandad served on D-Day and when he saw this in theatres he turned to his son and said ‘I hope you never have to go through that because that is exactly what it was like’

That beginning scene still troubles me knowing those men went through that at such a young age, they truly were the bravest generation and I will always be grateful for what they did

I don't know what's more impressive: the fact that you guys actually decided to do an Honest Trailer for Saving Private Ryan or the fact that you managed to land some solid jokes in it.  Kudos. :)

"...and witness the reason your grandpa doesn't talk very much." is so funny and soooo heavy at the same time

Wow. You went there. That took balls. This is the only film I have gone to where the entire audience was sobbing at the end. Men, women, and children.

It's actually pretty cool to see Spielberg being such a good sport about the "Shaving Ryan's Privates" name

My father landed at Omaha Beach on June 6th, 1944 - the place depicted in this film. He didn’t talk much, either, and he never once mentioned his role on Operation Overlord. I only learned of it when going through his effects after his passing in 2001. There was a little packet of B&W photos with brief descriptions written on the backs. I couldn’t believe that he had kept silent all those years.