that feb of 69 my dad finally came home after doing 2 tours as a US Marine. He served from 65 to 69 his heaviest battle was up in KHE SAHN in 68 . He was with India company as an F.O. 3RD BATT 26TH . We lost him in 2005 due to Agent Orange leukemia . Thank u dad for ur service an sacrifice .
I wouldn't go to any war that the U.S starts. It's a bull. Bunch of liars and greed. Either fighting for somebody's oil to steal or to compete with communism. It's just not worth my life to fight for nonsense. Maybe you're dumb enough to give your life for somebody's pockets go ahead knock your boots out. Not me not my family. RIP to all the vietnamese people who died because of fools on our side.
I've probably watched this movie over 50x and every time I see Ronnie's sister's face and his mother while hugging him I cry. Don't even get me started on the father. Flawless film
The Plymouth Valiant station wagon is still alive and well in northeast Texas. It belongs to my aunt and uncle on my dad’s side. The exterior scene was filmed in a Dallas neighborhood where my great aunt and uncle on my mother’s side lived at the time. The film crew had their house painted and planted shrub in their yard. Although you only get a short glimpse of their house in this scene.
This movie broke my heart man . To see what veterans went through and still go through . When u send young men to die on a foreign battlefield and they return disabled it disgusts me to see our country fail. Veteran suicides disgust me
Salute to all patriots and soldiers of the last 50 years who fought---unfortunately not for their country, but for the interests of profiteers and Israel. Their heart was in the right place and they didn't serve their fate.
Powerful scene especially the end when his father breaks down. He is so overwhelmed with so many emotions. He is haunted by the past and what was, as he looks at the new reality facing his son. As a father he holds himself responsible for Ronnies condition even though he had nothing to do with it. It's his son and his life is part of him, and in this case it's gone horribly wrong. He feels helpless and would give anything to go back in time. Powerful stuff that only a parent can truly understand.
@@yardelli Yes I agree, I loved Tom Cruise in this movie and also in Rain Man, seems his earlier performances was better than later ones, although I have not seen many of his movies lately. He was a hunk in Top Gun, and to go from that to Born on the Fourth of July, by the way Cruise was born on the Fourth of July, came from a catholic middle class family I believe one of the things that attracted Oliver Stone to Cruise.
When he instantly asks his little brother how many pullups he can do and quickly states unasked how many he can do... He wants to make sure so bad that his brother doesn't feel pity for him. Brilliant scene 👍
and the look Ron shoots at his brother for staring at his legs. You just know Ronnie will get that look from a lot of ppl. So much subtext in just 1 second
Also, when he is looking at his Wrestling photo… you begin to see his reflection, and he is smiling… Once HE notices his own reflection, you can see in just a split second where his smile turns sad…so powerful! So many amazing moments in this film!
The way his father says, “it’s good to have you Ronnie,” completely exemplifies his unconditional love for his son and gratitude for his survival. He’s not just saying that it’s good that he’s at home but he literally means that it’s good to have his son be alive. Period.
I can’t watch this scene without tears pouring out of my eyes. This is the movie that changed the course of my life. It stopped me from joining a war in the Middle East I didn’t and still don’t understand.
Its easy with 50 years of hindsight to be critical of the mother. But in reality, this is how lots of parents and wives reacted when their men came back from the Vietnam War. They came back broken, wounded, in mental anguish and torment. The mom tried to cope but she just couldnt deal with it. The men that fought the War were not the same ones that the familes knew. Thankfully, some 50 years later, we have a better understand PTSD and the trauma of war and are better geared up to treat it.
Yep and when his dad was talking about him going to the army and being stationed in Germany while the mom was egging him on about fighting communism. Now granted even if he went into the army instead of the marines, he would have still ended up in Vietnam. Just goes to show his dad had a bad feeling about it.
@@blackcomicnerd3657 his pops served in ww2. He knows what war was. I dont think his mother was terrible. She was a 50s mom. HEAVLY religious and LOVED her country. To be a generation after ww2 places such a HEAVY burden on you. You have so much to live up to. Unreasonable expections. That generation liberated the world, and avenged pearl harbor. We did not lose Vietnam due to soldiers like Ron Kovic, but polticans who REFUSED to win the war. We fought not to lose and not to win. Had we thrown the country behind our men like Ron Kovac in 1968 we would of won. South Vietnam would be a thriving ecnoncy like south Korea. The most disgusting thing Ron Kovac went through was the VA hiospital who treated him like an animal and burden. It disgusts me our veterans and wounded are not given WORLD class treatment and have to wait MONTHS for surgery. IF we ever find ourselves in a war again POST war on terror, we have to make sure we WANT to win.
A pinkville movie 2023 film be worth worthing from oliver stone show homefront scenes as well simular barfight but with charlie company survivors vs 60s hippies be cool to see .
Heck as fun cameo have doug walker and macjuggernuggers play two spoiled 60s harvard hippies who get their ass kicked by charlie copany at the pool table lol 😆
I'm a t-10 paraplegic, since I was 21.. 35 now.. Its amazing how accurate this movie is when it comes to how people treat us. This is a terrible world.
Hope this helps! “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you” John 15:18-19
In 1989, Dustin Hoffman won the Academy Award for Rain Main. Not a total travesty, but Tom Cruise deserved it for Born on the Fourth of July. In fact, one could argue that it was Cruise who actually gave the more dynamic performance in Rain Man. His work in Magnolia was even more powerful. Jerry Maguire was also an incredible acting turn. It's a sin Tom Cruise hasn't won an Oscar yet.
The dad breaking down gets me every time. What a good man. And with all the kids, he was attentive in one scene as Ronnie is walking out he is carrying and consoling a little one.
@@Retsler54 she did not. She did not accept failure and she saw her son as a failure because he was in a wheelchair. Listen to what she says from the beginning of the film and how she looked at her son when he lost the wrestling match. She didn't accept failure.
Not to mention, everybody’s neighbors on the block were involved with one another as if they were each other’s second or third family. Today, nobody knows who the hell lives across the street or even next door
@@TiltBrook Yes, it was the same in my country, even in '90. Today, nobody knows nobody. Deliberate policies to divide people so they're more easy to manage, manipulate and exploit. Hell on earth.
its a hell of a shame these young men where looked down on by their own countrymen and families.. they gave their minds and bodies to fight in a moronic war.. R.I.P to the 58,220 men killed & the 304,000 wounded vets!
The mother should have been first out the door to see her son. Instead, she sighs with shame at 0:19 and takes her sweet time to get outside. Heartbreaking
I didnt like his mother in the film at all. The way she is embarrassed and ashamed of him in the chair with the neighbours then kicks him out the house later. I would never do that to my flesh and blood.
My great uncle Ron passed a few weeks back. He was a vietnam vet who had a double lung transplant. Lived a lot of years with those lungs but passed at 70 due to covid complications. He was a wonderful and nice man. RIP uncle Ron and thanks to all the other veterans.
This is so beautiful scene and haunting movie. Whether it's realistic or not, I love the way Oliver Stone describes post-WW2 America and Americans. He's critical but he definitely loves his country.
This movie is Tom Cruise's magnum opus. Here is where he officially left behind his boyish, wide eyed persona as seen in Risky Business and becomes an actor of real depth.
These parents expressed so much love for their son and only wanted the best for him, it shattered their 💔 to see a once great athlete in this condition. If i were his parents i could never find it in my ❤ to forgive america for what they did to my baby. His parents are very special people.
This is Oliver Stone at his absolute Prime. Everything about this scene screams late 60's.. even the color of the film makes it look dated... add in the music and amazing acting.. Just a special scene. You get a feeling this occured thousands of times with wounded soldiers coming back to their childhood home.
This isn't the type of movie to brag about those things, this movie was meant to warn the next generations not to fall into the same trap. Unfortunately, as we can see it has not had the desired effect as we wanted. Since Vietnam, every other war the US has been involved in was greed and politics. Let the rich send their kids, let the poor become educated so they can see through the bs.
@@jorisspeelberg1234 His dad came home. Whether he joined freely or was drafted, he served his tours and came home. It's not about agreeing or disagreeing with your speech, or what type of movie this is to say this or that (or tell others what *they* should say). His dad did what he had to, to come home.
3:28 When he is looking at his Wrestling photo… you begin to see his reflection, and he is smiling… Once HE notices his own reflection, you can see in just a split second where his smile turns sad…so powerful! So many amazing moments in this film!
only a parent understands the emotion of nearly losing a child. A parent should never outlive a son or daughter and the relief the parents have of getting Ron home is so well acted and obviously derived from real experiences. Amazing scene!
By far tom Cruise best role ,First i thought a nother pathetic movie,but No this movie gives me shivers and a little tear.wonderful soundtrack too .and i am No American .its the human aspect of this Film.Oliver Stone is great.betrayed generations
Oliver Stone is a powerful filmmaker. No question. This is such a complex scene. I marvel at how he manages to communicate so many points of view, all with overwhelming emotion.
I don’t know why but to me this is the saddest scene in the entire film. The music, how he sees America has already just started to change, how he tries to keep cheerful, & how the mother has to hurry back inside when her emotions start to well up.
You are at the same time affected by the music. Even if your mom is a bitch you want to see her after some time, of course. Also you see at 1:49 he is looking for her.
She was being fake. She didn't want her son anymore and perceived him as a failure because he was in a wheelchair. You have completely misread that part of the film. Ronnie even says to her in anger that she's ashamed of him and embarrassed by him when he comes home drunk.
@@Matt-rw9py Not at this point. It was after he started self medicating with drugs and alcohol that she became ashamed. I’ve seen the movie at least 25 times so don’t tell me I misread anything
@@dannygood4227 look at her when she's hugging Ronnie the way she looks at the neighbours when they start gathering around Ronnie. She feels embarrassed and ashamed and even says "I'll just go inside for a minute". Can't you see it? You completely misread it.
After 35 years, this is still the finest film I’ve ever seen. I’m not generally a Tom Cruise fan, but his performance is astounding. Cruise did extensive research and treated the role with the respect it deserves. I’ve never served in combat, but this film more than any other brings home the feelings of loss, pain, regret, disillusionment, alienation and shame at how many like Kovic were treated upon return from the war. As if the horror of the war wasn’t enough, many veterans had to find their place again and somehow go on. I can’t even listen to the score by John Williams without tears. The innocence and hope of Massapequa is gone when Ron returns home, and he spent years trying to find peace again. Heartbreaking.
Why'd his brother Tommy laugh at him when he says he's paralyzed so he couldn't feel it anyway? Never got that part especially since it's based on a true story
Because Ron was referring to his genitalia when he said he couldn't feel anything after grabbing Tommy's girlfriend and saying she was beautiful. It was a joking way of saying "hey don't worry I won't steal your girl."
I always hated Ron’s family in this movie. They were really embarrassed by him, and pitied him. They wished he had died in Vietnam instead of returning as a paraplegic…
No way of knowing if it would've made a difference. but maybe when he picked up the photo of himself it it may have helped if his father could've told him that he's even more of a man now than what he was then. "You thought you were tough and strong then, but look at you now. Not only do you now know what that really means, but it's what you truly are now.
Dad : Vietnam is too far away my son, there is no point in fighting there. Ron : we must fight communism Mom : yes....in the name of god. Xin jin ping and joe biden laugh : .... ....Stupid...
In a Hispanic family the mom would have been the first one out. In fact she would have been the one to pick him up. Just funny the way different cultures work.
guys she was overwhelmed it's difference than being ashamed than not wanting to see someone you love so much in a state of being handicapped trust me i've been there i couldn't see my sister in a wheel chair for only a week i didn't wanna see her like that it's very sad
Did you guys watch the movie? Theres a lot more to the story of his relationship with his mom than this one scene. And theres a reason its in the movie.
@@dannybrooks1847 I don't think you have watched the film properly. what kind of a mother does not want to visit her paraplegic son in the hospital. She did not visit at all.
I think at 2:30 minutes when his mom leaves, is a key scene. She comes across as a vile woman who only thinks of herself and projecting a certain image. I don’t think she is overcome with sorrow for Ronnie, it seems like she’s embarrassed that all the neighbors will think of her son as a freak, and that it will somehow reflect badly on her. Contrast at 2:50 his dad is beaming, only because his son is alive and still with them. For the Mom, that’s not enough.
It weird both this movie and the Last Samurai have a lot in common. Both dealing with war and how it affects us. And how Tom Cruise was in both movies too.
The most emotional moment of the film for me, is 42 seconds left on the clip. Where his Dad see’s him looking at his old wrestling picture, and he comes and hugs him and says “it’s good to have you, Ronny” Even though I think he understands whats going through Ron’s head - regardless, he’s just so please to have his son back. As a Father I relate. This is the heart of this movie.
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that feb of 69 my dad finally came home after doing 2 tours as a US Marine. He served from 65 to 69 his heaviest battle was up in KHE SAHN in 68 . He was with India company as an F.O. 3RD BATT 26TH . We lost him in 2005 due to Agent Orange leukemia . Thank u dad for ur service an sacrifice .
damm thats bullshit that he died and didnt get paid millions for his service due to agent orange.
I wouldn't go to any war that the U.S starts.
It's a bull. Bunch of liars and greed. Either fighting for somebody's oil to steal or to compete with communism. It's just not worth my life to fight for nonsense.
Maybe you're dumb enough to give your life for somebody's pockets go ahead knock your boots out. Not me not my family.
RIP to all the vietnamese people who died because of fools on our side.
Thank you sir. I salute you!!!!
Semper fi!!
Thank you to your dad!
When the father breaks down that scene always hits me.
Didn't you die?
the whole movie is so powerful
I know what you mean.
Absolutely - beautiful scene. For me, this is Stone's best work.
I've probably watched this movie over 50x and every time I see Ronnie's sister's face and his mother while hugging him I cry. Don't even get me started on the father. Flawless film
This is a prime example of perfect casting perfect acting prefect directing.
God bless the Vietnam vets who never got the love and respect they deserved
This music fills melancholic emotions in my heart.
Yes it is terribly sad
The Plymouth Valiant station wagon is still alive and well in northeast Texas. It belongs to my aunt and uncle on my dad’s side. The exterior scene was filmed in a Dallas neighborhood where my great aunt and uncle on my mother’s side lived at the time. The film crew had their house painted and planted shrub in their yard. Although you only get a short glimpse of their house in this scene.
This movie broke my heart man . To see what veterans went through and still go through . When u send young men to die on a foreign battlefield and they return disabled it disgusts me to see our country fail. Veteran suicides disgust me
this scene really hits home. best movie by Oliver Stone and Tom Cruise BY FAR!!!!!
The most heart wrenching scene maybe in movie history.
Best Oliver Stone movie. Honest and true.
The music score that plays when the mother walks out at 1:54 is used in the movie Stargate.
The tortured eyes at 1:49
Yeah, those poor guys. My heart goes out so much.
They really nailed the Long Island accent.
3:55 Very sad ...
Great scene.
breaks me every time.
There are no movies like this anymore.
Salute to Vietnam veterans.
Sincerly
A man born in 1999
Omg same lol. We both 22
Salute to all patriots and soldiers of the last 50 years who fought---unfortunately not for their country, but for the interests of profiteers and Israel. Their heart was in the right place and they didn't serve their fate.
@@guillermoalto4803 how the hell was this for Israel?
Powerful scene especially the end when his father breaks down. He is so overwhelmed with so many emotions. He is haunted by the past and what was, as he looks at the new reality facing his son. As a father he holds himself responsible for Ronnies condition even though he had nothing to do with it. It's his son and his life is part of him, and in this case it's gone horribly wrong. He feels helpless and would give anything to go back in time. Powerful stuff that only a parent can truly understand.
Cruise was brilliant in this film - he should really have won the Oscar for it............
@@yardelli I think it's the best performance of his career--definitely Oscar-worthy!
and Raymond J. Barry is perfect for that role, a quiet dignity he repeats in Dead Men Walking
@@yardelli Yes I agree, I loved Tom Cruise in this movie and also in Rain Man, seems his earlier performances was better than later ones, although I have not seen many of his movies lately. He was a hunk in Top Gun, and to go from that to Born on the Fourth of July, by the way Cruise was born on the Fourth of July, came from a catholic middle class family I believe one of the things that attracted Oliver Stone to Cruise.
@@hannejeppesen2887 The Web if it can be believed says Tom was born on July 3.
When he instantly asks his little brother how many pullups he can do and quickly states unasked how many he can do...
He wants to make sure so bad that his brother doesn't feel pity for him.
Brilliant scene 👍
and the look Ron shoots at his brother for staring at his legs. You just know Ronnie will get that look from a lot of ppl. So much subtext in just 1 second
Also, when he is looking at his Wrestling photo… you begin to see his reflection, and he is smiling… Once HE notices his own reflection, you can see in just a split second where his smile turns sad…so powerful! So many amazing moments in this film!
@@TiltBrook great observation!
@@davidstud3952 thnx…definitely had to watch a few times…never noticed that when I first saw the movie
Also, right when he asks how many pull ups…the dad starts wheeling him in order to calmly and politely break up that conversation
The way his father says, “it’s good to have you Ronnie,” completely exemplifies his unconditional love for his son and gratitude for his survival. He’s not just saying that it’s good that he’s at home but he literally means that it’s good to have his son be alive. Period.
Amen
I can’t watch this scene without tears pouring out of my eyes. This is the movie that changed the course of my life. It stopped me from joining a war in the Middle East I didn’t and still don’t understand.
You sir are living proof that this film is invaluable. Wise move.
Really? I saw this film and it motivated me to join the marine corps even more.
@@backwhenthingsmadesense9418 motivated me too at first! But as time went on my takeaways from it changed.
Shocked. We are all free thanks to the wars we fought. Don’t ever forget that.
This scene has so many awkward moments
Its easy with 50 years of hindsight to be critical of the mother. But in reality, this is how lots of parents and wives reacted when their men came back from the Vietnam War.
They came back broken, wounded, in mental anguish and torment. The mom tried to cope but she just couldnt deal with it. The men that fought the War were not the same ones that the familes knew. Thankfully, some 50 years later, we have a better understand PTSD and the trauma of war and are better geared up to treat it.
His mother is just awful. And his father is wonderful.
Yep and when his dad was talking about him going to the army and being stationed in Germany while the mom was egging him on about fighting communism. Now granted even if he went into the army instead of the marines, he would have still ended up in Vietnam. Just goes to show his dad had a bad feeling about it.
Yeah he really made sure his boy was comfortable, changed portions of the house without any issue. That's a damn parent
@@blackcomicnerd3657 well only 20% of military went to Vietnam
@@blackcomicnerd3657 his pops served in ww2. He knows what war was. I dont think his mother was terrible. She was a 50s mom. HEAVLY religious and LOVED her country. To be a generation after ww2 places such a HEAVY burden on you. You have so much to live up to. Unreasonable expections. That generation liberated the world, and avenged pearl harbor. We did not lose Vietnam due to soldiers like Ron Kovic, but polticans who REFUSED to win the war. We fought not to lose and not to win. Had we thrown the country behind our men like Ron Kovac in 1968 we would of won. South Vietnam would be a thriving ecnoncy like south Korea. The most disgusting thing Ron Kovac went through was the VA hiospital who
treated him like an animal and burden. It disgusts me our veterans and wounded are not given WORLD class treatment and have to wait MONTHS for surgery. IF we ever find ourselves in a war again POST war on terror, we have to make sure we WANT to win.
@@deneshbhaskar3944 his mother was in WW2 also!
That's how his Parents met!
They both served in the Navy!
The whole scene in his room with his father makes my eyes water. Makes me think of my dad rip.
I love his dad in this movie.
@@gonzaleo so believeable
Oliver stone was at his peak as a filmmaker here.
And Tom Cruise turned in the performance of a lifetime. Incredible movie.
Oli Stone is a legend. Love his movies.
A pinkville movie 2023 film be worth worthing from oliver stone show homefront scenes as well simular barfight but with charlie company survivors vs 60s hippies be cool to see .
Heck as fun cameo have doug walker and macjuggernuggers play two spoiled 60s harvard hippies who get their ass kicked by charlie copany at the pool table lol 😆
@@Skymaster.47not really. More like a lying liberal schill
There is something about Ron’s dad hugging him that reminds me of my dad. And I can’t help but tear up everytime I watch it.
Me too. And hugging my own son. The best things in life.
My dad was the one in the chair. I would hug him the exact same way and he would grab my arm the same way tom does in this movie.
I'm a t-10 paraplegic, since I was 21.. 35 now.. Its amazing how accurate this movie is when it comes to how people treat us. This is a terrible world.
Hope you get surrounded by good people mate, Sorry for bad english, wish you the best of life from Brazil
I'm so sorry to hear that. I don't treat disabled people like that even though there are scumbags who do that and worse. All the best.
If you don’t mind me asking how did it happen?
Sending warm wishes to you and I hope you find some kind souls
Hope this helps!
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you” John 15:18-19
Whoever won the Oscar that year should have given it to Tom Cruise. This was his shining moment. Probably the best work that he has ever done.
Oh I'm not so sure. Ge was superb in interview with the vampire too
I agree...he is actually good in everything he is in, but he was exceptional in this .....the whole movie was great
He did get robbed this year.
58 000,death,for wath?
3:30 he was pretty close to the best that year
In 1989, Dustin Hoffman won the Academy Award for Rain Main. Not a total travesty, but Tom Cruise deserved it for Born on the Fourth of July. In fact, one could argue that it was Cruise who actually gave the more dynamic performance in Rain Man. His work in Magnolia was even more powerful. Jerry Maguire was also an incredible acting turn. It's a sin Tom Cruise hasn't won an Oscar yet.
The awards are usually awarded the year after a movie came out so Tom cruise was nominated in 1990
Hoffman won the year before, Cruise lost to Daniel Day Lewis in “My Left Foot”
The dad breaking down gets me every time. What a good man. And with all the kids, he was attentive in one scene as Ronnie is walking out he is carrying and consoling a little one.
3:54 when the father leans down to hug his son....I broke down and cried like a little boy when I first saw it, and I still do.
For me, it is Stone's finest work. An incredible film in every respect.
I have to agree
His mom gave him cold shoulder. She cared more about neighbors than her son. This scene break my heart😢
No. Look at her eyes at 2:16. She did care about him.
@@Retsler54 she did not. She did not accept failure and she saw her son as a failure because he was in a wheelchair. Listen to what she says from the beginning of the film and how she looked at her son when he lost the wrestling match. She didn't accept failure.
@@Retsler54 Ronnie even says to her in anger that she's ashamed of him and embarrassed by him when he comes home drunk.
@@Matt-rw9py In anger and frustration people easily say awful things. That does not mean it is true.
She has many narcisstic traits.....
I love his dad
And people always talkin' about a mother's love...
The innocence of America back then. Everyone was over enthusiastic, cheerful, friendly, and so on. Nobody is like this anymore.
Not to mention, everybody’s neighbors on the block were involved with one another as if they were each other’s second or third family. Today, nobody knows who the hell lives across the street or even next door
@@TiltBrook Yes, it was the same in my country, even in '90. Today, nobody knows nobody. Deliberate policies to divide people so they're more easy to manage, manipulate and exploit. Hell on earth.
its a hell of a shame these young men where looked down on by their own countrymen and families.. they gave their minds and bodies to fight in a moronic war.. R.I.P to the 58,220 men killed & the 304,000 wounded vets!
Yep, the only winners were the military contractor$.
This is why I wish young people really knew the realities of what they were doing when they sign up.
ForlornFreddy there were non back then moron.
You forgot the 1.250.000 vietnameses and chineses people who got slaughtered for nothing.
Miguel Angel Garcia Jouve it’s called war. The communist put their own in a position to get killed. War is hell isnt it. FUCK the communist.
The mother should have been first out the door to see her son. Instead, she sighs with shame at 0:19 and takes her sweet time to get outside. Heartbreaking
Never underestimate the power of a good father's love
Or the pain a resentful one can cause
Yeah, this scene is a tear-jerker, especially with the great music.
And, the way the dad tries to distract himself from sobbing.
Note to Hollywood...please go back to doing camera work like this
When Ronnie's mum walks over and the camera pans round then you see his neighbours all walking towards him -that always wells me up.
It sad when his mom becomes so ashamed of him.
I do not view it that way. Look at her eyes when she hugs him. It is honesty. I do not view her as evil, not in later scenes either.
No the earlier post meant when she was upset about his condition.
Shes overweled with emotions. She doesn't want her son to see her cry.
I wouldnt say ashamed, more like just plain sad!
The mom had that same look on her face when he lost that wrestling match too.
I didnt like his mother in the film at all. The way she is embarrassed and ashamed of him in the chair with the neighbours then kicks him out the house later. I would never do that to my flesh and blood.
She had that reaction when he lost the wrestling match too.
Lot of narcissist traits in the mother....
My great uncle Ron passed a few weeks back. He was a vietnam vet who had a double lung transplant. Lived a lot of years with those lungs but passed at 70 due to covid complications. He was a wonderful and nice man. RIP uncle Ron and thanks to all the other veterans.
The movie that made me realise Tom Cruise is a good actor.
This is so beautiful scene and haunting movie. Whether it's realistic or not, I love the way Oliver Stone describes post-WW2 America and Americans. He's critical but he definitely loves his country.
It is realistic, it's the story of Ron Kovic based on his book.
This movie is Tom Cruise's magnum opus. Here is where he officially left behind his boyish, wide eyed persona as seen in Risky Business and becomes an actor of real depth.
Most powerful scene of all-time with the most powerful score.
Such a good acting in this movie I swear
They never got the Respect they deserved. It was awkward but it should of been a parade. They didn't choose when to serve. But they served
Ron chose to serve and he did get a parade
His dad was a very kind hearted man, loved the way he was passionate and caring!
I didn’t realize how sad this scene was.
Best scene in the entire picture!
Tom Cruise should have won the Oscar for this movie. His acting is off the charts.
These parents expressed so much love for their son and only wanted the best for him, it shattered their 💔 to see a once great athlete in this condition. If i were his parents i could never find it in my ❤ to forgive america for what they did to my baby. His parents are very special people.
His mother was bad
Did you even watch the movie?
This is Oliver Stone at his absolute Prime. Everything about this scene screams late 60's.. even the color of the film makes it look dated... add in the music and amazing acting.. Just a special scene. You get a feeling this occured thousands of times with wounded soldiers coming back to their childhood home.
A very powerful scene and emotional...toms best performance as an actor also the soundtrack is fantastic.
My dad finally came home Feb of 69 after 2 tours as a US MARINE with INDAIA Company as an F.O. He served from Oct of 65 to Feb 1969.
This isn't the type of movie to brag about those things, this movie was meant to warn the next generations not to fall into the same trap. Unfortunately, as we can see it has not had the desired effect as we wanted. Since Vietnam, every other war the US has been involved in was greed and politics. Let the rich send their kids, let the poor become educated so they can see through the bs.
@@jorisspeelberg1234 His dad came home. Whether he joined freely or was drafted, he served his tours and came home. It's not about agreeing or disagreeing with your speech, or what type of movie this is to say this or that (or tell others what *they* should say). His dad did what he had to, to come home.
@@jorisspeelberg1234 easy chris Taylor .
@@leviathanmg my dad served his country Proudly from south Chicago Heights Home wood IL Us MARINES Class of 64 Camp Pendleton California .
@@jorisspeelberg1234 wrong movie btw Barnes u would of been Fragged by your own troops .
It wasn't until, I had my own son, thats when I realized war is totally wrong. I would lose my own legs, than see my boy go through that.
3:28 When he is looking at his Wrestling photo… you begin to see his reflection, and he is smiling… Once HE notices his own reflection, you can see in just a split second where his smile turns sad…so powerful! So many amazing moments in this film!
I cry at how depressing this scene is , but s fantastic movie that hits the soul every time I watch it
Wow.....I can relate to this now having fought in Afghanistan. What a shit show circus our government is
I am sorry. It's a crime. I know someone with iraqi war syndrome. 💕💕💕
only a parent understands the emotion of nearly losing a child. A parent should never outlive a son or daughter and the relief the parents have of getting Ron home is so well acted and obviously derived from real experiences. Amazing scene!
Hey Ronnie lookin good
This scene brings me tears, how vivaciously he meets his mother and neighbours despite the fact he is disabled forever
The innocence of America back then. The west is not like this anymore. Today everyone is mean, rude, vulgar, aggressive, materialistic and so on.
By far tom Cruise best role ,First i thought a nother pathetic movie,but No this movie gives me shivers and a little tear.wonderful soundtrack too .and i am No American .its the human aspect of this Film.Oliver Stone is great.betrayed generations
and then there's Tommy Lee Jones in Heaven & Earth. Stone's Vietnam 'trilogy' (along with Platoon) must be studied in film schools
Oliver Stone is a powerful filmmaker. No question. This is such a complex scene. I marvel at how he manages to communicate so many points of view, all with overwhelming emotion.
To all those who served. Thank you.
I don’t know why but to me this is the saddest scene in the entire film. The music, how he sees America has already just started to change, how he tries to keep cheerful, & how the mother has to hurry back inside when her emotions start to well up.
She was embarrassed by him in front of neighbours.
When his mother says “Ronnie” it hits somewhere in my heart I can’t explain
You are at the same time affected by the music. Even if your mom is a bitch you want to see her after some time, of course. Also you see at 1:49 he is looking for her.
Mom is always mom.
She was being fake. She didn't want her son anymore and perceived him as a failure because he was in a wheelchair. You have completely misread that part of the film. Ronnie even says to her in anger that she's ashamed of him and embarrassed by him when he comes home drunk.
@@Matt-rw9py Not at this point. It was after he started self medicating with drugs and alcohol that she became ashamed. I’ve seen the movie at least 25 times so don’t tell me I misread anything
@@dannygood4227 look at her when she's hugging Ronnie the way she looks at the neighbours when they start gathering around Ronnie. She feels embarrassed and ashamed and even says "I'll just go inside for a minute". Can't you see it? You completely misread it.
I’m addicted to this track love it
After 35 years, this is still the finest film I’ve ever seen. I’m not generally a Tom Cruise fan, but his performance is astounding. Cruise did extensive research and treated the role with the respect it deserves. I’ve never served in combat, but this film more than any other brings home the feelings of loss, pain, regret, disillusionment, alienation and shame at how many like Kovic were treated upon return from the war. As if the horror of the war wasn’t enough, many veterans had to find their place again and somehow go on. I can’t even listen to the score by John Williams without tears. The innocence and hope of Massapequa is gone when Ron returns home, and he spent years trying to find peace again. Heartbreaking.
Tom Cruise should be proud of this movie.
It’s a sad scene. Ronnie has physically changed and society is experiencing an upheaval over the failed Vietnam war policy
This such a fucking sad part of this movie. Just a fucking tragedy. And prob John Williams most overlooked theme music
3:41; this wells me up. Good fathers feel this way but don’t express it all the time.
Why'd his brother Tommy laugh at him when he says he's paralyzed so he couldn't feel it anyway? Never got that part especially since it's based on a true story
Because Ron was referring to his genitalia when he said he couldn't feel anything after grabbing Tommy's girlfriend and saying she was beautiful. It was a joking way of saying "hey don't worry I won't steal your girl."
All happy and positive till reality kicks in XD
I always hated Ron’s family in this movie. They were really embarrassed by him, and pitied him. They wished he had died in Vietnam instead of returning as a paraplegic…
Raymond J Barry. Great Actor
No way of knowing if it would've made a difference. but maybe when he picked up the photo of himself it it may have helped if his father could've told him that he's even more of a man now than what he was then. "You thought you were tough and strong then, but look at you now. Not only do you now know what that really means, but it's what you truly are now.
stitchesful, I think that would've upset him even more☹️.
They were just not that kind of family imo....the mother pretry narcisstic too...
I served (no deployments/combat), & it brings tears to my eyes thinking how much my late parents would've acted the same exact way...
Dad : Vietnam is too far away my son, there is no point in fighting there.
Ron : we must fight communism
Mom : yes....in the name of god.
Xin jin ping and joe biden laugh : ....
....Stupid...
In a Hispanic family the mom would have been the first one out. In fact she would have been the one to pick him up. Just funny the way different cultures work.
@@9610-f4c shut up idiot. His mom loved him.
guys she was overwhelmed it's difference than being ashamed than not wanting to see someone you love so much in a state of being handicapped trust me i've been there i couldn't see my sister in a wheel chair for only a week i didn't wanna see her like that it's very sad
Did you guys watch the movie? Theres a lot more to the story of his relationship with his mom than this one scene.
And theres a reason its in the movie.
If it was elroy from the jetsons, they would have sent him a jetpack
@@dannybrooks1847 I don't think you have watched the film properly. what kind of a mother does not want to visit her paraplegic son in the hospital. She did not visit at all.
The majority of wounds can't be seen.
I think at 2:30 minutes when his mom leaves, is a key scene.
She comes across as a vile woman who only thinks of herself and projecting a certain image. I don’t think she is overcome with sorrow for Ronnie, it seems like she’s embarrassed that all the neighbors will think of her son as a freak, and that it will somehow reflect badly on her.
Contrast at 2:50 his dad is beaming, only because his son is alive and still with them.
For the Mom, that’s not enough.
Powerful Movie!
The looks on all their faces show they just didn't know what to say for the best. Real tragedy.
everything and everyone just looks so good
Yeeahh i think they didn't know what to say
That and the fact that humans are so very visually oriented. Feel bad but look good? Then I’m good with that!
It weird both this movie and the Last Samurai have a lot in common. Both dealing with war and how it affects us. And how Tom Cruise was in both movies too.
This is the reality of war,
This movie has changed me the way I look at people and life.
The most emotional moment of the film for me, is 42 seconds left on the clip. Where his Dad see’s him looking at his old wrestling picture, and he comes and hugs him and says “it’s good to have you, Ronny”
Even though I think he understands whats going through Ron’s head - regardless, he’s just so please to have his son back.
As a Father I relate. This is the heart of this movie.
(Ron)“Major!, H-Hey Major!”(0:52)
Holy shit. Hes from falling down.
One of the best scenes ever
One of Tom Cruise best performances!!
There's no judgment in the tears, it shows great love.
"Rrroonnnniiiieeee" omg that was so fake
This movie is amazing