"This war broke him." | Nothing is over! | Stallone's best 5 minutes on film | First Blood (1982)
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What most people don't get is. The first rambo isn't a war movie, it's an anti war statement movie. Rambo is a fictional character made to represent how it felt for everyone who did serve in Vietnam. They fought their hearts out, only to come back to a country that hated them.
there was actually a soldier like rambo too who apparently took the cops on. obviously not to the scale of rambo but in his own way. cops treated soldiers and in some cases still do like dirt. it wasnt put on ive heard many stories from soldiers about cops trying to assert dominance over them and treat them poorly. not all cops obviously hell i wouldnt even say a majority but its sad to think it happens at all
This is an absolute myth. Not born out by any Veteran's organizations, historical record, or verifiable evidence. In fact Veterans and Anti-war protestors were in solidarity with each other and the image of spitting protests was basically fabricated whole-cloth by the government and movies like Rambo.
I must have seen this movie some 50 times at least. Saw it's true meaning from the first time. Critics buried it then, cause anything coming from Stallone was automatically called bad. Some 20 years later the first critics started to see the light and suddenly it was called a cult movie. Took them another 5 years to see it for what it has always been: a 'don't neglect your soldiers' movie.
I've talked with US soldiers from when I served with the Dutch Airforce. I talked a lot then with two in particular: a pvt1 and an LT1. The Lt spoke (mandatory) Dutch and German, so we spoke in 3 languages, as he wanted to practice his Dutch and German. The young pvt's eldest brother had served in Vietnam and though he returned to the US many years before, he still hadn't been home by then (early 80's). He regularly sent postcards to his parents to let them know he was alright (which obviously he wasn't), but never surfaced. I hope he did eventually find the peace of mind to go home.
It's the same here in The Netherlands with the East-India war veterans. Men in their 80's/90's now. Boys of 17 years old then. Protesters with the diaper stripes still on their bums. Having no knowledge (or sense) at all. These youngsters compare everything to their own protected, priviledged little lives and have the gall to criticize the (boy) soldiers from another time. A time you, as a young guy, just listened and did what you were told to do. In society, but certainly as a soldier. I talked with such a veteran pretty often a few years back. He was holding back at first, but as he understood I understood, I got more details. He suffered from guilt over some nasty things he did back then. I hope I've been able to easy that guilt a little bit.
Stallone made some pretty horrible movies, but a few very good ones too and this one might just be the best.
Its not an anti war statement...
It's a statement against the people who treated our veterans like absolute garbage.
@@poiny91 Both can be true...
“You don’t just turn it off”. That’s PTSD to a tee. You can’t just turn it off like society expects you to. You just can’t
It's like how society expects people who suffer depression to "just get better".
That's like telling someone who has cancer to "just stop having cancer"
There are just some things we are not in control of.
You are taught and trained to be this magnificent fighting machine. What happens when there is no longer anyone to fight? What happens then? They release you into society, BUT what do you do there when your training and skills no longer match? That is an interesting question that many veterans have.
Who says Stallone can't act? He's amazing.
Stallone is one of the greatest oldschool actors to ever exist!
If you haven't already I'd recommend watching Copland. Harvey Keitel, Stallone, DeNiro, etc. Absolutely stellar cast with Stallone holding his own as an actor.
@@stanleydavidlepretre4241 One of my favorites.
Actually when i saw this in theater in the 80s I remember the whole theater giggling... not because of the nature of what he was saying, but because of the acting.
@@PincoPallino-zh8wmzero sensitivity in the 80’s. I love it
“Back there I could fly a gunship. I could drive tank. I was in charge of million dollar equipment. Back here I can’t even hold a job parking cars.” I've heard it said that some people don’t just struggle with PTSD but once you return to civilian life, there’s the feeling that you won’t ever matter as much again.
What is it like a year from basic to the end of ITC to learn to be a rifleman in the marine corps? According to Sergeant Colbert of First Recon they only have him a week to learn to be a Civilian again. That’s not enough time. Our war fighters need more time to process and decompress. You don’t just exit that state of mind. It’s no wonder so many vets end up dead, on the streets or in a PMC.
I did a tour in the nougaty center of Asia and got medicalled out because of grand mal seizures.
The weird thing is that on top of the PTSD, I had lost a career through no fault of my own.
When I got out, they ended up sending me to grief counseling because of losing the Army.
It sounds weird, but it helped.
As a vet of thee wars, I can attest that the lack of camaraderie in the civilian world is what I miss the most. All of the people I am closest to are vets or those who support us.
I thought he said pumping gas not parking cars 😂😂😂😂
I can back up that statement. I used to shot off million dollar missiles, graduated top gun in basic. It is hard to explain.
My father was a Nam vet. It never ended for him also. As a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, I felt this right through my bones. The only difference is that we HAD and HAVE help. They had nothing. We forgot them because we were embarrassed. My father was broken and he never seemed to fully come back to the world. He would have night terrors and sometimes he would just leap out of bed. He was a good man but he never was the same. May all who found war..now find peace.
Thank you for your service brother
I'm a disabled Viet. vet. We were instructed to change from our uniforms into civilian clothing upon landing in the U.S.A. We were warned that we might be spit upon and/or confronted as we attempted to board civilian airliners for our flights home. I remember sitting next to a couple on the plane. They figured out that I was just returning from 'Nam & instructed the flight attendant to bring me a drink ASAP! I'll never forget their kindness. It's true that many T.V. shows & movies at the time portrayed Viet. vets as psychos & baby killers.
I went to Iraq and Afghanistan- 4 tours each.
There is NO HELP. None. You have guys walking to the VA getting 100% disability payment’s because they have hair loss from stress.
All while I was homeless, riddled with ptsd and hadn’t eaten in a week, and was told they couldn’t even give me food because I didn’t have an address.
If it wasn’t for the local priest at a mosque that brought me in, fed me and helped me get a job, I wouldn’t be alive.
The irony of it all.
@@blahblah2779 umm. There aren't priests at mosques. I got help. You went to a bad VA. They aren't all like that my friend. Also your story makes no sense. Why would you go four times apiece unless you were SF? If you were that makes sense. Otherwise this story is..odd.
@@Fatherofheroesandheroines and of course, it’s the other veterans who are the first to mock, ridicule and minimize my story and the facts.
Because it’s much easier for your kind of people to just toss the blame on me instead of opening your eyes.
4 times each. 3-5 months each. 75th ranger regiment, as well as other units we were detached to for shorter missions. It happens all the time.
Yep. I call them priests, you can call them imams or whatever you’d like. Same word, doesn’t change anything about the story.
And it’s my fault that I went to a “bad va”? What does that mean, exactly? Do tell us.
It’s pieces of shit like you that have made me hate this country. You veterans are a cancer to this society.
As a Nam vet, I have been through that emotional turmoil for years. Stallone should have gotten an academy award for just that scene, because it was expressing the real truth of what we experienced in Nam.
Why are you lying Kid ?
being in your da's ballsack doesnt count as you being in Nam
My uncles were nam vets and they’re almost 70 bro 😂
How old are you ?
If that's just an old picture of you from back in the day, and you really did serve in Vietnam, then I thank you for your service, otherwise just stating that is called Stolen Valor and you should reconsider that claim in the future. But you're damn right about one thing, Stallone was robbed of an Oscar on this one.
this movie needs to be shown in film courses. seriously that ending was such a mood change and ive noticed EVERY single person shuts up when he says "nothing is over, NOTHING" and listens to his entire speech and people either full cry or hold back tears. THATS how you do true emotion and story telling
a few moments before, most of the reactors were cheering Rambo for shooting up the town and giving the sheriff his comeupens. "Nothing is over! NOTHING!" stopped all that. I loved the look Daniel and Sam (TBR Schmitt) give each other at that moment.
the expressions on the faces of all the reactors are very different at the beginning and end of those 5 minutes.
@@YoureMrLebowski of all the people*
To react is normal for all animals, everyone does it subconsciously, it's not something you can "do", like breathing it's an automatic function.
@@YoureMrLebowskiAlso, most people don’t realize this isn’t the original ending- they filmed a much darker ending first, but ended up going with this one to set up a sequel.
to me it was mostly hysterical, because of Sly's acting
@@m1lst3r89What else do you find hysterical how people unable to hear speak? I would say be better but I'm sure that's a conversation we both would consider a waste of time.
"You just don't turn it off" is the most realistic line in a movie about a Veteran
"War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse...There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander." - Hawkeye MASH
One of Sly Stallone’s best acting scenes!
Watching this scene again as a Marine Veteran hits so much different now. Especially when he just slumps down to the floor, utterly mentally defeated and in tears and through his sobs asks “where is everybody?” I have never felt more alone in my life than I do now since having left all my fellow Marines and returning to civilian life. He’s right, out here there’s nothing.
I hope it gets better for you in time. I've been to Ukraine many times and I think about all those poor guys over there. Many of the survivors are going to end up with broken bodies and minds. Atleast they get credit for heroically defending their country unlike the poor bastards that fought in Vietnam
@@donaldshotts4429My brother returned from Ukraine. He says it's f...g hell...
And that he'll never go back there for anything.
No, there is war. War is here, as it is everywhere. Evil men trying to convince good people to do terrible things for them so they can use them up and throw them away while getting rich. They just lie all the time, making up excuses and justifications as if they could ever fucking justify the shit they put all these kids through. The first rule of war is deception. Learning you've been decieved all your life by using what you believe in to make you become what you would've hated. By keeping you lost, isolated, and confused, by making sure you need help from them they prevent you from changing the game from "corrupt politics" that everyone knows about yet do nothing to stop or hold them accountable for the laws they broke into a true conflict over which they have no control. War is chaos. Everyone can die at any time for any reason, that is fact. But it is one that politicians try to deny every day of their lives because that means everything they did to "maintain control" and gain the power to control others was meaningless. Monsters exposed are monsters hunted. Lot harder to survive the chaos of conflict when you are everyone's priority number one.
Literally the one time I opened up I got red flagged. Cops picked me up, I spent the night in a cell, saw a judge in the morning, sent me to a psych ward for a week then required me to outpatient.
I never threatened anyone, never mentioned suicide. I mentioned some dark shit, and that years later its still in my head. My neighbors think I'm a drug dealer or something now after seeing all those cops, I missed a week of work and got stuck with a 6800 hospital bill. Got my guns confiscated too, still working on getting those back.
you deserve it@@cpob2013
For all the movies i've seen in this life... these last 5min of this movie should rightfully go down as one of THE most powerful scenes in movie history. It's weird to have someone like Stallone performing that scene but he got it so damn good.
100% agree. i won't say its the best 5 minutes in cinema, but i can't say there's any 5 minutes that's better. and it is a little unusual to be saying it about Stallone and First Blood but it's true.
i think stallone is heavily underrated that way. sure he mainly just did pure action flicks but when he wants to put his heart and sole into something he can. And personally i think this character and movie must have resonated with him because its one of the only movies I've seen him have such a strong reaction to.
@@ryanwood6754 In real life he had put himself with his back against the wall, taking huge risks and living like a bump... but keeping his dream alive so i guess he has a love for being and playing the underdog. His role as Freddy the Sheriff in Copland kinda confirms that...as well as Cliff hanger.. where he played a role as someone plagued by the responsibility he felt for a deadly climbing accident. Yeah so i think what you say is true.
This scene doesn't get nearly enough attention and acclaim. Rambo's monolog is a master class of gritty, emotional, and genuine grief and trauma. SO powerful.
i know Rocky and Creed were Stallone's most acclaimed films, and with very good reason.
However, these 5 mins of acting from him were better than all of his other filmography combined.
I believe Sly can truly act if he wanted to... he just chose to go the Mass Appeal route. And I don't blame him really.
Hard not to agree with that.
Another movie that's overlooked as well by most is Copland. Great movie with an incredible performance by Mr. Stallone. Anyone who hasn't seen the film it's certainly worth a viewing.
Stallone's done everything and is still going strong after nearly 50 years. Besides being one of the greatest artists in movies, he's also a brilliant business man.
and to think, john rambo kills himself in a unreleased version of this, after him break down,( Rambo First Blood (1982) Alternative Ending) search this
Creed ? Lol so many movies he's in are better than that
And all Rambo wanted was a DAMN SANDWICH!! But no, that sheriff had to keep messing with him.
I know right?! That sheriff was a major asshole and started this man hunt and we can't forget his dibshit pal with the sniper rifle, sheriff deserves to lose his job for this
He always makes me cry when he screams "MY FRIEND IS ALL OVER ME" That part always breaks my heart.
I wanted so badly to give him a hug. No one is ever the same or even normal after going through something like that
Another crazy thing I've noticed as soon as Rambo yells " Nothing is over" everyone quiets down
i notice that every time i show this film or see someone react to it. everyone shuts up and starts listening to him and hold back tears during his speech. I think this was a cinematic masterpiece in story telling in some ways because all through the movie he barley says a thing and what he does say is his usual threats and warning etc. but at this point in the film is the most he has ever spoken and its his true feeling no longer being filtered by his fight or flight. and one thing that always chokes me up is when his voice cracks high as he talks about his friend dying. it was so real and breaks me every time
@@ryanwood6754 def right. Also I realized from what you said he doesn't speak much so it's almost mysterious and with everything that happens to him your just waiting and waiting to hear him speak..it's like a build up to his emotions and then explodes
We ABSOLUTLY treated our Vietnam vets like shit and it's disgraceful. My Dad left Vietnam 50 years ago now, he was 26. To this day he's STILL haunted by it but managed to live a good life and is the best man I have even known. He was a career soldier and spent 45 years in the Army. When I was a kid, so proud of my Soldier Pop, I used to ask him to tell me about Nam. He wouldn't and said "son I left Vietnam in Vietnam". He didn't though. Did 3 "tours" Combat Arms and I'll never know his story. He made me PROMISE him though that I wouldn't join the Army after High School. I honored that promise and am thankful I did. My generation has the scars of war (Iraq/Afghanistan) but I DON"T and am thankful I don't. God bless our VETS!!!
I totally agree. My older cousin fought in Iraq. All our relatives knew him as a comedian and a prankster. He was always upbeat, positive and happy. He came back but he never really returned from the war.
great@@sydneyloli5849
Fk veterans. Fk this stupid ass country.
& what about the Vietnamese soldiers that d**d for your BS ?
I work in a federal civil service job. A few weeks ago I was just chatting with an older customer who asked how I got my job. I told him about how the interview process went and that one of applicants was a Veteran who would have gotten the job (because of Preference) but he decided he didn't want it. The customer said "You know, for a long time I was ashamed to tell anyone I was a veteran, because I served in Viet Nam."
I told him how terrible it was that Vietnam veterans were treated the way they were, and I thanked him for his service. He said, "I appreciate that." and I said "Well I appreciate you."
Stallone played this part perfectly because he started with anger that lead to the descent which the veterans during that time felt. Off course we don't have the full picture of what the veterans at the time went through but we get a glimpse in this scene and I'm sure most of us viewers have seen enough to know what they went through and even now is hell.
"My friend was all over me and nobody would fucking help!"
F-ing heavy, still and always!
I love how Troutmans eyes stay in shadow as he looks at his failed creation with no empathy, then he breaks.
To all the Vietnam veterans I’m a desert storm veteran and I just want to say thank you thank you all who served I know you all saw a lot of horrible things over there and survived and I know you all just want one thing for our country to love you as much as you love it GOD BLESS YOU
Everytime Rambo says " where is everybody" gets me
It's amazing to me to watch younger people today, watch the movies from when I was young, and still get the emotional impact of the most powerful scenes.
It's very encouraging for me to see this generation watching this movie and feeling the power and emotion at the end. When this came out in the early 1980's, this movie was mocked by a lot of critics.. and especially/particularly this scene and Rambo's dialogue. I'm glad this generation understands better then the gen before me.
The best 5 minutes in the franchise gets me every time even to this day
Most people have no idea Stallone is capable of this kind of performance…..
Copland is also a great Stallone performance….
As someone with PTSD, I feel his pain every time I watch this scene, and his tears are mine too. Most trauma survivors don't even know they have PTSD until it's consumed their souls and destroyed their relationships and careers. Night terrors, isolation, loneliness. There's treatment but no cure. It's something you live with for the rest of your life... Nothing is over
Rambo 1 is hell of a movie. It starts out as action, and midway becomes almost like a pseudo-horror movie (when Rambo was being hunted but everyone chasing him keeps getting taken out), and in the last 5 minutes delivers one of the strongest drama scenes in film history. I haven't heard any other movie that managed to do that.
Also Stallone is a tremendous actor.
This scene, was the wake up call for PTSD, and what vets go through, when they come home, during the Vietnam war, soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen, were sent home, 48 hours after seeing and being in combat! Think about that, you witness or participate in the most brutal thing anyone can do to another person, and in 2 days, ur back home, like Rambo said, "you can't just turn it off" I am a veteran, so, I can honestly see his point, and what he is feeling
@Michael Holt Thank you for your service, sir.
Agree with all. Stallone was fantastic in this film and especially this scene. Powerful and undeniably moving.
Funny how no one talks about that monologue at the end with Stallone being one of the best in movie history. Wish Stallone had done more movies like this then the bombastic Rambo movies later on.
People think of Stallone and his action movies, which let's be honest, action movies will never be known as academy award winners. But, to see the true level of Stallone's acting ability, all you need to watch is First blood and Copland. He truly is a really good actor.
shoulda won the supporting with Creed tho
people mock him just because hes an action star but thats just the genre of film he was in and the content of its time (since we dont really have action movies like that now) but as an actor stallone is actually very good when given roles like this.
Don’t forget Rocky.
Stallone at one of his finest moments.
"Only the dead know the end of war"...Stallone captured it perfectly
Dasha is the purest reactor ive ever seen
100% agree
I love her. She's got empathy, she cries, she's in pain. And that's all because she has a kind and open soul. ❤
Stallone’s acting at his finest! He deserved an Oscar just for this scene!
I love how everyone he goes dead silent as soon as he yells nothing is over
This scene is powerful and emotional
In my opinion that one scene is the best acting in any Stallone movie of how he just broke down from all the mental torment he had been dealing with on his own since he left the forces and I reckon every Vietnam war vet can relate to some or all of the stuff he was was saying
I’m 45. I’ve seen this movie a dozen times. Watching this with you all just hit me differently
then my work is done...
Stallone is one of the few people in these hollywood movies that convinces me that his tears aren't crocodile tears. Man can really make us believe that he's crying for real in that moment. He gets the tone just right down to the octave raising/voice cracking, the way he yells/screams, the way he blubbers; all of it.
if only Robin Williams had been there to tell him.....
it's not your fault.
it's not your fault.
it's not your fault.
Brilliant
Omg dude stop imma bout to start bawling
This scene made the whole film. Stallone delivered it brilliantly.
By far, the best piece of acting Stallone ever did.😢
“You asked me, I didn’t ask you! And I did what I had to do to win - but someone didn’t let us win!” Has got to be one of the most apt descriptions of the plight of Vietnam vets ever
My father was one of them. Completely broke and never truly came home. He left when I was 3 months old. I tried to know him when I was 20. I was so mad. Then I listened to his warped thinking which always when back to the war. I had a 30 minute conversation with a man who had know idea who I was as I figured out in the moment he was in a flash back. My heart broke. I will never have a father and he will never know his son.
So much pain these vets have lived with not to mention the young kids who could never understand till much to late. Nothing good comes from political wars. I understand fighting for freedom and liberty but Vietnam was something I just don’t understand what the American citizens benefited from. Sure I see how government and business profited from to this day. The cost on us Families/kids is not enough for me to say it was the right thing to do. But here we are. More money for foreign wars at the cost of American citizens.
Casualties of war rarely ever are confined to the battlefield.
His tirade in Rocky was very emotional where he's angry at Mick and let's it all out but this was next level in Rambo
War is hell. Stallone did a beautiful job portray a character who literally went through to hell mentally physically and emotionally.
War is no joke. It is never a joke. With all due respect sometimes when I see some reactors acting all macho, acting gungho it hurts a little. I know it’s just a movie and it really is action packed. Heroes who were larger than life. I like the action as well. My father was WW2 vet. Shot in the neck, survived and had almost all his childhood friends vets as well from the same regiment. They were like Uncles. Not a one of them bragged about what went on over there. And some things he wouldn’t talk about at all, ever. I once asked him if he killed anyone and all he did was look at me. He had tears in his eyes but never told me. That man, my father paid a very very heavy price for his volunteering to serve his country ( I’m Canadian ). These ordinary men who sacrificed it all were giants in my life. I never had to look any further to find my heroes.
This is why the first one is the best. It's much deeper than the goofy sequels that followed. It's a real movie with real acting. The ending monologue is Stallone's finest acting by far.
Never underestimate the power of the mind..... even the strongest of men sometimes just need someone to tell them.... "I'm here for you..... it's going to be ok, well get through this"..... and that's speaking from personal experience.
War didn’t break Rambo. Life after the war did.
I'm still serving in the Air Force and will pass on some things. You will meet people you wouldn't have thought of ever meeting. You will make friends with a bond so deep that anywhere feels like home. You will have the worst days and nights, but you'll laugh them off later over a beer. I love you my Brothers and Sisters who are serving and have served.
this is what a good movie is all about: humanity. Depicting frailty and also toughness makes a good character in a story, not a perfect person that wins everytime by beeing just the best.
Sly deserved an Oscar for this performance. And this scene alone is the entire film.
That scene makes me cry every time, I was there during Tet.
for those who say Stallone couldn't act these 5 mins proved with an amazing script and writing he will bring the best out!!!!! look at Rocky, Rocky Balboa and Creed...Stallone is so underrated.
Stallone should've got an Oscar for his perfect acting in this scene, every emotion he showed looked like he was really feeling that for real. 🥺😢😭
Emmy is for TV, he should have gotten a Oscar nom.
@@JnEricsonx sorry, my bad. now I remember the difference
This is definitely the most emotional movie of the franchise. He had another award worthy performance here.
Nobody knew about how these men had suffered, and nobody cared a damn at all. All they had seen on TV was the suffering of the Vietnamese, and these men were the baby killers. That was the publics perception. They did not give a damn about them. They blamed them for the war.
Stallone did the final scene in First Blood specifically for the Vietnam veterans. This was a statement for all the veterans who had served in the war. He asked them whether he had done enough to bring light to their plight, and they told him that he had done them proud. Every time I see this scene I am brought to tears about the horrors these men endured both in and after the war. I think one of the most notable and profound movie scenes I have ever seen. This was an Oscar performance, and deserved that accolade.
Rambo was completely correct. The Vietnam veterans fought a war that was unpopular with mainstream US society. They had no option, and many were drafted. When they returned home after serving their country and having experienced the horrors in Vietnam they were welcomed back by anti war protestors at the airports calling them baby killers and other vile names, and were spit on. But that was just the start of their victimisation. They were given poor medical care. Society hated them and blamed them for the war. They were ostracized from society throughout the USA. Many could not find employment because of company policies that prevented the hiring of Vietnam veterans for being seen as supporting the war. They were offered menial and often very poorly paid jobs, many of which because of their psychological condition they could not hold down. There was no treatment for PTSD. Many suffered flash backs, and could not form lasting relationships. Many relationships formed before the war and marriages broke up because of the demons that haunted these men. Many committed suicide. Some became alcoholics and others drug addicts to alleviate their pain. Others became drifters and vagrants. The way they were treated by the government and society on their return was worse than pitiful, it was disgraceful. It was not these men's decision to go and fight in Vietnam. That was the US Governments decision. But none the less these men served their country, and many died for it, and on return they received no respect only revilement. The men could not even wear their uniforms for fear of being singled out and attacked by war protestors. Disgusting. The US should hold its head in shame for this period of history.
I knew an ex Green Beret sergeant platoon leader who undertook two tours in Vietnam. He had a Purple Heart Medal and Star, signifying that he had been wounded in both tours. One day, in his second tour, his platoon came into a town with a single straight road going through it. A man in a white T shirt crossed the road, and after that all hell let loose. There was a fire fight, and three of his platoon died, and sixteen North Vietnamese soldiers died. My friend was wounded three times. Most of his right hand upper arm muscle mass had gone, and despite the flesh having healed over, the path of the rifle bullet could still be clearly seen. He was medevacked out to Japan, but due to the extent of his injuries that took months to heal he was eventually given a medical discharge. My friend told me in around 2020 that I was the first person he had really ever told what actually happened. First I felt privileged, but then I asked why. He told me that for many years the sheer horror of his experiences in Vietnam gave him a mental block. He could not even talk about his experiences to his then wife on returning to the US, but still they haunted him every single day. Sometimes he would have flashbacks, other times nightmares remembering close encounters with the enemy in the jungles of Vietnam, especially at night. My friend was a good good man. He told me this about the Vietnam veterans for everyone, supporters and anti war protestors alike to know: It was not for us to reason why, just for us to do or die.
I think that Sylvestre in his last five minutes of First Blood summed up well the horrors and agony that the Vietnam veterans faced. As for his exploits in the woods, very much in tune with the Green Beret's. These men are true warriors who can live off the land whilst adapting to any terrain and climate. They are highly trained and skilled.
Your reactions and open arms are what the Vietnam veterans deserved on their return home after they had fought their hearts out for their country. Instead they were met with hate, revilement, victimization, and ostracization from society. They were the ones blamed for the war. If only people had understood what they had endured, then perhaps their attitudes would have been different. The Vietnam War was the first televised war. US society at that time was only interested in the suffering of the Vietnam people they saw on TV, which was awful, but they had little time at all for the suffering of the Vietnam veterans. Simone, Dasha, and Mello, every time I see the end scene it hits me hard and I weep too. These men did not deserve to be treated as outcasts in their own country after serving and seeing so much death.
As a consequence of the ill feeling invoked by extensive TV coverage of the Vietnam War, all US wars since then have had the press and TV coverage significantly limited. A tight grip was maintained by the US armed forces, and only coverage that the US armed forces saw fit to be released was released.
thanks for putting this together. i watch so many first blood reactions because i love seeing people go in expecting action, watching their confused interest at the beginning of the movie being tame, their anger at the cops, their progression of rooting for rambo and being excited by his antics, to suddenly the action that they think is the kicker of the movie-- only for them to get hit with that last scene and realise that it was not about the action.
awesome editing.
I can’t begin to imagine what true pain and turmoil a member of the armed forces suffers from. Even after having seen this it still only shows nothing but a fraction of what they go through and the price they pay for both family and country. Forgive me if I’m over the line when I say this but the men and woman who risk their lives to protect us from overseas they more than anyone deserve peace after enduring so much on our behalf.
Yeah, people should not blame the soldiers for their superiors mistakes. They were just following orders.
@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 yeah I don't blame the Nazis at all
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This ignorant statement of yours becomes hilarious after you research the amount of times the allies shoot down Nazi soldiers who were surrendering, or anything about the american racial concentration camps, or that time the US forced the brazilian army to participate on the war by shooting their boats down.
One of the most powerful scenes in cinema history.
One of the best of the 1980s. Saw it in 1984 on Betamax yes Betamax kids!
Rambos tears were the highest honor that jacket would ever know.
There's a metaphor there for those smarter than I.
With the advent of RUclips Stallone finally gets credit for his acting 40 years later.
Whew! I am so glad all of you got to experience such a great performance. This movie was ahead of its time, touching on the Vietnam vets who did NOT deserve the welcome (or lack there of) that they received! Definitely wasn't fair. They gave their lives just as much as any war vet and was never given the heroes welcome they deserved.
That being said, I hope you would consider watching the alternate ending. Thankfully, it wasn't used or we wouldn't have sequels but it just made the monolog that much more painful and deep
Just one example of how very good Stallone was and is.
I'm old enough to remember the war. My oldest brother went to Nam. My dad served in WW2 and went to the South Pacific. My brother enlisted in the Army. He wasn't drafted. My dad enlisted, too. My dad returned home, wounded in action. He received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. He returned home to a grateful nation, then served in the USAF for the rest of his military service. My brother returned from Nam to just the kind reception that Rambo is talking about here. He lived the rest of his life single, without his own family. Agent Orange finally began to show it's affects on him in his mid 60s. The Govt. gave him $30,000 for his trouble, but it was too late. He died 6 years ago at 68.
"The whole movie was leading up to that scene." Yes. Because by that time, that pain was never really expressed in a movie before. I'm sure it opened a lot of eyes.
When I hear people say Stallone can’t act needs to just watch the end of First Blood, powerful
That was one of the hardest things to deal with coming back to civilian life. When I was in the Marine Corps I knew I could rely on the guys around me to keep their word and they could rely on me. One of us said that something would be done it would be fucking done and that's what I knew for the first 8 years of my adult life.
But civilians, you can't trust what they tell you over half the time, let alone to get something done. I went from being able to rely on everyone around me to being able to trust no one. You can't imagine how lonely that is.
And talk about the war? If you haven't been in combat you just can't even relate, so I can't even really tell anyone anything that I experienced, even if I wanted to. So I just have to carry it by myself.
Not only was this a GREAT scene and the acting was better than any Oscar winning performance that year, it REALLY exposed the damage that soldiers came back from Vietnam with. This had happened after every war, really. But not like Vietnam and a lot of vets never got treatment that they needed because the military and the government just wanted that war to go away. It's also why there was such a special emphasis on treating our troops better during the gulf wars. Remember all of the yellow ribbons and feel good stories about men and women going off to war during the gulf?
I grew up with a lot of friends whose dads had problems from Vietnam. One of my friends mom had to get used to being ambushed occasionally as she was walking in to the house. His dad had frequent flashbacks and believed, while having them, that his mom was Viet Cong on patrol. His dad eventually committed suicide. And that was just one of my friends. There are dozens more that I personally experienced with my friends dads.
the immediate tone shift in all the reactors from Rambo is going to fuck them all up he's got this to just sitting there shocked within a few words of Rambo breaking down. Such a powerful scene
Up to this point "First Blood" plays out like a classic action film, with the set pieces getting bigger and the stakes getting higher until it culminates in the biggest battle with the highest stakes. But instead of giving us that epic action climax, it subverts your expectations and gives an emotional climax. That choice elevates the entire story and Stallone sells it with one hell of a performance. Just brilliant!
Decades later in an interview i heard stallone say this was his best acting job from all of his films
Silvestre Stallones acting is phenomenal 👏 he is the only actor to do rambo
My uncle is a Nam vet. Omg the stories…. My heart goes out to all who had to experience that nightmare……
Best Part of the movie. Truest part, unfortunately. Totally different than the rest of the movie, but the greatness of the movie leads to this. He does an AMAZING job acting this scene.
Stallone,s speach here is every soldiers story, and absolutely brilliant
As bloody as Rambo movie was, only one death happened when the sheriff deputy fell out of the helicopter
I do love the paradox of that character, and the contrast it provides to Rambo. A dictatorial, vindictive and spiteful authoritarian who - when confronted - loses all semblance of control and flies into a bloodlust that effectively costs him his life.
And they were acting like Rambo was the savage, acting out for no reason? Brilliant antagonist.
That scene was a real gut punch to a lotta people. It did a lot to help attitudes start changing.
The ending should not surprise anyone. Nobody wins a war. There are only losers.
Man, you can really tell how much of a shock this is to everyone involved. Like all of us born just after the 80's and into the 90's and maybe some in the early 2000's, we heard of how badass Rambo was. How invincible he was. And how many people Rocky beat in the ring, you can't wait for the matches at the end of those movies.
And then you watch those first few movies all the way through and then the character build-up and explosion of emotions hit you like a ton of bricks. It was never about the guns or the boxing, it was the reason Stallone's characters picked them up. True, whole, three-dimensional characters: One struggling to make a living in a big city, one outright tragic representing every single returning Vietnam soldier in a single man.
At least Rocky I see making sense for all the sequels it has, even if some are not the best handled. Rambo...the sequels existing at all kinda annihilates the beautiful ending this is.
I remember when this movie came out. The tv ads just made it look like “Rocky with gun” - in the theater I saw it in, people were audibly sobbing at the end. This is probably Stallone’s greatest film.
I love Dasha's empathy.
If you can believe it, the original ending to this movie had Trautman shooting Rambo when they hugged. The test audiences hated it so much that they changed it.
Yep, this movie hit the nerve big time, and because of how our Vietnam vets were treated returning back to the states, there was a huge push to appreciate what they go through for our country. That's precisely why we say "thank you for your service," now.
Hey here's a fun fact sly actually spent 2 weeks with a nam vet to do this and everything he says is 100% true the soldier's name is Taylor.. I don't know if that's his first name or last name but that's I can't find anything it's just Taylor.. probably wanted to be left alone... I can respect it
Every time I watch scene it still breaks me. It was a god damned tragedy how Vietnam veterans were treated. They didn't fail us, we failed them. They fight to protect us so its our job to take care of them. That is why I always thank a vet and say, "Welcome home soldier."
someone should tweet this to Sylvester Stallone
“There are no winners in battle. Just survivors.” I had Four Brother's Serve in the Viet Nam Era, Two in Country in the Combat Zone. They have stories They cannot Tell me about even to this day. I Served but Not in Combat Zone so it's hard to relate to those who have seen the Worse and have to come back to "The World" as if Nothing happened.
Back in the Viet Nam Days they were just Learning the Hard Lesson of PTSD. First Blood One of the First to Introduce it to Audiences.
The whole movie he barely speaks, so when it all comes out, it's just so compelling.
If you don't shed a tear during this scene then you're not human.
PTSD isn't anything new. In Plutarch's Life of Marius he wrote that in his old age the great man suffered from night terrors, nightmares and flashbacks to previous battles as a general in the Roman army and that the only thing that seemed to help him was drinking to excess. Anyways... This is Stallone's best scene as an actor imo and it's made much better because Trautman, himself a hardened soldier, is visibly shook up by Rambo's distress.
Damn, never knew that about Marius. I wonder if Julius or Sulla had it?
Masterpiece ever. Greatness
It was a long time after I saw this the first time before I watched a reaction to it and completely forgot about this scene. I had a new appreciation for it.
Sly really fucking owned that scene, this whole movie was genius, accurate, totally showed what they were made to be, and when they came back 'home' 'home' wasn't there, Alice in chains rooster...... yeah. but damn, Sly fucking felt this......
Living legend. Long live stallone
Silvester Stallone should have had at least one Oscar nomination for tremendous performance.