unfortunately that would make liberals (the ones that called guys like this a baby killer) the villains. And Hollywood doesn't like calling liberals, villains.
He did everything he was told to do, did everything he was raised to believe was right, lost everything and for it he was hated, abused, and discarded by the people he sacrificed it all for.
As the Son of a Vietnam veteran I would often ask my Father about his time there. While he wasn't in the same situation as the Rambo character he did of course lose friends and face his own mortality on a few occasions. While at a Base known as Hill 55 about 10 miles Southwest of Da Nang he was asked to grab a sheet of Plywood from a nearby pile to use as a makeshift table. Lugging the wood up the hill across his back he heard a series of thwip sounds followed by a "pinging" noise. Turns out he was being snipped from the Jungle nearby and that ping he heard was a shot hitting a nearby metal fencing, the thwips were rounds hitting the ground. A guy wearing camouflage and a hat with a feather stuck in the brim shouted at him to get for cover before grabbing his own rifle to return fire. That guy as it turned out was famed Vietnam war sniper Carlos Hathcock known as White Feather.
Unfortunately my father was in that same position as Rambo, and years later I was in that same position, My brother John was in that same position, my brother Brandon was in that same position (He's a Command Sergeant Major now, and my cousin Rondelle was in that same position (he was killed in combat). I retired a Master Chief (Seabee) with 24 years of service, but unfortunately today I'm suffering from a brain tumor that developed from being around burn pits.
My dad was a medic over there. He never would tell me anything about it. I can imagine the stuff he saw. Spent the rest of his life as a surgical assistant.
Still say he should have earned an Oscar on this alone. Young heads always think it’s just a shoot em up action flick. Then you watch it from beginning to end and it was so much more than that. The rest were indeed money grabs (it is Hollywood after all). But this scene is powerful art.
I agree.It’s a powerful scene,how he couldn’t get over the death of his buddy who was blown up by that rigged shoeshine box in Saigon.As I said in a previous post,it’s a shame he turned Rambos story into a franchise.First Blood is the best of the lot.First Blood 2 wasn’t bad,but the rest…no!
The second one tried to recapture that ending with another monologue. It wasn’t awful, but it clearly was a one-time thing for First Blood. You can’t recapture the impact of that scene, and it’s the reason why this Rambo will always be remembered the most.
Yeah, while not completely lacking depth, the rest of the franchise, pales in comparison to the first and are the cause of everyone's misperceptions, about what this film is going to be and how good it is. It's pretty much the same with the Rocky franchise, except he had gems with both 1 and 2, with the rest of the series lacking the same heart.
Sylvester Stallone’s performance is so incredible it’s easy to overlook Richard Crenna’s amazing performance as a man who wants to also break down in tears but tries to maintain his military bearing
Richard Crenna's performance conveys a lot of things. Over the course of the film he's been bragging about how Rambo is a deadly machine he created. In this scene, you can see the guilt on his face as he realises what he's done to a human being
Stallone at his absolute best.I saw this when it came out in 1982,and loved Stallones performance.It’s just so sad that he turned it into a franchise like Rocky and The Expendables.
Richard Crenna was good in "The Rape of Richard Beck" which was released around the same time as the Rambo trilogy. It's about an arrogant show off detective that got raped by a motorcycle gang and suffered a nervous breakdown.
The Colonel knew that John needed a father figure in that moment. John needed someone to be strong, so Trautman gladly took that role for the sake of a man that he admires.
@@gr8nesshumility741 true. You can feel mutual respect and admiration between Rambo and Trautman. Also, one can see that Trautman is struggling to suppress his tears during Rambo's monologue, which I believe wasn't actually scripted, but Crenna couldn't help but feel sorry for the character.
Man... It really hits hard watching the women cry at the end of Rambo, because THIS monologue is the whole point of the movie. PTSD was in its baby steps when they movie came out.
Nah. We've known the symptoms for decades before that. It just had other names. "Battle fatigue", "shell shock", etc. But what it's always been is real truama. Not the "truama" people claim when mean things are Saud about them online. Or being disciplined by their parents and calling it truama.
@@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamerfuck you its trauma you fucking asshole i can hear fucking voices in my fucking head whenever i do something my piece of shit family wouldent approve of. Just because no one shot at me doesnt mean a fucking abusive curcomstance cant do the same thing.
@@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer yhe disciplined by parents part hits hard, because some clearly haven't gone through that properly, then act as if the world should change to suit them.
17 years, here (11 active. six as a contractor). I still instantly drop into a defensive stance, fist cocked, if someone surprises me; you're right, you don't just turn it off
PTSD is a real thing, my uncle served in Vietnam and was never the same. In his time there was no real help for a lot of those guys. I watched him struggle until the end and the last time I saw him smile, we were putting him in the ground. I hold a huge amount of respect for war vets.
@@damone70those poor chefs have a hard time forgiving themselves. They did what they had to do and with what was given. Mostly a joke but my bro told me modern MREs aren’t great.
Stallone's soliloquy still resonates - heartbreaking, profound and necessary - totally humanizes John Rambo and also showed a world that Vietnam vets who suffered PTSD needed to be taken seriously. Such a cinematic moment.
I love he called out the vile protesters. Boys come back to their fellow countrymen spitting on them for doing a job many didn't even want to do. The same is true today with protesters. Most don't know much of anything about what they are even protesting.
I am Japanese, and when I saw this movie 40 years ago, I was 20 years old and did not think that deeply about war. After seeing this last scene, I began to think deeply about what war does to soldiers. Now, it is very valuable for young people to see this film and have the same thoughts as I did.
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33”War….war never changes. We start to forget the things we should remember…and we start to remember the things we should forget.”
@@peterkane1591 Thank you. As Rambo symbolizes, human nature is weak. But trying to hide that weakness and appear strong is what makes individuals, societies, and nations make mistakes. I believe now, 40 years later, that it is the mutual recognition of each other's weaknesses that truly makes people strong.
When I was a kid I used to see Rambo as an action icon. They made cartoons, action figures, comic books about the character. Growing up, I realized "First Blood" was a drama, it was really about PTSD, loneliness and being rejected by society. Stallone did a very good job here. Then they decided to turn the character into the immortal action hero in the sequels. I'll be honest, it would have worked much better if they'd never made any sequels.
In the original Script Rambo was supposed to die, not have a soliloquy. When the Officer comes in je original shoots Rambo. And they even shot it. But during testing it didn't sit right with the audience so they took it out.
Completely agree... First Blood had not only the message, but also the atmosphere to match. The cold, gloom and feeling of isolation in the fictional town of Hope, WA and its surrounding areas really reflects Rambo's state of mind.
I agree, with one caveat- the 2008 movie absolutely captured what it was like for the GWOT vets coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan. I was one of them... I practically did exactly what Rambo was doing in the beginning of the movie... living in Thailand, working the border of Burma, fighting a war that wasn't mine. It took meeting and losing my wife in country, along with my leg, to pull me away from war. Till this day, I still miss it. I close my eyes, and I'm still there. Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma... these places are more home to me than the place I grew up in, or the place I'm living. I hate that, but at the same time, I can't give it up.
I grew up watching all but the first one. I watched in my 20s and really opened my eyes to some of my coworkers experience. They are not even the same movie!
The way those military trumpets somberly play as he's hugging Trautman feels like they're quietly serenading a casualty of war. And he may not be dead, but he's still very much a casualty, and not just of the war, but of unjust societal judgement.
This single performance is one of thee greatest performances of all time. I grew up in the 60's, my brother was drafted before he graduated - and this is graduating high school. He returned with PTSD that wasn't diagnosed till after 1977 because the US Gov didn't 'recognize it' as a 'real affliction' until then! What this movie did not tell you was that those within the ranks that had PTSD were at times bullied/brutalized while with the affliction and serving!
I remember watching Ken Burns PBS series about the Vietnam War and one episode showed Vietnam Veterans throwing their medals away outside the White House.Vietnam veterans were treated like shit by both the public and the government at that time and Stallone talking about the treatment he got,especially at the airport and being called a baby killer is true.Thank God the treatment of veterans is so much better and people go up to veterans today and thank them for their service.
I had a good friend, force recon, scout. He's a great guy, but self-destructive. Smokes a lot of weed. Says it helps, because while he's high, he can't smell his friends burning. This wasn't Vietnam, it was Enduring Freedom and Afghanistan. Nothing ever changes.
Newer audiences to this film, having heard about the character and/or the franchise for years, are in for a shock when they get to this part of the first film, the best of the series. It's in a class all by itself because of this scene. It sets itself apart from every other "action" film of it's time.
My best friend hates the macho action man movies, so he never watched any Rambo movies. I was asking him why he hated those types of movies and what he would do with the genre. He unknowingly described first blood, so i forced him to watch it. It was incredibly satisfying to see him start the movie completely disinterested and dismissive, and eve completely enraptured by the end. He told me it’s the greatest action movie ever… he wrong of course. Die Hard exists.
My father was a green beret viet war vet, he really hated having to talk about the war, in fact, every time he tried to, he would start smoking heavily, he showed on occasion PTSD, by zoning out but he was also later on showing signs of Parkinson's, it was getting so bad I, with my mother, had to quickly move out, without him getting too possessive, not out of fear of his PTSD, but he was showing the signs that he couldn't recognize me as his son. Now, the question is do I hate him? Not entirely, more like I pity him, do I miss him? No, I don't. Am I proud that he tried fighting for his country? Yes, but I wished that one day, he would understand that he did everything he could but he was never home with me growing up in the 90s, he was either working with computers or out flying, this was before he retired and started chain smoking.
An hour after Jim Minarik was discharged from the army, two persons spat on his olive, drab uniform as he walked along a street in Oakland California. Just returned from Vietnam and having no civilian clothes, Minarik wore his uniform again that night when he chose a good San Francisco restaurant to celebrate his: safe return stateside. He was denied entrance to the restaurant, and told that he was a war criminal. That was on Dec. 10, 1968, and Minarik solved the problem bý purchasing a civilian suit. "It was not a very good welcome back to America." the former paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division said yesterday. Washington Post 6-2-71
Its a myth. It was a meme of the time, everyone heard someone who's friend's cousin got spit on. Reporters looked for exact specific instances and couldn't track any down.
As someone raised by a Vietnam vet who had 5 kids and I’m one of the 6 he adopted; stories of disrespect being shown towards returning veterans are all true actually as it happened on multiple occasions to my father yet he kept his cool and simply responded to hate with kindness.
As someone who used to really struggle with PTSD, I'd say this is pretty accurate. You're always tense, on guard, startled easily. Those memories...they cling to you like a parasite. Haunt you every day, all the time, in your sleep. A certain smell, sound or touch can instantly pull you back into *that* place; wherever it was, whatever happened. People look at you differently, they don't understand why you are this way. It is hell. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Exactly my wife can't understand sometimes why I am so paranoid..why I never sit with my back facing a door...why I have to be able to see my surroundings at all times..Why I am always observing everything everyone does around me...why I am paranoid about making sure everything is secured and locked constantly...it isn't pleasant in the slightest. Like you said you get the "why are you like this??" Response to these behaviors and you can't even begin to say why....
Becuase it's not a "Rambo film". Yes, it introduced the character to the screen. But the sequels started off as a knock off of a Chuck Norris movie (now there is a man who is a "man of action" not a an actor), then Stallone turned into the right price alternative to Arnold. Those are "Rambo films", mindless action with a plot written on kleenex. This... Not a "Rambo film".
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. Being a disabled army veteran, I can relate to his struggles. Especially feeling of being alone. Thanks for sharing
My father was in the 4th marine division in WW2 and was in the battle at Iwo Jima. He was there 10 days before he was hit with shrapnel from a mortar and almost lost his left leg. I can't imagine the horrors he witnessed In those ten days which probably felt like ten years. He, and the other men and women who made it home from that war, were at least treated as heroes. The way the returning vets from Vietnam were treated was absolutely disgusting and an insult. You may not agree with a war some vets have to serve in, but they're human beings just like you and should be treated with respect. You may think you know but you will NEVER know what they've been through and experienced. Thank you to all veterans.🇺🇸
Stallone is definitely not just about muscles, gun shots and punches. He's a great actor. Rocky 6 has 3 great emotional scenes, one of him teaching his son a lesson, another of him talking to the boxing committee, and another of him venting to Paulie about the "stuff in the basement", this last one made me cry. Great actor!
Every rocky are master piece because every rocky have very different point of view and the rocky story by himself are super clean become nothing to ultra stars to nothing at the end
I operated and repaired the most advanced surface radar on the planet. Was qualified as a master helman to drive during underway replenishments, anchoring, mooring, straight transits. I spent 6 months looking for work before getting hired at home depot to push carts and load cars. Of any movie, this scene is the hardest for me to watch.
One of those rare occasions when the movie gets it better than the book. This was a powerful message for how wrong the Vietnam era veterans were treated. In the war, by the government, by their own countrymen, when most of them were draftees, not voluntary forces. They get home, trying to do the best they could, turned away most everywhere they went... and even still, to this day, held up and used as a prop for political clout.
The worst part is that the Vietnam war shouldn't even have happened in the first place. The best explanation for it is Rambo's monologue in the director's cut of Rambo 4: "old men start it, young men fight it, nobody wins, everybody in the middle dies, and nobody tells the truth."
I was recently waiting at a bank to speak with loan an officer, there was a Vietnam vet sitting across from me. We got talking and he told me he had, had 13 operations that he had caught some shrapnel, and they could not get all of it out he still had some in him and spoke of how painful it was sometimes, he walked with a cane. He explained how he still had nightmares and had to moved out of his home because he was afraid, he might hurt his wife, he said they trained me to kill and kill quick.
"Congratulations!", they said, "You've got what it takes!" They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes They took a clean-cut kid A d they made a killer out of him is what they did. - Bob Dylan
I would never hate a soldier for fighting in an unpopular war. They sacrificed their time in the military to get better just so they can protect our country, but they are honor-bound to follow orders of their superiors. It is not their fault they fought people they were told were our enemy because that is what they are trained for. Of course, there are situations that they should question the legality of, but an entire war? They can't fight against the call.
Stallones finest acting performance. Highlights the plight of veterans who came home from Vietnam and were treated terribly by the nation and all the PTSD that most soldiers suffered from, where nothing is over and the memories and things they experienced continued to haunt them all.
Honest to god Sly should have gotten an Oscar nomination for this movie. Which the exception of Creed and Rocky 1 this is his best performance of all time. The final scene when he talks about how horrifying the Vietnam War was still makes me cry to this day. Also he very wisely had the ending changed as well as him killing no one directly. In the original book First Blood Rambo actually completely snaps and goes on a killing spree and the book ends with Colonel Trautman shooting and killing Rambo like he was putting down a rabid animal. But Stallone in his amazing foresight knew this character needed sequels so he encouraged the director and the studio to have him kill no cops or guardsmen and have him arrested instead of killed off.
for those wondering what punishment he got, see First Blood part 2, it wasn't good. sentenced to 30 years hard labor. He gives an equally moving soliloquy at the end of it too (I've heard that veterans in the theaters were giving standing ovations).
The scene of him venting to Paulie about the "beast in the basement" in Rocky 6 is equally strong and heart-breaking IMHO. Stallone is criminally underrated and hated by Hollywood.
This movie is so misunderstood by so many boomers as a big, manly movie without "all that modern bullshit". But conveniently forget the movie ends with Rambo breaking down, crying, and saying the war was the worst thing that ever happened to him and he can't adjust to civilian life.
Basically, this was the scene that was the message to everyone of what every soldier from Vietnam was going through. Sure, there were some bad apples in the military, but the sheer lack of empathy from the public... something in short supply, even today. But you know, all John Rambo wanted was just something to eat. And a puffed-up sheriff was playing gatekeeper.
Vietnam veterans have always and always will be my heros. I remember being at LAX. I seen a soldier pushing another soldier in a wheelchair. He had no legs. When they got outside there were protesters, calling them baby killers and spitting on them. I was 9 yrs old and that was the first time I remember being so angry at the world.
I saw Rambo 2 before First Blood. I was shocked by this scene because Rambo 2 was a straight up action flick with bits and pieces of the originals heart. And his breakdown at the end reaching for Trautman was my first glimpse at PTSD and what it can do to a person. Years later it’s still a powerful scene in a powerful movie.
The tragic thing about subsequent movies, he's always seen trying to get away, but all he has is war and loss, and while it seems cool on the surface, dude only ever wanted to live a peaceful life, but it always eluded him.
That monologue is what made Stallone a superstar: he identified with every combat veteran before or since. The really sad part, is the number of people that say "He needs therapy": a nice thought, but therapy doesn't make the ghosts go away. The ghosts stay with you as long as you live.
Some veterans suffer in silence. I'm a USMC vet myself, but I never saw true combat. My dad DID see combat........two tours of duty in Vietnam, also as a Marine. Growing up, I was aware of Vietnam vets suffering from PTSD (Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, documentaries about vets, seminars about PTSD while I was on active duty, etc). But I always had the impression that my dad wasn't affected. In the last year, I've found out that for the last 54 years, my dad has slept with a gun under his pillow. He's startled easily by loud noises. He still has nightmares about jungle warfare. Most of the typical problems. I always felt "lucky" that my dad didn't suffer like others did. To know that he has been suffering all of these years while telling no one is very painful for me.
Gary Sinise did an interview on how he landed the role of Lt Dan in Forrest Gump. He spoke of three brothers-in-law, combat vets who fought in Vietnam. Sinise got tips on how to act like an officer there in the field, and it changed his life. He also learned about the abuse they received returning at the airport returning from Vietnam in uniform. The abuse was so bad, each had to change out of uniform at the bathroom. Today, Sinise still does volunteer work with Veterans.
Sadly this was true for a lot of Vietnam Vets. It wasn't just the protestors making them feel despair coming back home, it was often times family too. Society at large turned their backs on the soldiers. The self deletion rate and homelessness is the highest amongst veterans from that war. Even the VFW wouldn't even recognize them, as they called it the Vietnam "conflict" instead of war. Our country and culture did those men dirty. Add to that the PTSD (real PTSD, not the ones tiktok 304s claim to suffer from), trauma, drug addiction, mental illness, etc. It's horrifying to think about. God have mercy on us for how we treated them. Stallone delivers this message in his epic and heart breaking performance here.
The first reaction video of JustTrustAsh’s channel I ever watched was Rambo-and it was Hannah’s sweetness and empathy for Rambo at the end that made me subscribe. 💜
At the time, there was no diagnosis for PTSD. Vers were considered crazy and locked them up. There were no programs, no groups, no one to do anything for anyone. Vets also had a hard time getting and keeping jobs because of the PTSD. Just wasn't a good time for vets.
I can imagine how you feel knowing that about your old man. I'd just want to give him a big hug everytime I saw him, no words said, no questions asked. If that would relieve his inner pain for a couple seconds, I'd be satisfied.
I have not seen this scene since I retired from the military in 2017 and wow! This hit 100 times harder now. I never experienced anything close to this, but after serving, you understand where he is coming from. It's crazy how after you serve, you just automatically understand, respect, and have this feeling that we are all brothers regardless of what branch of military your in, or any other occupation that protects others (police, firemen, etc...)
Stallone through both writing and acting has become an icon. Very intelligent man. This was at the start of his career and is also one of his best scenes.
As an Afghanistan veteran I personally cried when we pulled out. I knew all those people would be slaughtered. They knew while the Americans were there they’d all be fine. As soon as we left all hell broke loose.
Afghanistan veteran here as well, 2400 American kia compared to the 59,000+ Taliban KIA, yet we pull out like we did? What a joke. Semper Fi Marine- Army vet.
Generally Stalone playing easy roles for "action movies", roles that anybody can play - so most people believe he's not a good actor... ...and then, you watching THIS SCENE. These few moments, should be enought to give to Stalone the "Golden Idon" (Oscar)! We've seen a lot good acting from many actors, trying to portait a PTSD veteran... ...but here... oh boy... Stalone just NAILED IT!!! I never thought I'll be so emotional watching a scene of... Stalone - and I did, I was crying all the time he was acting this last movie's scene!
This is the first movie that made me cry. I was 17 when it came out on vhs and I still cry every time I watch this scene... so powerful. So much respect for Stallone's acting skill.
Up to WW2. After that they did nothing for the country, just spent billions of tax payers invading other areas of the world to keep your gasoline cheap. The only veterans I salute are WW2 vets, though not many are still alive today
I attended one of my dad's ptsd sessions and when it came time for his story, I couldn't stop crying he had to put a 5 year old out of his misery after the vietconge used their own people as a shield to attack them . He still has nightmares about it. Nice group of men whom I consider heros in my eyes thank you for sharing your stories with me . I pray every day for their healing not only physically but mostly mentally.
People think Rambo is an action movie when it's really about PTSD and the horrors of what war can do to the mind of a person on the field. It should have gotten far more awards for what it tried to get the world to know about
The movie that proves Stallone can act. Of course there are others, but for people that thinks he is only an action star, this is the movie to show there is more
Watching the Colonels confusion always gets me. He has only ever seen Rambo as a bad ass tough soldier he trained, he honestly looks like he doesn't know what to do when he sees him break down. Old story though, they only train you for the war, they don't train you for after.
It's the old saying "War is where the young and stupid get tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other." Captains and generals are too detached at that point, the higher you get in the chain of command, the easier it becomes to see the soldiers as only numbers.
I’m glad we got this version of first blood. Sylvester Stallone did an interview that the original script had John Rambo to be more talkative and cheesy. I think Rambo coming off as more quiet and reserved, at first or when he needed to be loud, was a better choice. It makes Rambo really look like he’s seen some shit.
This is a reality for most military veterans in the US . We are the highest homeless and suicidal rates and it’s a situation I’m going through now . Lots of civilians don’t understand what we go through and it’s hard to hold down employment and most don’t care or are disrespectful especially this younger generation .
Everyone says "thank you for your service" to vets of any war, my old man said if you ever see a vietnam vet, do not thank him for his service (you can if you want but) tell them "welcome home", because no one did when they came back, the few i said it to were so greatful and happy, they shook my hand, i continue that gesture to this day...welcome home vietnam vets, thank you!!!
As a combat vet this scene brings back memories of 69 I saw the horror of war at 20 years old, made home but apart of me died over there, I was never the same.
Honestly he deserved an Oscar for this movie and especially for this scene, he was so natural and convincing, feels like he got robbed for not winning that year!
For anyone who never saw the sequel. Rambo ended up in prison, with a very long sentence. A particular prison that Trautman did his best to keep him out of. No extensive therapy of any kind. Just left to mostly deal with things on his own. In the sequel, Rambo gets chosen for a propaganda mission that he believes is an early rescue mission for POWs. If he agrees to go on the mission, he gets a full pardon. Trautman returns. But Rambo soon suspects something is wrong. But he goes on the mission anyway. Also, in the original ending to the first Rambo film, Trautman is holding a pistol as Rambo has his breakdown. At the end, instead of going in for the hug, Rambo rushes in, grabs the weapon and shots himself. Ending his own existence.
@ would have sworn there was at least a few feet between them rambo was by the filing cabinet rambo gets up kinda fast or rushes him. the only part they reuse in the 2008 movie is rambo taking a 45 to the guts so i may have retroactively reframed it.
@@bloodlinefilms Likely that. Rambo rushing in close and grabbing Trautman's hand with the gunshot going off was so incredibly sudden and unexpected. Unfortunately, a more realistic ending. But Hollywood loves leaving things open for sequels.
@ i think they showed it to the test audience and people sympathized with him so much they rejected the bummer ending. same thing happened with clerks to compare apples and oranges.
The sad thing is that some people watch this and think it's an incredible movie performance, which it is... but the reality is that Rambo's story is what many veterans are going through.
This was one of the first movies to really address PTSD. Rambo speaks more in this scene than the whole rest of the movie because Trautman is the only person there that can relate and knows exactly how Rambo feels. The moment Trautman almost breaks gets me everytime, but he pulls himself together because he’s the only person in the world right now that can talk Rambo off the ledge and he has to remain strong to be the father figure for Rambo.
Another Well chosen segment from a memorable video. That video and Rocky really started it for Sky. Btw, happens to be my first name from 61 years ago.😊
For me the line that gets me the most is..."I don't talk to anybody, sometimes a day, sometimes a week!" To me is just shows how alone and isolated he is, trapped in his own head with those memories.
To me ..the Coronel's look when he's holding him is not just of sadness & empathy ...but horror at what war can do to even Rambo ...who ..in his eyes...was THE Elite killing machine .
My friends dad had 3 purple hearts from Vietnam, shot in the chest once, sent back and shot again, sent back again and once again shot and finally allowed out of the military. He spent the rest of his life working part time and struggled with making ends meat and maintaining control of himself. I remember a Christmas party when I was 5 and it was late and my mom was talking to his wife and me and my friend playing in the living room. The conversation shifted to his struggle with work and most of all the pain of his injuries and loss... and it was dark and we didn't know he was awake and he had come down and was in the shadows watching us. He started talking about his friends dieing, his injuries and EXACTLY how it felt and for a moment he started to shake and you could see the absolute terror; it wasn't loud like this and in fact it was an absolute whisper. His wife called an end to the party real quick and she brought him upstairs and then apologized for him because he didn't like talking about it. The damage was real... and that 5 minutes at the end of a Christmas party in 1980 has stuck with me almost 45 years years later.
Stallion should’ve won an Oscar just for this scene.
its Stallone 😂
@@Life_Is_AdventureeIt is, but he is also Stallion. The Italian Stallion.
Isn't that right, Apollo? (RIP Carl Weathers)
unfortunately that would make liberals (the ones that called guys like this a baby killer) the villains. And Hollywood doesn't like calling liberals, villains.
OK boomer @@Kissfan96dr
@@orion351us lol it was the boomers that were doing that.
Remember
All Rambo wanted was something to eat
He just wanted to eat and his own country's people discriminate him
He did everything he was told to do, did everything he was raised to believe was right, lost everything and for it he was hated, abused, and discarded by the people he sacrificed it all for.
They drew first blood not him
all he wanted to do was pass thru
All he wanted was to visit his comrade Delmar.
I was called a "baby killer" when I first came home from deployment. I was a Medic. I saved kids. Lol. It hurt so bad.
That’s close minded, brainless people for you. The opinion of a fool holds no weight no more than the weight of termite.
Still hurts somedays brother
Thank you for your service.
Remember, the same type of people who called you a baby killer would proudly declare themselves to be pro-abortion.
Meanwhile the people calling you that aborted 60 million kids.
As the Son of a Vietnam veteran I would often ask my Father about his time there. While he wasn't in the same situation as the Rambo character he did of course lose friends and face his own mortality on a few occasions. While at a Base known as Hill 55 about 10 miles Southwest of Da Nang he was asked to grab a sheet of Plywood from a nearby pile to use as a makeshift table. Lugging the wood up the hill across his back he heard a series of thwip sounds followed by a "pinging" noise. Turns out he was being snipped from the Jungle nearby and that ping he heard was a shot hitting a nearby metal fencing, the thwips were rounds hitting the ground. A guy wearing camouflage and a hat with a feather stuck in the brim shouted at him to get for cover before grabbing his own rifle to return fire. That guy as it turned out was famed Vietnam war sniper Carlos Hathcock known as White Feather.
AND EVERYBODY CLAPPED 👏 👏 👏
Unfortunately my father was in that same position as Rambo, and years later I was in that same position, My brother John was in that same position, my brother Brandon was in that same position (He's a Command Sergeant Major now, and my cousin Rondelle was in that same position (he was killed in combat).
I retired a Master Chief (Seabee) with 24 years of service, but unfortunately today I'm suffering from a brain tumor that developed from being around burn pits.
I was in rehab with white feathers grandson. I met him once. He was amazing.
Im also the son of a Vietnam Veteran. I salute all I encounter. My father told us his stories NIONSTOP for first 20 years of my life.
My dad was a medic over there. He never would tell me anything about it. I can imagine the stuff he saw. Spent the rest of his life as a surgical assistant.
Still say he should have earned an Oscar on this alone. Young heads always think it’s just a shoot em up action flick. Then you watch it from beginning to end and it was so much more than that. The rest were indeed money grabs (it is Hollywood after all). But this scene is powerful art.
I agree.It’s a powerful scene,how he couldn’t get over the death of his buddy who was blown up by that rigged shoeshine box in Saigon.As I said in a previous post,it’s a shame he turned Rambos story into a franchise.First Blood is the best of the lot.First Blood 2 wasn’t bad,but the rest…no!
The second one tried to recapture that ending with another monologue. It wasn’t awful, but it clearly was a one-time thing for First Blood. You can’t recapture the impact of that scene, and it’s the reason why this Rambo will always be remembered the most.
@@dastemplar9681
Agreed
Yeah, while not completely lacking depth, the rest of the franchise, pales in comparison to the first and are the cause of everyone's misperceptions, about what this film is going to be and how good it is. It's pretty much the same with the Rocky franchise, except he had gems with both 1 and 2, with the rest of the series lacking the same heart.
If I remember correctly, Rambo dies at the end of the book this is based on.
Sylvester Stallone’s performance is so incredible it’s easy to overlook Richard Crenna’s amazing performance as a man who wants to also break down in tears but tries to maintain his military bearing
Richard Crenna's performance conveys a lot of things. Over the course of the film he's been bragging about how Rambo is a deadly machine he created. In this scene, you can see the guilt on his face as he realises what he's done to a human being
Stallone at his absolute best.I saw this when it came out in 1982,and loved Stallones performance.It’s just so sad that he turned it into a franchise like Rocky and The Expendables.
Richard Crenna was good in "The Rape of Richard Beck" which was released around the same time as the Rambo trilogy. It's about an arrogant show off detective that got raped by a motorcycle gang and suffered a nervous breakdown.
The Colonel knew that John needed a father figure in that moment. John needed someone to be strong, so Trautman gladly took that role for the sake of a man that he admires.
@@gr8nesshumility741 true. You can feel mutual respect and admiration between Rambo and Trautman. Also, one can see that Trautman is struggling to suppress his tears during Rambo's monologue, which I believe wasn't actually scripted, but Crenna couldn't help but feel sorry for the character.
Man... It really hits hard watching the women cry at the end of Rambo, because THIS monologue is the whole point of the movie.
PTSD was in its baby steps when they movie came out.
Nah. We've known the symptoms for decades before that. It just had other names. "Battle fatigue", "shell shock", etc.
But what it's always been is real truama. Not the "truama" people claim when mean things are Saud about them online. Or being disciplined by their parents and calling it truama.
@@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamerthank you
@@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamerfuck you its trauma you fucking asshole
i can hear fucking voices in my fucking head whenever i do something my piece of shit family wouldent approve of.
Just because no one shot at me doesnt mean a fucking abusive curcomstance cant do the same thing.
@@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer Love the user name my man
@@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer yhe disciplined by parents part hits hard, because some clearly haven't gone through that properly, then act as if the world should change to suit them.
I served for 22 years. This is so true. You just don't turn it off.
17 years, here (11 active. six as a contractor). I still instantly drop into a defensive stance, fist cocked, if someone surprises me; you're right, you don't just turn it off
What time period and branch did you serve breakfast in?
PTSD is a real thing, my uncle served in Vietnam and was never the same. In his time there was no real help for a lot of those guys. I watched him struggle until the end and the last time I saw him smile, we were putting him in the ground. I hold a huge amount of respect for war vets.
@@damone70those poor chefs have a hard time forgiving themselves.
They did what they had to do and with what was given.
Mostly a joke but my bro told me modern MREs aren’t great.
Thank you for your service 🙏
Stallone's soliloquy still resonates - heartbreaking, profound and necessary - totally humanizes John Rambo and also showed a world that Vietnam vets who suffered PTSD needed to be taken seriously. Such a cinematic moment.
I love he called out the vile protesters. Boys come back to their fellow countrymen spitting on them for doing a job many didn't even want to do.
The same is true today with protesters. Most don't know much of anything about what they are even protesting.
Amen brother. Amen.
We turned them into weapons and then turned our back on them. We failed as a country
Nearly all Vietnam vets got a lot of hatred they didn't deserve.
at that time PTSD wasn't even a thing. I think this movie and this scene brought a lot of attention to it.
By far, the best acting Stallone ever did. ❤
Rocky and Copland say hi...
@Jaydogg222 Both great movies. But they don't even come close. The last 5 minutes of this movie blows them all away.
@@toxicrevenuegaming Nope
Stallone is a GREAT actor
We often regard him as just an action hero and a muscle head.
But the man is an amazing actor and an amazing writter
@@Mugthrakaikr? An amazing actor, always will be one of my favourites personally.
I am Japanese, and when I saw this movie 40 years ago, I was 20 years old and did not think that deeply about war.
After seeing this last scene, I began to think deeply about what war does to soldiers.
Now, it is very valuable for young people to see this film and have the same thoughts as I did.
Here's some sayings about war you might find interesting:
"Battle is an orgy of chaos"
"War never changes, but always changes people"
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33”War….war never changes. We start to forget the things we should remember…and we start to remember the things we should forget.”
Well said! ( I have travelled a lot and I have to say I loved Japan... I'm from Ireland... Have to say Japan is one of the best countries ever.)
@@peterkane1591
Thank you.
As Rambo symbolizes, human nature is weak. But trying to hide that weakness and appear strong is what makes individuals, societies, and nations make mistakes.
I believe now, 40 years later, that it is the mutual recognition of each other's weaknesses that truly makes people strong.
The last line in the movie:
“I can’t get *it* out of my mind”
Summed up *everything*
Sly is an underrated writer.
When I was a kid I used to see Rambo as an action icon. They made cartoons, action figures, comic books about the character. Growing up, I realized "First Blood" was a drama, it was really about PTSD, loneliness and being rejected by society. Stallone did a very good job here. Then they decided to turn the character into the immortal action hero in the sequels. I'll be honest, it would have worked much better if they'd never made any sequels.
In the original Script Rambo was supposed to die, not have a soliloquy. When the Officer comes in je original shoots Rambo. And they even shot it. But during testing it didn't sit right with the audience so they took it out.
Completely agree... First Blood had not only the message, but also the atmosphere to match. The cold, gloom and feeling of isolation in the fictional town of Hope, WA and its surrounding areas really reflects Rambo's state of mind.
Same as Rocky, he has always said it was a love story about a boxer, the original, and then it morphed into a series I still re-watch to this day.
I agree, with one caveat- the 2008 movie absolutely captured what it was like for the GWOT vets coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan. I was one of them... I practically did exactly what Rambo was doing in the beginning of the movie... living in Thailand, working the border of Burma, fighting a war that wasn't mine. It took meeting and losing my wife in country, along with my leg, to pull me away from war.
Till this day, I still miss it. I close my eyes, and I'm still there. Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma... these places are more home to me than the place I grew up in, or the place I'm living.
I hate that, but at the same time, I can't give it up.
I grew up watching all but the first one. I watched in my 20s and really opened my eyes to some of my coworkers experience. They are not even the same movie!
The way those military trumpets somberly play as he's hugging Trautman feels like they're quietly serenading a casualty of war. And he may not be dead, but he's still very much a casualty, and not just of the war, but of unjust societal judgement.
Well said. Another amazing work by one of the GOATs for movie scores, Jerry Goldsmith.
That might be a holdover. Originally the Col killed him because he was too far gone
Stallone at the least should have been nominated for an Oscar for this.
It hits so hard when he says,”And nobody would help!”
This single performance is one of thee greatest performances of all time. I grew up in the 60's, my brother was drafted before he graduated - and this is graduating high school. He returned with PTSD that wasn't diagnosed till after 1977 because the US Gov didn't 'recognize it' as a 'real affliction' until then! What this movie did not tell you was that those within the ranks that had PTSD were at times bullied/brutalized while with the affliction and serving!
I remember watching Ken Burns PBS series about the Vietnam War and one episode showed Vietnam Veterans throwing their medals away outside the White House.Vietnam veterans were treated like shit by both the public and the government at that time and Stallone talking about the treatment he got,especially at the airport and being called a baby killer is true.Thank God the treatment of veterans is so much better and people go up to veterans today and thank them for their service.
This scene always gets me.
One of Stallone's stellar acting performances.
I had a good friend, force recon, scout. He's a great guy, but self-destructive. Smokes a lot of weed. Says it helps, because while he's high, he can't smell his friends burning. This wasn't Vietnam, it was Enduring Freedom and Afghanistan. Nothing ever changes.
Stallone should have won at least one award for this monologue.
Newer audiences to this film, having heard about the character and/or the franchise for years, are in for a shock when they get to this part of the first film, the best of the series. It's in a class all by itself because of this scene. It sets itself apart from every other "action" film of it's time.
The sequels miss the entire point of the movie.
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My best friend hates the macho action man movies, so he never watched any Rambo movies. I was asking him why he hated those types of movies and what he would do with the genre. He unknowingly described first blood, so i forced him to watch it. It was incredibly satisfying to see him start the movie completely disinterested and dismissive, and eve completely enraptured by the end. He told me it’s the greatest action movie ever… he wrong of course. Die Hard exists.
I read that surviving vets from Vietnam War stated that Sly stated the truth of what they are going thru back then and still going thru today!
My dad is a 77 y/o Marine Corps Vietnam vet & he still suffers from PTSD to this day, as well as the effects of Agent Orange exposure.
I am a viet vet usmc . this is absolutely true.
@@tmorris53 Thank you for your service and God Bless!
My father was a green beret viet war vet, he really hated having to talk about the war, in fact, every time he tried to, he would start smoking heavily, he showed on occasion PTSD, by zoning out but he was also later on showing signs of Parkinson's, it was getting so bad I, with my mother, had to quickly move out, without him getting too possessive, not out of fear of his PTSD, but he was showing the signs that he couldn't recognize me as his son. Now, the question is do I hate him? Not entirely, more like I pity him, do I miss him? No, I don't. Am I proud that he tried fighting for his country? Yes, but I wished that one day, he would understand that he did everything he could but he was never home with me growing up in the 90s, he was either working with computers or out flying, this was before he retired and started chain smoking.
@@tmorris53 thank you for your service.
An hour after Jim Minarik was discharged from the army, two persons spat on his olive, drab uniform as he walked along a street in Oakland California. Just returned from Vietnam and having no civilian clothes, Minarik wore his uniform again that night when he chose a good San Francisco restaurant to celebrate his: safe return stateside. He was denied entrance to the restaurant, and told that he was a war criminal. That was on Dec. 10, 1968, and Minarik solved the problem bý purchasing a civilian suit. "It was not a very good welcome back to America." the former paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division said yesterday.
Washington Post 6-2-71
Its a myth. It was a meme of the time, everyone heard someone who's friend's cousin got spit on. Reporters looked for exact specific instances and couldn't track any down.
@@vorpalrobot Can you read? Jim Minarik is an example of an exact specific instance.
It was in the Washington Post 6-2-71.
@@cyclone8974 yeah they look into those sources and it's still all hearsay.
@@vorpalrobotYou’re a pot stirring kid-fucker.
As someone raised by a Vietnam vet who had 5 kids and I’m one of the 6 he adopted; stories of disrespect being shown towards returning veterans are all true actually as it happened on multiple occasions to my father yet he kept his cool and simply responded to hate with kindness.
To all of those reactors who said "he just needs somebody". Youre somebody.
As long as we keep the important stories alive, we are all somebody.
As someone who used to really struggle with PTSD, I'd say this is pretty accurate. You're always tense, on guard, startled easily. Those memories...they cling to you like a parasite. Haunt you every day, all the time, in your sleep. A certain smell, sound or touch can instantly pull you back into *that* place; wherever it was, whatever happened. People look at you differently, they don't understand why you are this way. It is hell. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Exactly my wife can't understand sometimes why I am so paranoid..why I never sit with my back facing a door...why I have to be able to see my surroundings at all times..Why I am always observing everything everyone does around me...why I am paranoid about making sure everything is secured and locked constantly...it isn't pleasant in the slightest. Like you said you get the "why are you like this??" Response to these behaviors and you can't even begin to say why....
I’m grateful and thankful for who you veterans are. I’m thankful you are still here with us, alive. Stay alive Sirs. God bless you all.
This was & still is the best of the Rambo films.
In Top 10 action films of all time
Easily
Becuase it's not a "Rambo film". Yes, it introduced the character to the screen. But the sequels started off as a knock off of a Chuck Norris movie (now there is a man who is a "man of action" not a an actor), then Stallone turned into the right price alternative to Arnold. Those are "Rambo films", mindless action with a plot written on kleenex. This... Not a "Rambo film".
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. Being a disabled army veteran, I can relate to his struggles. Especially feeling of being alone. Thanks for sharing
Sometimes it's easy to forget that Stallone is capable of some damn good acting if the script is good enough.
He wrote this part of the script.
The "life" monologue from Rocky Balboa is another good example.
Very agree
My father was in the 4th marine division in WW2 and was in the battle at Iwo Jima. He was there 10 days before he was hit with shrapnel from a mortar and almost lost his left leg. I can't imagine the horrors he witnessed In those ten days which probably felt like ten years. He, and the other men and women who made it home from that war, were at least treated as heroes. The way the returning vets from Vietnam were treated was absolutely disgusting and an insult. You may not agree with a war some vets have to serve in, but they're human beings just like you and should be treated with respect. You may think you know but you will NEVER know what they've been through and experienced. Thank you to all veterans.🇺🇸
Stallone is definitely not just about muscles, gun shots and punches. He's a great actor. Rocky 6 has 3 great emotional scenes, one of him teaching his son a lesson, another of him talking to the boxing committee, and another of him venting to Paulie about the "stuff in the basement", this last one made me cry. Great actor!
Every rocky are master piece because every rocky have very different point of view and the rocky story by himself are super clean become nothing to ultra stars to nothing at the end
Those scenes are exactly why Rocky 6 is my favorite film in the Rocky franchise. In the case of Rambo, the first and fourth films are my favorites.
This is one hell of a great scene. Makes me tear up because of what Vietnam veterans actually came back home to.
My dad served 2 tours in Iraq and 1 tour in Afghanistan. He said that this was the most accurate ptsd breakdown he has seen in any movie.
God bless him🙏
I operated and repaired the most advanced surface radar on the planet. Was qualified as a master helman to drive during underway replenishments, anchoring, mooring, straight transits. I spent 6 months looking for work before getting hired at home depot to push carts and load cars.
Of any movie, this scene is the hardest for me to watch.
I love how this movie went from major badass action to very depressingly real
When I was a child I hated that part.
Maybe that's why.
One of those rare occasions when the movie gets it better than the book. This was a powerful message for how wrong the Vietnam era veterans were treated. In the war, by the government, by their own countrymen, when most of them were draftees, not voluntary forces. They get home, trying to do the best they could, turned away most everywhere they went... and even still, to this day, held up and used as a prop for political clout.
Actually, most Vietnam veterans were volunteers, not conscripts. Most WW2 vets were conscripted though.
The worst part is that the Vietnam war shouldn't even have happened in the first place. The best explanation for it is Rambo's monologue in the director's cut of Rambo 4: "old men start it, young men fight it, nobody wins, everybody in the middle dies, and nobody tells the truth."
I was recently waiting at a bank to speak with loan an officer, there was a Vietnam vet sitting across from me. We got talking and he told me he had, had 13 operations that he had caught some shrapnel, and they could not get all of it out he still had some in him and spoke of how painful it was sometimes, he walked with a cane.
He explained how he still had nightmares and had to moved out of his home because he was afraid, he might hurt his wife, he said they trained me to kill and kill quick.
"Congratulations!", they said, "You've got what it takes!"
They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes
They took a clean-cut kid
A d they made a killer out of him is what they did.
- Bob Dylan
I would never hate a soldier for fighting in an unpopular war. They sacrificed their time in the military to get better just so they can protect our country, but they are honor-bound to follow orders of their superiors. It is not their fault they fought people they were told were our enemy because that is what they are trained for. Of course, there are situations that they should question the legality of, but an entire war? They can't fight against the call.
This is why you don't mess with a broken soldier.
Exactly you will never know what they would do next
Stallones finest acting performance. Highlights the plight of veterans who came home from Vietnam and were treated terribly by the nation and all the PTSD that most soldiers suffered from, where nothing is over and the memories and things they experienced continued to haunt them all.
Honest to god Sly should have gotten an Oscar nomination for this movie. Which the exception of Creed and Rocky 1 this is his best performance of all time. The final scene when he talks about how horrifying the Vietnam War was still makes me cry to this day.
Also he very wisely had the ending changed as well as him killing no one directly. In the original book First Blood Rambo actually completely snaps and goes on a killing spree and the book ends with Colonel Trautman shooting and killing Rambo like he was putting down a rabid animal. But Stallone in his amazing foresight knew this character needed sequels so he encouraged the director and the studio to have him kill no cops or guardsmen and have him arrested instead of killed off.
for those wondering what punishment he got, see First Blood part 2, it wasn't good. sentenced to 30 years hard labor. He gives an equally moving soliloquy at the end of it too (I've heard that veterans in the theaters were giving standing ovations).
He got offered the medal of honor and rambo said he didn't want it, he wanted his country to love him as much as he loved his country.
@@NicholasSarsby Before that Trautman said "don't hate your country" and Rambo replied, "hate it? I'd die for it" Besides he already had a CMH.
@@NicholasSarsby yes. He asked for the medal to be offered to his fellow soldiers, the POWs he rescued.
As much as Stallone is known for being an action hero, at heart he's really drama actor underneath all those muscles.
They keep bleeping out that line when he says, "I can't even get a job PARKING cars!"
I think this guy who did the mashup did it, and I think it's just he mis-heard it is all. Eh.
Stallones best performance of his entire career was this scene, you cant convince me otherwise.
The scene of him venting to Paulie about the "beast in the basement" in Rocky 6 is equally strong and heart-breaking IMHO. Stallone is criminally underrated and hated by Hollywood.
This movie is so misunderstood by so many boomers as a big, manly movie without "all that modern bullshit". But conveniently forget the movie ends with Rambo breaking down, crying, and saying the war was the worst thing that ever happened to him and he can't adjust to civilian life.
I think you misunderstood what those boomers meant. Manly films don't have to glorify war
Basically, this was the scene that was the message to everyone of what every soldier from Vietnam was going through.
Sure, there were some bad apples in the military, but the sheer lack of empathy from the public... something in short supply, even today.
But you know, all John Rambo wanted was just something to eat. And a puffed-up sheriff was playing gatekeeper.
Vietnam veterans have always and always will be my heros. I remember being at LAX. I seen a soldier pushing another soldier in a wheelchair. He had no legs. When they got outside there were protesters, calling them baby killers and spitting on them. I was 9 yrs old and that was the first time I remember being so angry at the world.
Stallone had an amazing one-two punch to the start of his career with Rocky and First Blood.
if something happened and he died after that he would be remembered as one of our greatest actors.
The more amazing this is that he made Rocky III and this back-to-back.
I saw Rambo 2 before First Blood. I was shocked by this scene because Rambo 2 was a straight up action flick with bits and pieces of the originals heart. And his breakdown at the end reaching for Trautman was my first glimpse at PTSD and what it can do to a person. Years later it’s still a powerful scene in a powerful movie.
The tragic thing about subsequent movies, he's always seen trying to get away, but all he has is war and loss, and while it seems cool on the surface, dude only ever wanted to live a peaceful life, but it always eluded him.
That monologue is what made Stallone a superstar: he identified with every combat veteran before or since.
The really sad part, is the number of people that say "He needs therapy": a nice thought, but therapy doesn't make the ghosts go away. The ghosts stay with you as long as you live.
Some veterans suffer in silence.
I'm a USMC vet myself, but I never saw true combat. My dad DID see combat........two tours of duty in Vietnam, also as a Marine. Growing up, I was aware of Vietnam vets suffering from PTSD (Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, documentaries about vets, seminars about PTSD while I was on active duty, etc). But I always had the impression that my dad wasn't affected. In the last year, I've found out that for the last 54 years, my dad has slept with a gun under his pillow. He's startled easily by loud noises. He still has nightmares about jungle warfare. Most of the typical problems.
I always felt "lucky" that my dad didn't suffer like others did. To know that he has been suffering all of these years while telling no one is very painful for me.
Sorry to hear that.
He just didn’t want you to see it.
It could’ve been traumatic for you. Your dad is hero. Hooah!
Gary Sinise did an interview on how he landed the role of Lt Dan in Forrest Gump. He spoke of three brothers-in-law, combat vets who fought in Vietnam. Sinise got tips on how to act like an officer there in the field, and it changed his life. He also learned about the abuse they received returning at the airport returning from Vietnam in uniform. The abuse was so bad, each had to change out of uniform at the bathroom. Today, Sinise still does volunteer work with Veterans.
Sadly this was true for a lot of Vietnam Vets. It wasn't just the protestors making them feel despair coming back home, it was often times family too. Society at large turned their backs on the soldiers. The self deletion rate and homelessness is the highest amongst veterans from that war. Even the VFW wouldn't even recognize them, as they called it the Vietnam "conflict" instead of war. Our country and culture did those men dirty. Add to that the PTSD (real PTSD, not the ones tiktok 304s claim to suffer from), trauma, drug addiction, mental illness, etc. It's horrifying to think about. God have mercy on us for how we treated them. Stallone delivers this message in his epic and heart breaking performance here.
Great film came out in 1982 the war ended in 1975 vietnam vets are now 72 to 80 years old.
The first reaction video of JustTrustAsh’s channel I ever watched was Rambo-and it was Hannah’s sweetness and empathy for Rambo at the end that made me subscribe. 💜
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Bro just in the corner like: 👀
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At the time, there was no diagnosis for PTSD. Vers were considered crazy and locked them up. There were no programs, no groups, no one to do anything for anyone. Vets also had a hard time getting and keeping jobs because of the PTSD. Just wasn't a good time for vets.
My grandfather was in WWII and was captured and held in Germany for almost 2 years as a POW. He NEVER talked about it, very rare if he did.
Wow, he would've experienced some nasty shit. Not as bad a being a prisoner of the Vietcong, but still..
@aaronbarlow4376 that had to be horrible to.
I can imagine how you feel knowing that about your old man. I'd just want to give him a big hug everytime I saw him, no words said, no questions asked. If that would relieve his inner pain for a couple seconds, I'd be satisfied.
I have not seen this scene since I retired from the military in 2017 and wow! This hit 100 times harder now. I never experienced anything close to this, but after serving, you understand where he is coming from. It's crazy how after you serve, you just automatically understand, respect, and have this feeling that we are all brothers regardless of what branch of military your in, or any other occupation that protects others (police, firemen, etc...)
Everyone censored him when he threw the gun. He said word for word, " I cant even hold a job parking cars!!" Lol why is it censored?
Maybe they thought he said 'fucking' cars?
Because many people think he's saying "f***ing" instead. What kind of job do they think involves someone f***ing cars?! 🤣
@@OnTheWall81 Ask an OF girl. I'm sure they could answer that.
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He says I can't even hold a job parkin' fuckin' cars!
The second viewers…the dude observing and then tying adjust his emotions along with his wife. He throws out “Phewww!” 😂
I think this was Sylvester Stallone's best role, if only for the last ten minutes; he did a phenomenal job.
Stallone through both writing and acting has become an icon. Very intelligent man.
This was at the start of his career and is also one of his best scenes.
As an Afghanistan veteran I personally cried when we pulled out. I knew all those people would be slaughtered. They knew while the Americans were there they’d all be fine. As soon as we left all hell broke loose.
Afghanistan veteran here as well, 2400 American kia compared to the 59,000+ Taliban KIA, yet we pull out like we did? What a joke. Semper Fi Marine- Army vet.
@ I worked with army over there men and women I would follow into the fires of hell for.
Thank you for your service. Both of you. You guys are NOT to blame for that bloodbath.
Generally Stalone playing easy roles for "action movies", roles that anybody can play - so most people believe he's not a good actor...
...and then, you watching THIS SCENE. These few moments, should be enought to give to Stalone the "Golden Idon" (Oscar)!
We've seen a lot good acting from many actors, trying to portait a PTSD veteran...
...but here... oh boy... Stalone just NAILED IT!!!
I never thought I'll be so emotional watching a scene of... Stalone - and I did, I was crying all the time he was acting this last movie's scene!
This is the first movie that made me cry. I was 17 when it came out on vhs and I still cry every time I watch this scene... so powerful. So much respect for Stallone's acting skill.
Rambo's breakdown reminds me of how my grandpa when he'd be really sick. Recalling the the things he'd witnessed and experienced in wwii
Please never forget what our Soldiers and Veterans have done for this country. They will always be heroes to me!
Up to WW2. After that they did nothing for the country, just spent billions of tax payers invading other areas of the world to keep your gasoline cheap. The only veterans I salute are WW2 vets, though not many are still alive today
I attended one of my dad's ptsd sessions and when it came time for his story, I couldn't stop crying he had to put a 5 year old out of his misery after the vietconge used their own people as a shield to attack them . He still has nightmares about it. Nice group of men whom I consider heros in my eyes thank you for sharing your stories with me . I pray every day for their healing not only physically but mostly mentally.
People think Rambo is an action movie when it's really about PTSD and the horrors of what war can do to the mind of a person on the field.
It should have gotten far more awards for what it tried to get the world to know about
The movie that proves Stallone can act. Of course there are others, but for people that thinks he is only an action star, this is the movie to show there is more
There's also Cop Land.
Nah, Rocky proved it 6 years earlier.
They don't make movies like this anymore. Greatest!
Watching the Colonels confusion always gets me. He has only ever seen Rambo as a bad ass tough soldier he trained, he honestly looks like he doesn't know what to do when he sees him break down. Old story though, they only train you for the war, they don't train you for after.
It's the old saying "War is where the young and stupid get tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other." Captains and generals are too detached at that point, the higher you get in the chain of command, the easier it becomes to see the soldiers as only numbers.
I’m glad we got this version of first blood. Sylvester Stallone did an interview that the original script had John Rambo to be more talkative and cheesy. I think Rambo coming off as more quiet and reserved, at first or when he needed to be loud, was a better choice. It makes Rambo really look like he’s seen some shit.
This is a reality for most military veterans in the US . We are the highest homeless and suicidal rates and it’s a situation I’m going through now . Lots of civilians don’t understand what we go through and it’s hard to hold down employment and most don’t care or are disrespectful especially this younger generation .
The performance from Stallone at the last few minutes of this movie was awesome!
It grinds my mgear when people say Stallone isn't a good actor. he's amazing
Sly was great in First Blood and Copland; he definitely should've won an oscar for one of these movies
Stallone is such an underrated talent, actor, writer, screenwriter, director, he is just amazing.
Honestly one of the greatest movies ever and this scene is one of the greatest in movie history, Stallone showed his range here.
This is what War actually does to people who served and it truly is sad.
What a raw, gripping, soul crushing performance! 😮😮😮
Everyone says "thank you for your service" to vets of any war, my old man said if you ever see a vietnam vet, do not thank him for his service (you can if you want but) tell them "welcome home", because no one did when they came back, the few i said it to were so greatful and happy, they shook my hand, i continue that gesture to this day...welcome home vietnam vets, thank you!!!
I thank Vietnam vets, because as a different era vet, I know people overcompensate us, for their guilt over them.
As a combat vet this scene brings back memories of 69 I saw the horror of war at 20 years old, made home but apart of me died over there, I was never the same.
Honestly he deserved an Oscar for this movie and especially for this scene, he was so natural and convincing, feels like he got robbed for not winning that year!
Just in case when Rambo yells " I can't even hold a job parking cars" Alot of ppl think he swears when he says that but he says " parking"
The moment when Rambo was crying tears of my eyes for him, even though it was just acting, but he is the old acting legend, a historical Rambo 😭😭😞😭
For anyone who never saw the sequel. Rambo ended up in prison, with a very long sentence. A particular prison that Trautman did his best to keep him out of. No extensive therapy of any kind. Just left to mostly deal with things on his own.
In the sequel, Rambo gets chosen for a propaganda mission that he believes is an early rescue mission for POWs. If he agrees to go on the mission, he gets a full pardon. Trautman returns. But Rambo soon suspects something is wrong. But he goes on the mission anyway.
Also, in the original ending to the first Rambo film, Trautman is holding a pistol as Rambo has his breakdown. At the end, instead of going in for the hug, Rambo rushes in, grabs the weapon and shots himself. Ending his own existence.
trautman shoots rambo in the alternate ending
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No, Rambo grabs the weapon Trautman is holding and shoots himself while Trautman still has the weapon in his hand.
@ would have sworn there was at least a few feet between them rambo was by the filing cabinet rambo gets up kinda fast or rushes him. the only part they reuse in the 2008 movie is rambo taking a 45 to the guts so i may have retroactively reframed it.
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Likely that. Rambo rushing in close and grabbing Trautman's hand with the gunshot going off was so incredibly sudden and unexpected. Unfortunately, a more realistic ending. But Hollywood loves leaving things open for sequels.
@ i think they showed it to the test audience and people sympathized with him so much they rejected the bummer ending. same thing happened with clerks to compare apples and oranges.
My grand father was in WW2 we all found out when it showed up on his obit. Never talked about it and never told a soul.
The sad thing is that some people watch this and think it's an incredible movie performance, which it is... but the reality is that Rambo's story is what many veterans are going through.
This was one of the first movies to really address PTSD. Rambo speaks more in this scene than the whole rest of the movie because Trautman is the only person there that can relate and knows exactly how Rambo feels. The moment Trautman almost breaks gets me everytime, but he pulls himself together because he’s the only person in the world right now that can talk Rambo off the ledge and he has to remain strong to be the father figure for Rambo.
It wasn't my dad's war, or my uncle's. They came back, but a part of them never left.
Another Well chosen segment from a memorable video. That video and Rocky really started it for Sky. Btw, happens to be my first name from 61 years ago.😊
For me the line that gets me the most is..."I don't talk to anybody, sometimes a day, sometimes a week!" To me is just shows how alone and isolated he is, trapped in his own head with those memories.
To me ..the Coronel's look when he's holding him is not just of sadness & empathy ...but horror at what war can do to even Rambo ...who ..in his eyes...was THE Elite killing machine .
Rambo First Blood is fantastic Movie Forever ❤
My friends dad had 3 purple hearts from Vietnam, shot in the chest once, sent back and shot again, sent back again and once again shot and finally allowed out of the military.
He spent the rest of his life working part time and struggled with making ends meat and maintaining control of himself.
I remember a Christmas party when I was 5 and it was late and my mom was talking to his wife and me and my friend playing in the living room.
The conversation shifted to his struggle with work and most of all the pain of his injuries and loss... and it was dark and we didn't know he was awake and he had come down and was in the shadows watching us.
He started talking about his friends dieing, his injuries and EXACTLY how it felt and for a moment he started to shake and you could see the absolute terror; it wasn't loud like this and in fact it was an absolute whisper.
His wife called an end to the party real quick and she brought him upstairs and then apologized for him because he didn't like talking about it.
The damage was real... and that 5 minutes at the end of a Christmas party in 1980 has stuck with me almost 45 years years later.
That was a great scene, hands down. The impact of it, the emotions conveyed by Stallone was Oscar worthy imo.
As a vet who suffers from PTSD. This was real. Alot of us think and feel this way