FIRST BLOOD (1982) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch | RAMBO | Sylvester Stallone
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- For the first time, Steph & Andrew watch First Blood, a very popular 80's film that stars Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo.
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rambo: "i was in charge of million dollar equipment, BACK HERE I CAN'T EVEN HOLD A JOB PARKING CARS!!!"
that line gets me every time ...
That’s my life bro!!! In charge of men and multi-million dollars of equipment but I can’t conform to todays world and society or fit in🙏🏽… it’s a hard pill to swallow and everyone calls your crazy
The "I can't find your legs" line, when his voice breaks... 😢😢😢
Yes. Because you are an "American".
That last scene is the best acting Stallone has ever done.
It's so good
True
It’s good, but definitely not his best.
@@camronking7947 Incorrect
@@jthomann71 what about Copland
My dad served 20 years including Vietnam. I served 20 years too and had to watch my dad's eyes every time someone told me thank you for your service. NO one thanked my dad.
Tell your Dad I thank him.
Tell him i say thank you sir for your service and thank you too.
I had a family member, in the USAF, FLY missions out of Taung Sanuit, Vietnam, (pardon my spelling), he had also was the navigator on PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON; So, to your father, I TRULY SAY, THANK YOU, FOR THE SERVICE YOU GAVE, SO, as a child, during the Vietnam War Era, I could sleep peacefully!!!
@@karimhicks8376 Tan Son Nhut.
Thank you for your service and please tell your father 'thank you for your service! ' from me and my family!
God Bless you and your entire extended family!
Most people who have never seen Rambo their first impression of him is the badass action hero from the second movie. It's always cool to see people react to First Blood for the first time and watch them fall in love with the character. It's only at the end of the movie when they realize why this character became iconic. Great movie. Great reaction!
This was what happened to me. I only saw the sequels and years later when I was much older did I see First Blood. Cant believe i missed out on this gem for so long.
Glad I seen this film in the 80's when it was first on video before there was any sequels. A great movie.
@@jamespaton6047 same
Fun Fact (if someone hasn't mentioned it already): If you look behind Sheriff Teasle when Rambo's going on his rampage, you'll see three medals. Teasle himself, like Rambo, is a war veteran, but from the Korean War. He hates Rambo because the Vietnam War got WAY more attention than the Korean War did, and Teasle is angry about that war (Korean) being forgotten.
Double Fun Fact: Stallone did that jump into the trees himself and about got killed for it. His injuries were: "a serious back injury and several broken ribs, in particular, due to performing his own stunt of dropping off a cliff and into a tree" (via Wikipedia).
Fun fact 2 - Stallone did one third of the jump from the cliff, and broke a rib. There were two stunt men and Stallone involved in the jump.
Fun fact 3 - The last police officer carrying the post that Rambo tackled actually had his nose broken by Stallone
Fun fact 4 - See when Rambo was stitching his arm up? Stallone went to the emergency room and was commended by the staff there as being a real man for stitching up the wound without pain killers. They never realised that it was only a theatrical prop.
Fun fact 5 - Stallone went into a local bar full of tough loggers dressed as Rambo. Unfortunately he ordered up a Campari and soda, and the bar man and all the guys there went quiet. He then realised that his tough man image was blown, and made a quick exit. He should have ordered a bottle of whiskey, and told the bar man to leave it on the bar.
Fun fact 6 - The sack cloth poncho Rambo made up Stallone has framed on his wall at home.
PTSD has had a long history of misunderstanding, and it is maybe only within the last decade that it has been seriously addressed. People at the time of this movie knew so little about it.
As George Carlin said, if they still called it shell shock like they did in the first world war, maybe these veterans would have had more help. PTSD sounds like a network connection.
@@geofflever7089
Exactly. People were being treated for battle fatigue and shell-shock as far back as the Korean War, at least. Even if it wasn't well understood, at least the Army psychologists were trying. But a useful set of treatments and modalities based on a true understanding of the condition didn't emerge until DECADES later! A lot of civilian and government studies had to be done.
I attended a speech given by a severely wounded Viet Nam vet. His wounds were horrific. A white phospherous round hit him in the face. It burned off all of the skin even after he jumped in the water. Years of reconstruction surgery followed and he wore prostetics the rest of his life. He that there is no 'PTSD', but just PTS. Post-Traumatic Stress. Because the stress caused by what they went through is no disorder. It's natural.
@@kurtb8474Dave Roever…I’ve met him a few times. My dad was also a Vietnam vet who was wounded (not on Dave’s level, but still quite severely injured). He became a pastor and was able to get Dave to come speak at his church and a couple of other churches in the area. Dave’s story is absolutely fascinating.
As a Vet & a Combat Vet at that, to many Vets are treated for PSTD & all that does is make it worse. Because the issue isn't PSTD, the issue is transitioning from military to civilian life. Veterans to day are treated almost as bad as they where during the 60's & 70's. Coming back from Iraq on leave, we had to be sneaked out a back entrance because of protesters in the airport. Families of soldier & Vets where getting death threats. But because of media like ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN & MSMBC most people don't know that fact
First blood was definitely the best and the finest acting Sylvester has ever done right at the end of the film. That raw emotion still gets me.
First blood is the greatest one . the end monologue by Rambo is spectacular it Brings a tear to my eye.
Amazing movie. Stallone's soliloquy at the end was so well done and never fails to make me tear up.
you mentioned PTSD. Well, the VA did not recognize and admit that Vietnam Veterans suffered from PTSD until like 1992 or so, when the 1st Gulf War Veterans were returning. They received no counselling - nothing. To treat nightmares, headaches, sleeplessness, anger issues they were given pain and/or sleeping pills. My husband is a VV and he has told me some of the experiences he faced when in the military during that war. Not treated well at all. It is shameful for the way we civilians treated military personnel back then. And Rambo is right - you just don't turn it off. The memories are deep and painful scars that don't totally go away, subside and become less frequent - yes - but never ever gone.
Crazy Facts Sylvester actually broke his ribs falling through the trees hitting the branches! And also faced back injuries when the sheriff struck him in the back with his baton!
as a vet, I couldn't watch this movie, when i came back home. now it holds a special place in my heart.
They messed with the wrong War Veteran in this action adventure thriller film!
Before Stallone was cast as Rambo, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, James Caan James Garner, Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Douglas, Steve McQueen, Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Clint Eastwood, and John Travolta were considered for the role.
Before Richard Crenna was cast as Col. Sam Trautman, Kirk Douglas was cast in the role, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with another film.
Rock Hudson was considered until Crenna, a real life WWII veteran, was cast in the role.
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.
Creed? Try Copland
Agree
Yep, that end scene was Stallone's best performance ever, it was so raw ,real, human , incredible, even seeing it after so many
years again !
My vote goes to his performance in "Copland." Middle-aged cop with a hearing aid, and a potbelly. A vulnerable man, with the moral backbone to stand up to a whole town of crooked cops.
This film needed no sequels. The sequels were junk that cheapened First Blood's impact.
Nice, another one of Sylvester Stallone’s most iconic characters.
This film and the first Rocky really show Sylvester Stallone's talent shine through in such passion projects.
It's clear that our schools need to teach about the 60's & 70's when young people don't understand the beginning of this movie.
Thing is, even us Iraq & Afghanistan Vets can relate to the end of Rambo. Get home, people protesting us, threating to harm our families, can't get a job because of our service. & can't hold a job, not because of PTSD, but because we can't relate to people & they can't relate to us.
You need to read the book
A classic definitely, my favorite from the series. It's almost ridicolous how many A-list actors where up for the role
Really? Who? If you don't mind me asking
Al Pacino was up for the role that I know
@@sapphireemerald6109 Also De Niro, Nick Nolte, John Travolta, Michael Douglas, Steve McQueen and Chuck Norris were considerd
You were curious about the making of this movie. It began as a novel. The movie (with a happier ending) treated Rambo more kindly. The man went through development hell for many years.
Okay, I’m gonna show my age a bit. In the 70’s and 80’s you could buy that M-65 pattern jacket Rambo wears in the opening scene as military surplus just about anywhere for cheap. So everyone from junior high on up had them. The simple fact that he has on a military style jacket WOULDN’T be a clue to anyone that he was a vet, in fact it might give them just the opposite impression because lots of vets avoid wearing military gear in public.
And Oddly..... Military style Jackets/Shirts seemed to be popular with "Anti-War Protesters".........
Don't listen to the viewers who say the sequels aren't as good. Rambo II is Vietnam revisited and he's a badass hero, my favorite. And since 2 and 3 deal with the soviets Rambos heroism is escalated. The original, sequel and third all touch on different facets of war and government as well as American patriotism. Love them all, even the 4th and 5th as they address other issues which still need addressing
Everyone considers this an action film, which for the most part, it was, but, what it really does is bring to light what our Vietnam veterans went through when they came home, I have spoken to Vietnam veterans, being a veteran myself, only a veteran can really understand another vet. To this day, these vets, definitely need all the help they can get, this film, made us aware of real PTSD, and how it affects ppl, most of these poor guys were sent home, 48 hours after seeing combat!!! No decompression, no, time to adjust, just throw them back in to society, without any mental help, or ways to deal with what they had been through, God bless all of our veterans, they definitely deserve better, and our absolute respect.
this movie and all the stunts rock!!!!
Thank you guys for reacting First Blood starring by Sylvester Stallone. Next time Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo III, Rambo and Rambo: Last Blood
Cool reaction , great movie. This movie was a commentary on the treatment of our Vietnam Veterans, who were bogged down in a brutal and unpopular war. Sadly afterwards, the vets were seen as dregs of society, men without honor when they came home. Stallone's performance at the end was chilling and vividly captured the horror, confusion, and barbarity that many veterans experienced during and after the war.
The treatment is even worse considering most were drafted. Didn't have a choice.
@Areg Pone That's true, alot of people forget that. I was born immediately after the war, but growing up I vividly remember seeing the trauma and dissolutionment that many of those vets experienced at the hands of fellow citizens. Very embarrassing part of our history.
This movie is based on a novel about the returning Vietnam vets and the emotional difficulties they faced. What the movie doesn't show is that the Sheriff was also going through personal trauma, in the book, his wife of 25+ years was in the process of divorcing him and he was grasping at every shred of control over his life he could.... then his best friend from childhood died in the chase he started, making it all personal. Rambo reacts in the only way he knows, guerilla violence, escalating everything in a spiral of violence that ends with the destruction of a small rural town in America.
Vietnam veterans were treated sh!ttier than any other veterans who ever came back from war, in American history. "Rambo" is an illustration of this. They fought a war they did not ask for, for a decade, and then came home to an American public that HATED them, for reasons they had no notion of understanding. This is the dark side of the Civil Rights Era, which villified war in America (along with all of the good things that movement did). WW2 veterans came home as heroes. Even Korean, Gulf War, and War on Terror soldiers came back at least as American citizens, and were cared for, for their injuries and mental damage.
But Vietnam vets never received this positive attention! They were treated as war criminals, for fighting a war that they did not ask for, on the other side of the world. "Rambo" exists as their voice. It speaks for THEM! The sequels... not so much. But the first Rambo movie is a special gift to society. That's why it should always be remembered by all of us.
This is the best movie in the series, and Rambo's monologue at the end was the best part.
“Sometimes I wake up and I don’t know here I am. I don’t talk to anybody.” Fucking breaks my heart. I cry every time. 😔😔
This is the one real Rambo film that I actually truly liked because it wasn't just some 'action movie' as you guys put it. But a movie that had some real social commentary attached to it (On that point, it's interesting to note that there really was a real life Rambo situation that happened down in Texas a few years ago during the wake of a Black Lives Matter protest which didn't end well). The sequels that followed were almost like totally different movies and definitely weren't needed. They were made simply as a money grab following the success of the first movie. I actually wished they weren't ever made.
I watched this movie like 100 times when i was kid. It was only VHS to survive bombardment during the war in 90's. I knew every word from the movie.
The kid is resilient... even on VHS.
Out of curiosity, which war was that? The Yugoslav Conflict?
@@robertlombardo8437 You are correct my friend.
The scene where Rambo jumps off the cliff and hits the tree branches he really got hurt. That grunt and scream he lets out when he hits the branch was real
The time right after Vietnam was so, so different than today for military personnel. I remember watching this movie as a kid back in the eighties and loving it, I still believe that it’s hands down the best of the Rambo films.
Stallone is such a underrated actor and writer
AS SOMEONE WHO JUST GOT INTO THIS VIDEO.
I definitely want to say you should check out the rest of the series( even 3 which people disliked for unknown reasons to me.)
The entire series is just very great and honestly more consistent than most action movie franchises.
Totally from an Action movie standpoint 3 is the best imo
Number 4 was pretty good, also. Takes place back in the same part of the world that Rambo fought his war in, against some pretty vile villains!
Also, that scene with him, and the 50-cal, lives on as one of the greatest action scenes in Rambo history!!
3rd movie is hated because of it being pro-Taliban.
Seeing people watch this for the first time reminds me that how Vietnam Vets were viewed and treated when they returned hasn’t been talked about nearly enough. Most people today are all “thank you for your service.” It was waaaay different back then.
Oh. Steph knew.
I remembering seeing the news of Vietnam Vets coming home getting no respects from the people in this country. Green Berets vets are not to be messed with, their skills, tactics, and living off the land.
When Rambo drives to the town with the truck, I believe hes in "full combat"-mode, he destroys the fuel depot and motorpool then ammunition storage then power supply then the enemy HQ.
PS. Stallone should've gotten an Oscar for the last monologue only!
Coming from three generations of veterans that final scene ALWAYS brings a tear. We start wars but, we ignore the warriors that come home broken....😢
Respect for u brave veterans for fighting for freedom and democracy and protecting the world from communism 💪💪❤️❤️
When I saw when movie it was clicked so fast with excitement. You guys are watching the classics. Please watch the sequels. They're all so much fun. You guys rock!
I am not a big Rambo fan, but I love First Blood. This one, like the first Rocky is more serious. It is still has the crazy action but it is a little more grounded in reality. And not just mindless violence. Although there is nothing wrong with some good mindless violence (I love Arnold's movies like Commando) But anyways the ending is so great with Sly's speech. So moving.
The first blood was based on a book. Not going to add any spoilers, Let just say it's the only 1.
The Sequels were just hollywood milking the box office profits.
@@sifu2u_now Yes, I know. I have read a good number of David Morrell ( so? ) books.
I was a kid when i saw Rambo in theather ,and years later Rambo 2 and 3.Just imagin the very big screen ,the sound and the peoples reaction.It was so amazing!!!!!
When he breaks down and tells about some of the demons of war he has been trying to keep buried and talks about his friend, about the kind of things guys share, and the next moment his friend's body parts are all over himself and he begins to relive trying to get his friends guts off and all he wants is to put them back and make his friend okay...that should have won him an Oscar.
All Rambo movies is Goated but this was Special story corrupt cops in a small town messing with wrong Veteran who just wanted to eat and so on I loved this
Such an amazing movie. Too bad the rest of the series isn’t nearly as good as this one.
Part 4 was great
They're all still solid though
Nonsense. Utter nonsense. They're good in different ways. 2 is the action movie standard bearer.
The rats were from LAST CRUSADE. Remember, because Indy's dad hates rats? "He's scared to death of them"? That's from 1989.
The Vietnam Veterans were the worst treated war soldiers by the government and the American people. First Blood spoke to that era as no one saw them as heroes because the Southeast Asian conflict was a contentious topic for everyone involved, and the veterans got the blunt end of it. They came home with PTSD, and no family member could help or understand. While the government offered no support, many became homeless and addicted to drugs. Rambo became the voice and icon for many Vietnam vets.
One of the greatest films of all time.
Rambo is a Vietnam vet. Not exactly fighting for anyone's freedom there, and he knew it too. The Sheriff is a Korean war vet, and that adds to the tension between them. Well, adds to his animosity. Rambo at that point probably couldn't have known, he just knew there was no hero's welcome for the people returning home, where as the Sheriff viewed Vietnam vets as stealing the spotlight from the Korean war vets.
That's all on top of the sheriff being a small town cop high on power.
This movie is so amazing❤
Thank you to all of our vets we love you and support you 100%.
I wouldn't even call that Sheriff's unit incompetent, it is that Rambo is exponentially MORE competent.
That the Sheriff was the most experienced and a Korean War vet of his men besides Galt and they were corrupt where the deputies were young and inexperienced small town deputies like Mitch who most never dealt with someone like Rambo before.
I’ve always thought all the unwarranted crap the Police Chief displayed when first meeting Rambo was due to thinking he was a hippie.
Great film, based on a great book. The book has a darker ending, and goes into a lot more deatil about Rambo's motivations, thoughts and techniques. One of the better book->movie adaptations for sure.
Thank you for not letting people get away with gaslighting & calling unjust cruelty and wars PTSD
When you realize that this film was shot when the Vietnam War officially ended seven years ago. A brave film. A film at the pulse of its time. Because at that time America had still not learned how to deal with its returned "heroes". The attitude of the population had changed fundamentally in the course of the conflict. The reason for this was the massive reporting. No other war before has been covered so intensively by the media. Not only the mainstream media, freelance journalists, war correspondents and so many others brought the unvarnished truth of the war into American living rooms. People didn't expect that. They couldn't handle that. However, the soldiers who had already suffered their trauma on the battlefield were traumatized again by the reaction to their return. No wonder so many of them never got back on their feet. A true tragedy.
Stallone actually did a lot of his own stunts in this film. He broke 2 ribs as he was falling through the trees. Him yelling? Yeah, that was genuine.
The book was writen 1972, so the world was so different at time.
The book this movie is based on ends differently as far as I remember Rambo dies in the book (Col. Trautman kills him) and they did film that but the producers thought that there might be a sequel so they altered the ending to what is in the film now, that he is arrested.
The reason he starts walking back into town is that it starts raining. Porbably figuring the he could at least convince the sheriff to let him stick around until the rain is over, rather than try to walk 30 miles down the highway in the rain.
This movie brought a lot of light post traumatic syndrome and how veterans were treated especially Vietnam vets
Hard to believe sly created 2 really iconic characters Rambo and Rocky
This movie was a great metaphor for vietnam. A bunch of carnage, a bunch of violence. And in the end, it just ends.
"This mission is over."
You two make a good reaction team. I like both your reactions.
You have to remember the time this was written. Back then we had only a cursory understanding of PTSD. I think PTSD was only coined shortly before this movie. Until then it was called Operational Exhaustion. It was only with work with Vietnam Vets AFTER the war that it became PTSD. Unfortunately, due to their unaddressed disorder, they didn't get the treatment they needed and would frequently freak out, causing damage to communities. George Carlin had a bit on euphemisms and specifically PTSD and why it should have remained being called "Shell Shock" and the veterans may have received the attention they needed.
The hatred of Vietnam vets was still strong in the early 80s and thanks the Mass Media painting them as baby killers (some things never change), they were near universally reviled. Vietnam vets were looked at like walking timebombs. He technically DID break laws. Vagrancy is STILL illegal in many places, though many municipalities don't enforce the law. This whole movie was meant to be a wakeup call to the public that these are our sons and fathers who are in desperate need of our help. This might be a retcon of events, but both Stallone and Morrell claim this to be true. Though each man claims to be the progenitor of the idea.
FINALLY!!! Giving Brian Dennehy props! The man is such a great actor.
Also, the monolog is superb and so intense. Stallone is another one who is finally getting the respect he deserves.
Fun Fact: In the alternate ending, Rambo forces colonel Troutman to shoot Rambo, straight into the heart. Instantly killing him. Than God they went with this ending. Lol
You have to understand the movie within the time and context within which it is set. The movie was made in the 80's, but it is set in the the 70's. And I guess you have to be older to understand how veterans were viewed and treated back then compared to now. Vagrants and the homeless, including veterans, were treated differently as well. So after the initially arrest, and without understanding PTSD back then, the rest of the movie is driven by what they perceived as his assault on police officers at the station. None of it is excusable. But it is better understood in context.
those of you that watched this movie and loved it, you all need to read the book. The book is different than the movie. The Rambo character is nothing like he is in the movie. It's more violent and really explains the dichotomy between the Rambo character and the Sheriff Teasel character. The book was fantastic. I've read it several times.
You guys are going a great job watching all these classics. I hope you can continue in this vein.
When I first watched Rambo First Blood, I was quite young and didn't understand the why, but I enjoyed the action sequences. Watching it as an adult, the feelings of sadness, anger, and excitement, as well as the emotions evoked are much more pronounced.
Platoon is another good movie that shows some of the trauma that Vietnam Veterans had to go through.
It was directed by Oliver Stone who was a real Vietnam Veteran, and he made all the actors go through some of the hellish conditions he had to go through in the jungle. And you see that come across in the actors faces.
This might be controversial, but my favorite Rambo movies are First Blood and Last Blood. Both have a similar melancholy tone and are smaller, grounded stories, which makes sense because they are both set in America. The other Rambo movies are basically superhero movies.
Absolutely phenomenal film. The book obviously more intense and graphic but it gives you the understanding which most people in this time. Have no understanding of what Vietnam vets we're going through treated like even our bets today still don't get the recognition and respect what they put themselves through what they're made to do in war times and zones is beyond our comprehension. Vietnam veterans were belittled respected and thrown away. A lot of them ended up on the streets along with many other soldiers such as desert Storm. I love the disc film gave a little bit of an eye-opening for younger people to understand how much we should respect our veterans take care of them. They have given up a lot of themselves to fight for our country's freedom.
This was the movie that made a lifelong Sly fan out of me. Saw it in the movie theater too.
"Dear citizens, for your own safety please evacuate the streets immediately" cause my ego got us all fucked up. 😂
The Sheriff character in the book was a Korean War Vet, the forgotten war, along with the one that fell from the Helicopter.
Thanks for your willingness to support both military and legitimate law enforcement in this react…keep’em coming!
"They drew First Blood, not me!!"
The two best lines (Those green berets, they're real bad arses) and ( A good supply of body bags).
Stallone gets a lot of crap for his acting etc, usually directed at Rambo and Rocky. Well, anyone who actually bothered to Watch Rambo 1 & 2, And Rocky 1 & 2 would never dare criticize them - all four are brilliant films, with solid acting and story lines. Yes, things go wrong in the later films - thats the 80's for you - but even then the latest installations stand up fairly well - I its Rambo 5 (could be wrong, may be 4) when he's trying to save some do-gooder missionaries out in the jungle. And handing over from Rocky to Creed was also a master-stroke. He's a very underappreciated actor, writer and director. There is, however, a very funny / ironic scene in Rambo 3 or 4... the one where he single handedly defeats the entire Russian army in Afghanistan. He does a whole speech about what a fantastic warrior culture the Afgans are, how they will never yield to any invader, not even the corrupt evil Russians, and how they deserve to be free of oppression and outside influence.... a few years later, USA invaded... and lost. Ahhh, pop culture imitating life or life imitating pop culture, eh?!?!
He comes back with a vengeance in Part 2
Great movie and Sly’s performance in it is fantastic
This was based off of a book, in the book the Police were very nice to Him, Rambo was the bad guy; in the book He killed everyone !!
Stallone changed that, He said there's no reason for anyone to like Rambo, so He made it that He was nice and killed nobody!
Sylvester Stallone should receive a best actor ever award, along with Clint Eastwood
First Blood Rambo was filming in British Columbia ,Hope,Canada!! My favourite town is Hope , real small town
I forgot how bad ass this first film was before the sequel turned him into Superman. Soldiers and other retired law enforcement officers suffering PTSD is no joke
You just watched the real truth on Vietnam and what the hippy movement was really like... I was born 4 years after the Fall of Saigon and this movie woke America up... Today, our Vietnam veterans are almost gone...
Guys first time I have watched y’all’s movie reactions and I absolutely loved it so much will tune in and join
Rambo and Rocky are wicked sweet journeys : D
I think most people would agree that First Blood Part II (aka the second movie) is the best Rambo.
I can remember when I got my Mum to watch this she didn't like it because Brain Dennehy the Sheiff was so bad she loved Brain Dennehy great reaction anyway.
Had the movie ended the way the book did, we wouldn't have had the other Rambo films!
the part where Rambo road the bike into the woods. This is just the beginning.. just the tip of the iceberg.
Honestly, I wish they’d never made the sequels. I think this movie would’ve gone down as a genuinely iconic and thought provoking film had the sequels not been such “big guy kills bad guys with big guns” cheese fests that they are. And I don’t mean to say those movies aren’t fun, goofy, over the top action movies but the original was actually important and said something meaningful; the character was degraded by the silliness of the sequels.
Masterpiece ever. Great
We dropped twice as many bombs there as the total amount dropped in WW2 - mostly on South Vietnam, the part that we were "defending" - between 2 and 4 million Vietnamese people were killed - US soldiers were forcibly drafted to serve as cannon fodder to hold on to this former French colony and prop up their hugely unpopular dictatorship
- some Americans chose to go to jail rather than kill people in a country that had never even attacked the US - but Rambo is the one who's a "hero" because he was "just following orders", and because he was good at it?
The movie itself is a kind of re-enactment of the war, where we see a poorly supplied guerrilla out in the woods somehow holding off this enormous ongoing onslaught
- the bit in the beginning where he faces discrimination, is sort of a conflation of the long-haired "hippies" of the anti-war movement and counterculture, plus the poor reception many returning veterans faced from many people who were disgusted w our country's role in that region
But it's true that many of these veterans were practically discarded when they returned, instead of receiving proper care and support from the institutions that sent them out - that continues to be the case, and they have high suicide rates, in no small part due to what they've been forced to do
- a good film to watch is Winter Soldier, a 1972 doc showing testimony from veterans re their actions in Vietnam (including a young John Kerry)
Another interesting comparison is w Harsh Times, where Christian Bale plays a returning Iraq War veteran trying to re-assimilate into society
This film was a response to "Vietnam Syndrome" - the widespread sentiment among the US public which had by then grown hugely mistrustful of such military interventions -
When I tell people Sylvester is one of a kind they think am crazy but am I? Thanks for the memories.
That last scene took the movie from an over the top action movie to a serious drama, with a massive social commentary. It completely changed the tone of the movie…
Not really. It was like that the whole time. The only thing that felt out of place in this movie were Truman one liners about the killing machine. Other than that this was never an over the top action movie.
@@Dacre1000 hmm, jumping hundreds of feet off a cliff into a tree, sewing himself up with his survival knife kit, fighting off the police force and national guard with booby traps set immediately following the chase, escaping a collapsed mine from an rpg, blowing up an entire town. Yeah, sounds like most police interactions.
Alot of Americans took their frustrations out on the soldiers of the Vietnam War because they hated the governments involvement in the war
As a Black Dude Rambo first Blood will always be the best film in the series.
One of the very rare films that painted the American Civilians as the enemy of the American Soldier due to how they treated Vietnam Vets when they returned back home.
You guy’s probably didn’t know that David Caruso was Mitch the young deputy and one of the most inexperienced who later played Horatio Cane in CSI Miami. The Sheriff wasn’t so much incompetent but he was corrupt and power hungry who just wanted to pick a fight with Rambo. Brian Dennehy was good at playing villains including even more corrupt and evil Sheriff Cobb in the western Silverado in 1985.