First Blood (1982) - MOVIE REACTION - First Time Watching
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2022
- 🩸Welcome back to my channel🩸 In today's video I am watching FIRST BLOOD (1982) for the first time! Now I know that Sylvester Stallone is the star of this movie and I've actually seen some of his other films like the ROCKY movies so this is not my first Stallone movie. I was expecting this movie to be a military, action movie kind of like Commando but I got something completely different! A much more meaningful movie than I could've ever anticipated🥺 I hope you guys are excited for today's video so grab your chicki nuggies and choccy milk because we're jumping in! 💦
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Went into this movie thinking it was going to be a military action movie like commando but I got something entirely different. Something much more meaningful. What an incredible movie and performance by Sylvester Stallone🥺
I hope you enjoy my reaction💕
The ending was heartbreaking. I was nearly in tears, like yourself.
Great movie! Great reaction. But you can ignore the sequels. They are not nearly as good. Unless you care for rather mindless action movies.
Great reaction Laurenn!
@@corporalhicks9551 Hudsen, Sir, he's Hicks
Believe it not the book is way more sad. After the monologue scene, the co Sam troutman shoots him in the back of the head with a shotgun, in a putting him out of his misery ol yeller kinda way.
That final scene changes the movie entirely. It really kicks you in the gut. One of the most powerful scenes in a movie.
And just think that in the book and in the original ending that was film ended with him committing suicide. The producers requested the change as they saw an opportunity for a sequel.
@@willbeonekenobi that is the original ending of the movie, which they changed. In the book, Col Trautman kills Rambo
@@davidjarmuth1057 the original ending was a lot more accurate in the book of the same title on which this movie was based on
Aye. And as others have said here, the older you get and the more you see and lose, the harder it hits. Trauma gets a lot more people than we think because folk go through a lot more than we think. The endless victimhood exhortations on the Net truly cheapens the awful things that really happen to real people. I was no more aware of this than anyone else until the day that I held my wife in my arms as she died of cancer. That broke me and ten years on I am doing no more than pretending that I am getting on with my life. How someone would cope with the sort of things that Rambo endured is beyond comprehension if the worst you have come across in your life is not using the right pronouns even tho' you put them in your profile.
TOTS AGREE AS A BIRT, THIS SHOW THE INADEQUACIES IN NOT JUST AMERICA SOCIETY BUT WESTERN AS A WHOLE... (CURRENTLY, RUSSIA IS GOING THROUGH TIS TRANSITION BUT COULD NOT PRODUCE A RAMBO...)
Vietnam Vets were still often treated terribly at the time the book was written and this movie was made. While built as an action movie, this film was among the first to take this issue head on. Stallone's performance in the final scene is beyond brilliant.
Perfectly said and also the Sheriff was a Korean Vet and the Korean war is also known as the forgotten war and Vets of the Korean war at the time carried a large amount of resentment towards Vietnam vets because they got the attention that the Korean vets never did.
Yes, because of people like that glory hound John Kerry, people saw them as murderers and "baby killers". I believe this move in particular and the A-Team (Vietnam Vets accused of a crime they didn't commit) helped to change that public perception.
@@BarryJowers How was it the fault of Vietnam vets that the Korean vets didn’t receive a lot of attention? If anything the Korean vets should’ve blamed their government and their country for forgetting about them. Besides by the 1990s a memorial in D.C. was erected for the Korean War and they got the recognition they deserved.
@@jmwilliamsart I never said it was. I just told the truth back then Korean war vets held a lot of resentment towards Vietnam vets for the attention those soldiers got compared to the little the Korean war vets received. And yes by the 90's but this was the late 70's when the book was out and early 80's when the movie was released.
I dont know if its brilliant acted.
Stallone doesn't have much range in his acting. He said this himself in interviews that he wished he would have continued acting classes after Rocky.
But his sudden stardom wouldend let him do that. He was the next big thing and studios wanted hem in there new movies.
I think the scene works so good because it isn't brilliant acting. It's just a stumbling confused man breaking down on its self.
That's what made him relatable to audience when the watched the movie.
And that was part of the mistake in the sequels what made him a super soldier...
People liked the films but the heart of the tragedy from the first movie was gone.
The heart of the story of Rambo is always been that he is a broken down soldier and....if he is pushed can kill again as easy as breathing.
I think a lot people hear Stallone, First Blood, and think, “okay, fun popcorn flick with mindless action and the good guy wins,” then they give you the PTSD clues and the last scene hits you with an incredibly performed emotional gut punch. So powerful, and as a veteran who has dealt with PTSD and depression, this movie hits harder now than it did when I was a teenager.
Thank you Sir.
His performance at the end was a real tear jerker even as somebody who never saw or been in real combat, that scene has always made me cry seeing him vulnerable like this.
I'm not even a veteran but I know a little bit about PTSD and those final scenes hit all the right notes. The key factor is how you can't just expect people to just 'get over it' and be a part of normal society. PTSD is like a kind of hypersensitivity that usually doesn't go away without the passage of time, and a lot of it at that.
The movie would've been more memorable if Rambo died at the end, either by suicide or with Trautman shooting him --- I grew up in the 80's and loved the Rambo sequels but they basically became mindless action movies with a high body count --- the first film was the only one with real heart and emotion
Maybe it would have been more memorable, but it might also have further depressed real Vietnam Veterans who saw the movie at the time and pushed them to end it all as well because of the message the movie sent with the ending where he dies by suicide or Trautman shooting him thereby ending his mental sufffering via his memories that haunt him and his PTSD.
My friend was a Green Beret in the Vietnam conflict and a sergeant platoon leader serving two tours, and with a purple heart medal and star. How elite are the Green Beret's? Out of an intake of one hundred wannabe's at the Green Beret selection camp, only two made the grade. My friend was one of the two. These men are highly trained and skilled. My friend recounted that the selection course was a nightmare, but this was just the start of extensive training far above what any regular army soldier would receive. These men can survive in any climate and terrain, and can live off the land. They are totally self contained in that respect, and are true warriors. When you go up against a Green Beret, it is like going up against an entire platoon of men.
He recounted to me an incident in his second tour of duty where his platoon entered a village with a straight through road. A fire fight took place, and he lost three of his platoon dead and was wounded three times himself. The North Vietnamese Army lost sixteen men dead. My friend showed me his wounds and explained how he had been medevacked out to Japan, where his wounds slowly healed, and where finally he was medically discharged due to the severity of his wounds making him unfit for continued military service. The most amazing thing he said was this, 'Do you know, you are the first person I have ever recounted that incident to.' I asked why, and his response was, 'It is because it took me a long time after what I had seen and experienced to come to terms with the Vietnam war, and to talk of it. I could not even talk to my wife about it. It was just so painful at the time.' Of my friend I can say this, he was not a boastful man, but a man quietly collected, rational, concise, and sometimes very thoughtful. He always listened intently, but would not say anything unless it was worth saying. He told me this to inform to none and anti war protestors alike about his service in Vietnam, 'It was not for us the soldiers to reason why. It was just for us to do or die. Going to Vietnam was not our choice. We were sent by our government to serve. We served with valor, and many died.' A good true friend, and a good man. It was my great pleasure to have known him.
When the soldiers came home from Vietnam they were booed, spat on, called baby killers, and a host more vile crap at the airports by anti war protesters. But regular soldiers and draftee's had been sent to Vietnam by the US Government to fight there. They had no choice at all in that. There was no treatment for PTSD. It was not even considered a disorder to be treated at that time, and many of the Vietnam veterans were suffering from this. They could not wear their uniforms and medals with pride for fear of being pointed out and victimized by protesters. They received appalling healthcare treatment. They were shunned by businesses who did not hire them because they had served in Vietnam, and because that fact was not popular with a vast section of society. No company wanted to associated themselves with the Vietnam War by hiring Vietnam veterans. Many became drifters devoid of employment, and were I am sure made to suffer in many towns the same indignities that Rambo suffered in Hope. Many committed suicide or became alcoholics or drug addicts in order to relieve their pain. Many relationships and marriages that had been formed before the Vietnam War broke up, and these men could not form long lasting relationships or hold down jobs. They were haunted by their experiences and nightmares of the Vietnam War, and both the US population and government could not give a damn. The Vietnam war was the first televised war. Because of the consequences of reporting and television, all subsequent US wars have had the media severely restricted.
Much later the US woke up to the fact that they had mistreated returning Vietnam veterans badly. They were given preferences for jobs. They were given veteran medical care. They were given more respect. But that all came much much later. It is just a crying shame that all that was not in place on these veterans return, and that although the Vietnam War had been unpopular, that these men were not afforded the respect they deserved for serving their country. For that the US should hang it's head in shame.
As a veteran myself, though maybe not to THIS level, I have seen friends go bonkers after they got back. We go through things that get compartmentalized. Some of us can live after, but some of us can't. The last few minutes of this movie change it from an action movie to something far different. One of Stallone's best performances.
It sucks when you're trained that you've peaked at 19 or 25. I know I had a huge problem fitting back in.
To this day, the introduction of Col. Samuel Troutman is my FAVORITE scene in the movie!
Yeah, I know, the FINAL scene is the BIG emotional payoff, (and it's great) but I just LOVE that guy's lines & delivery right from the start.
"God didn't create Rambo. I did." :)
Teasle’s attitude toward Rambo represents what a lot of people had toward the Vietnam vets at the time. The war became very unpopular and the veterans weren’t treated with the fanfare they receive now when returning from overseas. Also, it’s not mentioned, but the Sherif is a Korean War vet. He even has a Silver Star displayed in his office. The Korean War is known as the forgotten war. It only lasted a few years and ended with a cease fire, no official treaty. The war and those who fought in it were overshadowed by the Vietnam War. That explains his resentment toward John.
It’s not until the next movie that we get the stereotypical Rambo action of the 80s. If anything this movie shows how well Stallone can actually act. Another good movie that shows his acting chops is “Copland” that highly recommend. Anyway, I hope you watch the rest of the franchise. Great reaction as always.
Copland is Stallones second best acting performance, after this one. Plus it has a stellar cast, Stallone, De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta.
It was a goddamn shame the way our Vets were treated when they came back from Vietnam. 20 years earlier our Vets were heroes. What changed? Yeah maybe, we shouldn't have been over there, but that wasn't their fault. A lot of them were drafted. Protesting war is one thing, but protesting the soldiers and treating them like trash is reprehensible.
@@drewskull5181 protested them and called them babykillers and the like, but comparatively nobody breahted a word about the politicians who drafted them , sent them there, under pain of imprisonment, and issued them orders to napalm villages and shit. Totally unfair
Also, at that time, the anti-war hippies showed their contempt for our country by wearing the flag on their clothing; many times on the seat of their pants.
I agree that soldiers returning from Vietnam were treated despicably as scapegoats for a war that was not their choice. But the reason that Teasle tried to run Rambo out of town was because the town's population were conservative good ol' boys. They, including Teasle, would see Rambo as a hippy drifter and therefore as morally subversive, a troublemaker and a communist.
I didn't use to get emotional when watching this film, but the ending where he finally just admits to all the stuff going on in his mind gets me every time now that I'm older and understand. I am NOT a veteran, but I suffer from PTSD from being abused for 11 years when I was a kid. You really do have triggers like that and it can put you immediately into a certain emotional state whether you want it, or not. It can be hard to deal with sometimes. Having PTSD myself and thinking about what he went through really hits me hard, because I can put myself in his shoes. Always get teary eyed thinking about it, like right now. Great reaction.
You are not alone my friend.
Same here. 6 years of it. Some things are very difficult to take away. I am getting help for my inner demons, thank goodness. If I didn't, I probably would've been suicidal or worse. Just remember you are not alone. It's not your fault. You are good. Being you is good enough. Let's all heal together.
@@minty_Joe True. I hope everyone out there is healing and living their best life. Be well my friend.
@@TsDwelling I'll say this much: EMDR works for me. It may not be for everyone.
I’m a Marine veteran. And I’m glad I wasn’t treated this way. I probably wouldn’t be around anymore.
Stallone used the Rambo movies to comment on issues he was interested in. First Blood was about the misteratment of returning Vietnam vets, Rambo was about the unaccounted for Prisoners Of War/Missing In Action from the Vietnam War ( nest time you go to a US post office and look at the flagpole, usually right under the American flag, there's a black flag with the silhouette of a man's face with barbed wire and a guard tower in the background - that's the P.O.W./M.I.A. flag), Rambo 3 was about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Rambo (2008) was about the Myanmar Genocide, Last Blood was about cartels and human trafficking across the southern border.
Yup. I love how smart and sincere thos franchise is by design, in execution its hyper masculine action, but there's always more going on subtextually.
Spoiler alert for Lauren.
@@ChrisReise I'm not sure it counts as a spoiler when it's a basic plot point.
@@ravissary79 True enough...once I RE-read your original comment. I retract my comment. :)
The Rambo series is the kind of wokeness that the right wingers respect and like.
NOTHING IS OVER, LAURENN! NOTHING!!💪
You just don't turn the video off! You clicked the video, it didn't click you! Then I come back to the homescreen, they call me Laurenfan and all kinds of vile crap!
@@BenWillyums Ah, the 80s. Take me back, dude?!
😂😂😂
@@darrancoyle8394 Yes, sir.
@@BenWillyums LET IT GO!!?🗡️
Trivia, Stallone did his own stunts and cracked ribs on the tree jump. Love your reaction, in that you emphasized with Rambo and his PTSD, and realised this wasn't just an action flick. Something that is lost on some people. The sad thing is Vietnam vets did get this treatment. Happened here in Aus too. 😒
One of Sylvester Stallone's most memorable franchises ever
Actually it's just this movie. All that follows is not nearly that powerful. Just violent action movies.
Calis E It is still Stallone's most iconic franchise. Ask anyone to draw Rambo and they will most likely draw a shirtless dude with a red bandana, a mullet and a big gun or a bow - which is from Rambo 2.
@@fatkart7641 That is probably true. Still the first one is by far the best. All other are nohting more than action movies. IMO that is. (I do like action movies by the way).
@@calise616 Well the other Rambo movies actually do tackle many other problems. Each rambo movie is an action movie with a message underneath. For example rambo 2 was about all the unnacounted POWs and MIA soldiers from the vietnam war which was a big issue at the time
@@toxicity0236 Yeah, but hidden behind a lot of violence. I am not saying that I don't like them. But not as much as the first one.
There is a lot going on in this film.
My father was a Airborne Ranger in Vietnam and a LRRP team leader. He did two and a half tours (earning 2 Silver Stars and 3 Bronze w/V) before getting wounded and coming back and becoming a Minneapolis Police Officer (Detective Sergeant - 30 years). This was one of his favorite films, because he saw the film from both points of view.
First, it's important to understand that Vietnam was a very unpopular war and the Hippies in the 60's caused a LOT of damage in their misguided to seek "Peace & Love".
Second, in 1973 (just 9 years before this film) there was a huge military records fire that destroyed about 80% of all US Army records for individuals discharged up to 1960. For years the full extent of the damage wasn't even known, so there were 10's of THOUSANDS of indigent out there pretending to be veterans, panhandling, committing petty crimes, and making life in small towns with limited resources difficult for law enforcement and other public services. Teasel's treatment of Rambo at the beginning (driving him out of town) was fairly common practice at the time, especially for a small-town Sherriff (who has a LOT more autonomy because they are an elected official in a small-town). All this was fairly well-known when the book and the film were released.
Third, Sheriff Teasel is a Korean War Hero (recipient of the 2nd highest award for valor in combat, the Distinguished Service Cross - 2nd only to the Medal of Honor) and is VERY old-school. He has little respect for the Vietnam generation
With this in mind, while Teasel is definitely an ass, he isn't really the "Evil" one in the film, that would be Deputy Art Galt. Teasel brought Rambo in on minimal charges, yes, but don't forget most states allow law enforcement to hold people without charging them at all on "reasonable suspicion" for 48 hours - and that doesn't count weekends and federal holidays. When Teasel comes downstairs to see Galt losing his cool, Teasel barks at them and Galt instantly goes submissive. Teasel has to stop Galt from potentially shooting into a group of people when Rambo is fleeing (and is considered at this time a fleeing felon after assaulting multiple police officers - Teasel isn't aware of what happened in the basement to provoke that at this point), but other than that from his point of view this is all on Rambo. In fact, he isn't even aware that Rambo is actually even a Veteran - much less a member of the Special Forces and recipient of the Medal of Honor - until after his "friend" has died.
Dad had a lot of sympathy for both characters, because he could see the film from both sides. It really made him think. Several times he and I got drunk together and he was in pretty bad shape just having to vent what happened to him. He died in 2004 in an auto accident with my mother during a rainstorm, so it wasn't suicide, but I know he considered it several times - but always found a reason not to. The American Legion Post in St. Paul Minnesota is named after my father, Patrick M Novack Post# 5222, his badge number.
Thank you for your message at the end.
That ending gets me every time, and I would hold this movie and the first Rocky up as a shield against anyone dismissing Stallone's dramatic acting chops.
You can add coptown to that list aswell. Sylvester was subtly brilliant in that film.
@@haydengoodall6767 Copland, I forgot about that one! 👍
One of the best action ,war centered movies of the 80's .
That ending was simply awesome and was worthy of an Academy Award.
One of his best performances that ending was IMHO ,period !
I love this movie. Back in 1989, I went through the Special Forces Assessment and Selection course and the instructors would repeatedly say that they were not looking for any Rambos. They would mention that they were not looking for lone warriors but team members that can become teachers. I understand the need for the instructors to use Rambo as an example but this is an awesome movie that is nothing more than that, a movie and a damn good one at that.
I think the sequels are what tainted the concept of Rambo and made him out to be this one man army. First blood was not necessarily out of character for that type..given that time in history. He didn't even kill anyone in first blood. Unlike typical 80s action stars
@@joeberger3441 I just pretend that Rambo from first movie and Rambo from sequels are different people. I even like a book ending more.
Test audience didn't like the ending they shot where Rambo died.
The distribution rights for this movie where sold like a crazy stockmarket crash in the 80s.
They sold the foreign rights to different companies to distribute to different parts of the world.
They never seen anything sold like this before in film history. That's why a sequel was made and it became One of the biggest blockbuster movies of that year.
Rambo became legendary.
I went to SFAS in '89 as well.
I mean I guess to be fair back when Rambo was actually actively serving he was part of an elite team and wasn't a solo Warrior or anything that is what he evolved into after the war with no place in the world he came back to
I am going thrue PTSD treatment right now. Because of my father. I am scared of every noise, i can't sleep, sometimes i don't eat for days, taking a lot of medicine, shaking and more. I don't compare my PTSD with soldiers, but we have some things in common, we are mentally destroyed. So be careful how you treat people. Like Robin Williams said: "You never know what someone is going through. Reminder to always be kind." Great vid as always! Keep em coming.
ZombieSchobb
Hang in there. You're stronger than you think. Just because something happens one day doesn't mean it has to happen again. One way or another I hope you can take control of your situation. Don't let the ptsd rule the rest of your life. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@Zombishobb please tell us what happened with your father ? I am going through the same as you...jumpy with noises, severe insomnia, disordered eating, just not the shakes though. Was it verbal and physical abuse ?
@@robertfraser8602 Physical abuse and verbal. He abused me since i was a kid and many times i had to live at my grandparents. When i was a kid i ran away a lot because when my father came home angry, i didn't know what would happen. When i was older i realized something because what my mother told me. My grandfather blew his brains out with a shotgun and my father and my uncles had to wipe the blood from the wall. So my father has PTSD too (and a lot of other problems). So when i was 25 i almoust killed myself, but my friend helped me, but i didn't get any help "professional". Now i am because i've never been like this. I always used comedy as a tool to make everyone laugh. Now i can't even do that. And i am so tired... so f**king tired.
I feel you. I was a soldier, and suffer severe PTSD, but none service related. It is not easy, add depression and OCD to the mix and life is interesting everyday . And we should always remember the words of Robin Williams
@ZombirShobb:
I'm sorry to hear that you'd been diagnosed with PTSD, but I'm glad that you're getting treatment for it
Hang in there, brother
In town he took out fuel, power, command and control - as he would with an enemy as he was trained - bringing the battle to his enemy. The film is one of my favorites - amazing.
When he destroyed the gun store, it was also only after he raided it for the ammunition he was currently using. Take what you need, leave nothing for the enemy.
@@DaemonKeido - Ammo dump - yep yep yep :)
I watched First Blood for the first time a few years ago, and it surprised me a lot like it surprised you. I was expecting something similar to Commando, which I'm assuming the sequels resemble more. This movie really has heart and emotion, and Stallone's performance is great, especially in that last scene before he surrenders and is taken into custody. I think he should have been nominated for a Best Actor award, but the Academy recognizing an action movie was a lot less likely back in the 80s than it is now.
P.S. I'm hoping we get a Stallone impression from you as you travel further through Stallone's filmography
Old cars could withstand boulders, potholes, landmines. And when they broke down you could fix them with a stick and some duct tape.
The sheriff and the deputy who died served together in the Korean War, so his death him the sheriff hard. Also having fought in an unappreciated and forgotten war and dealing with the trauma of combat himself is what the sheriff meant when he told Trautman that Rambo wasn't the only one who had a hard time.
Good comment. I was going to post this if someone else didn't! 👍
True, although Korean War vets weren't hated by half the country when they came home, or called "baby killers" by dishonorable cowards who would never have been able to face what those men did.
And more than anything if The Sheriff had a hard time in Korea, he more than anyone else in town should havbe understood what the Young Soldier was going through and given him a break instead of trying to over assert his Dictatorial Authority as the Sheriff.
In the novel, Teasle is proven to have been in the Korean War, as he is said to have served at the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. The novel explains that Teasle hates Vietnam veterans for upstaging the sacrifices the forgotten Korean War veterans like himself made, and for how Vietnam veterans are usually unemployed and scruffy. The film never states Teasle's backstory explicitly, but it strongly hints at it by showing Korean war medals in Teasle's office, so you can argue that a similar backstory applies to Teasle in the film.
There was a myth that the actor who portrayed Teasle was an actual Korean War veteran. However, Brian Dennehy was born in July 1938; with the Korean War starting in 1950, making Dennehy only 12 when it started.
Dennehy enlisted in the USMC from 1958 to 1963. In multiple interviews he described being wounded in combat & repeatedly claimed he served in Vietnam.
In 1999 he apologised for misrepresenting his military record, stating “I lied about serving in Vietnam & I am sorry. I didn’t mean to take it away from the actions & sacrifices of the ones who really did serve there….i did steal valour. That was very wrong of me. There was no real excuse for that”.
I recommend to watch the version with Sly's commentary. He explains alot behind the scene stuff. He broke a rib at the tree stunt and how they fooled with the locals with the fake wound and how he almost lost a finger. Pretty interesting.
He admitted that he thought that movie would be a flop and end his young career.
For me it's one of the best movies and movie charakters of all time.
saw this movie when it came out, I was in my teens - my friends and I were totally shocked by it, it had such impact! you go in expecting one type of movie, then it changes. it changes again. totally a different end than we thought.
however, back then, we were still close enough to the end of the Vietnam war to have seen that kind of treatment of soldiers coming home.
loved your reaction, and your heartfelt analysis and words.
11:07 I'm so happy that you spotted Rambo on the ground there - it's a really great shot because if you're observant and looking around, you'll easily spot him. But if you're not paying attention, you'll be caught off guard by his appearance just as abruptly as the deputy was. It's a really, REALLY good way of putting the viewer into their shoes and showing just how scary Rambo can actually be.
Also: a nice little detail in this movie - when Rambo heads back into town in the final act of the movie, he systematically disables the infrastructure in order to weaken the Sheriff's response (first he blows up the gas station which is the major source of fuel in town, then he destroys the power-lines that are supplying energy, then he burns down the gun store where most of the backup firepower would have been sourced from). This is exactly how a Spec Ops soldier would be trained to deal with an enemy installation; use guerilla warfare tactics to target vital systems and remove the viability of any counter-response.
Same thing with the way Rambo dealt with the officers in the forest earlier. He had Galt's rifle, with three rounds of ammunition. After using two to kill two of the dogs, his next target is Orvall the dog handler. Why? Because the dogs enable the police to most effectively track him, and Orvall as the dog trainer and handler would be the man best experienced at tracking. Shooting Orvall in the leg, other than Rambo going out of his way to not kill anyone, means Orvall is out of commission, and the police are faced with a badly wounded man to deal with. Once the third dog is killed, the police are alone in the woods, with no means to track him, and the tactical advantage switches over to Rambo.
Rambo leads the officers into a battleground he has chosen, is more familiar with, and which he has prepared with at least one booby trap. The heavy vegetation helps conceal his movements, while forcing the officers to spread out until they can't maintain communication with each other, or provide mutual support for one another, negating their numerical advantage. In these circumstances, Rambo is able to easily target, surprise, overwhelm, and take out each individual officer in turn.
one of the best movies. we hardly ever witness one that combines existentialism and action combined so agile and convincingly.
I love this film! The ending speech is still so impactful
Loved your reactions to this intense Stallone movie, Laurenn.
Famous Movie Fact About First Blood: Stallone performed the last part of the cliff jump into the trees himself, without injury. The Director insisted on another take, but this time, Stallone impaled himself on a tree branch and so his cry of pain in the film, is totally real.
Stallone really hurt himself badly here at 8:35. Broke three ribs and his screaming is real here as well 8:40
The sequels are more in line with what you thought First Blood would be. People tend to compare Rambo and Commando, but First Blood is more realistic and emotionally heavy than Commando lol Another great reaction from LoveLaurenn, and that was very thoughtful of you to include those resources at the end of the video for anyone that's going through a tough time. I'm looking forward to what you have planned for us in the spooky season.
Rewatching Rambo getting all camoed up and taking out the cops reminds me of my days in the 80s when friends of mine an i used to go out in the woods and have our war games. This was before paintball was a thing and only in its infancy so we used CO2 powered bb pistols and rifles on each other.
What I remembered most about those games was a couple of occasions when I would camo myself up so much that I would be able to lay on the ground waiting in ambush style and have people either cross 3 feet in front of me and never see me or actually step on me and never knew I was there. And this was all before guille suits were available to the public. I just used parts of bushes and thin tree branches to make myself into a bush. I kinda miss those days honestly.
Great reaction. I am glad reactions to this have been catching on this past year. A lot of people look at the Rambo films a different way, since they leaned more into the action and explosions in later films, and either forget or never saw that this was much more of a drama than most would expect or remember looking back.
The guys who came back from Vietnam were treated very poorly. The left half of the country thought they were all baby killers, and would say so to their faces. Many on the right, subconsciously, somewhat blamed them for losing the war, and so quietly shunned them. They were often disrespected, discriminated against when it came to hiring, and treated like dangerous losers who could snap any any moment.
It took a good number of years before people understood how awful they had treated the men who fought that war. When they finally did, that's when people started to respect those who serve again, like the whole "thank you for your service" thing, as well as having an appreciation for combat related PTSD. It's like society made a conscious effort to not repeat the mistake of how it treated the Vietnam vets.
All we wanted was for our country. To love us as much as we loved it
As a proud son of a WW2 combat vet, I saw my Dad go through episodes of PTSD. Little was known about it in his day, the only treatment vets had was alcohol. My Mom, who waited for him to return, wouldn’t marry him until he stopped drinking. And, he did!! God Bless our Veterans 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸RIP,Dad 🇺🇸❤️❤️
Stallone is such a good script writer. my God. The dude is next level.
Rocky, Rambo, Creed, even the Expendables, and let's not forget COBRA.
How could we possibly forget Cobra?
Great movie, great reaction!! It's really difficult to put the Vietnam War into context, but our troops were fighting a very harsh and unpopular war, then came home and were, sadly, treated like dregs of society. This movie was a commentary on the treatment of our returning vets. I grew up after the war, but had family and friends who served, and I clearly remember the trauma and anguish they struggled with.
Ooo let's go can't wait to see Lauren's reaction at the end when Rambo breaks down. So powerful a scene
The last five minutes of this movie is probably the best piece of acting Stallone ever did. 😢
This movie did a lot for vets. They weren't as revered as they were now. America, actually "greeted" vets coming home with protests. This movie was one of many ...that demonstrated what they went through and the PTSD they endured.
In the last scene, many choked on their popcorn and discovered that Stallone is a good actor. It's sad to see a woman cry in movies, but to see a big man cry is terrifying. Men don't cry, they told us.
Loved your reaction and your thoughts at the end regarding Rambo's PTSD. This movie definitely surprises a lot of folks who've never seen it. You expect this over-the-top 80s action on par with how we typically view 80s action films, but instead you get a pretty compelling character-driven story.
Glad you liked it!
I joined the military in the 80's (us Marines), the country still didn't like the military or vets back then. We were told not to go to airports in our uniforms. We got pulled over by cops leaving base and told we looked like skin heads. I even got a ticket for going 57 in a 55 mph zone once. After we got back from Desert Storm it all changed and I'm so glad to see people like you that don't understand why we were treated so bad. My uncle was in Vietnam USMC, my grandpa was in the pacific in WWII USMC, and I was in for desert storm USMC. My grandpa got parades, my uncle got spit on and I got both spit on then parades. If you run into a Vietnam vet, thank him and remember he spent a couple decades being spit on and called names for his service to this country.
We learn one thing from history... if the soldiers win they will be treated like heros but if they lose they will be treated like crap!
When this came out, a lot of vets hated it because they thought it perpetuated the dangerous psycho Nam vet cliche, and people who did like like it only appreciated the badass action. Now, people recognize its message about PTSD and the way vets were discarded or hated after the Vietnam War.
The book by David Morell of the same name, which this movies was based on, gives a bucket load more background on the two principle characters and insights to their reasons.
A good movie none the less that tells a strong story where neither 'side' comes out a winner. Thanks for another great reaction, glad you enjoyed it. 😎
The Green Berets are a Special Forces branch of the US Army. They are trained to navigate by long-distance land under heavy loads in daylight and at night. They learn to read in different languages and nine different types of warfare. After passing the qualification course (minimum 56 weeks), there's further training in the form of sniper ranges, hostage rescues, cold weather survival... Basically, you name it, the Green Berets train in it.
At the beginning of Rambo II, he's in prison, serving time in a hard labor camp. I enjoy all the Rambo movies (except part 5), but none of them come close to touching the emotional power of this movie. At the time this came out, PTSD wasn't a thing that people understood like they do now. They just say "He's crazy" or stuff like that. Vietnam really fucked a lot of people up and they were not cared for when they returned. Also, back in the early 80s, the idea of "Drifters" and "Vagrants" was something of a boogyman for people living in small towns. Police, like the ones depicted here, really had a lot of unchecked power. Carrying a concealed weapon used to be something people took very seriously. The way this movie portrays his survival mode is both amazing and terrifying. His final siege on the town is incredible.
My stepdad was in Vietnam, and he had flashbacks and nightmares well into the 90s. When I was in college, we had a vet speak at my poetry class. This guy saw unbelievable horrors and had debilitating PTSD. What rescued him was writing poetry to put his anger into words. I wish I could remember his name. This was back in 2001 or so. He was one of the most bitter, angriest men I had ever met. But it was a simmering, controlled rage, singularly directed at the people who start wars. The absolute contempt he had for Henry Kissinger was palpable.
War is hell.
Also if you've never seen Stallone's first movie Rocky, I and II are some of the best movies ever made. I'm Philly native and those movies legit make me cry every time (pretty much all the Rocky movies make me cry so inspirational and hit me in the feels.)
My favorite UA-camr reacting to one of my favorite movies of all time. This really was a great watch and an awesome reaction! I hope you watch the rest of the Rambo movies.
He didn't blow up the gas station and gun store just to be destructive. It was a (special forces) diversionary tactic, to draw the cops and firefighters away so that he could get to the sheriff which was his main objective.
Vietnam vets at the time had that jacket.. sometimes their kids would wear it (see Feaks and Geeks for example). And if they were drifters, like Rambo is... that jacket meant they were a homeless vet. That's why the captain doesnt want Rambo there, aside from the xenophobia. Also, in the book the cop is a Korean war vet who's resentful because vets of that war were largely forgotten by the 80s.
Amazing movie, especially in the 80s when alot of American men who fought in Vietnam went through alot of abuse and PTSD. Those guys were my teacher and neighbors which is why we GenXers don't get triggered as easily as Millenials and GenZ.
Plus the fact that PTSD was barely known/talked about back then.
I’d like to see a prequel series set in Vietnam centered more around Troutman. I would love to see his story, the man who“ made Rambo”. And, also to meet all of Baker Team including a young John Rambo. We already know their names and I’m imagining how that story about Danforth would be shot.
Me as well.
Colonel: "Rambo can eat poop!"
Rambo: "Time for some baby back ribs"
That's always stuck with me since I was a kid xD
My uncle Terry was in Vietnam. I don't know what year was his first. Terry was 6 years older than my dad. In 1968, the Tet Offensive took place and dad was 15 at the time. He didn't know the full truth until long after uncle died in 1999. Dad thought he was a medic in safe zones (U.S. occupied territory), but it later turned out my uncle was doing Search & Destroy (throw a grenade in a hidden tunnel, have 1 soldier go inside and root out the enemy). Terry, to his dying day, never spoke of what he experienced. I can only imagine the PTSD he went through. I remember him being a very quiet, reserved person, when I was a kid. He was never a moment without a beer and a cigarette whenever we visited.
I highly suggest reading the book! I would love to see you do a side by side book to movie comparison!
Amazing how the whole movie turns around in the last 5 minutes, isn't it?
My grandfather is a marine veitnam vet, he volunteered. And he still suffers from PTSD. And this movie really shows it. And the other reason for this movie was to show how veitnam vets were treated when they came home, they weren't praised or honored like how today vets are. They were treated like shit. And the Americans protesting against them. Like what rambo says, "who are they to protest against me, unless they been there and done that." Alot of people don't know what the veitnam vets went through. My grandfather is my hero.
That speech at the end always gets me.
The final scene shows what an underrated actor Stallone is.
top ten highest grossing star of the 90s, I wouldnt call it underrated.
@@Flantomas Underrated doesn't mean unsuccessful. Stallone usually is seen as the stereotypical action-star, not capable of any real acting .. and in that regard he is very underrated.
@@mrnice81 exactly!
Unpopular opinion:
”PTSD” is a soft, emotionless, over used term that gets applied by people to nearly anything even mildly annoying.
Military veterans who have been pushed beyond the functional breaking point through levels of stresses and stimulation that few outside the military will ever experience should be classified again as having ”shell shock”.
It sounds as harsh, brutal, and abrasive as the experiences that brought it upon them, and would hopefully allow them to get more attention and help that so many of them sorely need.
The late George Carlin does a comedy bit about this, but he didn't really come off as comedic. UA-cam it and you'll see what I mean.
@@randallanderson4560 I know it well. More people should see it though.
@@shanem4703 agreed.
11:02 "Keep moving, there's no way out of here except through us."
Yeah, interesting way of phrasing that one, Sheriff.
Lauren: It's not like you can fight this cop............
Everyone: Bwaahaahhaahha
Please watch STAR TREK! 🖖
To give some historical context: Stallone had just finished Rocky III when this film was made. And when he was approached to do this film, he had doubts about doing it, so he was just going to write the script. But the more he wrote, the more he saw himself as the character of John Rambo. So he agreed to do the film.
the cops in this film are the most accurately portrayed small town police force in any film to date
This film is layered, deep and educational at a time when people didn't have the Internet. The Vietnam war experience wasn't sympathetically shown in media, and many people didn't "buy in" to the whole PTSD thing yet.
3 scenes I want to talk about are the opening, the flashbacks and the forest hunt.
Opening - People knew about "Agent Orange" at the time, but as a kind of buzzword or punchline. Very few people untouched by the war thought much about the cancer, slow death and effect on military families. The audience gets a sobering splash of cold water, and we start to think about how Rambo must feel. Fantastic screenwriting.
Flashbacks - Another reality of war that the public at the time never got serious about was POWs. Even now, it can seem like a random princess in a castle to be rescued in a videogame. But the torture involved was never really reckoned with by the USA (as history would prove). Once again, PTSD was something the weak or the crazy dealt with - not the strong. The flashes of torture here lay the groundwork for the monologue in the final scene. War is hell and real and touches loser and victor, weak and strong alike.
Hunt - The subtext is so close to the surface here, you'll be surprised you didn't see it if you missed it the first time. Here it is very simply: the police are the American soldiers and Rambo is the Viet Cong. Rambo is easy - outgunned, fighting for his life, in his element, unbound by rules. The police are portrayed to be a classic view of why we lost the war. Inexperienced, pulled into a fight they didn't ask for, fighting amongst themselves, linear thinking, shooting first... They even had air superiority. You can fill in the rest yourself. But just as you wonder what the sheriff was thinking, assuming he would win this fight, you have to also wonder the USA was thinking, assuming we would win the war.
The 80's Hollywood machine chewed up a lot of great art and packaged it for the lowest common denominator. I don't blame Stallone for taking paydays for the sequels, but this is the only Rambo movie as far as I'm concerned.
Get this: Teagle, the head sheriff, was also awarded the silver star. Another one of the highest medals that could be awarded for him being in the Korean war, which you could see on the back of his desk. So, he was also a Veteran....
Saw this when it came out and loved it, but I was just a teenager and didn't understand.
PTSD wasn't a term back then, but my great uncle Floyd had it. My grandfather told me he never got over WW2. He fought in France in 1944-45 and was in the Battle of the Bulge. He was an infantryman riding on a tank and the man in the turret literally got his head blown off. They also came up on a squad of Germans in an underground dugout that were trying to surrender, but the GIs shot them all. My uncle Floyd would only talk about his boxing in the 1930s, anything else you had to dig out of him. He committed suicide around 1992. Wars are to be avoided and only if you're attacked!
I think the ending of the film is 100x better than the ending of the book. It was so much more powerful to see him break down and show how the world was with treating Vietnam vets so poorly. My Dad served in Vietnam. He luckily didn't deal with the backlash portrayed here. But he did tell me that he had a few from time to time.
In the novel, Teasle is proven to have been in the Korean War, as he is said to have served at the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. The novel explains that Teasle hates Vietnam veterans for upstaging the sacrifices the forgotten Korean War veterans like himself made, and for how Vietnam veterans are usually unemployed and scruffy. The film never states Teasle's backstory explicitly, but it strongly hints at it by showing Korean war medals in Teasle's office, so you can argue that a similar backstory applies to Teasle in the film.
There was a myth that the actor who portrayed Teasle was an actual Korean War veteran. However, Brian Dennehy was born in July 1938; with the Korean War starting in 1950, making Dennehy only 12 when it started.
Dennehy enlisted in the USMC from 1958 to 1963. In multiple interviews he described being wounded in combat & repeatedly claimed he served in Vietnam.
In 1999 he apologised for misrepresenting his military record, stating “I lied about serving in Vietnam & I am sorry. I didn’t mean to take it away from the actions & sacrifices of the ones who really did serve there….i did steal valour. That was very wrong of me. There was no real excuse for that”.
Possibly one the darkest moments of the Vietnam War, was the My Lai Massacre.
In March 1968, between 347 and 504 unarmed people were killed by U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and Company B, 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. Victims included men, women, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated, and some soldiers mutilated and raped children who were as young as 12. Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted. Found guilty of murdering 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served three-and-a-half years under house arrest after President Richard Nixon commuted his sentence.
I can highly recommend the Ken Burns documentary The Vietnam War. It features archive footage & also interviews with veterans from the US, as well as Vietnamese veterans & civilians. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails, scored the series, providing both original music and a compilation soundtrack of popular songs.
I’ve seen countless Rambo 1 reaction videos and whenever Sylvester Stallone monologues at the end...nobody interrupts. A solid and gripping performance.
Love seeing so many people going into this movie expecting a fun summer popcorn action flick... and instead getting a pretty serious movie about PTSD, police brutality, and how Vietnam vets were treated.
This is why every time I cross paths with any combat veteran, and most especially a Viet Nam veteran, I make it a point to salute and say "Welcome Home, Sir/Ma'am".
He is fighting People in War in Rambo 2 (Vietnamese), 3 (Russian) and 4 (Birmese). And in 5 he takes on a Cartell. John Rambo is a great Character. My favorite Movie is the 4th, in Germany called "John Rambo". Because there he is a bitter War Machine, knowing that the War will never end for him. Nice Reaction, Greetings from Germany!
In the police station he had a PTSD episode but he had come out of it before Galt died falling from the chopper. After that he was in survival mode but it was a different survival mode. When you train to be an elite warrior like a SEAL, or a Green Barrett back then, you become a weapon, you literally train yourself to be a weapon, and you can not just shut that off after you do it. For the rest of your life after that kind of training things will have the ability to flip a switch in your head and turn the warrior back on. The Jason Bourne series goes into great detail about how that kind of training, especially if it is volunteer, can permanently change who you are as a person. There is a popular saying, a good man is a very very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control, people who take that kind of training are training that monster inside and letting it run loose. Then they have to cage it up again when they are through in the military or whatever they were doing.
Sly was ahead of his time with this film showing us what Vietnam did to everyone, PTSD before we called it that :(
Stallone has been in two movies, First Blood and Rocky, that always surprise people by how deep they are when they view them. I think partly that is because how some of the sequels were pretty cartoonish, and pop culture has played those aspects but. But then I have my friends watch them and they are shocked that First Blood is about war trauma and that Rocky is a romance movie!
“I could’ve killed them all, I could have killed you, in town you’re the law, out here it’s me.” “Don’t push it! Don’t push it or I’ll give you a war you won’t believe.” “Let it go, let it go!”
Probably one of the coldest things ever said in movie history.
The Chief’s motivations are simple. He has a quiet little town, and he does not want drifters causing problems. “I let a guy like you around here, the next thing I know there’s a bunch of guys like you.”
But there is also something else. “You want to be careful around here with that on your jacket”.
Rambo is wearing a military jacket with the American flag, something that would be applauded today in America, but back then was likely as not to cause a problem. The Vietnam War was not popular. There were anti-war demonstrations all across the country. Veterans were no longer welcomed home as heroes, but were spat at, called “baby killers”, reviled and discriminated against.
The film is about the discrimination and persecution of Vietnam VETS returning into society, and the untreated effects of PTSD from those that have suffered through war.
Hope you liked the recommendation !
My next recommendation would be Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's Escape From New York, a movie so quintessentially 80s.
I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but the only dead person in the entire movie was the one who fell out of the helicopter. The whole time he fought without killing anyone, he restrained himself. He could have left behind a mountain of corpses. Technically, he didn't kill anyone until the end of the movie. As I remembered, there were a lot of dead people in it, but only one. :D
There was a lot of animosity towards vets that participated in Vietnam. The individuals were socially held responsible for the atrocities of the entire war.
Comments about 'wearing that flag around here' was identifying him as a vet. Once he assaulted a cop, the whole small town force was out for blood.
Even in 2022, there are still communities that gate-keep, but it was a lot more common 50 years ago.
The survival training starts right at the beginning. So much effort and resources goes into this, that the Army wants them to stay alive. Much of the training is actually testing, observing the ability to think outside the box. Notice how creativity plays into evading the police searching for him. Guys he could have just as easily killed, he injures. Now one searcher is down, and one or two more need to stay with him. Had the guy died, those two would be even more motivated and just kept searching, come back to the body later. So Rambo cut his enemy force in half without even encountering that many of them.
Thanks for checking this movie out. Veterans are some of the best people you will ever meet.
To understand why Teasle treated Rambo the way he did, you have to understand the attitude the country had towards the Vietnam War and Vietnam veterans at the time, Lauren. Vietnam was considered an embarrassment that people wanted to forget about and move on from, and the attitude towards the military was very negative at that time in the post-Vietnam era. Also, many vets who returned from the war were highly critical of the war and the US involvement in southeast Asia, and Rambo probably had the appearance of a hippie anti-war type to Teasle.
Also, in the original book, First Blood, it's explained that Sheriff Teasle is a Korean War veteran, and by this time Korea had become a forgotten war, and veterans of Korea felt like their service and sacrifice had been forgotten as well. Teasle and many other Korean War veterans resented Vietnam veterans like Rambo, many of whom may have seemed unpatriotic in Teasle's eyes.
Okay, Lauren, You have offically entered the Arnold vs Stallone sweepstakes.
On the line is only the claim to be the biggest action star of the 80's and maybe all time in Hollywood. LEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
The book is phenomenal. I really hope Quentin Tarantino gets the opportunity to write and direct the First Blood remake he wants to make, which is a lot closer to the novel than this film was. He wants Adam Driver as Rambo, and he would be perfect in the role. Don't get me wrong, I love this film, but i think it should've kept the original ending. When i was younger, I liked the sequels better, but after serving in the military, this one hit home way harder. I understood and connected with those emotions.
One of the great things about this movie is that there are really no good guys or bad guys. The two main antagonists - the Sheriff and Galt, weren't necessarily bad people, just assholes. They were both military veterans like Rambo, but they fought in the Korean War. They fought in a war that to this day is still mainly forgotten and probably received very little recognition for it. They both returned and became police officers, probably with good intentions and were dedicated, though misguided in their attempts, to maintain peace and order in their town. 30 years after coming home from their own war, they were faced with somebody just as hard headed as them. Which lead to a situation that kept escalating because both sides could not compromise or back down. The book the movie is based on, and the movie itself, infer that Rambo and the Sheriff are really not much different at all. The Sheriff was just able to find his place in society after the war.
All of us, no matter the war or no matter the country, we all have that in our heads, we all have those images in our head. Counseling just intensifies it. Start honoring us, honor our work, honor our acts anf honor our servica...that is how we come down, come back and survive
The ending is so powerful, gets me every time. I watched that war on the evening news growing up. I became friends with some that returned, I see this and think of them.
20:16 "caves freak me out"
Well you shouldn't see The Descent 1 & 2, then xD
(those are some pretty INTENSE horror movies)
"In town you're the law, out here it's me."
Oh shit Stallone predicted his Judge Dredd role 13 years ahead of time
First Blood was based on a novel by the same name. Novel was written in the 70's when the Vietnam war was still going on and both the movie and movie reflect the times they were made in a way. It's a case where I recommend reading the novel after seeing the movie just because the same events happen, but they turn out A LOT differently.
Appreciated your reaction. Interesting fact, the cop who was getting rough with Rambo in the police station was played by Jack Starret, many old movie characters, including another one about a Vietnam vet with PTSD where he plays basically the same mean cop in jail. That was the first Billy Jack movie called born losers.
This film shows the trauma of a soldiers mind, this film was more than your typical action badass film it’s honestly the best in the franchise for that reason, it shows that he may be the most dangerous but also the most broken at the same time
In the source novel, Rambo was a mad dog off his chain and looking for a war. Teasle was a decent cop who stepped in it. Trautman was there to "resolve" the problem. Good book.
When you get treated like an animal, you respond like an animal. Ingrained after training. Also, to get out of the mine, he followed the air currants, the torch blew towards the exit.
@19:45, Green Berets are not just elite soldiers. They are also teachers and force multipliers. They are some of the most educated people in special operations forces - warfare, survival skills, languages, cultural studies, first aid etc.
If you drop a 12 man team of Green Berets into a developing country for 6 months to a year, they can train the local indigenous people to become an effective fighting army in the hundreds. They teach a few dozen who then help teach several dozen more who then help teach several more dozen etc.
Also while training the local population to fight they can teach them other things to import their standard of living.
"A man without hope is a man without fear."