RAMBO: First Blood's Ending Hit Me Like a Ton of *Emotional* Bricks - First Time Watching (Reaction)

Rambo barely says ten words throughout the whole movie, but when he lets go at the end, it's powerful stuff

My dad was in Vietnam. When he came home was never the same. The term First Blood was drawn by the enemy. My dad never talked about what he saw there. He passed away in 2014. To me my dad was a hero.

Imagine trying to fight a seasoned special forces veteran with PTSD in the woods, just because he wanted to grab some food as he passed through your little town

I'm a disabled Vietnam veteran. I served "in country" during the Tet Offensive (1968). I had an appointment today at the V.A.M.C. in Boise, Id. About 25 yrs. ago, the V.A. told me that my Type II Diabetes, Ischemic Heart Disease, & other problems were a result of exposure to "Agent Orange" in Vietnam. Upon returning from Vietnam in 1969, we were told NOT to wear our uniforms in public to avoid being confronted, spit upon, & called "baby killer". Viet. vets were portrayed as psycho killers in many prime time T.V. shows at that time. I'm always curious to see young people's reaction to "Rambo: First Blood". I always cry at the end.

When you said "I hope he didn't break a rib" .... Well, the character didn't, but Sylvester Stallone did doing the stunt.

This movie really brought the epidemic of ptsd among vietnam veterans to the publics consciousness. Nobody talked about it until this came out

"Asshole Face" dude is named Brian Dennehy. He's gone now, but was considered a great Character actor for his ability to be just what you said. He did a lot of Broadway plays in addition to movies. If you wanna see him play a more entertaining bad guy, then you might check out the western, Silverado. Anyway, thank you for the fun reaction. It's actually fun to see YOU growing in the emotional range you're willing to show over the years. Be well.

Stallone stole the show especially with his final breakdown at the end, you can literally feel the trauma and pain. Both Brian Dennehy and Jack Starrett also delivered in their roles as the overzealous and corrupt small town policemen.

When people say that Silvestre Stallone is a bad actor, I always tell them to watch the final 15 minutes of the "First Blood" movie. They will definitely change their minds

Part of the training is to learn to ignore pain, hunger and weather. Its crazy brutal.

17:52 "Can you be trained to ignore pain? I would like to know more about that." Since you asked, Yes. I've been doing it for 25 years, ever since I got an incurable and unbelievably painful disease. Every day, everything hurts. I hurt right now. I feel almost like I'm breaking my fingers typing this. All true. I used to teach Karate. Now I can barely lift a glass of water without dropping or spilling it, and it hurts to pick it up. If you asked me back when I used to spar for a living "What is the worst pain you can imagine?" I would never have guessed anything like my life now. But, i still type, I still drink, I still manage to get through life. No karate any more - that's way behind me. I'd shatter my wrist the first time I punched a heavy bag today. How do I do things that cause me that much pain? When you do it every day, all day, all the time, you get so used to it, that you just deal with the pain and do what you have to do. I still feel it. It still hurts like hell. But I ignore it and carry on. All true. Or, as Patrick Swayze said in Roadhouse: "Pain don't hurt." He wasn't as verbose as I am.

When this first came out, some people loved it just for the action, but many people, including actual Vietnam veterans, believed that in perpetuated the stereotype of the violent, mentally ill 'Nam vet as a danger to society. However, the movie came out at a time when the United States was coming out of its post Vietnam guilt and shame and the American public was reevaluating its how it had treated returning veterans, and PTSD was starting to make its way into the nations collective consciousness. Because of that, people who watch the movie today immediately seize upon its deeper message.

Stallone gave an amazing performance particularly in that last scene. In a recent interview he said he wasn't the first choice for John Rambo, there were several other actors, I think 8 asked before he was asked, and he read the script and said, This doesn't work. Rambo is just a mean guy and the script has no heart. So he asked the script be rewritten in a much more realistic way, which for the most part, at least as far as Rambo's character is concerned, it was. I don't care for the sequels much, but Stallone makes this film.

This town Hope (where this was filmed, which is actually in Canada....i live about 45 minutes drive from there) IS actually a very beautiful mountain town in real life (and doesn't look much different today than it did back in the 80s).

Because of the Limited Time of the Movies, they have to clearly define the Heroes from the Villains, but the Novel shows us more about Teasle and Rambo that Blurs the lines between their roles as well as separating them even more. Chuck Norris dissed on the Movie because He was a vet, but Stallone never served in the Military and was disqualified from the draft through Medical Issues he received during Birth. Many don't notice, but half of Stallone's face is partially Paralysed and his speech was affected as well. While some currently try say it's because of Botox injections, Stallone's had these issues all his life,

Great Reaction..... This was one of the First Post-Vietnam movies that addressed PTSD.... This is from a Novel/Book, They Changed the ending for the movie.... Will Teasale, the Sheriff, is a Decorated Korea Conflict Veteran, which is considered America's forgotten war, So there is some animosity between Veterans of different wars. Rambo didn't kill, till he had no choice.... Experts have been surveyed and verified that all the things in this movie is possible and realistic. In the mine, Rambo knew that the first thing that would be done was an airshaft, and escape exit in case of cave-in...... Reason he blew up the Gas Station and the Gun Store was to draw the police away from the station, where Rambo knew the Sheriff would stay...... Rambo's Speech at the end is so elequently worded and performed..... Anyone who says Stallone can't act has not see this or the First Rocky.... In my Opinion, Parts 2 & 3 have some unbelievable parts, Rambo (4) and Last Blood (5) are back the the believable action......

Ya this movie is pretty deep and meaningful. This is why people say they don't support wars, but they may support the soldiers that have to fight it.

Salt, the statement! You know your shit! Brilliant!🌿🌸

The vid of Homer falling. I f'n lost it. 😅🤣

This is Stallone’s best acting performance, and the only one of his movies I own.