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Thank you, I really enjoyed it
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This movie is a terrible representation of the American soldier. Sure, there was a head case here and there, but on the whole, the men and women were a very committed, well trained and well organized group who did NOT deserve to be shown as this movie has done. I do not recommend this movie.
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You probably may be wishing to learn about the sacrifice and pain that others have gone through in the name of freedom. This movie will put many things into perspective about the time honored truths about the futility of war and how it has shaped so many lives. Oliver Stone was the director of this film. However, you may not have known that Oliver Stone actually served our country in Vietnam. Not only that, but received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart during his tours of duty. How best to honor the fallen men, women, children, and MIAs and POWs of this great conflict. Oliver Stone wanted to make a film that embodied the undeniable irony of the total futility of this war through the eyes of Chris (Charlie Sheen). In doing so, he captured the pure essence of innocence turned into terror. No one man can totally encapsulate a feeling of this war better than Oliver Stone. Everyone needs to see this movie and its historical value in the context of other great moments in history. I met a veteran of Korea and Vietnam the other day. He was 77. He told me much about his time there. Lucky him. Look, Listen, and Live respecting these last remnants of foreign wars. I loved my Grandfather so much when he would tell me his WWII stories, and sometimes it would take him a very long time to GET several words out in a row. PLATOON has won the right to be in the top 100 films of The American Film Institute standing on its own at # 83. This film has a very strong adult content and is not for everyone in the family, however I will say that it will always be a part of my history. Perhaps as a lucky young man that never had to experience these things is why I would recommend this movie to anyone interested in serving your country in any capacity. PLEASE BE SURE AND CHECK OUT MY OTHER NEW AND OLD REVIEWS, AND IF YOU LIKE THEM BE SURE AND SAY SO BY VOTING. THANKSRead full review
This is yet another piece of Oliver Stone garbage that was produced with nothing more than a political slant. I got up and walked out of the theatre when this movie first came out and a week later, the base commander banned this piece of garbage from being played at the base theatre. Anyone who thought that this movie was great and portrayed Vietnam, needs to talk with a veteran of the conflict and then apologize for being brainwashed by Stone. This movie made it appear that everyone in Vietnam was raping women, killing children, using drugs and never left the field. Oliver Stone took every last possible stereotype of the conflict and made it happen in one movie. This is a discredit to our military and once again spits in the face of every soldier that ever served during Vietnam. If you want to see a Vietnam era movie, then watch "We were soldiers". At least the movie didn't have a political slant and honored those that served or lost their lives during the conflict. A 1/5 rating is too good for this waste of film and a better representation would be a 0/5.Read full review
i asked myself is this the best vietnam war movie? there is definetly none better. it brings out everything. not only the kill or be killed rule of warfare but also all the rain, the bugs, the lack of sleep, the inner conflict caused by troops on your side. and, perhaps above all else the terrible suffering of civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time. even in ww2, the bloodiest war of all time, there were more civilian deaths than military .
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