Platoon was the first movie to help me understand some of the atrocities committed, on both sides, that sort of, "oh yeah,? well were gonna do this!" that sort of worsening escalation of wartime behavior, and the Vietnamese people, unsure of who exactly were there to help them, amazing film!
lady and the tramp is a wonderful movie, right next to robin hood, the rescuers movies, and the lion king, and zootopia, where it has rather cute moments, especially the adorable spaghetti scene between tramp and lady and all by itself, the spaghteti scene is one of the greatest love scenes in childrens animated movies
My combat experience occurred in Afghanistan but Stone was able to capture many universal truths I think most veterans can relate to. After all I was said and done, the prism through which I viewed movies like Platoon was totally changed. I often weep when I watch it now. As Gene mentioned, understanding something terrible doesn't mean excusing it. Characters like Bunny and Barnes I now find all the more frightening. There's a small part of me that understands these guys. I know how emotions can get cranked up to 11. Anger, frustration, fear, etc. become amplified to levels you didn't think were possible. Wanting to lash out, feeling you NEED to lash out because no other action seems appropriate. But I never crossed that line and thankfully neither do most of our fighting men.Civilians underestimate that command and control in a combat unit is the keystone. In Platoon, there is a complete breakdown in leadership. The officer is weak, the top sergeant is a warrior but completely amoral, and the men naturally have zero confidence in them. When analyzing My Lai, all roads lead back to shitty officers from the platoon and company level all the way to brigade and division. I was blessed to have excellent direct leadership and we trusted them implicitly. It was a unit I was proud to be in and still am to this day.
4:13 Rambo is about a former soldier with PTSD becoming a drifter, being harassed by police, having torture flashbacks, getting manhunted and breaking down in tears about his friend getting killed right in front of him during the war at the end. There is no "war is fun" about it. He needs to rewatch Rambo.
Platoon is the best war movie ever made in my opinion. One of my all time favorites. And the only one that feels genuine. Much to the fact that Oliver Stone himself went to nam.
Art Vandelay Actually it is a good movie but ironically the movie that took me be back to Vietnam and my first major panic attack was the first war scene in The Deer Hunter. Those helicopters flying over that vil really got to me.
Platoon is such an incredible film that tackles the rawness and unpleasantries of war that, in some cases, is stomach-wrenching and hard to sit through. We need more war movies that are honest with their audiences. War is not a joy ride. War is hell. And in any war, everyone's a casualty.
@@Fluffyolphert He was just one side of the coin that was amplified to the max. He was borderline psychotic, but he was perfect for the environment. He's kind of the embodiment of the type of soldier that Col. Kurtz wanted to actually beat the VC.
Ebert is wrong about one thing. It didn't take Oliver Stone so long to finally write Platoon. He wrote ten years prior to it being made. So really, it took Hollywood so long to finally make it.
First Blood is a simple adaptation of a novel featuring complex characters. Believe it or not, William Friedkin's The Hunted actually does justice to David Morrell's character.
The 'Siskel & Ebert' program was basically a MASTERWORK of evening TV. The other hosts just were NOT as good- by the time Richard Roeper replaced Siskel- it was going downhill. Roeper sort of was a good replacement- but NOBODY was as great as Gene Siskel. Both of the original hosts did eventually die of different types of Cancer. RIP to both of them.
Put up another one from that website, huh? Fine. I've been looking at that website myself although you cannot register with it for some reason. By the way, today marked the third anniversary of Roger's death and on his website were several of his reviews as a tribute, including Platoon, which is on here.
Eddie Murphy: Either he or his management whent off into ridiculous choice making for scripts and characters after 48 and beverly hills cop(which were the right roles and story vehicles for him).He has been in a lot of klunkers since this episode of siskel and ebert........?
Interesting that even as liberal as Siskel and Ebert were, this was before the enlarged definition of racial insensitivty, which has become the elepahnt in the room with Lady and the Tramp.
