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| Platoon | 
 enlarge | Category: Movie
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  296 reviews
Sales Rank: 11589
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 120
ASIN: B000ZLPRJ8
Theatrical Release Date: December 24, 1986
Release Date: August 27, 2008
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 The Best Portrayal Of Vietnam Yet May 15, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This movie is a standout from all other war movies because it puts together the most intellectual and heartfelt aspects of that war or any war into one movie.
Wonderful May 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For those of us who only knew of the Vietnam War from A little High School History , Television , and A few Books ,this Movie showed A new , eye opening story about this Cvil War , that we got invovled in , and lost A lot of great people in .
Platoon review April 29, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Platoon 20th anniversary edition is a great addition to my DVD library. The comentary by Oliver Stone and his advisor give great perspective into the movie and the Vietnam war.
 Conservatives, You Can Come Out of Your Foxholes April 6, 2008
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
First, let me lay my cards on the table: I'm a conservative republican, am generally pro-military (i.e. U.S.), and distrust Oliver Stone nearly as much as I do Michael Moore. Further, I don't know if I've ever agreed with a thing that the Sheen family has said. Yet even though some of my political pals disdain this movie, I feel differently. I half-expected a heavy dose of lefty-propaganda and intentional distortion, but for the most part was pleasantly surprised. I try to evaluate every item I encounter fairly and individually (instead of a knee jerk reaction), and these are my thoughts on Platoon, after viewing it again tonight:
On the 'positive' side, the film rightly shows the awfulness of war. Again and again, liberals seem to think that those on the right somehow deny this. Of course we do not! I give the movie high marks for depicting war as a living nightmare. Personally, I cringe when some of the older movies represent war as little more than a comic book boys' fantasy. I also thought Platoon contained some admirable acting (Sheen, Dafoe, Berenger, David), and combat scenes. It held me throughout.
The one major criticism I would make, and the flaw that keeps it from being an elite film in my opinion, is the way in which it reaches too far to show the dark side and corruption of the soldiers (American). Stone has a crippling weakness for sensationalism (evidence: JFK), and it seeped through some here. For instance, you cannot take the worst atrocities (even if they are all factual, which I question) and then portray them as representative of a typical company of soldiers and their Vietnam experience. Yet this was the impression given. In fact, it was basically the story. This is irresponsible and misleading. One of the film's few faults, but a bad one.
However, when considered as a whole, Platoon has much to commend it. While it is unfortunate that its weaknesses diminish its merit, they do not ruin it. I'd be very surprised if Stone ever makes another movie nearly as good.
Wow, One of the greatest of all time. March 25, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Im mad I bought this great dvd! It's by far the best edition out, I want to see all this on blu-ray as well.
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