Platoon (Special Edition)
starring: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon
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Emotional look at the war in Vietnam, seen through the eyes of a young man who discovers that the Viet Cong are not the only enemies he has to fight.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 11-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
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Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam.Chris (Charlie Sheen) is an infantryman whose loyalty is tested by two superior officers: Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), a former hippie humanist who really cares about his men (this was a few years before he played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ), and Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), a moody, macho soldier who may have gone over to the dark side.The personalities of the two sergeants correspond to their combat drugs of choice--pot for Elias and booze for Barnes.Stone has become known for his sledgehammer visual style, but in this film it seems perfectly appropriate. His violent and disorienting images have a terrifying immediacy, a you-are-there quality that gives you a sense of how things may have felt to an infantryman in the jungles of Vietnam. Platoon won Oscars for best picture and director. --Jim Emerson
Emotional look at the war in Vietnam, seen through the eyes of a young man who discovers that the Viet Cong are not the only enemies he has to fight.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 11-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com essential video:
Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam.Chris (Charlie Sheen) is an infantryman whose loyalty is tested by two superior officers: Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), a former hippie humanist who really cares about his men (this was a few years before he played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ), and Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), a moody, macho soldier who may have gone over to the dark side.The personalities of the two sergeants correspond to their combat drugs of choice--pot for Elias and booze for Barnes.Stone has become known for his sledgehammer visual style, but in this film it seems perfectly appropriate. His violent and disorienting images have a terrifying immediacy, a you-are-there quality that gives you a sense of how things may have felt to an infantryman in the jungles of Vietnam. Platoon won Oscars for best picture and director. --Jim Emerson
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- "Rejoice, O Young Man in Thy Youth".
I'll tell you right now that when it comes to war movies, Oliver Stone doesn't joke around.Out of all the movies i've seen of his, W., JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, this one is the best, and overall the darkest as well.The acting is successful, although no oscar winning performances were given out.Nothing but oscar nominations were given out to the perfomances by Willem Dafoe, and Tom Berenger.Great acting, intense music score by The Era, and great set direction.Detailed and shown dramatically, ... Read More
Rating: - "Platoon"
I purchased this movie for a friend. I have always been satisfied with my purchases at Amazon. Many items have come from a third party. The description of the item's condition has always been at minimum, the way it was described. I like having price options. Sometimes I want brand new, sometimes it doesn't matter so much.
Rating: - A TRIUMPH
Anyone who gave this movie 3 stars or lower has a problem.PLATOON is one of the greates war films I have ever seen.Maybe even the best.And yes it does show how the real NAM was.Ity does eqel Saving Pvt. Ryan and all the other great war films out there.Forrest Gump was good but it didn't really show how NAM was.Sorry its so short buts thats all I have to say.
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- Best War Film I've Ever Seen!Son of "Apocalypse Now".
Both literally and figuratively this is the offspring of that other great war movie. Both Martin and Charlie Sheen didn't get awards or nominations for their respective roles although both the supporting actors did give excellent performances.If anyone deserved an Oscar it would have to be Dafoe whose performance is at least as good as Brando's."Apocalypse Now" took a much longer time to tell the tale of the madness of the Nam but "Platoon" seemed to come straight to the point and in so doing is the more ... Read More
Rating: - ONE OF THE BEST WAR PICTURES EVER
I loved this movie when I first saw it in the theater ages ago, and was unaware of Oliver Stone's political leanings, and oddly enough, I still love PLATOON. Generally, war pictures don't appeal to me, but this masterpiece shows soldiers not as stereotypes, but as flesh, and blood human beings dealing with death, and the possibility of it on a daily basis. It is a harrowing, violent, and sometimes tragic tale. Nothing in PLATOON is romanticized, and it is all the more powerful, and unforgettable as a result. ... Read More
- "Rejoice, O Young Man in Thy Youth".I'll tell you right now that when it comes to war movies, Oliver Stone doesn't joke around.Out of all the movies i've seen of his, W., JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, this one is the best, and overall the darkest as well.The acting is successful, although no oscar winning performances were given out.Nothing but oscar nominations were given out to the perfomances by Willem Dafoe, and Tom Berenger.Great acting, intense music score by The Era, and great set direction.Detailed and shown dramatically, ... Read More
- "Platoon"I purchased this movie for a friend. I have always been satisfied with my purchases at Amazon. Many items have come from a third party. The description of the item's condition has always been at minimum, the way it was described. I like having price options. Sometimes I want brand new, sometimes it doesn't matter so much.
- A TRIUMPHAnyone who gave this movie 3 stars or lower has a problem.PLATOON is one of the greates war films I have ever seen.Maybe even the best.And yes it does show how the real NAM was.Ity does eqel Saving Pvt. Ryan and all the other great war films out there.Forrest Gump was good but it didn't really show how NAM was.Sorry its so short buts thats all I have to say.
- Best War Film I've Ever Seen!Son of "Apocalypse Now".Both literally and figuratively this is the offspring of that other great war movie. Both Martin and Charlie Sheen didn't get awards or nominations for their respective roles although both the supporting actors did give excellent performances.If anyone deserved an Oscar it would have to be Dafoe whose performance is at least as good as Brando's."Apocalypse Now" took a much longer time to tell the tale of the madness of the Nam but "Platoon" seemed to come straight to the point and in so doing is the more ... Read More
- ONE OF THE BEST WAR PICTURES EVERI loved this movie when I first saw it in the theater ages ago, and was unaware of Oliver Stone's political leanings, and oddly enough, I still love PLATOON. Generally, war pictures don't appeal to me, but this masterpiece shows soldiers not as stereotypes, but as flesh, and blood human beings dealing with death, and the possibility of it on a daily basis. It is a harrowing, violent, and sometimes tragic tale. Nothing in PLATOON is romanticized, and it is all the more powerful, and unforgettable as a result. ... Read More
