Platoon (1986)

Almost a complete review of Oliver Stone's work (23 movies items)

" Cast : Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Depp What was it about? A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. My two cents: It is pure and simply the best movie about the Vietnam war. Of course, there are some other pretty good movies about the subject, like ‘Full Metal Jacket’ for example, but this flick is just way better than the rest in my opinion. I mean, the making o"

film diary 2013 (129 movies items)

" 18/19 Mar + The characters were so well written + Loved Dafoe's character, really sympathetic + Incredible atmosphere + Dafoe, Whitaker, Depp, Berenger.. fantastic cast! - Many characters I didn't care about - Full Metal Jacket remains by favorite Nam film"

Watched in '13 (60 movies items)

"2.5.2013, dvd"

100 Greatest Male Performances 1970-1989 by Digita (89 movies items)

"#24 Willem Dafoe as Sergeant Elias #61 Tom Berenger as Sergeant Bob Barnes"

Films and the critics who hate them (741 movies items)

"The artistic veneer Stone applies, along with the simpy narration provided for Sheen in the way of letters to his grandmother, detract significantly from the work's immediacy. - Todd McCarthy, Variety For all the purported naturalism, the film seems resolutely schematic, and the attitudes shaping the drama are far from open-ended. - Pat Graham, Chicago Reader I know that Platoon is being acclaimed for its realism, and I expect to be chastened for being a woman finding fault with a war film. "

Best shiz (50 movies items)

"charly sheen is the man wars are awesome"