In this essay on Oliver Stones film Platoon reprinted below Cawley points out that the authors of nineteenth-century realist novels writing in the era of the Industrial Revolution and triumphalist capitalism sought to.

Platoon movie realistic. The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news. The contempt for the cherries or FNGs was also dead-on they. The cliches were dead-on like the stoners the bros etc.

Platoon is often regarded as one of the most realistic and exceptional war films of all time and for good reason. It follows Private First Class Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen as he enlists to fight in the Vietnam War. Support our animation on Patreon.

An American Tragedy The New Republic 19 Jan. The reality of a situation like the one in Platoon is really what drives this movie for me. A Ferocious Vietnam Frenzy Newsweek 5 Jan.

Actually Charlie Sheens character gets there a month after my father did and left about a month after he left He told me that yes overall this is a pretty good representation of the war. The contempt for the cherries or FNGs was also dead-on they were dangerous because they just. It is a realistic look at world that we would never want to experience.

Most of the movie is pretty accurate probably because it is a product of Oliver Stone who fought there as an Army grunt. But because it was by Oliver Stone it has his weird viewpointsuch as rogue sergeants running around killing their fellow sergeants and privates. Platoon is more than just a gory war movie.

We Were Soldiers 2002 Error. Corliss Richard Platoon Time Magazine 26 Jan. Released in 1986 Platoon was a massive hit with audiences and critics winning both Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards.