A former Marine and technical adviser to military movies James Dever claimed that Stones movie is unerringly accurate in its depictions of real-life Vietnam battle sequences.

Platoon movie historical accuracy. This also means it has been incorporated into the Dramatica Story Expert application itself as an easily referenced contextual example. Foliage Monsoon Insects The houses of the vietnamese people were also accurately depicted. The film shows the Vietnam experience from the average soldiers point of view.

Drug and alcohol use wasnt nearly as prominent as the film makes out--that was mostly done if at all in rear units and not by the actual troops in the field with their lives on the line. What is the historical accuracy of the movie Platoon. Bunny carries a shotgun throughout the entire film.

Platoons battle sequences were also praised for their believability. Platoon shows how the War affected the soldiers and how none of them felt that they were fighting for a reason. His mutilated body is found tied to a post close by.

If you want historical accuracy in a Vietnam War movie We Were Soldiers is a good place to start. This seems to be displayed rather accurately in the movie at least with regard to how its described in Tappers book. Platoon is a caricature of Vietnam.

Anachronisms Set in 1967 features Bunny listening to Merle Haggards Okie from Muskogee not released until 1969. Two members of the platoon Sandy J. Once hes on the ground in the middle of battle his idealism fades.

Adam Glover and Sal Richard Edson are killed when they stumble upon a booby trap attached to a box of documents. Platoon corrects the usual Hollywood error of not realizing that men the age of Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris are far too old to withstand the rigors of jungle war. I wish they used the entire title of the excellent book it was based off We Were Solider Once and.