Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone one of the most strongest realistic anti war films of all time.

Platoon movie review. The bulk of this review was written for the 2-Disc Ultimate Edition of Platoon way back before Charlie Sheen called an air-strike down upon himself and left the rails so completely and utterly that he now makes Mel Gibson look like a parish vicar. Platoon is a triumph for Oliver Stone a film in which a visceral approach to violence which has always set him apart is balanced by classical symmetries and a kind of elegiac distance. This is not the Vietnam of op-ed writers rabble-rousers or esthetic visionaries not Vietnam-as-metaphor or Vietnam-the-way-it-should-have-been.

This is not the Vietnam of op-ed writers rabble-rousers or esthetic visionaries not Vietnam-as-metaphor or Vietnam-the-way-it-should-have-been. Platoon is a triumph for Oliver Stone a film in which a visceral approach to violence which has always set him apart is balanced by classical symmetries and a kind of elegiac distance. As Platoon a coming-of-age film demonstrates he went through his rite of passage but as Platoon also demonstrates he became a very bad writera hype artist.

It was nominated for many academy awards including best picture best film editing best sound best director best cinematography best writing and best supporting actor. We review the Vietnam War classic Platoon for its 30th Anniversary. The platoons most important figures are two NCOs each an exhausted self-aware veteran of earlier Vietnam tours.

If Truffaut had lived to see Platoon the best film of 1986 he might have wanted to modify his opinion. Platoon 1986 is a harrowing visceral ultra-realistic gutsy visually-shattering Vietnam-war film based on the writerdirectors own first-hand knowledge as a Vietnam combat-infantry soldier. Critics consensus Informed by director Oliver Stones personal experiences in Vietnam Platoon forgoes easy sermonizing in favor of a harrowing ground-level view of war bolstered by.

It was a well-earned victory with critics still to this day naming director Oliver Stones intense drama as one of war cinemas. Released in 1986 Platoon was a massive hit with audiences and critics winning both Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards. Platoon United States 1986 A movie review by James Berardinelli Since the end of the Vietnam War in the early 1970s numerous motion pictures have attempted with varying degrees of success to capture one or more aspects of the most contentious American conflict of the 20th century.

Platoon Review A new recruit arrives in Vietnam to find himself not only caught in a brutal and confusing war but also between two experienced but very different sergeants. By Kim Newman. Platoon was instantly acclaimed upon its release as the first truly authentic look at Vietnam since the end of the war.