One of Platoon s most controversial elements was the depiction of US soldiers meting out wanton violence on native populations and often murdering innocent Vietnamese civilians.

Platoon movie violence. Platoon movie Addeddate 2020-05-15 104428 Identifier platoon_202005 Scanner Internet Archive Python library 181. Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone starring Tom Berenger. Graphic Violence.

Chris Taylor a neophyte recruit in Vietnam finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants one good and the other evil. It was Francois Truffaut who said that its not possible to make an anti-war movie because all war movies with their energy and sense of adventure end up making combat look like fun. Yet strictly speaking Platoon isnt a war movie.

Platoon movie by themeworld. Critics have faulted Platoon for the college-literary symbolism of the plot and for its romanticization of violence. Soldiers also shoot and rape mostly implied Vietnamese characters and burn a village.

People say the violence is worse than it really it is if your kids are 11 or up they wont care how violent it is who does. The violence and paranoia that plagued the soldiers are constantly evidentComplaints about the violent nature of his work elicit from Stone what might be called the journalists defense thats just the way it is. Upon arrival in the Philippines the cast was sent on an intensive training course during which they had to dig foxholes and were subjected to forced marches and nighttime ambushes.

This is true but it misses the point of this movie and most movies. When Barnes Tom Berenger threatens to shoot a little girl Elias Willem Dafoe punches him and a brawl ensuesBUY THE M. Graphic Sexual Content.

A collage of scenes from the 1986 Vietnam War film Oliver Stones Platoon that is for me when put in a right order effecitve sums up the barbaric side. As of 2016 he is the last veteran of any war to win an Oscar for Best Director other than Clint. Ansen 56 In order to accurately tell the story Stone could pull no punches.