[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Platoon (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 7/31/2013 11:31:07 AM EDT
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yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone That would be true with about any war ever fought. I can't stand the America sucks crowd! |
| Saw that in the theater with my dad when I was like 16. We didn't talk a lot in the car after as I recall. If you weren't of age at the time you don't understand how shocking it was. Kind of like the young guy who recently started that "Red Dawn Sucks" thread. Context has a LOT to do with it. |
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone They may have been anti-war, but Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and The Boys In Company C for the most part did bring some of the grittiness of combat in Viet Nam to people who were never there. Those films did help a lot of guys I know to explain some of what they went through to friends and family who couldn't grasp what serving in Viet Nam really was. Now with everyone having a video camera what's gone on in OIF and OEF will be easier for those who weren't there to relate to those who were there. |
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They may have been anti-war, but Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and The Boys In Company C for the most part did bring some of the grittiness of combat in Viet Nam to people who were never there. Those films did help a lot of guys I know to explain some of what they went through to friends and family who couldn't grasp what serving in Viet Nam really was. Now with everyone having a video camera what's gone on in OIF and OEF will be easier for those who weren't there to relate to those who were there. Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone They may have been anti-war, but Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and The Boys In Company C for the most part did bring some of the grittiness of combat in Viet Nam to people who were never there. Those films did help a lot of guys I know to explain some of what they went through to friends and family who couldn't grasp what serving in Viet Nam really was. Now with everyone having a video camera what's gone on in OIF and OEF will be easier for those who weren't there to relate to those who were there. After watching platoon all I could remember was the brutality our troops inflicted on the innocent civilians of Vietnam. oliver stone is a cunt butthole. Sorry about the using the C word. |
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I had the Barnes, Elias and Taylor figures they made, what, 10 years ago now? I forget what happened to them... I might still have them boxed up in a closet somewhere. Last I heard they were worth like two hundred bucks each. |
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Typical American soldier? |
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yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone We have an Oliver Stone fan boy. You musta loved Born of the Fourth of July. |
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Quoted: They may have been anti-war, but Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and The Boys In Company C for the most part did bring some of the grittiness of combat in Viet Nam to people who were never there. Those films did help a lot of guys I know to explain some of what they went through to friends and family who couldn't grasp what serving in Viet Nam really was. Now with everyone having a video camera what's gone on in OIF and OEF will be easier for those who weren't there to relate to those who were there. My uncle was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, he asked me to watch "We Were Soldiers". |
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After watching platoon all I could remember was the brutality our troops inflicted on the innocent civilians of Vietnam. oliver stone is a cunt butthole. Sorry about the using the C word. Quoted:
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. After watching platoon all I could remember was the brutality our troops inflicted on the innocent civilians of Vietnam. oliver stone is a cunt butthole. Sorry about the using the C word. So you got out of it exactly what Stone wanted you to get out of it. That's the shame of it. 
"Innocent civilians of Vietnam" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA Good one! 
I'm with ya, Bro. 
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Completely not about Platoon:
I've always felt Hamburger Hill was the superlative representation of Vietnam on film. It had all the "madness" and the "war is bad" stuff but the characters, their motivations and presentations felt the most authentic and not "some director trying to make a point". Now back to the Oliver Stone gang bang. |
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They may have been anti-war, but Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and The Boys In Company C for the most part did bring some of the grittiness of combat in Viet Nam to people who were never there. Those films did help a lot of guys I know to explain some of what they went through to friends and family who couldn't grasp what serving in Viet Nam really was. Now with everyone having a video camera what's gone on in OIF and OEF will be easier for those who weren't there to relate to those who were there. Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone They may have been anti-war, but Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and The Boys In Company C for the most part did bring some of the grittiness of combat in Viet Nam to people who were never there. Those films did help a lot of guys I know to explain some of what they went through to friends and family who couldn't grasp what serving in Viet Nam really was. Now with everyone having a video camera what's gone on in OIF and OEF will be easier for those who weren't there to relate to those who were there. And somehow Hamburger Hill does it without the usual overt Hollywood political messages inserted. But I admit I do like Platoon and FMJ too. ETA: dang, one post late, touche JsARCLIGHT. |
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After watching platoon all I could remember was the brutality our troops inflicted on the innocent civilians of Vietnam. oliver stone is a cunt butthole. Sorry about the using the C word. Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone They may have been anti-war, but Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and The Boys In Company C for the most part did bring some of the grittiness of combat in Viet Nam to people who were never there. Those films did help a lot of guys I know to explain some of what they went through to friends and family who couldn't grasp what serving in Viet Nam really was. Now with everyone having a video camera what's gone on in OIF and OEF will be easier for those who weren't there to relate to those who were there. After watching platoon all I could remember was the brutality our troops inflicted on the innocent civilians of Vietnam. oliver stone is a cunt butthole. Sorry about the using the C word. I didn't get that at all. I got that it sucks to fight insurgents, they are everywhere and everyone. Even the good guys make mistakes, it's part of war. American soldiers do their best to be "the good guys", but shit happens. I personally feel that the only people who can judge war crimes are soldiers who served in the same theatre, at the same time, in similar units, as the accused. Only they understand the nature of that war, the rest of us have no right to judge, we weren't there. |
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I didn't get that at all. I got that it sucks to fight insurgents, they are everywhere and everyone. Even the good guys make mistakes, it's part of war. American soldiers do their best to be "the good guys", but shit happens. I personally feel that the only people who can judge war crimes are soldiers who served in the same theatre, at the same time, in similar units, as the accused. Only they understand the nature of that war, the rest of us have no right to judge, we weren't there. Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone They may have been anti-war, but Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and The Boys In Company C for the most part did bring some of the grittiness of combat in Viet Nam to people who were never there. Those films did help a lot of guys I know to explain some of what they went through to friends and family who couldn't grasp what serving in Viet Nam really was. Now with everyone having a video camera what's gone on in OIF and OEF will be easier for those who weren't there to relate to those who were there. After watching platoon all I could remember was the brutality our troops inflicted on the innocent civilians of Vietnam. oliver stone is a cunt butthole. Sorry about the using the C word. I didn't get that at all. I got that it sucks to fight insurgents, they are everywhere and everyone. Even the good guys make mistakes, it's part of war. American soldiers do their best to be "the good guys", but shit happens. I personally feel that the only people who can judge war crimes are soldiers who served in the same theatre, at the same time, in similar units, as the accused. Only they understand the nature of that war, the rest of us have no right to judge, we weren't there. So oliver stoned is the man to judge  Or maybe john Kerry?
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That would be true with about any war ever fought. I can't stand the America sucks crowd! Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone That would be true with about any war ever fought. I can't stand the America sucks crowd! anything else you detected in my post? how about heroin abuse? stealing from an orphanage? use your imagination a little I hate this laziness |
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anything else you detected in my post? how about heroin abuse? stealing from an orphanage? use your imagination a little I hate this laziness Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone That would be true with about any war ever fought. I can't stand the America sucks crowd! anything else you detected in my post? how about heroin abuse? stealing from an orphanage? use your imagination a little I hate this laziness I hate rudeness in a man. |
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We have an Oliver Stone fan boy. You musta loved Born of the Fourth of July. Quoted:
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over dramatic anti war movie. I liked it when I was young but it just plain sucks now. yeah, where do they get the nerve to make an anti-war movie about vietnam anyway it all worked out so great for everyone We have an Oliver Stone fan boy. You musta loved Born of the Fourth of July. Yeah, vietnam was a real home run hit all righty I love to study history and was very interested in vietnam but after a while I just simply could not stand to read about it any more I have about 20 books on vietnam that i haven't looked at in 10 years because it is just so fucking depressing but yeah it was great and a big success and people who make anti-war films are all commies |
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I had the Barnes, Elias and Taylor figures they made, what, 10 years ago now? I forget what happened to them... I might still have them boxed up in a closet somewhere. Last I heard they were worth like two hundred bucks each. Quoted:
I had the Barnes, Elias and Taylor figures they made, what, 10 years ago now? I forget what happened to them... I might still have them boxed up in a closet somewhere. Last I heard they were worth like two hundred bucks each. 
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So you got out of it exactly what Stone wanted you to get out of it. That's the shame of it.
"Innocent civilians of Vietnam" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA Good one!
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. After watching platoon all I could remember was the brutality our troops inflicted on the innocent civilians of Vietnam. oliver stone is a cunt butthole. Sorry about the using the C word. So you got out of it exactly what Stone wanted you to get out of it. That's the shame of it.
"Innocent civilians of Vietnam" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA Good one!
I'm with ya, Bro. Innocent civilians my ass. That entire country put skin in the game. |