1986 Best Picture
Premiered December 19, 1986 in New York & Los Angeles
Budget $6 Million
Gross $138 Million
We felt that Deer Hunter was brash and in your face. The hope was that it would not get more harsh than that. However, Platoon takes the Vietnam War to a whole new level. It was raw, it was harsh, it was offensive and it was a realistic look at what life in the infantry may have been like.
The movie's beauty is the raw aspect of it. The life-like war violence of the film makes it stand apart from all of the rest of the wartime movies that we've seen. It is not necessarily the best war movie but it is the most intense and thought provoking.
Callie
Favorite: The movie was too harsh and offensive.
Least Favorite: I am glad that the mistreatment of the civilians bothered Charlie Sheen's character.
Joel
Favorite: The score added to the movie. Adagio for Strings was fitting and was used effectively.
Least Favorite: The movie is a little too intense. The atrocities are so egregious that it makes many in the military look terrible.
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