Bitter encrusted idealism deludes an otherwise perfect Amercian film

Rating: 6/10 (19 November 2006)

It's that extra flare of idealism even communism that creeps into Stone's most perfect works like Platoon The Doors and this that takes the luster of the shine of the diamond. The Doors was probably his best because it did show the bad side of self rage although he softened his death scene completely which was most likely from Morrison's Lifestyle choices. When Stone starts producing more moderate stuff with less embellishment maybe like his newer WTC film, only then can he be taken more seriously as an American director and not just an outside agitator that occasionally makes a great film for the radical/idealists lurking in us all occasionally.
BOTFoJ opened my eyes to government mismanagement and conservative/reactionary cookery in my vital teens -BUT- could have used a less bitter more resolving ending about how wars should be fought rather then a simple tear down of America and the family that doesn't solve anything and promotes further wars and ignorance as the conservatives ignore common sense because the liberals are too radical and perverted.