First person perspective

Rating: 10/10 (13 January 1999)

Yes. I love watching platoon. There was some great acting and drama going on which was edge of the seat sort of stuff. The elements also played a role (rain etc), which helped to make a convincing movie. Nevertheless, by Oliver Stone using a first person perspective, the audience knew the main character was not going to die, which in turn reduced the thiller nature of the film as we knew nothing serious was going to happen to SHEEN. Saving Private Ryan gave the impression of a real war with enemies and not know who was going to survive. Platoon is a fantastic drama, not about war in itself, rather a character study of the effects of war upon people who are meant to be close to you. The real enemy was within than external. Oliver Stone shows that America can be the enemy with undisciplined soldiers and conflicting leaders which made the movie a classic which it is.