Didn't live up to expectations

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 1999)

I was expecting to be blown away by this movie, given I love war films and Oliver Stone was the man behind it but I was very disappointed. While Platoon is a good overall movie, I found it to be very shallow. I didn't feel that any actors gave outstanding performances. I couldn't relate to any of them because the movie didn't give background or develop characters in a way that would show me why they were crazy, scared, strong, weak, etc. Charlie Sheen was very weak. He didn't make his character intriguing in any way. The battle scenes saved me from hating it, but I still only gave it a 6.