This movie was entertaining and yet very human!

Rating: 10/10 (25 October 2006)

Platoon ****
People who have seen Platoon say that they didn't like it. Why? I can't tell you but I have to say it's one of the greatest war movies of all time. People might put Full Metal Jacket (Another great war movie), as one of the best war movies before Platoon, but Platoon shouldn't be compared to Full Metal Jacket. Just because both movies took place in Vietnam doesn't mean they are the same movie. Platoon is about lies and deceit among a platoon. Instead of fighting the enemy, they fight each other, and they get blind sited. Yes the movie may seem more of a character study then a war movie but so what, The Deer Hunter was more of a character study and like Platoon, they were given the Academy Award for best picture. Platoon is about the soldiers and what they would do in war, not about killing someone.