Best movie in my books

Rating: Null/10 (27 June 2013)

First and foremost I must say that Platoon is my favourite movie of all time.I have to admit that when I first watched it way back in '88, it was not as thrilling, as I expected something of the likes of MIA or Rambo. At the time I was 12 years of age and I remember the Vietnam fever was at its peak, in terms of movies eg MIA, Rambo ,POW the Escape to name few.
However, as I watched it for the second ,third and countless other times thereafter, I realised that the movie was and still is a masterpiece. The graphic nature of the war was exceptionally depicted and the acting by the characters of Sgt Barnes, Sgt Elias and Taylor and others was brilliant! Sgt Barnes(Tom Berenger), I truly believe should have been nominated and should have scooped the Best actor at the Academy Awards of 1987 (he was robbed)Sgt Elias should have scooped the best supporting actor award( he was robbed too)The two actors should not have been put together in the same category.
I think that is the way the war in vietman really was (We're gonna lose this war, we've been kicking other peoples asses for so long, I figure its time we got ours kicked)That was the brutal truth. No macho heroism, just reality.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I give Platoon 10 out of 10