Now I Know...

Rating: Null/10 (14 March 2004)

I just viewed the film "The Mission" again last evening, and couldn't understand why it didn't do all that well with the Academy Awards seeing the world wide acclaim it did receive. Which brought me to researching which films received the awards that year. On to Platoon. Now I know, of course, Hollywood and the antiwar groupies, Oliver Stone, etc. What else could one expect to receive the honors. As for those out there who think Platoon was such a wonderful Vietnam film, I suggest they view "We Were Soldiers", starring Mel Gibson with his portrayal of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, later Gen. Hal Moore, in the accurate account of a bloody battle in the la Drang Valley, from the book written by Gen Moore. It wasn't necessary to invent heroes or events there were enough very real ones. Gen. Moore said the film was the most accurate portrayal of Vietnam and war that he had ever seen. It is a powerful film.