25 years on... I'm proud it was shot in my country

Rating: Null/10 (10 September 2011)

The best and most accurate movie made about the Vietnam War before the Tet Offensive of 1967-68. SHOT IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1986?
Impossible but... as a proud Filipino I would never have believe that Oliver Stone, a Vietnam veteran in the US Army and then in his upstart as a full tine film director, would choose the great lands of the Philippines and our great actors and actresses for this film to be shot in 1986, his second in a list of great works and the first in his Vietnam film series.
Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp, Dale Dye and others would have loved our lush landscape and our generous and warm welcomed people when they were here to film Platoon. I would have been proud of them 25 years on... but it's still the best. Shows a great portrayal of the war in the eyes of US Army soldiers who experienced the troubles and trials of fighting there.
After all these years, I'll still gonna call it the best. As it was shot in the Philippines, most especially in the provinces of Cavite and Laguna, I'll gonna say it's a great Vietnam War movie to watch. Truly, I think of all the fallen and the veterans of this war whenever I watch it. The Philippines had only sent military personnel there for relief duties, but of all the countries involved both Vietnams and the US bore most of the combat losses of the war, and so many veterans suffered so much like Sheen here in the film. I'll always remember them.