One man on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2011)

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I cannot stop watching this movie. Taylor(Charlie Sheen) is narrative in a way. One thing I remember is Taylor's fear of snakes. But he got over that very soon. Another thing I remember is that he wrote to his grandmother. He did not write to his mother and father, and that was because his parents did not want him to go..The least savory, or one of the least, was Junior, who almost got Taylor killed, and a lot others. I am pretty old now, yet I was too young for the draft, or Vietnam. I saw Apocalypse Now in my small town, and it blew my mind. . In Platoon, the mainstay of the military movements was to find the bunkers of the NVA. Taylor's commander was a Sergeant named Barnes, a rugged veteran who took it up himself to command the platoon. He was rough around the edges, maybe a little too. Elias was in the soft parade, or it seemed that way. He was not benevolent, that was not the right word. He cared about the soldiers a lot, and was willing to do anything for the troops.
Back at the canteen the soldiers were partying a lot, and Taylor had his first exposure to that kind of thing. But everybody loved him and thought a lot of him, until something happened that changed his whole perception of the infantry. Really, it was a lot of things that made him feel different, and that was when the platoon ran across a group of NVA. Taylor began to see the war in a whole new light. He felt that there were not any rules out in the bush.. An excellent movie. Every time I see it I see something different. My opinion of the film is that Keith David deserved a nomination. If for no other reason, I think so because of his attitude as a soldier and infantryman.