tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610262347341010062.post607841758850112742..comments2023-05-02T03:12:45.393-07:00Comments on Bob Taylor Rocks!: Platoon-Robert Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00879128622291807628noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610262347341010062.post-72313488750562517432013-01-29T11:07:58.235-08:002013-01-29T11:07:58.235-08:00Great review, I couldn't have wrote it better ...Great review, I couldn't have wrote it better myself. Especially since I'm not a very good writer because I'm too busy watching movies to improve my skills. <br /><br />I first saw Platoon in 1986 when I was still in high school and was so completely immersed in the film that I felt like I had just finished serving a tour duty while watching the credits role at the end. <br /><br />I was so absorbed by the movie that I had to leave the theater when SGT. Barnes puts the pistol to the little Vietnamese girls head out of fear of being seen crying, or heard whaling out loud during the movie. Never had that happen to me before or since watching Platoon. <br /><br />Yet, somehow it was a very life affirming moving at the same time, and was walking around like I was 6 feet off the ground feeling fortunate just to be alive and in good health shortly after leaving the theater. An amazing bold and brutally honest film that deserves a higher AFI rating.ZenDragon98https://www.blogger.com/profile/06694162319366961146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610262347341010062.post-89182798415772809852011-08-05T13:48:22.227-07:002011-08-05T13:48:22.227-07:00Platoon is two hours of eye rolls and unintentiona...Platoon is two hours of eye rolls and unintentional humor.Bad acting,dialouge,voice over,score and the most hackneyed,obvious plot in war film history.It fails on every level,and does not hold up on repeated viewings.Two kubrick war films,Full metal jacket is a true anti-war film.No moralizing,it shows how both sides showed acts of cruelty in combat.Platoon demonizing u.s soldiers as either drug addicts or maniacs,nice.The ironic thing is,kubrick made a satire,but he STILL created far more believable characters than this laughable film.Jazzikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523025310193461910noreply@blogger.com