Platoon
“we have been kicking other peoples asses for so long, i figured it’s time we got ours kicked.”
platoon is a harrowing tale of the vietnam war told through the deployment of <PERSON>. platoon examines politics and warfare in a bit of a different light from many other war films that were produced during this era of hollywood. it still plays into the ‘glorious united states’ sense at times, but it doesn’t shy away from the horrors committed by us troops in vietnam.
also, finding out <PERSON> didn’t win the best supporting oscar for this broke my soul a little, he was phenomenal. 529