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Oliver Stones PLATOON has long-held a special place in my heart. Not because of anything directly related to combat, Ive never come close to anything resembling the military and wasnt born until after the conflict ended, but as a spotty teenager in an all-boys boarding house it was one of a select handful of VHS tapes that we played ad nauseum throughout the early nineties. We all knew the film back to front, frequently peppered our conversations with quotes from the film and could recite Chris final reflective monologue note-perfect serbian scars 2009 trailer necessary. I think now, looking back see what I did there? that we were drawn to the film for its poignant coming of age story and its male camaraderie, where a bunch of guys from different backgrounds and different parts of the country were thrown together and forced to live with each other in unbearably close quarters during their most formative years. It didnt matter that none of us were especially familiar with the history behind the Vietnam War, or than none of us was American, PLATOON resonated with us in a way few other films did. What I enjoyed most about going serbian scars 2009 trailer to the film for the first time in years was both the great affection I felt seeing these characters again, but also seeing the bigger picture with an informed eye that Id probably not trained on it before. Stones film is set during that critical period of 1967-68, when the perception of the war was changing for those back in the US, and when the realization began to set in that the Americans might not be able to win after all. What makes this Bluray package so fascinating, therefore, is how deeply it delves into the historical context of the film, the effect the war had on veterans including, of course Stone himself and his military advisor Capt. Dale Dye but also how the film broke convention and depicted the experiences of regular infantrymen in a way that had not been shown before. This raw and unflinching perspective drew criticism as well as praise at the time of release, but most importantly is still held by many veterans to be, even 25 years after its original release, the most accurate portrayal of the Vietnam War ever committed to screen. For those unfamiliar with the plot, PLATOON follows a young idealist, Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen, portraying a thinly-veiled Oliver Stone as he arrives in Vietnam in 1967, where he has volunteered for combat duty. He is assigned to Bravo Company, 1 Infantry Regiment, where he must quickly become accustomed to living in the jungle, under constant threat of attack from the enemy as well as the overbearing elements around him. As he slowly integrates himself into the group it is evident that a power struggle is at work between hard-assed military career man Sgt. Barnes Tom Berenger at his very best and the more pragmatic Sgt. Elias Willem Dafoe. We follow the platoon as it patrols the jungle, inspects villages, interacts with the terrified locals, serbian scars 2009 trailer out attacks and all-night ambushes and deals with death and ethical dilemmas at every turn. As well as perfectly capturing the conflict as it was experienced on the frontlines, PLATOON also highlights the larger political and moral problems back home as America was becoming as fractured and disillusioned by the war as the soldiers were in Taylors unit. The film also showcased the acting talents of a number of young, emerging actors including Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, Forest Whitaker and John C. McGinley. Never before have I seen so many different shades of green as are vividly captured in this sterling visual presentation. For a film that takes place mostly in heavy foliage, struggling to pick out camouflaged cast members, PLATOON looks at its best deep in the jungles of The Philippines, where it was shot. The grain remains in the image, most notable during dimly lit sequences, such as those in the bunkers or the films opening sequence at a dusty airport, while the final nighttime battle, which was lit entirely by flares, looks exquisite. Any flaws in the image can most likely be attributed back to the original source and one can imagine the shooting conditions were often less than ideal suffice to say that PLATOON has never looked better, and probably wont look any better in the future. Audio commentary with Military Advisor Capt. Dale Dye Flashback to Platoon: Snapshot in Time:1967-1968, Creating the Nam, and Raw Wounds: The Legacy of Platoon Vignettes: Caputo the 7th Fleet, Dye Training Method, Gordon Gekko There are no newly-commissioned special features for this release, but the wealth of extras prepared for the films 20 anniversary in 2006 have all been carried over and make for intelligent, informative and occasionally heartbreaking viewing. Particular standouts for me include Oliver Stones commentary track that highlights, among numerous other things, just how much of the film is autobiographical. I was aware that the director had signed up for combat and completed two tours of duty, but didnt realize until that almost every scene and character are based, at least in part, upon something he experienced first hand whilst in-country. Always a captivating speaker, Stones commentary glides between reminiscences of his own experiences, stories about the production and on-set anecdotes to simply narrating the action in his own impassioned manner. It makes for wonderful viewing. Also well worth watching is the documentary Snapshot in Time: 1967-68 which places the events of the film in historical context, detailing the escalation of the conflict up to that point as well as the growing mood of disillusionment back home. One War, Many Stories takes us into a private screening of the film in 2006 for a room full of Vietnam Veterans as they discuss their reactions to the film and whether or not it effectively and accurately resembled something close to their experiences. The soldiers reminiscences are honest, revelatory and were clearly difficult to even speak about at times. Fans of PLATOON should find everything in this package they could wish for. The film is presented better than it has ever been seen and the huge array of supplemental material is as well developed and thought-out as it is executed. If you have yet to add this seminal Vietnam War film to your collection then now is the perfect time to do so and if you already own a previous edition on DVD, it may well now be time to upgrade for the superior image quality. Bluray disc kindly provided by Deltamac, local distributors in Hong Kong for 20 Century Fox, MGM, Warner Brothers and BBC Worldwide. Nice piece James. I too was swept up in multiple VHS Platoon viewings in the early 90s with a bunch of my good times. Some of the scenes took on near mythic status amongst us the booby trap, the head bashing etc. Never miss a thing! Headlines delivered daily. This morning, I saw an advance screening of Chris Weitzs superb aspirational drama A Better Life, and so Mexicans have been on my mind. 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