If you didn't know, Oliver Stone is a Vietnam veteran. Charlie Sheen/ Chris Taylor was based on some of his experiences. Edit: Barnes and Elias were based on real people too, Oliver put together a whole bunch of soldiers he was with in Vietnam from different platoons and put them all together into one platoon for the movie.

@myegyptiandadreacts4824

Ай бұрын

Wow! That explains why this movie was so incredibly realistic

During Elias's death scene, the blood packs that the actor was wearing were supposed to burst, showing that he was being shot as he was running and then on his knees, but the little charges failed. But when they looked at the footage, the scene was more powerful because it looked like Elias was fighting right to the end but his body was failing him, then he surrenders his spirit and drops dead. It feels deeper than merely getting shot.

Barnes was a Satanic character, Elias an angelic or Christ-like opposite. Folks often over impute these themes, but hard to deny it in this movie. The fight between Barnes and Elias, with Barnes in the shadow and Elias above in the sunlight, that scene where Barnes was trying to kill Taylor, his eyes glowing menacingly... Oliver Stone is an amazing movie maker.

The actors were chosen for their youth (as the US military drafted younger men for the rigors of jungle combat). They went through military style training not only to accurately portray soldiers but also to make them tired and angry. Beside Oliver Stone, the director and writer of the film who saw combat with the Army in Vietnam, the older actor playing “6”, the company commander, was Dale Dye .. also a Vietnam combat veteran w/the Marines. The latter put together the training for the actors in this movie and subsequent war movies like Saving Pvt Ryan..”. BTW, Oliver Stone has a cameo in the film as the operations officer in the bunker that gets blown up. Stone actually sat on the script for years, having a hard time trying to finance it as studios thought “Apocalypse Now” couldn’t be topped, and even after financing, nobody thought “Platoon” would be the big success it became, much less win Oscar awards

@athertox

Ай бұрын

This film was shot together with another film to save money. The main production (Salvador) was almost completely forgotten, while this secondary one became legendary masterpiece.

@ryanjacobson2508

Ай бұрын

Vietnam, esp. the actual combat, was considered too sensitive and controversial by Hollywood for a while. But in the late 80's we got several movies that put the audience into the shoes of the average soldier.

I believe "keep your powder dry" refers to the musket and ball days, when keeping your gunpowder dry was essential for ones survival.

My father was in the army from 66-68. He’s still bitter, still angry. He was dead against us going.

The scars on Sgt Barns are from being shot in the face according to the book.

I gotta say self-criticising movies seems to be almost an exclusively western approach to war films. The US has created dozens of films about how vietnam was unjustified and led to cruelty by their own side, Germany has made loads of films flagellating themselves over ww2, The French make films calling out the misery and pointlessness of WW1, the british made the 1982 Gandhi movie but look at Chinese cinema or Russian films etc you'd think nobody else has ever done any wrongs. I think this contributes to the whole myth that is increasingly common around the world that because the west hold itself to account when others do not people only see their fauults and genuinely start to believe others are blameless and victims.

@CaesarSneezy

Ай бұрын

I disagree. The West satisfies itself emotionally by making movies like this and decides that we've all learned something and should move on. Meanwhile, the people responsible remain in power and only a handful of soldiers are ever prosecuted for war crimes.

Nice reaction, Remember Rhah made the statement "the only thing that can kill Barnes is Barnes." Your father is correct, Taylor lost his soul when he killed Barnes but more importantly he became Barnes. Elias wound not have killed Barnes in that situation, he could never be Barnes, Taylor could though.

@myegyptiandadreacts4824

Ай бұрын

I am very aware of the concept of protagonists having dark character arcs and slowly becoming more immoral, I've always found that concept very fascinating.. but when it came to Barnes, I didn't feel it fit into that same category or should come with the same moral confliction... as Barnes was deeply untrustworthy, killing his own men at will and trying to kill Taylor, The moment he tried to, and Barnes knew that Taylor knew he intends to kill him, will make Barnes even more determined to seize the next opportunity. Taylor knows now. He has to tie loose ends. At that point, I saw it as a survival mechanism from that moment on

@alexharbison4411

Ай бұрын

​@@myegyptiandadreacts4824"the only thing that can kill Barnes, is Barnes" What made Taylor a character everyone loves was his sense of right and wrong. I believe that someone like Taylor will tell himself Barnes deserved it, ect. but Taylor before Vietnam would have wanted Barnes to get military justice. Taylor after Vietnam shoots him, it's easy to see he has become someone else. imo. Something you may find interesting is the similarities to the My Lai Massacre.

@realitycheck5376

Ай бұрын

@@alexharbison4411 If someone tries to kill you and you know that they are going to kill you the first chance they get, what would you do? Would you let him go just after he tried to kill you so he can kill you later? Would you lay down your life for Barns so you don't become Barns? How is it that Taylor killing Barns makes him like Barns? Barns likes to kill for cruelties sake. Taylor killed Barns for self preservation. Is he supposed to be Jesus? You could say that Taylor was in fear of becoming like Barns but he was still trying to help Barns even knowing that Barns killed Elias. When Barns then tried to kill Taylor, it seems to me that Taylor lost all hope for Barns humanity at that point. You could look at it this way: If Taylor didn't kill Barns then you might say that Taylor would feel responsible for allowing Barns to kill more innocent people in the future, which Barns more than likely would have. The system was corrupt so Barns would not have been brought to justice before he killed more people like Elias or innocent Vietnamese children. That, more than anything, seems to be what Taylor was thinking when he shot Barns. I believe Taylor felt that Barns simply needed to be stopped.

The platoon was so angry and out of control when they went into the village because of the men they lost to the booby trap, and because of what happened to Manny, who was captured and they found hanging and tortured to death, undoubtedly by VC who were operating out of the village. Even Taylor lost it a little. It of course doesn't excuse what Barnes, Bunny and the other did, and the Captain would have put Barnes up for a court martial. That's why Barnes killed Elias. I think Rah was right, Taylor should have let military justice handle Barnes. If Taylor pushed for an investigation, once Elias' body was recovered they would have found 5.55mm NATO rounds in him that could have been traced back to Barnes' rifle. Significantly, when Taylor killed Barnes, he used an AK-47 he picked up off the ground which would have made it look like he died from enemy fire. While Oliver Stone was a Vietnam vet and undoubtedly drew off his experiences, the story is fictional. For instance, Taylor was in a Long Range Patrol unit, a special unit that conducted reconnaissance deep in enemy territory. Stone tried out for this unit but didn't make it. Stone was wounded twice and was awarded a Bronze Star. He had a unique background, his mother was French and he grew up as a teenager in South Vietnam and was there when US troops first arrived. This inspired him to volunteer. Dale Dye played the Captain. He had been a Marine in Vietnam (also received the Bronze Star) and was the military advisor on this and many other films and helped make the scenes so authentic. He and Stone had different views on the war and Stone was very left-wing. Dye jokingly called him "the Bolshevik" and Stone called him "John Wayne". Dye was also in "Casualties of War" with Sean Penn, a true story that deals with a crime against a civilian in Vietnam and a soldier's attempts to go through the military justice system to see that justice is done.

The lady, before she got shot was saying this place don't have Viet Cong. Her husband is not Viet Cong.

Shout out to a very young Johnny Depp acting as the enlisted translator.

That couch looks comfy as hell lol

@myegyptiandadreacts4824

Ай бұрын

Lmao it most certainly is! and unfortunately we only get to experience its beauty in our vacation home lol

@touchme7018

Ай бұрын

Haha I thought so and thanks for replying I love your channel !

Tom Berenger as Sgt Barnes is doubtless one of the greatest movie villain performances ever. It's up there with Hannibal Lector, Darth Vader, Annie Wilkes etc. It's a scandal that Berenger didn't have a better career. He must have refused to suck the provverbial.

@myegyptiandadreacts4824

Ай бұрын

His eyes were terrifying. Such a malicious stare! When he lost control in the village I was in awe of them

I love your dad. He's very similar to my Italian father. I love his reactions. You are a good son and lucky man. Keep the reactions going. I just subscribed too...finally ,lol

For anyone that thinks reactions are stealing other peoples' content, this one channel alone has caused me to go back and watch several movies again before watching the reaction. Platoon is one. I haven't seen it in 10+ years and I forgot most of it. So, I went to watch it again and spent $7 that I otherwise would have never spent. The same goes for Das Boot, War of the Worlds, Saving Private Ryan, Battle Los Angeles, and several others. Do the math. Just one person spent almost 50 bucks on movies I have already seen, simply because they were good movies, but also because I wanted a better reaction experience with the movie fresh in my mind. KZread needs to stop forcing them to blur out so much of the video.

Funny thing, you both high fived when the Vietnamese blew up the command post... in sacrafice..

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"Keep your powder dry" goes back 200 years to black powder muskets. If your gunpowder got wet you couldn't shoot.

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This movie is brutal. The reality was probably even worse. My dad fought in Vietnam. I often think about what his experience might have been like when I see movies like this. He never really told me anything about it.

@ChangGang

Ай бұрын

Oliver Stone said when he first screened this movie at the theaters... tons of Vietnam vets were balling their eyes out and so filled with painful emotions and memories.

Hey guys please do a reaction to the greatest war movie of all time Taeguki: Brotherhood of War. It's a korean film about 2 brothers during the Korean War. It came out in 2004. It is a masterpiece and roller coaster full of brutality and emotions. You will not regret it! And Won Bin who starred in The Man from Nowhere plays one of the brothers!

I joined sum guys for Ramadan 2014, it was bloody hell. Now I'm back following Palestine and it's worse I never thought it could get worse

Habibis!

I agree with your assessments of American feelings on Vietnam, and it sucks that many people demonize things like that in hindsight (though there were a TON of protests at the time); I will say though that the Iraq war was very constroversial in our country even from the beginning. We wanted to go into Afghanistan because of 9/11, but our leaders were trying hard to connect 9/11 to Iraq and MANY of us just didn't buy it

could you guys react to a movie called: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee? it is based on true events.

@myegyptiandadreacts4824

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah I've heard of that before

@hydro6en317

Ай бұрын

@@myegyptiandadreacts4824 the movie is about the murder of Chief Sitting Bull, as well as the displacement & assimilation of the Lakota people. this movie is a book to movie adaptation.

These Vietnam movies really piss me off ! My oldest brother is a Vietnam Vet and say's Apocalypse Now , Platoon etc... are Hollywood Fantasy. Unless you were their you don't know what your talking about. These movies perpetuate a myth created by Hollywood Producers.

You two have the potential to grow this channel a lot more. You could really have success here. First, you need to get your audio right when you talk. I really want to hear what your dad has to say and I keep having to go back and crank up the volume to hear him. It would not cost you a lot at all. Second, get a better camera. Third, get better lighting. It's an investment that will pay off, I guarantee it. People can tell me, ''Be quiet and make your own channel then!'', but I could never do this because I could never sit in front of a camera for millions to see, because I hate myself, and mostly everyone I know hates me as well because I'm an asshole. But you two are not assholes. Far from it. I wish I had a father like this, but my father was in prison when I grew up, and I haven't talked to him for 12 years. Anyhow, I am just trying to give you advice on your channel because I like you two and it's good to see a father and son actually spending quality time together like this.