Bunny: I told the padre the truth, man: I like it here. You get to do what you want. Nobody fucks with you. The only worry you got is dyin', and if that happens you won't know about it anyway. So what the fuck, man?
Oliver Stone's semi-autobiographical account of his own experiences in the Vietnam War is presented in 1986's 'Platoon'. When I first saw this film with a packed audience I was not only entertained, not only informed but I was astonished at how many people disliked this film all for the wrong reasons. Certainly people are entitled to their opinion but more important than that, 'Platoon' forced movie audiences, politicians, military brass and society in general to look at an ugly aspect of world history. A lot of people don't want to face the many aspects of combat tradgedies associated with war but Oliver Stone did his part by making a film to which a testament of thoughtful insight was made to try and prevent history from repeating itself.
