Platoon poster

Clark Nova · 4 Sep 2007 at 10:43

On the poster for the film Platoon, who is this guy with his arms in the air? Is it Wille Dafoe's character or is it soebody else?

sist_si · 4 Sep 2007 at 10:45

yea, it's Dafoes character.

cool poster actually. i like.

Gilly · 4 Sep 2007 at 10:48

Course it is

Have you seen the film?

Bill101 · 4 Sep 2007 at 11:28

It's a bit of a spoiler ,is that poster!

sist_si · 4 Sep 2007 at 11:34

I'll say!
Who'd have thought Dafoe's character would mock the Vietcong by cartwheeling around the battlefield.

Scam · 4 Sep 2007 at 11:45

Great poster. Crap film.

/runs

sist_si · 4 Sep 2007 at 12:14

Ruuuunnnn!

Gilly · 4 Sep 2007 at 12:16

Scam said:
Great poster. Crap film.

/runs

Let me guess - you like Apoc. Now?

G|mp · 4 Sep 2007 at 12:29

Gilly said:
Let me guess - you like Apoc. Now?

Nowt wrong with that, you can like both you know

FMJ is the one for me though i can watch that over and over again

Gilly · 4 Sep 2007 at 12:36

No you can't. Either you like arty-farty wishy-washy crap films or you like Platoon

Clark Nova · 4 Sep 2007 at 12:37

Gilly said:
Course it is Have you seen the film?

I have seen it but only once, several years ago. I really liked it, it shows you a "grunt's view" of the war rather than some glorified war propaganda. I liked the bit where Oliver Stone got blown up too.

slambo69 · 4 Sep 2007 at 12:53

I have that poster inmy room, along with full metal jacket the godfather and scarface!

tomanders91 · 4 Sep 2007 at 13:35

great film ,and yeah its dafoe.

apoc now was boring for me, dont know why, i liked the start, then it just got stupid and turned into some weird film with marlon brando's character being a king of a tribe lol

Scam · 4 Sep 2007 at 13:44

Gilly said:
Let me guess - you like Apoc. Now?

I can never remember whether or not i've seen it all the way through, so i guess it didnt affect me that much if i had!

I just didnt like Platoon. It was dull, boring, i didnt relate or get to know any of the characters and half the time didnt really follow what was going on. Each to their own, i might give it another shot sometime in the future but i really have no inclination to do so. Heck, i'd probably sooner watch Troy again. Actually, lol no i wouldnt.

Pumpkinstew · 4 Sep 2007 at 13:50

G|mp said:
FMJ is the one for me though i can watch that over and over again

'Private G|mp you climb obstacles like old people ****!'

p4radox · 4 Sep 2007 at 14:42

Gilly said:
No you can't. Either you like arty-farty wishy-washy crap films or you like Platoon

God, I thought I was the only one with this view. The whole world loves Apoc Now, and I just don't "get it"...

Gilly · 4 Sep 2007 at 14:50

I find Scarface very similar in that respect. Everyone bums it and I was left completely underwhelmed.

slambo69 · 4 Sep 2007 at 15:25

Gilly said:
I find Scarface very similar in that respect. Everyone bums it and I was left completely underwhelmed.

Because its so brutal, not afraid to just do what everyone wants it to do, just kill folk and get power - its the dream!

G|mp · 4 Sep 2007 at 18:42

Pumpkinstew said:
'Private G|mp you climb obstacles like old people ****!'

ElvisFan · 4 Sep 2007 at 18:51

Gilly said:
I find Scarface very similar in that respect. Everyone bums it and I was left completely underwhelmed.

I find that people are like that with the Godfather as well. For some reason you get all these football hooligans claiming it to be the best film ever, yet when you quiz em on it they can only remember certain set pieces, such as the horses head.

They don't have the intelligence to appreciate excellent direction, cinematography etc, so I think they say they like it just for the sake of it. Same with Apocalypse Now and Scarface.

I do like certain things about Apocalypse Now but the film is a big mess. Watching "Hearts Of Darkness - The Making Of Apocalypse Now" makes one wonder what the hell they were thinking of when they started filming without any idea of a plot for the film.

As for Scarface, I just don't know what Pacino was thinking. His portrayal of Tony Montana was the worst acting I've ever seen.

But Platoon...

That film is just about perfect.