1986 War Classic Ranked Among ‘Best Movies’ of All Time

I grew up thinking war movies were all these rah-rah escapades that glorified clean uniforms, flag-waving heroes, and clear-cut victories. And then I saw Oliver Stone's _Platoon_.

That movie shook me to my core and showed me a war that had no heroes and a loss of life that felt like there could never be another victory.

Platoon was released in 1986 and wasn't just another action flick.…

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[VISIONNAGE] 📼 Marathon Oscars

Après le Top 250 IMDB et le début des Saturn Awards , j'en entame un autre !

Tous les oscars du meilleur film. Pas loin d'une centaine de film à me faire !

Oscar du meilleur film 36/98 Année | Film
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1928 | Wings
1929 | The Broadway Melody
1930 | All Quiet of the Western Front
1931 | Cimarron
1932 | Grand Hotel
1933 | Cavalcade
1934 | It Happened One Night
1935 | Mutiny on the…

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Oliver Stone on 40 Years of ‘Platoon,’ the War in Iran and Hollywood Turning on Him Over Politics: ‘I’ve Learned My Lesson. Keep Your Views Quiet’

There has never been a war film quite like “Platoon.” Hollywood delivered powerful combat stories about the brutality of battle, but nothing came close to matching Oliver Stone’s depiction of America’s tragic Vietnam chapter. This drama about an idealistic recruit (Charlie Sheen) confronting the savagery, the chaos, the true horror of war, was a searing corrective to jingoistic action movies like…

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