This scene always plays in my head when I was a Sgt in the Marines. That why we always get a head count so no man is forgotten or left behind. It was screwed that a fellow soldier lied about his whereabouts. Reminds me of Sgt Gibbs with the sports killing.
And the cattle today still love their mass-murder. …cheer for it… rave even… as long as their opinion makers ( professional liars) tell them it’s all for the greater good.
Progress? What progress? Looks more like regress to me. :/
One of they most classic cinematic scenes of movie history along with the greatest choice of music. Very touching film, hope it shows all the vets from all the wars that we will never forget what they did for use.
This movie is the most autenthic movie i ever seen.It really shows you the drama and reality of vietnam.I would say every movie of war isnt real,but this movie is the only really authentic one.An good friend of my has an dad that was in vietnam.
To this day...this scene makes me tear up. Hell I remember the first time I saw this. I was a young kid in middle school and it was on AMC and it was at this part and my dad was showing me because of the music and how the scene was and I can remember even at that young age seeing how sad this was then when I actually saw the whole movie later that night and saw what actually happened to him, I pretty much broke out in tears...I wonder if barnes felt ANY sort of bad when he saw what happened?
I saw the move and it was brilliant!!!I hate war movies but when I see that PLAT{}{}N win 4 Oscars I want to see why!?This movie is one of my favourites ever.I like so much Tom Berenger.I like this hot markings on his "young" face too. $_$
There is fkn betrayer, I bet the part on MW2 came from this movie, i can say with comfort that watching this scene pulled a tear out of me and that this movie is one of the greatest films ever made.
This is one of those movies that when it comes on tv, I swear I'll only watch one clip. But I always end up watching till the end. Gets me everytime. Same as Point Break or Outlaw Josie Whales. Platoon, to me, is the best war movie ever made. It hits me gutturally. I think I'll watch it with my 94 year old granddad, a veteran, tonight.
Nos Perdemos, mas matamos 2 milhoes de comunistas, e causamos muita dor e destruição aos comunistas do Vietnam e estamos matando muito no Iraque e no Afeganistão.
When is the U.S. gonna stop pussyfootin around in these "wars" and start kickin' ass the way we are able to. If we aren 't gonna try and really be victorious then why be there? The troops we lose are precious human beings and shouldn't be sacrificed for no reason. KICK ASS OR COME HOME!
the m16a2 had a single and three shot burst, along with the m16a4. the m16a1 and m16a3 are fully automatic. the m16a1 was used in vietnam. people mistake the car-15 for an m4 because it looks very similar. the m4 carbine wasnt used until the 1990s
does anyone remember a movie called "PLATOON LEADER" that came out in 88 by cannon? that movie is pretty good too. it's not on DVD. but i have it on VHS and the soundtrack on cd
Actually, the weapon used is called an XM177, you can tell by the absence of a brass deflector behind the ejection port. M4 carbines also have round forward assist levers, and different flash hiders.
You're a pure idiot! I am commenting on Hollywood's perception of war which gave us a sense of arrogance and invincibility. It was all glamour and sensationalism before this movie.
The Deer Hunter was awesome, but it didn't quite have the same impact for me. I felt like I was watching a movie. Watching Platoon I felt like I had a sneak peak into the reality of war and felt very fortunate that I was introduced to it in a theatre. No and I never saw Coming Home. I'll check it out. This is just my opinion lonelyboy.
What a dose of reality that movie was when it hit the theaters. Everybody departed the the theater like zombies. Stone zapped the arrogance right out of US for long while.
TheWho - Platoon is a good film, but this kin'o' mental cruelty wus bad eneuch commin fae ither weans whun ye gane tae school, but whun the teachers join't in this kin' o' ill fashion't cruelty it pits a mark on ye for the rest o' yer deys an it's ill tae hae onythin but a suspeeshun for ony sae criet larnit folk way there fancy Inglish tongues whut they be tae get aff a whin stane for they niver got them roon here. Anyway, how's it going?
Barnes shot Elias because Elias was trying to get Barnes convicted for war crimes because he shot a vietnamese villager and threatened to shoot a young vietnamese girl. He shot him so that he would be sure nobody would find out.
im 22, and have been in the military for over 3 years now. I do, and the fact your 31 and as ignorant as you are, then you need a reality check, you americans are such a joke
fucked If i know? why on earth would i remember his company and unit? your just looking for shit to argue about, get a life kid and understand how gay this war was and how retarded the Americans can be, this movie is a mockery of the glory Americans think they have, they are the biggest joke in the world.
Lemme guess your comback will be something like "Americans can beat anyone" "your a joke and your country"
Let me finish it now by saying you can trust an american as far as you can throw one
lol, i dont mind what you wanna think mr "im going into the marine core" the biggest joke of all armies lol. If you wanna add me to facebook to see all my training and infantry courses and current ill be glad too add
i dont care about youre infantry training. i dont care about what you say about the Marine Corps, and I dont care that youre calling me small. Its nice to see a grown man throw 5th grade insults at high school students.
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LOL well your in for a rude awakening when you join if you even are. You have watched too many movies and shows and think your GI Joe. Marines are for fail kids anyways. Your going to get torn apart in Basic.
I find it amusing that youre judging my commitment off youtube. If I do fail out after one week (I wont but keep telling me I will if you want) then i'll just try again. Ive worked too hard to let myself down, so fuck off. Marines are for fail kids? ok, well, then I guess Im a failure. Whatever. Like I care what you think. You can have a chat with my buddy "HavokUSMC0311" if thats the way you feel.
It was unfair for the Soldiers because before the war they could not vote, so that ment they could die for their country but not vote for their country! then the 26th amendment was ratified and the voting age was down to 18.
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People in the US are FAR more racist than in europe. How long will Obama keep his head do you think? You just have a way of accidentally rubbing people up the wrong way because you're a prick.
If everybody smells of B.O. could it be you? Think back.... does your car smell of BO? Or your car keys, for that matter?
I think that my fellow americans are uneducated, closed minded and gullible; mindlessly supporting a corrupt system. You need to pull your head out of your ass, you bellend.
Wow, your pathetic. Love it or leave it. I am an immigrant, and I think American's are wonderful people. Humble, and generous. I wouldn't trade this country for no other place.I also happen to be European.
Let me just point out that people who often speak as if they are smart are actually the dumb one's. It is allready been proven.And maybe your biterness is caused by being disliked for your stupidity.Your post obviously proves your IQ.I am sure even in Europe you would be treated the same way. It has nothing to do with racism, but what a clown you are.
The main reason I beleive this is the first REAL movie about the vitneam war casue I have it on dvd and one of the scenes says director oliver stone was in vitneam so he knew wut it was like from experience.
In the end such a great powerful movie one of my favorite movies of all time
I once saw a vietnam movie which had a scene where some guys were executed, they had all blue bags on their head. Which movie was thaT? I though it was platoon but it wasn't.
Well... its a long story if you havent seen the movie, but he (Barnes) shot his teammate (Elias) because Barnes shot civilians in a village, and Elias said it to their boss, and its going to be .... you know.. a judge. I dont know what its called in english... BUT YOU MUST SEE THE MOVIE!!! ITS THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!!
if you really think Communism is a such a threat, go and fight with China. Back to that time, Vietnam just got out of colonialism, we couldn't produce soap for the economy's sake. How come VC become such a big issue for US Govt is the question that I couldn't figure out yet.
McCain was flying a jet to bomb Hanoi when he got shot down. I would not be surprised if he was killed back then, because all the ones who saved him had a relative, a member of their family died from those bombs. so I say he's lucky enough to be alive!
hey XIPM3, you think that only bad people dies in that war and good ones made it home. There's 56,000 American soldiers died Vietnam, but do you know that there were 3 millions VC, and around 2-3 millions civilians lived in North VN dies because of bombs being dropped in NVN? So does it mean that most of American are that good and deserve to live more than most of Vietnamese? more than the amount of bombs dropped in WW2 was dropped in an area is about the normal-size state of US, like MA
I wear the same patch and I am in the same Division they where in. 25TH Infantry Division is nortorious for there soldiers and how many body counts they get.
Movie was based on an army unit, not USMC..movie garbage like this occurred very rarely..those of us who served there can tell you that..either there was months that it was boring and nothing happened and then all hell broke loose for weeks..than back to boring times..movies are movies,,being there was very, very different: and the USMC were organized and disciplined: you weren't there don't talk: 2/9 CAP Dogpatch TET 1968
the acting was great but the movie itself was not very good- it pandered too much to american audiences and hollywood format. main hero survives in the end to go home- bad guy dies. you know the whole routine turned me off completely, and i dont like the fact that the movie was dedicated to all MEN who fought and died in the war- the men who fought and died were murderers and butchers, both the NVA and the U.S. armies. the only people who deserve rememberence in this war are the women and chldrn
this was before movies or stories like " We were soldiers once...and young" came out. i disagree that only murderers and butchers fight. they are teenagers and husbnds and mothers as well. granted, they must do some sick stuff to come home alive.
in vitnam- the american army was an army of nothing but death and destruction- they did nothing but rape villages, burn homes, murder families, napalm children, blow up women and the list goes on and on. and the north vietnamese army is just as guilty and just as much scum as the american one- i would not give a fuck if the black wall in washington was defaced- because all those men are murderers of innocents.
you have no balls you coward , i'd like to see you fighting for your country , infact you'd probably swap sides or join green peace or summit, and dont talk to me about genocide you americans practically whiped out the native northern peoples of america - dickhead!
sorry if my words came across wrong but i was not making a general view of americans it was just my view of XIPM3, not all americans join green peace lol , srry 4 the misunderstanding
lol, guess what, i completely agree with you, america has a monopoly on genocide. the native american holocaust was by far the worst crime against humanity ever perpetrated. anyways i will fight for what i believe is right, not some political institution based on jingoistic, flag saluting propaganda namely U.S.A. so yea, if u.s. went to war i would get out instead of fight because this country is not worth fighting for. if i ever did fight fo a country- i know exactly what country it would be.
good point, a more adult answer than what i was expecting ,most people on here just rant and say shitty insults which is childish , i also agree with fighting for what you believe in but there is no need to disrespect the dead, not every soldier is a murderer and rapist , not all soldiers have killed people and many people in the armed forces are engineers , cooks etc. thanks
frankly, the only people i care about that die in war are the women and children, men- soldiers that is know their duty, so i don't weep for them, they only retard progress of human civilization as the bloody warmongers they are. even the seemingly "good" soldiers got sucked into the whirpool of carnage that was vietnam. look up My Lai massacre, you think that i honestly should care about those monsters for doing things like that?
you can moan all you like but there will always be war in one place or another , there has been no period in history when there has been complete peace throughout the world , to fight is in our nature, there will always be the hitlers and stalins of the world just not everyone who wears the uniform is a murdering physcopath-only a minority thank god
yes you are right- perhaps i am being a little bit of an idealist (and i cant stand idealism) but it will be a better world for me when the only people who die in war are the people who fight in it.
ever heard the philosophy: "those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it"
I cannot abide by an ignorant populace that will support their country irrespective of the morality. The whole "my country, right or wrong" underpins what is wrong with the world. In the words of Albert Einstein: "never do anything against concience, even if the state demands it" What Einstein did not realise is how poorly educated and gullible people really are.
This scene always plays in my head when I was a Sgt in the Marines. That why we always get a head count so no man is forgotten or left behind. It was screwed that a fellow soldier lied about his whereabouts. Reminds me of Sgt Gibbs with the sports killing.
darkguardian1314 1 month ago
Platoon was a movie that not only showed them being effected by the VC but also the jungle itself
Apocalypsermot321 3 months ago
And the cattle today still love their mass-murder. …cheer for it… rave even… as long as their opinion makers ( professional liars) tell them it’s all for the greater good.
Progress? What progress? Looks more like regress to me. :/
Evi1M4chine 6 months ago
WINNING!
richie8811 8 months ago
is that the guy from sniper???
TheMusicMaker19 8 months ago
Wheres the Violent Torpedo of Truth here?
immortalcheese123 9 months ago
This film actually made me cry
TheMinnieMax 9 months ago
the message is- u dont need to be an asshole to be bad ass. you can be a hard mofo and still have integrity.
rcaddict72 10 months ago
25 years later it feels odd to see Willem Dafoe as the "good" sergeant
mdoherty9188 11 months ago
Platoon for classic characters and dialogue.
Saving Private Ryan for the combat scenes.
And Full Metal Jacket for Hue goes without saying.
drumdust 11 months ago
I saw his eyes and i was like SAY WHAT?
then he died.
Then i saw him run and i was like SAY WHAT?
then he died.
Then he got up and ran again and i was like SAY WHAT?
then he died.
LOL!!!! Still one of the best movies of all time though.
TheSkeletonAnimator 1 year ago
One of they most classic cinematic scenes of movie history along with the greatest choice of music. Very touching film, hope it shows all the vets from all the wars that we will never forget what they did for use.
mkastraba 1 year ago
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ostenrt 1 year ago
This movie is the most autenthic movie i ever seen.It really shows you the drama and reality of vietnam.I would say every movie of war isnt real,but this movie is the only really authentic one.An good friend of my has an dad that was in vietnam.
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Plat00n,the BEST war movie ever.
latinamericangascan 1 year ago
To this day...this scene makes me tear up. Hell I remember the first time I saw this. I was a young kid in middle school and it was on AMC and it was at this part and my dad was showing me because of the music and how the scene was and I can remember even at that young age seeing how sad this was then when I actually saw the whole movie later that night and saw what actually happened to him, I pretty much broke out in tears...I wonder if barnes felt ANY sort of bad when he saw what happened?
Moon27 1 year ago 2
Wats that song during the village burning...i can never ferger it out
hellafunny117 1 year ago
Death? What ya'll know about death?
Jamescreaney 1 year ago
@Jamescreaney You stop breathing when it happens.
grobo11 1 year ago
Like this teen-er said, "Kill them all, then let God figure it out"!
VALMARIESASK 1 year ago
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judge6754 1 year ago
The only regret I have about the Viet Nam war is that we didn't kill more gooks.
MsDiesIrae9 1 year ago
I saw the move and it was brilliant!!!I hate war movies but when I see that PLAT{}{}N win 4 Oscars I want to see why!?This movie is one of my favourites ever.I like so much Tom Berenger.I like this hot markings on his "young" face too. $_$
OkAmIMadFun 1 year ago
There is fkn betrayer, I bet the part on MW2 came from this movie, i can say with comfort that watching this scene pulled a tear out of me and that this movie is one of the greatest films ever made.
fenrriho 1 year ago
"You're dead Elias, I swear to fuckin god you're dead!"
Looks like Barnes kept his promise.
Dresden1065 1 year ago
@Dresden1065 well typically Barnes didn't kill Elias. The veitnamse finished him when Barnes thought he was dead
UltraSpartan360 1 year ago
how is the symbolism related to christianity, the crufixition?
lowrider2040 1 year ago
spoiler
jdmifsud14 1 year ago
This is one of those movies that when it comes on tv, I swear I'll only watch one clip. But I always end up watching till the end. Gets me everytime. Same as Point Break or Outlaw Josie Whales. Platoon, to me, is the best war movie ever made. It hits me gutturally. I think I'll watch it with my 94 year old granddad, a veteran, tonight.
mikecatadjuster 2 years ago 22
No there not. I know my firearms compared to your BF and COD knowledge
SharQus 2 years ago
"...uma guerra nada mais é do que um jogo, em que não existe vitorioso..."
ranbelthilsken 2 years ago
ate parece que matar seres humanos e coisa boa enfim gente..... doida
pedro5000 2 years ago
os americanos acham que ganharam esta guerra ; ate parece !
ranbelthilsken 2 years ago
Nos Perdemos, mas matamos 2 milhoes de comunistas, e causamos muita dor e destruição aos comunistas do Vietnam e estamos matando muito no Iraque e no Afeganistão.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
SEMPER FIDELIS
SAT CONG
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Best scene in the movie
MasterHD 2 years ago
When is the U.S. gonna stop pussyfootin around in these "wars" and start kickin' ass the way we are able to. If we aren 't gonna try and really be victorious then why be there? The troops we lose are precious human beings and shouldn't be sacrificed for no reason. KICK ASS OR COME HOME!
joeruffin1 2 years ago 5
Or 'stay' home to begin with? (don't flame me now, it's just a question)
RoaringEagle 2 years ago
the guy with the helmet has an m16a2. same thing as an "a1" but just with a diffrent stock
thespyder7 2 years ago
the guy with the helmet is barnes the one that isnt is elias barnes carries a m 16a2
king carries a m60 light machine gun. bunny carries a 12 gauge shotgun
spenser828 2 years ago
Nope.SSgt. Barnes and Sgt.Elias carries a CAR-15.
Zcsomos 2 years ago
no they m4's
HeavyMetalForLife589 2 years ago
no there not, M4 came in service about 1994.
SharQus 2 years ago
uhm the m4 was invented in vietnam times it wasnt used widely till the 90s. all the m4 is a shorterned version of the m16
mac10guy 2 years ago
M16's idiot. This isn't CoD4
1488dSiegHiel 2 years ago
M16A2 did not exist in that time! Get your facts right! And I dont know how "light" M60 are and SAW wasnt around either :)
SharQus 2 years ago
you wouldnt call the M60 a "light" if you got hit by it ! just being funny.
stybarrow 2 years ago
the m16a2 had a single and three shot burst, along with the m16a4. the m16a1 and m16a3 are fully automatic. the m16a1 was used in vietnam. people mistake the car-15 for an m4 because it looks very similar. the m4 carbine wasnt used until the 1990s
HalfDeadFatGuy0 1 year ago
charlie's out there in the night
callin' you to come and fight
grab your 16 chase him down
drive him back into the ground
we own the day he owns the night
come play the game chasin' charlie
PEDROCLASSIC 2 years ago
19 to theday
such an age what a waste
come with me my uncle says
to a land where no one cares
learn to live and learn to fight
you'll see such a different light
gamble with your life
every day and every night
PEDROCLASSIC 2 years ago
does anyone remember a movie called "PLATOON LEADER" that came out in 88 by cannon? that movie is pretty good too. it's not on DVD. but i have it on VHS and the soundtrack on cd
PEDROCLASSIC 2 years ago
Send them to Roach. Roach had the Winchester Riot gun, illegal under geneva conventions but the best for up close.
mrmott44 2 years ago
I Knew a similar song called "IN THE ARMY NOW" by status quo...
LAAZ ROCKIT- a metal band from the 80s also wrote a song about the war. it was called "CHASIN' CHARLIE"
PEDROCLASSIC 2 years ago
yo are they marines or army they were there regs like marines and act like them but idk
poppen4114 2 years ago
the guys in this movie are army, part of a cavalry unit
EmoHunting666 2 years ago
Just stopping in to share National Sunday Law by A. Jan Marcussen=)
hdiylove7 2 years ago
Actually, the weapon used is called an XM177, you can tell by the absence of a brass deflector behind the ejection port. M4 carbines also have round forward assist levers, and different flash hiders.
Pointshooter 2 years ago
Yeah he's using an m4, and yes it was made after the war. A minor miss, no biggie. GREAT movie tho, probably best vietnam movie i've ever seen.
porrsmurfen 2 years ago
is that guy who killed Elias using m4? i can't see clearly, but i thouth m4 was made after vienam war.
RareCandy999 2 years ago
It's a CAR-15 I think.
mRgRiM720 2 years ago
Yeah i was thinging a same. You must be right.
RareCandy999 2 years ago
Don't you remember the song title "19" by Paul Hardcastle. The average age of an American combat soldier in Vietnam .
Nineteen topped the pop charts in the UK for five weeks, and reached the top twenty in the USA
ryste3d 2 years ago
lol, I like Charlie Sheen's reaction "Oh Fuck!"
TheDrunkenCelt 2 years ago
what means platoon?
yassin166 2 years ago
platoon means soldier crew
RareCandy999 2 years ago
You're a pure idiot! I am commenting on Hollywood's perception of war which gave us a sense of arrogance and invincibility. It was all glamour and sensationalism before this movie.
DanieljDixon 2 years ago 8
Before this movie? I guess you never heard of Apocalypse Now or The Deer Hunter or Coming Home, huh?
lonelyboylv 2 years ago
The Deer Hunter was awesome, but it didn't quite have the same impact for me. I felt like I was watching a movie. Watching Platoon I felt like I had a sneak peak into the reality of war and felt very fortunate that I was introduced to it in a theatre. No and I never saw Coming Home. I'll check it out. This is just my opinion lonelyboy.
DanieljDixon 2 years ago
@DanieljDixon no apocalypse now was before this
vicsONtheBOAT 9 months ago
What a dose of reality that movie was when it hit the theaters. Everybody departed the the theater like zombies. Stone zapped the arrogance right out of US for long while.
DanieljDixon 2 years ago 5
Never trust Oliver Stone to teach history-hahaha!!!
To say he takes creative license is to say Mama Cass enjoyed eating.
Or that Bill Clinton is faithful
Or that George Bush thinks quick on his feet
Or that Al Gore has an electric personality.
aljanadcob 2 years ago
I like the part where Barnes shoots elias
that was the best part of the movie
dogshitfarts 2 years ago
@dogshitfarts Fair enough, but I can't say it was mine.
I understand why Barnes felt he had to do what he did.
But he fragged one of his own men.
Not a cool thing to do to old JC.
drumdust 11 months ago
fuckin awesome movie
francoyac1 2 years ago 2
The best war movie ever....
1zkv 2 years ago 3
barnes is a bad motherfucker
GODIER2408 2 years ago 3
shan as out that bit
abbott912 2 years ago
Barnes is an asshole. He's just mad because Elias is better than him
MEGARA2009 2 years ago 2
my all time favorite movie
TheWhoSkidoo 3 years ago
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TheWho - Platoon is a good film, but this kin'o' mental cruelty wus bad eneuch commin fae ither weans whun ye gane tae school, but whun the teachers join't in this kin' o' ill fashion't cruelty it pits a mark on ye for the rest o' yer deys an it's ill tae hae onythin but a suspeeshun for ony sae criet larnit folk way there fancy Inglish tongues whut they be tae get aff a whin stane for they niver got them roon here. Anyway, how's it going?
dowling1981 2 years ago
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TheWhoSkidoo 2 years ago
Forgive me for expressing my opinion. You don't think that's a fair critique of the film?
dowling1981 2 years ago
he was in the Vietnam
radic14 3 years ago
by far one of the greatest modern war films ever. this was the defining moment that made this movie such a success.
koreanmob08 3 years ago
Can someone explain why he wasted that guy in the beginning?
TheQFactor 3 years ago
Barnes shot Elias because Elias was trying to get Barnes convicted for war crimes because he shot a vietnamese villager and threatened to shoot a young vietnamese girl. He shot him so that he would be sure nobody would find out.
limeymanftw 3 years ago 8
I liked it when Taylor zapped Barnes at the end.
lol 'Go get help boy...Go on...*Stares*' 'Do it' BANG, legendary film.
Berenger really played a good part as the scumbag.
nationalwavelength 3 years ago
You forgot the 2 other bangs lol
icyblub 3 years ago
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Oliver Stone continues to spread lies about the Vietnam vet as murderer, drug addict & rapist. Do not believe his lies.
ratrare 3 years ago
but he's a veteran
Junho111 3 years ago 3
Mai Lai Massacre, look it up
D3v27 3 years ago
He is a murderer, most vietnam vets are fucked up in the head. Most pointless coward war ever
ssjadam 3 years ago
dude say that to to the face of a veitnam vet i dare u
Chiliosthethird 2 years ago
i have, my grandpa, and he agrees that it was useless and a cowardess war.
ssjadam 2 years ago
Kid, if your grandfather was in vietnam then you are nowhere near old enough to have any insight or opinion on it.
moto19d 2 years ago
im 22, and have been in the military for over 3 years now. I do, and the fact your 31 and as ignorant as you are, then you need a reality check, you americans are such a joke
ssjadam 2 years ago
Why is it a bad thing to be American?
marineooo5 2 years ago
how dare you....
bridgesfu2 2 years ago
how dare i what?
ssjadam 2 years ago
you do realize that canada never actually fought in vietnam right?
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago
Because were not stupid?
ssjadam 2 years ago
..........you just said your grandpa was a Vietnam vet......
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago
hes AMerican retard...
ssjadam 2 years ago
i so sure. he must have been old as hell seeing as the war was only 40 years ago.
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago
yea so what? not every person was 20 like the movies like to pretend....
ssjadam 2 years ago
dude, youre so full of shit. what unit did he serve in? what company?
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago
fucked If i know? why on earth would i remember his company and unit? your just looking for shit to argue about, get a life kid and understand how gay this war was and how retarded the Americans can be, this movie is a mockery of the glory Americans think they have, they are the biggest joke in the world.
Lemme guess your comback will be something like "Americans can beat anyone" "your a joke and your country"
Let me finish it now by saying you can trust an american as far as you can throw one
ssjadam 2 years ago
hahaha, youre so full of shit. youre grandpa didnt fight in the war. youre a poser who is making up shit so he can argue his point. youre a dumb ass
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago
lol, i dont mind what you wanna think mr "im going into the marine core" the biggest joke of all armies lol. If you wanna add me to facebook to see all my training and infantry courses and current ill be glad too add
Adam Kittson
Kids like you make me laugh and the whole army
ssjadam 2 years ago
i dont care about youre infantry training. i dont care about what you say about the Marine Corps, and I dont care that youre calling me small. Its nice to see a grown man throw 5th grade insults at high school students.
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago 2
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LOL well your in for a rude awakening when you join if you even are. You have watched too many movies and shows and think your GI Joe. Marines are for fail kids anyways. Your going to get torn apart in Basic.
ssjadam 2 years ago
I find it amusing that youre judging my commitment off youtube. If I do fail out after one week (I wont but keep telling me I will if you want) then i'll just try again. Ive worked too hard to let myself down, so fuck off. Marines are for fail kids? ok, well, then I guess Im a failure. Whatever. Like I care what you think. You can have a chat with my buddy "HavokUSMC0311" if thats the way you feel.
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago 4
actually they were. Probably even younger as the average age for a fighting soldier in Nam was 19. Oppose that to WWII where it was 26.
negtype13 2 years ago
i think it was 23 in WW2
warmadscot 2 years ago
It was 22 in Vietnam. And 26 in World War dos.
itbeshowinlikeamotha 2 years ago
no i'm sure it was 19 and 23 respectively
warmadscot 2 years ago
For Vietnam the age limit was 18.
It was unfair for the Soldiers because before the war they could not vote, so that ment they could die for their country but not vote for their country! then the 26th amendment was ratified and the voting age was down to 18.
Semper Fi
bondse 2 years ago
One of the GREATEST movies ever made.
PERIOD!!!!!
7justleave 3 years ago 6
man since when did youtube become a chat room just enjoy the vid
9211992Grappler 3 years ago 5
no kidding
Junho111 3 years ago
I guess you have to be 16
mergblue 3 years ago
Willem Dafoe is one of the greatest acters i have ever seen in my life
8thEspada 3 years ago 13
This death scene is what makes for excellent story telling and the music just fruitfully compliments the drama of the moment.
Fucking wonderful.
RepublicAgent 3 years ago 5
just ask the old veterans of the 2nd world war, they wont tell some shit about the vietnam...
berlinstyla 3 years ago
well, I watched it online, here:
blogger-films.blogspot. *com/2008/11/platoon.html
deibid2003 3 years ago
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People in the US are FAR more racist than in europe. How long will Obama keep his head do you think? You just have a way of accidentally rubbing people up the wrong way because you're a prick.
If everybody smells of B.O. could it be you? Think back.... does your car smell of BO? Or your car keys, for that matter?
I think that my fellow americans are uneducated, closed minded and gullible; mindlessly supporting a corrupt system. You need to pull your head out of your ass, you bellend.
yerty2000 3 years ago
shows you to be ignorant.
Russoft 3 years ago
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Thanks for your opinion, asshole, you can keep your 50 cents.
Cocksucker
yerty2000 3 years ago
children call people names, not adults. I won't continue this argument since it's clear I'm not arguing with an adult.
Russoft 3 years ago
Wow, your pathetic. Love it or leave it. I am an immigrant, and I think American's are wonderful people. Humble, and generous. I wouldn't trade this country for no other place.I also happen to be European.
MartinAndSandy4Ever 3 years ago
Let me just point out that people who often speak as if they are smart are actually the dumb one's. It is allready been proven.And maybe your biterness is caused by being disliked for your stupidity.Your post obviously proves your IQ.I am sure even in Europe you would be treated the same way. It has nothing to do with racism, but what a clown you are.
MartinAndSandy4Ever 3 years ago
Wonderfully argued.
snobordinJACboi15 3 years ago
oliver stone's one good film
thprfssnl1 3 years ago
This was a good movie. a bit sad tho
EvilKorbinDallas 3 years ago
The main reason I beleive this is the first REAL movie about the vitneam war casue I have it on dvd and one of the scenes says director oliver stone was in vitneam so he knew wut it was like from experience.
In the end such a great powerful movie one of my favorite movies of all time
Tohazordusnottoskate 3 years ago 2
whats a fuckin legendary film!
bloodsvscripsonly 3 years ago
I once saw a vietnam movie which had a scene where some guys were executed, they had all blue bags on their head. Which movie was thaT? I though it was platoon but it wasn't.
Arzaruk 3 years ago
william dafoe did a great job playing sgt. elias such a great movie one of my favorites
Tohazordusnottoskate 3 years ago
Why did he shoot his teammate?
IThanatopsisI 3 years ago
Well... its a long story if you havent seen the movie, but he (Barnes) shot his teammate (Elias) because Barnes shot civilians in a village, and Elias said it to their boss, and its going to be .... you know.. a judge. I dont know what its called in english... BUT YOU MUST SEE THE MOVIE!!! ITS THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!!
Nabqzumo 3 years ago
if you really think Communism is a such a threat, go and fight with China. Back to that time, Vietnam just got out of colonialism, we couldn't produce soap for the economy's sake. How come VC become such a big issue for US Govt is the question that I couldn't figure out yet.
BrianDo1989 3 years ago
Are you afraid that VC will use wood-made boats and bring bamboo sticks to attack DC? give me a break
BrianDo1989 3 years ago
McCain was flying a jet to bomb Hanoi when he got shot down. I would not be surprised if he was killed back then, because all the ones who saved him had a relative, a member of their family died from those bombs. so I say he's lucky enough to be alive!
BrianDo1989 3 years ago
hey XIPM3, you think that only bad people dies in that war and good ones made it home. There's 56,000 American soldiers died Vietnam, but do you know that there were 3 millions VC, and around 2-3 millions civilians lived in North VN dies because of bombs being dropped in NVN? So does it mean that most of American are that good and deserve to live more than most of Vietnamese? more than the amount of bombs dropped in WW2 was dropped in an area is about the normal-size state of US, like MA
BrianDo1989 3 years ago
I wear the same patch and I am in the same Division they where in. 25TH Infantry Division is nortorious for there soldiers and how many body counts they get.
LadiesmanSoldier 3 years ago
Got it on DVD;well worth getting if you've never seen it.
JimbobHarrigan 3 years ago
Fuck i remember seeing this for the first time and being so pissed/shocked that barnes did that.. Elias was the shit..
dmdumba 3 years ago
epic
hamding 3 years ago
baerns
schwarzgelb7 3 years ago
i love it!
bridgesfu2 3 years ago
Definitely one of the few movies I can watch over and over.
MaxPayne72 3 years ago
fuck women in the military
SeymoreButts6t432 3 years ago
if he ran a bit faster instead of in slow motion he could have made it i think.
danjosimo3000 3 years ago
Movie was based on an army unit, not USMC..movie garbage like this occurred very rarely..those of us who served there can tell you that..either there was months that it was boring and nothing happened and then all hell broke loose for weeks..than back to boring times..movies are movies,,being there was very, very different: and the USMC were organized and disciplined: you weren't there don't talk: 2/9 CAP Dogpatch TET 1968
WEBTRAIN 3 years ago
This was not shot in Vietnam, was it?
acondre 3 years ago
phillipines
gizmo420420 3 years ago
This film shows US Marines as a bunch of killers without any organization or discipline.i don't like that.
brbrkl 3 years ago
oliver stone wrote it based on his own experiences when he was a soldier in Vietnam. He was there
TheSaintHooker 3 years ago
even if you don't like it, it's true :\ welcome to the real world
billybobjoebobthe3rd 3 years ago
this movie is fuckin good... saw over 10times^^
KToffel82 3 years ago
fucking asshole barnes is a nut baby killer
gizmo420420 3 years ago
wut a poweful movie out of all war movies I have seen this was the best of them all platoon= excellent film
Tohazordusnottoskate 3 years ago 2
CHE GUERRA INUTILE CAZZO
DirtyGlamRocker 3 years ago
i think war movies are always the best when the hero dies at the end
chingchong54 3 years ago
the acting was great but the movie itself was not very good- it pandered too much to american audiences and hollywood format. main hero survives in the end to go home- bad guy dies. you know the whole routine turned me off completely, and i dont like the fact that the movie was dedicated to all MEN who fought and died in the war- the men who fought and died were murderers and butchers, both the NVA and the U.S. armies. the only people who deserve rememberence in this war are the women and chldrn
XIPM3 3 years ago
this was before movies or stories like " We were soldiers once...and young" came out. i disagree that only murderers and butchers fight. they are teenagers and husbnds and mothers as well. granted, they must do some sick stuff to come home alive.
webb800 3 years ago
in vitnam- the american army was an army of nothing but death and destruction- they did nothing but rape villages, burn homes, murder families, napalm children, blow up women and the list goes on and on. and the north vietnamese army is just as guilty and just as much scum as the american one- i would not give a fuck if the black wall in washington was defaced- because all those men are murderers of innocents.
XIPM3 3 years ago
damn right you are
j0ofez 3 years ago
im english and even that pissed me off you faggot! show more respect!
sundayatdd 3 years ago
not before you respect my balls you imperialistic genocidal european fuck.
XIPM3 3 years ago
you have no balls you coward , i'd like to see you fighting for your country , infact you'd probably swap sides or join green peace or summit, and dont talk to me about genocide you americans practically whiped out the native northern peoples of america - dickhead!
sundayatdd 3 years ago
Funny how logic gets thrown. Americans have an excellent history of fighting for their country, and probably saving your ass as well. UK? Check.
aaron8862006 3 years ago
sorry if my words came across wrong but i was not making a general view of americans it was just my view of XIPM3, not all americans join green peace lol , srry 4 the misunderstanding
sundayatdd 3 years ago
lol, guess what, i completely agree with you, america has a monopoly on genocide. the native american holocaust was by far the worst crime against humanity ever perpetrated. anyways i will fight for what i believe is right, not some political institution based on jingoistic, flag saluting propaganda namely U.S.A. so yea, if u.s. went to war i would get out instead of fight because this country is not worth fighting for. if i ever did fight fo a country- i know exactly what country it would be.
XIPM3 3 years ago
good point, a more adult answer than what i was expecting ,most people on here just rant and say shitty insults which is childish , i also agree with fighting for what you believe in but there is no need to disrespect the dead, not every soldier is a murderer and rapist , not all soldiers have killed people and many people in the armed forces are engineers , cooks etc. thanks
sundayatdd 3 years ago
frankly, the only people i care about that die in war are the women and children, men- soldiers that is know their duty, so i don't weep for them, they only retard progress of human civilization as the bloody warmongers they are. even the seemingly "good" soldiers got sucked into the whirpool of carnage that was vietnam. look up My Lai massacre, you think that i honestly should care about those monsters for doing things like that?
XIPM3 3 years ago
you can moan all you like but there will always be war in one place or another , there has been no period in history when there has been complete peace throughout the world , to fight is in our nature, there will always be the hitlers and stalins of the world just not everyone who wears the uniform is a murdering physcopath-only a minority thank god
sundayatdd 3 years ago
yes you are right- perhaps i am being a little bit of an idealist (and i cant stand idealism) but it will be a better world for me when the only people who die in war are the people who fight in it.
XIPM3 3 years ago
whayy country would it be then
hamding 3 years ago
@hamding russia.
XIPM3 3 years ago
ever heard the philosophy: "those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it"
I cannot abide by an ignorant populace that will support their country irrespective of the morality. The whole "my country, right or wrong" underpins what is wrong with the world. In the words of Albert Einstein: "never do anything against concience, even if the state demands it" What Einstein did not realise is how poorly educated and gullible people really are.
yerty2000 3 years ago
how does this contradict what i said at all? i agree with you!
XIPM3 3 years ago