| Because of the negatives that are associated | | | | be the most realistic of |
| with the Vietnam war, anything associated | | | | |
| with it, specifically, movies, seemed to be | | | | all the Vietnam War films, because of its |
| portrayed in a bad light. The producers are | | | | ability to "represent the |
| in a difficult position. While wanting to | | | | |
| produce a historical movie that is accurate | | | | terror and the numbing confusion of daily |
| and provides the viewer with an experience of | | | | battle".The problem with Platoon, although it |
| the event, they also need to produce | | | | was painfully and visually |
| something that the public WILL watch. The | | | | |
| only way to ensure public approval is to | | | | truthful when depicting the violence in |
| deviate from the truth and produce something | | | | Vietnam, was that it gave a |
| else.A lot of the Hollywood movies concerning | | | | |
| Vietnam do not portray the | | | | lot of the soldiers in Vietnam a stereotype |
| | | | of being completely |
| Vietnam War in sense of the truth, so how | | | | |
| does the viewer know they | | | | psychotic. Vietnam veteran Michael Herrera |
| | | | says that the first time he saw |
| are receiving the facts? With a number | | | | |
| directors and producers coming | | | | Platoon in a theatre, there were a number of |
| | | | Vietnamese people in the |
| from many angles, each director has a | | | | |
| different angle and opinion of | | | | audience. After the village scenes, if |
| | | | anybody had asked if he was a |
| what happened. Many of the directors have | | | | |
| tried to go for ratings and | | | | vet, he would have said no. The film focused |
| | | | too much on the negative, |
| revenue by exaggerating the more dramatic | | | | |
| points of Vietnam for the | | | | completely ignoring the positive civic |
| | | | action - sponsoring orphans, |
| film while others have tried to stick to the | | | | |
| truth. By exaggerating | | | | rebuilding communities - that many took an |
| | | | active role in. A friend |
| the film it becomes distorted and evasive | | | | |
| and has provided biased | | | | who served in the infantry shook his head |
| | | | and said that Oliver Stone must |
| information to the viewer.Platoon and Born | | | | |
| on the Fourth of July both directed by Oliver | | | | have known an awful lot of psychotics.Born |
| Stone | | | | on the Fourth of July spends less time in |
| | | | combat and more time |
| were based on the actual experiences of | | | | |
| Oliver Stone and fellow | | | | depicting the life of the veteran after his |
| | | | return home. |
| veteran, Ron Kovic. Platoon is often said to | | | | |