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