I loved his movies when I was younger. When I go back and watch them now, I see nothing but wall-to-wall propaganda.
Nixon was his best film, though. He’s been completely unhinged since U-Turn.
Yes, forgot about U-Turn decent small movie, and the thing about movies like Platoon and Wall Street was that although a message was contained, he had colorful characters with different perspectives, go back and watch Platoon again, as you get older you might find yourself more on the side of Barnes, of course nobody can agree that Barnes was correct in killing Elias but I’m talking about Barnes’ world view.
But this is one of the reasons Hollywood is suffering, make entertaining movies, present both sides, use subtle messages.
Go to boxofficemojo and look at the list of top 20 hits from each year starting in 1980, entertaining and fun movies, where have they gone, Hollywood does not make them anymore.