I agree; Oliver Stone created it out his fertile, left-wing, anti-war brain.
Platoon is/was a POS!!!
Here is a quote from imdb.com about Stony:
Is a friend and admirer of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro, and shot a documentary about the world’s longest reigning Communist leader, titled Comandante (2003). It was to air on HBO in May 2003, but due to protests by anti-Castro Cuban-American activists, it was shelved until 2003.
That should clue everyone about this loony-tune jerk!!
Stony also directed Platoon.
Time to go grocery shopping. >:-}
Stone actually served in Vietnam after leaving Yale.
Everything you said about Stone is true, but that does not take away the fact that Platoon was a damn fine war movie, and if anything is an indictment of LBJ’s conduct of the war than anything.
I wouldn’t call Stone a left wing wacko. He’s one of those guys who lives to be provocative and stir things up.