The fact that it only showed the American/western perspective of it all felt so off-putting to me. All of the Vietnamese people in the movie didn't seem like real people, the entire point of their existence was as a prop, their suffering and deaths only mattered in how they effected the Americans. Same with the natives near the end of the movie.
But I think that was probably intentional. The movie was clearly meant to be a sort of surreal America looking back at the war sort of thing. There was even a lot of little details to allude to this, like how the DJ on the radio talks about playing classic rock/old tunes, and is playing music that would have been current at the time.
I don't believe the movie being that dumb and American was an accident or unironically how the movie was made, I think it was intentional. I think the French scenes were removed originally because they detracted from this goal, they showed an extra part of the war that isn't really part of the American memory.
I think the off-putting feeling is intentional because it is how America treats people in other countries. Just props, tools, they only matter in how they make America feel, or how they make America richer.
I feel like Platoon doesn't necessarily portray the Vietnamese Experience all that much more, just the Americans are more emotional about it. Haven't watched it in awhile tho, so maybe I'm forgetting stuff
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The fact that it only showed the American/western perspective of it all felt so off-putting to me. All of the Vietnamese people in the movie didn't seem like real people, the entire point of their existence was as a prop, their suffering and deaths only mattered in how they effected the Americans. Same with the natives near the end of the movie.
But I think that was probably intentional. The movie was clearly meant to be a sort of surreal America looking back at the war sort of thing. There was even a lot of little details to allude to this, like how the DJ on the radio talks about playing classic rock/old tunes, and is playing music that would have been current at the time.
I don't believe the movie being that dumb and American was an accident or unironically how the movie was made, I think it was intentional. I think the French scenes were removed originally because they detracted from this goal, they showed an extra part of the war that isn't really part of the American memory.
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I think the off-putting feeling is intentional because it is how America treats people in other countries. Just props, tools, they only matter in how they make America feel, or how they make America richer.
I feel like Platoon doesn't necessarily portray the Vietnamese Experience all that much more, just the Americans are more emotional about it. Haven't watched it in awhile tho, so maybe I'm forgetting stuff
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