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This is considered a good movie?

posted 4 years ago by kuatorises (7467)
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This has been running on Pluto recently. I'm not sure I've ever actually seen the whole thing from start-to-finish and I always seems to catch the same parts, but holy hell is the acting in this bad. Charlie Sheen and Kevin Dillon are particularly brutal. So are several of the other background characters. Whenever they are acting hard, tough, and cruel, it's just laughable. It's extremely amateurish.

The scene in the hut where Sheen freaks out on the one-legged guy is absolutely laughable as he's yelling and shooting at the guy. I didn't think it could get worse, but the worst tough guy in the world, Kevin Dillon, jumps in and kills the guy. Dillon's character is laughably bad.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

Really? This is one of my all time favorites, I thought the acting was spot on.

[–] kuatorises (7467) 4 years ago

Anthony Quinn's kid is super awful too.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

I thought he was pretty good. That battle cry he makes at the end is iconic.

[–] redban (6322) 4 years ago

Yes, a very good movie. Tom Berenger and Willie Defoe did a fine job. The movie also captured the Vietnam War, specifically the danger, the mindset of the soldiers, the culture, etc. Vietnam is a distant memory now, but in 1986, it was just 13 years ago; the movie really hit people at that time

[–] Jones70 (6585) 4 years ago

Yeah it’s considered great actually.

[–] rudeboymurray (3279) 3 years ago

Actually this is the one and only time I found Charlie Sheen to be reasonably impressive. And it's a good movie which (when I last saw it, a couple of years ago) has retained its power.

[–] kuatorises (7467) 3 years ago

It's funny you say that, because now that you mention it, he is really not a very good actor. He has almost no range or depth and isn't good at displaying emotion - aside from anger, annoyance, or humor - in his performances.I can probably count on one hand how many things I thought he was ok in.

[–] rudeboymurray (3279) 3 years ago

I think I can count on one finger… even in his ‘respectable’ movies, such as Wall Street, I thought he was ineffective. I’m not sure he gives an outstanding performance in Platoon, but he is well-used by Stone.

[–] kuatorises (7467) 3 years ago

I've actually never seen Wall Street.

The scene where he breaks up the rape in Platoon is one of the many scenes that just don't work for me. It's supposed to be emotional and dramatic, but the performances are to the point of caricatures. I feel like I'm watching a play. Theater has that style of acting where it's a little more melodramatic to the point of amateurish.

Off the top of my head, I'd say Major League, Men at Work, Cadence, and Two and a Half Men are the only things he is good in.

[–] Galilguy (2482) 3 years ago

This is absolutely considered a good movie so sit down.

[–] pjl69 (2647) 3 years ago

Platoon was Stone's training excercise before he went on and made his masterpieces, JFK and Talk Radio.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21543) 3 years ago

I’ve seen Platoon more times than I can remember and I absolutely love it. I particularly like Tom Berringer’s performance as Barnes.

[–] NGMI (1184) 3 years ago

The tension builds so seeing scenes without that will probably throw off your intended mood. It keeps building and building. Pluto has OnDemand so just watch it from the start then form an opinion.