Quote Originally Posted by paul_pci
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks 2001 was overrated. But my favorites are the usual suspects: Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket (better than Platoon; oh Charlie Sheen, read me more letters to your grandmother) and The Shining.
Yeah, Platoon was annoying. I mean, Stone has touches of very inspired film making, but his whininess and political baggage always seem to ruin his flicks for me. I guess the thing that bothered me most about Platoon was that, because of the title, I was hoping to see a real slice of life for a TYPICAL platoon in Vietnam. Instead, Stone pieced together every atrocity ever perpetrated by all American forces over a 10 year period and presented it as one Frankenstein's Monster of a Platoon full of child raping, crippled kid killing, village burning, drug taking, fratriciding, racist, jack-booted criminals.

Well...at least it wasn't as whiny as The Thin Red Line. God that movie was awful! Letters to Granny aren't nearly as ponderous as endless voiceovers contemplating the fallacy of mankind. Geez! Shoot me already!