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Oliver Stone sure has a talent for ruining moments that should be dramatic. For instance, Ron’s breakdown at his parents’ house when he’s shouting and crying about killing children and being paralyzed and castrated? It was intense and very heart wrenching. And then he starts screaming “Penis! Penis!” at the top of his lungs, and the moment is gone. Then when Ron and the other fellow are left in the desert, and they fight over ''who killed more babies'' and start spitting on each other and fall out of their wheelchairs. Yeah, that was really dramatic. Not. A scene like that should ''not'' have been made comedic. And while I’m complaining about Stone’s style, he also has a talent for trying to make moments dramatic that really shouldn't be dramatic. As JT notes above, the childhood scenes boarded on silly. And why did Stone feel the need to use slow motion so gratuitously? I was over the slow-mo in the first five minutes on the movie. --Taylor Brann | Oliver Stone sure has a talent for ruining moments that should be dramatic. For instance, Ron’s breakdown at his parents’ house when he’s shouting and crying about killing children and being paralyzed and castrated? It was intense and very heart wrenching. And then he starts screaming “Penis! Penis!” at the top of his lungs, and the moment is gone. Then when Ron and the other fellow are left in the desert, and they fight over ''who killed more babies'' and start spitting on each other and fall out of their wheelchairs. Yeah, that was really dramatic. Not. A scene like that should ''not'' have been made comedic. And while I’m complaining about Stone’s style, he also has a talent for trying to make moments dramatic that really shouldn't be dramatic. As JT notes above, the childhood scenes boarded on silly. And why did Stone feel the need to use slow motion so gratuitously? I was over the slow-mo in the first five minutes on the movie. --Taylor Brann | ||
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| + | I find the focus on the experiences of one veteran an inferior approach compared to the approach made in "Best Years of Our Lives". I find it problematic how the movie tries to relate all the various problems veterans faced to one person. There are other veterans in the movie, but none are given any real depth compared to the main character. I also found it questionable how little time the movie actually spent in the Vietnam war itself. - Jonathan Bell | ||
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