Platoon and a Trip to the Moon - Movie Review

In the film Platoon and A Trip to the Moon the use of narrative and mise-en-scene show how the films are similar and different and also how film technology evolved between 1902 and 1986. A Trip to the Moon is different in the mise-en-scene in that it is black and white while Platoon is in color. Also, the acting in A Trip to the Moon isn't really necessary since it is a quiet film and it makes it very hard to even understand what the theme or idea of the narrative of the film is trying to portray. Platoon had great acting in that it is one of the main things that sold the film; it truly made me feel like I was part of the movie and how the characters felt in it. The narrative of Platoon had meaning, while A Trip to the Moon really didn't make any sense because I didn't really know what was going on. The films are similar in that the narratives are both reenactments of events that took place in the past, such as the Vietnam War and the first trip to the Moon. The film technology has changed a lot since 1902. A Trip to the Moon's scenes transitioned from dissolving into one scene to the other, while Platoon has different shots and angles and scenes don't dissolve into one another. Platoon's emotions throughout the movie are scene through the filming.

Director Oliver Stone has crafted an exceptionally brutal, stunning, and ultimately depressing story of the men who fought and died in the Vietnam War. The film Platoon did an excellent job in providing a history of the Vietnam War. It shows the film from the point of view of a soldier and the story of their life and what the horrifying things he had to face in the Vietnam War. I think the film is evidence in history. The film did not hold back in showing the brutal war scenes and when people would be injured. The director did not fabricate or make the war seem not that extreme or deceiving because he knew that if he was going to make a movie about the Vietnam War it had to be portrayed in a way that the audience could really see and feel what soldiers put themselves through for us. The filmmaker's opinion of the Vietnam War of 1986 is that Platoon criticized the United States involvement in Vietnam by showing horrible images such as when the soldiers beat and killed some Vietnamese and raped some of the younger Vietnamese girls. The movie also showed the problems the United States had with the Vietnamese and other resistance forces as well as the problems they had within their troops.

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