"The Platoon" and "The Sands of Iwo Jima".
Date Submitted: 10/29/2004 16:34:57
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Length: 4 pages (1125 words)
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Length: 4 pages (1125 words)
"The first real casualty of war is innocence (Platoon 1986)." Although this may seem to be the most imperative casualty, there are far worse fatalities in battle. Perhaps, with suffering there can be a positive outcome that can improve a person's mind and soul. In viewing these two war films, Platoon (1986) and The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), I have analyzed the similarities, differences, and the types of images these films have brought to the screen.
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…and learn to replenish itself. The hardships of war is the mass of this paper wether it is in comparison or in contrast. I can't say it better than Charlie Sheen in the conclusion of Platoon, "Those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again, to teach to others what we know, and the trial of what's left of our lives and to find the goodness and meaning to this life."
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