Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Platoon
I am actually starting to actually feel sad about all the violence these movies portray. Its war, of course there will be violence, but there is this killing of one’s innocence through war. That’s the connection I have been able to make with the movies we have seen. The “dehumanizing process,” being “born to kill,” and so and so forth. You can see how this is portrayed in Full Metal Jacket and Platoon. There is an emphasize put in Full Metal Jacket on being ready to kill at all cost. It’s for the good. In Platoon, you can see how war makes Taylor change. All the violence he is exposed to, the corruption, and how he kills his own sergeant in the end. None of the stuff seems very moral to me. Who are we to take someone’s life? War is very complex. If your not willing to kill, without hesitation, then you will be killed. War sure isn’t for me. I think war just turns people into Monsters. With no emotions or feelings for humanity. The scene that has been tattooed in my brain is where bunny just bashes the guy’s head in with his gun, and the killing of the lady right after that.
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